About

Hello friends!

 If you're new here, my name is Helen AKA Holistic Vegan on YouTube.

 I wanted somewhere I could bring together my vegan tips and knowledge along with my holistic and spiritual expertise too, so this blog was created as a place to put everything in one place!

 As I'm a trained holistic therapist and spiritual teacher with many years experience of all things alternative, I've always been very interested in health and wellbeing. I have to admit however that it took me a long time to come to the plant based lifestyle! 

 I went vegetarian in January 2012 after having a realisation at a Samhain ritual in 2011 that I could no longer justify killing to eat. I quickly ditched dairy soon afterwards, when I realised from research on vegetarian and vegan platforms that it had been the cause of an array of nasty health issues that had been adversely affecting me since I was born. I was furious but very relieved to be rid of them.

 Going vegan was a natural progression of my lifestyle change and I took the plunge to go 100% vegan on 8th September 2012.

 It's been a very interesting journey, and I don't regret a moment of it, but I did find that making the necessary changes to my diet in particular, was something of a challenge at first. I've always been a keen cook and I make most of my food from scratch, but even for me with a love of cooking and trying new things, it wasn't an easy transition to make.

 Something that did surprise me however, was that the majority of the vegans I encountered were either athiest or agnostic, and I found very little support from the spiritual or holistic communities for my new lifestyle. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, as vegans still only make up a very small portion of the population of the world, but it shocked me that people who considered themselves to be more enlightened than most, simply did not want to stop unnecessarily killing animals for food, clothing or toiletries.

 So the culmination of all my experience and knowledge has come together here in this blog, complemented by my Instagram and YouTube channel to bring you the resources for living a vegan and holistic life in our modern world of technology and fast food.

 I hope you enjoy being here, and please do remember to tag me when you try my recipes. I love to see your creations!

 Wishing you love, peace, joy and tofu 😁

 Helen xxx

 Holistic Vegan

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