wheatgrass & vitamixer

Fredntan,

I can't do the wheatgrass - it makes me sick to my stomach every time.  I'm not sure why - I don't eat any crap at all.  No meat, no dairy, no sugar, no alcohol.  Anyway, I just can't take the stuff.  That being said, it's supposed to be amazing for you.  I'm not certain the benefits will stay if you freeze it, though.  I think it needs to be consumed very soon after preparation.

That's what I do Carola with the frozen cube, add it to my smoothie plus there's some wheatgrass in my dehydrated combo supp as well.  Fresh tastes a whole lot better. I do get nauseous with the fresh, but I figure it's because I am so toxic...

Wow Carola ! you spent a month at an ayurvedic center in India ??? Oh my God, please share some more, you lucky gal !! Castor oil in hot water hein ?  Will look it up 

The South of India is gorgeous, the region of Kerala is called God's own country; lush nature and fruit trees everywhere. It's also, apparently, the birthplace of yoga and ayurveda. I had one detox 'session' with the castor oil, otherwise it was all about treatments to detox and find energy. The food was wonderful, not at all greasy like some people think Indian food is about. Fresh juices & salted limedrinks to stand the heat; coconut water to be gentle on your belly, vegetables with incredible spices...Yoga, meditation, pranayama (breathing exercizes to get 'the force of life' flowing) on a daily basis (eventhough I had to adapt the postures because of the partial node dissection I had last August). I found a friend there, who had her own story to tell about lungtumors, and we actually went to get a hug from Amma, at Amritapuri ashram the infamous spiritual leader who prays for you, and apparently heals you while she hugs you: it was a very giving experience. I didn't want to stay in a 'real' ashram this time (one has to participate in the community by washing, cooking etc. and I didn't want to risk lymphedema or tiredness), perhaps another time.

The guidelines I was given in India (think happy thoughts, stop/say no/think about it before you get to stressed about something, eat natural organic mostly vegetarian food, exercize, do yoga, breathing exercizes, meditation..) are SO simple when you first look at it (cause everyone knows exercize and a homecooked meal is better than two cosmos & Nando's), but it implies so much responsibility that I didn't want to take before, thinking i was invincible and immortal. But I feel really good, and I mean REALLY good, following these guidelines. 

About the castor oil; I set the alarm at 5 am; went to get hot water; mixed the small bottle of castor oil the docs gave me the night before with the water, pinched my nose and thought Ok here goes nothing! They didn't want you to go to sleep, but to stay up (maybe they wanted to avod accidents that involved a full change of bedlinen!!) and 'wait' for the 'purge'..Nothing happened for me for a long time; in the afternoon I visited the facilities for an hour but that was it. Little bit tired but that's all. The strange thing was that I press my teeth since 6 years, and I fell asleep like 45 minutes after taking the castor oil, I couldn't help it, a book in my hand and all. I actually woke up with my mouth wiiiide open. A very nice feeling :-)

Yogaville, hum.....I'll google 

Fredntan, thanks, you just gave me a big giggle Lol yup a wine chaser will do it no probs Lol Lol

You're welcome Maude :-) Grinding teeth is a REAL pain in the *** (well, mostly in the neck)..Do you sleep with a thingy to protect your teeth? (No idea what it's called in English :-) ) I lost mine (or probably my kitten has hidden it) last week, annoying! I've just started figuring out why I grind and press with my therapist, cause for me it's psychological, and I'd be so grateful to find out why...Do you have an idea why YOU grind?

Fredntan, did you mean 350 days? I looked up Yogaville and it seems really good. I go to meditation and yoga (asanas, antar mauna, yoga nidra & tratak) every week here in Paris, and they have a retreat in the Pyrenean mountains (the mountain chain between Spain and France) this summer (either 5 or 15 days) which seems wonderful and certainly more ashram like than the centre I visited in India! You actually give your cellphone to them when you get there, hihihi. If I'd go, it would be 5 days (including a day and a half of silence).  

I have read that juicing wheat grass started when someone discovered that giving chickens wheat grass made them much more productive. Since we are not chickens, maybe we are not meant to ingest it? Look at the Wiki article about wheat grass. Spinach has many more nutrients, tastes better, and is easier to digest. Just my 2 cents, not a nutritionist.