On March 9th I announced the pod was going to take a break and that we’d be back March 23rd. It was the Full Moon in Virgo, spring break, Mercury in retrograde was ending, people were eyeing their horoscopes and I was gearing up to hold a little cacao ceremony.
I used to do track, so I know every second counts. Fourteen days later and it really does feel like that. There are indoor protocols to washing hands after touching certain things and drinking herbal teas every twenty minutes given the nature of the virus never mind going outside safe for an early morning run and buying resources when needed.
This episode with Travis Pied, founder of Lume, is reminiscent of a time when “wellness” was more so a lax term, shiny branding, an optional powder for the pantry, yet in releasing this episode I do find that it carries an important message. Travis, growing up in a familial setting in which a parent struggled with chronic medical conditions, experienced a shared effort in supporting, healing, and connecting as a community. From this, has stemmed a vision in which Travis took a very much loved staple, our Granola, and infused it with vitamins and adaptogens.
Here you had a guy spending his college nights in the kitchen, concocting herbal, adaptogenic and vitamin and mineral-rich snacks in bountiful amounts. There was the lavender incident among many other questionable infusions. His roommates were the guinea pigs. But you know what, soon they started to feel and see the effects of what the crazy herb kid was DIYing.
This episode conveys with it a degree of luxury and earnestness with regards to our well-being, is an ode to the human spirit, and that in times like these we pull together in a sense that goes above and beyond physical proximity.
This is Gaga for Granola with Travis Pied.
You can find Travis and Lüme at:
https://www.instagram.com/eatlume.co/
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