Blasts of Light

Oftentimes, regardless of where we are on our spiritual path we forget the simple, core, foundation truth that our highest job is to be love. We are hear to be the light, hold the space for love in each and every interaction in our day. I often work with spiritual entrepreneurs or people who are looking to start a more heart centered business but currently still at a normal 9 to 5 and feeling like they don’t have the ability to help people. It’s simply an illusion, wherever we are, whatever our current job might be, it’s ALWAYS our highest job to be the love in the room. Watch the video and let me know what opens up for you here!

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In the third installment of the LightMAYker series, I’m sharing with you a truth bomb from my favorite A Course in Miracles teacher, Marianne Williamson, on why there is no grey area when it comes to fear and love. It hit me hard last night that there is no such thing as a little fear, we are either in love, trust, Reality or we are in fear, anxiety and illusion. It’s a great reminder to be more disciplined about our thoughts and more conscious about filling ourselves with love and light so that darkness has a harder time slipping through the cracks!

Let me know if this video hit home for you! What areas of your life have you allow a little fear to creep in? How are you committed to shifting it?

In today’s LightMAYker video I talk about getting clear on your commitments and how it can shift your actions and therefore your life. SO often we go through life with out being conscious of what we are committed to on a daily basis and therefore are unconsciously committing to thing we do NOT want to create in our lives. Give it a watch and let me know what you are ready to consciously commit to in your life!

In this video, not only am I kicking off ‘video every day in May’ but I’m also letting you in on something that eludes many people. Why do certain behaviors from people in our lives literally drive us up a wall? Have you ever dated someone, had a close friend or even a family member that had a particular habit or behavioral pattern that drove you crazy? Well in this video, I let you in on something that has been triggering me for years and how I finally uncovered the truth beneath it.

If you like this video, please share it with your friends. Comment below and let me know what comes up for you — have you been able to uncover why something is really bothering you?

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I made my FAVORITE gluten free, vegan chocolate cupcakes with my healthy chocolate icing recently for Thrive Market. This recipe not only uses date sugar to sweeten the cupcakes as naturally as possible with REAL food but the icing is also primarily made from sweet potatoes. Check out the video to watch me make the full recipe, you are going to love these babies!

Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients

For the cupcakes
2 cups chocolate almond milk
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
2 cups quinoa flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup date sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup coconut oil

For the frosting

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup cashew butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 cup sweet potato puree
1/4 cup carob or cacao powder
3 tablespoons date sugar
Pinch of salt
10 to 15 drops vanilla stevia
Unsweetened shredded coconut, for garnish

Instructions

Make the cupcakes
Preheat oven to 375. Combine apple cider vinegar and chocolate almond milk and set aside to curdle.

Using a stand mixer or a large bowl and hand mixer, add together dry ingredients until just combined. Add wet ingredients into the bowl, and mix together until batter comes together. Grease a muffin tin with coconut oil, and fill tins halfway with batter. Bake in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until firm.

Make the frosting
In a small saucepan over low heat, simmer chocolate, cashew butter, and coconut oil, stirring constantly. When chocolate begins to melt, remove from heat. In a small bowl, combine cacao powder, date sugar, stevia, salt, and sweet potato puree. Carefully pour chocolate mixture into the sweet potato mixture, and stir together until combined. Refrigerate until cool, stir again.

Frost the cupcakes
Using a piping bag or plastic sandwich bag with a corner cut off, pipe frosting onto cupcakes in swirls. Top with a sprinkle of shredded coconut.

 

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with numerous mentors, watching countless inspirational talks from some of the most successful people of our time and of course, following my own intuition — I can’t say how often the subject “saying NO” has popped up. It’s the number one productivity tip of some of the most successful people I know and I wanted to share it with you or give you a loving reminder if you have heard this before. The trick to creating the things you want to in the world, the key to being successful and quite frankly, a valuable tool for staying sane and taking care of yourself while at it, is knowing when to say no. Watch the video and let me know what you think in the comments below!

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Summer is right around the corner and I have been obsessed with the mouth watering photos of veggie spring rolls all over instagram and pinterest. Luckily my friend Nicole is a veggie summer roll maven and offered to come over and share her favorite, easy vegan spring roll recipe with me and I wanted to let you all in on the fun. These veggie rolls with thai peanut dipping sauce were out of this world and SO easy to make. It’s going to be your favorite go-to summer recipe!

Check out the full recipe below as well as links to see more of Nicole!
And don’t forget to head on over to Nicole’s channel to see her interview me about meditation!

LINK to that –> http://youtu.be/3nrYzDUW8Qk

VEGAN SPRING ROLLS
– 10-12 rice papers
– 2 cups mixed greens or lettuce of your choice
– I large carrot, shredded
– 2-3 scallions, shredded
– 1 avocado
– 1/2 cup water chestnuts
– warm water

Soak one rice paper at a time in warm water until softened (about one minute) Transfer to a smooth surface and add lettuce, carrots, scallions, water chestnuts, and avocado.

To roll, tuck the sides in first, then the bottom of the rice paper, and finally the top. Roll into a burrito shape and continue with remaining rice papers.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour, cut in half with a sharp knife, and serve with peanut sauce.

Peanut Sauce Recipe

1/2 cup peanutbutter
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp soy sauce (low sodium)
1 tbsp agave
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp garlic powder
1 lime/ or 2 tbsp lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a bowl or high powdered blender. Blend or whisk until smooth.

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Hey loves! I teamed up with Thrive Market to share with you some of my favorite gluten free recipes and these chocolate chip cookies certainly top the list! I loving call these healthy nutella cookies because I made them with both chocolate chips and slivers of hazelnut – two of the main flavors in the beloved nutella spread. However, these delicious cookies are actually vegan (dairy free), sugar free AND gluten free, which make them pretty darn magical on the spectrum of sweet treats! Whip them up for yourself at home and let me know what you think! Tag us on your posts @cassandrabodzak, @thrivemkt and #eatwithintention!

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Heaven Cookies
Yield: 18 to 24 cookies
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients
1 ½ cups gluten-free oat bran
½ cup hazelnuts, chopped
½ cup vegan chocolate chips
2 tablespoon of cashew butter
2 tablespoon of flax oil or coconut oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 flax “eggs”
1 large ripe banana

For one “flax egg”
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
3 tablespoons water

Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Combine all ingredients together into a large bowl, mixing thoroughly until batter thickens and is completely moistened. Place 1 1/2-inch balls of batter 1 inch apart on baking sheet and lightly press down on each with your palm.

Bake 7 to 10 minutes, until golden on the outside edges. Allow to cool, then enjoy with a glass of almond milk.

This guided meditation for setting intentions has been a favorite amongst my clients and friends for a while now so I thought it only fitting to share it with everyone! You can use this meditation any time you are ready for a fresh start. It’s always a great idea to do a guided meditation for setting intentions on a New Moon, New Year, or anytime you are ready for a new beginning. Give it a go and let me know about your experience below! If you would like to share some of your intentions with me in the comments below, it would be my pleasure to hold space for them to come to fruition!

Got a friend who could use a fresh start? Send them this meditation with a lot of love!

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I had a blast sharing some of my favorite gluten free and vegan recipes with Thrive Market recently. These gluten free strawberry banana oatmeal cakes are a great easy vegan recipe to make on Sunday night and have for breakfast all week long. They also make a delicious addition to your weekend brunch, just place them in a bowl with some steamed nut milk and chopped strawberries for a complete upgrade from your average oatmeal!

Strawberry Gluten-Free Baked Oatmeal Cakes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

3 cups gluten-free oats
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 “flax eggs” (see below)
¼ cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
2 bananas, ripe
½ cup chopped strawberries

For one “flax egg”
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
3 tablespoons water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Make the flax eggs
In small bowl, mix together flaxseed meal and water until combined. Let sit for 5 minutes to come together.

Make the muffins
In medium bowl, stir together dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Distribute batter evenly into muffin tin cups and bake for 10 minutes, or until set.

Serve with almond milk, nuts, fresh fruit, and/or nut butter.

Wow-ee! I just finished the first draft and sent it all in of my first book baby, “Eat with Intention”, which will be a lifestyle guide full of food, meditation and self-care recipes to help you make peace with your body so that you can listen to it’s inner wisdom! The whole book writing experience has been such an epic journey for me. It’s brought up A LOT of “stuff” I didn’t even realize I had running around in my head. One of the most surprising being perfectionism, something I was sure I was immune to.

In this video I open up about the perfectionism that came up for me while writing my recent book and share the tools that helped me overcome perfectionism and finish my book. This video will inspire you to stop getting stuck at the start and realize it’s better for it be done than perfect!

If this is really hitting home for you and you would like to schedule a one on one breakthrough session with me around your business to launch you into action, head on over to https://cassandrabodzak.com/coaching for more info.

We are kicking off what’s looking like the most energetically potent month of the year this March and it’s starting with a bang with this New Moon Solar Eclipse in Pisces on Tuesday, March 8th. Many of you know how much I love following the planets with my new moon and full moon workshops so I wanted to share my best kept ‘not-so-secret’, my amazing astrologer, Patrice Kamins and bring her on to share with all of you what you can expect energetically the rest of the week as well as dive a little deeper than I have into what it all means. Patrice goes through all twelve signs and gives you some insight as to what might be getting stirred up these next few days. While the actual solar eclipse happens March 8th, no doubt you’ve already started feeling it’s energy and you will continue to feel it the rest of the week! I hope you enjoy the video! I’ve also included some of my favorite websites below to read the new moon forecast as well as a link to my yoga studio, Rama Institute, which will be live streaming kundalini yoga and meditation classes all week in honor of the eclipse. I highly suggest you check it out if you don’t have a spiritual community locally!

For more info on Patrice, visit her website here or email her to schedule a private reading at patricekaminsastrology@gmail.com

MORE juice New Moon Solar Eclipse in Pisces goodness 🙂

http://www.mysticmamma.com/total-eclipse-in-pisces-supermoon-march-8th-9th-2016/

http://thenuminous.net/eclipse-season/

 

Practice this week with my teacher Guru Jagat on RAMA tv to make the most of this energetic hurricane we are walking through right now. 🙂

https://rama-tv.com