Yogi Chocolate Truffles

The Recipe…

Vegan, gluten-free & refined sugar-free (depending on chocolate used)

Deliciously decadent yet oh-so-simple to make, these vegan chocolate truffles are sure to go down a treat. Coconut milk is rich in vitamins C, E, B1, B3, B5 and B6 plus a range of minerals including iron, selenium, sodium, calcium, magnesium - perfect fuel for yogis. While vegan dark chocolate is incredibly high in antioxidants which help to fight free radical damage and can slow-down the aging process.

If possible, choose a raw chocolate bar and raw cacao powder to supercharge your truffles and increase their nutritional potency. You can follow the recipe or use your culinary creativity to make these chocolaty goodies your own. Try adding in fruits and superfoods such sea salt, nuts, seeds, dates, goji berries or maca powder.

Ingredients – makes approx 12

- 125g Vegan Dark Chocolate

-95g Coconut Milk

-Cacao powder for rolling

Optional -sea salt -honey/maple syrup

Directions

Break up the chocolate up into small pieces and place them into a bowl. Heat the coconut milk until it is just boiling. Pour the coconut milk onto broken chocolate and let sit for around 1 minute.

Stir the mixture with a spatula until all chocolate is melted and mixed with milk, then scrape down sides and pop in the fridge for around two hours, or until set.

Tip about half a cup of cacao powder into another bowl. Once the mix is set, use a spoon scoop into balls - about 17g per ball will make 12 good sized truffles. Before coating in cacao roll quickly into balls, then coat with cacao (warning: If you coat them in cacao before it won’t come together properly).

Place the balls back in the fridge to firm up again. Remove them from the fridge then proceed to eat all the truffles in one sitting - or hide them far away from friends and housemates - your choice. Enjoy!

Yoga History

A Brief History of Yoga - An Infographic

The history of yoga is long, complicated and interesting!

Here is a much simplified version to help you understand its development through the ages. You can learn more about this subject at one of our yoga teacher training courses here in sunny Spain!

5 Benefits of Live Online Yoga Classes

In the current crisis many yoga studios have had to adapt to a virtual class environment.

To be honest I was skeptical. I have been a member of pay monthly online yoga platforms for years. You get great sound and image quality, you can start and stop whenever you need and the monthly payments can be quite reasonable. I wondered what the live medium would have to offer. So yesterday morning I got myself ready to practice online.

 And here’s what I discovered…

1. Accountability

   Paying for an online monthly yoga service is in some ways much like paying for a monthly gym membership. You know it’s there and when you have time you’ll use it. Sometimes you do and sometimes you don’t! When you schedule yourself in for an online, live yoga class and you pay for it, then you’re much more likely to show up. You’ve made a specific commitment to yourself at a specific point in your day and people are expecting you!

2. Accountability

   Am I repeating myself?! If you’re like me and sometimes go through phases where you lack a little self-discipline, home practice can be a struggle. You can’t put a live class on pause and rock out in childs pose for 10 minutes, you have to commit to the rhythm of the class to squeeze all the juice out of it.

3. Connection

   Knowing that there are other people practicing at the same time gives you a sense of motivation. It’s kind of like the difference between listening to live radio and a pre-recorded show. There is a sense of group experience, that the moment exists now so let’s try to remain present for it.

4. Support

   By paying what you can and participating in yoga studios online schedules you are supporting small businesses and ensuring that they will be able to stay working virtually and eventually again physically.

5. Structure

   One of the top tips of keeping sane during this time, that you may of seen coming up over and over, is to give yourself a daily structure. By taking a look at the online yoga sessions available to you, it may help to structure the rest of your day, give you something to look forward to or give you a break from the people that you may or may not be living with! As Stephen Fry said on the news recently, in situations like this time takes on another dimension.

Happy home practising everyone.

Stay safe and stay indoors for a while!