Protection 2 : Kelp Activation

Amazing Gift from the sea.  Where all life giving minerals, carried by streams and rivers, now suspended in the the Supreme Homeopathic and Nutritive solution.  Ancient Source of all Life on Earth.  Our Land bodies still crave Yemaja's embrace, and Iodine is needed for hormonal communication, the unifying field which makes millions of tiny cells, one body, this body.

Anti Inflammatory and protective to the thyroid center, KELP is the supreme sea vegetable.  Hioghest natural source of Iodine and available Sodium Alginate which removes radioactive particles, and heavy metals from the body, sweeping the temple clean for Highest enzymatic expression, minerally enhanced with strange molecules which defy the very structure of Modern Science.  Kelp carries trace levels of the infinite unknown, life giving adaptogenic multidimensional informational field.

Stir it into broth, Mix it into smoothies, take it in capsules or shots with water, chase with lime.

Or if you can't remember the taste from when you breathed in the sea....

Bathe with it.

Apply a mask of Kelp to your throat and neck.

Iodine is absorbed easily through the skin.

But do so consciously, or you will do so unconsciously....Headlines read: Mad scientists Free Iodine 131 (unprecedented on the earth) into the atmosphere.  Thyroids hungry for the smell of the sea grab it, concentrate it.... 5 years later: Thyroid cancer, Hypo and Hyper Thyroidism and compromised is this ancient and valuable Instrument, विशुद्ध, Viśuddha, who in whispers sings the song of the spheres to poets dreamers and yogis.

Water without minerals does not conduct electricity.  Those who make such decision mix minerals of their choosing into an intention filled solution we call tap water.

But It may not be your intention.

Choose your solution wisely!

Protection

I turn My feet away from the teacher in All Experience (In Acknowledgement)
I turn to Face the Teacher In All Experience. (The Highest Truth, ISHvara)

With The intention that all beings Everywhere be Happy and Free

Raw Foods : Subtle Nutrtion

As Many of you know I practiced strict "100% Raw Veganism" for many years.  I didn't even drink tea.  The growth and transformation that I underwent, in mind body and emotions was tremendous.  This demonstrated in my abilities with Yoga Asana.  Detoxifying old holding patterns through a water rich live foods diet translated into increased flexibility, energy and balance.  For quite a while.  If you've been to our Raw Foods workshops before then you have heard us extol the benefits.

In late 2009 after 5 years of teaching lots of "heated" yoga, I felt that I was burning out.  My energy levels were low, my immune system was compromised and I was becoming increasingly sensitive to environmental toxins.  The artificial heat of the yoga classes I taught was becoming unbearable and even though I ate a water rich diet, and drank water constantly, I felt like I could not quench my thirst.  The amount of classes I was teaching, in combination with 9 years as a raw foodist may have exacerbated my state, but in my 17 years of yoga practice I  have seen many Yoga teachers and practitioners "burn out" .  This takes the form of fatigue, injury, sickness or often a sense that the joints are giving out, like shoulders, knees and wrists.

In November 2009, we left Minneapolis and I hoped the general fatigue and sense that something was burning me up would cease, since I wasn't teaching "hot" yoga.  The symptoms did not go away however.  Living in Costa Rica on a raw diet of mostly coconuts, greens and fruit, if anything things seemed to get worse.  I was initially not willing to question that the food I was eating provided the most optimal nutrition for my body, partly due to the success I had had on raw foods, and partly do to my  Identification with the food that I ate. 

In 2012 I find myself stronger and feeling "younger" than I have since I was 16.  What changed?  In Raw foods: Subtle Nutrition I will be presenting elements that I believe to be crucial to long term success with any diet, and specifically in regards to yoga and yoga practitioners.

We'll look at weight loss, detoxification and what is subtle nutrition and why is it so important to radiant health.

What is Saucha?

(शौच)

Any entanglement of consciousness in things or circumstances which have no constructive relationship with the goal of Yoga is to be regarded as an impurity. This is the essential meaning behind the term Saucha.- Swami Krishnananda

Saucha is an intention of cleanliness, literally “purity” in body thought and action.  In the description of reality presented by yoga, only the self, Purusha, is pure and only Avidya, false perception is impure.  Saucha is used as a powerful tool to dissolve ego identification and the illusion of “the other”.  Saucha is the practice of removing everything that is not essential to the paradigm. A clean body and mind are able to maintain a satvic frequency, or a frequency conducive to awareness of subtle resonations and Yoga.

It is important to acknowledge that “pure” and “impure” are ultimately judgments, or distinctions of the mind.  No particular “dirt” is necessarily good or bad, rather Saucha explores our relationship to this “dirt”.  Saucha can perhaps best be understood as a sign post, orientation or directional intention pointing towards ultimate liberation.

Saucha is a natural directional force in the body, evidenced in the concept of metabolism. The physical body takes in molecules in the form of food and air.  In ideal circumstances what is useful is integrated and what is not is eliminated.  So to, this metabolism functions in the mental and emotional bodies.  We take in information and in ideal circumstance what is useful is integrated, and everything else we let go of.  Many forms of dis-ease then can be understood as our inability to let go of toxic molecules, thoughts or emotions.

Join Me Tomorrow, Sunday for an inspirational and empowering look at how the science of purification can take your practice to the next level.

Saucha (शौच) for the Modern Yogi
Date: Sunday April 22nd (Earthday)
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Where: One Yoga

Inadvertantly Chocolate Tasting Elixir (Chocolate Free)

Wow, some how I inadvertently landed closer to chocolate than I ever have before.  Here's what I did.

TEA BASE

Simmer one handful goji berries in 4 cups water down to 2 cups liquid.

pour the hot liquid into a quart mason jar containing:

1 spoonful passion flower
1 spoonful Ginko
1 spoonful gynostemma
2 spoonfuls oatstraw.

Top the rest of the jar off with boiling water.

Let steep at least 20 minutes.

This tea is then the base for our elixir

ELIXIR

4 cups tea
1 teaspoon astragalus extract
1 teaspoon cordyceps extract
1 teaspoon shilajit
2 heaping teaspoons Maca
1/2 teasopon Reishi extract


1 teaspoon ground vanilla

2 bananas
1 cups blueberries
medium size handful of red chicory ( sold as dandylion)

Creamy Schizandra Blueberry Tonic

Schizandra Blueberry Tonic

Combine in Blender:

2 Cups Schizandra Cinnamon Tea
1 Blood Orange
1/2 Cup Almonds
1/2 Avacado
1 Tablespoon Lucuma Powder
1 teaspoon Astragalus extract
2/3 Cup Fresh of Frozen Blue Berries

Blend until creamy

Schizandra Cinnamon Tea

Schizandra Cinnamon Tea

4 cups water
handful Schizandra Berries
Stick of Cinnamon
pinch of licorice root

Bring water to boil, add all ingredients, simmer 15 minutes.
Repeat using the same herbs....