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Linda is simply amazing at what she does, it goes far beyond her knowledge with Nourishing through food, it’s a nourishment of your soul.
Over 1 month in journey with her atm and getting my life, health and real me back.
It’s a very personal journey.
Linda is knowledgeable, patient and loves what she does.
Highly recommend if you want to get your health back, physically, mentally and spiritually.
Thanks Linda.
Rick Turnbull, 1:1 Client
I highly recommend all of Nourishing Ways services!
I first met Linda when I was enjoying her amazing, nutritious and heartful food on a retreat, she is a wonderfully gifted chef and caterer.
I got talking to her about her food philosophy and some chronic physical health issues and weight gain I was experiencing. Her knowledge and empathetic and generous nature inspired me to work with her to heal my body and relationship with food through a food is medicine approach.
Linda’s deeply supportive and comprehensive understanding of the root causes of my issues and her knowledge of nutrition and how to incorporate enjoyable changes gently and sustainably into my busy life were invaluable. She also lovingly worked with me to overcome addiction ,resistance and trauma to heal holistically and establish long term results, vitality and love for my body again through nourishment , education and kindness. Linda’s presence, integrity, wisdom and depth of knowledge have made a lifelong difference to my health , happiness and wellbeing. I am forever grateful for the compassionate support Linda provided through her 1:1 mentoring container. Linda facilitated the transformation of lifelong negative beliefs, patterns of behaviour and eating habits in a holistic way that was collaborative, unique and individualised to my needs to reclaim my good health and life fulfilment!
It is the best investment I’ve ever made in myself!
Katrina Ross, 1:1 Client
What an incredible journey, diving deeply into the many layers of wellness and healing that encompass a return to wholeness. This is one of the most informative and supportive containers I have experienced and highly recommend Linda as a mentor and guide for anyone who is either beginning the journey, or for those looking to explore wellness on a deeper and wholistic level.
Suzanne Willson, 1:1 Client
Linda is an exceptional human with a passion to shift the paradigm around food and health. Her sessions are grounded in knowledge, intuition, presence and devotion. She keeps me on track and invites me to go to places where I feel uncomfortable or shame. With Linda’s support, I feel inspired by food, curious about my relationship to my body and am choosing new beliefs to receive support and nourishment from life. She is a game changer for anyone who wants a guide that has lived experience, walks with compassion and knows the power of transformation.
Raquel Woods, 1:1 Client
The session I had with Linda was the most constructive thing I’ve done for my health in the 13 years since I got multiple sclerosis. Now I know what I need to make healthy myelin.
I appreciate the research Linda did for myself and my husband’s different health conditions and the very constructive advice we got. I also appreciate the specific recipes that have become everyday food/medicine for me.
Anonymous
I have received from Linda a great service last year; I could not think of anyone more committed to nutrition and the work of healing through food. Linda came to live in our house and she shared her passion with each of us, in manners that talked to each of us in ways that we could relate to: with me we talked theory and molecules, with our boy she made aioli and all manner of savoury treats as well as collages, with our girl she made sweet treats and all things nice. She cooked for us and with us, she shared ideas and recipes, she helped us change our shopping habits to make healthier choices and informed decisions. Linda-the-Food-Goddess brought yumminess and health to our house, and good habits that will remain with us long term, as we learnt to cater to our cravings in healthy manners. Our levels of energy have increased, and our moods have improved. We highly recommend working with Linda. It is well worth the financial and time investment!
Anne Smith and Family (In-home intensive)
Linda’s blend of contemporary bio-nutrition with traditional medicines offers an empowering approach to self-care. Her holistic health passion inspires! With warmth, humour, and a down-to-earth attitude, Linda supports realistic lifestyle habits for optimum well-being, and reminds us to honour the cycles of our bodies and Nature.
Angela Mastronardi
Linda walks her talk, lives in her truth and is inspirational at helping us who choose to be healthy. I have learnt to nurture the malnutrition of my childhood and feed myself mentally, physically and spiritually into a healthier and wiser woman who embraces life and its challenges. I feel blessed to have met you.
Fay Romani
Retreat Facilitators
“Lahla is hands-down the best caterer I’ve come across. She meets the retreat experience with a range of understanding and mastery I haven’t yet found in any other caterer on the East Coast. The meals she curates are not only crazy delicious, but you can also actually feel the love and reverence as you eat them! Clear eyes, tingling taste buds and happy digestive systems are GO. Lahla’s nutritional expertise is next-level, which she generously shares with participants to expand their wellness journey; she deeply understands the needs of facilitators and plays a beautifully supportive role in the smooth running of the retreat. AND, she’s a delight to be around! She adds this gorgeous warm quality that is a balm to everyone who comes into her presence in the kitchen. Whenever I book Lahla in for a retreat my nervous system relaxes, knowing participants are in for a premier catering experience – she’s basically a foodie slam-dunk. I can’t recommend her enough!”
Petra Lane, Wild Heart Retreat Facilitator
Linda, or very affectionately known as Lahla, was an absolute treasure to find. Like an angel from heaven she came to us when our original caterer had fallen through and was a dream to work with. From an easy phone dialogue, I got a clear sense that this was going to be a good thing and I was not disappointed at all. Linda is reliable with an absolute ‘can do’ and ‘go the extra distance attitude’. She is also not a wallflower either and humbly but clearly makes her presence known as part of the retreat by offering beautiful gems of food blessings, song, poetry and what shines very clear, her desire to nourish people well. Her food is fresh, incredibly tasty, and for a weeklong retreat incredibly varied and delicious. She goes out of her way to make the entire getting fed process an absolute delight, and everyone on the entire retreat, 35 the first year, and 45 the second commented on how great the meals were.
A delightful person to meet and do business with, I can’t recommend her more highly.
Clare Luiten, Co-Coordinator of the New Zealand Contact Retreat.
Linda took the brief and executed it perfectly. She provided attendees of our event with stunningly prepared local food in a delightful range of delectable dishes that had everyone well satisfied. Doing this while ending with minimal leftovers was an impressive feat.
James Samuel – Ooooby and the Six Figure Farming Tour NZ
Linda was a great asset to our retreat team. She offered a stress free, efficient, professional service. Her offerings were nutritious, delicious and from her heart and passion. The food prayers added another beautiful layer to our weekend. The yoga of nourishment workshop she offered we could have easily done a day workshop on. Linda was such a wellspring of knowledge and passion and had a different way of viewing nutrition in a holistic way. None of us wanted the workshop to end! I personally walked away inspired and reinvigorated towards my own health, and the retreat was fuelled in the most wonderful and peaceful way. Would recommend Linda, the most wonderful chef I’ve had the pleasure of employing for my events to date.
Claire French, director, Women’s Retreat New Zealand
Linda has been catering for Golden Flow Yoga teacher training’s for the previous four years. She has been a valuable business partner and I can highly recommend her services. Linda’s passion for her work shines through in her offerings and all the customer feedback on the catering throughout our six courses has been gushing with positivity and praise. Linda has been consistently providing nourishing food and working at a high standard of skill. I appreciate her knowledge of the entirety of the catering process from menu planning, sourcing and ordering goods to preparation and service. She is truly a whizz at her work, and I will be lost without her services. I highly recommend hiring her as she is trustworthy and a great person as well, a great asset to have on your team!
Aeven Kelly, Golden Flow Yoga
New Earth Kitchen catered a busy Yin Yoga immersion for me and everything was perfectly taken care of. All the attendees enjoyed the healthy, wholesome food and each of us wanted to make Linda a permanent addition to our home kitchens! Amazing, nurturing, healing foods
Emma Present, Soulful Stillness Yin Yoga Immersion
Linda is a fundamental facet of our team, within which she caters at our bi-monthly retreats. The goodness Linda gathers into her nourishing bowls is potent and healing, and key to the success of our retreats. Besides her deeply nourishing foods, Linda offers a solid, heart felt and clear presence we all find restorative and grounding. When in need of nourishing connection Linda is ever available and open to attune to the needs of the wider group, caring for us all from her deep earth mumma soul. Whether it’s through her nourishing bowls, emotional presence, poetry or song (which she lovingly shares), Linda’s commitment to nourishing people is deeply felt. Working with Linda feels seamless: she is organised, clear in her communication, able to ascertain and pre-empt our needs, and a fun being to co-create menus with. Highly recommended!
Pedro Campiao, Deep Ecology & Trauma Release Retreat
When Linda took on the job of catering for the crew at Bushweek Festival – we had no idea what a treat we were in for! Every meal that she served was vibrant, nutritious and absolutely delicious. It was no small task; She cooked lunch and dinner for 100 people for 5 days straight and then to top it off, catered for 1000 people for our ‘festival feast’ on the last day. Our crew were delighted with the crew food each day, and this level of nourishment was pivotal in maintaining their spirits and energy levels through the hard week of work. Linda’s dedication and attention to detail was impeccable. These qualities shone through from the early stages of planning and ordering, to the flavours and colours of each meal, and the cleanliness and order of the kitchen at all times. She maintained her warm and loving spirit even under large amounts of pressure. She always had a clear and genuine smile on her face and was read to go the extra mile. It was a pleasure to work with Linda and we are so grateful for her raising the standards so high for crew-food, as this is such an important element for events.
Lara Heart Waters, Bushweek Festival, Qld, Australia
At Tides, we all look forward to Linda’s nourishment in the kitchen. It’s an intense job feeding over 35 people 3 meals a day for 7 days. Linda does it radiating with love and joy for her creations and is always happy to pass on her wealth of knowledge. It is deeply appreciated the care taken to cater for the wide and varied food needs of 35 women and girls. Linda’s nourishment, passion and education complements the richness of our events.
Ngarie Jones – Tides Rites of Passage Foundation
Linda brings deep medicine to her work and to the people that she tends to. She creates a potent space where we can feel nourished and supported. I have a complex food intolerance and often feel that it’s a burden on retreats. Linda not only accommodated that and made me feel at ease but she also taught me how to eat in a way that is supportive for me. She teaches about the medicine in foods and the medicine in the earth. I highly recommend her for any retreat, she brings such a beautiful energy that supports healing and transformation.
Rebecca Natasha, Deep Ecology & Trauma Release Retreat Facilitator
Workshop Guests
Linda is a wise and knowledgeable guide on the journey toward greater health. I found her guided group cleanse programme to be powerful, but also gentle and deeply nourishing; over those few weeks, I finally came to understand, from the inside out, how food can be our medicine. It never felt like a forced “diet,” because her perspective is so clearly about loving the medicinal properties of food and herbs and encouraging us to make choices that raise our vitality and help us heal. She’s also an amazing cook who combines healthfulness and deliciousness in her meals. I’m grateful.
Anonymous, Spring Cleanse Participant
I thoroughly enjoyed the spring cleanse I embarked on with Linda and a group of enthusiastic others. I have done this sort of thing before but what really inspired me about Linda’s style was how fulfilling and nurturing the whole process felt. I didn’t feel as if I was undergoing any hardship or deprivation and Linda’s knowledge of and passion for the subject really shines through! I would highly recommend it if you haven’t tried anything like this before…Linda’s competence and care was obvious, and I felt fully held and informed all the way through.
Martine Bouillir, Spring Cleanse Participant
To anyone fortunate enough to attend one of Linda’s workshops I have nothing but praise and excitement for where this will lead, not only our young women, but communities as a whole. Linda you are such a passionate presenter, I have been to a couple of other talks where the presenters just talked at you the whole time, I felt by engaging with us it helps things to sink in and resonate more. I have already spoken to a few friends who would love to listen to you share your wisdom. Most of them have teenage daughters too and I can see you would make such a positive impression, by sharing your love and experience.
Fiona Feasy, Flourish for Women
Learning with Linda in her workshops has been a fun, practical experience for me where I deepened my knowledge of what good healthy nourishment means. Linda is helping to reawaken what our ancestors knew as well as embracing new science and spiritual qualities. She makes really good food, and if I could make food like her – I’d be stoked!! Her devoted personal attributes and cute, quirky lingo make for an entertaining and fulfilling time.
Annabelle Edmond, Cooking Class Series and Detox Workshop Participant
This programme was profound for me! More than a physical ‘detox’ – it was not only inspiring, helping to change nutritional food habits, it also provided a rich physiological detox, that freed me from “emotional eating”. Linda co-creates “sacred space” in an inclusive and nurturing way – and her recipes are superb. A priceless package!
Anonymous, Spring Cleanse Participant
Linda’s session on nutrition and nourishment was very informative and enlightening. She is extremely knowledgeable and offered a lot of feedback regarding specific questions. She really made me think about my relationship with food and habits and may have unknowingly formed. Her session with all of us about mindful eating has changed how I view my meals. Thank You so much.
Ayla, Yoga of Nourishment Workshop
The class was overflowing with informative knowledge of all aspects of nutrition. Linda presented a well organised session in an enthusiastic, relaxed manner. I left the class filled to the brim with knowledge about nutrition, recipes and encouragement to try my own versions. Highly recommended!!
Siena Miller, Autumn Cleanse Workshop Participant
She holds the group with a gentle, knowledgeable and practised energy which supports, empowers and educates all who participate. I came out of the cleanse with a renewed desire to eat well, to cut my addictions (A coffee a day and too much wine), and with a revitalised energy for life. The cleanse is thorough and gentle but deep. With this new lease for life I am able to explore deeper layers of connection to my relationships and to my journey in life. I would highly recommend this cleanse!
Anonymous, Spring Cleanse Participant
Linda’s workshop has been a wholistic and uplifting experience. With her organic knowledge of biology, dietology and ancient wisdom, and through a touchingly honest sharing of her personal evolution, she gifted us new cognition and awareness, trust and faith in ourselves and our power to look after our well-being through loving appropriate lifestyle choices.
Angela Mastronardi, Flourish for Women
Linda’s passion for healthy food and wellbeing just exudes out of her and her talk kept me attentive and inspired
Loren McPherson, Yoga of Nourishment Workshop
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Retreat Guests
I recently attended a yoga teacher training at the Sandcastle in Golden Bay and was lucky enough to be treated to a yummy, nutritious meal every night by Linda for 2 weeks. As a mum who cooks for a family of 4 every day with a passion for healthy food, Linda’s meals were one of the highlights for me on the course. I really appreciated the variety of the food provided, so healthy, so tasty and so well prepared with local, fresh and seasonal produce. The fermented treats like Kombucha and Kimchi were some of my favourites, as I couldn’t bring my own ferments to the course. We also had the pleasure of having a Nutrition course with Linda, which was jam packed with valuable information and well presented. Linda is a fountain of knowledge and a great Chef. I can thoroughly recommend her catering skills and I am certain Linda will be successful in all her future endeavours – she has so much passion for what she does.
Silke Whittaker
Linda’s food was a huge highlight of my teacher training in Golden Bay. I absolutely LOVED every single meal, and the way we often ate similar ingredients meal to meal – but they never tasted alike. She has a real gift for preparing lovely, healthy and delicious food. The passion and love for cooking shines through everything she thoughtfully prepared for us. Thank you so much for making such wonderful dinners Linda.
Ayla
It was a real joy and eye opener to have such inspirational and nutritious meals prepared – and they tasted so good! Having Linda inform me of the properties of different foods and how to source them efficiently has made a massive difference to my lifestyle and body. It is amazing to realise foods that work for your specific body type and ones that often don’t. Linda has allowed me to realise my habits and that eating well and mindfully changes the whole experience of a meal. I was always one to wolf down a meal, going back for seconds without even noticing the taste. The experience that I have had through Linda’s teachings has illuminated the power of eating slowly and taking in the full experience with gratitude
Amy Harvey
Our meals were prepared and cooked on site, by Linda – a talented and passionate wholefood chef. Linda showcased her deep knowledge and insight for health and nutrition with each mouth-watering meal she presented us. Her creativity and passion for wholefood gastronomy is nothing short of inspiring. Each dish had a purpose, and each ingredient was chosen not only for flavour, but to nourish us from the inside out. Our meals reflected the theme of our entire experience – to enjoy the beauty of all that nature has made available to us.
Rachael Thomas
Linda’s soulful food not only nourished my belly but inspired me to get more creative in my own kitchen…
A Poem – “Linda’s food is good for your tum, it makes me want to sing a little hum. Whoever thought healthy food could be this yum, Linda’s food oh her glorious food truly caters for everyone, thankyou Linda your service really is number one!
Loren McPherson
My Wairua, my entire being is so deeply grateful to have journeyed with this amazing soul. Learning from Linda… being nourished by her amazing kai full of so much aroha, can’t wait to connect again! – nga mihi aroha ki a koe e te Wahine Toa
Hinewai Waitoa
Linda’s nourishing cooking is a gift from her heart. The consciously crafted meals are delicious and balanced, but more than that, she creates an appreciation of mother nature and a beautiful celebration of life with each meal shared
Dani
Linda’s creations are delicious and deeply nourishing. Her love and care and reverence for mother nature is conveyed in the delicate dance of flavours, the quality and freshness of ingredients, and how she presents each dish along with her beautiful introduction at meal time.
Lareena
I had the pleasure of being on the receiving end of Linda’s delicious, heart-warming and life-giving meals on 2 retreats now. In terms of meal planning, she’s very intuitive, she knows what the group needs and my body really responds to the intentionality and love which is always present and felt within her offerings. Highly recommend.
Igor Kreyman
Taste is just one element of food, and when it comes to Linda’s meals, she delivers deeply in many elements. The nourishment, taste, textures, and the love behind every meal, is beyond belief. I’ve had the privilege to eat (eat doesn’t even come close to the experience) Linda’s food, and every time, I’m blown away by the effort and love in all of the preparation. I’ve heard that the energy from those who are preparing your meal impacts the food. I’ve never really had a tangible experience of this, but after eating Linda’s food, I now understand what that means. You can taste the care put into every ingredient.
Love her food (and her)!
Luke Kennedy, Sachamama Sound Retreat Participant
