Aging doesn’t have to be painful and ugly.  With good self care you can help maintain your energy, skin, libido, and health.  Help your body by eating well.  An improper diet creates candida overgrowth which saps your energy and stresses your adrenals.  High acidic levels create joint problems.  Joint replacement is big business these days.  It’s great that they can replace them, but why not save yourself the pain by taking some precautions.  I’ve listed three food based items that are easy to add to your diet.  Sunfood is offering them this weekend buy one, get one free. That’s hard to pass up.  Here’s what to look for:

Maca: This is raw, Peruvian maca.  Maca is nature’s Viagra.  It is beneficial for men and women.  Maca is reported to support and balance the endocrine system, endurance and mental focus.    It is also beneficial for depression and addiction.

MSM:  This is sulfur which is one of the essential minerals that is difficult to get with our modern diet.  It is important for healthy cells.  Especially the joints.

Pau D’Arco Tea:  This is a light, pleasant tasting tea that is particularly beneficial for eliminating candida, relieving constipation and building red blood cells.  Even if you don’t feel you have any of these issues you will enjoy the flavor and support your body in staying healthy.

I use each of these products on a regular basis.  You can find more information by clicking on the link below or to order.  This is a great time stock up.  I am. Sunfood offers many great products. Check them out.

Many Facets of Relieving Stress

There are numerous ways to relieve stress. I believe in the cross training approach to stress relief. That entails addressing stress physically, mentally, emotionally and energeticly. If you don’t take a multi-dimentional approach there is a tendancy to work on eliminating stress one way while creating it another way. Here’s an example: I’ve had clients come for energy sessions, foot reflexology or take a yoga class then leave and light up a cigerette or go eat junk food.

I’ve done it myself. I remember leaving sessions and immediately craving sugar. Why? There is a part of ourselves that fears the expansion or good feelings. It’s foreign, little know territory. No different than someone experiencing domestic violence that has trouble leaving the abuser. Why? Ultimately you have to answer that question for yourself. My experience is it’s fear of the unknown. There are old belief systems that keep you locked in the familiar pattern. When you challenge them with something new and better your defense systems will rise up. This may sound silly, but you have to think of that aspect of yourself as being misinformed. The old self or ego as some may refer to it, is trying to keep you safe. We forget to live in the moment. We compare the new partners with old. Expecting to be treated the same because, well that’s the way it’s always been. When something new comes along we try our darnest to make it fit into the old pattern so we can prove our belief systems.

What does it take to change? Willingness to do something different. Willingness to ask yourself questions and be open to the answers. Take a different path. Expand your awareness. Fall down and pick yourself up. Let go of judgement. Laugh at yourself. Get support. Love yourself, no one can do it as well as you can. Breath and call yourself back to this moment now. Ask yourself, “What’s here now.”

I’m going to provide you with many tools to help you ease the stress in your life. Some will work for you better than others. The idea is to find the ones that work best for you. We’re all human and we have many similarities, but we’ve developed different coping skills and defense systems. For example some people eat when stressed while other people don’t eat. One person may over exert themselves while another person quits. Someone may react in anger, another in tears. You get the idea.

We have all had challenging experiences. We have all learned to survive as children in ways that aren’t serving us so well right now. Ultimately we all wanted to be loved and cared for. That meant different things to different people. It can feel so complicated. I think we have to remember not to compare ourselves.

It’s about learning how you need to be loved and nurtured. You have to start by loving and nurturing yourself. It’s not going to come from out there until you are willing to take care of yourself. You have to love yourself first. I know it’s not exactly what we like to hear. Really, we say to ourselves. I just want someone to do it for me. Beware, that type of love comes with a price tag. You may be willing to pay it. In the long run you will pay for it.

So what are we going to cover? Nutrition, because nourishment is a foundation. Can you really love yourself and abuse yourself by being malnourished. You may claim you are “treating” yourself to food that is sweet or that you find comforting, but abusers are good at sweet talking now aren’t they. They apologize and sweet talk you right back. Not so different here is it?

Exercise, again physical needs. Breathing, can’t live without it. There are wonderful ways to use the breath to expand conscious awareness. You can use the breath as a bridge to bring yourself into the moment. We’ll expand more on that later.

We all have energy patterns we use. The energy I’m referring to is your human energy field. These intale how we take in energy and how we defend energeticly. There are ways to shift those patterns.

We can also work on the quantum level. This is the fastest approach and most direct approach.

We have to remember though that life is a journey. As long as we are alive and having this experience of life we will be learning. It’s not a race. It’s all good. Learn to enjoy the journey right now. That’s ultimately what we are going to do together. Let’s learn to enjoy the journey together. In Love.

If I had to choose just one food to boost my health I would choose Spirulina.  Spirulina is a blue green algae and:

* it’s easily digestable

* a great source of protein, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, chlorophyll

* boosts the immune system

* boosts your energy

* good source of B12 and other B vitamins which helps strengthen your nervous system

* contains rare essential fatty acid GLA

* helps your body release toxins

* increases mental alertness

* lowers blood cholesterol

* helps balance blood sugar

* 10x’s more Beta Carotene than carrots

* contains Zeaxanthin/Lutein which is excellent for eye health

* rich in iron

I like to use Spirulina in powder form at home.  The easiest way to do this is to use a jar or beverage container with a good lid.  Add your juice and spirulina, shake and go.

When I’m away the tablets are handy.  They can be chewed, but I prefer to swallow them with water.

Spirulina is a food.  It’s good to start out taking a small dose and build from there.  Notice how you feel.  Experiment with amounts.  When I’m under more stress I take more to keep my energy and immune system going strong.

I’ve experimented with a lot of different products over the years to help keep me healthy. Spirulina is a foundation product for me. I use some others as well, but when I have to pick and choose I don’t go without the spirulina.

Check it out for yourself here:
Organic Spirulina

1 Cup Soy Milk

1 to 1-1/2 inch ring of fresh pineapple.

8 large frozen strawberries

1 tsp coconut oil

MSM  If you have never used MSM you start with 1/8 tsp and build gradually.

1 Tsp Merlin’s Herbal Magic Roots Elixir-find it on the same link as the Spirulina.  Great stuff.

1 Tbl powdered Spirulina

Stevia to taste

Blend it all together.  Enjoy a filling and nutrient dense liquid meal.  This is energizing and caffeine free.  It will help alkalize your body to boost your health.