I feel so truly blessed to have been a part of this purely magical Raw Food Program that I feel has impacted my journey in life in so many positive, uplifting ways on my path to connecting deeper to Body, Mind, and Spirit.
Everyone in the group from speakers to classmates has brought so much wisdom, love, and inspiration, rooted in the very same mindset of healing, on so many unique levels. As a rainbow blends with its neighboring color, I too felt blended with our purely magical cohesive group of lovely souls, because we are all in search of changing for the better on so many levels with no judgment, but unconditional support for each other. Thank- You from the bottom of my heart to you ALL.
Our journey in life is so beautifully conducted when we have this support and ongoing guidance. A huge thank-you to all the speakers that have opened my eyes to dive deeper and build my knowledge to better support and bring alive the pieces of wisdom that I had known, but had not yet implemented in my life. This class encouraged and supported me to make important changes in my daily life and the passion to share it with others in holistic work practice, with friends and family.
My “Golden Nuggets,” as Betsy would call them, were the encouragement and support we had to put into practice our daily habits that have paved a path to a better me. This included; embracing even more of a raw food diet than I have already, consuming highly nutritional sprouts in my daily diet, growing my own magically healing Wheat Grass, implementing detoxing on so many levels, grounding myself in meditation, and embracing the richness of nature and its deliciousness to the body.
Connecting and feeling nature’s vibrations flow through me, by just being open to its raw wisdom, as I stand barefoot amongst the dancing trees….remembering that we are ALL connected. May my Body, Mind, and Spirit blossom in the rooted wisdom I choose to nourish it with, woven with the colorful array of possibilities. Blessings and Love to you all and Thank-You from my Heart, Marni-Lee
I joined Eat to Thrive in hopes of gathering tools to sustain a healthier lifestyle, and the course did just that! Peaceful meditations, mindfulness activities, delicious recipes, resources for food preparation, and inspiring personal stories were just a few of my golden nuggets. Every week was such an eye-opening experience thanks to Betsy, guest speakers, and everyone else that shared the 10-week journey with me.
In 2018 Lynda Mapes, award-winning Seattle Times environment reporter, brought to worldwide audiences the story of Tahlequah, the mother orca whale who circled the Salish Sea for more than 1,000 miles and for 17 days with her pod while clinging to the dead newborn calf she would not give up.
Now readers of Lynda’s previously acclaimed books, Breaking Ground, The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village; Elwha, A River Reborn; and Witness Tree, Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak, can welcome:
Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home
(Braided River/Mountaineers Books co-published with The Seattle Times)
The virtual launch hosted by the Seattle Public Library. Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 6:00 p.m. PDT
Order the book and register for the Zoom launch here (hosted by the Seattle Public Library). With more information and additional book purchase options here.
Lynda exposes the roots of the extinction crisis facing the southern resident orca pods who call the Salish Sea home. Their story is inseparable from the story of Chinook salmon, the orcas’ primary food source, who also now are struggling to survive. Where orcas and salmon have prospered for eons, now a fast-changing human-dominated world has shattered their environment. Drawing from experts’ accounting of history, biology, ecology, and animal and human culture, enriched by her own eyewitness reporting, Lynda raises the fundamental question. What does it mean – and what will it take – for humans, orcas and salmon to live successfully together in the place we species all call home.
The virtual launch will feature Lynda and three eminent guests deeply attuned to the southern resident orcas, their past, their present and their future: Jay Julius, lifelong fisherman and former chairman of the Lummi Nation; Deborah Giles, research director of Wild Orca, and Jason Colby, environmental historian and chairman of the history department at the University of Victoria. The launch event will be moderated by Seattle broadcast journalist Jeff Renner, who personally met his first orca face-to-face through a scuba mask years ago.
Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home is a stunning book. Rich in Lynda’s deeply personal natural history writing based on travels across the southern residents’ entire range and reporting with the researchers who know them best. Enriched with Steve Ringman’s unmatched photographs. Elevated with Emily Eng’s elegant scientific illustrations.
Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home builds on, updates and expands the Hostile Watersspecial series published by The Seattle Times that won the international 2019 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
I feel so truly blessed to have been a part of this purely magical Raw Food Program that I feel has impacted my journey in life in so many positive, uplifting ways on my path to connecting deeper to Body, Mind, and Spirit.
I joined Eat to Thrive in hopes of gathering tools to sustain a healthier lifestyle, and the course did just that! Peaceful meditations, mindfulness activities, delicious recipes, resources for food preparation, and inspiring personal stories were just a few of my golden nuggets. Every week was such an eye-opening experience thanks to Betsy, guest speakers, and everyone else that shared the 10-week journey with me.
