Food? Food!

I love food:  Talking about recipes, dreaming up party menus, prepping the night before for warm biscuits after a morning run.   One thing I can't stand is feeling limited in what I can eat.  I research nutrition and the various dietary and culinary approaches to healthy eating, and I have found a balance that fits my family, our needs, and our busy schedule.  We eat all kinds of foods, and I make every effort to ensure that the ingredients are high quality and nutrient dense.  

However, eating a variety of foods (meats, grains, dairy, sweets) sometimes equates to overeating certain items for me. I love to go out for coffee in the morning, and we hit a café for breakfast as a family every Saturday.  It is during those times that I am reminded of how delicious a well-made white flour and sugar scone can taste with dark roast coffee, or the savory satisfaction of a buttered artisanal English muffin.  Those pleasures can often lead to allowing a slice or two of take out pizza for dinner, a weekday coffee shop rendezvous with a toasted pumpkin muffin, and a veritable snowball effect of processed wheat occurring in my gut.  Then I feel tired, bloated, sore, and generally unhappy while I stick to quinoa, beans, and nuts trying to rid myself of the junk my body is working overtime to digest and eliminate.  I don't have an intolerance to wheat, but too much of anything will eventually put a smackdown on your physical operating system.  However, I do love the W. Somerset Maugham quote:  Excess on occasion is exhilarating.  It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit - a perfect reason to overindulge.

On Saturday I diverged from the familial café breakfast and had a lovely brunch with my running gals.  We all brought a dish and gathered at the warm and welcoming home of our self-appointed social organizer (thanks, Amy!).  That the company was fabulous was a given, and the food covered all bases:  Savory, fruity, sweet, and hearty.  For us, eating food leads to talking about food, and that morning our culinary chatter was linked to healing.  We spoke about eliminating digestive issues with TBA remedies and the occasional need to avoid (not eat) a food for a short time while on a remedy to allow the body to heal.  Food itself is not the source of a digestive problem, but rather a trigger of symptoms.  So, until the body is ready to detoxify the cause of the issue, it is sometimes necessary to stay away from the aggravating food.  This is different from an elimination diet because in TBA we know (through advanced kineseology) which food(s) is not jiving with our frequencies, and to allow the remedy to do its job of supporting and detoxifying the body, we avoid the problem food so as not to disrupt the healing harmony occurring between the body's frequencies and those of the remedy.  Digestive problems are not the only symptoms that can be set off by foods.  Asthma, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, inflammation, sinus conditions, and multiple other complaints can mitigated or eliminated by a TBA remedy and avoiding aggravating items or food groups until the body is through uncovering and detoxifying the cause of the problem.  One friend was so happy to know that although her gas problems ceased while avoiding wheat when taking her remedy, she'll be able to enjoy the ubiquitous grain again soon with no issues.

We live in a world full of drive-thru lattes, "healthy" cereal bars, and other convenience items that, once in a while, can save the day for even the most well-intended and informed eater.  Should we limit our consumption of these "day-savers"?  Absolutely (I'll give you a list of awesome versus acceptable options for your pantry soon), but we don't need to live in the restrictive and isolating realm of food allergies and intolerances when we have TBA to figure out what's behind it all. 

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Well Vibe, in a Nutshell

For those of you who appreciate brevity, here is what Well Vibrations offers in a nutshell.  I will paste segments of this post into my info pages as well. 

Total Body Analysis (TBA) focuses on supporting our anatomy and physiology while detoxifying Disease Causing Agents such as chemicals, heavy metals, bacteria, emotional stress, food allergies, and genetic mutations.  The remedies initiate and facilitate physical, psychological, and emotional healing. 

Energy Coaching sessions aim to bring our energetic vibrational frequencies to their highest (healthiest) point through eliminating limiting subconscious beliefs trapped in our chakras (energy centers).  My technique is based on Dr. David R. Hawkins' research in his book Power Vs. Force.  Click here for a cool chart:  http://www.dharanipitaka.net/2011/2008/teachings/DavidHawkins-PowerVsForce.pdf   This is not a talk therapy session and the client does not need to divulge personal information or share painful emotional memories.  Energy Coaching facilitates setting achievable goals (in running and in life) and taking steps toward realizing our greatest potential.  In addition, we can support injured tissue to allow healing while continuing to run happily! 

These two approaches work harmoniously and together provide the most complete (and speedy) path to eliminating the issues that hold us back as athletes, professionals, partners, and parents.

New Year, So What?

"New year, new you!" How many times have we seen that declared on a magazine cover or postered on the gym wall?  A brand new calendar year seems like an opportune time to get in shape, kick a bad habit, or plot a course toward any life goal.  But how many of us have made that resolution, broken out of the gate like gangbusters in January, and either given up before Valentine's Day or renegotiated with ourselves a simpler, more digestible attack because we hadn't really been ready for the change to begin with?

Anytime can be the perfect opportunity for change.  However, time itself is simply a modern, human regulatory constant - not the healer of all wounds popularized through greeting cards.  Since we can move forward any day, month, or season, and we really want to lose 10 pounds, ditch the antidepressants, or find a new career, what in the heck is stopping us?  We might not be aware of the impediments to our success.  If we want to finish a marathon, but on a deep level believe:  "I am not a long-distance runner" or "I am not a winner" then we won't even make it to the starting line. Can we simply create a mantra like:  "I can run 26.2 miles," repeat it when we're tempted to sleep in, or the weather's nasty, or we see the short cut home, and four months later have a marathon finisher's medal draped over our heads?   For most of us, the answer is no, because the question is not "What should I tell myself?" but "Why do I keeping telling myself I'm not good enough?"  We hold ourselves back because of an emotional blockage in our energy flow, a dense spot (or spots) in our chakras which harbors negative beliefs.
To use energy work to clear these "ill vibrations" in our energetic fields is even easier than muttering a mantra again and again.  We use kineseology to test where the negative belief is and if we are ready to release it (similarly to how we create a Total Body Analysis remedy), then direct healing energy to the identified chakra and the emotional blockage is cleared.  This technique complements TBA remedies by relieving emotional stress and allowing the body to shed toxic layers more quickly.  To quit smoking, we energetically locate the dense energy that causes you to smoke, dissolve it, and move on to any other issues you may want to eliminate or improve.  A TBA remedy helps our body detoxify what it can internally, and the energy clearing resolves the emotional ties to the internal problems - it's like we are excavating a mine field and deactivating the mines at the same time.
To realize you are holding yourself back and take the first step toward wellness and prosperity is resolution enough.  Well Vibrations is here when you are ready to train for, and finish, your marathon (read:  Put yourself into positive physical and psychological motion).  New moment, new you.