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Palisade Peach Sourdough Scones Recipe

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Delicious Peach Sourdough Scones

There is something magical about Colorado peach season.

Sweet, juicy Palisade peaches are one of summer’s greatest gifts, and when paired with tangy sourdough discard, they create tender, buttery scones that are perfect with a morning cup of coffee or afternoon tea.

These scones are lightly sweet, bursting with fresh peaches, and have just enough sourdough flavor to make them irresistible.

Why You’ll Love These Scones

  • A delicious way to use sourdough discard
  • Made with fresh Colorado Palisade peaches
  • Tender and buttery
  • Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert
  • Freezer-friendly

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ? cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients

  • ½ cup cold butter, cubed
  • ½ cup sourdough discard
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream (plus extra for brushing)

Fruit

  • 1 cup diced fresh Palisade peaches

Optional Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2–3 tablespoons peach juice or milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Prepare

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Mix Dry Ingredients

Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. Cut in Butter

Using a pastry cutter or your fingertips, work the cold butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

4. Combine Wet Ingredients

In a separate bowl, whisk together the sourdough discard, egg, vanilla, and cream.

Pour into the dry ingredients and gently mix until just combined.

Fold in the diced peaches.

Be careful not to overmix.

5. Shape

Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface.

Pat into an 8-inch circle about 1 inch thick.

Cut into 8 wedges.

Place wedges on the prepared baking sheet.

Brush tops with heavy cream.

6. Bake

Bake for 18–22 minutes, or until lightly golden.

Allow to cool for 10 minutes.

7. Glaze (Optional)

Whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla, and peach juice until smooth.

Drizzle over cooled scones.

Tips for Perfect Scones

  • Keep your butter very cold.
  • Handle the dough as little as possible.
  • Use ripe—but firm—Palisade peaches.
  • Freeze the shaped scones for 15 minutes before baking for extra flaky layers.
  • These are wonderful with local honey or homemade peach preserves.

Mindful Baking

One of my favorite mindfulness practices happens in the kitchen.

As I slice peaches, stir the dough, and watch these beautiful scones bake, I’m reminded that slowing down can be a form of self-care.

Cooking with seasonal ingredients helps us connect with the rhythm of nature and appreciate the abundance each season brings.

This recipe feels especially fitting during our August theme, The Harvest Within.

Just as gardens reward months of care, our lives flourish when we tend to what truly matters.

So pour yourself a warm cup of tea, enjoy a fresh peach scone, and savor the simple gifts of the season.

Happy baking!

Have you made these scones?

I’d love to hear how they turned out! Leave a comment below and let me know if you added your own twist to the recipe.’


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The Harvest Within: Mindfulness & Yoga Practice

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August Theme: The Harvest Within

“What we nurture within ourselves eventually becomes the gift we offer the world.”

As summer begins to soften and gardens overflow with abundance, August offers us an invitation to pause and notice something beautiful—not just around us, but within us.

This month’s theme at Embracing Spirit Yoga & Wellness is The Harvest Within.

While farmers gather the fruits of months of careful tending, we have an opportunity to ask ourselves:

  • What have I been growing?
  • What qualities have become stronger this year?
  • What am I ready to share with others?

The answers may surprise you.

The Inner Garden

Just like a garden, our hearts require attention.

The thoughts we water become our mindset.

The habits we repeat become our character.

The kindness we practice becomes part of who we are.

Maybe this year you’ve cultivated patience.

Maybe you’ve grown stronger through challenges.

Maybe you’ve learned forgiveness, resilience, courage, or compassion.

These qualities didn’t appear overnight. They were planted through everyday choices, difficult moments, healing conversations, and quiet acts of self-care.

Now it’s time to enjoy the harvest.

Harvest What You Have in Abundance

During our yoga classes this month, I’ll be inviting everyone to reflect on one simple question:

“What do you have an abundance of that someone else might need?”

Perhaps it’s:

  • Compassion
  • Encouragement
  • Kindness
  • Joy
  • Gratitude
  • Patience
  • Hope
  • Peace
  • Understanding
  • A smile
  • A listening ear

Imagine if each of us intentionally shared one overflowing quality every day.

A small act of kindness can completely change someone’s day.

Your calm can become someone else’s comfort.

Your encouragement might be exactly what another person needs to keep going.

Our greatest harvest is rarely something we keep—it is something we share.

Mindfulness Practices for August

This month, try incorporating these simple mindfulness practices into your daily life.

Start each morning with gratitude.

Before getting out of bed, think of three things you are thankful for.

Slow down.

Notice the warmth of the sun, the smell of your coffee, the sound of birds, or the feeling of your feet touching the ground.

Presence is one of the greatest gifts we can cultivate.

Tend your thoughts.

When negative thoughts appear, gently ask:

“Is this helping me grow?”

Replace criticism with compassion whenever possible.

Practice generous living.

Offer compliments freely.

Hold the door.

Send a text to someone who comes to mind.

Leave an encouraging note.

Sometimes the smallest seeds produce the greatest harvest.

Reflect before bed.

Ask yourself:

  • What did I harvest today?
  • What did I share?
  • What would I like to cultivate tomorrow?

Join Me for 30 Days of Yoga

This August, we’re also celebrating 30 Days of Yoga on YouTube!

Each practice is designed to help you reconnect with your body, calm your nervous system, and create a few moments of peace in your day.

Whether you’re brand new to yoga or have practiced for years, every session includes modifications to make movement accessible for all ages and abilities.

Think of it as tending your inner garden—one breath, one stretch, one mindful moment at a time.

I hope you’ll join us throughout the month as we move, breathe, reflect, and grow together.

Your Harvest Matters

The world doesn’t need perfection.

It needs people willing to share their gifts.

As you move through August, notice what fills your heart.

Then let it overflow.

Because the most meaningful harvest isn’t measured by what we accumulate…

It’s measured by what we generously give away.

I’d love to hear from you!

What quality are you harvesting within yourself this month?

Share it in the comments below, or join the conversation during one of our August yoga classes.

May your heart be full, your spirit be nourished, and your harvest be abundant.

Blessings,
Stacie Wyatt
Embracing Spirit Yoga & Wellness


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End of June Reflections: A Soulful Pause Between Growth and Stillness in the Garden

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June always feels like a threshold.

Not quite spring, not yet full summer—somewhere in between becoming and being. In the garden, everything stretches a little taller this month. The greens deepen. The blooms open faster than we can pause to notice them. There is a quiet urgency in the soil, as if everything remembers, this is your time.

And yet, if you sit long enough—really sit—you’ll notice June is not only about expansion. It is also about integration.

The seeds we planted earlier in the year are no longer ideas. They are stems and leaves and tendrils reaching for something they cannot yet see. Some plants thrive exactly where they were placed. Others surprise us, insisting on growing where we did not plan for them. And a few… simply don’t make it through the heat, teaching us that growth is not always a straight line upward. Sometimes it is release. Sometimes it is learning what cannot come with us into the next season.

We often think of growth as something loud. But June teaches a different language. Growth can be steady. Subtle. A slow unfolding that asks for patience rather than praise. It happens in the early morning light before the world gets loud, in the evening when everything softens again. It happens in us the same way.

Inside our own lives, June mirrors the garden.

We stretch. We do more. We say yes to things we once hesitated around. There is momentum here—projects, plans, movement, energy. And yet, woven through it, there is also fatigue if we are not careful. The sun is generous, but it is also demanding. It asks us to be present in ways spring did not require.

So June becomes a teacher of balance.

How do we grow without rushing past ourselves?

How do we expand without abandoning rest?

How do we stay rooted while reaching?

And then, quietly, July arrives.

There is a subtle shift when we cross that threshold. The energy does not disappear, but it changes shape. Where June feels like expansion, July feels like embodiment. Where June reaches outward, July invites us inward again—not into stillness exactly, but into rhythm. A slower, more intentional pace. A knowing.

The garden tells this story too. The initial burst settles into fullness. Blossoms begin to turn toward fruit. Leaves stop chasing height and start supporting what is already here. Everything becomes a little more grounded in its own presence.

July doesn’t ask for less growth. It asks for deeper presence with what has already grown.

And perhaps that is the quiet wisdom of this seasonal turning.

That we are not meant to be in constant acceleration.

That growth is not only about becoming more, but about learning how to hold what we have become.

As we move out of June, there is a soft invitation waiting:

To notice what has taken root in us this month.

To honor what surprised us.

To release what no longer belongs in our soil.

And to step into July not with urgency, but with presence.

A slower breath.

A fuller awareness.

A willingness to simply be with what is already growing.

Because sometimes the most sacred thing we can do… is let life catch up to us.


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Summer Solstice Rituals for Mindfulness & Renewal

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The Summer Solstice is more than just the longest day of the year—it’s a celebration of light, abundance, growth, and possibility. Nature reaches its fullest expression as gardens bloom, bees hum from flower to flower, and the warmth of the sun invites us outdoors.

Just as the earth is flourishing, we are invited to ask ourselves:

Where am I growing?
What am I ready to celebrate?
What light am I ready to share?

Unlike the rush of New Year’s resolutions, the Summer Solstice offers a softer invitation. It asks us not to strive harder but to pause long enough to notice how far we’ve already come.

Living with the Energy of the Solstice

The sun represents vitality, courage, confidence, and joy. Ancient cultures gathered to honor this turning point of the seasons with fire, music, feasts, and gratitude.

While our celebrations may look different today, the intention remains the same: reconnect with nature and ourselves.

Try spending part of the day outside. Walk barefoot through the grass, sit beneath a tree, or watch the sunrise with a cup of tea. Let yourself simply be present.

A Gentle Summer Solstice Ritual

You don’t need anything elaborate.

  • Light a candle.
  • Take three slow breaths.
  • Write down five things that have blossomed in your life this year.
  • Write down one thing you are ready to release.
  • Write down one dream you want to nurture during the second half of the year.

Fold the paper and place it somewhere you’ll see often as a reminder of your intention.

Essential Oils for the Solstice

The bright energy of citrus oils pairs beautifully with the season.

Try diffusing:

  • Wild Orange
  • Bergamot
  • Lemon
  • Peppermint

The aroma is uplifting, refreshing, and reminds us to embrace joy with open hearts.

Reflection

The garden doesn’t bloom because it rushes. It blooms because it receives sunshine, rain, and time.

Perhaps that’s your reminder this season, too.

May this Summer Solstice encourage you to slow down, soak in the light, and trust the beautiful unfolding of your own life.

Happy Solstice.


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