Laruga talks to Adam about her food and diet for yoga

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[@lotti9576]

Beautiful conversation. Refreshing hearing the conversation around food shift. I have also noticed how the yoga community types have become very ridged and judgemental and seeing this shift is lovely. I feel my story is so similar being vegetarian for 13 years and since I stopped I feel so much healthier. Food is no longer a big deal to me and I love and enjoy so much more variety and quality and community of food. My weight is more stable and tuning into how you feel. I have started farming and I see a lot of new life and death. Death is not bad it just is and I have come to find the more disconnected people get the more they try to control death. It is so vital for life to renew itself. There will always be a natural instinct to avoid death but I try to respect the process and give my animals the best life I can.

[@keenonyoga]

thanks Lotti. very insightful. I think it’s increasingly the case that people are experimenting with a not exclusively veg/vegan diet due to health issues or just how they feel. Which, of course, does raise ethical issues which you well approach here. thanks for watching and enjoy the farming! It’s true , when you get nature you quickly realise the cycle of life and death as an unavoidable and innate one .

[@DEIDREROG]

😂🤣 the favorite food at the end was the best! I had a weird experience with a vegan the other day who was saying that it took 72 hours to digest beef and that meat was full of antibiotics. google it it ain’t true so it’s funny to hearLaruga talking about the vegan food feeling like a brick in her stomach. Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against people who are vegan, and I have several friends who are, but I’ve tried being vegetarian and pretty much vegan with very poor results and I had to quit. I think everybody is different and knowing what works for you is important

[@keenonyoga]

thanks. yes, this is a matter that we all have to come to ourselves . But, the idea that it is healthier to be vegan (or even vegetarian) as a general idea is simply unfounded!

[@_elfifle_]

Great talk! 🙏 As Laruga says, being okay with eating what your body asks you is so freeing! If people ask me where I fit in in terms of diet, I say I'm a 'flexitarian' . I was a vegetarian for years before realizing that I really needed some non-veg protein (bad digestion, headaches, low energy...), and I never went back since. I also tried a ketogenic diet but noticed it wasn't for me - although I did 'befriend' non-veg foods during that period. I just try to listen to my body and give in to healthy cravings (no loads of sugar or coffee when tired and instead take a nap or yoga nidra). I do fast from time to time, again when I feel my body needs it (reduced or no hunger, feeling bloated for a longer period meaning I need to give my digestive system a break). Like Laruga, I also thrive best on meat/fish with veggies, maybe it's no coincidence that I have the same small frame and pretty quick metabolism. It would be so awesome if we could really just enjoy eating and appreciate the luxury we have to have so much choice, and have the means to buy different types of foods. For some this may look more like vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, carnivore... And this may also change depending on our lifestyle, age, stress levels etc. The main aim I believe strongly is to nurture our wonderful body (it works so hard for us!) - and stop judging others for their lifestyle (this only feeds a bigger issue with disordered eating). I had a chronic illness some years ago where one symptom was pretty bad digestive issues, and that really changed my mindset regarding foods and truly nourishing my body through food (and yoga etc.) which actually got me to a better health state than before.

[@keenonyoga]

That’s great to hear - thanks for sharing your journey . Really important for people to hear. Obviously, the solution is different for everyone. On the other hand - as you say- the solution is also a practical and simple one; nurture your body and eat foods that do that, you enjoy and that make your body feel good - outside rigid ideologies from the mind you feel you ‘ought’ to follow. Thanks again . 🙏

[@sigis-mondi]

Hi Adam, beautiful and needed chat. I also feel that staying away from dogmas is needed when we talk about food. Being experimental and see how different diets differently affect our body and our performances is ideal!

[@keenonyoga]

Thanks. I felt it was an important topic to broach and Laruga did it fantastically. I’m glad you appreciated the open nature of the dialogue 🙏

[@sigis-mondi]

@@keenonyoga I totally appreciated. I’m Alessandro Sigismondi by the way, just change my channel’s name hehe

[@keenonyoga]

@@sigis-mondi ok! Remember we had some ideas of doing something here too. Still open to it!!

[@saraorella835]

Brilliant conversation. Bottom line, our bodies are design to perform when we feed it correctly. So, let’s eat. You can’t be starving and do Ashtanga 🧘‍♂️. Ashtanga is serious business.

[@YogiAdrianne]

Thank you for this 💜 You’re helping a lot of people. I follow Laruga and look up to her. My husband and I have been vegan for 7 years, I’m an 8 year Yogi and 5 year Ashtangi and I have not been feeling well for almost a year and I know it’s from a vitamin deficiency (I’m not comfortable supplementing and I don’t want to). To make a long story short my husband and I will be eating out first piece of fish in 7 years in about 20 mins. Thank you Adam for choosing this topic and inviting a woman that respect from a distance ❤️

[@keenonyoga]

That’s great to hear. The subject is very close to my heart as I also ethically made the choice to be vegan for most of my 30s and it really didn’t suit me well. I feel a lot better now. Keep in touch and let me know how you feel after a couple weeks eating fish..

[@krystalnahnychuk3530]

Hey Adam, I love that you sat down with Laruga. She is an inspiring yogi and person. Enjoyed this conversation between you two immensely. Many thanks to you both for sharing this information with us.

[@keenonyoga]

Hi Krystal. Really nice to hear that. Yes, I always find Laruga inspirational myself. I’m glad you enjoyed it too 🙏

[@marijamaya2038]

Excellent teachers in one place.Thank you, I enjoyed it❤❤😊

[@jacquelinedella-santa2451]

another fabulous interview, honest and upfront

[@keenonyoga]

Thanks so much. I’m glad. 🙏🙏

[@nabilayoub6195]

Thank you largua for your sharing and your honesty

[@MiaK06]

Just love her / and all those who just approach all with such common sense and calm And it is so refreshing to hear a true yogi talk about the fact that she does eat meat I respect every yogi’s diet choices but so many force themselves to be vegan or vegetarian as a result and it becomes more a label than something done for benefit of the body There is just no one size fits all

[@guillermogimenez9830]

Si pueden pasar al español

[@guillermogimenez9830]

Por favor traducir al español

[@PM-jk9zk]

I am so deeply grateful for this conversation. I was a vegetarian/vegan for so long, but it just doesn't work for me. When I eat ancestrally (animal protein) I feel SO much better, but I didn't have the confidence to own it within the yoga community until now. This conversation feels like the answer I needed for my dietary questions. Thank you for liberating us.

[@keenonyoga]

hi ! glad to hear you found the conversation helpful. That’s exactly why I instigated it. Your choice of food , if done consciously, does not at all define or impact your yoga practice. You should feel liberated indeed!

[@Babassecretchannel]

Most ashtangis especially pros don’t look healthy at all. Ashtangis have strong but withered muscles and they look fried, burnt. Ashtanga as practice is as intensive as martial arts but in martial arts everyone knows that you can’t build a body and skills on veg diet, not to even mention vegan. So ashtangis do pro gymnastic level workouts on a veg diet and the outcome is that it withers and dries up one’s body and energies. No good.

[@dharmayogaashram979]

Real yoga is all about the Hindu religion. Divorcing yoga from Hinduism is dishonest, at best. Those "into yoga" should either first become Hindus before teaching or just get out of the business.

[@sreemoyee13]

That's not true at all.

[@dharmayogaashram979]

@@sreemoyee13 what's not true? Define the language and the word yoga.