Here's where we stayed..
A beautiful and friendly communal space, we shared the indoor facilities with others that were staying there, sharing an amazing breakfast together in the mornings..lots of oats, nuts, fruits and dairy free milks to choose from (rice, oat, soya and hemp). We were also made a scrummy smoothie each morning which was made of banana, hemp milk and spirulina, which is a green algae superfood, it tasted amazing and made you feel amazing too! Cameras and mobile phones weren't allowed in the Shekinashram as they interfered with meditation, so I didn't take any photos inside. But here are a few of the garden..
The shops in Glastonbury are amazing, just a walk on the street there is so much to see, the houses are beautiful and the people are so friendly, warm and welcoming..passers by smiling and saying hello or good morning..
And on our first walk we were greeted by a lovely tom cat..
Then we came across a little shop called the chocolate love temple, a place where the people there make the chocolate themselves from the raw cacao bean. We got to try a sample and it was that good that I had to get some. I got a 'mixed magic' bar, the flavour is proper tasty and is great for when you have a craving for something sweet, and you only need a little bite as it's quite rich and intense in flavour. It gives you a great healthy buzz too..after I had some I felt alert and perked up, but there wasn't a crash like sugary chocolates can give you, because there is no sugar in it
Ingredients in the raw cocao..
cacao butter
cacao paste
cacao powder
purple corn
maca
lucuma
yacon syrup
maple syrup
cayenne
vanilla
orange essential oil
(high in anti-oxidants and a good hormone balancer)
Gluten and sugar free
The man in the shop was really passionate about explaining the benefits of cocao and how important superfoods are for us. He also recommended this book..
There's also some good raw food info here..
I was excited to find that there was lots of vegan choices in Glastonbury too, everywhere you went had dairy free milks, lots of teas to choose from and amazing vegan foods on the menu.
chai latte
We had lunch one day in a place called the Hundred Monkeys, they served veggy and non veggy foods as well as vegan, but there was plenty of vegan things to choose from. I went for the Solstice Winter Veg soup with homemade brown bread..reet tasty..
Then me and mum shared a chai tea
The amount of teas they had was crazy..but good crazy..
After good grub and tea we were set up for a good walk and went to the abbey and chalice well..
On the way back we bumped into some friendly little creatures..
who were kind enough to lead us the way to the Church.
There we found that the grass was taking a well deserved rest..
Glastonbury was a lovely place to be to celebrate the Winter Solstice.
Wishing everyone a peaceful and festive season.
x
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