Come on in and meet Julie Piatt, also known by her spiritual name of Sri Mati, who through an intensive plant-based diet alongside a deep meditation and yoga voyage managed to rid herself of a large neck cyst — after doctors previously diagnosed it to be incurable. From this event, Julie went on to build further on her connections to plant-based food, cooking, and spirit, writing books including The Plantpower Way: Whole Food recipes and Guidance for the Whole Family (which she co-wrote with her ultra-endurance athlete husband, Rich Roll), This Cheese is Nuts, and Jai Seed. Plantpower Italia,a follow up toThe Plantpower Way, is also due to be released in the spring of 2018.
Excerpts from the Plantpower Way were cited in Spirituality & Health magazine, including such easy dishes as one-bowl meals like Grilled Veggie Salad, Superfood Pad Thai, Nachos, and Kelp Noodles and Purple Kale. In the attached article, Julie and Rich explained how one-bowl healthy meals are a typical feature in their household, especially at lunchtime. With four growing boys, this family needs their energy, and a macrobiotic meal of grain, greens, legumes, and whole foods such as avocado or yam (with sprouted beans and probiotic kraut to boot) helps to keep things running.
Julie didn’t just stop there, though.
Because some might say that when you’re connected to the Divine, your eating, exercise, and lifestyle habits overall begin to reflect it – and it doesn’t just stop with one event or endeavor. Piatt, known to her supporters and students as Sri Mati, put several elements of conscious living together to provide continuing benefit to herself and others by offering a culmination of “truth, food, and song at the altar.”
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” – Julie Piatt
More specifically, this means she offers an assortment of things on her website. These include podcasts on meditation and other forms of “living a life Divine” on her “Divine Thoroughline”, food discussion and recipes on a plant-based diet, original spiritually-oriented musical performances, a yoga series, and several types of retreats. According to the website, “The practices of yoga and meditation are divine gifts for humanity. These teachings give us the tools to live truly connected and expansive lives – Consciousness created each one of us for a specific purpose; to be and live our true authentic self in full expression is the greatest gift we offer humanity.” Julie is also a vegan chef, homeschooling mother of four children, does occasional speaking appearances, and is a regular contributor to MindBodyGreen.
The Divine Thoroughline, both internationally available and five-star rated, allows Julie to share what she sees as inherent in living a divine life, and has gained evident popularity through 350,000 downloads in only a single year’s time. Julie is often a frequent guest on her husband, Rich Roll’s, podcast as well.
Her original musical recordings, stemmed from an ancient humming form learned from a previous teacher, can be enjoyed on her 2010 debut album, “Mother of Mine”, as well as “Jai Home” from 2011, which included the musical talent of her two sons, Trapper and Tyler.
A Modern Mystic Raised in the Rough Terrain of Alaska
Growing up in Alaska wasn’t easy for Julie, as her spiritual journey began there as a young child. Often eating wild game her father brought home including even bear meat, Julie became born-again at age 10 and a drug addict at 12. She describes herself as a “modern mystic” and was finally able to consciously connect with her creative spirit in young adulthood. According to her website bio, she now draws upon the dark parts of her life to “recognize God in all life experiences inclusive of the seemingly dark and painful events that make up half of the human journey.” In addition, the site explains Julie is, “committed to stand for others and hold a safe place for them as they traverse their way along the darkened path of their own journeys.”
What can we expect from the future with Julie/Sri Mati?
Her website boasts of continuing retreats (even giveaways for some), an ongoing yoga series, more podcasts, books, and appearances. It further states that, “What you get with SriMati in all her endeavors, is a sermon or prayer which radiates the vibration of MOTHER, an energy that comes through her essence, her words and her music. After experiencing SriMati, you will feel blessed, healed and seen.”
