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Happy day everyone!!

A little late I offer you this helping of munchkin tomfoolery, inversion secrets, n a tasty tidbit of a recipe

The kids stay is over and the quiet house finds me editing away on this little gem

Hope you enjoy Much!!

Ive decided to add a little bit of written content to my video blogs, just in case you dont have the time to watch it you can still grab some useful information

Todays blog is on fun play time with my neice Allijah n nephew Keinan. We got in some fun exercises in the form of wrestling, acrobatics and gymnastics! Allijah showed off her dog training skills, while keenan his amazingly elastic flexablity with a variet of splits and jumps.

Ive been fortunate to have the use of a inversion table (thanks Elvis ) and in this video we go over some of the benifits while we all take a turn and get a little silly Iversion therapy has been used since at least 400 B.C to relive back pain. The father of “modern medicine” Hippocrates himself was a advocate of its use. Inversion increases blood flow to the brain, provides gental traction to the spine, relaxes the muscles along the spine, reverses gravity (not literally silly ) decompressing and enlarging the spaces between the vertebra, in turn increasing blood flow. Many people (including myself) have found that by using Inversion tables in conjunction with stenghtening/stablising exercises can greatly help and even eliminate minor and major back pain, scoliosis, lordosis, alignment issues and help correct posture. Some advocaes even say upto 90% + plus back surgeries (backed by studies) have been and can be deemed unnessary with the help of inversion therapy and exercise!

From the inversion table we jump to more play time, exercise and group hand stands! Hand stands are fun for everyone, they can expand spacial awareness, balance, and help increase concentration and mental clarity. Strength is quickly gained by the practice of adding handstands into your fitness routine, try doing handstand pushups, they are a ultra effective upper body exercise. All inversion practices provide a much needed rest for the internal organs, improve circulation, facilitates respiratory function, and cellular elimination. Standing on the hands we reverse gravity finding the benefits of weight bearing postures effectively strengthening the bones and muscles in the wrists, fingers, elbows, arms, shoulders and neck. All weight bearing exercises help with bone density which can help prevent osteoporosis.

Last but not least we briefly look at the “King of all Asana’s” the headstand. Said to “reverse death” headstands as do all inverted poses provide a wide range of healthy benefits. This practice increases circulation to the brain, which causes improved brain function (intelligence and memory) and increased vitality and confidence. It can improve many ailments, such as nervousness, tension, fatigue, sleeplessness, dullness, fear, poor blood circulation, bad memory, asthma, headaches, constipation, congested throat, liver or spleen, for female disorders, the initial stages of eye and nose troubles, and general lack of energy, vitality or self confidence. Stimulating to four of the most important endocrine glands – the pituitary (called the master gland), the pineal, the thyroid, and the parathyroid glands that are responsible for our very existence, headstands help keep the body mechanism in good working order. As a consequence, the practice of the headstand helps us to get relief from many of our troubles, physical as well as mental, or to prevent them. It has a very beneficial effect on the whole body and is said to help align the chakra system. Reversing the pull of gravity while relaxed in the breath helps to put the spine into correct alignment, as well as restore the position of vital organs. I love headstands and include them as well as shoulder stands(the queen of Asana’s) and hand stands in my regular yoga practice.

to end er off we hit my first ipod nano filmed recipe, a variation of my sweet celery slaw, you can find my recipe book “101 Simply Delicious Raw Recipes” up by donation here  http://the-raw-advantage.com/shop/

I hope this is most insightful and encourages you to try out some of these fun ways to get inverted and increase your fitness and health!!!

I wish i had a clip of a invert on my sk8board, but to the future!!!

enjoy much

peacelovenseasonalfruit ck

Good day
Im really excited to bring you this video blog! My niece Charlize makes her big debute, we got some fitness tips, a simple exercise routine and last but not least one of my favorite recipies from my new recipe ebook, “101 Simply Delicious Raw Recipes” available by donation on my shop page
Hope you enjoy it much!

If you have any questions or comments dont hestate to throw them at me

enjoy

peacelovenseasonalfruit ck

Happy day everyone, the first day of 2010!

Where does this bring you?  Have you made a resolution?  Have you stuck to it on day 1?

Do you feel that resolutions are destined to fail or are simply a silly endeavor?

Whats your attitude surrounding resolutions and implementing change? Do you believe you can do anything you wish, or do you feel pulled by the tide of emotional and physical temptation? Are you concious of your own innertalk surrounding all of these matters?

Enough of the 20 questions how about some light shed on the resolution game? hahah I think you will find this quite helpful.

I used to make resolutions in a different way than I do now, with hindsight it seems that I made it much harder on myself than necessary. In my first year of going raw I remember thinking “I cant ever eat pizza again” , “I will not eat cooked food ever again” and so on and so forth. Naturally this brought up resistance in my mind and body feeding seeds of doubt, sadness, and a disempowering sense of loss. Who hasn’t been told “you cant do this…… or that” only to have a growing desire to rebel directly against this statement and the negative energy behind it? In a wonderful book “Conversations with God” I have read “what you resist persists” this is a powerful truth. This truth is evident both within physical emotional and mental realms.

Back to your inner talk, how you word and think about the changes you implement so will they be hindered or helped. While I used to think “I cant ever eat cooked food again” I now find it much more helpful to think instead “I eat food that serves my highest self”. Another example may be “I can eat anything I want but I choose the best because I deserve it every time”. Take the positive spin and know you can indeed “eat” or “do” whatever you want at anytime while striving to make the best choice your priority. When making change realize nothing need be forever, feel empowered with the desire to serve your highest self instead of laying dogmatic rules. As I have stated before Everything is Choice. We decide moment to moment who we are in relation to who we wish to become.

I still make resolutions, only now I consciously know that I do not wish to build a wall of resistance. Its much more useful to state desires and changes in a positive empowering way and build upon reasons for upholding these new habits or changes. Refer to the post “grow in reasons” and “grow in motivation” for Ideas and inspiration

While this may seem too easy and simple it really works for anything and can have a profound effect. Wether your starting a raw or improved diet, making exercise or sleep a higher priority, striving to deepen your relationships or anything else, your way of thinking directly dictates your probability of success. Once you implement change watch your inner thoughts, they can attempt to trip you up and trick you. Seek to see if they come from a place of love or fear, or if they feel empowering or disempowering. Whenever you find yourself doubting, or start to mentally make reasons for giving up, choose to see, feel, and accept that desire for what it is and let it go, this way it will soon let go of you. If you find yourself slipping from your “ideal” pick yourself up and start over, change is wrought with pitfalls and slips be easy with yourself. Its most often in our slips that we truly learn the value and deepen our reasons for our new “change”.

Over the past 6 years I have attempted to stomp out my past indulgence of drinking alcohol with varying success. A few months here 8 months there, drinking lotts for a few months then dry again for a time. Always I slipped back when my guard was down, when temptation became too great, or when times seemed too tough. With each year the desire became less and less and my reasons for dropping the habit grew. Last year I again made the yearly resolution, during the year it simply became a choice, and a easy one at that. Now one full year later without a drop I felt no need to make a resolution but feel empowered to simply continue with my choice.

No matter what change or habit you are trying to make or break I wish you the best and hope this little blog post helps

Happy new years and all the best to you and yours

Enjoy Much

peacelovenseasonalfruit ck

p.s   If you haven’t picked up my newest ebook “101 Simply Delicious Raw Recipes”  its available by donation here

http://the-raw-advantage.com/?page_id=201

Im sure it can help provide you with much help in bringing extra rawsomeness to you being