Celebrate your body and what it can do

With that in mind, the guest this week on Mindful Living is someone whose mission in life is rooted in empowering women to live life fearlessly through mindful movement.

Kirsten Johnson’s a former Professional Ballerina turned Exercise Specialist who is passionate about helping people develop a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.

She shares her story with Izelle Hoffman. Click below to listen.

BELOW: Check out the recipe from Izelle's book that Kirsten chose in the interview: Quinoa with toasted seeds, rosemary and thyme

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15–20 minutes
Servings: 6–8

1 cup cooked quinoa
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp dried thyme
¼ tsp ground black pepper
1½ tsp Oryx desert salt
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium red salad onion, diced
100 g pumpkin seeds
2 heaped Tbsp sesame seeds
2 Tbsp raw honey
1 heaped Tbsp almond flour
handful of chopped fresh thyme

1. Place the cooked quinoa in a bowl and add the rosemary, thyme, black pepper and ½ tsp of the salt. Set aside.
2. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the onion until it just starts to brown. Add the pumpkin and sesame seeds and stir continuously until the onion is brown and the seeds start to pop.
3. Add the honey and remaining salt and keep stirring until the honey has caramelised.
4. Add the almond flour and stir until the pumpkin seeds have crumbled up.until the pumpkin seeds are covered in almond flour
5. Remove from the heat and stir into the quinoa. Sprinkle over the chopped fresh thyme.
6. Allow to cool completely before placing in an airtight container and storing in the fridge to use when needed.

Note: Tasty, easy and versatile, this is an add-any-additional-vegetable plant-based protein option!

When we think Mindfulness, it’s not only about living in the moment but also about where you find yourself in that moment.

Bianca Boas (pictured above) is a multi-functional Fashion and Interior designer and advisor who's designed everything from Sheikh’s palaces to a McDonalds. In last week's Mindful Living podcast, she shared her story with Izelle Hoffman - explaining where it all began; why mindful spaces matter and how you can create your own mindful space at home. Listen below.

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More about Izelle:

Lifestyle chef and cookbook author Izelle Hoffman is a rising star in South Africa's culinary firmament. Raised in a farming environment that placed great importance on good food, she’s convinced that eating correctly adds significantly to a life of overall wellness.

Izelle is well known to local television audiences as the lifestyle chef on a number of programs and she has also been food editor on a range of fitness magazines. She is author of Mindful Eating.

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@IzelleHoffman on Instagram
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