MACROBIOTIC CONSULTATIONS/FOOD & LIFESTYLE COACHING
What is Macrobiotic Counselling?

Once the principles of macrobiotics are understood, occasional adjustments by an experienced macrobiotic practitioner/counsellor, who can look at your daily eating and see what is out of balance, can make the difference to so many imbalances in the body/mind. A counselor combines methods of oriental diagnosis with a detailed look at the diet in relationship to symptoms, energy levels etc. Then a weekly meal plan can be created specific to each person's condition. If someone chooses to use macrobiotics as a healing modality, they will be so amazed at the power of whole foods combined with principles of balance. It may not always be the quick-fix method that western society has come to expect - in other words it is not just treating the symptoms - it is looking at a total dietary change to rebuild and restore the body's balance and health. It may be a longer journey but it is a journey well worth taking if you ask me!

Sahaja has been training since early 2004 with David Briscoe, one of the top macrobiotic educators/counselors in the USA. A macrobiotic counselor provides education in macrobiotic principles regarding food choice, cooking and lifestyle. Sahaja is offering her commitment to careful and compassionate guidance for those seeking these services. She will guide those who are making the transition to cooking and eating whole and natural foods to bring balance on many levels: balancing one's constitution and one's present condition, cooking appropriately for one’s current condition as well as the seasons. She will also adjust and attune the dietary and lifestyle recommendations for those who need assistance dealing with their own challenging condition.

A consultation will last approximately 2 hours. Within a few days, she will provide you with food recommendations, special drinks or recipes if appropriate, and daily meal plans for your condition. In addition for the next 4 weeks, she will be available for email or phone support where questions can be answered. You will have the opportunity to have on-going support and guidance for this time. The cost for this service is $350.

Follow-up sessions are available for $150.

This is recommended for those:

  • who have had an initial consultation and no longer require back-up recipes, meal plans but would like to have further guidance/coaching.
  • for those who have ample books/recipes at home and do not require a follow-up report but can take notes during thesession for their individual recommendations.

To have someone who has walked the path a little bit ahead is invaluable for pointing out the upcoming pitfalls and shortcuts on the journey. Sahaja can provide that assistance in navigating your own healing journey providing you with the tools/education/information to empower you and recover your intuition.

Then you can trust your own guidance system with confidence and delight.

I went to Sahaja because I needed some advice on how to maintain a balanced diet when not eating meat and I walked out with a tool to heal myself. In Sahaja I found professionalism, knowledge and a genuine desire to empower her clients with an understanding of the foods that would allow them to start tuning into the wisdom of their own body and the healing energy of the foods to match them. Sahaja is a beautiful and radiant woman who loves her job, which appeared to me to be, in fact, her passion and she is truly dedicated to making people feel wonderful in the body they are in and make the most out of what they are eating.

Macrobiotics has been for me a journey of discovery of the voice and inner wisdom of my body and of the delightful energies of grains, seaweeds and beans. My body has responded with such joy to this new way of eating that I have now embraced it wholly and I cannot even remember having ever eaten anything different! Some may think that Macrobiotics is boring, but I have found it is enough to look at some older recipe books from all cultures to find they are full of suggestions on how to enjoy grains and beans. I feel it is just that over time we forgot we are of the Earth. And Sahaja's cooking classes are surely a brilliant way to bring that knowledge back into the memory! My journey into Macrobiotics has been one of healing and empowerment and I can only be truly grateful to myself for having been so smart (!!) to follow my intuition when I saw the ad and to Sahaja for having answered so lovingly and enthusiastically to my request for help to enjoy a full and beautiful health!

~ Maya Barresi, 2004

What I have written in the testimonial is 100% true to me, so I offer it to you with much gratitude, Sahaja, for truly having helped me get to where I am, which is so very far ahead of where I was when I met you. You have honoured me greatly by listening to me, acknowledging and valuing what I already knew and giving me new tools to improve what I knew and discover what I did not. May such Love and Care you put in your Service return to you one thousand fold.