Annamaria Sacco - Finding Roots in Water

14/09/2026

This is a beloved project full of sweet moments.
Receipes from 2006-2011 are handwritten and simple -13 people,16 people,20 people starts to get typed, then we get to a different type of organisation and structure as time moves on. Spreadsheets with division by food type and shop location. Recipes with food list beside it. Each has their own way. This is a necessary container as we start and then somewhere around day 3 it becomes free form a bit ...but not always.
It is a balancing act of flavours,colours,food types, repetition avoidance,dense and light, flavoursome and bland and so we blend :)
It is now the beginning of the mammouth shopping list making for 3 meals a day x26. Something always gets forgotten/missed out/cannot be found.
I now like to do the prep over 2 weeks. Dry foods, condiments can be bought this week. Fresh on departure day.
The lovely notes by hand by the different people are so lovely to see. Notes to warn people on a current retreat, precious notes to transfer after for a revision next...
I know people like computers but I do love so much paper spreading on table,pen at hand figuring out instead.
Looking forward to the 2 retreats back to back in September and October🩷 with my teacher Firooza Ali Razvi after 7 years. Who knew these would come again? :)

13/09/2026

Rowan berries have now been pickled after freezing them overnight for some properties transformation,hawthorn berries tincture on the go, seabuckthorn husk bath salts done, plum jam done, bramble and greek yoghurt and honey ready to go in the freezer and bramble and banana and yoghurt lollies ready to go in the freezer. First attempt for bramble sorbet on the go too.
Sun-day fun-day.
Another walk in the woods :)

13/09/2026

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Really looking forward now to the Fife Teachers retreat with Firooza Ali Razvi teaching us after 7 years break ,followed by the Edinburgh non-residential retreat 4th-7th October.
A few spaces left for Edinburgh. Contact me to book . Level - trainee teachers, long term practitioners,teachers
Don't miss this opportunity. :)
🙏

13/09/2026

So good to practice in the warm sun. ...this was after a delicious hour of practice

12/09/2026

Back home . This season is full of treasure and vibrancy. You need to walk,listen, enjoy,be surprised.
Wild plums - delicious. Apples,haws,rowan berries, nettle seeds are endimg,pineapple w**d and hogw**d seeds.

Feel new :)

Sunday Fun-day came a day early this week 😊

Colour observation, landscape notes, inspiration.

10/09/2026

Very few spaces left for the non-residential retreat for trainees teachers, teachers, practitioners considering becoming teachers with Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher Firooza Ali Razvi in October in Edinburgh.
This is the opportunity to study with a world reknown teacher, known for her depth, warmth, subtlety and more.
This year, it will be 20 years since Firooza first taught in Edinburgh. Something to be treasured about that
Not to be missed.
Dates October 4th- October 7th.
Venue:
Contact me for more information.
🙏

10/09/2026

Very few spaces left for the non-residential retreat for trainees teachers, teachers, practitioners considering becoming teachers with Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher Firooza Ali Razvi in October in Edinburgh.
This is the opportunity to study with a world reknown teacher, known for her depth, warmth, subtlety and more.
This year, it will be 20 years since Firooza first taught in Edinburgh. Something to be treasured about that
Not to be missed.
Dates October 4th- October 7th.
Contact me for more information.
🙏

08/09/2026

Everything you need is already within you.

I remember listening to a lecture from Ram Dass where he said that you should never fall in love with the method… In essence, what he meant was — if you meet God through meditation, meditation just created a doorway to God. If you feel loved with another, it’s because the other person just awakens the love within you.

Don’t become addicted to the method that creates the feeling. The feeling already exists.

08/09/2026

08/09/2026

A few photos 4th-6th September 2026at our retreat