Welcome
Nestled in a far away place. An hour from where we lived on the West Coast of NZ’s South Island, an experimental tribal intentional community.
In 2006, I was called in to assist the obstetric challenges created through not respecting the load and subsequent lifelong effects on both mother and the too close together children. At least 12 were expected. Typically wearing bmum out so her body colla[paed with also teh lack of rest afterwards, teh over work as all were on deck to keepteh place runing, lkus all ondustries , all childacre, all food prepartion on site, living in hostels adn not taking time out after eac birth j- back on deck imediately – as teh toll was extracyed on she wbo bore as many as humanly possible.
Often at great reduction in the quality of each successive child, as there was less of mum to go around. The cows in the dairy herds were treated better. What did I change first? What was messing with their metabolisms – the amount of chlorine used – changed to hydrogen peroxide. Got rid of non nutritionals (oils for starters, so much sugar later on) and added in oral Vit D3 in vast amounts,topical iodine and magnesium on everyone”s body.
Thank you Lily – Rose – the cook and general all around super aunty!!!
Introducing Lily- Rose and what she got up to in the huge kitchens in the community that housed at that time 650 people.
2.30 – Medicinal bone broths
4.00 – Me in their lives. .
4.50 – NOT drinking water (wonderful perfect water on site) and freezing it. COLD – what it does – the ‘all fall down’ problem/and hyperemesis
6.00 – Magnesium to be ingestible – not cheap started with oral Epsom salts – scoring out – not digestible. Better topically
7.00 – Me coming to community in 2006. What was Lily-Rose doing then?
8.00 – CHANGES – Taking oil out of diet, more fat. Lose the bleach to H2O2. Iodine needed . Chlorine, fluoride, bromide, all stop its absorption.
10.00 – More fat, no oils., reduced sugar, and in fact – what calling food at all? Not the cheapest possible . . but what to build great babies?
10.35 – Had to have a group meeting – needed all to understand why
12.10 – Veggies and protein for every meal – not bread ++++
14.10 – Changing bread recipes – no sugar for yeast – diff yeast. The difference in being in dry side to the wet side of the Alps – so not growing own wheat. Also grew most veggies in Canterbury (dry).
16.00 – Overuse of Lily Rose – on other duties and still had to oversee kitchen – as well as being up at 3.00am. And being busy aunt to help sister.
19.00 – Miracle soup – with chicken heads and feet – would hide it all in the bag in the 15kg kettle . . using the whole chicken. More nutritious – get better faster. Add in chilli, coconut cream, salt and pepper,
21.00 – Invalid cooking – junket – rennit and milk .. .
23.00 – Those on the way out – broths, pureed meals, scrambled eggs
24.00– Teeth missing and trying to nourish selves. .
26.00 – Cereal for breakfast and flavourings to get stocks etc . .
26.20 – Cast off meat products from local super market . .
27.30 – Sunday – day of prayer and fasting – good for everyone. Leader said – the women did not have to be up in kitchen. BUT more malnutrition.
30.00 – JIng and maturation – NOT HAPPENING . . . HAVE to eat real food.
31.00 – Me standing up for change. Maternal exhaustion and Hyperemesis and starting all on iodine painted on body. .
34.00 – Farmers would not be that stupid. .
35.00 – Me saying magnesium . . .all were calmer.
36.00 – Health enhancement is not medical. All got more educated and started researching and changing
37.00 – VIt D3 – how could they – covered modestly and not a lot of time outside, or sun.
38.00 – Varicose veins. Collagen – and Vit C – lemons . .
Choleostasis and HELPP – ‘high risk issues ‘ were simply – more nutrients. less work. more sleep ..
40.00 – VV malnutrition. Magnesium spray (warmed up) were the best they had been ever. But broken tailbones. And kiwi fruit.
42.40 – Sugar addiction . . fat and salt . .
44.00 – H.G. women with lots of magnesium – topically not oral – better births and moxa sticks. .
46.00 – Things that help. . magnesium on body – me being a huge heap.
48.00 – Me being grateful for the experience of being able to help.
49.30 – Comparison of cows to women – not the first one to point this out – midwives not taught nutrition . .
51.00 – Workload – forget after ‘post partum recovery . . (slaves)
52.30 – Helping women breastfeeding . . Water consumption. Breast milk bank . Ingredients needed
We stopped filming, chatted so started again
55.00 – If we asked the women .
The wealth of knowledge/wisdom that Heather brought to the community, but better ingredients. the women . . and how they handled themselves. . .
56.00 – HEATHER BABIES. .
59.00 – Her sister’s 13 babies – bad colic, screaming not sleeping, her bad births and bleeding . . better as she took on board what Heather said. .
1.00.00– Blood tonics – not herbal cookies etc – why needed? Milk is made from blood. . . Blood depletion looks like this
1.02.00 – Glutathione accelerator – .as sister finally did all I suggested- each baby was better
1.05.00 – She did I all suggested for the last one – and she was aware if what to do when stuff happened. . . ‘brainy’ versus not. HERE
1.08.00 – The change of climate and living in 5 metres of rain . .
1.10.00 – Living in the now environment. (And me being a mum in the 70’s and through to the 2000’s – 35 years of active mothering)
1.11.00 – MY MISTAKE – My grandmother was born in 1893 not 1883 . . speaking of the changes in food availability and who made us 2 generations ago .
1.12.00 – Willfully stuffing up the future. . .
1.13.00 – Killing and processing own animals . .150 people at Springbank before moving to the West Coast . . . used what was there.
1.15.00 – Were more well for child growing back then . .
1.16.00 – How does gut work, can you sleep?
1.17.00 – How life was impacted in Lily Rose’s own life – not having babies – so did not get access as the pregnant and feeding mums – but at least the magnesium . . easybreasts.heatherbrucehealing.com/healthy-breasts/ingredients/
1.19.00 – MICROWAVES!!
1.20.30 – anyone vegetarian? No – men – got very hungry, in the cold – all hours
1.22.00 – ‘What Dads Can Do’ is more the second baby – and I was that vegan . . and listened to the results . . and that big journey.
1.27.00 – The Heather babies – we need pictures. . PLEASE
HOW WONDERFUL WAS IT – me being there and being able to help and the wonder of the tribal living . .