rosiesbrain
01-07-2007, 06:40 PM
Hello everyone!
I, too, have been gradually moving toward a raw lifestyle for several months now.
It would take more time to tell my story than I have tonight, but I grew up in a very unhealthy environment (in more ways than one). I had chronic health problems due to suspected, but never proven, food allergies. As they were never proven, my parents refused to allow me to cease consuming the offending foods.
Over my four years of university in England, I naturally gravitated to an organic, mostly vegetarian diet. I immediately sensed the benefits...not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually, too. And so, my healing journey began.
Fast forward to just five years ago. I was in a failed marriage, clinging on "for the sake of the children". My health was at an all-time low, with bleeding ulcers, chronic joint inflammation, depression, and a variety of other issues going on. I was miserable and in pain, emotionally and physically. Spiritually, I'd just shut down...
Until one day, I just let go. I let go of the relationship that no longer served either me or my children. I let go of unhealthy ways of thinking and being. I let go of unhealthy ways of eating (which, again, were demanded by the ex because the allergies, systemic toxicity etc., were "unproven"). I let go of living in a place I hated, surrounded by smog and high pressured lifestyles.
I let go, and I let it be.
I let other people be responsible for themselves. I let myself be with myself, in the way I was comfortable. I let me dreams surface, reaccquainting myself with who I am, and where I'd like to go in this lifetime and beyond.
I read...The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, Toltec wisdom, the Tao, the Bible, the Vedas, Christian mystics and masters....I meditated, feeding my soul with Divine Light...
I breathed. I moved. I started loving and honoring my body as the temple of the Divine that it is....
And then last year, I REALLY moved: 1700 miles to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, to start life anew. I live in a very small town, in a rural and sparsely populated county, on 2.5 acres of clean land, with clean air and clean water.
I moved toward love...the kind I always hoped for....when I met my true soulmate and husband.
(It's amazing what happiness can do....in the first six months after I met him, I lost 25 lbs. by doing nothing but being happy!)
We are here with our beautiful blended family (4 children through me, 4 through him; in our eyes, they're all ours).
We're remodeling our home to be environmentally clean. Since we're both passionate lovers of Dirt Therapy (a.k.a. gardening), spring will mark the opening of our organic veggie and herb garden.
Though my health has improved 200-fold since its lowest point, there are still lingering aches. In November, I had a scare with chest pain and landed in the hospital. The diagnosis was high BP and coronary artery spasm, resulting from years of accumulated stress.
Talk about a wake-up call....my body was screaming for me to listen, and that was a pretty desperate shout!
I listened to my body asking for organic, raw foods (not the usual bill of fare on the shelves in the Deep South, at the Piggly Wiggly or the Wal Mart Superstores!) I started asking--God, the Universe, and everyone else I could think of--and the shelves in our little town now have some awesome organic and raw foods...and I'm having FUN in the kitchen again!
I'm married to a serious carnivore now, though his body is begging for raw foods more and more. Thankfully, he's listening. Between that and small town supply glitches, I started with what I could manage and didn't beat myself up for not being able to start 100% raw.
I've been maintaining between 50 - 70% raw since November. My body is craving more, more, MORE! --so I'm answering. :D My goal is to be 100% raw by my 40th birthday in August, and to stay that way thereafter!
After one month, not only was my BP medication dose halved, but so were the dosages of my other two maintenance medications. The cardiologist, when I went for my follow-up appointment and thorough cardiac testing, found absolutely nothing--when all the inpatient testing had shown a variety of problems.
I have ENERGY....and as I'm by nature an energetic person, this means I feel like MYSELF for the first time in eons! My skin and hair are improving. My nails are stronger. My joint inflammation is rapidly vanishing. My sleep is even better...easier to get to sleep, and to stay asleep for a healthy 8 hours.
Emotionally and spiritually, I can't even begin to relate the changes. Did they spark my Raw Revolution, or did the Raw Revolution spark the inner changes? I don't think it's possible to extricate one from the other, truly. It's a holistic change, and I'm grateful every day for my blessings.
My youngest one, who will be 2 tomorrow, has always been a Crystal child and always turned up her nose at anything except raw or vegetarian foods, so transitioning her is easy. :) The others will come in time, gradually.
Greetings to you all, and blessings to you all. Thanks for sharing your journeys!
Namaste,
Rosie
I, too, have been gradually moving toward a raw lifestyle for several months now.
It would take more time to tell my story than I have tonight, but I grew up in a very unhealthy environment (in more ways than one). I had chronic health problems due to suspected, but never proven, food allergies. As they were never proven, my parents refused to allow me to cease consuming the offending foods.
Over my four years of university in England, I naturally gravitated to an organic, mostly vegetarian diet. I immediately sensed the benefits...not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually, too. And so, my healing journey began.
Fast forward to just five years ago. I was in a failed marriage, clinging on "for the sake of the children". My health was at an all-time low, with bleeding ulcers, chronic joint inflammation, depression, and a variety of other issues going on. I was miserable and in pain, emotionally and physically. Spiritually, I'd just shut down...
Until one day, I just let go. I let go of the relationship that no longer served either me or my children. I let go of unhealthy ways of thinking and being. I let go of unhealthy ways of eating (which, again, were demanded by the ex because the allergies, systemic toxicity etc., were "unproven"). I let go of living in a place I hated, surrounded by smog and high pressured lifestyles.
I let go, and I let it be.
I let other people be responsible for themselves. I let myself be with myself, in the way I was comfortable. I let me dreams surface, reaccquainting myself with who I am, and where I'd like to go in this lifetime and beyond.
I read...The Four Agreements, The Mastery of Love, Toltec wisdom, the Tao, the Bible, the Vedas, Christian mystics and masters....I meditated, feeding my soul with Divine Light...
I breathed. I moved. I started loving and honoring my body as the temple of the Divine that it is....
And then last year, I REALLY moved: 1700 miles to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, to start life anew. I live in a very small town, in a rural and sparsely populated county, on 2.5 acres of clean land, with clean air and clean water.
I moved toward love...the kind I always hoped for....when I met my true soulmate and husband.
(It's amazing what happiness can do....in the first six months after I met him, I lost 25 lbs. by doing nothing but being happy!)
We are here with our beautiful blended family (4 children through me, 4 through him; in our eyes, they're all ours).
We're remodeling our home to be environmentally clean. Since we're both passionate lovers of Dirt Therapy (a.k.a. gardening), spring will mark the opening of our organic veggie and herb garden.
Though my health has improved 200-fold since its lowest point, there are still lingering aches. In November, I had a scare with chest pain and landed in the hospital. The diagnosis was high BP and coronary artery spasm, resulting from years of accumulated stress.
Talk about a wake-up call....my body was screaming for me to listen, and that was a pretty desperate shout!
I listened to my body asking for organic, raw foods (not the usual bill of fare on the shelves in the Deep South, at the Piggly Wiggly or the Wal Mart Superstores!) I started asking--God, the Universe, and everyone else I could think of--and the shelves in our little town now have some awesome organic and raw foods...and I'm having FUN in the kitchen again!
I'm married to a serious carnivore now, though his body is begging for raw foods more and more. Thankfully, he's listening. Between that and small town supply glitches, I started with what I could manage and didn't beat myself up for not being able to start 100% raw.
I've been maintaining between 50 - 70% raw since November. My body is craving more, more, MORE! --so I'm answering. :D My goal is to be 100% raw by my 40th birthday in August, and to stay that way thereafter!
After one month, not only was my BP medication dose halved, but so were the dosages of my other two maintenance medications. The cardiologist, when I went for my follow-up appointment and thorough cardiac testing, found absolutely nothing--when all the inpatient testing had shown a variety of problems.
I have ENERGY....and as I'm by nature an energetic person, this means I feel like MYSELF for the first time in eons! My skin and hair are improving. My nails are stronger. My joint inflammation is rapidly vanishing. My sleep is even better...easier to get to sleep, and to stay asleep for a healthy 8 hours.
Emotionally and spiritually, I can't even begin to relate the changes. Did they spark my Raw Revolution, or did the Raw Revolution spark the inner changes? I don't think it's possible to extricate one from the other, truly. It's a holistic change, and I'm grateful every day for my blessings.
My youngest one, who will be 2 tomorrow, has always been a Crystal child and always turned up her nose at anything except raw or vegetarian foods, so transitioning her is easy. :) The others will come in time, gradually.
Greetings to you all, and blessings to you all. Thanks for sharing your journeys!
Namaste,
Rosie