Along with the events and projects mentioned below, I’ve a new passion – I’ve been eating (+/-) an 85% raw foods diet. This ratio leaves wiggle room to go out with friends and to eat with family, to  enjoy a glass of wine with a bit of cheese. I’ve been juicing spicy green lemonade in the morning, eating an organic diet high in fruits, veggies and greens, creating raw sushi rolls and non-cooked soups, enjoying homemade cocoa/date/almond/raisin bars and fig/cardamom/coconut ice cream… Being an omnivore who is in love with Food, I’ve been quite surprised at how much I enjoy the concoctions that I’ve come up with, how little I miss those things not in my diet, AND I feel fantastic! I’ve dropped a few pounds, though my goal is simply to improve my overall well-being.

In the past three weeks I’ve had two mochas (my achilles heel) and rather than enjoying them find that I’m much too sensitive to the high/low blood sugar effect they have on me. So with coffee out the window, what’s next? Perhaps I’ll soon feel so great that I can easily slay the biggest dragon… (?) I’d love if it were as effortless…

I’ve been spending an extraordinary amount of time taking care of myself in the most basic ways – sleep, food, water, exercise, reading, visiting family and friends. The first week I began raw foods a friend performed an energetic DNA activation ceremony for me. When speaking with her I realized that everything was falling nicely into place. I recognize seven year energetic cycles in my life and correlate them to the major chakras. My 36th birthday is next month. This coming year for me is rooted in ajna (the inner eye – insight, wisdom) and the secondary cycle is back home to muladhara (the root chakra – survival, physical security.) That all feels right, right now.