~SOUP~
The multi layers & experiences of Uber Dank food is where it really really gets fun. As I make sweet potato lentil soup I have a hand full of ingredients I know I am going to work with, that all get mixed in at different points in the creation of the soup. The cutting of onion, a certain size based on its roll in the soup, how it will be cooked etc. The extra cook time of the onion being the only ingredient to be first sautéed in the bottom of a pan with only oil. Then the other ingredients come in, right at their ;perfect time. About 2 hours after the initial beginning of the soup, it is time to add the spices, flavorings & essences to the soup. I like to save many of the flavors until very close to completion of the soup as their flavors are best tasted from that much cooking exposure. For example in many dishes I prefer to add the garlic at the very end as it will be a different garlic taste than if it were added half way through or even sautéed with the onions at the beginning.
The soup comes out to be a unique variation of the original inspiration for this soup. Instead of a curry flavor palate it becomes a herb based flavor. The thyme, sage, rosemary go perfect with the rosemary bread I just took out of the oven to go with the soup. The addition of garlic, red pepper flakes, and paprika give it that soup kick and contrast. The additions of the carrots, celery, & sweet potatoes mostly serve to create a rich flavor rich soup broth after being stewed in their own juices.
~Theory~
Food Alchemy Coaching Vision Statement
“I am not here to share simple recipes. I am here to share the awareness, ability & art of cooking so that recipes (the preparation of food) BECOME EASY. When this place is realized an awareness then an ability flowing through as an art in the form of cooking becomes state of being.”
This of course also translates into not just easy but Uber Dank food! =D>
~BREAD~
As I bake the bread that I bake I am using a starter. A starter is a living wheat & water life form. I feed it on a daily basis, I keep it warm not to warm, I let it sleep & exercise, it gets really alive & it goes into hibernation.
When I use this starter in my bread it is serving as the yeast in packets that is commonly used for bread. However instead of a packet of powder from a factory I have a living culture that has been growing in my home, bed (as in this cold house with no heating turned on I sleep with it in a blanket to keep it activated) taking it on day trips, weekend trips, warming in by the fire, heating bricks to bundle up with it when need be. So I take that and use it INSTEAD of the packet, then I mix it with other ingredients for the bread. Then I let those ingredients harmonize with each other, the starter activating the loaf it self, opening the life force stored within those wheat berries, in powder form (Flour). Thus changing the proteins, altering the gluten making it much more utilizable.
After the loaf itself evolves into a new existence I place it in cold climates to slow the process thus getting a really long slow altering affect. The flavor of the flour itself changes, also absorbing other flavors I may have added to the loaf itself such as rosemary or walnuts. As you take in these factors that are happening to the bread in this process the realization of how magical this bread is becoming clear. The flavors enhanced, ripened, opened. The consistency & structure of the flour itself upgraded. Then as it gets put into the oven the spring in the bread, its ability to be soft, firm, full, & flavorful all at once. It all comes together to be birthed as bread.
All of these factors come into being for this one loaf of bread. Not to mention all the factors of the temperature of my house or the environment I have as this bread is nurtured. The places I may be or time I might be sleeping. As the bread and starter require certain temperatures for certain amounts of time to become what they come. the dances we have become many. If I am in Austin for 2 days I either must nurture the starter the whole time feeding it and providing a proper climate or I must put it into hibernation thus making it inactive for a certain amount of days before being strong enough to make bread again. Any brad that I want must be planned at least 24 hours ahead of time as the short end of a bread process is 24 from combination of starter & flower to bread. If there is to be many breads made there must be plenty of starter to activate all the loafs.
~Enjoying food~
So love the process of eating right now. I am sitting down on the couch to candle light. With a pot of fresh Uber Dank sweet potato lentil garden herb soup, with bread just out of the oven flavored rosemary to match the soup. Two glasses of port 1 of a new port and one of the last bits of my old port that I quite like so as I can compare and decide on next buy which I prefer.
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmm
~UBER DANK~
Many moments to share in the enjoyment of food this new years day Sweet Potato Heaven Uber Dank. A story that I have to share from this day concerning the detail & awareness of food is this.
I asked a friend if he had tried the Sweet Potato Curry Magic. He said “yes”. I said “did you have it with the toppings?” He said” no”. I said “then you did not have it for I designed every level of flavor in that
curry with this quantity of toppings involved”. So I gave him a bite. His response was AHHHHHHHH *smile*
This to me is my relationship with food & why sharing in such food can launch a whole new level in the enjoyment of food. For not only every flavor, but the amount, when they are added & what they are added with change the subtle flavors of the food. That’s why a French fry can be good but a sweet potato French fry with potatoes from the garden with pesto cream sauce, chipotle mayo or cranberry jalapeño sauce is a whole different thing.
This provides so much opportunity for awareness while in the food prep process. So much opportunity to taste the evolution of the food & the layers of flavor depths. The more enjoyment received from an experience is a worthwhile upgrade to me!
~Food on the Road~
I have been out near Lufkin Texas building an Earthship for days now. There aren’t any health food stores here nor are there interesting quality restaurants. For me though it doesn’t matter! While people are eating out of Styrofoam to go containers full of corn beef & hash or biscuits & gravy I am eating sweet potato humus on kale leafs. While everyone is shopping at walmart I am digging through my cooler full of super food balls, raw nuts, dried fruits, spriulina & other tasty super foods. When we all go out to eat at dinner people are spending $25+ for a meal while I still have yet to go to a restaurant that makes more tasty food than I.
This is all comparisons of course. There is not about right or wrong, just observation that stands out a lot for me. Again & again my relationship with food serves me very well in convenience, money savings, health & enjoyment. Its so easy to bring food wherever I go, I can eat any time & of foods that I really want to be putting into my body. My 3 nick names this trip so far are Uber Dank because some people got to try my Sweet Potato Lentil Soup, plaster master & Mighty Quinn.
~Sweet Potato Dankness~
Our next Uber Dank is in process. “Sweet Potato Dankness” in continuation of all our mighty sweet potatoes from this falls harvest. We have the menu up on http://www.meetup.com/uberdank/ it is sure to be another opportunity for me to PLAY WITH FOOD & for everyone present to really really enjoy eating food. I love the group of people that come together for each UD as its an important alchemy in the process.
~Recipes~
As I was making a Sweet Potato Chipotle Soup for Uber Dank tomorrow, I was re creating a soup that I had made once before for an art show sampling. Because I was RE creating the dish I was trying to think what the recipe was, I looked for the recipie I thought I had written down but could not find it. After spending a few minutes pondering how I was to re create this soup, I finally thought I will just make it anew! As soon as I aligned with creating the soup with the two key flavors of Chiptole & Sweet Potato all the ingredients I wanted in the soup just came to me.
This is a perfect example of why I love to create every dish from an inspired moment instead of a recipie. For when I get in touch with the essence of the dish I am making all the extra ingredients just make them selfs known! As soon as I let go of trying to make a dish I had made before the ingredients that went with sweet potatoes and chipotle were obvious. (its 1:23 btw ;-)> )
I love this soup. It can be eaten hot or cold its totally vegan & it utilizes sweet potatoes in yet another way! I take baked sweet potatoes put them in a blender with coconut milk, lime, ginger, sautéed onions, salt, pepper, & of course chipotle. I then can serve it hot or cold depending on if its hot or cold outside topped with fresh cilantro. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
~Danking Up Uber Dank~
So Uber Dank Sweet Potato Dankness was last night. While there was lots of feasting on the dankness going around we have plenty of food today to continue our own special feasting pleasures into the week. Because I love to continually evolve the foods that I prepare & eat as I started to enjoy the leftovers today the evolution started to take place. First I had some of the sweet potato spiced pie. It was just so freaking uber dank I was ready for it first thing. I warmed it up & put it on sliced bananas with a chocolate peanut butter spice topping & a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream. It was so freaking tasty it became my whole meal! MMMMMMMMMMM
I just got finished eating a loaf of foccacia bread baked with sautéed onions & kalamata olives. I added sliced avocado, goat cheese & tomato to it for a very glorious meal.
~Gem Show Vortex Dankness~
So we are going to be in Tucson AZ for 2 weeks catering a hotel at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show! It is one of the largest if not largest gem/mineral/stone/crystal events in the world. There are hundreds of thousands of people that come to partake. It takes up most of the whole city filling all restaurants, hotels, motels, camp sites, rented houses & more.
There are vendors as well as buyers from all over the world as many of the stones/rocks/minerals only have been found in certain geographical locations. Millions of Dollars are being exchanged as well as lots & lots of interaction.
I can feel the vortex of enhancement already speeding up life's process. So many people to meet & exchange with. So much opportunity being realized & integrated.
This will be fun as we will have a large client base & very basic accommodations. To see how we manage to get all the food prepped & served will be fun! This is another great opportunity to play with food & share in the love of it. We will be coming up with perfect high vibe vortex food for the event changing the menu daily.
Wow So much opportunity to play with food while providing Uber Dank to the Tucson Gem Show!
It has been such a pleasure to share this deep level of enjoyment in conscious food. I love how happily people embrace sustainable eating practices when the space is held & supported.
I feel so good about the realities we chose to uphold while engaging this experience as food Angels. Food Angels is one of the names we have been given as we bless with Uber Dankness of the heavens. Because we are showing up so present & in tune with what is important, many powerful experiences are being shared.
We took boxes of glass/pottery plates, bowls & cups to serve all the dankness on. We took boxes of cookie tins & other re usable quality serving dishes. The deal we present to all who wish to be served Uber Dank Cuisine is that one provides ones own non disposable dish or put a deposit down on one of ours to be refunded upon return of dish. We charge a $2 deposit on all plates/cups/bowls. Either one keeps it for the duration of the show, trades it in for a new one on a new day of food or returns it after being done with. This has felt so good not only to support non disposable food dispensing but to also bring to the table awareness of how one participates in the process. I feel much awareness being brought forth through this process for all involved. It is really so profound to be part of such an experience. To have someone show up and really hold conscious intense space for something so commonly over looked. Not only did we save hundreds of disposables from the trash but we also shared the possibility of using non disposable dishes for normally disposable meals. I love the idea of one day people having tupper ware with them as they pick up to go food, or fast food. Of people choosing to use re usable dishes for their catering services or parties. I love the idea of places like whole food delis selling re usable container stacks for all of their deli foods, then taking exchanges of dishes for new orders, or taking deposits for the containers to be refunded upon return of dish. It would be so easy to take a metal container from a deli and return it the next time one buys, or to just bring ones own to receive food in. The real difference is in the change of choice, in the upgrade of standards and normalcy’s. I think many people just have the idea that disposables are normal or that they are so much easier when really its so easy to just have a cup with you in the car when you pick up coffee before work, to have a cup at the desk to get coffee at the office. To have a set of dishes at work to get ones lunch on, that are just washed and left there. To then have Tupper ware in the car to pick up food on the way home for dinner or lunch the next day. Restaurants, delis and such could even provide the washing service in exchange for buying and exchanging containers there.
It’s a simple change in priorities, in routine, in normalcy’s that implement such huge profound changes in every day life. Thus launching huge world impacts with common daily activities.
Our cookie tins were really fun because they all had different pictures, were different sizes, shapes and colors. We would sometimes put plates inside the big tins then just take the plate out upon delivery or fill smaller tins for to go, or delivery orders of various foods. They kept food contained, were easily stored, stacked & used. Its also a great way to put something to use that abundantly available.
One of our sayings while providing the dankness has been food worth eating. We encourage people to buy food from us if they are going to be buying food anyways. The food we provide is not only Uber Dank but its made in consciousness, in a sustainable way, great value, & loving process. We feel its food really worth eating & supporting us integrates such realities into being. We offered a 100% money back guarantee on all of our food as we felt it was the best food that could be bought. I believe it is possible for a passionate food preparer to to make ones self a dish that is deeply satisfying for a cheaper price however if one is going to buy food or just does not really love the process of making food our food will be the best that can be bought at Tucon Gem Show. If its not really worth eating at the price charged we will happily refund the full cost as we do not want anyone eating anything but food that is a process of fulfilled enjoyment! We did not have one refund the whole show, but had lots of smiles and MY GOD THIS IS GOOD experiences ;-)
I am in such appreciation for this opportunity to play with food and to share it with so many. I felt we really provided a service of great importance and enjoyment. I felt so good about the people that took part in this experience for they played such an important roll in this event. It seemed that the people that were really enjoying them self while also having high standards of normalcy are the ones who bought from us.
It was funny because we really wanted to keep the menu simple so we could be efficient and utilize our time well but we just loved providing an array of tasting opportunity! We would often have 8 plus choices of tasty treats and drinks. There would often be more dishes that people wanted that they could even try. We would then be changing the menu to keep it new and fresh but some of the dishes of the days before were so good that people would request repeats.
Some of the favorites were the Sweet potato lentil soup. Vegan, wheat free, chocolate, peanut butter, coconut spice, oatmeal cookies, spring rolls, rice noodle salad, pumpkin spice bread, chai, pita hummus wraps, 4 caramel (caramel, caramel spice, peanut butter caramel, & chocolate caramel) caramelized apples, chocolate bliss, raw nut pâté and our many variations of Salad Dankness.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Composting Article
Composting is a great pleasure for me. When I compost I am very in tune with the natural abundance of the circle of life.
When I first got into composting I realized how much matter there was being under utilized and or thrown away. By utilizing many of these for composting I was able to generate 1,000's of lbs of compost per week with very little cost and effort.
Compost is essential for any truly organic garden to produce in an abundant fashion. With really good compost plants don't need fertilizers. Because they are so strong and healthy not only do the produce abundantly but they are not subject to many diseases and other ailments.
I love organic sustainable abundance!
The main understandings important to efficient composting are 3 fold:
1 moisture. Compost wants to be moist not wet.
2. Air Flow. Compost wants to be able to breath but not be super exposed to the elements. So usually the smallest size compost we want to have is 3x3x3ft. A container is good but only if it has some breathing space. I love to use pallets, chicken wire or old pieces of fence to make my bins. Bins are not necessary though.
3. Nitrogen. Nitrogen is what speeds up the decomposition process. Nitrogen is availabe in most green mater such as grass, vegetable scraps or manure. This needs to be added whenever the compost is no longer hot (135 df or hotter) to continue the fast decomposition process. This is not necessary as compost will decompose anyways however it is quite possible to fully compost leaves or straw in 1.5 months turning it twice a week and adding a nitrogen source.
What is awesome about all this is that water, air and compost able matter are all over the place and very free. I collect thousands of bags of leaves from suburbs that are all free and going to the trash. Not only do I get free compost matter but I also save the land fill and lots of gas getting it there.
I also get lots of free wood chips DELIVERED to my property from tree trimming companies. One needs to be wiling to get at least a truck load but other than that its a sweet deal.
These are the to largest sources of carbon in my compost. There are many other carbons available.
Matter is decomposing commonly. Composting is just a way to spead it up and utilize it for a purpose. Even metal or plastic left in the elements is going to decompose. Now we may not want to use this for the garden and it may take years but it is decomposing also.
So in composting we want to speed up this process in an efficient abundant manner for us.
By creating an environment where it is moist and active microscopic life forms start to flourish eating and composting the matter. Producing us with compost!
Its all about creating and nurturing a specific environment for this purpose.
So to start composting find a site.
I like to choose a site close to where I will use it as it cuts down on my transporting of the compost. I build a bin out of whatever I have available. If I use chicken wire I will cut a length of chicken wire at least long enough to make a 3 foot diameter circle. I will then connect each end together to form a cylinder. I can then fill this with layers of compost. If I made a bin out of pallets I would take 3 pallets and stand them up on their sides. I would then tie each one together so that 1 pallet is tied together on two corners and the other two are tied on one corner to that base pallet. This forms a 3 sided square.
To begin the compost I start with a layer of carbon (dried dead organic matter) for me leaves or wood chips. I then do a much smaller layer of nitrogen (living active matter) for me it is green grass clippings, manure or vegetable matter. The ratio for carbon to nitrogen is about 30-1 in volume not weight, 1 being the nitrogen.
As I layer the carbon and nitrogen I want to wet the layers with water. Depending on how dry the materials are will dictate how much water I use. Just remember that the compost wants to be wet not dry. The life thrives in moisture but is very much inhibited by flooding.
I just then repeat this process of layering carbon, nitrogen and water. It is a very simple and natural process that when nurtured profits great results.
An active compost will get up to 150-170 degrees F. You will know it is active because if you stick your hand in the center of the pile it will be to hot to keep near. If it does not get hot at all then there a few elements that can be out of whack. 1. To much or not enough water. 2. Not enough nitrogen (cant have to much if its a natural source) 3. No circulation, meaning it cant breath. This is not normally an issue.
If the compost does get hot then its working. Some people have compost thermometers that are a couple feet long that they stick into the centers. When the temp starts to drop its time to turn it and and nitrogen and water.
The main question is how much and how fast are you wanting compost. With the right ingredients and the proper nurturing it is quite possible to have a pile composted in 1.5 months. This will require turning about 2 times a week while adding a nitrogen source and the proper moisture. Do not add carbon during this phase. Carbon is only added in the begging. This is of course if you are wanting fast compost. Basically the nitrogen composts fast and the carbon is what takes "time" so by adding more carbon every time the compost will not really fully compost until months after the last addition of carbon.
The pile will get smaller and smaller every time it is turned as the matter becomes more compact and of smaller particle size.
Healthy compost does not stink. It is a common mis conception that compost stinks.
If it does stink it is because there are ingredients that are not ideal such as flesh, fatty foods, litter box, etc or its not getting turned so the matter is just rotting on top instead of composting.
After a very short time of experimenting with composting it will feel very natural and one can evolve techniques based on this.
I myself do not even turn compost any more. I have so much compost going at 1 time that I can just use my huge loads from a season before instead of needing it every month.
So what I do is create many large long term compost piles. I build large piles 4 or more feet tall and 10 or more feet wide/long. I then mix in nitrogen and moisture to get it started and leave it. The only thing I do is keep it moist by running a sprinkler on it every now and again depending on when its feeling dry. This takes longer but in the long run it saves me a lot of "time" and I still have just as much compost when I need it.
If there were 1 factor that is most important in composting I would say its moisture. A dry heap will not compost at all. Actually even good compost if it gets to dry will be much less nutrient. I feel that a lot of the benefit to fresh healthy compost is the living microbes in the soil that play many over looked rolls. So I always keep my compost covered/protected from the sun.
This is compost at its finest. Here is a list of many common abundant materials for composting:
Carbons Sources
1. Leaves
2. Wood Chips.
3. Straw/hay or brown grass clippings.
4. Cardboard, junk mail & Newspaper.
5. Yard Scraps.
Nitrogen Sources.
1. Green Grass.
2. Manure
3. Coffee grounds. All Starbucks save their grounds for composters. Stop in and ask.
4. Vegetable Scraps.
5. Pretty much any living green matter.
When I first got into composting I realized how much matter there was being under utilized and or thrown away. By utilizing many of these for composting I was able to generate 1,000's of lbs of compost per week with very little cost and effort.
Compost is essential for any truly organic garden to produce in an abundant fashion. With really good compost plants don't need fertilizers. Because they are so strong and healthy not only do the produce abundantly but they are not subject to many diseases and other ailments.
I love organic sustainable abundance!
The main understandings important to efficient composting are 3 fold:
1 moisture. Compost wants to be moist not wet.
2. Air Flow. Compost wants to be able to breath but not be super exposed to the elements. So usually the smallest size compost we want to have is 3x3x3ft. A container is good but only if it has some breathing space. I love to use pallets, chicken wire or old pieces of fence to make my bins. Bins are not necessary though.
3. Nitrogen. Nitrogen is what speeds up the decomposition process. Nitrogen is availabe in most green mater such as grass, vegetable scraps or manure. This needs to be added whenever the compost is no longer hot (135 df or hotter) to continue the fast decomposition process. This is not necessary as compost will decompose anyways however it is quite possible to fully compost leaves or straw in 1.5 months turning it twice a week and adding a nitrogen source.
What is awesome about all this is that water, air and compost able matter are all over the place and very free. I collect thousands of bags of leaves from suburbs that are all free and going to the trash. Not only do I get free compost matter but I also save the land fill and lots of gas getting it there.
I also get lots of free wood chips DELIVERED to my property from tree trimming companies. One needs to be wiling to get at least a truck load but other than that its a sweet deal.
These are the to largest sources of carbon in my compost. There are many other carbons available.
Matter is decomposing commonly. Composting is just a way to spead it up and utilize it for a purpose. Even metal or plastic left in the elements is going to decompose. Now we may not want to use this for the garden and it may take years but it is decomposing also.
So in composting we want to speed up this process in an efficient abundant manner for us.
By creating an environment where it is moist and active microscopic life forms start to flourish eating and composting the matter. Producing us with compost!
Its all about creating and nurturing a specific environment for this purpose.
So to start composting find a site.
I like to choose a site close to where I will use it as it cuts down on my transporting of the compost. I build a bin out of whatever I have available. If I use chicken wire I will cut a length of chicken wire at least long enough to make a 3 foot diameter circle. I will then connect each end together to form a cylinder. I can then fill this with layers of compost. If I made a bin out of pallets I would take 3 pallets and stand them up on their sides. I would then tie each one together so that 1 pallet is tied together on two corners and the other two are tied on one corner to that base pallet. This forms a 3 sided square.
To begin the compost I start with a layer of carbon (dried dead organic matter) for me leaves or wood chips. I then do a much smaller layer of nitrogen (living active matter) for me it is green grass clippings, manure or vegetable matter. The ratio for carbon to nitrogen is about 30-1 in volume not weight, 1 being the nitrogen.
As I layer the carbon and nitrogen I want to wet the layers with water. Depending on how dry the materials are will dictate how much water I use. Just remember that the compost wants to be wet not dry. The life thrives in moisture but is very much inhibited by flooding.
I just then repeat this process of layering carbon, nitrogen and water. It is a very simple and natural process that when nurtured profits great results.
An active compost will get up to 150-170 degrees F. You will know it is active because if you stick your hand in the center of the pile it will be to hot to keep near. If it does not get hot at all then there a few elements that can be out of whack. 1. To much or not enough water. 2. Not enough nitrogen (cant have to much if its a natural source) 3. No circulation, meaning it cant breath. This is not normally an issue.
If the compost does get hot then its working. Some people have compost thermometers that are a couple feet long that they stick into the centers. When the temp starts to drop its time to turn it and and nitrogen and water.
The main question is how much and how fast are you wanting compost. With the right ingredients and the proper nurturing it is quite possible to have a pile composted in 1.5 months. This will require turning about 2 times a week while adding a nitrogen source and the proper moisture. Do not add carbon during this phase. Carbon is only added in the begging. This is of course if you are wanting fast compost. Basically the nitrogen composts fast and the carbon is what takes "time" so by adding more carbon every time the compost will not really fully compost until months after the last addition of carbon.
The pile will get smaller and smaller every time it is turned as the matter becomes more compact and of smaller particle size.
Healthy compost does not stink. It is a common mis conception that compost stinks.
If it does stink it is because there are ingredients that are not ideal such as flesh, fatty foods, litter box, etc or its not getting turned so the matter is just rotting on top instead of composting.
After a very short time of experimenting with composting it will feel very natural and one can evolve techniques based on this.
I myself do not even turn compost any more. I have so much compost going at 1 time that I can just use my huge loads from a season before instead of needing it every month.
So what I do is create many large long term compost piles. I build large piles 4 or more feet tall and 10 or more feet wide/long. I then mix in nitrogen and moisture to get it started and leave it. The only thing I do is keep it moist by running a sprinkler on it every now and again depending on when its feeling dry. This takes longer but in the long run it saves me a lot of "time" and I still have just as much compost when I need it.
If there were 1 factor that is most important in composting I would say its moisture. A dry heap will not compost at all. Actually even good compost if it gets to dry will be much less nutrient. I feel that a lot of the benefit to fresh healthy compost is the living microbes in the soil that play many over looked rolls. So I always keep my compost covered/protected from the sun.
This is compost at its finest. Here is a list of many common abundant materials for composting:
Carbons Sources
1. Leaves
2. Wood Chips.
3. Straw/hay or brown grass clippings.
4. Cardboard, junk mail & Newspaper.
5. Yard Scraps.
Nitrogen Sources.
1. Green Grass.
2. Manure
3. Coffee grounds. All Starbucks save their grounds for composters. Stop in and ask.
4. Vegetable Scraps.
5. Pretty much any living green matter.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Full Spectrum Health
Full spectrum health,
The most important aspect of health is loving and freeing ones self to accept the state of being and the state of being one prefers. For me I do not feel healthy and am not fulfilled if I cannot climb any tree, if I cannot hike a mountain barefoot, if I cannot work all day in the sun. That is me and because I know that I facilitate that reality within my self. This then brings about many aspects of life that are intertwined with that level of health. At one point in my life I played a computer game for 12 hours + a day for 345 days of that year. I did not do much but sit. HAHHAHAHA not only was my physical demand completely different but also what my life style was like. The beauty if this is that not only was I completely fulfilled with my focus but I was also completely content with my physical condition. Was my skin more pale than it is now? Yes. Were my eyes sunk into my skull? Yes. Were my muscles as strong or as flexible? NO. This is so awesome because not only is that ok but its also healthy. I am now in a physically strong and active condition and the year of gaming did not affect me besides for that year when it was exactly what my life style dictated. I ate desert, drank coffee and smoked cigarettes and slept 5 hours a day. LMAO if you know me it doesn't seem to fit my profile. However my real profile is that I do whatever I want whenever I want and I know its all OK and that I can change in any moment. This is where the real power comes into play. For it is our mental focus that really dictates not only our health but our over all well being. Because I didn't feel guilty, shameful or like I was destroying my body every time I drank coffee, smoked cigarettes, or ate cookies, cake, pie and donuts it was then not but but just what it was. None of those things are bad they are just what they are. They do however have frequencies that are important to be aware of. Those consumptions were perfect for my life style but not for that of an athlete. I would not eat those things and then go lift weights, climb a mountain or spend all day in the sun. To me it is just complete disrespect and dishonor of my body. Being aware of my body and in communication with it is important. For my body always knows what it needs and its up to me to provide that. So because I am in constant awareness of my body I am able to do anything in moderation. I haven't been sick with even a cold in over 8 years. If for some reason I even feel like I may be week enough to pick up something I just start to fast, or eat all raw food or take some supplements. Because I can feel the constant state of my body I know when to much is to much or when to little is to little. The body is so amazing it can adapt, evolve and work with many many energies. Neglect, dislike, denial, and negative feelings are what cause states of unhealthiness. Until one can accept that 1. My body is capable of being healthy 2. I am responsible for my condition, not luck or my parents. 3. I want to be healthier. Then one can not get healthier.
It is so much healthier to eat a doughnut, love it and be thankful for it every day than to eat rice and spinach every day and eat 1 doughnut and feel guilty, shameful or that it is bad for you once a week.
There are things that I do every day as a natural part of my life that are done not "to be healthy" but because it is what feels good and it is just in alignment with health. Like stretching. I stretch many times a day, like breathing, I take deep focused breaths many many times a day. I eat spirulina and skip breakfasts and lunch almost every day. This is all easy for me because it feels good. I don't have to resist food because I know I can if I want an do so. I don't have to make my self stretch or work out because it feels good to do so and I enjoy its results. This is the ideal situation. This is why most diets and work out regimes fail after a few months. Because its WORK and god knows most people already work 100% TOO MUCH!
To me being in this body is Yoga and Life is meditation. Every step that I take I feel how my feet are on the ground and the surface beneath it, that is why I love being barefoot so much. When I sit or lay I feel how my muscles and bones are situated in my body and how the blood flow is affected. I do not get stiff from sitting or laying because I sit and lay consciously, I move, I stretch, I move. When I stand and talk to someone I am doing tree pose, when I walk in the grocery store I am feeling the weight transfer from foot to foot and the muscles that are used in the process. This is an awareness and relationship with the body that is a completely different level than having some plan or idea of what works or how it works. Because for us all its different and for each of us it changes based on what we are doing, interested in or focusing on.
There are so many answers out there, so many solutions, so many paths of abundance and well being. When one pays attention and focuses on this rather than on the problem, the situation, the source, the symptoms, etc etc one begins to be healthy.
The most important physical aspects of health for me are.
1. Water. I only drink crystal water or real spring water. I refuse to buy water in plastic and also do not care to spend money on water so I choose a really really good water filter and then completely restructure, activate, and enhance the water that I drink. I fill glass jugs with this clean slate water that is dead but at least very clean and then put crystal combination's in it and leave it in the sun and the moon. I play crystal bowls and didj for my water and enjoy it. This is the most important physical element for me. Our bodies are mostly all water when healthy. The reality is that tap water is just about the least conducive to life that people put in there bodies. Filtered water may not be poison but it is dead and empty. The body cant digest or absorb food right without living water. The body cant hydrate right without living water (this means dry skin, wrinkly skin, gray hair, bad eyesight, tight/stiff muscles, easily tired, easily sunburned, body cant detox and more. So basically without being well hydrated you are dying slowly. The body cannot hydrate on the water most people drink.
2. Fasting. Fasting is when I really became in touch with being healthy. Fasting is the path that I became aware of my body's inner workings and developed a relationship with it of respect and gratitude. I realized how much food I really needed and how my body deals with foods. I realized what substances are ideal for my body and which ones aren't. I realized which substances combine well and which ones dont. I actually started to feel exactly what was taking place as I consumed substances. I became aware of my reserves and of my immune system. I sometimes lick floors at parties to demonstrate a strong immune system HAHA
The reality is that for disease and sickness to be possible the body has to have a proper climate for them to flourish. When the climate is not popper for such things it just cant happen. Its really as easy as that. Its just like banana trees cant grow outside in North Dakota. You don't have to keep them from growing or fight them they just wont grow.
Aging is a disease. The body has the capability to regenerate it self perpetually. No one has to take advantage of this if you want to age, enjoy it or don't have desire for something else. However it is what it is. It is possible to be healthy for ever.
The most important aspect of health is loving and freeing ones self to accept the state of being and the state of being one prefers. For me I do not feel healthy and am not fulfilled if I cannot climb any tree, if I cannot hike a mountain barefoot, if I cannot work all day in the sun. That is me and because I know that I facilitate that reality within my self. This then brings about many aspects of life that are intertwined with that level of health. At one point in my life I played a computer game for 12 hours + a day for 345 days of that year. I did not do much but sit. HAHHAHAHA not only was my physical demand completely different but also what my life style was like. The beauty if this is that not only was I completely fulfilled with my focus but I was also completely content with my physical condition. Was my skin more pale than it is now? Yes. Were my eyes sunk into my skull? Yes. Were my muscles as strong or as flexible? NO. This is so awesome because not only is that ok but its also healthy. I am now in a physically strong and active condition and the year of gaming did not affect me besides for that year when it was exactly what my life style dictated. I ate desert, drank coffee and smoked cigarettes and slept 5 hours a day. LMAO if you know me it doesn't seem to fit my profile. However my real profile is that I do whatever I want whenever I want and I know its all OK and that I can change in any moment. This is where the real power comes into play. For it is our mental focus that really dictates not only our health but our over all well being. Because I didn't feel guilty, shameful or like I was destroying my body every time I drank coffee, smoked cigarettes, or ate cookies, cake, pie and donuts it was then not but but just what it was. None of those things are bad they are just what they are. They do however have frequencies that are important to be aware of. Those consumptions were perfect for my life style but not for that of an athlete. I would not eat those things and then go lift weights, climb a mountain or spend all day in the sun. To me it is just complete disrespect and dishonor of my body. Being aware of my body and in communication with it is important. For my body always knows what it needs and its up to me to provide that. So because I am in constant awareness of my body I am able to do anything in moderation. I haven't been sick with even a cold in over 8 years. If for some reason I even feel like I may be week enough to pick up something I just start to fast, or eat all raw food or take some supplements. Because I can feel the constant state of my body I know when to much is to much or when to little is to little. The body is so amazing it can adapt, evolve and work with many many energies. Neglect, dislike, denial, and negative feelings are what cause states of unhealthiness. Until one can accept that 1. My body is capable of being healthy 2. I am responsible for my condition, not luck or my parents. 3. I want to be healthier. Then one can not get healthier.
It is so much healthier to eat a doughnut, love it and be thankful for it every day than to eat rice and spinach every day and eat 1 doughnut and feel guilty, shameful or that it is bad for you once a week.
There are things that I do every day as a natural part of my life that are done not "to be healthy" but because it is what feels good and it is just in alignment with health. Like stretching. I stretch many times a day, like breathing, I take deep focused breaths many many times a day. I eat spirulina and skip breakfasts and lunch almost every day. This is all easy for me because it feels good. I don't have to resist food because I know I can if I want an do so. I don't have to make my self stretch or work out because it feels good to do so and I enjoy its results. This is the ideal situation. This is why most diets and work out regimes fail after a few months. Because its WORK and god knows most people already work 100% TOO MUCH!
To me being in this body is Yoga and Life is meditation. Every step that I take I feel how my feet are on the ground and the surface beneath it, that is why I love being barefoot so much. When I sit or lay I feel how my muscles and bones are situated in my body and how the blood flow is affected. I do not get stiff from sitting or laying because I sit and lay consciously, I move, I stretch, I move. When I stand and talk to someone I am doing tree pose, when I walk in the grocery store I am feeling the weight transfer from foot to foot and the muscles that are used in the process. This is an awareness and relationship with the body that is a completely different level than having some plan or idea of what works or how it works. Because for us all its different and for each of us it changes based on what we are doing, interested in or focusing on.
There are so many answers out there, so many solutions, so many paths of abundance and well being. When one pays attention and focuses on this rather than on the problem, the situation, the source, the symptoms, etc etc one begins to be healthy.
The most important physical aspects of health for me are.
1. Water. I only drink crystal water or real spring water. I refuse to buy water in plastic and also do not care to spend money on water so I choose a really really good water filter and then completely restructure, activate, and enhance the water that I drink. I fill glass jugs with this clean slate water that is dead but at least very clean and then put crystal combination's in it and leave it in the sun and the moon. I play crystal bowls and didj for my water and enjoy it. This is the most important physical element for me. Our bodies are mostly all water when healthy. The reality is that tap water is just about the least conducive to life that people put in there bodies. Filtered water may not be poison but it is dead and empty. The body cant digest or absorb food right without living water. The body cant hydrate right without living water (this means dry skin, wrinkly skin, gray hair, bad eyesight, tight/stiff muscles, easily tired, easily sunburned, body cant detox and more. So basically without being well hydrated you are dying slowly. The body cannot hydrate on the water most people drink.
2. Fasting. Fasting is when I really became in touch with being healthy. Fasting is the path that I became aware of my body's inner workings and developed a relationship with it of respect and gratitude. I realized how much food I really needed and how my body deals with foods. I realized what substances are ideal for my body and which ones aren't. I realized which substances combine well and which ones dont. I actually started to feel exactly what was taking place as I consumed substances. I became aware of my reserves and of my immune system. I sometimes lick floors at parties to demonstrate a strong immune system HAHA
The reality is that for disease and sickness to be possible the body has to have a proper climate for them to flourish. When the climate is not popper for such things it just cant happen. Its really as easy as that. Its just like banana trees cant grow outside in North Dakota. You don't have to keep them from growing or fight them they just wont grow.
Aging is a disease. The body has the capability to regenerate it self perpetually. No one has to take advantage of this if you want to age, enjoy it or don't have desire for something else. However it is what it is. It is possible to be healthy for ever.
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