BLOG & RECOURCES
by Sandesh and Anando
Mana Soulfood Tinctures (available in 50ml and 100ml)
Mana Soulfood Tinctures created with love from our own homegrown herbs infused mostly in Vodka. We prefer that over the ethanol version as a more honest way of extracting the plants goodness and to keep the taste intact. The taste is an important part of how our body...
Faces at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market (in the Ponsonby News August 2025)
FACES AT GREY LYNN FARMERS MARKET Sandesh Heinicke and her husband, Anando Kirsch, are a regular part of the Grey Lynn Farmers Market community on Sunday mornings. Your background is as a naturopath and a herbalist Yes – Food as medicine and the natural gifts of herbs...
In the Flow
Being in the Flow is nature's recipe for feeling good, for being connected. Everything always keeps changing , it never stops. But our mind has its set habits and they are in the way of a more flexible navigation of the moment. So many different vibes are coming in...
Soul Health Coaching sessions
I always feel as if we are sitting down around a lake..of consciousness, being connected through that and also plugged into the cosmic wisdom . It is a sacred space and in a beautiful way the sessions create themselves always fresh, new and different. sometimes we...
Wild Weed Salad
WILD WEED SALAD Collect as many wild herbs and salad greens you can find in your garden. Dandelion grown in the veggie patch turns softer and less bitter.We use Dandelion, Plantain, Nasturtium ,yarrow leaves, peppermint, lemon balm, rocket, garden cress, parsley,...
Water is Consciousness
Maybe you have heard of Veda Austin, our brilliant water whisperer and researcher from New Zealand. The image here shows a crystallography, a method she developed to communicate with water. Her website is Vedaaustin. com, she runs workshops to learn her amazing...
Beet Kvas (to the rescue)
BEET KVAS A wonderful drink as a blood tonic, to heal gut issues, nourish the liver and clear your system of toxins ! Ingredients: 3 large sized organic beet roots, 1/4 cup whey (either make it yourself with raw milk or buy sachets at an organic store), 1 heaped...
Food as Medicine: Carrot Salad
Carrot salad made according to the 5 Element cooking chart:based on Traditional Chines Medicine wisdom Grate 2 medium sized carrots (or maybe start with one). ELEMENT EARTH Blend 1tsp Hempseed oil in. ELEMENT EARTH Add a bit of nutmeg, coriander, chilli and dried...
homemade Vitamin C for winter vitality
If you have access to organic or at least spray free lemons and oranges keep the skin cut it in small stripes and dry it .Best in a dehydrator (about $100 Sunbeam) or really low temperature in the oven. when they are bone dry use a coffee/spice grinder and turn into...
Books we love
Books are magic ..how you find the right one at the right time. The ones that speak to you. Tapping into a tribe of likeminded friends , helping to heal, to gain understanding ,or find shelter in the poetic and beautiful ways of entering deeper into what it means to...