Sometimes I Choose to Re-Consider My Choices

I met someone today that spent 10 days at the Tree of Life, and learned of an enema using water and lemon juice. This options allows me to reconsider the enema as part of this cleansing and purfication journey. I will use this enema instead of the salt water flush and smooth move.

My intention is to experience this Juice Feast (c) in a way that works best for me, and which could serve as another option for how others might choose to experience this Juice Feast (c)

Tomorrow evening I will begin my first coaching session, with my Juice Feast (c) coach. I have some questions and I look forward to our coaching call.

Today, I took my measurements, post raw food feasting with friends, and created a log to maintain a weekly record of my transformation.

Right now, I have a headache, though it is waning...I drank some pineapple-carrot juice and that has been helpful. Now, I am going to rest a bit. Tomorrow is day one of my Juice Feast (c)

...Viva la Green Juice...

Third Is Compilation

I have been purchasing fresh produce since yesterday. I enjoy going to the local farmers markets in my area two or three times each week. Today, I drank one quart of pre-Juice Feast (c) juice, and a sip of water. Juice is very filling. What's been most interesting is that I was not hungry until 12:30 today, and the last thing I enjoyed yesterday evening was a portabella mushroom, stuffed with spinach and herb stuffing, served with a melted cheese, carmelized onions, french fries, french onion soup, water and a ginger ale. Desert was a seven layer homemade chocolate cake.

Tonight, I enjoyed two gardenburgers, with a curry-dijon vegannaise, tater tots, some buffalo wings, and water. I think my body is counting down to this juice feast by feasting on all that it has grown accustomed to consuming.

Yea: My Manual Healthy Juicer (c) arrived today. Now, I can juice my leafy greens and wheatgrass. I will post a picture later.

Easing Into this JF (c)

Today, I enjoyed one quart of juice. I will post the ingredients later. I also drank 1 cup of water. I see now that I will need to really focus on getting my water intake up. Last night, I enjoyed Orange Chicken and Fried Rice for dinner, after juicing and eating fruits and veggies all day.

What's In A Quart?

Today, I began making up quarts of juice. I decided to juice eat fruit or veggie individually so that I can learn how much of each produce is needed to create a quart of juice. I will juice the night before, or the morning of - depending on my schedule, and then mix the combination of juices I desire for that day. Once I have learned how much of each produce makes up a quart of juice, I will post my findings. After that I will be able to grab the amount of produce I need and juice everything together at one time. I took me an hour to create 3 quarts of juice. This is good to know. I will set aside an hour to an hour and a half to prepare my juices.

Second Is Consideration

I have been spending the last few weeks reviewing all the information available on Juice Feasting (c)- equipment, recipes, the process, success stories, etc., and in considering what works best for me:

I have decide to initially focus on a 30 day Juice Feast (c).

I have decided to use my Juiceman juicer, and my recently purchased Lexen Manual Healthy Juicer. I want to be sure to maintain as many nutrients as possible, since I will be juicing every other day during the week. I have already purchased my wide mouth mason jars, and I will purchase wide mout plastic lids, and some ice packs this week.

I have decided that for every suggested supplement listed in the Juice Feast (c), I would educate myself on their properties and benefits, and then locate the fruits and vegatables that provide me with those same properties and benefits. My belief is that if it is available in Mother Nature's most natural forms, then be grateful for the blessing and use what nature has given me.

I have decided to take this time to create my own herbal self care product - a sugar scrub in lieu of skin brushing, my own facial care program, my own body care program, etc.

I have decided to focus only on Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow Yoga during my 30 day Juice Feast (c). I will begin each morning with a 30-45 minute session, primarily focused on the Sun Salutations and one or two additional poses that support me in my yoga practice (building flexibility). I will also walk one day each week for about an hour.

I have decided to forgo using the enema, and instead use the salt/water flush, herbal teas, and from the Master Cleanser (c) program, along with a smooth move detox tea.

I have decided that I will use Blessed Herbs Colon Cleanse between day 15 and 25 of the cleanse, and the Blessed Herb Intestinal Cleanse at a later date.

I have decided to allow myself to be supported by a sweet person that has completed the Juice Feast (c) and is now a Juice Feast (c) coach. Thanks Kelly.

I have decided that this process will be one loving and gentle step at a time - a day to day, totally present, with focused intentions - experience.

The blessing of beginning this journey at this moment of my life's journey is in that I am in a space of going within, being, and allowing this process to naturally unfold. I am intending to be self-full (Thanks Master Coach Thomas Leonard).

"Giving from my overflow becomes a blessing for all."

I Ordered My Manual Juice Today...Yea !

After some consideration, and online research, I have decided to order a Manual Juicer for my leafy green vegetables. I ordered the Healthy Juicer. It will arrive by next weekend. I will continue using my Juiceman for all other produce because of my schedule.

First Is Conscious Awareness

I have had the blessing of witnessing the bliss of my being nourished only on raw and living foods foods for 36 days to be exact - and during those gloriously glorious days, I was living in heaven on earth. My every moment centered on participating in the process of living on live foods. I slept well, my energy was through the roof, and I never felt hungry or deprived of flavor. I was walking daily, breathing in fresh air, and basking in nature light.

Why didn't I continue in this bliss? Don't know. Maybe it was because I was away from home and everything I needed was provided for me. Maybe it was because I hadn't fully made a conscious committment to my own happiness. Maybe I was not yet clear as to my intention for embracing a live food lifestyle. Maybe I was afraid to move beyond what I grew up knowing - traditions, culture, etc. Maybe it was my low level of bliss? Or maybe I was just being willful against the urgings of Spirit to purify my spirit, mind, and body.

Regardless of the whys of the past, I have become increasingly aware of how differently I function - spirit, mind, and body, depending on how I choose to nourish my being.

There are times when not a vegetable or fruit crosses my palate, let alone my plate. In those moment, quick and easy, and often fast or process food prevails. And others, when I desire only fresh, whole, ripe, unccoked or cooked fruits and vegetable based dishes, and can not find any when I most want them. The irony here is that I am usually looking outside my own kitchen for them - restaurants, malls, etc.

Regardless of fears - of actually succeeding, making a choice that feels so right for me, yet may be viewed differently by those I know and love, the bliss of Spirit loving all over me from the inside out in a way the feels as if it is way outside my comfort zone, I am clear of a few things:

It is time for a change and I am the only one that can make the changes
My intention is to live my life a raw as I wanna be and do no harm to another
My intention is to be a living demonstration of how Wholeness as Health (c), Culture and Tradition can coexhist harmonioiusly
My intention is to be patiently present in the process one step at a time
My intention is to allow Spirit to lovingly guide me along this journey


Yogi Bhjan says "Knowledge become wisdom when I experience it with my own heart and being, when it becomes my own personal experience."

Recently, Spirt lead me to Daniel 1:8, 12-17. Enough said...I hear you...I am now ready to listen and be guided by you...because the blessing is in the allowing...