Author: Archana P

Dhokla with Mint Chutney

If you are searching for a healthy evening snack or a home kids party dish, this would the apt one for the little ones as well as the big kids – adults!

INGREDIENTS:

  • Any traditional cooking rice – 1/2 Cup
  • Chana Dal/Kadalai Parippu – 1 Cup
  • Lemon juice – half lemon squeezed
  • Hing – a pinch or two according to your taste
  • Jaggery powder – 1 -2 tsp
  • Salt – to taste
  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Ginger + Green chilly paste (You can ground these 2 together and extract the juice too)
  • Mint leaves – washed and cleaned – 1/2 C
  • Coriander leaves – washed and cleaned – 1/2 C
  • Ginger – A small piece – 1/2 to 1 inch
  • Garlic – 2 cloves
  • Green chilly – according to your spice levels
  • Coconut – Grated – few spoons

METHOD:

Take cooking rice and Channa dal(kadalai parupu), wash it well and soak it for 6 hours. Then grind it to a smooth batter and allow it to ferment overnight, say 7 to 8 hours.

Before making dhokla, to the fermented batter add Lemon juice ,hing, jaggery powder, salt, turmeric powder, ginger green chilly paste (what I did is grounded these two extracted the juice and added that alone into the batter ). Mix everything well. Close this vessel and give a 10 mins resting time.

After 10 mins u can steam these and serve. Can be done in idly mould or Cake tin too. Grease the moulds well before pouring the batter.

After transferring the steamed dhoklas to the plate top it with a simple tadka (curry leaf mustard seeds sesame seeds and grated coconut) and serve it with mint chutney.

For the Mint Chutney, in a mixer grinder bowl take mint leaf, coriander leaf, ginger, garlic, green chilly, little grated coconut, salt and grind it to a smooth paste. Take this to a bowl add water and dilute if needed. Mix little juice and then serve.

Shared by Saranya, HLP WORLD Community

Moong Dal Idly with Hing Chutney

Idlies always makes a perfect healthy and quick breakfast during the rush morning hours. When you pair it with some amazing yummy chutneys it would be a jackpot for your taste buds!

INGREDIENTS FOR IDLY:

METHOD FOR PREPARING IDLIES:

  • Soak both dals separately overnight. Add Methi seeds in Urad dal.
  • The next day grind both separately and mix it together. Don’t add much water while grinding.
  • Allow it to ferment for 7 hours +/- according to your climate.
  • Before making idlies add salt, water if needed.
  • Add crushed pepper, Jeera and little hing
  • Mix everything well and make idlies.

INGREDIENTS FOR HING CHUTNEY:

  • Tomatoes -3
  • Red chilies- acc to your taste
  • Salt – TO taste
  • Hing

METHOD FOR HING CHUTNEY:

In a pan, add oil and add 3 chopped tomatoes, red chilies and salt. Sauté everything until mushy. First powder katti perungayam in mixer and then grind the Chutney along with the fried items and then finally make tadka..

It goes well with idly/dosa/paniyaram/curd rice.. hing gives relief from bloating and helps in good digestion.

Shared by Saranya, HLP WORLD Community

Spiritual Menstruation Teacher Training Workshop

Unlock the gift of manifestation within!

After years of waiting and preparation, we are finally here to share the hidden wisdom and practices of Spiritual menstruation. We did the first pilot workshop at Pondicherry. Parents and various members outside our community came here to get initiated into the practice of Spiritual Menstruation. They learnt to use their menstrual cycles to heal and manifest.

Many were able to align their cycles to NEW Moon and Ovulate on Full Moon. In fact, few of them even gave feedback that intention set during this time, helped them manifest and produce healthy spiritual offspring.

Finally its here for one LAST Time, our beloved mentor, guide and friend, Velu Jayaprakash is going to take up this workshop himself and initiate everyone in this batch into Teachers, so that you can practice and teach others and help all the women realize the power that they are blessed with.

🔥 In this workshop you will understand the detailed process of menarche, menstrual cycles, menopause from spiritual perspective. You will be initiated into various meditations, breathing practices and specific sounds to enhance your awareness. Course handouts will be provided.

Venue: Montfort Spirituality Center, Bangalore

Date : 19th & 20th Nov 2022 (Saturday and Sunday)

Time: 9 AM – 5PM

Accommodation : Residential Workshop*

Last day to enroll : 10th Nov 2022

Energy Exchange :

Early bird Offers(till 5th Nov)

For Community members** – ₹ 6666
For Non Community Members** –
₹ 6666 + ₹ 555 = ₹ 7221

From 6th Nov

For Community Members** – ₹ 7777
For Non Community Members** –
₹ 7777 + ₹ 555 = ₹ 8332

Register here – https://rzp.io/l/SMTT2022

Walk-ins, last min enrollments, enrollments post 15th Nov are not entertained.
Contribution is 100% Non-Refundable.

*Residential Workshop – Accommodation guaranteed if enrolled before 10th November. If enrolled after 10th Nov, accommodation will be tentative. In case, if beds are unavailable, you might have to find your own stay or we can help you connect with other parents who are willing to offer their home for your stay.

*This includes 19th Morning Check in and 20th Evening Check out- In case of parents coming day before, this is also covered. All meals (Veg) and snacks are covered.

*It would be shared accommodation. In case, if you are opting to come with family or you need a dedicated room, you might have to contribute extra. In special cases like this, you can reach out to our event coordinator parent Minu for more details.

*The number of beds are limited . So please enroll early to block your stay. Post the limit, you might have to arrange your own stay.

** Community Members – Members who are part of Active Whatsapp Group only are considered.

** Non- Community Members – Members who are part of Exclusive group, Telegram group & other social media followers, friends and relatives

Few wonderful Feedbacks received from Batch 1 members

..My cycles initially got aligned to full moon and then to new moon.. was able to conceive my 2nd child with the help of that… our biggest gratitude to you for that 🙏🏽🙏🏽 was getting more awareness about the body and periods.. was able to use cloth pads for almost one and half year.. since I am pregnant not able to practice for last 6 months.. hopefully will be able to renew after the baby comes

Past one week I have suddenly felt very deep awareness. Usually my cycles jump 2-5 days earlier and sometimes I was not remembering the dates past few months due to hectic schedule.
Last month I felt a lot of irritation and anger.
This month somehow I was aware a week before as I cud feel the changes in my body. I could almost sense it will start by 28th 3 days earlier than last month. I was very restless on Saturday and cud sense it but had decided not to lose my cool. I was successful and able to finish all my planned activities.
Last 2-3 days I cud feel I wanted to do grounding

After the workshop in these 5 months, 4 months I was able to do the practices during cycles. I was not able to do all the 3 days… but I did for 2 days almost in all months. I am not sure whether I have done everything perfect but I did.
What I felt was
💐My irritation before cycles have been reduced.
💐earlier before a week itself will be shouting to everyone. Now reduced. Even my pain I could manage.
💐My cycles have been aligned to moon cycles. This time cycles started on a day after new moon day.

Initially when I started I was not sure how cycles will be aligned. Now I am surprised.
Grounding Meditation helped me a lot.

Mostly I get my cycles on full moon day as I had set intention to get on that day two years ago.
I assumed aligning to moon cycle is getting cycles on full moon.
After this program, this month I got 5 days after full moon that is today. It will move to Amavasya soon.
For past few months I have severe emotional issues. It was on and off. Not clear what was happening.
I started my menstrual practice in the evening.
I had mild pain and tiredness. Once chanting was over, pain and tiredness gone away. But still had some blockages inside emotionally.
I tried contracting muscles exercise but couldn’t do properly.
So I decided to do along with Anna’s voice. Played menstrual meditation and did my exercise.
Tears were flowing. Didn’t want to control.
While doing in the lap of mother meditation, I started crying badly. But I feel relaxed.
I am feeling inner silence now.

For the first time, I was looking forward for my menstruation dates. 😊
Most often, days before my menstruation or around those dates I would have super busy schedules, loads of physical work, travels, or unexpected change of events. This time too was no exception.
Although I remembered few of the practices we did during the workshop, thanks to my friend for sharing her notes when I needed the most.
I enjoyed doing the chanting, let go practices and the grounding meditation. Felt like a reset, more peaceful, more vibrant and more in tune with my body, mind and soul. It was like…I was welcoming myself into me, accepting myself completely.
My sincere gratitude to Velu Anna 🙏

..my first practice did not lead me anywhere as I was keen in doing things right rather than being involved as there was a gap . But I started observing my body through the cycles .

..these observations included how I gain weight , when do I bloat , when do I feel light , what time of eating makes me feel better , which is the trigger for my mood swing and so on . I was happy to achieve that level of observation for my own body

..the second cycle practice was more than exciting . I could not feel any pre cycle cramps in leg or abdomen . Also no much pain during the cycle , the bleeding was normal without clots and I was at ease as I practiced on all three days.

..One thing that surprised me was ( May be silly) during the let go meditation somehow I got a thought to let go of my 5 year old son . Which was out of my understanding, and I felt I should go with the flow of thought . Just as I finished the meditation , still eyes closed I hear my son saying out of nowhere that he wants to come and sit on my lap. This can be a coincidence but I was moved.

FAQs

  1. Is this only for women? Can men attend this too?
    A. Its not only for women. Men also can join.

  2. Any age criteria?
    A. People who are married and/or above 21 age are allowed.

  3. Can I bring my kid(s)/baby too?
    A. Yes. If you are bringing your kids or babies, please make sure you bring your own care-takers. during meditation you should not be distracted. Also if the care-takers need accommodation, you need to pay for it.

  4. I am pregnant but want to attend this workshop. Can I register?
    A. Yes. But please inform us after registering.

  5. Can one who is going through menopause/post menopause enroll?
    A. Yes, definitely.

  6. Any other restrictions?
    A. Cell phone is not allowed. So plan your things accordingly.

  7. I am part of the community but my spouse isn’t and wanted to join this program. How can I go ahead?
    A. Spouse has to pay non-member fees and can join.

  8. Can I travel home post day 1 Session and come back next day?
    A. We would not recommend it as there is a high chance of extending the session to late hours and might start early morning next day. You may also have homework to do which might need your team’s help. Also the energy vibrations would stay longer if you avoid even small distance travels and mixing up with more people. Consider this as an opportunity to have some new experiences and to be with the Community for a better bonding. However, in emergency situations, you can travel to home post Day 1 and come back next day early morning.

  9. I may not be able to travel to Bangalore. Can we attend online?
    A. There will NOT be online session for this program. This needs in person guidance and initiation from the mentor. Also the nature of the topic is sensitive, private and need proper support for grounding during the process.

  10. Can you let me know if there will be advanced part that wasn’t covered in the first batch since I have attended that one? Will there be material provided to enable us to take these trainings as effectively as you do?
    A. What you learnt in first batch was enough to practice. What you will learn now is the same with additional points so that you can guide them while you teach them. Course hand outs will be provided.

  11. Currently I am going through painful menopause. How will this program help me?
    A. This program is focused on Spiritual side of these practices. As mentioned already you will be initiated into various meditations, breathing practices and specific sounds to enhance your awareness. Once your awareness is enhanced you might be approaching everything in a different perspective. Please note ,this is not a therapy. This is a practice which must be followed diligently. When you set the right practice, automatically along with treatment, you will become better.

Butterfly Meditation

Just like we must be careful and choosy about the food that strengthens our body, we must be equally watchful of our thoughts entering our mind. In this fast paced life, it’s easy to get drowned in chaos and confusion. The only solution to wriggle out of this is Meditation.

Meditation is the fuel to our soul. It is the beginning and the end of what we are. It is not an option or a chance, but “the perfect solution” to progress in this journey of life.

Be it season, food, or mood, we easily get bored with single option. Variety is the spice of life. It is important to learn few methods so that we implement them according to our needs, apart from refreshing our minds. That’s why our ancestors followed and guided us with various techniques for generations.

I have been learning meditation from the age of 13. After learning from n number of gurus, teachers, books, etc., I lost (invested) my life and future in this. I’m sharing only those methods that I have learnt from my experiences and intuition. If you practice regularly, you will see noticeable changes in yourself.

We started with our first technique which was very successful – D.E.A.R Meditation. This technique focused on chakras to expand our body to 4th layer – intellectual body. This is an ideal method of meditation that helps you in balancing your day-to-day family life while keeping you spiritually centered. We have finished three batches of D.E.A.R meditation successfully at Chennai, Bangalore and Online. You can read the feedback here in comments section.

You can read the feedback here in comment section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEAc0abByNk&t

It’s time to take the next step and elevate your experience with an advanced technique that will make you go deeper. Since the process is little complex, we will learn it part by part and then assemble it together at the end. Then you can practice it on your own. Depending on the participation, we can come up with a group meditation. This method is for spiritually inclined individuals.

We are opening the doors of opportunity to everyone, irrespective of physical distance @ Hyderabad after successful sessions in Bangalore, Chennai and Online. The upcoming session will be conducted in Hyderabad on Dec 17th (9 AM – 5 PM).

Lets get ready for an energy transformation and fly like a butterfly in your mind!

Date : 17th Dec 2022 (Saturday)
Venue : Montfort Retreat, Montfort Nagar, Prgathi Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500039

RazorPay Link :  https://rzp.io/l/HYD2

Last Day to Register: 14th Dec, 2022

Contact : Minu +919513580222

*Prices may vary post last day

Interested in learning more on holistic, spiritual with common sense, traditional therapies, healing methods etc?

Check out our recordings list of all our Gurukuls & E-webinars! Avail first time discounts if you are enrolling for first time!

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In case, if you are want HLP WORLD Community to conduct Butterfly Meditation at your place, Please reach out to Minu @ 9513580222. Or you WhatsApp Group Admins.

Millet Poha Mixture

The fun to make and munch homemade snacks is always special and mouth-watering. The aroma of each ingredients getting fried in our traditionally milled, flavoured oil cant described in words.

Lets proceed to the recipe now.

INGREDIENTS:

METHOD:

  • Dry roast all the ingredients like sesame seeds, flax seeds, dried red chillies, dried coconut and Hing.
  • In few tsps of oil/ghee, fry the Millet poha/flakes. Make sure you fry them on low heat.
  • Add few more tsps of oil and fry fennel seeds, green chillies, curry leaves, groundnuts and bengal gram separately.
  • In a bowl, mix everything well with dry spoon.
  • Store it in an airtight dry container.

Shared by Nalina, HLP WORLD Community

Power of Peacock Feathers

A webinar by Velu Jayaprakash

Every creation of Nature is fascinating. Be it living beings or non-living beings, everything has been created for a purpose. There lies wisdom beyond lifestyle practices and herbs and spices. 

One of the ignored and overlooked sources of wisdom is from the animal kingdom. Our ancestors were wise enough to decode and gather pearls of wisdom from them. It holds the significance of cows, fish, birds, and other pets. Birds symbolize spiritual growth. Amongst the birds, the feathers of a peacock play a pivotal role. 

Peacock feathers have a lot of hidden gems. It’s mesmerizing beauty, elegance, and enchantment has significant cultural aspects. It is celebrated as a holy symbol from ancient times.

Do you know that Indra Dev hid (from Ravana) under peacock feathers for 1000 years? Or that some gurus use peacock feathers to pass their aura to their followers? Curious to know its hidden story and unique symbolism?

Get to know more about the ‘Power of Peacock Feathers’ in our upcoming webinar where you will learn: 

  • Protect from evil spirits
  • Fix Vaastu Doshas
  • Remove blockages from financial income
  • Shield your infants
  • Improve relationships
  • Heal from past-life patterns
Fill your life with myriad colors of happiness, prosperity, and good luck by using the peacock feathers rightly.

Date: 21st August 2022

Time: 9 am – 12 pm

Venue: Zoom

Registration Link: https://rzp.io/l/powerofpeacockfeathers

Last day to enroll: 18th August 2022

Contact: Minu +91 95135 80222

Recording

If you have trouble seeing the video, please click here

New Moon Meditation

Through D.E.A.R meditation, we all experienced the benefits of meditating daily and how it helped us physically, mentally and spiritually. Also this simple daily routine, opened our eyes on how fit/unfit our body and mind are!

As promised, last month, we did Full Moon Meditation which we would be continuing few Full Moon cycles in upcoming months. This month, we are commencing New Moon Meditation in which all can participate unlike the Full Moon meditation. Similar to what we mentioned for Full Moon, New Moon day meditation also has the power of rewriting your Karma. While we have been discussing in numerous occasions on the rituals to be performed on Full Moon/New Moon days like donating food, praying to ancestors, lighting special lamps, praying to Family deity, travel related, lighting sambrani, rituals learnt from 48 days of Holistic Living etc. , meditating on these special days is also very important and a must thing to do.

Please note, this will be a special meditation session, and not a class. Only 96 members are allowed to join in ZOOM. So book your slots today itself!

Enroll only if you agree to these conditions

  • You have to be in video and mute audio.
  • Make sure you wear loose and comfortable dress
  • Cover yourself with shawl, dupatta if needed.
  • You can use a pillow so that the spine can be erect.
  • Doing some warm up exercises would be good, so that you can sit continuously for 1hour without any pains, numbness and other complaints.
  • Please finish your meals before 1hour at least.
  • Keep a lighted lamp/crystals near you. Optional.
  • There will be no recording provided for this session.
  • 🗒️You will be added in a dedicated Whatsapp group before the meditation timings.
  • 🗒️On the day, you can join the session and follow the instructions. Post meditation, we will spend 30mins to share your feedback and for QnA.

Date : 26th Aug ’22, 7.30 PM – 8.30PM IST & 30 mins QnA

Venue – Online Zoom session

RazorPay Link : https://rzp.io/l/8SwX7Foy

Price : Pay As Gift

Last Day to register : 26th Aug’22 4PM

Contact : Minu +919513580222

Interested in learning more on holistic, spiritual with common sense, traditional therapies, healing methods etc?

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Full Moon Meditation

Meditating as a group always have amazing energy, be it online or offline, they have an unique experience and it is rare to achieve when we do it alone.

Apart from daily meditation, meditating on special days has amazing power. Such as FULL MOON & NEW MOON. This full moon we will together do a group meditation. Meditation during this time, can rewrite your karma.

Enroll only if you agree to these conditions

  • This is exclusive for D.E.A.R members. That means you MUST have completed at least one batch of “21 days of D.E.A.R”
  • You have to be in video and mute audio
  • Make sure you wear loose and comfortable dress
  • Cover yourself with shawl, dupatta if needed.
  • You can use a pillow so that spine can be erect.
  • Doing some warm up exercises would be good, so that you can sit continuously for 1hour without any pains, numbness and other complaints.
  • Please finish your meals before 1hour at least.
  • Keep a lighted lamp/crystals near you. Optional.
  • There will be no recording provided for this session.
  • 🗒️You will be added in a dedicated Whatsapp group on 13th Jul.
  • 🗒️On the day, you can join the session and follow my instructions. Post meditation, we will spend 30mins to share your feedback and for QnA.

🕗 Date & Time – 13 Jul ’22, 8-9PM IST.
Link shared in D.E.A.R group.

Hope to see you all!

Interested in learning more on holistic, spiritual with common sense, traditional therapies, healing methods etc?

Check out our recordings list of all our Gurukuls & E-webinars! Avail first time discounts if you are enrolling for first time!

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Whole Black Urad Dal Laddoos

Healthify your snacks!

When I tried Homemade Sathu Maavu laddoos and shared with my friends and family, I got more requests, motivation and confidence to try other varieties of laddoos. No one cannot say no to these healthy laddoos right? 🙂

This time I tried with Unpolished Whole Urad Dal which I bought from the monthly grocery shopping from HLP Store. We all know how Black Urad helps all the women to strengthen their hip region. This is one of the best dishes for the young girls who are nearing / just attained / started puberty.

Also it can be considered as the ultimate post-workout laddoo for the health conscious people! It has the right amount of minerals, energy for your body!

Here is the recipe I followed for making these yummy and healthy laddoos.

INGREDIENTS:

METHOD:

  • In a pan, dry roast urad dal until it turns crispy, on a low flame without burning.
  • After it turns crispy, cool down and make fine powder in mixer along with jaggery powder & cardamom powder.
  • If you like the crunchy texture, coarsely grind the urad dal. For kids, it’s better to make it fine powder.
  • Add ghee and check the consistency. You should be able to hold the laddoo shape when you roll it with hands.
  • You can also coarsely grinded dry roasted cashews to get the nutty flavor or add the crushed ones.
  • Roll them into laddus and store them in an air tight container.

Shared by Hima Bindu, HLP WORLD Community

Healthy Sathumaavu Laddoos

We started using Sathu maavu at our home when my grandma was feeling weak and fatigued. At the same time my sister also delivered a baby, and she was in search for food items that can give her better strength & health.

As preparing of this mavvu/powder at home itself from scratch is time consuming process (sprouting, drying, roasting and powdering), my mom started to use a store-bought famous brand. But we were not satisfied as it increased our body weight.

So, we started to make our own powder at home, and it was super food for babies & adults. As days passed, we couldn’t prepare it due to daily workload, unavailability of people and arranging good quality ingredients.

After I joined HLP community, I understood the importance of avoiding 5 whites and wanted to replace milk at home. I was eagerly waiting for this product in HLP Store, as it is the one place, we could buy trusted products.

 I started to make kanji with this sattu mavvu. Sometimes I add ginger, jeera, onions, and fresh coriander leaves and it would be my first drink in the morning after having water on empty stomach. If you have 1 glass of this kanji, you will not feel hungry or fatigue until lunch. Unfortunately, my kids and husband are not very fond of this health mix.

But I wasn’t ready to compromise on their health. Being a mother, you need to learn tweaking healthy foods into whole family’s diet, understanding their taste buds and body needs too. I made laddoos out of it so that they can also enjoy Satthu as healthy snacks.

Heartful gratitude to HLP World Store for bringing this product for us. Hope all start to reap the benefits of this wonderful product.

Sharing the recipe, I followed for making the delicious laddoos. Hope you all try this and share the feedback.

INGREDIENTS:

METHOD:

  • Dry roast the Sathu Maavu Mix for 2-3 minutes in low flame. Make sure not to over-roast/burn it.
  • Transfer to mixing bowl and allow it to cool.
  • Chop the deseeded dates, coarsely grind the nuts, jaggery and ghee.
  • Add to the roasted powder and mix well.
  • Roll them into laddus and store them in an air tight container.

TIPS

  • If you use jaggery syrup, make sure you finish the dish in 15 days.
  • If you use dry jaggery powder, the shelf life is more.
  • Add a pinch of Himalayan salt to enhance sweet taste.
  • Adjust ghee as per your needs
  • You can add your own creative culinary ideas, like you can add  dry rose petals.

Shared by Hima Bindu, HLP WORLD Community