Our fabulous head nutritionist Ed van Tegelen has released his first book, Nutrition In The Kitchen. As those of you who have visited MV know, Ed is not only an absolute encycopedia of nutritional knowledge but he's also a creative genius with his food preparation (those who've tried the broth in recent years will attest to this, he can work miracles with it!) His book similarly combines nutritional knowledge with delicious recipes.

Read more: New Book! Nutrition In The Kitchen by Ed van Tegelen

One of our fabulous facilitators Richard has recently published his first book, Understanding Human Nature, A User's Guide To Life! The book brings together 25yrs of Richard's experience in Chinese medicine, yoga and meditation, dance and movement, Native American mysticism, tantra and community living, and of course a healthy dose of his experiences here at Moinhos Velhos where he's been since 2014!

Read more: New Book! Understanding Human Nature: A User's Guide To Life by Richard Brook

Richard has recently published a series of articles for Yoga Magazine. In this one he explains how entering the silent space that yoga practice fosters within you enables you to hear the intelligence of your own Heart easier! 

Read more: The Silence Of Yoga: Hear The Deeper Intelligence Within You

In his second article for Yoga Magazine Richard explains some of the misconceptions around yoga practice and flexibity, and how it truly is a practice for everyone!

Read more: The Flexibility Myth - How To Achieve A Yogic State Without ‘Perfect’ Posture

What yoga style is best for you? In yoga we come across the term ‘Yin’ with greater frequency than ‘Yang’ due to the prevalence of Yin yoga as a yoga style of itself. But the forces of yin and yang are both fundamental aspects of our human experience and something we need to attune to in order to maintain overall wellness, as well as being beneficial within our yoga practice.

Read more: Yin or Yang? What Yoga Style Is Best For You?

Breathing exercises are a fundamental part of yoga and also many personal development practices because they can have such a strong and rapid healing impact. Here Richard details 5 vital techniques.

Read more: Are You Breathing Right?

As well as teaching yoga for many years Richard is also a practising acupuncturist and works with the concepts of Yin and Yang within the treatment room. He's also found they become a fantastically helpful prism for how we perceive life around us, including helping to manage our own wellbeing as we can’t escape the dynamic impact of these forces on every aspect of our lives – including our yoga practice.

Read more: Learning To Work With Yin and Yang To Help Your Yoga

We are often quizzed by guests before they arrive regarding consumption of fruit juices where they have heard, read or been advised by a health care professional about Candida. Usually some time in the company of our nutritional genius Ed helps them to come to a more informed understanding, that it's not quite the universal 'bad' guy it's often painted out to be. 

Read more: Candida: Friend or Foe?

The food choices you make are a personal matter, which involves things like taste, culture, pleasure, community and health. Nowadays, there are lots of different opinions and schools of thought concerning diet, with often contradicting information. The one point of consensus being that eating more fruit and vegetables is good for your health.

Read more: What's a Healthy Diet?

Clearly a big area this one! Fortunately Richard has found over time that understanding two relatively basic concepts, the nature of vibration and the chakra system allows a quick and simple way to understand what can otherwise seem like this complex area!

Read more: Understanding The Intimate Chaos of Relationship Dynamics

Here our resident nutritionist and facilitator Ed gives his thought on the Coronavirus, immune system and the role of the microbiome.

Read more: Coronavirus by Ed

Here our nutritionist Ed van Tegelen explains some of the trials and tribulations of accurate nutritional research and what to bear in mind when see articles in the media!

Read more: Nutrition Science with Ed

Frank Jensen, co-founder and owner of Moinhos Velhos left his physical body on the 19th of January 2020, but his spirit still resides in the valley.

Read more: In Memoriam: Parameshwara

Here our nutritionist Ed gives the low-down on lectins, casting his expert eye on the various perspectives in the nutritional world 

Read more: Lectins, Friend or Foe?

Here our nutritionist Ed explains some of the great health benefits of ginger, something we use regualrly on our fasts!

Read more: The Health Benefits of Ginger

We often get questions about certain fruits and vegetables being acidic for the body, and if it's not better to avoid these. Over to our nutritionist Ed... 

Read more: Acidic Fruits and Vegetables

Here our acupuncturist Richard explains why different seasons make you feel different! Traditionally in Chinese Medicine, it’s identified that as seasons change and make a transition from one to another, different organs come to the ascendency.

Read more: Acupuncture & Seasonal Transitions

Did you know there is up to 40 times difference in the calorie density of food? Here our nutritionist Ed gives some great insight on the ins and outs of calorie density! 

Read more: Calorie Density

Fasting and Living on Prana - Living on Light is a concept propagated by Jasmuheen and the Self Empowerment Academy in Australia. Frank and Anne-Karine were inspired by her writings, after in 1991 she claimed to have been living on Prana for 7 years, taking no solid foods.

Read more: 21 Day Fast - Fasting for 21 days on Prana, Light & Water