PK Cleanse

Ayurveda
Ayurveda is the science of prevention, health, and longevity. The goal of Ayurveda is to create within your body, mind, and spirit an optimum environment for healing to take place. Optimum health occurs when you recognize the elements that make up your body and how to use holistic techniques to bring those elements into balance.

Panchakarma
Pancha Karma focuses on eliminating emotional and physical toxins at a deep-seated level. During your 10 day cleanse, we give your digestion a break by eating Kitcharee, a complete protein of basmati rice and mung beans. Oil, eaten internally and applied externally to the skin acts as a carrier for the toxins to move into the digestive system to be eliminated. Herbs and spices are an important part of Pancha Karma, helping the body to release the toxins and digest them with ease. To complete the cleanse, you will purge the toxins from your body, further cleanse the colon with an oil enema, and slowly reintroduce your diet with the intention of eating healthy for 30 days to rejuvenate completely.

There is a lot of information on the internet about this type of cleanse, the above was taken from a PK plan designed for a friend of mine by an Ayurvedic Consultant: Shiela Barnett CMT, CAS, PKS, Owner © Lighthouse Massage and Health Spa 850 North Lake Blvd, Ste 20A Tahoe City, Ca 96145-5546 © 530-583-8100

I am not so sure about the emesis elimination or the final basti elimination with the help of an enema but the in between part I am willing to give it a whirl.

Home again! I ventured up north to Montana to help my Pops go through my Mother's things. After an un-Godly amount of pollution to my body (3 trips to Taco Treat and 1 to El commodore in one week and a week of sitting in cigarette smoke, oh and a little indulgence in Hutterite wine), it is time to get back into my normal routine.

Today, I plan on getting some exercise, one that will raise my heartrate above 60 bpm and I am going shopping for some healthy foods. Tomorrow, my friend and I are going to turn over a new leaf. No more going out to eat for lunch 5 times a week, no more trips to the candy drawer, no more sitting on our butts for an hour! We are gonna move! Shake our groove thing! Rock-n-Roll!

March is Panchakarma month. I am gonna try a PK cleanse this spring. I will keep you posted on that. But, I am back, I shall write, I shall share.

Last Day 2

If I knew it was my last day on Earth, I am afraid I would be obsessed with the time. I would want to accomplish too much with only 24 hours and the clock would be ticking. Of course,

I would want to at least talk to all the people that I love and tell them so,

I would want to see those that I could see,

I would want to talk to those people who have wronged me and I would want to tell them that I forgive them,

I would want to read all the books I hadn't read and should have,

I would want to see the 7 great wonders of the world (I am not even sure what those are),

I would want to eat everything that I love and taste everything I hadn't yet had the opportunity to try,

23 hours and 58 minutes remain......

I would want to hold my husband,

I would want to swim naked in the ocean,

I would want to hear my cat purring,

I would want to stop looking at the clock,

23 hours 45 minutes.....

I would want to,
I would want to,
I would want to,
I would want to,
I would want to,
I would want to........................................................

Last Day

If you knew it was your last day on Earth, what would you do?

Time Waster

Ok, I haven't been reading anything profound lately. Haven't come across anything atrocious, exciting, mind boggling, beautiful, or any other form of adjective.

I have successfully wasted an unbelievable amount of time at the following website:

www.kittenwar.com


I have entered Dr. Faustus. The last time I checked his stats he was on the losing end. I am not sure how that could be since he is the cutest, most beautiful pussy cat in the world! Perhaps I shall waste a little more time and check him out again.

No topic

I have been procrastinating, I haven't anything to write about.

My girlfriends and I are attempting to plan a trip to Panama! It seems as though we are too busy and finalizing a date is problematic. For some reason it doesn't feel right to me. This trip? I have been grumpy about this trip all day.

I am afraid. Someone will die. THAT

Where should this word go? Where should all these words go?

I love the desert!

Recommendations

Ok, I am at a loss of a subject. I have been hanging on to a couple of things so I will make them into recommendations!

A couple of book recommendations:

Good Grief by Lolly Winston (the one item I took from my mother's belongings)
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Unfortunately, both of these books are about the death of a husband and were the first books I have read since my mother's death. My husband gave me the 2nd book in hopes it would help me with my grief.
I am also recommending the book:

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
I cried with this one.

A time waster game recommendation:

Soduku
An addicting logic puzzle if you haven't already discovered this.

Great Blog/website/book:

www.postsecret.com

This was also made into a book and a traveling artistic display. I received the book form as a gift (mother death recovery book) and coincidently gave the very same book as a birthday gift to a very dear friend of mine (she also gave me the book on the same day--is that ironic or coincidence???)


That's all folks. I do hope you investigate my recommendations.

Job from Hell

I seriously don't know how people have children! A good friend of mine has been dealing with a death of her own. She accidentally squished her cat in the garage door and went through a great many measures to save him, to the tune of $2000, and Barnum, the cat died.

A little over a year ago I wouldn't have understood the pain and anguish my friend is going through. When people lost their pet (literally or to death) I would just think to myself, "It was only a cat/dog! Get over it!" But now that I am a pet owner myself, I can feel their pain! I love my cat.

So, I say, how do people ever have children? I just can't take responsibility of another human life, especially when the kids are too young to verbalize their needs or what ails them. It hurts me when my cat seems distressed and I literally feel helpless, I can't imagine if it were my child.

Kudos to all the mothers out there. You have one hell of a job!