Wow! On Monday night I watched the intro video on http://www.juicefeasting.com and learned that there can often be obstacles on the Juice Feasting path. The next day, our juicer began malfunctioning and the only way I could get it to work was to make a rather pulpy juice. And so, my Juice Feast turned into a more fibrous colon cleanse. Now, granted, I could have strained the juice, however, clear intuition told me I actually needed this fiber to pull residues of other than well chewed nuts, seeds, and cacao out of my system. And so, for three days, and really for the first six days, my juice has been more pulpy than I intended. And, to top it off, yesterday my need to chew became overwhelming and so I kidded myself and said: "Self, you can chew thoroughly some soaked almonds and pumpkin seeds and create in your own mouth a nice nut/seed milk that will provide fiber." And so, if the first six days were more of a colon cleanse and the real juice feast, more fiber free, began today.
I felt kind of spacy and high parts of the day and am wondering what I will do to ground. Yoga has been great yet not long enough yet will soon increase as the practice is becoming quite rewarding.
The juicer malfunctioning this week was the least of my worries as life and business dished out a buffet of other challenges. But this is OK because now I do believe I am due for some peaceful days.
The full moon is past and I am ready to go more inward and get more sleep as the moon wanes. I do love the way I have been feeling when I wake up in the morning. My lungs feel so alive and expanded and breathing the cool spring air is effortless.
As to assure that I get plenty of sleep, I may not blog daily. My intention for months has been to have the lights out by 8:00 and let my body produce melatonin in the darkness as I meditate or practice gentle asana.
Here it is past 11:00 and I am allowing the light of the laptop continue to enter my eyes. The reasons why going to sleep are so important to me parallel the reasons for this juice feast.
In the end, it comes down to once again becoming passionate about yoga, in any form, the study, practice, and contemplation of the art of yoga. In between there are other reasons for Juice Feasting at this time. Feeling fantastic is far more important to me than eating nuts and seeds which have for the past two years been my favorite foods. Healing my skin and releasing aches and pains from my body are two other primary reasons for this Juice Feast. Having vitality and mental clarity, enthusiasm and passion for my pursuits, energy to give love and affection and the confidence to receive, and the sheer delight of enjoying the simple pleasures of life as well as being pure in my intentions, reactions, and heart.
Yes, there are many reasons to juice feast, experiencing and enduring the cool feeling that sometimes settles in my bones, overcoming and understanding the constant desire to chew nuts that comes on with the least bit of stress, and creating new habits like massaging my jaw and neck each time the need to chew arises.
I am posting all of this and have joined http://www.juicefeasting.com so that I can help others later and right now gain the support of those who have already joined and posted results. Please contact me if you would like to join or if you would like to schedule a private retreat at my home this summer or fall.
Oh, I do wish to, in this Blog, thank my darling husband Steve. Each day he has kept me company and helped me prepare the vegetables for at least one half hour. In addition, due to my at home business, which involves WildBar and Ancient Sun Nutrition's Blue Green Algae, http://www.ancientsunnutrition.com Steve has been washing the juicer every day!!! He is such a doll and a joy to live with!!!
Day 6 is now over, my colon is quite clean with more cleansing to come. Day 7 to 28 at least shall be fiber free, and I will ground through being barefoot in the green grass, doing more yoga, walking, and, with the new found energy I am discovering, perhaps delving into hobbies that I had set aside for a spell.
Yes, I will do just that. I will cast a spell, to spell something out and to watch it come into reality. I shall start playing with my wind instruments, digeridoo and flute, and, yes, some singing will be delightful.
On this late hour of Good Friday, I feel blessed and bless you!
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