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Xochi Balfour changed her life from her little London kitchen and, as The Naturalista , has been blogging about her experience of balancing and simplifing her life in harmony with the natural world. Without recourse to expensive ingredients, all-consuming cleanses or dramatic diets, Xochi has taken the principles of naturopathy and created a way of life, from a gentler way of eating to simple beauty recipes as well as bringing relaxation and mindfulness into your everyday routine.
Her food is gluten- and dairy-free and predominantly plant based, but straightforward and delicious, her skincare recipes can also be made from kitchen ingredients and her techniques for everyday mindfulness can be fitted into the busiest of lives. Her recipes include power balls and energy bars, raw chocolate, sea salt and pistachio fudge, cornershop turmeric and coconut dahl and beetroot falafel as well as a gluten-free carrot and flax bread. For your body, there is a rosewater facial spray, passionfruit and papaya face mask and lavender and shea butter body lotion, while for your home, Xochi will show you the benefits of barefoot earthing and how to make your own incense.
This is truly a bright and beautiful guide to natural living in the modern age.
Author Notes
I changed my whole life from my little London kitchen and had tremendous fun doing it; this book is what I have learned so far.
Xochi's first career was as a trends journalist and freelance writer for the Financial Times and the Evening Standard before abandoning office life to set up a street food van, Rainbo. But with that life came long hours, unhealthy food and mounting stress, and a dawning realisation that she could not sustain this pace of life in the long term. Xochi enrolled at the College of Naturopathic Medicine and started writing The Naturalista blog as a means of documenting her journey back to vitality through food, natural beauty and mindfulness.
With her husband Ben, Xochi travels to various teachers and workshops in the UK and beyond to delve ever deeper into what it means to live a healthy, balanced and spiritually connected life.
www.thenaturalista.co.uk
@xochibalfour
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Booklist Review
A London journalist-turned-naturalista (her word) describes her current way of life in three categories: a whole food diet, natural skincare, and an emphasis on mindfulness. Balfour offers a very practical approach to balanced living; for instance, she doesn't eschew fish and meat proteins, and she advocates the use of ordinary ingredients. More than 75 recipes for food and for beauty not only provide good instructions and color photographs but also promote the qualities of what she calls heroes, including full-page explanations of cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, aloe vera, and honey. Among the food selections: corn and coconut chowder, wild salmon and quinoa cakes, raw acai and blueberry cheesecake, winter slaw with pear and walnuts. The beauty section focuses on essentials, like natural deodorant and apple cider hair rinse, with full-fledged directions to follow. Mindfulness, on the other hand, is an assortment of ideas and practices, from community and sharing to crystals and unplugging, supposed to bring intention and gratitude into every day. This is a well-rounded, balanced approach to mind and body health.--Jacobs, Barbara Copyright 2017 Booklist