We all love ice cream! Especially when it is so hot out here in Singapore. Especially when we are a little warmer with our little baby inside of us. Or when we just want something sweet.
This is the recipe I use to make ice cream at home. It is simple and fast. It is suitable for anyone who are lactose intolerant or just prefer a healthier dessert at home. Non-dairy Ice Cream Ingredients: 7-10 pitted dates (this is to sweeten the ice cream) 2 cups water (or coconut water or almond milk or soy milk) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup raw cacao powder 2 tbsp. raw peanut butter Optional toppings: 1/3 cup non-dairy chocolate chips 1/3 cup fresh chopped strawberries 1/3 cup walnuts 1. Put the dates, water, vanilla, cacao and butter in a blender and mix until smooth. Place the mixture into an airtight glass container and freeze until solid. Chill for 10 minutes before serving and add the optional toppings! 2. Have an ice cream maker? Take the liquid ice cream mixture and pop in freezer for 5-10 minutes. Then process according to directions. Enjoy! This recipe came from Rea Frey who writes for Cheek Chicago - http://cheekychicago.com/cheeky-vegan-nondairy-ice-cream Join fellow yogis at Soulscape 2015!
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5 June 2015 An Indonesia-based video reported today, using the term 'baby yoga' in fact portrays the opposite of Yoga. As the inventors of the term Baby Yoga in 1996 Birthlight find this an unacceptable misuse of the term and no one associated with Birthlight supports or teaches the behaviour shown. The video was reported to Facebook staff in Britain on the grounds of both 'graphic violence and nudity' but the Facebook moderator for the UK said that the clip did not violate standards policy on the grounds that "it depicts a form of baby yoga". This is an unacceptable stretching of the term 'Baby Yoga' and no one associated with Birthlight can endorse this justification by Facebook. It is time to protest on behalf of the babies out there as the video is gaining shares. If a baby cries at any point during our sessions we advocate stopping and cuddling the baby. Founded by Dr. Francoise Freedman, Birthlight pioneered baby yoga classes as an inclusive set of practices to enhance playful interaction and communication between parent and baby and to promote their healthy development. Baby Yoga perfectly complements baby massage and expands the benefits of touch with those of movement and relaxation. Baby yoga helps to attune to your baby's needs and to calm or stimulate them as appropriate with a sense of security and wellbeing. It includes a wide range of different practices that can be combined to suit the needs of each baby or toddler through their individual development. The benefits are numerous and are all based on a gentle approach and relaxation. Birthlight Baby yoga:
Birthlight has been training Sure Start staff, health visitors, midwives, mums and yoga teachers in appropriate baby yoga techniques for years because the benefits of these gentle practices have been proven over and over and enjoyed time and time again. Media contact: Sylvie Russell Birthlight Executive Manager [email protected] www.birthlight.com We recently got to know about Clown Doctors Singapore. Clown Doctors Singapore bring laughter & fun to children in hospitals and support senior citizen’s health, by implementing humour in the Health Care system. Clown Doctors are: actors, performing artists, musicians, drama teachers and/or health practitioners. They are professionally trained in performing arts, medicine and health science, psychology, social science, cultural studies as well as in spirituality & compassion. They will be a part of the medical team and interact with children and senior citizens in hospitals but also with they family members, visitors and hospital staff. Currently, they perform for children at KKH, NUH and St Luke's Hospital.
Let laughter be your medicine! A young boy said to his mother, ‘How old were you when I was born?’ His mother replied, ’23.’ ‘Wow, that’s a lot of time we missed spending together.’
We fully agree that childbirth can be non-traumatic and without intervention.
Associate Professor of Midwifery at the University of Western Sydney Hannah Dahlen said continuity of midwife care during pregnancy and childbirth is a vital factor when it comes to having a positive birth experience and recovering well from labour. "We know that Kate had been cared for by the same midwives throughout her pregnancy and that continuity of care is hugely important when it comes to a positive and trouble-free birth experience," Ms Dahlen said. "Getting the same information from the same midwives throughout pregnancy makes a woman feel safe, secure and relaxed, and much more likely to birth their baby without any need for intervention. "Part of the advice from her midwives would have been to labour at home for as long as possible, which is just what she did. "It is important to have obstetric care available in case there is a need for it, but recovery from childbirth will be much quicker if there is no intervention." Read more here. |
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