"Whether coffee does the body good really depends on the Body."- Andrea Nakayama, of Functional Nutrition Alliance. I did not start drinking coffee regularly until I started my career in Real Estate. Meeting lenders, clients, developers, service providers, co workers, etc. is often over a cup...
Juicing is a daily ritual, intention put into action, I give to myself for my health and self care. I recently purchased the Nama J2 juicer and could not be happier with my investment. Not having the time is a lame excuse, especially with the...
When considering a healthy lifestyle, Nutrition is a major component. I always coach my clients to consider the importance of what they leave out. What we leave out is just as important as what we put in. Processed foods are not food! Leave them out!...
When eating plant based meals, sauces, dressings, and dips can make all the difference! Recipes like this cheesy and spicy dressing can make your simple meals taste gourmet, and bring variety to your taste buds. I love love love this recipe. It is easy to...
Here's another favorite salad recipe that is packed with nutrient dense plant based foods that I love and that I am so excited to share with you! When adding more plant based foods to your diet it makes all the difference to have delicious recipe...
During the Winter months in Colorado I like to eat some vegan cooked foods and soups, it keeps me feeling grounded and cozy. I maintain about 60-75% rawfoods diet for the colder months, but do enjoy higher fats and some favorite vegan meals at home...
Here's a yoga pose that most of us can do, and that has incredible health benefits. It's not fancy, but it is worth highlighting. I practice Legs up the Wall pose most evenings for about 20 minutes before bed. Besides my seated meditation, this is...
There are so many dimensions to the practice of yoga. Often there are no words to describe the reason we keep going back to our hot yoga classes. It is just something we begin to feel. There is such a sense of cleanliness once showered and nourished with fresh water after the practice. To people who have never gone to a hot yoga class, they may think it sounds like torture to stay 90 minutes in a room heated to 115 degrees and up to 40-50 percent humidity. To the disciplined hot yogi there are days when we may want to scream, pass out, lie down, or leave the room.
Knowing why we are doing what we are doing can be of great benefit and motivation when we are exhausted, drenched in sweat, and about only half way through the standing balancing series. The heat and humidity puts our bodies into physiological responses that are of incredible healing benefit. The mind is also stretched in the practice revealing many psychological benefits.
Have you ever gone against your own intuition? How did that work out for you?
Have you ever felt so numb to your internal signals that you didn’t even sense what your intuition is communicating to you? Or have you ever consciously overthrown your own intuition for your desire to be loved and accepted? Maybe you overrode your intuition hoping to prove that you were a perfect match for a partner, a job, a community, rather than sensing and questioning if the relationship, job, or community was a good match for you. Please remember there is nothing to prove in love and acceptance, and that true love and acceptance must begin within. We must start with ourselves.
There is an excitement in imagining opportunity manifest. When opportunity arises and we truly believe ourselves to deserve it, we start to see and feel ourselves experiencing what it is that we want. We imagine it so completely we begin to engage our senses. We may even start to communicate to our friends that it is “happening!” Then we get the notice that we were not chosen.
It is disappointing.