Durga Fuller Kitchen Yogini

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Kitchen Yoga Expert

Durga Fuller Quick Facts

Main Areas: Whole Health Integration; Allergen-Free Cooking; Nutrition Coaching; Body, Mind and Spirit Integration
Career Focus: Coach, Teacher and Writer

Passionate about health.
Passionate about cooking.
Passionate about waking up.
Passionate about where they all meet.

Cooking, eating and understanding healthy foods is kitchen yoga. Durga Fuller is the Kitchen Yogini! She is here to help you put the love back on your plate.

Durga has 20 years experience cooking professionally, 10 of those years at meditation retreat centers around the world. The last 10 years she has organized and facilitated personal growth retreats, and nourished a family with food sensitivities and other health challenges.

The Cook Awakening was born out of Durga’s desire to integrate these skills into an offering of service in the world.

She now coaches and teaches internationally to help individuals, families and groups integrate whole health and spirit changes into their lives gracefully and with ease.

Cooking is one beautiful way to dance.

Free Articles & Book Excerpts

The Cook Awakening blog

Other Programs & Highlights

First Sundays with The Cook Awakening - guided meditation and discussion

Are we truly nourishing ourselves or just trying to fill a hole in our bellies?

4 - 5:30 pm, 1st Sunday of the month, by donation

Second Saturdays with The Cook Awakening - cooking class

Nutrient Dense; Gluten and Dairy-Free; other specific health related focii changes each month

10 am - 12:30 pm, 2nd Saturday of each month, fee $55

Living Life Fully - group coaching series

2 series - Gluten and Dairy-Free; and Paleo, Low Carb, Grain-Free

7:30 - 9 pm every other week for 6 weeks, offered quarterly; $30 - $45 self selected fee per meeting

All events take place at Be Nourished, 3719 N. Williams St, Portland OR

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Durga Fuller

'Renunciation is not about pushing anything away. When the effects of an unhealthy action are fully conscious, the desire for that action can just fall away. How many times will you put your hand in the fire once you really feel the burn? Health is a natural result of full consciousness and investigation.'

'When was the last time you just ate in silence? No conversation, no book, no TV or computer. Even no music. When was the last time you gave all your attention to this sacred substance? Food. This that will become your body.'

'There is no perfect way of eating. What works for you now may not work next month, or next year. So, continue the intention toward health, but drop any expectation of 'getting it right'.'

'All things in balance. Your food is important - and deserves your loving attention. And so are many other things! Family, relationships, work, home space, relaxation, .... If you find you're spending so much time on 'getting your food right' that there's not much time for these other vital areas, that's just as much a sign of imbalance as spending no time truly being with your food.'

'Oh, asparagus, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways... frittata, with homemade mayonnaise, lacto-fermented, in a creamy soup, in a tomato meat sauce, raw sliced very thinly, ...'