Your Body is a Temple.
The body is the house of our soul, the sacred temple that we get to live this one wild and wondrous life in. It is a magnificent gift. I invite you to explore the connection between how you feel internally, with what you are choosing to consume, the link between food + sacred.
What we eat, what we choose to put into our body matters. How we fuel our sacred vessel is up to us as individuals, how we choose to nurture and nourish ourselves and those we love does make a difference.
The modern disconnect of our body from our hearts, minds, and spirits is coming to an end. More and more, we are awakening to the idea of wholeness, of holistic wellness, interconnectedness, and becoming aware of what that means for us as individuals and a society at large. No longer accepting the status quo, we are examining our own personal truths and how we can live them. We are listening to the wisdom of our body, opening to a world of better choices, learning to trust in the circular rhythms of nature, and welcoming a homecoming of our sacred selves.
For millennia food was considered sacred. It was a gift. It was understood that what we ate and how we nourished ourselves, impacted the energy, the vibrancy, the magnitude and fortitude to fulfill our soul’s purpose. The connection between food and sacred was understood. It was honored, reverenced. Food was medicine. Food is quite literally, our lifeline. Food was prayed over with gratitude, it was blessed. The sacred connection was honored through whispers of hearts.
So as not to be misunderstood, I am not speaking to creating a false idol of food, or worshipping food. What I speak to is our connection to food, to ourselves, our divinity, our highest purpose and calling in this life.
A sacred circle of nurturing ourselves and those we love in an elevated, holistic manner, cultivating and validating an intentional connection between what we choose to eat, how we nurture ourselves, directly correlates to our ability to live in a harmonious way resonating with the cycles of nature surrounding us. Honoring the understanding that if we do not have the energy, the strength, health, and vitality that our soul’s purpose calls us to, we cannot fulfill the mission that we have been gifted with in this life.
For example, I cannot be the best mama I am capable of if I am feeling unwell, exhausted, and can’t think straight. It has been my experience that what I put in my mouth directly affects my life, my energy levels, my health, and overall feelings of wellbeing.
Imagine with me for a moment….
Imagine that you feel vibrant, fabulous, nourished, and nurtured. See yourself standing in the sunlight surrounded by a beautiful, bountiful garden, brimming with fresh, vibrant, living food growing with wild abandon in a perfectly organic way. Feel the warmth of the sun on your hair, your bare feet in the soft, fertile, moist soil, toes wiggle in as you inhale the aromatic earth releasing her perfume from beneath your feet.
Inhale deeply. Feel the electricity of the colors surrounding light you up from within. Red ripe tomatoes ranging in rosy shades of crimson to warm ethereal mauve, brilliant yellows, moving into deep shades of chocolate.
Chartreuse greens giving way to deep forest, break into bright neon that illuminates in the sun. Waves of lettuce and greens dance ripples of joy in the gentle breeze. Bees buzz softly, butterflies light and flutter effortlessly.
Roots draw deep nutrition from the depths of soil and hold it within the quiet, waiting. Berries, plump, fertile with nourishment, hang heavily from stem, ripe for the plucking.
Now imagine that this is your food. This bountiful goodness is how you choose to nurture and nourish yourself and your family. How does that feel within your heart? Does it speak gentle whispers of intrigue? Or perhaps a resonating, YES! coming from soul level.
Food was meant to awaken our senses, and ignite our passions. It was intended to uplift and elevate our soul, to enliven and invigorate. Food alights our sacred connection to the heavens and the earth. It is our gift to nourish and nurture ourselves from within. We have a conscious choice of what to fill our body with. Whether you choose to grow your own food, or wisely choose from other intentional growers, gardeners, homesteaders, or small farmers, is up to you.
The important thing to understand is, YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
I choose to live this personal truth by homesteading, intentionally growing, wild foraging, and preserving beautiful, organic food to nurture and nourish both body and soul. It is a quiet revolution of peaceful activism. I do not accept the choices deemed safe, nutritious, or healthy by others. I choose to listen to the wisdom of my body, the whispers of my heart and the rhythms of mother earth. She speaks of healing, renewal and vitality, she gently guides us to a better way, a more nurturing way of being, living, experiencing our sacred selves. I choose to walk intimately with her cycles and my own. I trust in her and my ability to nurture and nourish.
In the still, dark, quiet winter season of planning, take a moment to explore with wonder and curiosity, to go deeper, feel into the space of reflection with openness the intention to search your heart’s desires, pray for guidance, and get clarity on what your personal truth is. What does food + sacred look like, feel like, for you in your body, your sacred temple, in your home? In what ways would you like to more deeply honor that connection? Pause to create an intention around how you choose to nurture and nourish yourself and your family in the coming season.
When we choose to be intentional with how we nourish our bodies, we are honoring the wisdom of those who came before, of the sacred connection between our soul, our divine purpose, the planet we call home, and the temple in which we dwell.
How do you choose to nourish your sacred temple today?
wendy snobl 