Mindfully Rooted Meals & Movement

02/24/2026

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02/24/2026

02/24/2026

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Every day,
you teach your brain

to believe in you
or to doubt you.

Be intentional
with the words
you repeat to yourself.

Your mind listens.

And over time,
it becomes
what you consistently practice.

Choose thoughts
that strengthen you.

Your future
is being shaped quietly,
one belief at a time.

02/24/2026

🥦 Vegan vs. Plant-Based: Do you know the difference? 🤔

These terms get tossed around a lot—and while they overlap, they don’t always mean the same thing. 🌱✨

Some focus on lifestyle, others on food choices… but both are changing the way we eat and live.

🌱 Team Vegan or Team Plant-Based? Let’s hear it!

02/24/2026

Ambition in any form – for the group, for individual salvation, or for spiritual achievement – is action postponed. Desire is ever of the future; the desire to become is inaction in the present. The now has greater significance than the tomorrow. In the now is all time, and to understand the now is to be free of time. Becoming is the continuation of time, of sorrow. Becoming does not contain being. Being is always in the present, and being is the highest form of transformation. Becoming is merely modified continuity, and there is radical transformation only in the present, in being.

J. Krishnamurti
Commentaries on Living
Series I - Chapter 1 - ‘Three Pious Egoists’

02/23/2026

More than 150 University of Miami students and faculty attended Eat Well, Learn Well: The Power of Plant-Forward Nutrition, hosted by Plant-Based Canes and sponsored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Dr. Brooke Bussard spoke about the science of the gut microbiome and the role of fiber from whole grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables. The event also featured a cooking demonstration by Shauné Hayes and student perspectives on the benefits of incorporating more plant-based foods.

Read the full story: https://news.miami.edu/stories/2026/02/discovering-the-benefits-of-a-plant-based-diet.html

02/23/2026

🥬 What if one of the most powerful tools for protecting your health is already in your produce aisle?

Cruciferous vegetables — like kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower — contain natural compounds that support the body’s detox pathways and help protect cells from damage. Research continues to explore their role in reducing cancer risk and supporting overall health. 🌱

This isn’t about one “superfood.” It’s about consistently building your plate around plants that work with your body.

Small daily choices add up. Add a serving of cruciferous veggies to your next meal and let your fork do more than just feed you — let it protect you. 💚

02/22/2026

A LASTING FULFILLMENT

CAUSELESS HAPPINESS

Patañjali’s Yogasūtra 2.42: "Samtoṣāt-anuttamaḥ sukha-lābhaḥ"
"Happiness reveals itself as incomparable contentment."

"The Joy of the Self is unlike any other joy that you have experienced before. It is the expansive quality of contentment that becomes known as being already inherent in you. It is causeless and expands by itself as it stems from emptiness rather than causation. Without needing anything, you are already happy. Without taking on anything, you can experience the happiness that is born from freedom." from Evelyn Einhaeuser's translation and commentary "Realized Patañjali: The Yogasūtra - A Path to Liberation" (available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKTGW1DX)

Watch the online commentary now: https://youtu.be/nKGqPOQcENU

To start your own discovery, go to:
www.evelyneinhaeuser.com/oneness

02/22/2026

STOP SEARCHING — The Truth Was Never Hiding | Patanjali’s Fire of Inner Realization

The mind is addicted to seeking.
It runs toward scriptures, teachers, techniques, pilgrimages, philosophies.
It believes truth is somewhere else — somewhere higher, somewhere holier, somewhere distant.

But what if the very act of searching is the only barrier?

This image captures a moment beyond effort — a silent transmission between master and seeker. A body reduced to bones. A presence reduced to pure awareness. No ornaments of philosophy. No performance of spirituality. Just stillness that burns.

The message is simple yet devastating to the ego:

The moment you stop searching, what you were seeking is standing there.

This is not laziness.
This is not indifference.
This is not giving up.

This is the collapse of psychological movement.

In the fire of Patanjali, seeking is seen as a subtle form of desire. And desire keeps the mind restless. Restlessness keeps perception fragmented. Fragmentation keeps truth appearing distant.

But when the seeker dissolves — when the movement toward “something more” ends — awareness stands revealed as it always was.

Nothing arrives.
Nothing descends.
Nothing is achieved.

The illusion of distance disappears.

The ribs you see are not weakness. They symbolize austerity — not of the body, but of illusion.
The still hands are not passive. They are complete.
The gaze is not searching. It is finished.

This is the end of spiritual ambition.
This is the death of becoming.
This is yoga before it became a method.

The mind wants complexity.
Truth is unbearably simple.

And simplicity is terrifying — because there is nothing left to chase.

If this message disturbs you, good.
If it frees you, better.
If it makes you stop for one second — perfect.

Pause.

Right here.
Right now.

What are you still seeking?

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Original Source:
Inspired by the timeless spirit of Maharishi Patanjali’s teachings on stillness and cessation of mental movement (Yoga Sutras – interpreted in an original contemplative reflection by Anand Universe).

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Disclaimer:
This video and all images were originally created by the team of Anand Universe using AI-assisted creative processes for artistic and educational purposes.

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02/22/2026

There's an important aspect to healing that arises, especially once a person begins to become more physically healthy and regains energetic flow. There are "healing reactions", as what was stuck, stagnant and blocked beguns to surface.
It's vital for anyone working in this field to hold healthy boundaries, and to be aware of these reactions.
They are not your responsibility. Do not take them on board. Learn about them, become aware of what's actually happening, and demonstrate what it means to be healthy. You're not a dumping ground or a punching bag.
People who get into this field have a deep desire to help. Remember this: you can only share, show a way, embody it yourself. You cannot carry another. They must choose.
Emotional regulation is a skill. You cannot do it for someone else. Each individual is responsible for their own internal state, and how they choose to express it. Thinking you can absorb and fix and be responsible for another's emotional/internal state will drain you fast and cause burn out. It's also unhelpful. It doesn't offer what you wish it would, and it is disempowering.
Be a clear mirror. As a person takes ownership of their health and well-being, they will face that this also means owning their reactions, the thoughts they feed, the stories they tell themselves, all of it.
Always remember: their healing is their responsibility. Not yours.
You can share, be an example, but don't accept the paradigm of authority and follower. It's a false one, and will prevent healing in the long-term. 🙏🏻☯️🧘🏻‍♀️💖

You can be a supportive and loving partner, but you cannot be their therapist or their only source of happiness. Every adult is responsible for their own emotional health.

The Boundary:
* Support vs. Fixing: Offering a hand without carrying their entire load.
* Responsibility: Encouraging them to seek their own healing path.
* Self Protection: Not allowing their bad mood to dictate your entire day.

You are a partner, not a punching bag or a professional counselor.