A healthy diet is the foundation to a healthy body. But with as many choices as our affluent culture offers, how does one know which foods are the right ones to eat? The runaway statistics on the incidence of eating disorders, adult onset diabetes and rising obesity bears out that we are a population in [More …]
The Food Project: Diet and Conscious Eating
Nourishment Nourishment of body and being is at the heart of our work at Highland. When it comes to taking care with food no aspect is neglected – whether it’s cooking, eating, or serving a meal; growing and harvesting food in our organic garden; or handling and caring for food anywhere along the way. We [More …]
Eating as an Ablution
When a student observed that there was a purity to the teacher’s approach to food – how it is served, how it is eaten – the teacher responded: It’s like doing an ablution. Ablution reminds you of the specialness and sacredness of life – what you do before you go into a special space to [More …]