recipes

Granola of champions!!

Ok.. You asked so hear you go. This is the best breakfast ever. Yes, you must cook it but make it on a Saturday or Sunday and it will last you all week.

preheat oven 300

Combine
4c whole oatmeal &
5c of any dry ingredients listed bellow. 1c of each. Mix and match find what is your favorite.

Grape nuts
wheat germ

wheat bran
ground flax seed
coconut
cornmeal
uncooked cereal like cream of wheat, ralston, wheatena etc.
yeast flakes
Cheerios
soy or whole wheat flour


After you have mix your 5cups of dry mix with 4cups oatmeal add spices : cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. and 1cup of favorite nut or seed.

boil:
1tsp.Vanilla
1/2c butter or oil (I prefer Ghee)
1c of honey or natural syrup. Too lessen calories you can decrease honey and use stevia.

Mix well into dry mixture. Bake onto 2 greased cookie sheets for 30 minutes stirring continuously as it will burn easily.

add 1 cup dry fruit when cooled and enjoy!

Kundalni Yoga

Over the past few months I have been a student of kundalni yoga, learning of its power to heal the body using a reserve of untapped energy and potential within each of us. It’s the yoga of awareness because it awakens the "kundalni" which is the unlimited potential that already exists within every human being. For me it has taught me many cleansing pranayama (breath or life force) practices, which I have found very effective. It has also encouraged me to meditate on a regular basis. In the quiet of the morning when I breathe in the stillness is when my mind is most clear. My thoughts are directed to the truths about my life and who I really am. With the wonderful practice, again, I am overwhelmed with gratitude at the awareness I have been given about truth. I am reminded how easy I have been spending more time thinking of what I don’t have rather than what I do have.” A woman at rest and a woman comfortable with her femininity are enjoyable to be with. She is lovely. In her presence, we can relax. We relax and believe that once again all will be well. This is why a woman that is striving is so disturbing. She nonverbally communicates to others that all is not well and things are not going to be alright”. Stasi Eldredge

I desire to be this woman greatly and to emanate peacefulness, gratitude, and love.

I would not say that I am assuming this reaching style explicitly as I have so much more to learn about Kundalni yoga but I have experience the amazing power it has to heal and strengthen to body and human character.

ayurvedic lifestyle

Ayurveda has been speaking to my heart as I have been strongly applying it too my life. It teaches awareness of your body and life in general. I have dropped 13 pounds and I feel great. I no longer exercise strenuously just enjoy leisure activities like walking and yoga. I eat more mindfully and for my constitution. For more info and to find your dosha check out the website www.ayurvediccure.com.

pranayama

"The breath arises out of stillness, expands, condenses, and returns to this ground of stillness. Oscillation is an intrinsic part of life and all movements" .......... Donna Farhi

Watching a baby breath you will notice how we were created to breath before becoming adults. A baby breaths from it's belly first (like a little Buddha). Big full breaths that will then fill to the lungs. After my practice today which ended in a short pranayama exercise I was aware of how my anxieties were gone, I felt calm and patient. Life was in the right perspective again and I could see the Truth. It was certain how important my yoga practice and pranyama really is. Just simply breathing deep and fully can give us more energy and healing than any food or treatments. 90% of the body's energy comes from oxygen.

Graditude

This simply is a journal of my heart. Over the weekend I practiced at Center for Yoga, a studio in Detroit that I try to get to as often as I can. The Theme was "gratitude" and we ended the practice holding hands with our arms overhead. This small act reminded me the importance of people and how we all need each other and the interconnectedness we can share. I want to share my heart with other women and I hope you can find it in your heart to open to me. When I was holding these strangers hands, my arms grew heavy but I was not afraid to hold the strangers hands tight to my own and continue to lift my arms as high as I could. It was as if I was pouring my energy and love into them, devoid of the fear of rejection. I said to of myself "I have been selfish" drowning in my own confusion and because this, I am missing out on experiencing grace. I am missing small moments of perfection everyday.

Journey to Motherhood

Hello everyone,


Lately I have been discouraged. This discouragement comes and it goes. What I am learning is to focus on gratitude when I am feeling this discouragement. I focus on what I do have in my life rather than what I do not have. God is peeling away at the layers and I have found that I do not always want to participate and go deeper. Erin (a dear friend) made me realize the gratitude I should have in my life that God has given me direction. Now I must work on discipline. I have a deep worry that Chad and I will not be pregnant again for a while, call it intuition and this makes me sad. So, God keeps chipping away until I am ready to surrender. I always feel like I must be doing something to help "this Journey to Motherhood" and my diet is improving and I am considering going back to the herbalist and acupuncturist. Right now I will just sit tight and wait and see.

Take a moment to see moments of Grace in your life and instead of praying from the waist down with prayers of specific needs and wishes pray for contentment and grace and let God's divine power work what is right for you.

10-Day Cleanse Day 5

Day Five

The last few days of the cleanse have been more challenging than I anticipated. I have used my thoughts of the baby I dream of everytime I want to consume something that is not in my best interest. What I am taking from this so far is I do not have to be perfect and most importantly to eat with non-violence. Eating slowly and enjoying myself-not eating full of anxiety or stress. My mental state when I eat is just as important on this cleanse as the food it’s self. I am surprised by this. This cleanse so far has not been physical as I had anticipated rather than more a cleanse of my emotional/mental state.