I had a bunch of parsley left over from my weekend produce buy. Almost 20 bunches to be exact! I have been using at least a bunch at a time for my green juice. Being that I buy intuitively most of the time and can never remember specific benefits attached to certain foods I was happy to see this info come from Victoria Boutentko's email newsletter.
Parsley contains three times as much vitamin C as oranges, twice as much iron as spinach, is rich in vitamin A and contains folate, potassium and calcium. What's more, parsley is also recognized for its cancer-fighting potential.
Wow, those little curly bundles pack a punch!
Juice Up!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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.
My Aloe (remember when I first got them)
Breakfast of Beauty Queens
A parsley-tahini dressing with a big bowl of bok choy and kale.
"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.
My Aloe (remember when I first got them)
Breakfast of Beauty Queens
A parsley-tahini dressing with a big bowl of bok choy and kale.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Give Me More
This past weekend was filled with abundance in many ways. First off, my house filled with wholesale organic produce, then an abundance of gourmet raw food, and amazing times spend with friends all through the weekend. I guess the one thing that was lacking was the sleep. But who needs that when you have superfoods and elixirs. One of people I met this weekend encouraged me to keep up the content. Since he happens to be a big time raw blogger that I admire I am take going to make an effort to generate more posts to share this abundant life of mine. Instead of going on with a long post of everything that is spinning through my head right now, I will leave this and let you look forward to more frequent short posts.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
A little something to share.
Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having fun setting goals, making resolutions and setting forth the greatest passions and intentions into this new year. I have had a break from my full-time job and I have really loved being able to focus on the work that I really want to be doing. That is one of my highest goals, is to be able to have that freedom and space all the time! There has been so much going on in my heart and head. I wish I could blog it all, but I will spare you all and try to make this one simple.
My brain is too jumbled right now so i won't attempt to share any wisdom or insight. Instead I will let Heidi and JS do it. They recently did a product review for Elements For Life, and I was so blown away by it I thought I would share. I recently signed up to be a distributor with Elements for Life. Although the concept made sense to me at first, it did take me a while to dive in. But now that I am in I am loving it, I love the team and all the support and ideas that you get from being on the Superhero Team. This is exactly what I want to be a part of. A community where people are encouraging you and support you to set and achieve your goals. It's really fun doing something where I and everyone else really believes in the products. I am waiting with anticipation for my first shipment to arrive. I am now noticing their profound effect on me. When I was in New York I had Marine Phytoplankton everyday, and also some Island Fire and Gold. Ito has also served up the Gold Rush many times. But I noticed that I felt better than expected in New York, even with all the stress of traveling, being in a new environment, dealing with experiences that could have been really stressful and emotional. Not to mention eating my share of food that I usually don't indulge in. I really think that those SuperFoods helped me out. Anyhow, check out what the lovely folks at Raw Food Right Now thought of the products and if you want any more information please feel free to contact me. Until next time, have a healthy and prosperous 2009.
My brain is too jumbled right now so i won't attempt to share any wisdom or insight. Instead I will let Heidi and JS do it. They recently did a product review for Elements For Life, and I was so blown away by it I thought I would share. I recently signed up to be a distributor with Elements for Life. Although the concept made sense to me at first, it did take me a while to dive in. But now that I am in I am loving it, I love the team and all the support and ideas that you get from being on the Superhero Team. This is exactly what I want to be a part of. A community where people are encouraging you and support you to set and achieve your goals. It's really fun doing something where I and everyone else really believes in the products. I am waiting with anticipation for my first shipment to arrive. I am now noticing their profound effect on me. When I was in New York I had Marine Phytoplankton everyday, and also some Island Fire and Gold. Ito has also served up the Gold Rush many times. But I noticed that I felt better than expected in New York, even with all the stress of traveling, being in a new environment, dealing with experiences that could have been really stressful and emotional. Not to mention eating my share of food that I usually don't indulge in. I really think that those SuperFoods helped me out. Anyhow, check out what the lovely folks at Raw Food Right Now thought of the products and if you want any more information please feel free to contact me. Until next time, have a healthy and prosperous 2009.
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