rubyj

Hi Gabriel and Jared, great to read both your posts! I am starting both tomorrow – that is, raw and bikram. I have been wanting to cleanse – either juice feasting or a somewhat modified form including raw vegetable soups – but I think I have quite a bit of cleansing/eliminating to do, that I become overwhelmed with lethargy and anything physical is put aside. And so my instinct is telling me that physical activity (and sweating) must be part of the ‘purging’. So I put together a program which includes (and centres around raw/live and alkaline eating and drinking on a daily basis: (for 60 days)

– 3-4 litres of ‘green drink’ (dehydrated greens and alkaline water)
– 1 litre vegetable juice
– 1-2 raw meals daily including big raw salad
– Tbsp Udo’s Choice oil and Tbsp Hemp oil
– Tbsp bee pollen
– MSM daily
– Enzymes with juice and meals
– Oxy-Oxyc (an oxygen based colon cleanser to help assist elimination time and frequency)
– Zeolite (Natural Cellular Defense) which helps eliminate heavy metals and toxins
– daily bikram
– daily meditation 2 x daily
– deep breathing 4 x 10 deep breaths daily (in addition to bikram breaths/breathing)

It seems I have been drawn into raw/natural heatlh/fasting etc but I at times seem to lapse into the S.A.D. (‘standard American diet) with loads of crap and wine.. and I am aware that this is stemming from issues that are/maybe mental,physical and spiritual.

I hope I haven’t gone on too much! LOL! Would love to hear your thoughts – and in honesty part of this program is a sincere way to drop about 10-12kg off my 5’2″ frame (I am currently around 60kg and have been approx 47 kg most of my 34 years – and I am fully aware that the physical weight is not the biggy, but body composition..) Needless to say I am not comfortable in my skin!

I am wondering if you would recommend a rebouding workout to include some cardio as well (I have an ‘Urban Rebounding’ cardio workout) or whether to just dive into the yoga (doubles etc) as time and energy permits, as one of my main goals is to ‘lean’ and tone back down to a very petite figure – that is I don’t want to bulk up or remain the same size but have turned flab to muscle.

Thanks for your time in reading this, and Gabriel, congratulations and a sincere thank you in setting up a fantastic forum for all to benefit from!

Namaste,
Ruby.