"I loved this class and I love the School of Natural Medicine. It is such a privilege to study with an amazing and beautiful person, inward and out. Thank you so much, Farida, for doing everything it takes to bring us the opportunity to learn in such an amazing school. It is just wonderful to learn all the different ways we can prepare simple foods that can taste so delicious and are full of color and fun to make as well. What we learn about the effects of the food we eat is also amazing. With lots of love, Natalia." Mexico
JOANNA: "I want to take Healing Diets over and over because the message is powerful and the food is Delicious!, and Farida is always a joy and inspiration to be around. Within minutes of the first class, I was talking about how I felt about my addictions and cravings, and I started crying! Whoever said food was not responsible for emotions!?
During the classes we ate the healing medicinal foods and also spoke about the ways we eat now and how we grew up with food. Then I began to see how much of our inner ecology, and the Earth's ecology, is directly affected by the foods we choose to eat and that begs the question – how much of that choice is being made for us? There are so many misconceptions, misinformation, processing, pesticides, corporate influence, – the list goes on and on! I see now how blinded I have been all my life and how that has led to numbness and hopelessness physically and emotionally.
The transition meals, salads, seed and nut milks, energy soups and enthusiasm of this class resonated with me and I already am becoming more sensitive to certain bad foods and feel my vitality awakening. My symptoms are improving and I can't wait to use what I have learned in my daily life." Joanna, Denver, Colorado
JEN: "In Healing Diets I, I realized how profoundly my body and mind are impacted by what I eat after four days of vegan life and lightly cooked foods in the class. I am lighter, awakened, creative and grounded and can't wait to implement all I have learned at home. Now that I know food preparation doesn't have to be rigid, I can follow my intuition rather than recipes." Jen – Colorado Springs social worker.
DANI: "Even though I have been mainly vegan for years now and understood my choice and the many dimensions of humanity I viewed in my decision, however, Healing Diets I opened my awareness to the concept of increasing my spirituality through food. I have been on Farida's Self Healing module for almost two months and have already noticed increased levels of sensitivity in almost every facet of my being, but experiencing this class took it to another level entirely.
After eating the class healing diet for three days, I feel more clear, level headed and aware. My intuition is more audible than I can ever remember and I am excited to have the tools to continue my awakening. These foods are now easily available because of the method Farida uses in her teaching. Her approach to food and healing is so simple it can be easily applied. The first two days of class brought a great deal of awareness as we each dove deeply into our current relationship with food and what that relationship evolved from. I am blown away by how my body uses food to deal with emotions, particularly fear. The lessons and realizations I experienced in this class are truly invaluable." Dani, Westminster, Colorado; athletics coach.
CHARLIE: "Healing Diets allowed me to realize a few things: First, I discovered I have made many positive changes in my life concerning my diet that are affecting my overall well being as well as that of the planet. I also discovered that there are many more simple and shockingly obvious things yet to be done.
I will no longer lend any legitimacy to many of the myths surrounding meat consumption in our culture. It was fascinating and exciting to learn that we can get all the protein we need and probably more from a plant based diet. It is amazing to me how few people realize how unnecessary and definitely harmful animal foods are to our health and the Earth and obviously to the animals. I look forward to sharing this knowledge with people and to applying it to my life.
I think the most immediate impact of the knowledge gained here for me will be eliminating dairy products from my diet. They don't make me feel great and now I know they have adverse health effects as well, plus I have experienced the deliciousness and vitality of seed and nut milks I now believe can wholly replace animal diary products.
I enjoyed the information regarding new foods – how to prepare them and their many health benefits. I did not realize before this course the amount of nutrients and life force that leave foods when they are cooked! It makes me glad that I have always loved and craved salads and it excites me to greatly expand my raw food repertoire!
The information about cleansing and fasting and colon cleansing was eye-opening. I now know that the mucus in my sinuses comes directly from my digestive system (as do many diseases). It really is astonishing the extent wo which we can heal our bodies, minds, spirits and Mother Earth simply by becoming mindful of what we eat! Thanks! Charlie, Lyons, Colorado, graduate CU in journalism.
FARIDA: I too love teaching this class, total fun in the kitchen. Each day we began with a different seed and nut milk flavored with fruit and spices, followed by transitional meals I love to call Raw Toss, a fine way to toss sprouts, dandelion, arugala and other wonderful greens and tasty vegetables in a quinoa shitake grain, a potatato, onion and carrot steamed mix or a finely chopped cabbage base with sparkling spices and herbs – the best way to transition into a new way of eating, living and being!! Then there are the absolutely fabulous salads containing a wide world beyond lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and of course energy soup. We all felt clearer and brighter and the laughter and joy and humor around our meal table was a delight to share with such bright young souls seeking truth and their highest potential!
The students also watched May I Be Frank, Forks Over Knives, and Gabriel Cousens' Green Live Food Cuisine DVD's - The great thing about waking up is you feel awake and alive!!!
Our Healing Diets II class end of July also includes a day with Madeline Angelus on the enteric nervous system, colonics, the Gerson diet and much more, along with two days with Brigitte Mars on cultured and dehydrated foods, and live, raw, living foods and much more of course!
