Lisa

About Lisa

Lisa is one of the founders of La Crisalida Retreats. She is an Epidemiologist, therapeutic hatha and yin yoga teacher and also teaches mindfulness meditation. Lisa has studied NLP and hypnosis, as well as nutrition (she designs the menus).

Posts by Lisa Brant:

Lisa brant edpidemiologist pranayama health benefits

Pranayama and its effects on the body

quinoa salad with avocado and basil recipe

Summer quinoa salad with avocado and basil recipe

breakfast nuts seeds bar vegan recipe

Breakfast nutty bar recipe

potassium balance juice recipe detox retreat

Summer potassium balance juice recipe

probiotics and prebiotics digestive health retreat

Digestive health: probiotics and prebiotics

chickpea cauliflower red curry recipe plantbased vegan

Plant-based cauliflower chickpea red curry recipe

immune boost berry juice recipe juice retreat spain

Immune boost berry juice recipe

connection in meditation health retreat spain

How to find connection in meditation

plantbased falafel recipe health retreat spain

Plant-based falafel burgers with carrot and parsnip fries

digestion boost cabbage juice recipe juice detox retreat Spain

Digestion boost: cabbage juice recipe

Top ten plant-based bean recipes

Parsley and apple juice recipe

How yoga can support you in times of challenge

Plant-based mushroom pate recipe

Summer blueberry smoothie recipe

A breathing technique to manage pain: golden thread breath

Roast stuffed tomatoes with rice recipe

Beet-tastic beetroot juice recipe

Vegan lentil salad with avocado, rocket and ginger

Super green smoothie recipe

Stir fry quinoa with spinach and walnut recipe

Omega boost carrot smoothie recipe

What is holistic health?

Carrot and turmeric juice recipe for optimal health

Easter vegan hot cross bun recipe

Top tips for maintaining your resilience

Vegan chickpea tagine recipe

Chocolate, cacao and cocoa – what’s the difference?

Chocolate bliss balls recipe

Top 3 berry smoothie recipes (vegan)

Tips for practicing restorative yoga at home

Book review: Spoon-Fed, by Tim Spector

Festive plant-based Christmas pudding recipe

Top ten tips to live a life you love

Stuffed roast peppers with rice and veggies recipe

Autumnal minty pear juice recipe

Food and nutrition to relieve menopause symptoms

Menopause Support juice recipe

Plant-based kiwi lime pudding recipe

Yoga sequence to release shoulder tension

Summer vegan taco bean salad recipe with homemade nachos

Ten-minute walking meditation to lighten up

Enjoy our light and fruity Summer berry juice recipe

Three great books to find clarity in your life and relationships

Raw vegetable gado gado salad recipe

Lymphatic cleanse: support your body’s natural cleansing system

Top five detox juice recipes

Summer courgette fritter recipe

Eating for health and wellbeing

A complete 30-minute home Hatha yoga practice for the whole you

Three five-minute mindfulness meditations for the whole you

Broccoli juice recipe, Brocc-Heaven

Vegan Mexican couscous salad recipe

Yin Yoga dragon pose at La Crisalida Retreats, yoga retreat, Spain

Ten-minute home Yin yoga practice

How to choose the best juicer for you

Top three juice recipes for a healthy immune system

Book review: The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

Try our light and fresh garden pea soup recipe with parsley

Soup cookbook: Souping for health

How to relax with your partner

Insight yoga by Sarah Powers, book and DVD review

Thai vegan coconut curry dip

Vision boost: carrot and celery juice recipe

Sweet and sour vegan bean bowl recipe

Wakey Wakey ginger juice recipe

Foods to lower your cholesterol and support heart health

Banana, nut, seed and oat cookie recipe

Top five juice recipes for heart health

How does the body detox?

Homemade vegan lentil stew recipe

Detoxifier: cleanse with our new detox juice recipe

Vegan mushroom pie with sweet potato topping

Carrot and ginger juice recipe

Curried cauliflower soup recipe for warming up winter nights

Try this fibre-packed apple juice recipe: Apple Smooth

Reducing cortisol and stress to improve mental health

Happy Halloween: Vegan roast pumpkin, carrot and beetroot recipe

Cabbage Digest: find digestive health with our cabbage juice recipe

Say no to caffeine! Natural ways to boost energy

Vegan chickpea and aubergine bites recipe

Sweet Digest: pear and courgette juice recipe

Rice balls recipe for your picnic table

Relax – enjoy our lovely pineapple juice recipe

Eat raw: peanut-free Thai peanut sauce vegetable recipe

Summer Sun carrot juice recipe

Digestive health part 1 – plant-based food for tummy trouble relief

Digestive health Part 2 – the digestive system

Carrot, sweet potato and hazelnut creamy vegan dip recipe

Fennel juice for digestive health

Understand how our cells breathe: 12 best foods to oxygenate your body

Fresh, tasty and light – vegan tofu sushi bowl recipe

Freshen up with our pear and mint juice: S-Pear-Mint

Love our polenta with oven roasted tomato recipe

Try our Strength Builder spinach juice recipe!

Improve your diet, improve your brain health

Vegan lentil Bolognese recipe

Try our brain-boosting broccoli juice recipe, Broccoli Power

What are the health effects of alcohol and what can I do instead?

Gluten-free apple pie with vegan banana icecream recipe

Create vibrant health with this lovely berry juice recipe

What are calories? How to use them to reach your ideal weight

Wholesome winter vegetable soup with vegan pesto and white bean recipe

Try our Turmeric Twist carrot and turmeric juice recipe

What is body composition analysis?

Tasty and nutritious vegan tofu bake recipe

Pear juice recipe to boost memory and mental agility

Yoga detox: how does yoga influence our liver?

Detox your home life: clear the clutter

Hot’n’spicy vegan chilli bean recipe

Book Review: The Food Revolution – does what we eat really matter?

Sunburst red pepper juice recipe

Body image: Feel good in your body with yoga

Meditation to create the life you love

Mediterranean Vegan rice noodles recipe

Red eye no more: Carrot juice recipe

Book Review: Deepak Chopra, Perfect Health

What is the hunger hormone? Hormone balance and food

Broccoli, rosemary and avocado dip recipe for hormone balance

Avocado juice recipe – Smooth operator!

Book Review: Dr Christiane Northrup, Women´s Bodies, Women´s Wisdom

What is Body Mass Index (BMI) and does it matter?

Can meditation heal? A personal view

Feel cool this summer: raw cauliflower tabbouleh recipe

Supercharged green clean kale juice recipe

Seven tips to improve your balance in yoga

What are good carbohydrates to include in a plant-based diet?

Gluten-free buckwheat salad recipe

Melon for lunch: summer fresh melon juice recipe

Yoga breathing: how to breathe in yoga and the benefits

Breathe easy: Celery, apple and almond salad recipe

Breathe: red pepper and carrot juice recipe

Developing a healthy relationship with food

How you can develop a healthy relationship with yourself through yoga

Vegan gluten-free strawberry cake with chocolate buckwheat base recipe

Book review: The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle

Gardeners delight cucumber juice recipe

Vegan lentil sausage recipe

Vegan protein – What is it and how do I get it?

Berry-beat – berry juice recipe

Book review: You can heal your life by Louise Hay

Quick and easy tips for vegan cooking at home

Hearty vegetable stew recipe

Strong Iron spinach juice recipe

Love meditation: tips on how to sit in meditation

Wholesome nutritious amaranth porridge

Book review: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, by John Gray

Red earth – try our beetroot juice recipe

Vegan Mexican corn soup recipe

Calcium boost juice recipe

Vegan Thai yellow curry with vegetables recipe

Ginger shots: health benefits of ginger juice

Chunky roast squash salad with courgette, red onion and cinnamon recipe

Ginger-apple broccoli juice recipe

Vegan Moroccan chickpea soup recipe

Pear-smooth-tastic: pear and banana smoothie recipe

Is eating bread good or bad for your health?

Indian baingan bharta dip recipe

Restful Sunday: Cauliflower juice recipe

Eating a plant-based diet: how to lose weight and keep the weight off

Healthy banoffee pie recipe (vegan, gluten-free and nut- free)

Alcohol-free watermelon mojito recipe

Water – how to maintain your hydration this summer

Vegan sesame vinaigrette salad dressing recipe

Fresh as a cucumber: Cucumber Fresh juice recipe

Yoga for harmony and peace – 2017 International Day of Yoga

How to do a walking meditation

Vegan broccoli slaw recipe with tangy mustard dressing

New Day spinach juice recipe

Laugh your way to weight loss and health

How to practice yoga with an inner smile

Vegan gluten-free sweet potato chocolate brownie recipe

Smile: Banana smooth juice recipe

Five foods to combat brain fog

Bring colour and flavour with creole aubergines recipe

Antioxidant juice recipe Juicy Morning

Top rebounding tips to cleanse your lymphatic system

Vegan blackbean, avocado and sweetcorn salad recipe

Step into Spring: Mint fresh juice recipe

Recipe: Curried millet

How to create time for yoga, time for you

Five minute meditation to find peace on the go

Fruit delight juice recipe for immune system boost

Yin yoga asanas for your DIY detox

DIY detox: 5 favourite items to include in your diet

Recipe: Broccoli, tofu and cashew nut stir fry

Juice recipe: Detox delight

Taking yoga off your mat – reflections on a yoga year

Juice recipe: Mulled wine (alcohol free)

Recipe: Mulligatawny soup

Recipe: Coconut cabbage

Twenty-two health benefits of yoga

Juice recipe: Smile!

Sugar – the highs, lows and alternatives

Reduce blood pressure and cholesterol through diet and lifestyle

Juice recipe: Carroty lunch

Recipe: Chickpea, spinach and saffron stew

Juice Recipe: Rejuvenation

Recipe Moroccan Sweet Potato Salad

Changing eating habits post-retreat

Recipe: Cauliflower spinach dip

Cocktail: La Crisalida Virgin Mojito

Juice recipe: Wake Up

Recipe: Raw beetroot cake

Summer Food cookbook

How is your relationship with food?

Juice Recipe: New Day

Food recipe: Teriyaki tofu

Food and nutrition for peace and calm

Recipe: Bean quesadillas

Juice recipe: Cinnamon Cleanse

Recipe: Buckwheat pesto

Quieten the mind chatter – Mindfulness of thoughts

Juice Recipe: Bunny Heaven

Recipe: Spicy roast parsnip soup

Salt (and sodium), Pros and cons

Nutrition and food to balance emotions

Recipe: Lentil Shepherds Pie with sweet potato and parsnip mash

Meditation: Mindfulness to balance and release emotions

Cleanse your body – get rid of cellulite

Meditation: Mindfulness of Sensations

Juice Recipe: Ginger Spice

Recipe Cannellini beans with roast garlic and rosemary dip

Fuss free Christmas food: wholesome recipe ideas

Staying healthy at Christmas

Juice: Festive strawberry daiquiri

Recipe: Roast pumpkin soup

Tips for creating quick and easy healthy meals

Increase concentration and contentment: Mindfulness of breathing

Recipe Hormone balancing brown rice salad

How to balance your hormones naturally through diet

Juice Recipe: Berry-tastic

Juice Recipe: Red-dy Steady Go

Recipe: Tofu kebabs with plum BBQ sauce

Throw away tablets: Natural relief from detox symptoms

Recipe: Cucumber stuffed with green pea pate

Juice recipe: Pear and spinach wake-up!

Detox: what is it and how does it work? And does it matter?

Raw food salads to refresh and rejuvenate

Five recipes for summer courgette!

Personal view: How to maintain those healthy habits from time away

Juice Recipe: Salad Days

Worldwide shortage of maca – what are the alternatives?

Natural remedies for curing headaches

Yin yoga for liver health and to soothe anger

Recipe: Hummus

Juice Recipe Natures Glow

Recipe: Veggie bean burgers

The (meat- and dairy-free) food pyramid for health and optimum weight

Fats for nutrition, health and weight-loss

Juice: Kick start!

Recipe: Raw energy balls

Juice: Brocc-happy

Immune boosting stir-fry vegetables with ginger

Giving your immune system a boost

Improve your health: Five easy ways to listen and increase your awareness of your body

Recipe: Millet Burgers

All about Millet

Recipe: Carrot and Coriander Soup

Ten recipe ideas for Carrots

Mindful hatha yoga: body scan to relax, centre and ground

It’s pumpkin time! Our recipe for pumpkin and chickpea curry

Using food to relieve pain – what you eat can change your life!

What is Yin Yoga?

Green Juice Recipe: Popeye power

Juice recipe: Beet this!

Wheatgrass for nutrition, detox and weight-loss!

We love beets: Recipe for Beetroot Risotto

Recipe: Lebanese Lentil Salad

Can yoga and nutrition reverse aging?

A new you: the benefits of massage for relaxation

Tips for getting back to your ideal weight

Amazing Avocados: Our recipe for Heavenly Guacamole

Yoga asanas for relaxation and headache relief

Recipe: Summer Strawberry Salad

Mindful Hatha Yoga at La Crisalida explained

Recipe: Happy Berry Juice

Juice recipe: Green lights

Recipe: Chickpea croquettes

How yoga can bring well-being

Tips for optimum nutrition

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