I have to admit I am pretty proud of myself. I have made it to day 10 of my juice fast! What I've learned so far....
1. Have to drink the juice! Kind of a 'duh' point, but there have been times when I felt too busy or too lazy to juice and I ended up with some hunger or lack of energy.
2.drink your water! I started to slack off with drinking my water... Not good.
Drink.
3. Even though I have tons of energy I have learned that I need to rest since at the end of the day this is a healing regimen . There have been times when I did too much either in the gym or just pushed through my body's signals to rest....
Don't
4. Enjoy the flavored and get creative!
5. Reach out for support or information. I have been looking at all the great websites out there with information on juice fasts and learning from people who have done this. Invaluable.

I also went through my moms birthday celebration and didn't have a bite of the Chinese food or wonderful looking cupcakes.... Wasn't even tempted!
Still planning to go to the end of the month.

Well I am here to eat crow ( can you juice crow?) I have always been dubious of juicing. I have changed my view on it.
Dramatically
A brief run down of my experience so far...
Day1
I had been doing just green smoothies the 2 days prior, so there was not as much of a shock going to juice only.
I had also watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead and Forks over Knives. So I was on both an information overload and an enthusiastic high. A good place to be .
Day 1went well. Not hungry. Had a little irritation with the cleanup from juicing. I got over it.

Day 2
I was amazed that I was continuing into day two. Not due to how I felt (I felt great) but because this is something I thought i would never be able to do. Slight headache at the end of the day.also wanted to chew something.but realized I was not hungry at all. Continued with my daily elliptical and weight workout.

Day 3
Tons of energy! Woke up actually looking forward to my juice. Have to be honest and admit that I was a little spacey. How spacey? I got lost in my own neighborhood.
It was all good, I eventually found my way home.

Day4
Still very incredulous that I am still doing this. Tons of energy. I felt like I was on drugs. I've never done drugs, but this is how I imagine drugs would feel... Since on my flawed reasoning if drugs felt bad why would people do them?
I had a class on energy work and was literally buzzing around telling everyone how great I felt. Yes, I was that person.
Everyone wanted to try my juice. So I don't think I drank enough, by the time I got home I was a little hungry. But I was out of produce as I was planning to go grocery shopping the next morning. So, I just went to bed.

Day5
I was a bit hungry, but I gave away a lot of my juice yesterday. I was still buzzing but a little tired. I realize that this is a healing process and I need to really listen to my body. I wonder how much of this has to do with the energy work I did yesterday?
I found a treasure trove of produce at my grocery store ...watercress, peashoots(love them) red kale, beets , maroon carrots....... It's going to be a good week! I do not know how long I am going to continue this. I figure I'll know when it's time to stop.
Still not hungry and tons of energy.... Sleeping well and getting clearer.
Stay tuned

Like a commitment phobe college student I have been flirting with juicing. A little here...a little there. I enjoy the taste, I'm getting use to the cleanup... But something has held me back from committing. Recently I have re watched an excellent documentary Forks over Knives. I need to find away to recommit to a healthy life style every once in a while. Another documentary was also recommended Fat, Sick and nearly Dead.
If you haven't seen and and are interested or reluctant to juice, Pleas Please watch it. It inspired me and lessened my doubt as to being able to do it. While I don't have any major medical issues I am dealing with, I want to kick my health up a notch. So here I go! I am going to commit to a 7 -10 day juice fast. I won't put a longer one off the table.....lets just see!
This morning:
Red kale
Carrots
Maroon carrots
Apples
Celery
Ginger
Cucumber

Mmmmmmm

I have juiced occasionally during the last decade or so . It has never been something I could stick with. Lately I have felt drawn to learning more about juicing, it's health benefits as compared to raw or green smoothies, and how to incorporate it into my life.
I am about to embark on a raw juice journey and will keep my heart and mind open!
Any advice or suggestions...send them right along!

There has been a recurring theme lately among my friends. Being GOOD ENOUGH. It seems as though our culture admires and creates high achievers . We applaud and idolize them. Our lives are geared towards more, better, bigger,nicer And not just in material possessions....but personal achievements, promotions, even 'enlightenment'.
Lots of competition. I'm not speaking of co workers , neighbors and friends. Lots of competition with ourselves.
What happens when we stop trying to be 'better'?
Are we left feeling somehow less than? Not good enough?
Lacking?
What if we stop internalizing the message that we NEED to be more than we are?
It's a subtle message. But is it ever persuasive .
We are good enough just the way we are.(yes,stealing that from Bridget Jones)

Wow....it's been a while since my last post. Lots of stuff coming up. I am going to be drawing at a fair in Nashua next month and in May the Spirit Light Network has been invited to present at a paranormal conference in upstate NY. To be honest I have been struggling with the raw thing. I haven't completely figured it out yet.... But I'm getting there. I have also been reevaluating my workouts and tweaking where needed. Lets just say this has been a tough winter.
But today it is spring like outside and I am determined to get out there and enjoy. One day at a time!

I have been on this path for quite a few years. When friends ask me about what I do/believe, I find myself getting very verbose and I start to ramble. At some point I tend to lose my audience. Its a lot to take in and understand. And to be honest, if I had no background with energy work, I would be completely lost too.
If you are trying to understand energy and find yourself lost, I would suggest starting out with baby steps. You can read all you want, and it depends on how you learn, but (at least for me) 'knowing ' something versus 'getting' something are worlds apart.
The Aha moment.

I read a ton on energy and yes, it made sense. I understood. I learned. But it wasn't until I experienced it that I really GOT it.And then after that the learning curve really shortened!
A great beginning is learning and then experiencing how to ground.
There are many ways to ground, probably as many as people, this is the way I was taught.


GET INTO A COMFORTABLE POSITION AND TAKE A FEW DEEP, CLEARING BREATHS. WHEN YOU FEEL YOUR BREATH DEEPEN AND BECOME STEADY, IMAGINE TWO RED BALLS ABOUT TWO FEET BELOW THE GROUND. REALLY SEE THEM, SEE THEIR COLOR, IS IT MORE RED OR MORE ORANGE. SEE THE TEXTURE, ARE THEY RUBBER OR ARE THEY SMOOTHER AND SHINY? NOW VISUALIZE YOUR FEET CONNECTING TO THE RED BALLS WITH ROOTS, A BEAUTIFUL GOLD THREAD OR ANY OTHER IMAGE THAT WORKS FOR YOU. DON’T WORRY IF YOU ARE LYING DOWN VERSUS SITTING DOWN, THE PHYSICS OF HOW THESE BALLS CAN CONNECT TO YOUR FEET ARE A MOTE POINT. JUST GO WITH IT!
IN A MOMENT OR TWO YOU SHOULD START TO FEEL YOUR FEET TINGLE. YOU ARE GROUNDING RIGHT NOW, IN OTHER WORDS, CONNECTING TO THE ENERGY OF THE EARTH. THIS IS GOOD!
THIS IS GROUNDING. IF YOU GET INTO THE HABIT OF PRACTICING THIS WHENEVER YOU FEEL OVER WHELMED BY EMOTION, YOURS OR OTHERS, SITUATIONS OR EVENTS.....YOU WILL DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO SEE YOURSELF AS APART FROM EMOTIONS AND EVENTS. WHEN YOU GROUND, YOU CONNECT TO THE ENERGY OF THE EARTH. YOU ARE THEN CONNECTED TO AN ENERGY THAT IS A GREATER AND HIGHER VIBRATION THAN YOURSELF, SO WHEN YOU ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED BY EMOTIONS, FEELING OR EVENTS, YOU CAN START TO SEE, ONCE CONNECTED TO THE EARTHS ENERGY, THAT YOU ARE NOT THE EMOTIONS, FEELINGS OR EVENTS THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AND WILL BE ABLE TO LET THE EMOTIONS/FEELINGS JUST FLOW THROUGH YOU. OVER TIME, THIS GROUNDING WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC HABIT TO EVENTS.

This experiencing grounding and a stepping aside from entangling your sense of self with your feelings is a powerful experiencing of energy. It is a great place to start, it might provide you with your own "Aha" moment!

My friend Bety bought this raw sheeps milk cheese from the Beekman boys of tv fame (I guess...have never seen the show) she brought it to a party....and gave me the rest! If you have never tried raw cheese...don't be afraid. It's not some gooey goopy mess. All it is is cheese that has not had the milk pasteurized. I love it. Though I do believe that we as humans were not meant to consume the milk of another species. I guess you can call this my addiction. I swear that you can taste the grass and herbs that the animal grazed on. Mmmmm

Well...I had my class this past Saturday on making your own oracle cards. It was a great experience. Everyone did really well I was blown away by the talent and creativity that was brought to the class.there is something special about putting your own energy into the creation of your own personal deck

This is the time of year when we are both winding down from the craziness that can be the holidays, and also gearing up for a new year! Making resolutions, cleaning and clearing out to make room for whatever the new year promises to bring! I  just brought 72 items to a local consignment store/ These are items I have been holding onto for years, items that I thought I couldn't live without. Ok, well maybe not...but I wanted them in my life for some reason.  SO many issues we wind up in our things. Sentiment, guilt, neediness.....getting past that and releasing the extra baggage both emotionally and literally feels great. 
Getting there can be quite the journey though. I had to come, in my head, to the place where if I lost EVERYTHING I would be ok. 
And I did go there, and after experiencing the fear and then the sadness, I came out the other side and I was ok.   
I was really ok. And then I started looking at my 'things' differently. Not really attached to them anymore. I appreciated them. I admired some, I like pretty things.....but I didn't NEED  any of them to validate who I was, to tie myself to people I loved or  experiences I have had. 
I was a big step for me. 
I am going to continue this into 2013. 
And (deep breath) one of my resolutions for 2013 is to not buy anything. (caveat....groceries, toiletries and gas) ..I don't NEED anything. This is going to be an exercise to see if I have the self awareness to get to the emotional bottom of any spontaneous 'want' that may come up that is disguised as a 'need'. 

So if any of you see me at the mall...give me a quick kick in the butt!