Any items that don’t find a loving new home at the swap (plenty of full length mirrors and space to try things on) will be donated to the Salvation Army.

Bring a snack to share!

WHEN – Monday, August 16th 7-9pm
WHERE – Curious Pictures 440 Lafayette 6th Floor (N/R/6 to Astor Place)
PRICE – Free

Liz Blake will speak about how the imbalance of masculine and feminine archetypes in our culture affects our individual and collective health. She will share her personal transformative story of healing physical imbalances, through the re-integration of the sacred feminine by seeking alternatives to the western medical model of health. She will address the alchemical process of the integration between mind and body, psyche and matter, as a tool for healing and transformation. She will also discuss the importance of community and the earth as essential elements of this re-integration process for our individual and collective healing.

Bio
Liz Blake is committed to re-integrating the sacred feminine into our culture through holistic health and healing. She is a practicing healer and health consultant. She holds an individualized BA degree from New York University in holistic health with a focus on nutrition, archetypal psychology, and energy healing. She is also a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, has worked and taught at The Source Farm eco-village in Jamaica, and is currently studying yoga.

To RSVP, visit http://www.meetup.com/StorySpiral-NYC/calendar/12882728/

Hosted by StorySpiral NYC
http://www.meetup.com/StorySpiral-NYC

Thursday, March 25th from 7-9PM @ Ciao Stella (206 Sullivan betw Bleeker & 3rd)

Bring your easy mending and a snack to share! Don’t worry if you can’t find your buttons – we’ll have some extras. Bring a sewing kit if you have one, otherwise we have extra of those too – and we’ll give pointers on attaching buttons and fixing seams if you don’t know how.

730pm-930pm
Thursday, March 18th
388 Atlantic Ave. — Brooklyn — (near the B, M, Q, R, A, C, 2, 3, 4, 5, F, & G)
“recommended exchange”: $5

RSVP appreciated but not required!

behivethrives@gmail.com
http://www.behivethrives.com

You can catch Abby teaching at Namaste Yoga Williamsburg, Move with Grace and Om yoga.

Abby’s teaching schedule

In this workshop we will discuss natural cold and flu prevention and care,
eating in balance with the seasons and with your Ayurvedic constitution.
Learn cheap recipes and how to eat well, fresh and local during the dreary
winter months. Abby will teach you some great yoga poses to keep your energy
up and blood flowing and Liz will enliven your spirits with great herbal
teas and foods.

Come join Abby Paloma and Liz Blake for an educational and fun gathering!
bring a mug for tea!
*3pm-5pm *optional potluck after
Sunday, January 31st*
*388 Atlantic Ave. — Brooklyn* — (near the B, M, Q, R, A, C, 2, 3, 4, 5,
F, & G)
“recommended exchange”: $10-15

behivethrives.com

Here are some of the topics and resources we discussed in the workshop:

Candida overgrowth happens when 2 problems converge – too much sugar for the yeast to eat, and too little immune response (in the form of your own immune cells + the help of “good” bacteria that inhabit your gastrointestinal tract).

Boost your immune system as much as possible. This means limiting exposure to chemicals in cleaning products, soaps, shampoos, make-up, perfumes, etc. Stress also weakens your immune system, so relax, meditate, do yoga.

Drink lots of chlorine-free water (chlorine kills “good” bacteria). If you don’t have a filter you can leave the water in the fridge overnight, leave it in the sun on the windowsill for an hour, or pour it back and forth from glass to glass a few times.

Fatty foods are good at fighting sugar cravings – keep some nuts with you.

A note on the “high glycemic index” foods in the “up for debate” column on the handout you got – high glycemic index means that the sugar in the food becomes available to your body very quickly. In the case of something like a parsnip though the *total* amount of sugar contained in the food isn’t all that much. So even though it becomes available quickly it’s still not all *that* bad. It’s probably OK to eat small amounts of those foods once in a while when on the diet, but use your discretion.

Also, here’s a fun/gross body ecology test: first thing in the morning before you do anything else, spit into a glass of water. Come back in 15-30
minutes – if there are strings growing down from the top of the water you have problems.
http://www.healthcoachvideos.com/2007/10/26/free-candida-saliva-test/)

Here is a link to Amber’s almond milk recipe – just don’t add agave and it’s totally candida-diet friendly. http://www.behivethrives.com/?p=133
More recipes coming soon! Try googling diabetic-friendly meals and you will find a lot of good stuff.

Herbs – in addition to the herbs/supplements listed on the hand-out, try oil of oregano (tincture).
Boric acid suppositories – you can make your own (vitamin stores carry empty capsules and boric acid) or buy them from http://www.rockwellnutrition.com/Yeast-Arrest-Boric-Acid-Suppositories-by-Vitanica-Non-Returnable-_p_845.html

Acidophilus suppositories – use non-coated pills that will dissolve in the vagina – like Schiff brand or GNC store brand
I just found out the HLC candaclear suppositories have been discontinued. AH! Basically though all the HLC acidophilus products are great – shipped on ice. You could make your own suppositories the same way you do with boric acid. http://www.rockwellnutrition.com/HLC-Intensive-caps-for-BV-by-Pharmax-Non-Returnable_p_1069.html
Some people use yogurt but I do not recommend because of the sugar in the milk (store brands aren’t usually so sour that *all* the sugar is gone)

When you first start the diet I recommend doing about a 2 week regimen with the suppostories – 2-3 days of boric acid followed by a day or 2 of probiotic suppositories. Keep alternating until the 2 weeks are up. Then do maintenence once a month (either around your period or whenever your most yeasty time of your cycle is) for the next 6 months or so.

Obviously also do it whenever you have a flare-up.

I have attached a list of probiotics that were tested by an independent lab and found to be good.

We talked about the importance of drinking water and staying regular. Here are some colon clense/detox programs that are gentle and work well.
http://www.drnatura.com/toxinout_program.php)
http://www.drnatura.com/colonix_program.php)
No need to go all out and spend a ton of money though. Maybe just take some psillium husk pills if you have constipation problems. Drink water!

Great Books and Websites:
The Body Ecology Diet (what Liz had at the workshop)
Healing with Whole Foods
The Yeast Connection
The Yeast Connection Cookbook
bodyecology.com
https://www.rockwellnutrition.com/VC-Dr-Tori-Article_ep_51-1.html

Again, we’ll send out some good recipes in the next week or so. We hope you found the workshop helpful and supportive!

Best,
-The Be Hive

At the workshop we’ll be going over avoidance techniques and also dietary, herbal, and lifestyle changes you can make to get back on track. There are 10x more bacterial/fungal cells in your body than human cells – make sure they are the friendly kind!

730pm-930pm
Thursday, January 7th
optional potluck after
388 Atlantic Ave. — Brooklyn — (near the B, M, Q, R, A, C, 2, 3, 4, 5, F, & G)
“recommended exchange”: $7-10

Please RSVP to reserve your spot by sending your donation via PayPal to behivethrives@gmail.com
http://www.behivethrives.com

Workshop host Liz Blake is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, AADP (certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners). She has also studied nutrition at NYU, as an important element of her study of holistic health.

At Christmas-time – we see the corporations go to work. All advertising wants us to demote the things we already have, so that our presents must be purchased, and as broke as we are – purchased on credit. But that kind of celebration the natural world disagrees with. And we’ve been noticing the vehemence of this disagreement. The earth’s evolutionary pace of change has critical-massed with opportunistic diseases and melting ice-caps and the unbearable silence of extinction. This is the form the earth’s free speech now takes. What is life on earth saying to us?

En la época de Navidad, veemos que las corporaciones empiezan a trabajar. Todos los anuncios quieren degradar las cosas que ya tenemos, para que nuestros regalos esten comprados, y, porque estamos sin ningun centavo, comprados por credito. Pero el mundo natural no acuerda con este tipo de celebración. Y hemos estado notando la vehemencia de este desacuerdo. El ritmo evolucionario del cambio de la tierra ha maximado con enfermedades oportunisticas, y las capas de hielo derretiendo, y el silencio insoportable de la extinción. Esta es la forma que ahora toma la libertad de expresión de la tierra. Que dice la vida terrestre a nosotros?

Stop and focus, let your senses dilate. Find the thing you already have that may be under-used, over-looked, hiding in plain sight. Cast a new eye on your old street. Create your gift HERE. Don’t drill it and pipe it thousands of miles. Don’t sweatshop it and keep a fleet of ships and trucks. Don’t wrap cheap stuff in plastic and idle yourself in that traffic jam from Christmas Hell.

Para y enfoca; deja que tus sentidos dilatan. Encuentra la cosa que todavia tienes, que es, posiblemente, bajo-utilizado, sobre-mirado, escondiendo en visto claro. Pone un ojo nuevo en tu vieja calle. Crea tu regalo AQUI. No lo encuentras en un busco de petroleo y mandarlo por oleoducto por millares de milas. No lo compras de un fabrico explotivo y mantener una flota de botes y camiones. No envuelvas las cosas baratas en plastico y quedar en trafico con el coche en punto muerto en un atasco de trafico infernal de la Navidad.

Read the rest here.

Back by Popular Demand!

Yogurt Making + Almond Milk Workshop!

You will be thrilled at how fast and easy it is to make your own yogurt at home! No special thermometers or electric heating doohickies required.

Processed nut milks are pasteurized to the point of needing nutrients artificially added back in, plus they contain many emulsifiers and preservatives. Homemade nut milks taste better, are more nutritious, cheaper, contain only food ingredients, and use less packaging and travel-time than their store-bought alternatives.

Connect with your food, and by extension the earth! Your homemade version, made with love, is better for you and the environment.

Bring a dish to share and stay afterwards for the potluck! Space is limited, so please reserve your spot online by paying through paypal: behivethrives@gmail.com Recommended Exchange: $10

Workshop host Amber Kusmenko holds Permaculture Design Certificates from both NYC’s Center for Bioregional Living and Brazil’s Ecocentro IPEC. She is Chair of the environmental non profit Ciclo

Curious about your transition into winter? Unsure how to mentally handle the cold and the lack of thriving plants in your environment? Want to learn how to naturally prevent and treat a cold/flu? Come learn tips for transitioning and how to live in balance during the cold winter days with food, yoga, and herbs!
In this workshop we will discuss natural cold and flu prevention and care, eating in balance with the seasons and with your Ayurvedic constitution. Learn cheap recipes and how to eat well, fresh and local during the dreary winter months. Abby will teach you some great yoga poses to keep your energy up and blood flowing and Liz will enliven your spirits with great herbal teas and foods.

Come join Abby Paloma and Liz Blake for an educational and fun gathering!
bring a mug for tea!

7pm-9pm
Thursday, Nov.12th
optional potluck after
55 bethune st apt 215H
“recommended exchange”: $10-15

Space is limited so RSVP to reserve your spot by sending your donation via PayPal to behivethrives@gmail.com
www.behivethrives.com