Juice Feast Days 8-20: Lifting the Veil

“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness”

-Thich Nhat Hahn

Veiled

“Only love can lift the veil, the veil away.”

-Tina Malia song “The Silent Awakening”

Hello again. It’s been a long time … 13 days to be exact. I had planned on blogging about this juicy journey I’m on every day of the way, but as with any good journey, I got lost within it and had to concentrate on exploring the path before I could meet you again here, at this place of insight. You see, I had to get into the woods before I could tell you about the trees so to speak.

So for those of you out there (and thank you for making yourselves known) forgive me for the break in posts and thank you for encouraging me to continue to co-explore on this journey with you. Knowing that I’m not alone on this trip makes all the difference in the world to me. Really. And that is why I have found my way back here to tell you all about my days of juicy goodness and badness (only apparently while in the darkness of the forest).

I know that some of you are considering embarking on your own juicy journeys (do it, do it!) and others of you are just curious on why and what could come out of such a wild experiment. For all of you, I will do my best to cover the full gamut of my experience, from the nitty-gritty everyday things I’ve been doing (other than just making and drinking a ton of juice!) to my emotional breakdowns (yes, I do have them!) and spiritual breakthroughs (yes, they have happened!).

One question that has come up for me since starting to blog and that seems to be a common concern for people when I talk to them about the thrill of this new world is the question of privacy. I’ve been mulling over it and for me it’s quite simple: I really don’t care about privacy. In fact, I think the obsession with independence and privacy as individuals and as a nation just creates lonely people and a country that invests way too much in military defense (I won’t get into political talk here other than to say I stand for non-violence and peace!).

In my experience, being private and holding back just keeps me locked within the illusion that I’m alone and that we are separate. And if that’s the cost then I hereby forsake my privacy. I choose to know and feel our unity.

Why are we in this life together anyway?! I think we’re here to co-explore, co-play, and co-create (i.e., love) so that we can help one another evolve and awaken. So I’m lifting my veil and offering these writings in total honesty, in hope that I don’t offend or shock anyone, and with a happy knowing that expression benefits us all ♥

I’m just learning about all the multimedia potential for these posts so for a fun see/listen experience of my “unveiling” connection life journey click below: Only Love Can Lift the Veil

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Extreme Self-Care

“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” -Lucille Ball

I would have liked to have had Lucy around during my formative years. She seems like she knew a thing or two about self-love. And I don’t think that is an area a lot of women know about. My role models growing up were wonderful, caring and loving but self-love … uh, no. And you can’t teach what you don’t have. So it is that I’ve inherited, as did the women before me this strange self-aversion/”I’m not okay” story that I’ve been playing out for the last 20+ years in a colorful plot of vain attempts at achieving even an inkling of self-acceptance and peace.

I’ll spare you the details but I bet you can imagine some of the more colorful episodes have involved undertaking many self-improvement/”body-projects” to attract the affection of a guy named Prince Charming who in exchange was supposed to make me feel happy, loved and worthy. I have a very vivid imagination and I really believed in that guy and that deal and then … well okay, I’ll stop here.

I’m not jaded, I’ve just lived enough to know that love is an inside job. You gotta love yourself before another can really love you or you can love another. Now, that’s a more functional story.

To make matters worse, not only are we not modeled self-love but some of us are intentionally told to keep our beauty/light/love in … to tone it down, be modest, blend with the group. As a spirited girl I was often reprimanded for being “too much” and told I was selfish when I was just vibrant and happy and not a shrinking violet. I’m sure my grandmother had the best intentions for my social development but the sticky residue of shame it left behind has and continues to require some serious cleansing!

But all is well in this kingdom, because as in any good story there are other savior characters (beside our birth families and that unreliable Prince Charming) who come into our lives and illuminate our path and I’ve been blessed to have had many friends, teachers, books and experiences that have inspired me toward self-love.

There are too many to list here but this gem of a teaching from Marianne Williamson pretty much sums it up:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Beautiful eh? But even with this kind of inspiration I must admit I still have a little voice of criticism that insists that a process like Juice Feasting is totally self-indulgent and warns that I’m in great danger of becoming irrevocably vain and self-absorbed. Ha!

I acknowledge her (I have learned this much about working with my ’shadow’) but I’m not giving her power. Someone else is in charge now and she has no shame about taking care of herself and fully understands the love starts within principle. In fact, she loves to luxuriate in self-care! Extreme self-care. Extreme as in different from my previous norm of self-neglect. I’m just getting to know her but I quite like her already …

I’m going to pick this back up in the next few days ’cause I think this is plenty for one post! I’m trying to pace myself.

Up Next: Getting into the nitty-gritty physical stuff (easiest to get the writing juices flowing with) then moving on to my juicy emotional breakdowns and spiritual breakthroughs …

And since playing with photos and music is just so much fun I leave you with a trip into the last 20 days of my Juicy Journey:

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Juice Feast Day 7: Short n’ Sweet

Day 7 has been great. I’m feeling light in my body and spirit and still totally excited for the next 23+ days of this journey!

I made my usual juices, worked all day, had a nice bike ride (Patagonia is glorious at this time of year), rebounded, gave a facial, got a colonic and took a hot tub under the moon.

Am feelin’ just … well, blissful and at peace. And now all I want to do is meditate and dream so I’m going to keep this post short n’ sweet.

Tomorrow will be a big day at work since the 21st Annual Patagonia Fall Festival will be going on so I ‘ll need to be slept and at full force.

It shall be interesting to experience a busy day at the gallery and the energy of a big outdoor festival while juicing. I’m imagining the smell of burgers and churros in the air and hoards of loud people everywhere.

I like the idea of a festival–live music, arts and crafts, people out and about–but in all honesty my experience of them is that they are loud and obnoxious. Geeze, I think my “critical self” as Genpo Roshi might say is in charge at the moment. Not my usual peppy tone huh?

Anyway, I will be at the gallery or as I affectionately call it, Stufflandia, and will have my cooler extra stocked with juices just in case hunger strikes (although I’ve yet to experience it) and/or the intensity of the energy requires them. More on how that goes mañana.

Tomorrow I must drink 4 quarts since I’ve been lagging on this. Yesterday I managed 3 quarts but today only 2 again. I haven’t been hungry and when I’m busy I just forget. But it’s important since I want to keep my metabolism up and energy going steady.

As David says, it’s like a marathon where even if you’re feeling high and energized if you don’t pace yourself you’ll crash and burn.

Here’s what went into my juice today:

Chard, Cucumber, Parsley, Celery, Romaine Lettuce, Orange, Apple, Pear

It came out delish! Just the right amount of sweetness.

Juice Feast Day 6: Fasting vs. Feasting & Support

It’s Day 6 of my juice feast and I feel amazing!

Veggie Stove

Edible Art

Greeeen Juice

Day 6 Juice:

Cucumber, Celery, Spinach, Chard, Parsley, Romaine Lettuce, Blueberry, Orange, Apple

I have so much energy it’s hard to believe I’ve been only ingesting juices for almost a week! Today I got up at 6am, had a chiropractic adjustment, worked all day, rode on my elliptical machine and jumped on the rebounder, and I just got back from a hike and infrared sauna session.

I’ve fasted many times before and by day 6 there is no way I would be so active and I definitely would not be exercising! So I’m getting to experience for myself the real difference between juice fasting and juice feasting.

Before embarking on this juicy journey I was skeptical of juice feasters’ claims of the ease and joy of this process and I was gearing up to stick-it out and use my will power to get through it. I’m relieved and happy to report that hasn’t been necessary. And don’t think this is because I’m one of those detached picky-eater types. I come from an emotional/overeating background so for me to experience this process as fun and easy is a revolution in my life.

I’m not discrediting fasting here. I totally believe fasting has its place and while working at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center where guests fast between 7-21 days I get to see its benefits first-hand: Rapid weight-loss, reversing diabetes and other chronic conditions, renewed life purpose/enthusiasm and more.

However, for moi, Koali, feasting is proving to be a better–or more appropriate–way to attain my physical and emotional cleansing goals. Here’s why:

• More Juice: 4 quarts/day which is actually double the amount fasters at the Tree of Life drink so it’s easy to feel full and satisfied all day (especially important for previous overeaters).

• More Calories: More veggies and the addition of fruits to the juices ups the daily caloric intake which is a good thing for keeping my metabolism going strong and allowing me to work and exercise.

• More Nutrients: I am adding Amazon Herbs and E3 Live which really boosts the nutritional content of the juices keeping me strong and mineralized.

• More Time: The 30+ day time frame seems to create more room for deeper emotional transformation, re-setting of habits (physical and mental) and establishing life goals.

I also attribute how great I’m feeling to the people supporting me through this process. They are guiding angels in my transformation and I am so thankful for them! Here’s a brief introduction (more to come on each in later posts):

David Rainoshek, Founder of JuiceFeasting.com & My Coach

www.JuiceFeasting.com

Livia Pontual, Colon Hydrotherapist & My mom

Dr. George Cromack, Author of Ageing Well & My Chiropractor

www.AgeingWellGuide.com

Courtney Pool, Pro-Juice Feaster & Soul Sister

www.CourtneyPool.blogspot.com

Juice Feast Day 5: Teachers & Going Within

“The door of the soul opens inward.

You don’t need to push outward with your will.

Let yourself be drawn within.”

-My Grandpa Joe

After dodging the meditation component of this journey for the first several days, I finally sat to meditate last night. The meditation was simple, just counting my breaths in and out and observing what arose.

I didn’t exactly have a transcendent experience to tell you about but hey, this was a start. And just observing the random thoughts that spontaneously floated through my mind was an interesting practice. They were very random and not at all related to the happenings of my day as you might expect. More like distant memories and quirky unrelated observations.

I’ve also been having dreams that make no sense. I think these may be indications that my consciousness is getting a cleanse (or it might just be the full moon!) and I am fully welcoming it. So although I am again writing this late at night, I will be meditating before going into dreamland. It seems to be a potent mix!

Last night I watched an instructional video which David recommended of Genpo Roshi’s Big Mind/Big Heart Practice. It was very profound. Basically, it’s a process that can get you re-connected to your “disowned selves” so that you may become an “Integrated Free-Functioning Human Being.”

Sounds good right? It is. In fact, Ken Wilber, the renown philosopher and life teacher has called it one of the most significant developments in spiritual growth and development in the last 200 years and proposes that in 50 minutes of this practice you can bypass the first 5 years of traditional zen meditation!

I’m very grateful to David for sharing this since these kinds of practices, if done consistently, can truly be powerful life transformation tools.

And it turns out it was a very conspicuous day to receive such teachings since yesterday was World Teachers’ Day and although the mainstream focus for this day is on school systems and traditional education, it got me thinking about all the teachers and teachings–in all their varied forms–that I have been blessed with in my life.

So today I have found myself wandering down memory lane compiling a gratitude inventory of the people, books, and other kinds of “teachers” (including those disowned aspects of myself ) that have grown me into who I am today and continue to educate and inspire me.

I could keep writing but for the sake of getting to that meditation practice and because I hear the best blogs are short n’ sweet, instead I’m going to share with you images that honor some of the teachers in my life …

I give thanks for these teachers.

Now here’s a quick, off-the-top of my head, list of books that have also been life teachers for me:

Reviving Ophelia: Got me through the tough teenage years

Radical Acceptance: Continued on the work above

A New Earth: Shifted my consciousness

Eat Pray Love: Helped me through a deep loss with humor

The Invitation: Cracked my heart wide open and got me to say “Yes!”

Siddhartha: His journey came just at the right time in mine

The Alchemist: Gave me faith and inspired me to seek my “personal legend”

And finally, this is a poem that deeply moves me with the recognition that the ultimate teacher is within:

There was a time long ago, or so it seems now

Before I became who I am

When I pictured myself as a small empty cup

And yearned to be filled to the brim

I’ve searched for the answers so much of my life

From teachers I placed high above me

Trying on wings that simply weren’t mine

I’ve pored through the books, through new and old

The rituals came and they went

The talisman’s power in time left me cold

And none of it seemed heaven sent

The answer lies within, my friend

The answer lies within

The mountain can’t hold it

The teachers don’t own it

The answer lies within

One morning, at odds with the world I had made

I stood at my mirror in tears

Bu I suddenly saw that the face that stared back

Held no trace of the hunger or fears

I saw at that moment, so brilliantly clear

All the wisdom my life had collected

The student was ready, the teacher was here

In a way I had never expected

We balance our lives between ignorance and bliss

with a prayer divine wisdom will find us

And yet our greatest sin is our fear to exist

In the knowledge that God lives within us

So I don’t need the mountains, the books or wings

And I don’t need somebody to save me

No, all I need is to claim all the answers within

And to follow them clearly and bravely

The answers lies within, my friend

The answer lies within.”

-Michael Putnam & Catherine Wilson

“God dwells within you as you”

-Gabriel Cousens

Juice Feast Day 4: Meditation

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” -Carl Jung

“As a lamp in a windless place does not waver, so the yogi whose mind is focused remains always steady in meditation on the transcendent self.” -Bhagavad Gita 6.19

“The person I’m growing into requires meditation.” -My new affirmation

This is going to be a quick post because today is the day I upgrade my night-owl computer habit into a meditation practice. My transformation process requires it and I am finally (yes, it’s been a long time coming) committing to creating a daily practice to ground myself in that steady place within.

This morning I met with David for my daily check-in. Here’s how it went:

“D: How are the juices going? K: Yesterday I got 3 quarts in”

“D: Any detox symptoms? K: Nothin”

“D: You’ve had a colonic? K: Yes, colemas daily and a colonic”

Then the big question: “D: How are your meditations going? K: Well, with my sleep all out of whack I haven’t made the time to sit D: “Excuses excuses! That’s not acceptable!”

Haha, kidding. David is a great coach–present, compassionate, wise–and wouldn’t talk like that. That’s my own inner voice speaking. I’ve wanted to meditate for so long but always seem to find excuses and distractions from just sitting. Tonight that is going to change. I will be back tomorrow to tell you how it goes.

Here’s a little rundown on my Day 4:

I had a fun day of juicing and playing in the kitchen. All of the veggies and fruits that go into my juices are so vibrant and beautiful that I was inspired to make some edible art.

Here’s what went into my juice today:

Bell Pepper, Orange, Chard, Spinach, Parsley, Romaine Lettuce, Cucumber, Celery, Concord Grapes + Love

I also juiced the pomegranates I harvested yesterday. I’ve always loved pomegranates but don’t eat them often since they’re labor-intensive eating. But since they are a Superfruit (they contain 3-7xs more antioxidant value than green tea) and locally harvested they are well worth it. And I discovered an easier way to juice them!

According to the classic Joy of Cooking (which I rarely use but is an excellent encyclopedia of ingredients and how to use them) the best way to juice a pomegranate is with a citrus juicer. I did and it worked great! Now I have a beautiful quart of bright pink pomegranate juice awaiting me. Perhaps tomorrow I will make a dessert juice!

I haven’t had many detox symptoms except for a light headache on Day 2 but tonight I’m feeling a little nauseous. It probably has to do with the fact that I put a big dose of Amazon Herbs (check out my thumbtack method for getting the goods in my juice and not all over the counter!) and E3 Live in my juice. Perhaps meditation will help …

So I played in the kitchen and made lots of juices today but I only drank 1 quart. I just wasn’t hungry. Hmm, I suppose that’s not too much of a problem, just unexpected.

Juice Feast Day 3: What I Choose

Some Kiss We All Want

“There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, how passionately it needs some wild darling! At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door and open the love window. The moon won’t use the door, only the love window.”

-From Soul of Rumi by Coleman Barks

Connection. Unity. Love.

At the root of all our goals and ambitions and projects, isn’t it simply the longing to feel in love and connected that inspires us, motivates us and keeps us truly alive?

On this 3rd day of my juice feast, that has been my thought stream. I’ve been thinking about my motivations for embarking on this juicy journey and tapping into my truest desires so that I can set powerful life goals for myself.

As my coach David puts it, “we use juice feasting as a backdrop for life transformation.” I don’t know exactly what that transformation will look like for me but what I’m finding is that through this process there’s a feeling of joy, gratitude and aliveness bubbling up within me. And it’s from this place–this being in Love–that I believe my soul’s deepest purpose will begin to flow.

I don’t think it’s necessary or even productive to impose goals with my mind, but rather to establish life practices such as juice feasting and meditation that prepare the seed to flower. My great teacher, Gabriel Cousens, calls this “being lived by love.” In his book, Spiritual Nutrition,  he outlines six lifestyle practices or foundations for spiritual life and suggests that we be lived by these foundations, rather than attain them like goals.

So here I am, setting foundation #1 of caring for my body temple and discovering that simply through the physical act of abstaining from solid foods and drinking juices I am waking up to the realization that love and connection is with us always.

And to feel in love and connected is what I choose.

Okay, so enough with the deep stuff.

Here’s a glimpse at my fabulous Day 3:

I started my day with a stroll to Patagonia’s Local Harvest Marketplace. What a gift it is to be able to walk around the corner from my house, on a beautiful sunny Sunday, to an amazing spread of local organic produce and friendly neighbors. I got a beautiful selection of greens and fruits there and then on the way home I spotted a loaded pomegranate tree (or bush?) so I got some of those too. Such bounty!

Mid-day I participated in our first Autumn Juice Feaster’s group call over Skype. What a great service and what an amazing group of inspired women (+David) I get to transform with! We covered general introductions, talked about juicing (one of the participants has a recipe for a juice she calls “Tang” that I must make) and dove into some soul juicy material like Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey, Ken Wilber’s “Atman Project” and Integral Life Practice, and David Wolfe and Nick Good’s Superior Goal Setting. Whew, I’ll be integrating this material slowly so more on this to come.

A little later I took a nice bike ride to the spa and gave a lovely client who is fasting at the Tree a facial. I didn’t show her the yummy quart of juice I brought along. We feasters must be careful not to tease the fasters

Other updates: I managed to up my juice intake to 3 quarts today, woohoo! But sleep is still an issue … this is going out at 2:40am aiaiai.

Choose Love

Shine Your Love

Juice Feast Day 2: Juicing (and sleeping)

Day 1 went well. Amazingly well really, since I got zero sleep the night before. Somewhere between shopping (for more veggies than I’ve ever purchased in one round), cleaning and stocking my fridge (a bit obsessively I admit but did you see how pretty it looked?) and starting this blogging adventure, I just missed that step. So instead of getting out of bed that morning I got myself away from the computer. It’s a strange phenomenon how time flies when in front of this screen.

In that dazed state at least my first goal of the day was clear: Make juice, a lot of juice.

I’ve been juicing for years so I hadn’t given much thought to the actual process in my preparation but I soon found out juice feasting is quite different than your everyday juicing. Where normally I put a manageable amount of greens (meaning a bunch I can grab out of the fridge) and apples through my Green Star juicer to create 1 glass of juice, this time I was to create 4 quarts.

And how much produce goes into making 1 whole gallon of juice you might ask? That was my very first question and anxiety moment … one of those “whoa, can I really doing this?!” kind of moments. And then my perfectly stocked fridge saved me.

I’m not at the place to start dishing out a lot of advice on juice feasting but my first tip is this: Have a ready-to-go juicing fridge. That means having all your produce pre-washed and organized into compartmentalised categories. I know, it sounds over-the-top, but really, when you need to make this much juice (and very likely are HUNGRY and possibly emotional) you will want a fridge like this! Here are the categories and produce currently in my fridge:

• Leafy Greens (kale, chard, spinach, romaine, parsley)
• Hard Veggies (cucumber, celery, carrot, bell pepper)
• Fruit (lemon, grapefruit, oranges, apples, grapes, watermelon)
• Extras (coconut water, E3 Live, ginger, chili peppers)

So the juicing process is actually quite simple:

1. Choose produce from each category and lay it all out on your countertop
2. Chop everything into chunks
3. Fill bottom of high-power blender (I use a Vita-Mix) with about 1/2 cup of water and top with mixture of veggies
4. Blend (only until liquified so the juice doesn’t heat up and oxidize)
5. Pour through a nut milk bag (mesh straining bag) and squeeze the juice into a large bowl/pitcher (1 gallon+ capacity)
6. Fill 4 quart jars And voilà, this is what 4 quarts of juice/my daily nourishment looks like:

Sadly to say, I made the juice but I was unable to consume it all. Somehow, in my anxiety over being deprived and hungry during this process, I did not anticipate this being an issue! Throughout the day I just got wrapped up with this or that at work and ended up consuming only 2 quarts. Day 2 the same. So now I have wasted a total of 4 quarts of juice   I’m thinking about actually scheduling in juice drinking times to avoid this under-consumption of the good stuff. Afterall, this is not a fast. It’s a Feast.

Speaking of scheduling, I better wrap this up as it is now 11:19pm, one hour and nineteen minutes past my bedtime. I don’t like schedules much but during this healing process I’m committing to the “structure is freedom” motto. And since my sleep patterns have been all out of whack (after not sleeping at all the night before, Day 1 ended at 6:30pm and Day 2 started at 8:30am–yes, 14 hours!) I also need to establish structure in this area if I intend on remaining a sane person for the rest of this journey. If you have any words of wisdom on the subjects of structure and/or sleep please help!

Juice Feast Day 1: Just Doin’ It

“The journey of a thousand miles (or 30 days) begins with a single step” -Lao-Tzu

“Just do it” -Nike

I have a little issue with Procrastination. And that is why I’m starting to write this at precisely 3:13am. You see, I have been intending on starting this blog for a while now and I wanted to write a really great first post. So I started researching this blogging thing a few weeks ago. I found some good sites, watched some videos, signed up for e-newsletters (which I’ve yet to read) and talked to blogger friends. I thought I was ready to go with some good advice and direction but then I sat down to write and there was my friend (or foe) Procrastination, butting in. I wrote a post but Procrastination decided I should save it rather than publish it right away … to look over it later, tomorrow, another time, to make it better … and so it went and that is why that unfinished post is doomed to remain a draft.

But I’m done with living in the future and putting things off. I’ve hit the threshold of just thinking about it. So here I am, just doin’ it. In the wee hours of the morning but never mind that, at least something is going out there today. And today is a very special day for me. Not just because I’m finally starting this blog but because today I embark on my Juicy Journey! From this, the 2nd of October (which happens to be Gandhi’s birthday) until the 2nd of November, I will be consuming only freshly-made vegetable and fruit juices and putting my full-hearted attention and devotion on personal healing. And as you might guess, yes, I have been thinking about doing this for a long long time.

I know this is going to be a revolutionary experience in my life–physically, emotionally and spiritually so what better time to start a blog than now? I expect blogging about this to be a fun way to share my experiences with you out there (whoever you are) and keep me focused and inspired on the path. I’ll explain more about this Juice Feasting as it is popularly known later (really, I will) but if I’m going to make it through my first day I better get to bed. My daily Skype meeting with David Rainoshek, the mastermind behind this process and my coach for the next 30 days, is scheduled for 8:30am … that gives me about 3hrs of sleep before I have to be up to start the first part of this adventure: Making 4 quarts of juice!

At least I’ve gotten things as organized as I could today in hope of minimal stress on Day 1. My kitchen got a cleanse and is now sparkling clean (and cleared of any temptations!), my fridge is brimming with massive greenage and fruitage (it’s so vibrant and purrrty!) and my supplement cabinet is stocked with the supporting cast to the juices: Enzymes, Amazon herbs, green powders, E3 Live, MSM, bee pollen … an amazing abundance of goodness. My body is going to be so well-nourished during this month! Ironic that conventionally this might be seen as deprivation where really my body will be getting more nutrition than it ever has! What shall happen to me?! This, together we shall see.

I’m delighted to have you to share this experience with (even if you are as of yet a kind of imaginary friend). Oh, and later (there’s that pesky word again) I’ll backtrack and give you a better introduction to me and what this blog shall be all about. But for now I’m taking some advice I recently heard from a pretty wise guy, Kevin Gianni, who with his wife Annemarie put out a really great healthy living blog. This is his method for getting things done: “Ready, Fire, Aim.” Yes, that’s the right order. I’ve been ready, now I’m firing and then I’ll aim … later

Here are some photos for your viewing pleasure. Sorry, until I learn more about blog design/layout I’m just pasting them on here boring style. More creative posting to come …

My Wondrously Vibrant Bountiful Fridge

Love, Affirmations & Photos of People I Love.

The radiant girl in the center is Courtney Pool, who lucky for me, is one of my best friends and has blazed this trail before me, having juice feasted for 60days!

For the Procrastinator

The Supporting Cast

Oops, it’s now 6:30am. Looks like no sleep for me today (or yesterday? hmm). This shall be an interesting first day!