Candice Covington - Vibrational Nutrition: Understanding the Energetic Signature of Foods

In loving appreciation, I dedicate this book to my grandmothers, Edna and Edra, to my mother, Sandra, and to all the women in my family who came before them, and to Mother Nature, for the wealth of wisdom they have shared with me in my cellular memory, in my personal experiences, and around the table. I thank you.

I would also like to thank the Cook family, especially Curtis and Charlotte; my parents, Sandra and Harold; Maureen; my wonderful editors, Jamaica Burns Griffin and Margaret Jones; my darling duck and goose children; and my beautiful garden for being endlessly supportive.

VIBRATIONAL NUTRITION

Vibrational Nutrition is a joy to explore. You will learn to develop your sixth sense about food with Candice Covington as your mystical guide to the edible plant kingdom! In my practice of medicine and Ayurveda, I teach clients that food is more than calories and nutrients to be talliedit is energy and informationand this book explores the depth of that understanding on an energetic and vibrational level that can help us to understand our own food cravings and aversions and how foods can affect our mood, behaviors, and our spirit. What a delicious delight!

VALENCIA PORTER, M.D., M.P.H., AUTHOR OF RESILIENT HEALTH

Candice is a true alchemist of nature! Her ability is like no other to translate the language of the plant world, through wisdom that surely spans lifetimes, with an eloquence in her words that is smooth like velvet. This book and the lifetimes of wisdom within its pages are the spiritual blueprint for understanding food at its most expansive and energetic level. Candice provides readers an entirely unique and, in many cases, previously unexplored viewpoint on who are the specific foods that we consume.

AMANDA REE,LEAD EDUCATOR, EVENT HOST, AND LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBER AT THE CHOPRA CENTER FOR WELLBEING AND FOUNDER OF SAMA DOG

Candice Covingtons Vibrational Nutrition is a treasure trove of information and inspiration. This book marks a new and innovative way to think about food, as it reveals the spiritual and energetic qualities of each ingredient in our kitchens. Reading through this book has opened my eyes to the spiritual power of food and the stories told by each meal. Packed with healthy, delightful, and inviting recipes, this book will change the way you look at food forever.

NICHOLAS PEARSON,AUTHOR OF CRYSTAL BASICS AND CRYSTALS FOR KARMIC HEALING

Candice Covington has allowed me to see how all growing things and all foods have their own specific vibrational energies. I have tried some of her recipes, and they really accent the ingredients energies. Vibrational Nutrition is the antidote to fast food and processed food. We truly are what we eat, and I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a better, healthy, and fun life.

MICHAEL PETER LANGEVIN,AUTHOR OF SECRETS OF THE ANCIENT INCAS

Bringing magic back to the knowledge and usage of the gifts from Mother Nature, Candice Covingtons naturally flowing language will follow me from the garden to the kitchen.

SOFIA KARIN AXELSSON,COPUBLISHER OF THE ECHO WORLD

Preface

M y love of the earth and her healing essences, in all forms, comes in part from my maternal line. My great-great-great-great-grandmother Griffith was a folk-wisdom herbalist, healer, and midwife in a frontier town in central Utah, where she practiced and took care of the women in her community.

My grandmother Edra, whose name means powerful, was indeed a powerful woman of the woods and the earth. Some of my earliest memories of her are of going mushrooming. She would pack up my two sisters and me and take us to untamed places in the Rocky Mountains, hunting for wild mushrooms. I still remember her, with her Filson hat firmly pinned in place, wearing a peachy-orange lipstick, looking quite the lady in jodhpurs and white button-down shirt. I recall her loading us grade-school kids into a hand-over-hand pull tram that she somehow managed to find in the deep overgrowth of mountain trees. She would pull us across the river far below, and I remember looking down into that yawning canyon as the water raced its way through sharp rocks. Even at that tender age I admired her for being so sure-footed as she navigated us through such intimidating terrain. She always knew exactly where the tastiest treats could be found, like morel mushrooms, all wrinkly and wise. She would cook pounds of them in a simple saut of butter, garlic, and fresh sage from her garden.

It is so fascinating to look at the energetic qualities of the foods that stand out at certain times of our lives, the foods that help shape who we are. As you work with this system I suggest you keep a journal and write down life events and the foods that stood out at those specific times. This will allow you to travel back in time and see how you have co-created with nature.

Morel Mushroom: A miraculous gift of spring and of the moist forest, morel invites you into the deep mystery where secrets and wisdom lie, opening you to the energy of prophecy, magic, and portents of your life to come. It enables a more comprehensive view of reality and the ability to enter into a visionary state to gain a more comprehensive view of reality.

My grandmother could have used any herb, but she consistently picked sage.

Sage: This herb is a master cleanser and purifier that can nullify all discordant energy. This doesnt mean its permanently removedyou still have to do your personal work to shift the cause of the disharmonybut sage can offer refuge and hold space for you while you do so.

Garlic: Garlic brings the energy of affirming the divine light that dwells in your core, and using this inexhaustible source to warm your soul. In this light you are protected from negative energy and malevolent forces and granted the ability to protect others. Garlic also offers the gift of respecting the freedom of those you love, teaching by example and holding space for others to find their way without pushing them along before theyre ready.

Reading the energy of my grandmothers recipe for sauted morels, I see that it instilled in me the ability to abide in deep mystery and learn how to listen and interact with my surroundings in a subtle way, while holding the energetic space for me to learn at my own pace and be completely protected while I did so.

As a child I didnt realize what a delicacy morels were because when they were in season we enjoyed them in such great abundance. Grandmother so loved nature she would bring it insideshe grew white button mushrooms in the dark, mysterious depths of her closet. If I close my eyes I can return to the memory of me climbing into her closet, crawling on hands and knees toward a frosted window at the back of her wardrobe. There, under hanging pants, skirts, and blouses, where her shoes should have been, I would plant myself in the dark, loamy-scented air, allowing my eyes to adjust in the dim light until I could see the otherworldly bumps of white mushrooms pushing their way up into the world. It was an enticing mix of Chanel No. 5, earth, decay, and growth. I didnt realize it then, but my grandmother was paying homage to the balance of nature in all of her forms. She taught me without words to travel inward, to the darkness, to find the growth that comes from decay, and to not be afraid of it but instead to rejoice in the mysteries of life and nature.