Food Alkhemix, 915 E Ojai Ave (2026)

14/02/2026

We don't talk about transitions enough.

Transitions from one field to another. From child to teen, from one career to another, from adult-child to adult-orphan, from full house to empty nest, from single to live in partner, from married to divorced, from one world to the next.

Transitions are everywhere. We feel it with the seasons, the new year, that moment when the sun sets but night has not yet arrived.

We are so focused on where we were before and the destination of where we are going that we forget about the process...the shift in being when you are between worlds, still caught in the web of the previous energies, emotions, habits and haven't fully transitioned into the next identity.

It's easy to leave the workplace and get on a plane to go on vacation, but it often takes time to settle into a new rhythm.

Girls & Women knowingly move from not menstruating to menstruating to not menstruating but the transition between each phase in life takes time to settle into.

Knowing is very different from experiencing, being in tne transitions of life.

It's middle school that reappears in life again and again. That awkward uncomfortable phase where you have no clue who you are or what you are doing, and yet are holding yourself together knowing that soon you will be on the other side. You are not a child and not yet a young adult. The process is such a short part of life, but feels so long.

We are living through one of the biggest transitions as we teeter on the brink of a completely new way of life with AI, different forms of government & control, monetary systems and more. We live in the old systems and see this new world in view...but we dont understand the full picture yet.

It feels uncomfortable. And that is ok. This is the process of life. What matters is how you respond. And how you respond is based on how you care for yourself.

Nourish your body with good clean life giving food. Move. Stretch your mind. Be in nature. Empower yourself.

Release your emotions. Cry, scream, laugh.

This too shall pass. We cant go back, only forward. You and the world will be different. What it will be is your creation. So embrace the transition and create.

12/02/2026

We’re taught that red is the color of love.

Yet in the subtle body, the heart moves in green. Red belongs to the root.

Safety. Grounding. Belonging.

Before love expands, it roots. Before surrender, there is safety.

When the nervous system feels supported… when the body feels anchored… the heart opens — without force.

In a world of constant shifting energy, the most radical act is to feel safe in your own body.

To be grounded. To be supported. To open without bracing.

This is an invitation to return.

Ground into your body.
Expand the field of your heart.
Let sound move what words cannot.
Feel held by the Earth beneath you.

VALENTINE'S CACAO + SOUNDBATH
Friday, February 13
6:30 PM
Light & Space Yoga

Come root. Then rise.

12/02/2026

We’re taught that red is the color of love.

Yet in the subtle body, the heart moves in green. Red belongs to the root.

Safety. Grounding. Belonging.

Before love expands, it roots. Before surrender, there is safety.

When the nervous system feels supported… when the body feels anchored… the heart opens — without force.

In a world of constant shifting energy, the most radical act is to feel safe in your own body.

To be grounded. To be supported. To open without bracing.

This is an invitation to return.

Ground into your body.
Expand the field of your heart.
Let sound move what words cannot.
Feel held by the Earth beneath you.

VALENTINE'S CACAO + SOUNDBATH
Friday, February 13
6:30 PM
Light & Space Yoga

Come root. Then rise.

11/02/2026

CACAO + SOUNDBATH

Light now we all need some inner and outer unity and peace.

People's nervous systems are exhausted from the constant onslaught of what we need to be aware of world wide.

Now more than ever it is essential to take care of yourself.

Join me for heart opening cacao, meditation and sound batn.

VALENTINES UNITY CACAO & SOUNDBATH

Friday Feb 13 6 pm
Light & Space Yoga
Ojai, CA

02/02/2026

Cha cha changes - my body is shifting into a new phase and I can feel it more acutely.

Women don't talk about this change enough. That change into peri menopause and then menopause.

For some women it is due to age. For other women it can be early onset for numerous reasons.

I personally choose not to supplement because I don't believe that there is anything wrong with my body- it is doing its natural cycle and knows what to do.

But other women need some support with hormone replacement of some sort. And that is OK.

This way of life based on needing to be constantly productive, living on our own, out of touch with cycles of life has stripped us of what is natural for us.

There is no shame in needing support. You are not meant to do it all. This is why we have technologies and therapies available to us. To help support transitions if and when you need them.

The point is to do the best you can and do you what you can to improve your life. Let these transitions be stepping stones to that new version of you.

I am here if you need help. ❤️

01/02/2026

The moment my hand cream stopped showing up in my life, everything else began to change.

I had relied on an expensive cream to heal my dry hands. I was busy then—outwardly successful, inwardly numb. The easiest solutions felt safest. A small container I could keep in my bag and use without slowing down.

Then the cream disappeared.

In the quiet, I heard:
"𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴."

I didn’t understand it, so I bought another one.

It disappeared too.

This time the message was clearer:
"𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘪𝘭."

I had spent years paying attention to food—what I put in my body—but I had never considered what I put on it. I hadn’t yet understood the skin as a place of absorption, communication, and deep healing.

That moment slowed me down.

I began to listen. To notice. To trust subtle guidance. And what unfolded next reshaped my life in ways I couldn’t have imagined then.

Over time, that listening led me away from the life I thought I was supposed to live—and toward work rooted in intuition, touch, and care.

I never did find those creams.

But I found something else instead.

A relationship with my body, my intuition, and a quieter way of knowing.

Sometimes the smallest moments are the ones that shift everything.

If this resonates and you’re curious to explore this kind of listening in your own body, you’re welcome to reach out.

29/01/2026

I am honored to be of service at the 2026 Confluence Gathering.

This is a space for real-world connection and grounded conversations about health, wealth, freedom, responsibility, and how we live now—not someday.

This is quite a line up giving you up front a personal interaction with those leading the way forward.

I’ll be offering a meditation and experiential workshop on trusteeship as a lived practice: integrity, embodiment, and stewardship of the Earth.

We’ll work with water as a living medium to support alignment with each person’s highest, most coherent timeline.

Use code VANITA1111 for a 10% discount at confluenceevent.com (see bio)

📍 Bandera, TX
📅 April 23–27

Trusteeship isn’t about paperwork.
It’s about how we live, choose, and care—for ourselves and the Earth.

Looking for community and content all year round - also check out https://thewayfwrd.com/

26/01/2026

My mood these days....

Everything matters, and yet nothing matters.

The divine leela, the game of life.

24/01/2026

Aging is not fate.
It’s cumulative.

And the most powerful medicine most women will ever touch is already in their kitchen.

Cooking with Purpose & Intention is my return to whole, living foods — and a guide for women who want longevity, clarity, and sovereignty in their health.

The power of your health has always been in your hands. 🌿

Link in bio

24/01/2026

What we eat impacts every aspect of our being. Here are some tips that I learned from my culture that have impacted me throughout my life to inspire me.

Make 2026 the year of your health

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I self published my first book - a cookbook and memoir of sorts, documenting my life shift from pharma to self healing with food and energy, one plant based whole food meal at a time.

Check out Cooking with Intention & Purpose in my bio or on the website foodalkhemix.com

22/11/2025

THE RAW TRUTH : Becoming Better Stewards of the Earth Through Our Bodies

I invite you to step out of duality of good and bad as well as ego to be able to ask tough questions.

We can't expect to find peace in the world and enter into a higher consciousness if we continue to live the way we have been living.

We need to think more deeply about our lives and ask tough questions.

19/11/2025

I did a thing! I self published my first book!

Back in 2017 I was stuck - seemingly successful, but absolutely stuck and miserable in life. So I took on a challenge to transition from a "normal" diet to a whole food diet. I chronicled that journey in a blog and shared all the recipes I created. It was very successful and made me happy as people wrote in to tell me how it changed their lives.

Today my life is 180 degrees away from who I was when I wrote that blog. I am healthy, happy, thriving and full of MAGICK.

I shut down the blog and was going to scrap the whole thing when I decided to read through it. I realized I had chronicled my journey from who I was then to who I am now. And the recipes are so good I brought them back to my kitchen.

This is not just a cookbook. It is a story book. A journey to remembrance of our connection to our bodies and Earth through food.

It is whole food plant based but you don't have to be fully plant based to able to have rich delectable plant forward meals. Perfect to add to the table in any season, especially the holidays.

If you feel inspired, take a look...and it is a PDF download, so you can have it right away.

Yeee! I am so excited!

https://www.foodalkhemix.com/cooking-with-purpose

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Transform Your Life Through Food

It began with a challenge: eliminate processed foods and eat only whole foods. For Vanita K Gupta, PhD, MBA—a vegetarian—this added an unexpected layer of complexity. Many of her go-to foods were suddenly off the menu.

But what began as restriction soon revealed itself as freedom.

Out of this awakening came recipes that were exciting, nourishing, mouthwatering—and deeply alive—that kept people - no matter what their dietary preferences - coming back for more. She began sharing them through The Purposeful Kitchen blog, which quickly became a beloved space for inspiration and transformation.

This book is not just a cookbook. It is a story—told in posts, recipes, and with soul—that traces Vanita’s healing from a seemingly successful but unhealthy, high-achieving scientist working in corporate to a joyful, purpose-driven medicine woman walking her soul’s true path. The story of a woman who found her way to health, creativity, and a new way to live through food. The story is fun because the journey to health is not a linear process—and you get to eat tasty food along the way.

These pages invite you to return to your own body’s wisdom, to make food your sacred ally, and to remember that the journey to wholeness begins with a single step. May The Purposeful Kitchen spark the inner flame of remembrance in you—that you have the ability to heal, and that healing begins at the altar of your plate.

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