Fakin' Bakin': Feeding the Heart

My life has been pretty exciting lately. I have experienced life in completely different ways on so many different levels. That last week of the year I found myself in a great space. You all saw the vision wall, the books. I was immersed in it all. Goal setting, visualizing, writing, nurturing, soaking it all up and taking action. I had an intensity for awhile that I thought would stay with me. I was surprised to find that I got to a point where I didn't feel so intense, but I did still have the passion inside. I came to realize that the hours upon hours I spent doing those activities paid off. My soul visions and knowledge are activated and now I can go and live the life I want and watch it all play out. For a second I felt lazy. Like I should be "working" on all my visions constantly. But then I realized that there is time to work, and time to let the work unfold. So here I am in the unfolding space and it feels great! My daily Abraham quote for today perfectly summed up what I came to realize and feel.

"Within the seed of your desire is everything necessary for it to blossom to fulfillment. And Law of Attraction is the engine that does the work. Your work is just to give it a fertile growing place in order to expand "

This is the fun part. I saw this all tied into my eating. I am not sure if one impacted the other but I can definitely see a connection. During the end of the year I was kicking that cold, and also eating what resembled my usual holiday comfort food. I did it subconsciously, but see it all clearly now. Since I had a habit of indulging on sweets more that anything else during the holidays, I pretty much fed myself a sweet raw diet for awhile. I needed my Vata food; heavy, oily, sweet, salty. So I made lots of smoothies, not the green ones either. More like almond butter, banana, cacao, spirulina, coconut butter, maca, cinnamon. I lived off Bliss Balls and my homemade version of them.

With the new year I considered juice feasting. I decided that with so many projects going I would be a little stressed for time to do it full force like I would like to. Instead I picked up some MSM and a few cases of coconuts. I started by playing around by making MSM lemonade with my favorite raw honey. Made a really healing and refreshing drink with Aloe Vera from my backyard and coconut water. Then I started juicing again! I had been reluctant to buy kale at the market, since I get it for such a good price wholesale, but I broke down and did it. Kale, cilantro, cucumber and lemon became my buddies. Now I am in the habit of having a quart of green juice for breakfast and huge salads for the rest of the day. So, you probably say, of course you feel different. But I have never felt a difference like this....in my heart. Or what I believe to be my heart chakra. I knew that greens fed the heart since that is the color of the heart chakra, but sometimes have a hard time getting myself to eat or even juice them. Before getting back to juicing I had been snacking on my new cacao nibs quite a lot. It took a few experiences but I finally realized that too much of the cacao was making me too buzzed and even a feeling of anxiety. I was soo sad to learn this, since I ♥ cacao soo very much. But it made me evaluate what my heart might have been anxious about. With the start of the juicing, came the more feelings of overall calmness. I was able to let go of some unserving thoughts and desires and let better feelig things into my life. I feel so much more centered, grounded and at peace these past few days (even with the sleep deprivation).

So that's my story and I'm sticking to it. When the heart is hurting, love it up with some greens. I think that in itself is a great reason to eat greens. Get healthy, balanced and grounded.