Heart of Nourishment

Saliha Gök and her family are among the last few remaining goat nomads in Anatolia, central Turkey. In every season, while family members tend their 300-goat herd, Saliha keeps the…

Ever since I was a young girl I have been fascinated with food. I spent the first eight years of my life in Istanbul, and my memories of the city…

In Spring and Fall 2011, Halé Sofia Schatz traveled with the nomadic, goat-herding Sarıkeçili Yoruk tribe in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey. The Gök family is one of the last…

Join Halé on a pasture walk with her herd. She explores how  individual choices and modeling by the mother goats teach the young kids about optimum nourishment.

To fully digest and assimilate their food,  goats need to ruminate.  Rumination is always done in a relaxed state, which allows them to slow down and to give them plenty…

In my kitchen: a music meditation while making organic raw milk goat cheese…

After being transplanted, two plum trees in my garden were stressed and subsequently have been going through a healing process with the support of good nutrients and the natural passing…

Here is a selection of photos from Halé’s recent hikes along the Lycian Way in southwest Turkey. More than 300 miles of ancient foothpaths and mule roads link tiny villages…

How the Nourishment Cleanse allows for integration of body, mind and spirit. Interview conducted with CNN in Turkey.