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Eat Pray Love – These 3 words together just remind me of chocolate.  Is that because chocolate makes me feel good or do we all associate chocolate with feeling good?  It doesn’t have that sort of ” oh do I really have to eat THAT “ feeling.  It is more of the wonderment and delight and memories of sharing and feeling good.  A steaming cup of hot cocoa on a winters morning.  A sweet delight on your pillow with your sheets turned down.  Does that make you tummy flip with joy.  Oh it lifts the spirit and satisfies cravings emotional and physical. Today I am going to share with you my Yoga Bali Retreat introduction – inspired by ” Eat, Pray, Love” and a Mexican Hot Chocolate Recipe with a twist.  My desire is that both treats will have your spirits sore. (check out the retreat menu)

Yoga Bali Retreat

PONDERING : So if these 3 words Eat Pray Love ( yes this post is inspired by the book) then is it ok to eat chocolate on a Yoga Bali Retreat? It is interesting to play with what these words mean to you and if you were “Eat Pray Love” what would you eat, who would you pray for and who would you love?

Does Yoga, Travel and Chocolate meet the desire of the human soul? I love this paragraph out of the book ” Chocolate” by Karl Petzke and Sara Slavin. ” To be human is to desire.  We know that animals have wants and needs and memories, but unlike us, they live almost entirely in the moment, not in the past of the future.  And it is the tangled interplay between the world of memory and world of the future that creates the human province of desire.”

This year I will Eat chocolate, Pray for my family and Love me more.  To help myself and others have great joy I have created wonderful cooking tours around the world that truly allow people to meet the desire of the human soul.  Eat – Pray – Love, Is this not what we do everytime we cook for our friends and family, the more love and joy you put into a meel the better it tastes and the more enjoyment people get out of it.

“I LOVE DESIRE, THE STATE OF WANT AND OF HOW TO GET; BUILDING A KINGDOM IN A SOUL REQUIRES  DESIRE. ” Molly Peacock, from “Why I am not a Buddhist”

Please follow my tour and have the desire to join me one day as we – Cheerfully, Chop, Whisk and Stir our way around the world.

The Recipe for today is on the theme of Desire and Love:

MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE

4 cups milk

2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon black pepper finely ground

Heat milk in medium-sized saucepan until hot.  Add remaining ingredients and whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is slightly foamy.  Serve in warm cups Serves 4.

Enjoy with Love and Share with your Love.

also from the book " Chocolate" by Karl Petzke and Sara Slavin.