Inspirational: Jia Nia Interview

Hey, Health bugs!

Last week I was invited to an event called “Village of Lights”. Toronto’s Church Wellesley Village is located in the area around Church Street and Wellesley Street East.

This event is very festive and it begins with light installation it is organized by the Church Wellesley Village BIA, illuminating Village streets each night from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., through to Jan.30th. While socializing and listing to music I gained some tips and advice on living a happier and healthier life. A friend suggested conducting an interview with one of my favorite bloggers. One of my inspirational – health blogger is Jia Ni. She is a health coach, writer and nutritionist and gives great advice on life I felt so inspired by  her so I decided to email her to ask her a few questions. Because of both our tight schedule I we were unable to ask all my questions. It is simple and quick. Check it out below.

+Introduce your self!

My name is Jia Nia .I live in Perth, Western Australia. I’m a nutrition advocate and love to keep my body fit. As a child, I was an avid dreamer. I use to be part of the cheerleading squad in my teen years. Setting high achieving goals as a student, and knowing that great things awaited me in the next moments of life.

+ Any inspiration behind your website and blog?

When I was in my teens, I had completely lost touch within myself. I was ungrateful and used that to my advantaged. I did a bit of soul searching during that time and realized the beliefs of my inner self was simple within me. I moved away from my family and was in a space that had lead me to think, breath and live on my own. I love animals and decided to enroll in veterinary school. However, my love for health and wellness overpowered my love for animals. That is when I decided to inspire others who experienced or felt the way I have.

+ Advice for new bloggers?

Make sure all of your content has a purpose and inspiration behind it. Oh and try to build a network around your blog.

+How?

By Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Our community is growing; there is a bunch of different categories to fall into like fitness, weight-loss, fitness coaches, and nutritionist. I’m within your hometown there are workshops readily available. So don’t ever feel discouraged.

+What is your favorite go-to healthy food?

 Definitely organic apple and pecans and walnuts

+Current read?

The power of now by Fckhart Tolle

+Yoga? Love or hate?

Love it!

 +Favourite yoga pose?

Umm that is hard. Can I pick two? I love balance so I would have to pick the forearm balance. This pose helps strengthen your core, arms, and shoulders .I also love performing the dancer pose as well.

+You have an amazing strength. How did you build such amazing strength?

Aww thanks

+I mean, anyone that can lift his or her body and hold for a min is amazingly strong

Well it comes from determination. Core training should be in the moderate rep range for best growth. Don’t pressure yourself.  It wasn’t until I started to take things easily and not jump or force myself into poses. Everything came to me slowly, smoothly and easily. J

+ Motivation to stay in shape?

When I first started, I kept a photo of my goal body on my laptop. It’s a constant tool to remain focused. That & keep positive friends nearby. Strength doesn't lie in what you have. It lies in within, what you can give.

+Please explain to me, what your eBook is? And why you decided to write one?

I love writing. I’ve been getting so many questions via email about how to live a happier life, abundances and health. So I’ve decided to compile all my practices, advice tips and all in this eBook. My purpose has always been to empower others, to guide them to live an amazing life and to rise above any hurdles.

It was a pleasure to be able to ask Jia a few questions. I’ve been a reader of hers for months now. Please check out her website at http://jianiteo.com/.

Tea party!

Hey Health-bugs,

So my sister just recently arrived home from her trip in New York. She happened to bring me back a jar of organic tea, the flavour is coconut.I'm not going to like but im not a fan of coconut ,so i was a bit discouraged of trying it out.Ive finally decided to taste it . I love it!. It does have a weird  but yet coconut smell but i dived my mouth  right into my mug and drank away.

Start by  placing a water in the kettle and let it boil till its extremely hot. i love my tea really hot. Keeps me all warm.

Pour a table spoon of the tea into a strainer of your choice. I'm using my magic ball strainer i picked up at David's tea.  It reminds me of a weapon during the medieval time period .Close it up and just drop it into your cup.

Let it steep for 2-7 minutes and remove the strainer out of your cup until your satisfied with the strength of your tea.

Whoola.There you go. The tea is a light tea  with whole leaf Pu'reh from Yunnan with coconut and cocoa. Its sweet and nutty.I topped it off with a banana and sliced apples.

Spiced Chai Latte

Fall is best described as the transition from warm to cold , colourful leaves covering the ground , warmth from the fireplace,air is brisk, hot beverages,and pumpkin season. It is that  time  of the year to wear layers upon layers with cute hats and rain boots. However, keep your beautiful bodies warm by your soul with this healthy beverages such as chai tea,camomile tea, or a soy latte.

I’ve stop by my local coffee shop called Coffee Culture and orders a chai latte. Oh how good it taste. Wish you all can taste this wonderful hot beverage. But i will give you the scoop. Down below are the ingredients to create your own  spiced chai latte.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of water
• ¼ cup of honey
• 4 bags of chai tea
• ¼ of vanilla extract
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• ¼ ground ginger
• ¼ ground cardamom
• ¼ nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon of sugar (brown or none)
• 2 cups of soy milk or regular
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Direction
In a pot pour 2 cups of water to boil.  Stir water.When it begins to get hot  add the vanilla ,honey,tea bags, cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, sugar.Let it  cool for about 5 minutes.Remove the tea bags.Add 2 cups of milk and bring it to a boil (continue stirring).Remove from heat and then pour  the Chai through the strainer into the container you are using to serve it.

Wah-Lah! There it is!. So simple and healthy. You can find these ingredients at your local grocery store. If you want to add abit of fun into the drink grind candy cane shaving into the drink or add whipped cream.