52 weeks of bodily bliss, week 30: its a G thing

I love water. I love ice cold filtered water. I make ice cubes out of filtered water too. Hence it is an intrigue to make water interesting and even more healthy than it is...


One of my newest finds to spice up water,is ginger. It definitely is a new obsession :) The G-Goodness goes even further than to spice up water. 


Not only is ginger rich in potassium, magnesium, copper, manganese and vitamin B6. Ginger is also known to be a great GI remedy, a potent anti cancer and anti inflammatory aid, and a very powerful antioxidant.


A simple and delicious way to enjoy ginger: ginger tea. Buy fresh organic roots for this of course. After washing the roots, peel if preferred, slice them or cut them to large pieces. In a large pot of water bring to boil and allow for the tea to cool. Move the tea into a nice glass pitcher or other water container, place to the fridge over night. Enjoy in place of water, or as a replacement to lemonade on the hot summer days.

Cheers!

xo
Monika

52 weeks of bodily bliss, week 29:

I want this week to make you take at least an afternoon off doing NOTHING. A day would be best. A day, dedicated to you and whatever you want to just *be* 
This isn't the time to catch up on tying up lose ends. It is a guilt free indulgence.  A promise of a good thing to you. This is a great first step in so many ways for those who suffer from guilt conscience. Or for those who always find something to 'do' but forget how to 'be.'


Happy 'being' I LOVED mine today... I just be'ed ;)
I would LOVE to hear how you be'ed ?
xo 
Monika

52 weeks of bodily bliss, week 29: B to the B + E

A little late again but here we are. I want this week to make you take at least an afternoon off doing NOTHING. A day would be best. A day, dedicated to you and whatever you want to just *be* 


This isn't the time to catch up on tying up lose ends. It is a guilt free indulgence.  A promise of a good thing to you. This is a great first step in so many ways for those who suffer from guilt conscience. Or for those who always find something to 'do' but forget how to 'be.'


Happy 'being' I LOVED mine today... I just be'ed ;)


xo Monika

52 weeks of bodily bliss, week 28: jUST wALK aWAY

A very simple tool to use to help gauge what goes into your body is through portion control. In North America, we have a very distorted idea of what a serving of starch, protein, not to mention fat would be. For example, when we hear a handful of almonds for snack, how big of a handful are we just talking about? Believe me, it is not a very big one ...


Eating is a numbers game:calories - beyond the taste and nutritional make up. Hence, it can be a varying learning curve, person to person, to get comfortable with it, and be able to use it 'for' us...not against.


My recommendation is to get a great book as a reference tool. Or, work with a professional over a few sessions of basic nutritional counseling, to build the proper foundation of nutrition, and build your castle of physical perfection, from there. For starters that anyone can adopt right now is getting used to walking away from our plates while there is still food on it. This way, it is a definite step towards scraping off excess calories, that would otherwise end up stored. And lets face it even the smartest SPANX designs cant hide the unwanted inches as well as not wearing them in the first place.
Walk away from your plate knowing you are doing that much more for you and celebrate your wellness all around.
xo
Monika

52 weeks of bodily bliss, week 27: Mirror Mirror Mommy + Daddy you are ...

A little late with a profound message for the week. Mirroring and awareness.

We are all a mirror images of our inner realities. If you think you can hide any belief about yourself by putting on make-up, the newest clothing designs, killer shoes and the $100 hair cut, you are far mistaken. The world sees beyond your mask, so take it off...will you.

I want to send an important message today for everyone. That is, to work on being aware of their inner realities, and how those reflect in their way of making simple, every day lifestyle and health choices.  It may not be much for you, however, if you have children at home, no matter how old, they will look [UP]to you for their FIRST answers of life, and who they think themselves into being - for life.  You create their reality through those you call your reality.

A little girl/boy who sees their mom rejecting desserts to maintain their perfect figure, or the one who finds her happy in the same place. Or the dad who finds his high on life, or power, in the chardonnay glass will lay down the foundation for their children to build theirs on. This is a guarantee.  

Be aware of your choices, and the very intimate and personal self-talk you engage in daily with yourself, knowing it is the mirror your children grow up seeing themselves reflecting in. They will become what they see in you, and they see and understand beyond any comprehension of the human realms, for they are so open and without filters. 

This week, work on your awareness of yourself and what you are saying to your environment through your behavior and image. 

An amazing book to read, Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

by Geneen Roth. 

I highly recommend it.

xoM

L o v e

Doing anything 99% right really means u r doing it 100% wrong - All precious things u lost out on for 1% was it worth it?

I contemplated this quote during my walk tonight.  Just how easy it is to miss the mark.  And just how completely different of outcome is produced by just a fraction of a difference...

I thought of love, in the same realms.  When people have the real thing and still will allow for that to not be.  Love, let to slip through fingers, cracks, miss-fit.

Love only fits into love. Nothing else. No force, no rush, no fear, no lack. Only love.  True love however, has many faces. And those who are not prepared to meet love's many faces are in for some serious tests and surprises.

Love dresses in many [strange] outfits, a real LadyGaga. Love needs freedom, room made for her true becoming, being allowed to mould as she may, dance fly, come down a little, than go back again way up high. Then dance a little more, swirl around, get a little crazy, mixed up, psychotic, rampageous, and even violent in her becoming.  Just for her to fall back down into her lovers lap, light, soft, just adorable, hot, out of control, then just calm, silent, simple again.

So many rush loves perfect steps, rushing into loves territories they are not equipped to enter. They get frightened or scared away, because of some physical urge, an unresolved insecurity, an outside force, or, the so-called ‘needs.’  Every one of these distractions do one thing: carve love’s heart into something completely different, other than love--the very opposite of love.

Love only needs one thing: love. That is it once relaxed into it, only one way to go straight to the heart, from the center of one being to the center of another. 

Choose Them Wisely ...

Choose Them Wisely... Thoughts Become Things 

52 weeks of bodily bliss, week 26: quicky on salads

Most people believe that ALL salads are healthy meals.
NOT so fast !!!!

Use caution when choosing your salad.  Adding croutons, cheese, eggs, nuts, fried meat and high calorie/creamy/oily dressing will transform a salad from a healthy meal, to a high fat, high calorie, unhealthy, FAST-FOOD-like, meal.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back-- Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now." 
( W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, 1951. ) 
Goethe in Faust, 1835


An enchanting read I recommend today: