Coming Events!

Next month for the whole month of August take One Kundalini Yoga Class For Free!

Tuesday 5:30 - 6:30pm No passes needed just show up!

Coming in September its Back to Basics- Kundalini Yoga for Beginners! Start easy and gentle with this class and learn the basics. This class will start at 7:00 pm Tues, and will go longer than the standard class!

Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Although I am not familiar with this man- I ran across this video. Look at it when you have time, its over an hour, a little slanted toward academics, but lessons about life - goals, and very humorous.

"Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals."

Apparently Randy finally lost his battle to cancer early Friday morning . . .

Taxing

Citizens More Taxed Now Than Under King George

My normal Saturday routine was interrupted with a kayak trip, it has been quite some time since last collecting seaweed, and this is the last minus tide for awhile. By the time I got back too much to do so never got to this.

My trip- I found I had enough energy to propel the kayak through some chop wind and moderate swell having not done so for over a year. (see the link as to why not) Even though the weather was rainy, every now and then I was treated to a burst of sun through the clouds, which was not happening early morning back in town. I took a rest on an island at the far end of eastern channel, then headed back with a larger swell with the incoming tide, necessitating the use of the rudder. And the holds were heavily laden with fresh seaweed.

It seems sometimes in life, it is a matter of discovering and then rediscovering, a sort of oh ya I remember now. I have recently resumed my raw/live food diet, which I had been on for several years, then interrupted by travel to Costa Rica. Not that it was impossible to eat raw in Costa Rica, but sometimes very difficult. And on my return my habits did not revert easily back. My energy level has just not been what it used to be, and finally putting 2 & 2 together all the while ignoring problematic symptoms I decided I definitely needed to get back to a raw diet completely. Just a few days into phase one diet with only raw vegetables, nuts and seeds, some of the vibrancy is beginning to return.

While I suspect that not everyone needs or wants to go RAW, and I think honestly the only ones who will stay on one are spiritually motivated. None the less we should all consider changing and simplifying the diet as one becomes older. I have transitioned from SAD (Standard American Diet), to food combining, to vegan, and now to raw, and have noticed health benefits all along the way. If you ever want to know that 'whyʼs' of live food consumption and preparation, there is no better read out there than Gabriel Cousenʼs, M.D., Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine it's the Bible. Itʼs never about sacrifice its always about regaining that youthful energy and health, and celebrating unadulterated natural foods.

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Class

This weeks class we will be working on the 5th chakras, the exercises will be gentle with much visual imagery and guided meditation.

-m