Film Capture, Judith Rae. Palm Beach Goddess, The Ben Hotel.

 

Happy Summer Solstice (or Winter Solstice if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere)! Today as the earth tips as close as it can towards the sun I celebrated with a hot yoga class and lot’s of sun salutations. I’ve also been enjoying my morning practices and reading The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) 

 

Recently I’ve been inspired by The Game Changers a documentary about plant-based champion athletes around the world on Netflix. I discovered it while reading about the positive health effects of a plant based diet (w/ my sis)   in a book called, Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases.

 

Did you know that Roman Gladiators were predominantly vegetarian?! 🌱🌱 Intentional eating for strength, endurance and blood flow, I’m in!

According to The Game Changers, on average, plants have 64 times the antioxidant content of animal foods and iceberg lettuce has more antioxidants than salmon and eggs!!!

Certainly moved my world. I love the power of intentional eating and I’m feeling healthier just thinking about it as I intentionally plan our daily meals. Below is a favorite that’s now got an extra boost of greens. Test it out and see what you think. It’s our favorite summer smoothie.

 

Recipe :: Take Me to Brazil Shake – Amazon Goddess Boost

*I prefer to use all organic ingredients. Serves 2

2 cups of water

2-3 Brazil nuts

1 tablespoon of raw coconut butter

½ – 1 inch of fresh ginger

2 tablespoons of oats

5-7 pitted dates -or- 2 tablespoons maple syrup

1 teaspoon of turmeric powder

1 teaspoon of Cinnamon or Pumpkin Spice

1/2 teaspoon of black pepper

¼ teaspoon of ground cardamom

1 frozen Banana

1 handful of frozen kale (clean and chop before freezing)

1 handful of frozen collard greens (clean and chop before freezing)

6 cubes of ice

 

Blend and enjoy!

 

My hope for this blog post is that it continues to inspire you to dream, to grow and to create in fabulously authentic ways. May we all deepen our sense of self-love, creativity, cultivate change, fulfillment and joy in our lives and take time to acknowledge all that we have to be thankful for!

As always, I truly appreciate your friendship, your continued encouragement and generous referrals. If you have any suggestions, questions or thoughts please call or email judith@judithrae.com. I look forward to hearing from you!

Bottoms up!!!

Judith