I've committed to changing my relationship with food by preparing a fresh green or other fortifying smoothie every day, and added daily mysore yoga practice. Given up are my old attitudes toward the grocery store; I've visited it more than I have ever visited in the past month without hesitation and have begun to pick up other items which I prepare for dinner. My body craves daily morning yoga practice and is becoming disciplined in the art of patience in a new way. When Saturdays, calendar moon days and my own moon days have approached, it is actually an effort for me to rest and not think of doing "just a little" asana. My body does feel very different when I return to the mat, but the break offers many unique and necessary perspectives for which I'm appreciative.
In all, I've kept my food prep commitment except for 3 days when for no reason at all (because my fridge is always stocked now), I just didn't make my smoothie. This past week, I dropped in a day or two of old faithful, with a few springs of mint to welcome in the freshness of Spring. Despite a disappointing meteorological showing, as a child of the Spring, I believe in the calendar and celebrated it's arrival regardless.
This past week I tried the orange, carrot, ginger smoothie , which was yummy! The ginger add gave my insides a tingle which reverberated throughout the day. My favorite add to these recipes is greens, and try as I might I just can't get away from it, so I've got similar recipe on tap that includes spinach and apple. Meanhwhile, here's the result of this one, which was chock full of calcium absorbing vitamin c and enriching beta carotene. This was the first recipe that included carrots - though I love them for their candy like quality (when cooked - ha ha!) As a child, I ate them with regularity in their natural state.This was way before the cute peeled, cut and bagged carrots became available.
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