Personal Consultations

For many people, myself included, the path to healthy nourishment is a long, and at times, quite difficult journey. Our nourishment needs are so tied up with the stress of our daily lives, with our inherited belief patterns learned from our family of origin or cultural customs, not to mention social pressures, and what the media portrays as appropriate. Food is a real hot bed! Learning how to nourish ourselves in healthy ways is a practice of mindfulness, something which we cultivate over time. Often the journey to healthy nourishment leads to a struggle with our own personal demons, and when we fail, as we all surely do at times, we may also add shame and self-recrimination to pile for good measure.This may trigger a vicious cycle for us which often leads to indulging in the very foods that we are working to reduce in our diets.

Finding our way through the maze of mixed emotions, confusing messages from the ‘experts’, and the daily chore of making good food happen, can be overwhelming. Some folks find the support of a group to be very beneficial, while others prefer to work on their own with personalized guidance. Whatever your reasons for to choosing to work alone, it need not be justified.

Here are some options.

Personal Guide, Shopper and Chef

For those that are really busy and rely heavily on take out and restaurant food, having someone come into your home and work with you to begin the process of transforming your patterns of consumption, into healthy patterns of nourishment, can be invaluable. We’ll start with an initial consultation in your home to determine what exists, or does not exist, in your pantry. If need be, we’ll do a shopping tour together to teach you where and how to shop for nourishment. Then, I usually suggest a few cooking sessions together. This can be one session just to get your going, or several over a period of time to keep you inspired and fed. These sessions are undertaken in conjunction with a cleanse that is tailored to your personal circumstances. Generally, if you have had the support of one on one guidance through a cleanse once, future cleanses would be done on your own, unless you so chose to have additional support.

Initial consultation is approx. 2hr. $150 ~ subsequent sessions $75 an hour. Sessions may include personal shopping, cooking instruction and cleanse guidance.

Astrological Insight

Sometimes the whole process of learning to take care of our nourishment needs stirs up a whole mess of confusing beliefs and emotions. In my experience, astrological consulting can be very beneficial for understanding ourselves and clarifying our values. When we have a better understanding of what our natural impulses, beliefs and habits are, we are in a position to then ‘choose’ to change them. An astrological reading can assist us in the process of learning to respond, rather then react, to our situation. All readings are used to emphasize the development of self-inquiry as a tool and to support the mindfulness habits we seek to cultivate through nourishment and practice. Note: astrological readings require an accurate birth time.

Astrological readings are done at a distance ~ 90 minute tape with chart $150

For more information on ways to be personally supported through the cleanse process, or for an astrological consultation, please call Siobhan @ 289.233.1927.