April 8, 2008
· Filed under 13 moon calendar, healing ourselves, health, longevity, news, nutrition, spirit, true nutrition, water · Tagged alcohol, coffee, dehydration, emoto, health, kidney, life, liver, pure, urine, water, yoga
13-Moon Date: Moon 10 Day 4
Red Planetary Moon
If good health is our goal, we start with first analyzing the types of food we eat, then we must look towards our water intake. Clean, pure water is essential to life and to good health. Water is life. Our bodies are estimated to be about 60 to 70 percent water. Every system in your body depends on water. Water flushes toxins out of vital organs and carries nutrients to our cells. It’s generally not a good idea to use thirst alone as a guide for when to drink water. By the time we become thirsty, it is quite probable that we are already slightly dehydrated. Mild dehydration rarely results in lasting complications, as long as the fluid is replaced quickly, but overtime, constant dehydration can have a severe effect on our bodies. The digestion and metabolism of food typically gives us about 15% of our bodies water needs. (Examples of some foods that are over 90% water are: watermelons,cucumbers and green peppers.) The other 85% must then come from our liquid intake. Alcohol, soda and coffee are NOT adequate forms of ‘liquid intake’ as they are counter productive, causing actual dehydration. There is no substitute for pure clean water. Filtered water may be a better choice than tap water especially in large cities. My yoga teacher, Satanam Singh, would instruct us to drink about a gallon of water a day as a good estimate. Your water needs depend on many factors, including your health, your diet, how active you are and where you live. (Please note: some types of kidney, liver and adrenal diseases may impair excretion of water and require that you limit your fluid intake.) A good way to tell if you are drinking enough water is to take notice of your urine’s color. If your urine is a dark yellow or brownish in color, immediately drink more water as this typically would be a sign of dehydration. If your urine is clear or a very light yellow in color, then that is a good sign that you are drinking enough water to maintain good health. Keeping our bodies at an optimum level of health requires us to give our bodies enough water on a daily basis.
p.s. drink some water NOW. 
Affirm: All the cells of my body are renewing themselves constantly. I make good choices for my health, like drinking lots of pure water.
some interesting ideas about water:
http://www.life-enthusiast.com/twilight/research_emoto.htm
http://www.karinya.com/water.htm
“DRINK DEEP eternal waters that are bleeding from the rock of Creation“
April 4, 2008
· Filed under better health, food, health, news, nutrients, nutrition, spirit, true nutrition · Tagged death, god, healing, health, news, nutrition, prana, sanskrit, spirit
13-Moon Date: Moon 9 Day 28
Red Rhythmic Serpent
Nutrition is what we feed to the cells of our body that support our life. When we think of nutrition we normally just think of the food we eat, but our food is not our only source of nutrition. When we think of feeding our cells, we can also think about a sanskrit term called prana.
Prana refers to the life-sustaining force of living beings and the vital energy of the Universe. The presence of prana is said to be what distinguishes a living body from a dead one. When a person (or any other living being) dies, the prana is thought to leave the body. So, we can think of prana as our ‘life force.’ This prana is our most basic nutrient. ‘Life force’, or prana,on the physical plane, comes from the live food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breath and the sunlight we absorb. We could say our prana comes from the earth, the water, the air and the fire. It is also said that there is one more source of prana and that is what we can call for now Spirit. (or God.) Some will say that Spirit is the ultimate source of nutrition. So, in beginning our healing process, it will be imperative for us to analyze and ask: from where are we receiving our prana?
Affirm: I am open to healing my body and my life. I know my cells are being nourished because I make choices that support my life force. I am feeling healthy today.
April 1, 2008
· Filed under affirmations, better health, healing ourselves, health, love and compassion, news, powerful tool, spirit, the mind · Tagged affirmation, change, health, key, mind, normal, power, repeating, self healing, truth
13-Moon Date: Moon 9 Day 25
White Electric Wind
Affirmation is a powerful tool that you can use to change your life and improve your health. The mind is a powerful key to self healing. An affirmation is a statement that you are repeating over and over again until it becomes a part of your truth and part of your normal way of thinking.
The positive affirmation becomes more powerful when it is stated with a feeling behind it. Positive affirmations are super charged when the feeling behind the affirmations are based in love and compassion towards oneself. The best way of repeating your positive affirmation is to first bring yourself into a relaxed state of mind before you start.
A simple technique is to sit down in a chair with a straight spine, relax your breathing, and close your eyes. Set your intention to bring healing energy into your entire body. Then, start to focus on your own breath by breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. When you breathe in, follow the breath all the way down into your stomach, feeling that your stomach and lungs expand. Then, breathe out through your mouth. To go deeper into relaxation, open your mouth and make a soft sound of “aaahhh” while you breathe out. Exhale out all the breath pulling the stomach slowly in until all the air is out. Do this while you are counting up to ten and then back to one again, counting one number on each out breath. Then, you are ready to start with your positive affirmation. Take the sentence you chose and repeat it ten times—one time on each out breath while holding a feeling of self-love and compassion.
After you have repeated your favorite affirmation, go on to your next one, and do the same for every affirmation that feels right to you. Pick only a few sentences to work with until you feel they have become a part of you, and then you can pick new affirmations to work with. After you have done your positive affirmation session, it is important to show your gratitude to the Universe/God/Great Spirit and to yourself by saying: “Thank you for my breath. Thank you for this moment. Thank you for all the good in my life.” An affirmation of gratitude is the most powerful positive affirmation of all. It is said that what we focus on will grow. Affirmations are like planting seeds which in time, with nurturing, will grow.
Affirm: I am loving myself. I am healing myself. I am open to new ideas.
