Healing Processes
It’s been more than a little bit since I shared about food. For those of you who know me, you know that food is a large part of my life.
Good food.
Real food.
Simple food.
Organic food.
Ancestral food.
Homemade food.
I got into food because I was very ill, and learning about food — where it comes from, how it’s made, what all those mysterious additives and ingredients are — was, and still is, a large part of my healing p r o c e s s.
The shape of what that journey looks like has changed a lot. I used to be quite rigid about the principles and rules I’d so meticulously learned. They illuminated the path for me. I followed them like they were God’s eleventh commandment. And I needed to.
The journey began right after high school. It’s been a slow, raw unraveling — learning what works for me, but more than anything, learning how to l i s t e n to my body.
The soft, still, quiet body.
How to feel into her and please her.
Not withhold from her.
Not live by rigid rules because a diet, system, or protocol said so.
But there’s a paradox. I can only do this now because I first learned the rules. I followed them until they followed me. And when you really embody a set of foundations, something profound shifts.
You earn the right to bend them. Break them. And let them soften.
It’s a kind of alchemy.
When people ask me what to do to get better, it’s hard for me to give a short answer.
Your body is not mine.
Your rhythm, your timing, your lessons.
They’re sacred.
They’re yours.
Healing is a journey. One that requires your own unraveling, your own listening, your own remembering. I can offer reflections and practical advice, sure. But the deep answers are yours to find out.
To learn basic principles however, I like to refer people to Weston A. Price and Ray Peat.
Still, no system is perfect. I don’t align with every idea either of these men taught. But they offer good starting points. Eventually, the real work is becoming a channel for Source to flow through you.
You heal you.
We’re living in a time of deep disconnection from what’s good. Most people don’t know how to eat because they’ve been misled. The lack of transparency in the industry is maddening. What’s marketed as organic or farm-to-table often isn’t. What’s deemed healthy often isn’t.
And ironically, what’s been demonized — butter, red meat, salt — is often what the body actually needs.
Food, my dear friends, is a parent.
Food is sacred.
The way we eat is an act of devotion.
It should never be a means to an end, or an end to a means.
The ultimate goal isn’t about your food or how you eat — it’s about living a full life and being a vessel for Light. And even that is an over-simplification.
Recent and Upcoming Things I’m Grateful For:
I recently graduated from my Reiki Master training with beloved elder-teacher, Libby Barnett. More than ever, I see with clarity how vital it is to become a clear channel for healing — to allow God’s Light flow through me and to rest in the mystery of that feeling.
A friend recently described me as “The most based and spiritual person I’ve ever met.” I liked that. I laughed at that.
I’m really excited to be attending and working at the Weston A. Price conference this coming weekend in Utah. It’s a gathering centered on food, farming, and the healing arts.
I’m living and working in Arizona for the winter!
That’s it for now. I’ll do my best to take photos and share reflections from the conference.
Until then,
take care of your vessel,
listen deeply,
and honor your own path.
Love Atara
I’ve been on a journey with food myself. I can really relate to this! Love your insights!