 below
the thumb, working the adrenal
gland  and pancreas  reﬂex
areas. Reposition your thumb to
cover the whole area. 6 Moving your thumb slightly,
press the stomach  reﬂex
area several times. Reposition your
thumb and cover the whole area. 7 Work the colon reﬂex area
with a few presses to the
heel of the hand. Reposition the
thumb to cover the whole area. Diarrhea fever
teething Coli C Health concerns
With babies, the frequency with which you
apply techniques counts. When the child
is awake, apply the techniques every 15
minutes for several seconds. Be aware of the
reflexology for your baby 207To ease colic, lightly press on the
esophagus  reﬂex area, located
on the ball of the foot. Repeat on
the other foot. To help fever, press gently on the
big toe, the pituitary reﬂex area. Repeat with the other foot. sleep
Gently press your thumb on the
colon reﬂex area to help with
diarrhea. Repeat on the other foot. If you are concerned about
teething on the right side,
work with the right foot. For the left side, work the
left foot. Press one toe
gently, aiming for the stem
of the toe. Hold for several
seconds. See if this has an
impact. If not, try another toe
or hold for longer. Always
work within the infant’s
comfort zone. infant’s reaction to your work. If the baby
seems to like what you are doing, continue. If you are getting good results, note the
frequency of your technique application. To calm a baby and help him or
her sleep, gently press your thumb
on the solar plexus  reﬂex area.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What should you do if a child is uncomfortable during reflexology?,
A: Always ask the child for permission before starting the session and continue only if they seem to like it. If the child is uncomfortable, stop immediately.
Q: How often should you apply reflexology techniques to a child?,
A: The frequency of application depends on the health concern. For a specific health concern, apply the technique four times a day, and for general health, apply twice a week.
Q: What should you do if a child is experiencing stress?,
A: Apply reflexology techniques to the solar plexus reflex area to help ease tension.
Q: How can you help a child relax and fall asleep?,
A: Gently press the solar plexus reflex area to help the child relax and fall asleep.
Q: What is the recommended approach when working with a senior?,
A: Approach the session with a gentle and casual manner, and be prepared to adjust your work based on the senior's comfort level.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>123
left foot
1 heart
2 solar plexus
3 brain stem
4 adrenal  glandareaS WorKed
1 heart
2 solar plexus
3 brain stem
4 adrenal  gland1
23
41
43the cardiovascular system 2611Beginning with the
diaphragm  reflex area,
thumb-walk the heart  and
chest  areas. Make several passes.Foot reflexology techniques
The thumb-walking technique most easily and effectively
works the reflex areas reflecting the heart and related organs. When applying technique to the heart reflex area, hold the
toes back to create the best working surface for your thumb. Hand reﬂexology techniques
As you apply the thumb-walking technique to the reflex
areas reflecting the heart and related organs, remember to
hold the hand steady and in a stretched position. 2Reposition your thumb and
thumb-walk through the
solar plexus  reflex areas, making
a series of passes.2To work the brain stem
reflex area, thumb-walk up
the side of the big toe. Once again,
make several passes.3Thumb-walk up the side
of the foot through the
adrenal gland  reflex area. Make several passes. 1Thumb-walk across the base
of the receiver’s thumb to
work the heart reflex area. Make
several passes.3Hold the recipient’s thumb
steady as you thumb-walk
through the brain stem  reflex
area. Make a series of passes.262 HEALTH CONCERNSArrhy thmia &
congest ive heart failure
Arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm. With congestive heart failure, the heart loses
its ability to pump blood effectively. Technique application to the brain stem
reflex area recognizes the role of this body
part in regulating the heartbeat. Apply
technique to the heart reflex area as well. High blood pressure
Plenty of relaxation is key for people with high blood
pressure. For optimum relaxation, a full foot sequence is
ideal, but you can also try just working the solar plexus area. Desserts (see pp68–73 and 98–101) have a calming effect.To work the brain stem  reflex area,  first hold the
big toe steady. Now thumb-walk up the side of the
big toe. Make a series of passes. 1 Apply the thumb-walking
technique to the solar
plexus reflex area for several
minutes three to four times a day.SELF-HELP
Pinch the solar plexus  reflex
area in the webbing of the hand. Repeat for several minutes three to
four times a day.2 Hold the toes back with
your left hand. Starting at the
diaphragm  reflex area, thumb-
walk up the heart  and chest
reflex areas. Make several passes.263Angina pectoris
Angina pectoris is a pain in the chest
caused by a spasm of the coronary arteries. Technique application is directed at the chest
and heart reflex areas. Also apply technique
to these reflex areas on the sole of the foot. Heart attack
A heart attack occurs as a result of blockage
of a coronary artery or one of its branches
by a blood clot. Applying technique to the
pituitary reflex area is utilized as a revival
technique. Technique should also be applied
to the heart reflex area. Low blood pressure
Low blood pressure is a state in which the
blood pressure is abnormally low, resulting
in fainting on some occasions and fatigue on
others. Technique is applied to adrenal gland
reflex area because the adrenal glands play a
role in regulating blood pressure.Hold the big toe  stationary with your left hand. Rest
your right thumb just beyond the pituitary gland
reflex area. Hook in with the thumb and pull back
across the reflex area. Repeat.Hold the foot upright  and spread the toes. Starting
at the base of the big toe, walk your index finger
through the first segment of the chest  and heart
reflex areas. Move on to work all the segments. To work on the  adrenal gland  reflex area,
thumb-walk gently up the foot. The reflex area is
located at the midpoint of the long bone (see p41). Make several passes. 264 Healt H concernsThe digestive system
The digestive system’s function is to process the food we eat and to
eliminate the waste afterward. The organs of digestion include the stomach, liver,
gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, and colon. Tension can contribute to any
problems that may arise. The stomach, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas add
chemicals to process food. The stomach and
small intestine process the food while the colon
serves as a means of elimination. Disorders in the
digestive process frequently stem from tension. During times of stress, a mechanism called the
fight or flight response is activated. Overall stress
levels and the fight or flight mechanism both
affect the regulation of the digestive process,
diverting energy to the large muscle groups, heart, and lungs. If tension persists over a long
period, the functioning of the digestive organs
can be impaired. Reflexology helps to reduce
overall tension levels and also relaxes individual
organs. Research has shown that reflexology
affects the functioning of the intestines in general
as well as specific disorders such as constipation. For chronic digestive system concerns, the
frequency of reflexology is important. Frequent
self-help sessions achieve better results. 733
right foot
1 stomach
2 pancreas
3 liver
4 gallbladder3
4
61
2
78
5 4
26
5  small  intestine
6  ileocaecal  valve
7  ascending  colon
8  transverse  colonhand orientation foot orientation BodY orientation
right hand
1 stomach
2 pancreas
3 liver
4 gallbladder5  small  intestine
6  ileocaecal  valve
7  ascending  colon
8  transverse  colonareas worked
1 stomach
2 pancreas
3 liver
4 gallbladder5  small  intestine
6  ileocaecal  valve
7  ascending  colon
8  transverse  colon1
5841
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78tHe digestive system 2651Hold the palm open, and
thumb-walk several times
through the center, the liver and
gallbladder  reflex areas.Hand sequence
On the hand, the reflex areas
of the digestive system are
most easily worked using the
thumb-walking technique. Holding the fingers back
makes it easier to work the
reflex areas. Concentrate on
making


 Did you have a meal recently. Do you have a roof over your head. Are you okay right now. If so, you are
secure. If y ou’re in a precarious situa tion, such as being homeless o r in an
abusive househo ld, go back to the Serenity Prayer. Is there something you
can change about your situation. Is there someone you can reach out to. As you move up through the chakras you will learn that security is
elusive. If you s eek security for security’ s sake, you’ll never achieve it. The
universe is constantly shifting and changing. W anting security at all costs is
essentially the same as wanting to hold on to the universe an d hoping it
won’ t ch ange. If  you think abou t it, that’ s completely absurd. D o what you
need to do. Get a job, pay your bills, do good works, give to ch arity, serve
others and the greater good, and that’ s it. Y ou can’ t control the rest. I kn ow a  man who was very successful at his job and had a great salary. All throughout his years at his job he worried constantly that h e would belaid of f and that  his great salary  would be taken away. Instead of enjoying
his j ob day to day, being grateful, happy, and joyful, he ruined his everyday
life b y w orrying he would lose it. And do you know what happe ned. He got
laid of f. Then he  found another great job with a great salary, worried all the
time, and got la id of f from tha t job too. Sometimes the act of worrying
about security will take away that security. Deep-seated em otions aren’ t easy to balance. W ithout a doubt, i t took years
to d evelop these ways of thinking and reacting, and it can ta ke years to
change t o new ways of thinking. Be patient with yourself as y ou practice
overcoming these first chakra limitations. T ake it one step at a ti me and one
day at a time. Healing the Spiritual Body
Meditation is a great way to reduce the fight-or -flight response. It teaches
you to take a step back from reaction mode. Meditation red uces stress
hormones, normalizes blood pressure, reduces heart rate, and improves
immune function. When you look at the ef fects of meditation, you see the
complete opposite of the ef fects of the fight-or -flight response. Below is  a first chakra meditation. Y ou can have someone read it to you
while yo u have your eyes closed; record yourself reading it out loud, and
then liste n with your eyes closed ; or purchase a copy of the audi o version of
this book and listen to the guided meditations whenever you need them. MULADHARA GUIDED MEDIT A TION
Sit c omfortably and close your e yes. Make sure your sitting bon es are
firmly p ressed to  the floor. T o accomplish this, take the fleshy parts of
your bo ttom an d bring them o ut to the sides a little. Inhale d eeply
through your nose from your l ower belly. As you exhale, press the
ener gy d ownward toward your first chakra as you bring your belly
button inward to your spine. Repeat this full, deep breath five times. Now pla ce your  awareness on th e root chakra, at the base of yo ur
spine. Imagine a swirling, whir ling wheel that is deep red in color,
spinning around  like a planet spinning on its axis. Imagin e this
powerful ener gy flowing through you and circulating throughout your
perineum, your coccyx, the base of your spine, and your first three
vertebrae. As y ou breathe deeply, begin t o visualize your bottom planting
roots deep into the soil. Imagin e these roots getting enriched by the
fertile ea rth. Y ou are becoming one with the earth and its magn ificent
wealth. All the resources you need are here. They are present in the
here and now, and they are not far away from you. In ex change for you trusting the earth in all its wisdom, the earth
returns to you t he ener gy you need in the form of vibrations. Feel
these vib rations pulsating throug h your lower body. W elcome th em as
they bri ng healing ener gy to y our feet, knees, legs, sciatic n erves,
pelvis, and lower back. Now that your root chakra is awakened, you begin to feel ease and
trust that the earth will provide for you in due time. Y ou have planted
your roo ts, like planting seeds in  fertile soil, and all you need to  do is
wait for the seeds to grow into beautiful blossoms. Y our worry  melts
away with each breath. Y ou a re grounded. Y ou are safe. Y ou are
secure. All your basic needs are met. Notice h ow connected you feel to the earth. Notice how your ro ot
chakra feels awake and alive. Y ou can enhance the vibrations by
chanting the mantra sound LAM  three times. E NERGY -B ODY  H EALING WITH  G EMS AND  C OLORS
T o remi nd your self to stay gro unded, wear the color red, eit her in your
clothing or accessories such a s a red bracelet or ribbon. Y ou can also
procure red mala beads to wear or hold during your meditation. Crystals and gems are useful in chakra healing since they c arry the
earth’ s ener gy. First chakra crystals include garnet, red jasper, black
tourmaline, and bloodstone. First Chakra Mindfulness Ideas to Ponder
1. I accept my bod y as it is. I am grateful for my journey here on earth,
and I will imme rse myself completely in it. Even though my b ody
appears to be solid, I know it’ s a constant flow of ener gy and
information. As such, I know m y body can always change fo r the
better. 2. I fee l co nnected to the earth an d draw ener gy from it, knowing  that
Mother Earth provides for me in all her lavish abundance that
surrounds me at all times. 3. T oday I will connect with nature. I will enhance my sense of smell
by takin g in the fragrances of flowers, plants, trees, or fresh-cut
grass. I will wat ch animals play, or I will sit down and play with  my
pets. I will sit on the earth and meditate. T2  T H E  S A C R A L  C H A K R A
S v a d h i s t h a n a
ELEMENT :  W ater (Jala)
COLOR:  Orange
MANTRA SOUND:  V AM
he word Svadhisthana  means “sweetness,” which is a great way to
describe this chakra of attraction. Svadhisthana is the chakra of
creativity and sexuality. It is als o referred to as the “sacral chakra. ” It’ s the
second chakra of matter and the point of awakening from the self in
survival to the self reaching out toward others. The second chakra is the
focal point of pleasure, desir e, sexuality, and procreation. While the
anatomical region certainly indi cates that this chakra is lar gely focused on
sexual matters, matters of creati vity are of equal importance. A person who
can harn ess the sexual ener gy o f the second chakra can accomplish great
things. The elem ent of the Svadhisthana chakra is water, or jala  in Sanskrit. W ater is cohesive in nature. It binds, brings together, creates love and
devotion, and connects us to one another. Think of the sexual fluids that
bind together a woman and m an in sexual harmony; these f luids come
together to create life. Wh ile the first chakra is bound by the earth element,
the second chakra has the flowing nature of water. The anatomical region of the second chakra is the sacral plexus, from
the top of the pubic bone up to the navel. It includes the lower abdomen, thegenitals, and the womb. The second chakra is also responsible for the
bladder and kidneys. The sen se we associate with Sv adhisthana is taste, especially the sweet
taste. The sense or gan is the tongue. The A yurvedic dosha correspo nding to the second chakra is Kapha,
which is  compo sed of water an d earth. Svadhisthana is ruled by the guna
tamas. The color we att ribute to the sacral chakra is orange. The mantra, or bija
(seed) sound, we vocalize for the second chakra is V AM. Second Chakra Ailments
Illnesses and disorders of the second chakra include sexual and
reproductive dysfunction such a s repeated miscarriages, abortio ns, frigidity,
erectile dysfunc tion, and premature ejaculation. Second chakra imbalance
can also cause uterine, bladder, and kidney problems as well as lower -back
st


 powers:
Chitta Shakti:  the awareness of God
Ananda Shakti:  the bliss of God
Icha Shakti:  the desire or intention to unite with God
Gyana Shakti:  knowledge of God
Kriya Shakti:  action directed toward God
If the voice of God spoke to you, Her powers would be conveyed in simple,
universal phrases:
Chitta Shakti:  “I am.”
Ananda Shakti:  “I am blissful.”
Icha Shakti:  “I will” or “I intend.”
Gyana Shakti:  “I know.”
Kriya Shakti:  “I act.”
If a child came to me and asked, “How did God make me?” these five
things would be my answer, because this is how God made Herself, or at
least made Hers elf known to us, and at each stage of giving birth a new
exclamation of discovery emer ged. First She experienced Herself as
existence (“I am!”), then creative joy (“I am blissful!”), pulsing desire (“I
will!”), cosmic mind (“I know!” ), and finally the shaping force that molds
all things (“I act!”). Because none of these except “I am” had ever existed
before, each came as a revelation. All of these qualities have universal application. It so happens that the
vocabulary comes from the Shiva/Shakti tradition, but any flow of spirit—
from lover to lover, from an artist’ s hand to her canvas, from a musician to
his instrument—can express spiritual power. A brown autumn landscape
under overcast skies sounds drab, but if painted by Rembrandt it has
tremendous Shakti—his kriya, or action, is connected to spirit.Shakespeare’ s plays are quiet on the page, but in the hands of an Olivier or
a Gielgud, the Shakti pouring from the stage is electric. A sacred marriage would also derive its passion and energy from the five
Shaktis, and in the same order as God Herself discovered them. Setting
your spiritual priorities straight means preserving being first and action last. Being  in this case means identifying with spirit; action  means identifying
with career, accomplishment, and the daily give-and-take of life. “I am”
comes first because it makes the present moment the most perfect time to be
alive. “I am blissful” makes it possible to celebrate life from a joyful heart. “I will” makes cherished desires  come true. “I know” allows total trust and
self-acceptance, and “I act” makes creativity the purpose of every day. These five powers form a cascade, spilling like water from unmanifest
spirit to the material world. Tagore employed almost the same analogy
when he poetically asked, “Wh ere is this fountain that throw s out these
flowers in such a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?” In one beautiful line he
states the mystery precisely. What is the origin of the infinite display of
nature’ s abundance? The flowers are outside, but the fountain is inside, in
divine essence. To realize this you must become that fountain ; you must
have the assurance that the flow of life can gush through your being at full
force. This state of connection is supreme existence. When you join the
cosmic dance, the powers of God as creator -mother fully infuse you. Now let’ s look at each of these powers in turn. Chitta. Chitta is God’ s awareness in its simplest form. When your mind is not
occupied with thoughts and emotions, it rests in itself alone. Simple
awareness is a divine quality, because in chitta the distractions that disguise
spirit are stripped away. In place of complex issues and conflicts, you
perceive love as the only reality. You see that you have always been
nourished and supported; you no longer need to justify your existence. God’ s most primal quality is this silence and self-suf ficiency, needing
nothing else. If we think of creation as a vibrating string anchored at a fixed
point, the fixed point is here. Chitta simply is. Ananda. Ananda is considered the first quality of God to manifest in creation out
of primo rdial silence. Her bliss, love, and peace are the subtlest and yet themost powerful of Shakti’ s creative powers. Grasping this fact is a
tremendous spiritual insight. Ananda gives the solution to all suffering, for
instead of having to struggle against pain, any person can go within and
find a level of awareness that suffering cannot reach. Ananda is the
untroubled face of God. When you realize this aspect of spirit in yourself,
unconditional love comes as naturally as breathing. Icha. There is a beautiful saying in the Shiva tradition that God created the
world out of “His sweet will,” which was gifted into Shakti’ s hands. The
Sanskrit word for will is icha, which also means “desire” or “intention.”
Will is the next level to emer ge from bliss, because when you are full of joy,
anything you intend or desire must be aligned with the divine. At this level
there is no question of wrong desires or willful behavior that can harm
yourself or anyone else. God can be compared to someone looking in a
mirror that surro unds her on all sides, so that everywhere she gazes she sees
her own reflecti on. There is nothing outside this to see, therefore anything
God creates is just a modified form of Her own bliss. Icha is like the bow
that shoots life outward, giving it a loving purpose and direction. Gyana. Knowledge abou t God is of two kinds, direct and indirect. Indirectly we
can read scriptures, listen to sermons, consult authorities, and from these
sources build a reasonable case that God exists. But such a God transmits
no love to earth. Therefore nothing substitutes for gyana, which is direct
knowledge of the divine. Instea d of having thoughts about God, you share
God’ s own thoughts. Her thoughts can only be about Herself. This isn’t
cosmic self-centeredness, however. It confirms the fact that spiritual
knowledge is essential; truth, trust, devotion, and love are inside our
thoughts. Gyana is the mind in communion with spirit. Kriya. The last Shakti is the most visible. When God acted She brought the
material world into existence. Although both words mean “action,” kriya  is
not the same as karma. Karma is action  born of cause and effect; it is action
that reinforces separation. Kriya is action inspired by spirit; it abolishesseparation and brings communion. In India a holy person who has entered a
trance would be exhibiting a kriya; the inspired words from his mouth, his
hand gestures, facial expression s, and even breathing would also be kriyas. Vedic scriptures contain thousands of descriptions detailing exactly which
inward state is signified by which kriya (the smile of the Buddha and his
uplifted hand with thumb and forefinger touching are just two examples). But in a broader sense the chan ge of behavior exhibited by someone who
has realized God, turning from violence to peace, from conflict  to serenity,
from egoism to altruism, is taking place in the realm of kriya. This is the
last cascade of the divine into creation. The stillness of pure awareness
cascades into bliss, bliss into will, will into knowledge, and finally
knowledge into action. The fivefold nature of Shakti has revealed itself
completely. THE SILENCE OF  SHIVA
If our cultural background makes it hard to see Shakti as feminine, the
silence of Shiva—motionless, uncaused, ineffable, nonattached —hardly
seems to us the model of mascu line power. Masculine power isn’t the same
as male behavior, however.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Unlearning the second lesson is how you stop having to control other
people, for it was in early childhood, almost exactly at the time you were
first left to your own devices, that you started feeling the urge to establish
control. Despite its appearance of normality, then, control is based on a mistake,
and that mistake is rooted in separation. To be able to relinquish control the
mistake has to be corrected. Learning that the world is safe doesn’ t happen
overnight. The world as a whole  is far too overwhelming, given all the fear
and distrust each of us has inherited. But the love you have for one person
is a safe zone and thus a good place to begin. The beloved is like a harbor in
which your heart takes refuge. In an indif ferent and hostile universe, there is
at least one person who understands, sympathizes, and provides for you. Somehow, miraculously, this one person is enough to cancel out the hostile
world. Every day brings many opportunities to replace controlling with
allowing. If you can extend allow ing to your beloved, the effect is to release
you from attachment—both of you are spiritually served by the same act. The key stances in letting go of control are all forms of allowing:
acceptance, tolerance, nonresistance. Needing to control life, either yours or


 San Diego reported that Chinese mortality dropped by
35 percent the week before the Harvest Moon Festival, one of the
most auspiciou s days in the Chinese calendar, and one where special
importance is given to elder s. When the festival ended, death rates
climbed again, and by a week later they were 34 percent higher
than normal. This implies that people who are near death can
postpone their passing in order to savor a day that is special to
them. A simila r swing has been found with Jewish mortality just before
and after Passover (by contrast, non-Jewish control groups showed
no such eect, maintaining the same death rates throughout). Finally, cardiologists have pondered the fact that heart-attack rates
are higher at 9 A. M. on Monday morning than at any other time of
the week. This is not exactly a randomly chosen hour. For many
people, going back to work after the weekend is a return to harsher
realities. Have  some of them found the drastic escape route of
suering a heart attack instead of punching the time clock one time
too many. These examples are limited to biological time, the hidden clock in
our cells. To see truly comprehensive mastery of time, one must turn
to dream s. Dream time lacks any xed sequence or logic altogether. It can go backward or forward, speed up or slow down, come to a
halt or simply disappear—many dream events are frozen in a kind
of no-time without beginning or end. Flying through the clouds,
being caught in a riptide, or running down the street pursued by aphantom villain are dream events that can seem to last either an
instant or an eternity, as if time has ed the scene. When we wake  up to the world of reliable clocks, time resumes its
creeping pace,  but that proves little about its real nature. Suppose a
man is sitting in a room idly looking out the window. Morning,
noon, and evening go by; he passively stares at people as they
parade before him and watches the events taking place on the street. The same man could go to sleep at night and witness the exact same
people and events in a dream, but now morning, noon, and evening
occupy only two minutes of his sleep. Like the rest of his dream,
time was created by his brain. In what way is waking time any
dierent. The same brain cells process the passage of time in both
cases; therefore, waking time and dream time could both be self-
created. If so, then time itself is only a personal perception, liable to the
same uctuations as a mood, reverie, fantasy, or any passing
thought. Psychologists already recognize that time contains a strong
personal element. All of us exercise some ability to manipulate time
according to our whims. If I am languishing in a dentist’s waiting
room, my unha ppiness make s time drag. To speed it up, I need only
go somewhere else—to an Indian restaurant perhaps—where I can
enjoy myself again. If I turn to something I nd deeply enjoyable,
time will start to y. The dierence between slow, dragging time
and swift, eeting time resides in my perception of the situation. As
long as I am free to move from the dentist to the restaurant, I have
personal control over how time feels. But if I am forced by a sense of duty to remain at the dentist’s,
then I have no choice but to experience the creeping kind of time
that is oered there. This sort of compulsion has trapped all of us. We stay in the same time-frame day after day because we think we
have to, or ought to. But this is only an agreement we made
somewhere along the line—we have even forgotten when. Anyone
can break free and reassert his ability to control time. Time TravelersOne of the main themes of the world’s spiritual traditions is the
falseness of time, and one of the aims of enlightened teachers is to
break the spell of time that limits the minds of their followers. A
master in India once said to his disciples, “You have enclosed
yourself in the prison of time and space, squeezing your experience
into the span of a lifetime and the volume of a body. It is because of
this self-imposed illusion that all your conicts arise: life and death,
pain and pleasure, hope and fear. To end these problems, you must
rst end the illusion. ”
“But how is that done. ” a disciple asked. The master replied, “You are caught in this world like sh in a
net. But all nets have holes. Find one, escape through it, and you
will see what reality actually is. ”
Apparently the net of time is full of just such holes. It appears to
be objectively real but in fact may be no more than a notion
fostered in our minds. The great sage Shankara, who towers over
the whole tradition of Indian philosophy, once wrote, “People grow
old and die because they see other people grow old and die. ” I
remember, on rst reading this sentence ten years ago, feeling a
mixture of disbelief and wonder. If Shankara is right, then aging is
not a xed biological proces s; it is just a bundle of perceptions we
have picked up, taken into our bodies, and given physical shape. There is a revealing, although heartless, biology experiment in
which a rat is thrown into a tank of water. Rats are not adept
swimmers, and the animal will thrash around, trying vainly to climb
out of the tank, only to slip back down from the glass walls. After a
few minutes the animal is totally exhausted, on the verge of
drowning. The experimenter then pulls it out and allows it to rest. The procedure  is repeated over the following days, and within a
short time, usually less than three weeks, the rat will have
undergone dramatic changes. The pressure of so much daily stress
will have aged its tissues enormously. If the experiment is kept up,
the rat will die of “old age” in a month; on dissection, its heart,
liver, lungs, and other organs will be as dark, tough, and brous as
those of a rat that lived a normal life span of two years or more. In essen ce, the experimenters sped up time and forced the rat to
absorb it into its body. The discolored, exhausted tissues that
resulted were like bits of frozen time given material expression by
the aging process. The same process happens in human beings,
although we absorb time more complexly, according to our own
personal value s. Unlike experimental rats, we can choose to live
with more or less stress; more importantly, we can interpret time
dierently and therefore cause it to change. Misusing this privilege
creates untold suering. I am not thinking just of people who place
themselves in desperately stressful situations, although millions do. The deeper ignorance is that we do not realize that time does not
have to be frozen inside us. Shankara’s seemingly strange idea that we grow old because we
watch others grow old may well be true. Partial validation has
already come from an ingenious study the Harvard psychology
department ran in the late Seventies. The Harvard team, headed by
Professor Ellen Langer, did not actually set out with Shankara’s
dictum in mind; they were testing whether aging is an irreversible
process, as is widely accepted. The National Institute on Aging takes
the ocial stand that there is no reliable method, through drugs,
diet, exercise, or mental techniques, to restore lost youth. Although
a large body of research backs up this position, Langer’s  team had
its doubts; they suspected that aging might be a creation of the mind
that the mind can undo. To test this possibility, they rst placed a newspaper ad in a
Boston daily asking for men seventy-ve and older who would be
willing to go on a week’s vacation, all expenses paid. A group of
suitable volunt eers was chosen, placed in a van, and whisked o to
a luxurious retreat on ten acres of secluded woodland in the New
England countryside. When they arrived at this isolated setting, the men were met with
a duplicate of daily life as it existed twenty years earlier. Instead of
magazines from 1979, the reading tables held issues of Life and the
Saturday Evening Post from 1959. The radio played music from that
year, and group discussions centered on the politics and celebrities
of the era. A taped address from President Eisen hower was played,followed by the lm Anatomy of a Murder, which won the Academy
Award in 1959. Besides these  props, every eort was made to center
each person on how he felt, looked, talked, and acted when he was
twenty years younger. The group had to speak exclusively in the present tense, as if 1959
were today (“Do you think Castro will become a puppet of
Khrushchev’s. ”), and their references to family, friends, and jobs
could not go beyond that year. Their middle-aged children were still
at home or just going to college; their careers were in full swing. Each person had submitted a picture of himself taken twenty years
before; these were used to introduce each one to the group. While this week of make-beli eve


urren t
symptoms and make it easier for the patient to be patient while their body heals, the healer raises artificially and temporari ly the
vital force with vitamins, massage, acupressure, etc. This wise and benevolent physician is going to have the highest cure r ate
among those wise patients who will accept the prescription, but will not make as much money because the patients permanently
get better and no longer need a physician. There's not nearly as much repeat business. Colonics are one of the best types o f medicine. They clean up deposits of old toxemia (though there are sure to be other deposits
in the body's tissues colonics do not touch). Colon cleansing reduces the formation of new toxemia from putrefying fecal matt er
(but dietary reform is necessary t o maximize this benefit). Most noticeable to the patient, a colonic immediately alleviates current
symptoms by almost instantly reducing the current toxic load. A well -done enema or colonic is such a powerful technique that a
single one will often make a s evere headache vanish, make an onsetting cold go away, end a bout of sinusitis, end an asthmatic
attack, reduce the pain of acute arthritic inflammation, reduce or stop an allergic reaction. Enemas are also thrifty: they a re self -
administered and can preve nt most doctor's visits seeking relief for acute conditions. Diseases of the colon itself, including chronic constipation, colitis, diverteculitis, hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome,  and
mucous colitis, are often cured solely by an intensive series  of several dozen colonics given close together. Contrary to popular
belief, many people think that if they have dysentery or other forms of loose stools that a colonic is the last thing they ne ed. Surprisingly, a series of colonics will eliminate many of these conditions as well. People with chronic diarrhea or loose stools are
usually very badly constipated. This may seem a contradiction in terms but it will be explained shortly. A century ago there was much less scientific data about the functioning of the human body. Then it was easy for a hygienically -
oriented physician to come to believe that colonics were the single best medicine available. The doctor practicing nothing bu t
colonics will have a very high rate of cure and a lot of very satisfied cl ients. Most importantly, this medicine will have done no
harm. The Repugnant Bowel
    I don't know why, but people of our culture have a deep -seated reluctance to relate to the colon or it's functions. People don't
want to think about the colon or perso nally get involved with it by giving themselves enemas or colonics. They become deeply
embarrassed at having someone else do it for them. People are also shy about farts, and most Americans have a hard time not
smiling or reacting in some way when someone in their presence breaks wind, although the polite amongst us pretend that we
didn't notice. Comedians usually succeed in getting a laugh out of an audience when they come up with a fart or make referenc e to
some other bowel function. People don't react th e same way to urinary functions or discharges, although these also may have an
unpleasant odor and originate from the same "private" area. When I first mention to clients that they need a minimum of 12 colonics or many more enemas than 12 during a fas ting or
cleansing program they are inevitably shocked. To most it seems that no one in their right mind would recommend such a
treatment, and that I must certainly be motivated by greed or some kind of a psychological quirk. Then I routinely show them
reproductions of X -rays of the large intestine showing obvious loss of normal structure and function resulting from a combination
of constipation, the effects of gravity, poor abdominal muscle tone, emotional stress, and poor diet. In the average colon mo re than
50% of the hastrum (muscles that impel fecal matter through the organ) are dysfunctional due to loss of tone caused by impact ion
of fecal matter and/or constriction of the large intestine secondary to stress (holding muscular tension in the abdominal ar ea) and
straining during bowel movement. The average person also has a prolapsed (sagging) transverse colon, and a distorted misplaced ascending and descending colon. I
took a course in colon therapy before purchasing my first colonic machine. The chiropr actor teaching the class required all of his
patients scheduled for colonics to take a barium enema followed by an X -ray of their large intestine prior to having colonics and
then make subsequent X -rays after each series of 12 colonics. Most of his patient s experienced so much immediate relief they
voluntarily took at least four complete series, or 48 colonics, before their X -rays began to look normal in terms of structure. It also
took about the same number, 48 colonics, for the patients to notice a signif icant improvement in the function of the colon. In
reviewing over 10,000 X -rays taken at his clinic prior to starting colonics, the chiropractor had seen only two normal colon X -rays
and these were from farm boys who grew up eating simple foods from the ga rden and doing lots of hard work. The X -rays showed that it took a minimum of 12 colon treatments to bring about a minimal but observable change in the structure
of the colon in the desired direction, and for the patient to begin to notice that bowel func tion was improving, plus the  fact that
they started to feel better. From my point of view the most amazing part of this whole experience was that the chiropractor did not recommend any dietary
changes whatsoever. His patients were achieving great succes s from colonics alone. I had thought dietary changes would be
necessary to avoid having the same dismal bowel condition return. I still think colonics are far more effective if people are  on a
cleansing diet too. However, I was delighted to see the potenti al for helping people through colonics. For me, the most interesting part of this colonic school was that I personally was required to have my own barium enema and X -
ray. I was privately certain that mine would look normal, because after all, I had bee n on a raw food diet for six years, and done
considerable amount of fasting, all of which was reputed to repair a civilized colon. Much to my surprise my colon looked jus t as
mangled and dysfunctional as everyone else's', only somewhat worse because it had  a loop in the descending colon similar to a
cursive letter "e" which doctors call a volvulus. Surgeons like to cut volvululii out because they frequently cause bowel
obstructions. It seemed quite unfair. All those other people with lousy looking colons ha d been eating the average American diet
their whole life, but I had been so ‘pure!' On further reflection I remembered that I had a tendency toward constipation all through my childhood and young adulthood,
and that during my two pregnancies the press ure of the fetus on an already constipated bowel had made it worse resulting in the
distorted structure seen in the X -ray. This experience made it very clear that fasting, cleansing diets, and corrected diet would not
reverse damage already done. Proper di et and fasting would however, prevent the condition of the colon from getting any worse
than it already was. I then realized that I had just purchased the very tool I needed to correct my own colon, and I was eager to get home to get
started on it. I had previously thought that I was just going to use this machine for my patients, because they had been asking for
this kind of an adjunct to my services for some time. I ended up giving myself over a hundred colonics at the rate of three a  week
over many months. I then out of curiosity had another barium enema and X -ray to validate my results. Sure enough the picture
showed a colon that looked far more ‘normal' with no vulvulus. That little "e" had disappeared. What Is Constipation? Most people think they are not constipated because they have a bowel movement almost every day, accomplished without
straining. I have even had clients tell me that they have a bowel movement once a week, and they are quite certain that they are not
constipated. The most su rprising thing to novice fasters is that repeated enemas or colonics during fasting begins to release many
pounds of undeniably real, old, caked fecal matter and/or huge mucus strings. The first -time faster can hardly believe these were
present. These old fecal deposits do not come out the first time one has enemas or necessarily the fifth time. And all of them will
not be removed by the tenth enema. But over the course of extended fasting or a long spell of light raw food eating with repe ated
daily enemas,  amazing changes do begin to occur. It seems that no one who has eaten a civilized diet has escaped the formation of
caked deposits lining the colon's walls, interfering with its function. This material does not respond to laxatives or casual ly
administere d enemas. Anyone who has not actually seen (and smelled) what comes out of an "average" apparently healthy person during colonics will
really believe it could happen or can accurately imagine it. Often there are dark black lumpy strings, lumps, or grav el, evil
smelling discs shaped like sculpted hemispheres similar to the pockets lining the wall of the colon itself. These discs are r o


 these same fluids and tissues brought on by the return to overeating
patterns. We can stay well only so long as we live in a manner to maintain and increase the gains
we have made. If we cannot return to these old and discarded routines, what should we eat? Can we continue at
least in buying the ordinary dishes of average families? To answer that I must point out certain facts of modern food that affect all of our civilization. We are living in an over-processed age, in terms of our diet. Everything is refined, stripped of its
essential food values, baked, fried, cooked, over-stuffed. This is one of the great perils of our age. It is also one of the great problems of any person who wants to live on natural foods. 61Natural products, coming from the hands of nature before they have been tampered with by the
processors and refiners, are the one source that has consistently proved, throughout the ages,
dependable both for man and animal. In spite of claims that processed and packaged substitutes for
foods are as good or better than nature’s products, the fact remains that no truly adequate
substitutes for the products of nature have been discovered and prepared in the laboratories. The
acid test of a food, it seems to me, is its fitness to serve the nutritive needs of the human organism
just coming off a prolonged fast. In all of my experience with feeding I have found nothing turned out synthetically by foods
manufacturers to equal the untouched products of garden, orchard and field. Processing removes
vitally important minerals from the foods, and either removes or makes valueless some or all of
the precious vitamins. Enzymes are destroyed and many of the amino acids of the proteins in the
food are destroyed. (Amino acids are destroyed by heat.) Because of the destruction of food values by cooking and the removal of
essential food factors
by processing and refining, I emphasize the importance of eating fresh, uncooked fruits and
vegetables daily. Indeed, these foods should constitute no less than sixty percent of the daily diet. There can be no doubt that less protein will be required to supply the daily amino acid needs of the
body if these are taken in the uncooked state. Cooking also has the added disadvantage of leeching out much of the values of the food. Nourishment is lost in the juices that ooze from the foods in cooking; it is lost in the water in which
the foods are boiled or steamed. Food values are evaporated by the high temperature and are
chemically altered and rendered unusable as foods. One should make it a rule, from which there should be no variations, to have one meal of fresh,
uncooked fruit each day and at least one large raw vegetable salad daily. The salads commonly
eaten are too small to meet our needs and are often made up of such things as mashed potatoes,
boiled eggs, pickled olives and other such substances, to which is added a greasy dressing—but
with little in the way of either fresh fruits or vegetables. Some of them contain a leaf or two of
semi-wilted lettuce, a slice of half-ripened tomato, and dressing. Hardly enough to nourish a
canary. Salads of raw vegetables and meals of fresh fruits are essential sources of minerals and
vitamins. These foods are more abundant in these food factors, and are as necessary to the nutrition
of man as an abundance of green grass is essential to the horse or cow. He who partakes of these
foods each day will have no need to add mineral concentrates and vitamin pills to his diet. These
raw properties are the normal or natural sources of such food factors and nothing has yet been
produced by the food chemists that can take their places. Minerals are as essential to the formation and preservation of the body as proteins. They are
important to the formation and maintenance of the blood, bones, teeth, muscles, glands, nerves. There is a continuous demand for these substances by the active organism. Each day some of the
minerals are used and excreted and each day they must be replenished. But we are not able to
supply the body with minerals by eating lime and scrap iron. We are able to make use of minerals only in certain forms as these are prepared for our use by
the processes of plant life. The drug store cannot supply us with any just-as-good minerals to
replace those that are removed from our foods in the refining processes. Nor do we get our best
supply of minerals from powdered egg shells and bone meal. From the vegetable kingdom comes
our best mineral supply. Proteins are abundant in nature and there is rarely an excuse for protein deficiency in this
62country. Every food that grows contains proteins so that in eating natural foods one receives these
from several sources each day. Whatever essential amino acids may be lacking in one protein is
sure to be compensated by other amino acids in the other proteins of the diet. Nuts are one of the finest sources of the best and most adequate proteins. Green leaves contain
small quantities of most excellent proteins. There are proteins in bananas, dates, figs, legumes,
cereals and in a hundred other foods eaten daily. After a fast, when the body’s food reserve has been somewhat depleted, the three food
essentials that are most needed are proteins, minerals and vitamins. These are best secured from
the sources indicated. Canned foods, preserved foods, processed and refined foods, adulterated foods, sulphured
fruits, white flour, white sugar, white rice, constitute poor materials with which to build healthy
tissue. Man’s need for fats or oils is not as great as may be supposed, but he does require a small daily
amount of these and he instinctively seeks such foods. In many seeds, such as sunflower seed,
peanuts, soy beans, nuts and in the avocado, olive, and other fruits, nature has packaged an
abundant supply of the finest and tastiest oils. We do not need to seek for refined oils in order to
supply the fat needs of our body. Indeed, the oils stored in natural foods are associated with
minerals and vitamins, so that they are far superior to the refined fats and oils on the market. What I have written here of fats and oils applies with equal force to sugars and starches. In their
natural state, these food factors are ideally associated with minerals and vitamins and they are best
eaten in the unrefined state. Syrups and refined sugars are devoid of minerals and vitamins and are
poor foods. The sweet fruits: dates, figs, raisins, sweet grapes, well-ripened bananas,
persimmons, and similar products are the finest and best sources of sugars and should be eaten as
fruits rather than as fragmented food particles produced by manufacturers of refined products—out
of a tin can. In summarizing, any return to the overeating that may have characterized the pre-fasting way of
life will quickly build a state of ill health. Learn to be moderate in eating habits. One of the best
aids to moderation is the eating of whole natural foods. We are practically forced to overeat when
we try to live on a diet that is composed predominantly of processed and refined foods. We do this
in an effort to secure the food needs that are lacking in these foodless foods. Fasting cannot keep you well. Only sound habits will do so. 6314
Rejuvenation through Fasting
She was sixty years of age and had suffered for years with a minor heart ailment. I put her on a fast
of three weeks. She rested in bed while the fast was in progress. At the end of her fast she
remarked: “My heart feels so rested! It is so quiet I hardly know I have one in my body.”
This represented an improvement in the condition of the woman that was genuine and lasting. Overweight when she started, with high blood pressure, she lost twenty pounds and her blood
pressure was greatly reduced, lifting a great burden from her heart. Her general feeling of vigor and well-being matched the improvement of her heart. Her former
sleeplessness had given way to restful nightly repose. The improvement in her bowel action was
as marked as that of her heart function. Certainly her improved youthfulness of appearance and the
brightness of her eyes, spoke volumes for the rejuvenating effects of her physiological rest. Anyone experienced with fasting has seen great numbers of such instances of physical
rejuvenation achieved by means of the fast. The mental improvements commonly match the
physical improvements. Occasional restoration of hearing in ears that have been deaf for years,
improved vision, discarding glasses that have been worn for years (but rarely restoration of sight
to blind eyes), increased acuteness of the senses of taste and smell, restoration of ability to sense
delicate flavors, recovery of the sense of feeling in instances of sensory paralysis, stepped-up
vigor, increased mental powers, loss of weight, greatly increased functional vigor, with better
digestion and better bowel action, clear sparkling eyes, clearing of the complexion with a
restoration of youthful bloom, the disappearance of some of the finer lines of the face, reduced
blood pressure, better heart action, reduction of enlarged prostate, sexual rejuvenation—these and
many other evidences of rejuvenation are seen by everyone who has a wide experience with
fasting. Fasting can bring about a virtual rebirth, a revitalization of the organism. As the fast progresses,
all of the cells of the body undergo refinement and there is a removal from the protoplasm of the
cells of stored foreign
substances (metaplasmic materials) so that the cells become more youthful
and function more efficiently. Some of these stored materials are highly


classic dish of salmon cooked in a spiced
tomato-based sauce, served on a bed oflentils. This is a quick and easy recipe
that’s low in fat and GI. Serves 4–6
 350 g green lentils
 1½ litres water
 ¼ tsp salt
 ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
 2 tbsp coriander seeds
 2 tbsp fennel seeds
 2 tbsp cumin seeds
 1 tsp cardamom seeds
 2 tsp whole cloves
 6 tbsp grape seed oil
 8 garlic cloves, crushed
 2 large shallots, chopped 2 tbsp harissa (Moroccan hot sauce,
available in speciality food shops) or
any hot sauce
 500 g tomatoes, chopped
 6 salmon fillets (175 g with skin)
 1 tbsp Olivio or unsalted butter
1. Place the lentils in a saucepan and
cover with water. Bring to the boil
over a high heat. Reduce the heat to
low, cover and simmer for 25 minutes,
stirring occasionally until the lentils
are tender. Season with salt and pepper
and set aside, covered. 2. In a frying pan, mix the coriander,
fennel, cumin and cardamom seeds
with the cloves. Toast the spices over a
medium heat for about 3 minutes,stirring until fragrant. Transfer to a
plate to cool. Blend the spices in a
food processor or with a mortar and
pestle. 3. In a saucepan, heat 4 tbsp of grape seed
oil over a low heat. Sauté the garlic
and shallots for 5 minutes. Add the
harissa and 1 tablespoon of the spice
mixture and cook, stirring for 3
minutes. Add the tomatoes and juices
and simmer over a medium heat for 5
minutes, stirring occasionally. Season
with salt and pepper to taste. 4. Preheat the oven to 200°C or Gas Mark
6. Season the salmon with salt and
pepper and coat with the remaining
spice mixture on both sides. 5. Take 2 ovenproof pans and heat 1 tbspof oil in each. Add 3 salmon fillets to
each pan, skin-side down with a piece
of butter next to each fillet and sauté
for 3 minutes. 6. Transfer the pans to the oven without
turning the salmon and bake for about 6
minutes or until the skins are crisp and
the fish is cooked through. 7. Reheat the lentils and tomato sauce. Spoon lentils onto the centre of each
dinner plate and place the salmon
fillets on top of the lentils. Spoon
tomato sauce around the lentils and
serve. Melon Soup
(Egusi –
Nigerian)There are many variations of making
melon soup. It is usually served with
ground rice or yams but it can also be
served with rice. This recipe can be
made with fish as well as meat. Serves 4
 300 ml water
 ½ tsp salt
 1 onion, chopped
 8 chicken pieces
 1 tbsp ground crayfish
 2 tbsp palm oil
 200 g spinach, chopped
 125 g ground melon seeds (egusi)1. In a saucepan, add the water, salt, onion
and chicken, and bring to the boil for
10 minutes. 2. Add the ground crayfish and palm oil
and simmer for 10 minutes. 3. Sprinkle over the ground melon seeds
and simmer on a low heat for 10–15
minutes, stirring just once. 4. Add the spinach and cook for an
additional 5 minutes or until it has just
wilted. 5. If you are using fish, add this last and
cook for 10 minutes or until the fish is
cooked through. Chicken Tagine with Honey
and Apricots
(Moroccan)This recipe is traditionally slow-cooked
in a funnel-shaped earthenware tagine. It can be enjoyed with couscous or on its
own. Serves 2–4
 2 large onions, chopped
 1 whole chicken, cut into small pieces
 1 tsp black pepper
 ½ tsp turmeric
 1 cinnamon stick (use 2 sticks if you
want a stronger cinnamon aroma and
flavour)
 450 ml water
 450 g dried apricots
 2 tsp ground cinnamon 3 tbsp honey or agave nectar
 4 tbsp grape seed oil
 50 g almonds, peeled
 1 tbsp sesame seeds
1. Sauté the onions in a large saucepan
until soft. 2. Add the chicken, salt, pepper, turmeric,
cinnamon stick and water and bring to
the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer
for 20 minutes or until the chicken is
cooked. Add more water if necessary. Remove the chicken. 3. Add the apricots to the saucepan and
simmer for 10 minutes. Add the ground
cinnamon and honey or agave. Stir and
simmer until the sauce has slightly
thickened. Add more honey ifnecessary. 4. Sauté the almonds in oil for 2 minutes. Drain the oil from the pan, add the
sesame seeds and toast. 5. Return the chicken to the saucepan to
reheat. 6. To serve, place the chicken on plates. Pour over the sauce and top with
almonds and sesame seeds. Peanut Sauce with King
Prawns and Fragrant Rice
(Nigerian)
Serves 2–4
 250 g jasmine rice (or any otherfragrant rice)
 2 red bell peppers, seeds removed
 2 red fresh chilli peppers
 1 onion, chopped
 2½ cm ginger, crushed
 1 garlic clove
 10 ml water
 200 g large king prawns
 1 tbsp unsalted peanuts, roasted
 10 g fresh thyme, chopped
 15 g fresh coriander, chopped
 1 chicken stock cube
 ½ tsp salt
 ½ tsp black pepper
 1 tsp curry powder
1. Boil the rice using the cookinginstructions on the packet. 2. In a food processor, blend the red
peppers, chilli, onion, ginger, garlic
and water until smooth. 3. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and
simmer on a low heat for 15–20
minutes. Then add the prawns. 4. Blend the peanuts and herbs in a food
processor. Add to the sauce and mix
well. 5. Add the chicken stock cube, salt,
pepper and the curry powder. Mix and
cook for 10 minutes. 6. Spoon the rice onto a plate, top with
peanut sauce and serve. Chilli Crab with Spinach(Singaporean)
This recipe is one of Singapore’s
national dishes. If you enjoy shellfish,
you’re going to love this crab recipe
made with rich-tasting tomato and chilli
sauce. Serves 2–4
 1 tbsp ketchup
 125 ml water
 1 tbsp soy sauce
 1 tbsp tomato paste
 1 tsp corn flour
 1 tbsp sesame oil
 2 shallots, chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed
 2½ cm ginger, crushed
 1 tbsp red chilli, crushed
 200 g baby spinach
 450 g crabmeat
1. In a medium bowl, mix the ketchup,
water, soy sauce, tomato paste and
corn flour. 2. Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the
shallots for 5 minutes. 3. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli and
cook for 1 minute. Add the spinach and
cook until just wilted, which takes
about 2 minutes. 4. Stir in the sauce and the crabmeat and
simmer over a medium heat, stirring
occasionally for 5 minutes. Serve withrice. Wasabi Salmon Burgers
(Japanese)
Try cooking these over a barbecue. Add
some breadcrumbs to add hold. Perfect
for a summer’s day with any kind of
salad. Serves 2–4
 2 tbsp soy sauce
 1 tsp wasabi powder (use more if
required)
 ½ tsp honey
 450 g salmon fillet, skinned 2 spring onions, chopped
 1 egg, lightly beaten
 2½ cm ginger, minced
 1 tsp sesame oil
 4 tbsp grape seed oil
1. Mix the soy sauce, wasabi powder and
honey in a small bowl until smooth. Set
aside. 2. Chop the salmon with a large knife into
5 mm pieces and transfer to a bowl. Add the spring onions, egg, ginger and
sesame oil. Mix thoroughly. 3. Form the mixture into 4 burgers. The
mixture will be moist and loose, but it
holds together when the first side is
cooked. 4. Heat the grape seed oil in a non-stickfrying pan over a medium heat. Add the
burgers and cook for 5 minutes. Turn
and continue to cook until they are firm
and fragrant, which takes about 5
minutes. 5. Spoon wasabi sauce evenly over the
burgers and cook for a further 30
seconds. Summer Couscous
(Israeli)
Serve hot or cold, with grilled fish or
chicken. Serves 4
 225 g couscous
 300 ml boiling water


 a state of m ind where thoughts are drowned out with
alcohol is not conducive to alertness and increased performance. Instead,
for thousands of years, human  beings have practiced dif ferent forms of
meditation to quiet and tame the mind. Meditation allows you to pay
attention to your thoughts, emotions, and feelings, while reducing repetitive
and useless thinking. R yan Giggs made his first appe arance for the Premiership football club
Manchester United during the 1990–91 season. As the most decorated
player in English football history, Giggs has won thirteen Premier League
medals, four F A cup winner ’ s m edals, three League cup winner ’ s medals,
and two  Champions League winner ’ s medals. At the age of forty, when
most of  his peers had long since retired, Giggs continu ed to play
professional Pre mier League football. So what is his secret? A ccording toGiggs, self-awar eness has been a major factor in his extended career: “The
focus on oneself is hugely important, even if it is only for a d aily hour of
stretches and meditation,” he says. The renowned golfer T iger W oods is also well known fo r using
meditation to improve his game. T iger ’ s father, Earl W oods, was
instrumental in developing his son’ s concentration. Earl W oods explained
he w ould repeatedly attempt to distract his son as he practiced h is swing by
dropping a golf bag or shouting obscenities. Earl W oods believed that T iger
could be the “first black intuitive golfer ever raised in the United States”
and tested his meditative concentration from a very young ag e. And his
prediction came  true: T iger W oods has been the world number one golfer
for m ore consecutive weeks tha n any other player in history. The ability to
play sports intuitively relies on complete immersion in the zone, where the
right act ion occu rs ef fortlessly and the golfer and the game become one. In
the film The Legend of Bagger V ance,  t he  celebrated coach describes  the
perfect swing as being in harmo ny with “all that is, all that was,  and all that
will be.”
T o get to this p lace and access intuitive intelligence, it is nece ssary to
practice quieting the mind. Intuitive intelligence is not learned but
experienced. Th ose who bring about monumental change and success in
this wor ld have access to it. For some it is an automatic process. For others,
including myself, it has to be developed. A clear example of intuitive
intelligence can be found in th e late Steve Jobs. In an interview with his
biographer W alter Isaacson, he described observing how peop le living in
India rel ied a lot more on their intuition than the analytical reas oning of the
W est. Jobs believed that intuitiv e intelligence was more powerful than the
intellectual intel ligence revered in the W estern world. Jobs was a dreamer,
putting logic aside and accessing the power of universal intelligence
through a still mind. It is because of this intuition and creativity that
products such as the iPhone, iPad, and Mac came into being. In th e pa st, med itation has evoked a negative image as a hippie exercise
practiced by those with nothing better to do. Slowly but surely t his image is
changing, as scientists have begun to recognize the many benefits of
quieting the mind, such as redu cing anxiety and improving attention and
concentration during stressful challenges.A 2014  study investigated w hether mindfulness meditation–based
techniques influenced the resilie nce of United States Marines. Eight Marine
infantry platoon s comprising 281 soldiers were randomly divided into two
groups. One group received t wenty hours of classroom instruction in
mindfulness and  practiced the t echniques for at least a half hour daily for
eight weeks. The second group  did not receive any mindfulne ss training. Both groups then participated in training under battlefield conditions. In a
report published in the American Journ al of Psychiatry,  the researchers
concluded that the marines who practiced mindfulness experienced
improved quality of sleep, reduced stress, and a quicker recov ery of heart
rate and breathing following intensive combat training. In other studies with U.S. Marines trained in mindfulness-based
techniques, brai n scans revealed similarities to those of Special Forces
soldiers and Olympic athletes, and the area of the brain responsible for
controlling fear was shown to have actually shrunk. During warfare,
business, sports,  or even normal  family life, a calm, attentive, and collected
mind always results in better decision making. Staying fully focused during
a stressf ul situation is essential if you want to take the correc t course of
action. Until re cently, it was commonly believed that the brain stopped
developing when  we reached ad ulthood. It has only been within  the last few
years that scientists have disc overed that the brain can be changed by
practicing mind fulness meditati on. This is tremendous news, n ot only for
those in  sports but also for anyone suf fering from anxiety or depression. The ability to bring about chang es in the brain could enable people to take
back con trol of their mental health rather than accepting a lifelong reliance
on mind-altering medication. Neuroscientists from the most prestigious universities around the world,
including Harvard and MIT, have conducted much research to investigate
the changes that take place in t he brains of people who medita te. There is
strong evidence that present-moment awareness literally changes the brain,
making many regions more powerful and ef ficient. A team of scientists
from the University of British  Columbia and Chemnitz University of
T echnology pooled data from twenty studies investigating this
phenomenon. R emarkably, all studies showed that mindfulness meditation
resulted in an increased density of gray matter, leading to more ef fectiveprocessing of information. MRI scans revealed that at least eight dif ferent
regions of the brain increased in ef ficiency, including the orbitofrontal and
hippocampal, w hich play a role in our ability to hold attention, cultivate
positive emotions, and retain emotional stability. People who meditate are
happier with themselves, are better able to resist distractions, and learn from
past experience—all traits that are essential in today’ s modern life. The anc ient Greek aphorism “know thyself” is written in the forecourt
of the T emple o f Apollo at Delphi. While its exact meaning is often the
subject o f debate  among scholars, in the context of harnessing the power of
meditation, the words ring with  truth. When you are mindful, you become
more aw are of your inner monologue, allowing you to stop the cycle of
compulsive thought processes an d step out of the prison of self- doubt. Only
when yo u realiz e that you are a prisoner of the mind is it possible to escape. And while the w alls and bars ma y not be concrete and steel, being a captive
of your thoughts can have a sig nificant ef fect on your ability t o focus and
perform. I like to divide thoughts into two categories: practical thoughts,  which
are useful and serve a purpose, and distracting thoughts,  which serve no
purpose at all. T o decide on a course of action and achieve anyt hing in life,
practical thoughts are essential. Conversely, distracting, useles s, repetitive
thoughts only serve to scatter your focus and prevent you from entering the
zone. Practical thoughts will help an athlete to plan for an upcoming event,
put t ogether a training schedule, and or ganize any logistics such  as booking
travel o r accommodation. Prio r to a game an athlete might channel his
thoughts into rehearsing the pe rfect shot or visualizing winning the race
with confidence. Mental imagery like this can serve as useful preparation
and is a positive way to use your thoughts. Distracting thoughts, however, will be habitually negative and irrational,
often so automatic that the individual is unaware of them. This type of
thinking creates tension, draining you of ener gy and distracting your game. As the Irish writer Oscar W ilde once said, “Thinking is the most unhealthy
thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease.”
Thinking is a habit. W e have been taught how to think by the in fluences
of societ y, education, and our fr iends and family. From a young  age we are
conditioned to believe that think ing is a good thing—how many  times haveyou been told to “think about it” or “think it over”? Developing the mind
into a sharp analytical tool is o bviously very useful for achieving in the
world of  academ ics and other li velihoods, and while it is impor tant that we
learn how to th ink, it is equa lly important that we learn how to stop
thinking. Just as a fire provides  comfort and warmth from the cold, it can
also be a destructive force when out of control. The mind is  a similarly
double-edged sword. At this point you might be thin king, What is he talking about? I’m in
contr ol of my own mind! But are you really? How easily can you turn of f
your thoughts? I


 before cooking. It is not easy to cook oat grits. They take a lot longer than rolled oats and if
not done exactly to the recipe I’m about to give you, will almost inevitably stick tothe pot badly and may also froth over and mess the stove. Here’s how to cookthem. Coarsely grind (like corn meal) your whole oats until you have one cup ofoat grits. Bring exactly four cups of water (no salt) to a very hard boil at yourhighest heat. You may add a handful of raisins. Light or turn on a second, small-sized burner on the stove and set it as low as possible. Into the fast boiling water,slowly pour the ground oats, stirring continuously. Take about 30 seconds toslowly pour the grits into the boiling water or you’ll make clumps. Keep on thehigh heat until the water again boils vigorously. Suddenly, the mixture will beginrising in the pot and will try to pour all over the stove. This means it is all at boilingtemperature again. Quickly move the pot to the low burner; that instantly stopsthe frothing. Then cover. Let the porridge cook for 30 minutes, stirring once ortwice to prevent sticking. Then, keeping it covered, turn off the heat. They can beeaten at this point but I think it is better to let the oats finish soaking on the stovefor at least two to four hours. Then reheat in a double boiler, or warm in amicrowave. We usually start a pot of oats at bedtime for the next morning. See why people
prefer the convenience of using rolled oats? But once you’ve eaten oats maderight, you’ll never prefer the flavor of rolled oats again. And if the human body hasany natural method of assaying nutritional content, it is flavor. Nutritionally, millet is almost the same story as oats. Millet seed is protected by
a very hard hull. Cooking unhulled millet is almost impossible. After hours ofboiling the small round seeds will still be hard and the hulls remain entirelyindigestible. Worse, the half-round hulls (they split eventually) stick in your teeth.But prehulled millet, sitting in the sack for weeks and months, loses a lot ofnutrition and tastes very second-rate compared to freshly-hulled millet. It ispossible to buy unhulled millet, usually by special order from the health fooddistributor—if you’ll take a whole sack. Millet can be hulled at home in smallbatches. Here’s how we figured out how to do it. There probably are betterways. Using a cheap steel-burr flour mill, set the burrs just far enough apart that the
seed is ground to coarse grits, but not flour. This pops the hulls loose. An old millwith worn-out burrs works great for this job. Then you have to get some handseed cleaning screens just large enough to pass the grits but not pass the hulls(most of them). Window screen or other hardware cloths won’t work. Seedcleaning screens come in increments of 1/128 inch; we use a 6/64" round screen.Other batches of millet might work better with a screen one step larger or smaller.It will take you a little ingenuity to find hand-held screens. They’re used by seedcompanies and farmers to clean small batches of seed for inspection and areusually about one square foot in size with a quality wooden frame. Larger framesmade of the same screening material are used in big seed cleaning machines. (Thehulls could also be winnowed out by repeatedly pouring the grit/hulls mixture backand forth between two buckets in a gentle breeze.) After you’ve screened out most of the hulls, the rest will rinse out, floating off
as you wash the grain prior to cooking. We never hull more than enough millet fortwo or three meals and keep the uncooked (unwashed) millet in the freezer in anairtight jar. It is interesting how people will accept poor nutrition and itsconsequent sickness as the price of convenience. If you eat much buckwheat you should also figure out how to hull (sometimes
called groating) it yourself. Someone should write a thorough book on the home
milling of cereals. And perhaps sell the equipment by mail. Probably would be agood little homestead business. Something else you need to keep in mind about seed. Even though the
embryo’s food supply is protected by the seed coat, it still slowly deteriorates,steadily oxidizing and losing nutritional value. Eventually old seed looses the abilityto sprout. The decline in germination ability matches a decline in nutritional quality.Any seed you are going to use for eating should possess the ability to sprout,strongly and rapidly. (After you’ve comparatively sprouted a few grain samples,you’ll know what I mean by this.) Fortunately, cereal grains usually sprout well forquite a few years after harvest if they have been stored cool and dry. Eating deador near-dead seeds will help move you closer to the same condition yourself. Finally, one more warning about buying store bread. Salt-free bread tastes
“funny” to most people. It bakes fine, salt is not necessary to the leaveningprocess, but no bakery could stay in business without salting their bread. Thestandard level of salt is two percent by weight. That is quite a lot! Two percentequals one teaspoonful per pound. I’ll have more to say about the evils of salt. I imagine some of my readers are feeling a little overwhelmed by all these
warnings and “bewares ofs,” and intricacies. They are used to taking noresponsibility for securing their own food supply quality and have come to expectthe “system” to protect them. I believe it is not because of lack of governmentintervention, but because of government intervention itself, our food system is veryperverse. Until our mass consciousness changes, if you wish to make yourself andyour family truly healthy, you are going to have to take charge and become quite adiscriminating shopper. Unconscious consumers are on a rapid road to the totalunconsciousness of death. And again, let me remind you here that this one small book cannot contain
everything you should know. The bibliography at the end of should become yourguide to earning your post-graduate education in nutritional health. Freshness Of Fruits And Vegetables
Most people do not realize the crucial importance of freshness when it comes
to produce. In the same way that seeds gradually die, fruits and vegetables gothrough a similar process as their nutritional content gradually oxidizes or isbroken down by the vegetables own enzymes, but vegetables lose nutritionhundreds of times more rapidly than cereals. Produce was recently part of a livingplant. It was connected to the vascular system of a plant and with few exceptions,is not intended by nature to remain intact after being cut. A lettuce or a zucchiniwas entirely alive at the moment of harvest, but from that point, its cells begin todie. Even if it is not yet attacked by bacteria, molds and fungi, its own internalenzymes have begun breaking down its own substances. V egetables, especially leafy vegetables, are far more critical in this respect than
most ripe fruits. All, however, deteriorate much like radioactive material; theyhave a sort of half-life. The mineral content is stable, but in respect to the vitaminsand enzymes and other complex organic components, each time period or “halflife” results in the loss of half the nutrition. Suppose a lettuce has a half life of 48hours, two days after harvest only 50 percent of the original nutrition remains.After two more days, half the remaining half is gone and only 25 percent is left.After two more days half of that 25 percent is lost. Thus six days after harvestand a lettuce contains only bout 12 percent of its original nutrition. A two dayhalf-life is only hypothetical. Those types of produce I classify as very perishableprobably do have a half-life of from 36 to 48 hours. Moderately perishableproduce has a half life of about 72 hours; durable types of produce have half livesof 96 hours or longer. Very Perishible  Moderately Perishible Durable
lettuce zucchini apple
spinach eggplant squash
Chinese cabbage sweet peppers oranges
kale broccoli cabbage
endive cauliflower carrot
peaches apricots lemons
parsley beets
The half life of produce can be lengthened by lowering its temperature. For
that reason, sophisticated produce growers usually use hydrocooling. Thisprocess dumps a just-cut vegetable into icy water within minutes of beingharvested, lowering core temperature to a few degrees above freezing almostimmediately. When cut vegetables are crated up at field temperatures, and stacksof those crates are put in a cooler, it can take the inside of the stack 24 hours, orlonger, to become chilled. Home gardeners should also practice hydrocooling. Fillyour sink with cold water and wash/soak your harvest until it is thoroughly chilledbefore draining and refrigerating it. Or, harvest your garden early in the morningwhen temperatures are lowest. Still, when you buy produce in the store it may have been sitting at room
temperature for hours or possibly days. The bottom line here: fresh is equally as important as unsprayed or organically
grown! The Real Truth About Salt And Sugar
First, let me remind certain food religionists: salt is salt is salt is salt and sugar is
sugar is sugar. There are no good forms of salt and no good forms of sugar. Saltfrom a mine and salt from the sea both have the same harmful effect; white sugar,natural brown sugar, honey, molasses, corn syrup, maple syrup, whatever sweet
have you. All are sugars and all have the similar harmful effects. I know of no
harmless


 by Hay House calledGetting in the Gap: Making Conscious Contact with God Through
Meditation. For now, just know that I consider meditating and practicing
Japa essential in the quest to realign yourself with the power of intention. That power is Creation, and you need to be in your own unique state of
creativity to collaborate with the power of intention. Meditation and Japa
are surefire ways to do so. 2. Be kind. A fundamental attribute of the supreme originating power is
kindness. All that’s manifested is brought here to thrive. It takes a kindly
power to want what it creates to thrive and multiply. Were this not the case,
then all that’s created would be destroyed by the same power that created it. In order to reconnect to intention, you must be on the same kindness
wavelength as intention itself. Make an effort to live in cheerful kindness. It’s a much higher energy than sadness or malevolence, and it makes the
manifestation of your desires possible. It’s through giving that we receive;
it’s through acts of kindness directed toward others that our immune
systems are strengthened and even our serotonin levels increased. Low energy thoughts that weaken us fall in the realm of shame, anger,
hatred, judgment, and fear. Each of these inner thoughts weakens us and
inhibits us from attracting into our lives what we desire. If we become what
we think about, and what we think about is what’s wrong with the world
and how angry and ashamed and fearful we are, it stands to reason that
we’ll act on those unkind thoughts and become what we’re thinking about. When you think, feel, and act kindly, you give yourself the opportunity to
be like the power of intention. When you’re thinking and acting otherwise,
you’ve left the field of intention, and you’ve assured yourself of feeling
cheated by the all-creative Spirit of intent. — Kindness toward yourself. Think of yourself like this: There’s a
universal intelligence subsisting throughout nature inherent in every one of
its manifestations. You are one of those manifestations. You are a piece of
this universal intelligence—a slice of God, if you will. Be good to God,
since all that God created was good. Be good to yourself. You are Godmanifested, and that’s reason enough to treat yourself kindly. Remind
yourself that you want to be kind to yourself in all the choices that you
make about your daily life. Treat yourself with kindness when you eat,
exercise, play, work, love, and everything else. Treating yourself kindly will
hasten your ability to connect to intention. — Kindness toward others. A basic tenet of getting along and being
happy, as well as enlisting the assistance of others toward achieving all that
you want to attract, is that people want to help you and do things for you. When you’re kind to others, you receive kindness in return. A boss who’s
unkind gets very little cooperation from his employees. Being unkind with
children makes them want to get even rather than help you out. Kindness
given is kindness returned. If you wish to connect to intention and become
someone who achieves all of your objectives in life, you’re going to need
the assistance of a multitude of folks. By practicing extending kindness
everywhere, you’ll find support showing up in ways that you could never
have predicted. This idea of extending kindness is particularly relevant in how you deal
with people who are helpless, elderly, mentally challenged, poor, disabled,
and so on. These people are all part of God’s perfection. They, too, have a
divine purpose, and since all of us are connected to each other through
Spirit, their purpose and intent is also connected to you. Here’s a brief story
that will touch you at the heart level. It suggests that those whom we meet
who are less than able to care for themselves may have come here to teach
us something about the perfection of intention. Read it and know that this
kind of thinking, feeling, and behavior empowers you to connect to
intention through matching its kindness with your own. In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to
learning-disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for
their entire school career, while others can be mainstreamed
into conventional schools. At a Chush fundraiser dinner, the
father of a Chush child delivered a speech that would never be
forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and itsdedicated staff, he cried out, “Where is the perfection in my
son, Shaya. Everything God does is done with perfection. But
my child cannot understand things as other children do. My
child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is God’s perfection. ” The audience was shocked by the
question, pained by the father’s anguish, and stilled by the
piercing query. “I believe,” the father answered, “that when God brings a
child like this into the world, the perfection that he seeks is in
the way people react to this child. ” He then told the following
story about his son, Shaya. One afternoon Shaya and his father walked past a park where
some boys Shaya knew were playing baseball. Shaya asked,
“Do you think they’ll let me play. ” Shaya’s father knew that his
son was not at all athletic and that most boys would not want
him on their team. But Shaya’s father understood that if his son
was chosen to play, it would give him a sense of belonging. Shaya’s father approached one of the boys on the field and
asked if Shaya could play. The boy looked around for guidance
from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own
hands and said, “We’re losing by six runs, and the game is in
the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team, and we’ll try
to put him up to bat in the ninth inning. ”
Shaya’s father was ecstatic as Shaya smiled broadly. Shaya
was told to put on a glove and go out to play in center field. In
the bottom of the eighth inning, Shaya’s team scored a few runs
but was still behind by three. In the bottom of the ninth inning,
Shaya’s team scored again, and now had two outs and the bases
loaded, with the potential winning run on base, Shaya was
scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Shaya bat at
this juncture and give away their chance to win the game. Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew that it
was all but impossible because Shaya didn’t even know how to
hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it. However, as Shayastepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to lob the
ball in softly so Shaya could at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came in, and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya’s teammates came up to Shaya, and together they
held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The
pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly
toward Shaya. As the pitch came in, Shaya and his teammate
swung the bat, and together they hit a slow ground ball to the
pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could
easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shaya would
have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead,
thepitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field
far beyond the reach of the first baseman. Everyone started
yelling, “Shaya, run to first. Run to first. ” Never in his life had
Shaya run to first. He scampered down the baseline wide-eyed
and startled. By the time he reached first base, the right-fielder
had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second
baseman who would tag out Shaya, who was still running. But the right-fielder understood what the pitcher’s intentions
were, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman’s
head. Everyone yelled, “Run to second, run to second. ” Shaya
ran toward second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously
circled the bases toward home. As Shaya reached second base,
the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of
third base, and shouted, “Run to third. ” As Shaya rounded
third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming,
“Shaya, run home. ” Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate,
and all 18 boys lifted him on their shoulders and made him the
hero, as he had just hit a “grand slam” and won the game for
his team. “That day,” said the father softly with tears now rolling down
his face, “those 18 boys reached their level of God’s
perfection. ”If you don’t feel a tug in your heart and a tear in your eye after reading
this story, then it’s unlikely that you’ll ever know the magic of connecting
back to the kindness of the supreme all-originating Source. — Kindness toward all of life. In the ancient teachings of Patanjali, we’re
reminded that all living creatures are impacted dramatically by those who
remain steadfast in the absence of thoughts of harm directed outward. Practice kindness toward all animals, tiny and huge, the entire kingdom of
life on Earth such as the forests, the deserts, the beaches, and


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Basic Fizzy. 220
Lavender Bath Bomb. 221
Layered Vanilla Oatmeal Bath Bomb. 222
Bathing Salt
Relaxing Lavender. 224
Invigorating Rosemary. 225
Citrus Morning. 226
Dead Sea Salt Softener. 227
Peppermint Pep. 228
Body Scrubs
Basic Body Scrub. 230
Wake Up Body Salt Scrub. 231
Wake Up Body Salt Scrub (version 2). 232
Sensitive Skin Sugar Body Scrub. 233
Body Spray
Sunshine in a Bottle. 235
Uplifting Spray. 236
Orange Dream. 237
Conditioner
Coconut Oil Conditioner. 239
Apple Cider Vinegar. 240
Rosemary (or Chamomile) Coconut Oil. 241
Deoderant
Solid Deoderant. 243
Powder Deoderant. 244
Homemade Gel Deoderant. 245
Face Scrubs
Kiwi Sugar Scrub. 247
Vanilla Brown Sugar Scrub. 248
Soothing Lavender Scrub. 249
Lotion Bars
Basic Lotion Bar. 251
Calming Lotion Bars. 252
Masks
Break-Out Buster. 254
Break-Out Buster (sensitive skin version). 255
Sunburn Soother. 256
Mud Mask. 257
Wrinkle Reliever. 258
Mouthwash
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Tea Tree Peppermint Mouthwash. 262
Shampoo
Homemade Liquid Shampoo. 264
Simple Baking Soda Shampoo. 265
Sugar Cubes
Sugar Scrub Face Cubes. 267
Sugar Scrub Body Cubes. 268
Toothpaste
Coconut Oil & Baking Soda. 270
Baking Soda Paste. 271
Sea Salt Scrub. 272
Household
Abrasive Cleaners
Soda & Sponge. 275
Soda & Salt. 276
Air Fresheners
Simmering Smells. 278
Spray Air Freshener. 279
Diffuser. 280
All Purpose Cleaner
All Purpose Cleaner. 282
Carpet Cleaner
Liquid Castile Soap. 284
Castile Soap & Baking Soda. 285
Bring Out the Borax. 286
Dish Soap. 287
Drain Cleaner
Drain Cleaner. 289
Fabric Softener
Liquid Fabric Softener. 291
Fabric Softener Crystals. 292
Dryer Sheets. 293
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Mild Mop. 295
Extra Tough Floor Cleaner. 296
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Laundry Detergent
Liquid Laundry Detergent. 304
“Lazy” Liquid Laundry Detergent. 305
Powder Laundry Detergent. 306
Metal Cleaner
Salt & Vinegar. 308
Lemon, Flour & Salt for Rust. 309
Salt, Vinegar & Flour Paste. 310
Scented Baking Soda
Lemony Baking Soda. 312
Jasmine Baking Soda. 313
Citrus & Rosemary Baking Soda. 314
Scented Vinegar
Citrus Vinegar. 316
Tea Tree Oil Vinegar. 317
Lavender Vinegar. 318
Fir Vinegar. 319
Shoe Polish
Olive Oil & Lemon Juice. 321
Coconut Oil. 322
Banana Peel. 323
Stainless Steel Cleaner. 324
Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Tea Tree Oil Toilet Bowl Cleaner. 326
Resources
Mountain Rose Herbs. 328
Aromatics International. 328
Bulk Apothecary. 328
PubMed. 328Copyright 2014 everydayroots. To ensure you have an easy and enjoyable time navigating this book, take a few minutes to read through this
section. It will explain how everything is laid out, as well as point out a few general things that are good to know
as you go about your adventures. How it All Works
13Copyright 2014 everydayroots. comLayout
The book is divided into four sections-Health, Beauty (conditions), Beauty (recipes), and Household. Some
chapters will have a “tips & troubleshooting” section. The tips given are meant to be used in conjunction with
the remedies in the chapter. They aren’t quite full remedies themselves, but can really work to enhance the
other remedies you are using. The troubleshooting is to help work through some common problems you may
encounter when making a recipe. General Safety
A lot of these recipes involve working around heat and with hot waxes and oils. Exercise common sense, and
always be careful and vigilant. Also keep in mind that just because something is natural, does not mean it is
completely safe. Always check with a medical professional when using home remedies, and be aware of any
allergies/conditions you have, or medications you are on. Because of the risk of botulism, do not give honey
in any form to any child under the age of 2 years. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, do not try anything
without first consulting your doctor. For that matter, regardless of who you are, always get professional advice. I would really rather we all stay healthy, safe, and happy. Essential Oils
One common theme you will notice throughout this book is the use of essential oils. If you are new to the
world of home remedies or natural living, you may be puzzled by these tiny little bottles that everybody makes
such a big deal out of. They may seem exotic, hard to come by, or not worth your time or money. To this I
say they are no more exotic or difficult to order than anything else on the internet, and they are worth the
investment. Y ou may not think you are getting much for the amount you spend, but these oils are powerful,
and only a few small drops will do quite a bit. The scent you breathe when you peel an orange or a smell a rose is the essence of the plant. When that
essence is removed, it becomes essential oil. Essential oils are highly aromatic substances found within certain
plants specialized cells or glands. Some plants have them, and some do not. They are highly concentrated
substances and only need to be used sparingly to get their therapeutic benefits. There are various extraction
methods in which essential oils are obtained depending on the plant, but all ultimately allow us to take the
wonderful aroma and benefit of the plant with us. I hope to write at least a basic guide sometime in the near future on the use of essential oils that goes a little
more in depth on the use of these incredible substances. 14Copyright 2014 everydayroots. comEssential Oil Safety
Essential oils are incredibly potent plant extracts. It takes about 50 rose flowers to create a single drop of
rose oil. Because of this, I always recommend dilution before using them topically. Essential oils must be
diluted in a carrier oil, such as olive or grapeseed oil, and cannot be diluted in water-water and oil does not
mix. Essential oils are attracted to lipids (fats) and if not mixed with carrier oil will sink straight into your skin,
and possibly cause irritation. If you are uncertain about how you will react to an essential oil, you can conduct a patch test. Make a 2%
dilution of your essential oil in carrier oil (10-12 drops in 2 TBLS of carrier oil) and rub a 1 inch patch on the
inside of your arm just below the crook of your elbow. Let it sit for 24 hours. If you start to experience any
sort of irritation, rinse with water immediately, and apply some plain carrier oil to the spot. Note that pregnant
women, children, and the elderly should not go above a 1% dilution (5-6 drops in 2 TBLS of carrier oil. ) The
exception to this (for children) is the earache blend, which is at a 5% dilution. Essential oils should never be
used directly on children under age 5. Never keep undiluted essential oils in plastic containers, as they will eventually erode it. If you are using
plastic for diluted oils, try to use PET plastic, which is less prone to damage than regular plastic. There are
glass spray bottles-they are more environmentally friendly too. Cleaning Sense
Ph., or the measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, plays a huge role in cleaning. It is measured on a
scale of 1-14, with anything under 7 being considered acidic, and anything above being considered alkaline. Two common ingredients we use in cleaning are vinegar and baking soda; however they should not usually be
combined. Vinegar is an acid, baking soda is a base, and when mixed together they react and neutralize each
other. What is left over is mostly water. There are some exceptions when they are combined, such as drain
cleaning, where the bubbling and fizzing action is desired, in which case I do mix the two. Otherwise, you are
essentially rendering both useless. It’s hard to swallow when so many recipes call for them together (I made
the mistake many times in earlier days. ) but