Change your Mood with Food
9-week interactive online course to help you establish eating & lifestyle routines that support your health & happiness beyond your life circumstances.
Weekly group calls.
Ready to put yourself first?
Imagine
What if you knew how to……
Eat so that you feel healthy, light, and vitalised?
Plan your meals, so you never have to wonder, “what are we having for dinner?”
Roll with the change of seasons so that you stay healthy and strong.
How would that make you feel?
“Thank you so much, Katja, for this life-changing and inspirational course. I have learnt and developed knowledge, skills and confidence, which will be with me forever. Ayurveda is so fascinating, and I am very happy that I have been able to incorporate it into my life. I will continue to draw upon my newfound knowledge to stay balanced 😊. “
Joey
This high-touch course is for you if you need a change but don’t know where to start.
The Ayurveda & Yoga teach you how to change unhelpful habits, so you can
Establish eating patterns that fit in with daily commitments & nourish.
Structure your work and lifestyle activities throughout the days and seasons to suit your unique constitution.
Plan & prepare meals ahead with confidence.
Establish a morning routine that sets you up for the entire day, no matter what lies ahead.
Establish an evening routine that leads to a restful & nourishing sleep.
Adjust your Yoga or exercise practice according to the seasons and your constitution.
Apply these principles to all aspects of your life.
Community activities such as cooking and eating together remind you that you are not alone in this.
During the initial one-to-one call, we address present issues related to your lifestyle and digestion to evaluate which changes work and which need adapting.
The weekly group calls, which will be on Thursday evenings, offer a space to share experiences, ask questions and encourage a deeper understanding of the process and additional topics, such as
Stress management
Seasonal detox.
Menstrual cycle.
Perimenopause/menopause.
Ayurvedic herbs.
Weight loss.
“Having started with very little knowledge on the subject, it has been a revelation to learn how Ayurveda can help control imbalances in the body and bring about change. Katja is a wonderful teacher, very enthusiastic and passionate about Ayurveda. Thank you to Katja for a very informative and enjoyable course.” Yaja P.
Meet Katja
Twenty-two years back, I started Zest for Yoga. Being introduced to Yoga and Ayurveda at the same time, both have been equally important to my life since. As a Yoga teacher and Ayurveda Diet & Lifestyle Consultant, I focus on balancing the qualities of the seasons in my Yoga sessions through workshops (in person and online) & Ayurveda consultations.
My mission is to support busy, health-conscious women who struggle with stress, anxiety & confidence to take charge of their health and well-being with the tools and life skills of Yoga and Ayurveda, whatever the future brings.
I am sharing my experience.
Yoga, the seasonal living of Ayurveda, and my teacher helped me navigate through a decade of ulcerative colitis. I had a busy job as a network administrator, attended my Yoga teacher training, moved to London from Germany, and much more when I fell ill. The options were taking steroids or bringing changes with Yoga and Ayurveda. I decided that spending years taking steroids was not for me and chose Ayurveda.
I changed my diet and my lifestyle and took Ayurvedic herbs. It was not an easy ride; it took years to finally get on top of the inflammation.
It impressed me to experience how significant changes can be achieved with minor adjustments, such as changing mealtimes or introducing hot water.
I have been sharing this ever since.
What To Expect?
Week 1 + 2
The Basics of Ayurveda
Learn the basic principles of Ayurveda, and receive a foundational understanding of your own needs and how to manage them.
Week 3
The Basics of the Ayurvedic Kitchen
Set up your ayurvedic kitchen with the essential equipment, pantry items, and recipes and learn how to prepare your meals with interactive cook-alongs.
Week 4-6
The Seasons of Ayurveda
The seasons and their qualities. Get a clear roadmap on balancing these qualities using suitable food and spices for each season, lifestyle suggestions, and Yoga.
Week 7
Self-Care
Learn how to manage work, pleasure, purpose and freedom, the 4 aspects that make our lives meaningful.
Week 8
Planning & Preparation
Learn how to plan your meals, prepare them ahead of time and use cooking techniques that suit you best.
Week 9
Tying it all together
In our final week, learn about seasonal detoxing and how to bring it all together and implement them in your life.
* Free up 20 min per day to watch short videos, listen to audio & implement shopping- and checklists, and read through summary sheets to ensure the best results.
“The most transformational for me were the lifestyle changes which were introduced to me every week. I felt as if the course was specifically designed only for me. I took the learning home to my family, and I could see prominent positive changes in their behaviours.”
— Namita S.
Is This For You?
Rolling with the seasons is like swimming downstream. The seasons come in a particular order, so do the days.
Flowing with nature comes naturally and uses minimum energy. Working against it is like swimming upstream, which wastes your energy, such as eating heavy meals late in the evening, going to bed late, or eating salads as your main meal in the autumn and winter.
The effects of swimming against the stream can show up like this:
Feeling heavy, sluggish and tired in the morning.
Feeling too tired to exercise or decide on what to eat.
Snacking because you don’t know what to cook or are hungry after meals.
Binge eating.
Never seeing any improvement, whatever you try.
Feeling bloated, your gut won’t stop grumbling no matter what you eat.
Experiencing long-term constipation or diarrhoea.
Battling hives and eczema, which seem to flare up constantly.
Brain fog, your brain can’t remember things,
Getting worked up, snapping or shouting at kids and partner over small things.
Everything feels too much and overwhelming.
Menstruation is irregular, missing, with heavy bleeding, painful, PMS etc.
Do you experience any of these? Then this course if for you!
Here is the best part….
I am looking for busy, health-conscious women who want to learn tools and life skills to become robust, calm & confident no matter what the future brings and are determined to take charge of their physical and mental health.
This is what to look forward to:
9 weeks of video and audio content.
9 weekly group calls to get your questions answered.
Weekly handouts, food plans, menu planning templates & tracking charts to download and print to keep track of your progress and have information handy.
Ongoing access to the course material for the lifetime of this course.
Ongoing access to the community to ask questions and exchange experiences and ideas.
A free 45-minute consultation at the beginning of the course to discuss how to best structure the time to address your needs.
Wait! That’s not all!!!
No, there is still more to come.
join our Annual Autumn Cleanse.
Voluntary meditation and breathing practices.
Seasonal Yoga videos, including tutorial videos on Surya Namaskar (salute to the sun) morning practice and Chandra Namaskar (salute to the moon) evening practice.
Access to a growing “Become a confident Ayurvedic Home Cook” video library.
Two fun sessions where we cook and eat together (all online).
“The course helped me break my aversion to cooking, which isn’t something I naturally enjoy. I learnt about food as a concept of ‘nourishing the mind and body’, and this has been transformational in how I now approach food preparation for my family.”
— Anjalee P.
You’ve Got This!
Yes, you are busy, and it takes determination to change old habits and establish new routines.
Doing this alone is difficult, but together we are strong.
You don’t have any experience with Ayurveda? No problem; with this course, you will get the principles relevant to your life and be able to apply them to different situations.