the institute

Fri - February 24, 2006

ready for the weekend

goodbye fla

so here i sit in palm beach international, soaking up the free wifi and the eveil coffee from evil starbucks...but hey, i've got 25 ounces of vasa to keep me company as well...taking off in 54 minutes, boarding in 23...and i'll leave it at that...very excited for this weekend...why?...well, it's the halfway point...and the beginning of 3 weekends in 5 weeks...strapping myself in...wheeee!

Posted at 10:15 AM

Wed - February 15, 2006

attraction

like a magnet

fantastic session with heather today...she has such a way to get me to look in the mirror and see myself for what i am...a holistic health counsellor among other things...and to get me to recognize my hedges for what they are, pretty green fences...keeping me in or other people out? either way stopping connection...

so then...i've re-arranged my calendar, creating space for fun in the middle of all the work, and i've arranged for some help arranging my office, trading massage for professional organizing from my friend kristin mallery of simplify , and i've set up my first presentation as a holistic health coach (yeah, that's right, i'm playing around with the nomenclature), a breathing talk that you'll get the skinny on if you subscribe to my newsletter (contact works better than comment, although i love comments!).

and that's that...

Posted at 05:04 PM

Mon - January 9, 2006

ayurvedic bedtime

bleary eyed from the ride

just in from weekend #3 at the institute for integrative nutrition and up way past my ayurvedic bedtime...i hope the pitta janitors are working anyway...so many amazing insights from this past weekend regarding the ayurvedic template and the many layers it can support, water and connective tissue, business cards and websites...and more than i can pull out just now...check back here next time you are health surfing...

Posted at 01:02 AM

Wed - January 4, 2006

water pt.2

changes of habit

one thing i noticed int he past year is that i've actually found it more difficult to drink enough water since i installed the ro-45 ultra reverse osmosis system last march. i think it's because prior to that i was either filling up gallons at the ice house or buying gallons of poland springs and then carrying around a big gallon jug wherever i went. typical aquarian i guess, or proto aquarian perhaps. since going for the filter because a) ran didn't like the taste of the icehouse water and with the baby coming i figured she wasn't going to be able to really get over there and fill the jugs very easily anyway, b) poland spring is owned by nestle and we all know what shits they are, and c) over the course of a year at $10 a week for store bought versus $300 for the filter system i'm already in the black...well, i've found that not carrying around the big gallon jugs has definitely affected my water intake for the worse. plus since i got a bit of a scare from doctor mercola i've also been averse to carrying water around with me...

well...better to drink it period i think...but if anyone has any good ideas for a safe and lightweight water carrying system...

Posted at 10:28 AM

Tue - January 3, 2006

water

how deep is dry?

according to dr. fereydoon batmanghelidj it's one ounce for every two pounds of body weight and then an extra ounce and a half for each ounce of caffienated or alcoholic beverage consumed each and every day...that's a lot of water...at 180 pounds i need to drink 90 ounces a day...that's three liters a day before i've had a beer! although, synchronistically enough, it's also approximately 8 twelve ounce glasses...so there we go with conventional wisdom! at any rate, i'm finding the first thing in the morning (after my morning pages of course) two glasses in a row routine, which i picked up from some blessed and now forgotten soul 12 years ago, works wonders at getting my day off to a good wet start. and focusing on water early in the day helps too...still, sometimes the first trip to the wc is a lot more yellow than i'd like ...

Posted at 03:58 PM

Thu - November 3, 2005

fruit

i'm diving into the institute this weekend, so this makes sense...

10 Essential Steps to a Natural Diet

by Frederic Patenaude

Learn how to transition to a healthy diet now.

Workout and Exercise

Eat Fruit Before Each Meal

Learn to Make 7 Raw Food Recipes That You Enjoy

Get Rid of Cheese and Dairy

Eat Fruit in the Morning or Skip the Morning Meal

Give Up the Caffeine - Completely

Eat one big salad meal a day

Simplify Your Meals (Food Combining)

Read at least one book on the raw-food diet.

Decide to try a 100% raw diet for 7 days.

yeah...it's a nike kinda thing...

Posted at 01:27 AM

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