On Wednesday September 4th, in Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 8, the Happy Pear are holding a special evening with The Skin Nerd® founder, Jennifer Rock, discussing how you can feed your skin from the inside out. They will then be launching a four-week online course called ‘The Happy Skin’ in conjunction with The Skin Nerd® team. Read on to learn more!
We were delighted to welcome The Happy Pear twins, David and Stephen Flynn, to the Positive Life fold in our Spring 2019 issue! They shared a gorgeous pizza recipe that will be perfect for the coming days and weeks, when the heat gradually returns and we feel more inclined to embark on spring picnics. Enjoy!
Want to kick-start your New Year in a positive way? Check out Fresh Resolutions, an annual coming-together summit of some of Ireland’s leaders in health and wellbeing. It takes place on Saturday January 5th, 2019, from 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. in Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. Some of the speakers will include The Happy Pear brothers, Christina Noble, Alison Canavan and Mark Pollock. Read on to learn more!
By Calodagh McCumiskey
The Happy Pear’s Dave and Steve Flynn are two amazing people to spend time with. Astrologically, they are particularly interesting because they are twins. Only fifteen minutes separate their births. In their Vedic birth chart, they are Libra Ascendants and Venus, the owner of their first house is in their 3rd house, the house of doing. Naturally, they just love doing and are always into something, active and on the move. Venus is the planet of enjoyment and the symbol of Libra is the scales of justice so they are highly ethical, always seeking balance and they love doing fun things that bring joy and balance physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. What’s more, they inspire others to do the same.
Mercury and Sun are in their second house – the house of speech, wealth and eating which makes them excellent communicators and business people, with a focus on food and in particular hot food. Sun is the most important heavenly body as the Sun gives life to all planets and to us. When they speak, they have a powerful ability to connect with whom they are talking and the Sun-Mercury combination enables them to inspire others to act towards balance, health and wellbeing. Sun representing the soul, means they can connect with people at a deep and fundamental level. It is Venus, in the house of writing, which gives them the powerful ability to write beautiful books.
Jupiter, Mars and Rahu in their 11th house, means they know a lot of people and a lot of people know them. This is also their house of income. This is the best position for Rahu (known as the Dragon’s head), particularly for wealth. Jupiter, a planet of communications and expansion, helps them connect with their customers and followers in a powerful way. Mars helps them inspire many dynamic people to change their lives positively. Moon and Saturn in the 12th house, the house of overseas, means they will not live where they were born for long (they were born in Canada) and it also gives them the possibility to be famous around the world as Saturn represents the masses. Stress by definition is an upset in our physical or mental balance. Stress is a major epidemic in modern life.
This happy pair have the ability to help and inspire people to find balance in a fun, healthy and enjoyable way which is so essential in today’s world. They are now going through the major period of Jupiter. It started for Dave on October 8 and for Steve on October 29. This is a very powerful period for them professionally. Jupiter, the planet of expansion, owns their 3rd and 6th houses which gives them strong focus and ability to succeed and expand greatly in all areas. They will inspire many more people towards a healthier and happier lifestyle. While they are very similar, they have a different rising sign in their Navamsh divisional charts, which gives insights into their personal differences. But that is a story for another day! We can expect to hear a lot more from them in Ireland and all around the world. I look forward to more shops, products, books, media, innovative strategies and significantly more influence on the younger generations. They are great role models, charismatic, fun, successful and full of heart and soul. The world is at their feet.
Calodagh mcCumiskey is a Vedic Astrologer. find out what the stars have in store for you. hellenisticvedicastrology.com
Facebook Page Event | Thursday, September 8th, 8:00pm | Eur 20/15 Concession
Our brand new Positive Nights (formerly known and loved as the Buddha Bag meeting) starts off with a bang! Our first event will bring the lovely and successful Flynn brothers to talk about their passion, their love of healthy foods and some funny stories. They will of course talk about their amazing restaurant, The Happy Pear and bring some snacks and suggestions for a better diet.
Join us at our new venue: The Powerscourt Theatre for a wonderful evening with the Happy Pear bros!
Doors open at 7:45pm
email us at thebuddhabagmeeting@gmail.com to book your place!
The Happy Pear twins, David and Stephen Flynn, are chefs and authors of bestselling cookbook, The Happy Pear – recipes and stories from the first 10 years. They love what they do and use their natural food store, wholefood cafes and evening restaurant, superfood sprout farm, own-label products, online shop, and health education talks and courses to inspire a healthier, happier world!
After studying business degrees at university, they travelled the world tasting as many local dishes and unusual ingredients along the way. When they returned, over a decade ago, their aim was to start a food revolution by making fruit and veg sexy, to get involved with their community and drag as many people along for the ride as they possibly could. Today, The Happy Pear is a family and community and all about making natural and healthy food mainstream and producing really great tasting products that make it easier for people to be healthier and happier.
Although the summer is drawing to a close, Ireland is still enjoying a bit of warm weather and beautiful rays of sunshine. School is back and slowly we begin to settle into our autumn and winter routines. To keep you centered and with the same vibrance of the summer, we are bringing you amazing reads, delicious food suggestions and interesting workshops. The Buddha Bag has returned new and improve as Positive Nights presented by Positive Life and we are starting our events with a bang! So please read on and enjoy the rest of the summer.
With The Possibility Exists, author Eoin Scolard approaches his spiritual transformation with humour, wisdom and with a lighthearted attitude. The book is simply a look at how his concept of self was broken open, and how he learned profound spiritual and philosophical concepts from unlikely sources.
The book is due for publication on December 9th, 2016. Please chek here for more info
Vegan burgers with beans and vegetables served with spinach
Veginity is a Plant Based food truck located in Richmond place South in portobello. A lane way off Richmond street South. They have a brand new menu for the end of the summer and are available every Fridays and Saturdays.
Go to their Facebook page for more info!
Date: Sep 24 & 25, 2016
Time: 8.30 – 5.00 pm
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2
World Renowned Healer & Yogi Guru Dev Singh Returning to Dublin. He will lead a two day workshop guiding us to a deep silence, so deep you can recognize how someone else is suffering. To have compassion for that suffering and to understand its origin.
For more info visit here
Date: Thursday, September 8th, 2016
Our brand new Positive Nights (formerly known and loved as the Buddha Bag meeting) starts off with a bang! Our first event will bring the lovely and successful Flynn brothers to talk about their passion, their love of healthy foods and some funny stories. They will of course talk about their amazing restaurant, The Happy Pear and bring some snacks and suggestions for a better diet.
Join us at our new venue: The Powerscourt Theater for a wonderful evening with the Happy Pear bros!
email us at thebuddhabagmeeting@gmail.com to book your place!
Date: November 13th, 2016
Time: 10:30am – 5:30pm
THE SYNCHRONIZATION WORKSHOP invites everyone into a deep state of emotional healing and raises the vibration for the entire weekend. The ability that Teal has to open up an entire audience to a place of honesty and vulnerability is incredible. This raw honesty is what has people coming to several workshops no matter the location.
To learn more about these workshops and to book click here
Date: 7th-13th October, 2016
Location: Mucklaugh . Aughavannagh . County Wicklow, Ireland
Explore the sacredness of your sexuality – the fire that ignites the heart and liberates the spirit. When lived and experienced naturally, our sexuality opens our heart, births creativity, power and freedom, actualizing the potential of love in every way, in every encounter.
Go here to book your place!
Facebook Page Event | Thursday, September 8th, 8:00pm | Eur 20/15 Concession
Our brand new Positive Nights (formerly known and loved as the Buddha Bag meeting) starts off with a bang! Our first event will bring the lovely and successful Flynn brothers to talk about their passion, their love of healthy foods and some funny stories. They will of course talk about their amazing restaurant, The Happy Pear and bring some snacks and suggestions for a better diet.
Join us at our new venue: The Powerscourt Theatre for a wonderful evening with the Happy Pear bros!
Doors open at 7:45pm.
email us at positivenights@gmail.com to book your place! The event has limited seating so please book early :)
The Happy Pear twins, David and Stephen Flynn, are chefs and authors of bestselling cookbook, The Happy Pear – recipes and stories from the first 10 years. They love what they do and use their natural food store, wholefood cafes and evening restaurant, superfood sprout farm, own-label products, online shop, and health education talks and courses to inspire a healthier, happier world!
After studying business degrees at university, they travelled the world tasting as many local dishes and unusual ingredients along the way. When they returned, over a decade ago, their aim was to start a food revolution by making fruit and veg sexy, to get involved with their community and drag as many people along for the ride as they possibly could. Today, The Happy Pear is a family and community and all about making natural and healthy food mainstream and producing really great tasting products that make it easier for people to be healthier and happier.
By Elva Carri
On the sunny afternoon that I arrive at The Happy Pear, it feels like I’m walking into a very large, cheery, well-fed family and it’s actually not long before I bump into the Flynn Twins’ mum.
David and Stephen’s energy is generous and abundant. I’m greeted with big smiles, a kiss on the cheek, asked what I would like to eat or drink and immediately handed a peach while David heads inside to get me a peppermint tea – returning with tea, a smoothie, kombucha and an assortment of chocolate treats that are so good they make the interview difficult to focus on. They both chat to almost every customer, happily pose for photos, joke with staff and somehow still find time to show off their handstand skills. Is this what a vegan world would look like? It’s 4pm on a weekday and this feels like a party.
Stephen and David came to see the benefits of a vegan diet while living abroad, and separately of each other. “I think when you’re living at home, your friends and family see you as one way and it’s more difficult to make changes,” David tells me. “When you go away you realise, I’m on my own, no one is holding me to being a certain way, I can explore where my limits are, what I’m interested in and I think it was that freedom that enabled us to kind of go, wow, I really love this. We came back with an absolute mission to start a healthy food revolution.”
I asked if, with such a niche business, it was scary to start in a small town rather than a big city. “We’re both very social so we were part of every club in town; tennis, rugby, whatever, so we knew lots of people. And we love talking to people. We both worked in the shop every day and from there your passion transmits and it becomes attractive, because it’s fun, it’s not righteous and preachy.”
They originally wanted to open as a charity, to fit with their goal of changing the world, before realising that they could still do that with a business. I asked if when studying business, they knew what they wanted to do with that qualification. David explains they knew what it felt like, but not what it would look like, “And I still know much bigger what it feels like, but not exactly what it will be. I’m not limiting it to a particular way that I want it to be. We knew we wanted to change the world and make it a more positive place. Food is the vehicle but really it’s about making people happier and healthier. It’s not like we want to get people to eat more broccoli, it was about creating a community that was buzzy and makes people feel good.”
Looking around, it seems they’ve more than achieved that. “People feel they’re part of something. We give away free organic porridge in the morning and we’ve done that for maybe five years. And we do suspended coffees so people can come in and get free coffees and free porridge.” They’re also now part of Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube network, appear in theatres educating people about food and health through stories and demonstrations, and run education programmes, with three Happy Heart Courses starting this September if you’re looking for a fun and tasty way to drop those cholesterol levels.
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