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...
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.
People like the freedom of choice as it helps them to perceive that they have control. Blind obedience due to conditioning can lead to a weak sense approach to thinking and behavior.
People assume that prepared food, water, environment are safe. Yet it’s proving to be toxic and addictive. We can no longer be bystanders or expect to be saved by scientific, technological, and medical miracles.
There is a challenge between individual freedom and policy change. Most people still believe that environmental protection is up to the government and don’t pay attention to how their actions can contribute to environmental pollution, or protection.
Education, research credibility, self-reflection, emotional healing, and policy change are necessary actions that are in need of implementation.
The paradox is that we have become addicted to the very behaviors we need for survival in our current system: eating, sex, and money.
We don’t owe anyone our happiness. Pursue your goals. Suffering is the belief that what is happening is not supposed to be happening.
To heal uncertainty we allow ourselves to stop fighting what is happening and bring ourselves into presence with our feelings.
I spent a year working in a Psychiatric Hospital post graduate school, and I had seen and learned all that I will as a Mental Health Counselor. I remember my yoga teacher Sharon Gannon stating that we all do the best we can in each moment according to each moment. I am proud of myself to state that I did my best. I did good! I was in a full time position with the Adolescent Unit, working with children the ages of 12-17. I also worked (what I would consider) too often on the Adult Intensive Unit, with adults who were diagnosed psychotic. My job was to keep people calm, keep people alive, prevent violence, and promote stabilization. I was also a leader of daily psychotherapy and educational groups. Most patients came from the ER post suicide attempt, or transported from the police station.
Patanjali, author of The Yoga Sutras, shares that there are five states of mental activity; understanding, misunderstanding, memory, sleeping, and imagination. Imagination seems to be a challenging mental activity for those of us raised and living in our current cultural, social, educational, and economic system. Or so we remember. How often do we as adults imagine, like we did as a child? I remember my childhood imagination explorations including faeries, castles, mythical creatures, dances, romances, flying, time traveling, body swapping, etc.