spiritually, i love this experience (all of it AND the cleanse! ;) there is an intensity emerging that is a bit startling. i was Intense Yoga Teacher this weekend. i was very much able to get out of the way and be open to something Greater while i was teaching. it led to some of my students having very intense experiences of their own and they were marveling and wonderous on their way out. whatever happens during the yoga process is fascinating indeed. even more so that everyone has their own unique experience. i was so tired this weekend that i didnt get out to other yoga classes other than the ones i taught and i really missed it. i have yoga buzz w/in seconds of class starting now and it is sustained all evening long. a side effect of unadulterated oxygen when the body is clean, perhaps?
i took one meal off raw this weekend b/c after thinking about it for days, i decided my body needed it. i did it right - cloth napkins, the whole bit. made it a conscious eating exercise as opposed to succumbing to a craving. the food tasted as amazing as i had fantasized. didnt make me sick or shock my system at all. it was warm and made me satiated and pleasantly full. good exercise in recognizing what the body needed and how positively it reacted when it was provided. im doing raw today & going to start juice tonite.
i went and saw shakespeare's all's well that ends well performed live yesterday. i was so amazed by (all that memorization!) his genius as a playwright on my way out of the theater. it was written so many years ago and yet it's still so relevant AND entertaining... yet today, my yoga brain pipes up that it was written hundreds of years ago and human nature has yet to evolve beyond petty human nature & self-created drama in all that time? makes me fearful that these heinous apocalyptic dramas starring will smith will still be watched in hundred years time? ;)
i have to post one of the recipes i couldn't get enough of this weekend. its a "scramble" from Ani Phyo, a raw chef. i think its a great egg salad replacement. her book also lists the nutritional info, which is impressive in a good way.
Love-the-Chicks Pate from Ani Phyo (click for pic and more info)
2 c. dry raw almonds
1 c. dry raw sunflower seeds
2 tsps tumeric (i know it sounds like a lot. but its so good! don't scrimp!)
1/2 tsp sea salt (buy sea salt, not iodized salt. big taste diff! eat ocean!)
1/2 c. water.
food process dry; then add water.
you can stir in sesame seeds, peppers, tomatoes and other yummy vegs. if you can stop eating it w/ a spoon out of the food processor long enough to wrap it in big lettuce leaves, its yummy yummy! great summer meal that will definitely be sticking around for me.
another interesting one of hers i tried b/c i like milk in principle but not in reality is her Almond Mylk. it's neither cow nor soy - perfect for me! i changed it a bit so im going to put the recipe i used and you can click the link for her original:
Almond Mylk
1/2 c. almonds
1/2 of one pitted date (i should have used 1 or 1.5 dates but i dont want lots of sweet...)
1/2 vanilla bean, dried
pinch sea salt
~4 cups water
put in blender for a really long time.
c.'s note: almond particulates abound. may want to strain. how fun are tiny vanilla bean seeds in my milk. mmmm.
bring on the juice,
c.
p.s. gold star of the day goes to you who provided me with the above title. thanks.
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