Nutrition at the Day Village

I have a great desire to raise my son on living foods -- meaning mostly organic, raw (unprocessed and uncooked), plant-based, whole foods!  Why?  Because I have personally found this high alkaline diet to be the most energizing and healthful food I have ever consumed!  I feel AMAZING eating this way and extremely HEALTHY!  And so naturally, I would like to pass this on to my child!  :)


At the moment at 9 months, my son, Thaddeus, is predominantly fed breast milk as his main (99%+) source of nutrition.  I supplement him for fun on other liquid nourishment here and there, giving him an occasional fresh green juice, coconut water, or home-made nut/seed milk.  So far with me eating a living foods diet and my son consuming mostly breast milk, he is a thriving plump-a-licious baby!

Thaddeus at 9 months playing in the salad bowl 

while Mama prepares some raw food!

Since children are social by nature and are going to want to do things that "all the other kids are doing," I consider it important to surround him with like-minded families who are raising their children in a similar way.  And so, creating a community around living foods for the children and mothers to enjoy together is a large component to the Continuum Day Village!  In our current village "home" at The Soma Center, we are fortunate to have them offer a wide variety of raw and vegan foods.  This certainly helps us all to eat nutritiously and deliciously!


My long-term goal for the Day Village is to be located on my future property where my home and village would coincide... location still to be determined.  I desire to plant a garden of veggies, greens, and herbs, along with some fruit trees.  Together we would learn about growing our own food, and would create a sustainable, fun, and affordable way of feeding ourselves!  I would like to incorporate "Edible Forest Gardening" that I have been so fortunate to learn about just briefly from Walter 'Shantree' Kacera on the Raw Mom Summit!  Check out his awesome interview for FREE for 24 hours starting at 9pm EST on December 9th!  Also available for the next 24 hours are interviews from Victoria Boutenko, Dr. Doug Graham, and our very own village mama, Andrea Nison!!!!!!!!!!  

Check out the Raw Mom Summit here:  

http://tinyurl.com/y85c3zj

The Ball is Rolling and the Vision is Unfolding!

My Day Village Vision debuted on"The Raw Food World" TV Show on YouTube, thanks to Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes-Monarch!  ...And then the ball really started rolling!!!  I am grateful for all the emails from women around the world (for which I am still catching up!) and the new friends I have on Facebook who all saw my video interview!

More momentum was gained when Shannon 'Shakaya Breeze' Leone of RawMom.com contacted me after seeing my interview with the Monarchs and asked to interview me for the next Raw Mom Summit!  Starting December 9th, for 9 days, there will be awesome interviews to listen to online!!!  And I am honored to be among some amazing leaders in the raw food movement!  In the meantime, I have been sharing about myself on the Raw Mom Blog and answering some questions for some of their readers!

Then... the ball was rolling faster... when Sara Green, Yoga Teacher at The Soma Center in Lake Worth, Florida saw my post on the Raw Mom Blog! She was so excited about the vision... and then we ended up in the same Kids Yoga class with our babies at The Soma Center!!!  It was a divine connection indeed!  And so a million thanks to my fellow visionary who has come alongside me to help get the Day Village started right at The Soma Center.  Our dear friend, Andrea Nison, is our other partner who is helping to make it all happen!  I appreciate both Sara and Andrea soooooo much!

Mama Andrea Nison with daughter, Noa, in the Ergo baby carrier on left.

Mama Sara Green with daughter, Ellie, in the Moby wrap sling on right.

Andrea, Sara, and I had a brainstorming session 

about the Day Village at the Palm Beach Zoo!

Initial Vision Revealed

After my apprenticeship at Khalsa Childcare in September 2009, I continued to run ideas through my mind as I envisioned my perfect "Day Village."  I started to share my vision with others, and began to gain the support of my friends and family who confirmed that I had truly come upon a brilliant idea!  Now I needed to find a way to manifest it!!!  As a big believer in "The Law of Attraction," I knew that if I put my idea out there, that I would attract unto myself the people and resources to make it happen!

Thanks to one of my best Mama friends, Andrea Nison, who is big into the raw food movement, along with her husband, Paul Nison, I met another couple who is also spreading the word of raw food and natural ways of living.  My new connection with Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes-Monarch was the beginning of another wonderful friendship!  We hung out one day, playing with preparing raw food and making videos, and I was honored to have them interview me for their YouTube TV Show, "The Raw Food World."  It was my interview with Matt and Angela that really got the ball rolling of my vision unfolding!