 MAKES 5 CUPS (1.25 L)
1 head r oasted garlic  grated rind and juice of 1 lime
2 tsp (10 mL) toasted sesame oil
3 cups (750 mL) r oasted asparagus pieces or spears, thawed if fr ozen
2 banana or Cubanelle hot peppers, r oasted and diced
2 cups (500 mL) coarsely chopped
tomatoes 6 gr een onions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup (125) chopped fr esh cilantr o or flat-leaf parsley
sea salt and pepper

1. Into a lar ge bowl, squeeze t he roasted garlic cloves. Mash garlic with
lime juice and sesame oil.2. Coars ely chop  the asparagus, if using whole spears, and add to the bowl. Stir in peppers, tomatoes, green  onions, cilantro and lime rind. Grind salt
and pepper over top and toss well to combine. 3. Pa ck into pint  (2-cup/500 mL) freezer containers or Mason jars, leaving a
1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label and freeze for up to 8 months. a s p a r a g u s  a n d  g o a t  c h e e s e  f l a t b r e a d
Whenever you use this delicious flatbr ead for an appetizer or hors d’oeuvr e,
or to accompan y soup, it will be a tasty r eminder of spring. I like the
cr eamy goat cheese and salty pr osciutto combination with that of the nutty
r oasted asparagus. Rimless baking sheet
Pr eheat oven to 400°F (200°C)
MAKES 4 SER VINGS
1 ball (5 oz/150 g) pizza dough, thawed if fr ozen
olive oil for drizzling
5 oz (150 g) cr eamy goat cheese, crumbled2 tbsp (25 mL) grated lemon rind, optional
2 cups (500 mL) r oasted asparagus pieces or Roasted Asparagus Salsa
(page left), thawed if fr ozen
6 slices pr osciutto, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces
1 cup (250 mL) baby arugula or other gr eens
sea salt and fr eshly gr ound pepper
shaved Parmesan cheese

1. On a lightly floured surface,  roll out pizza dough to about 1/4-inch (5
mm) thi ckness. T ransfer to baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle
goat cheese and lemon rind, if using, evenly over the dough. T op with
asparagus and prosciutto pieces. Drizzle with more olive oil and bake in
preheated oven for 15 minutes o r until crust is golden and cheese is bubbly
and lightly golden. 2. Remo ve from oven and top with arugula. Grind salt and pepper over top
and sprinkle evenly with Parmesan cheese shavings.S p r i n g  H e r b s
RURAL AND URBAN MARKETS  are  vibrant an d alive and, m ost
importantly, evolving to meet the sophisticated demands of their customers. Chefs an d home  cooks alike ha ve come to rely on local farmers’ markets,
farm gate sales and market gard eners to supply them with a wide variety of
fresh gr eens and herbs throughout the seasons. Herbs add depth and
richness to your preserves. I have incorporated both common and not so
well-known herbs into the recipes in each season. Some native  wild plants
are being cultivated in order to meet these growing demands without
denuding the countryside, but to be safe, ask before purchasing “wild”
plants. Poacher s have stripped and continue to strip the n ative plant
colonies, causin g serious damage to wild plant habitat and actua l extinction
in some cases. Fiddleheads
Fiddleheads (Matteucia strutbiopteris)  are the unfurled  fronds of the ostrich
fern, found growing in the wi ld from the northeastern United States to
Newfoundland and west into Michigan. The season for fresh fiddleheads
varies from region to region and from year to year, but generally they begin
to appear in markets around the beginning of May. I do not recommend
canning fiddlehe ads because the result is soft and brown, but fr eezing them
is an  excellent way to preserv e them. T o freeze fiddleheads, follow the
directions for freezing green beans ( niçoise salad ). Garlic Gr eens
Just about the t ime your stock of garlic has dwindled to no thing, local
garden garlic is sending up green, grassy leaves that give us the garlic
flavour and a w elcome hit of c hlorophyll. For about two weeks in early
spring, I  use garlic greens in sal ads, egg dishes and everywhere I might be
tempted to snip chives (see Roasted Chicken Thighs, Artich okes and New
Potatoes ). If you own a drier, you can preserve herbs, keeping their green goodness. Store fre sh dried herbs in dark airtight containers in a cool, dry place. Store
for only one year, then replace with fresh dried herbs. Right: Gr een garlic is
dried and powdered. Sorr el
If your local market gardener is growing greens, chances are he or she will
have sorrel (Rumex acetosa)  because  it is a perennial. Often puréed as a
sauce for fish, sorrel can be used wherever spinach is called fo r in recipes. Sorrel is best preserved by freezing. The sour citrus tang of spinach and
sorrel is  due to o xalic acid in these greens. If you have kidney problems be
careful t o cook sorrel and avoid mature leaves or refrain from e ating sorrel
altogether. Sweet Cicely
One of my per sonal favourites, delicate and lacy sweet cicely (Myrr his
odorata)  is usually first up in my herb g arden. A perennial herb, you w ill
find it coming through the snow in early spring. Use the chopped  fresh anise-flavoured leaves with berry jams and preserves
and in chutneys and salsas. Use the whole fresh sprigs as a  garnish or as lacy doilies for Strawberry
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        Add
sugar, 1 cup (25 0 mL) at a time, stirring until the sugar has bee n dissolved
before adding the next cup. Boil lightly, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15
minutes or until the mixture is thickened and is reduced to about 3 cups
(750 mL). Do not overboil. 6. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-in ch (5 mm) headspace. W ipe rims, top with
flat lids and scre w on metal rin gs. Let cool on a towel or wire rack. Label
and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 months. Use: Substitute Sweet Raspberry V inegar for rice vinegar in stir-fry dishes
and fruit salads. s w e e t  r a s p b e r r y  v i n a i g r e t t e
T ry one  of the nut oils—hazelnut, almond or walnut—in plac e of vir gin
olive oil in this sweet and tangy dr essing. It’ s lovely on fruit and in light
spring salads with baby arugul a and other spring gr eens. Drizzle it over
avocado, aspara gus and almonds or walnuts. It is a beautiful r e d, with just
the right amount of tangy sweetness. MAKES 1/2 CUP (125 ML)
1/3 cup (75 mL) nut oil (see above)
3 tbsp (45 mL) Sweet Raspberry V inegar ( sweet raspberry vinegar )In a  jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine nut oil and vinegar. Put the lid on
and shake well. Fr eezing Raspberries
1. Select Equipment:  Se lect suitable-size freezer c ontainers, bags or
Mason jars ( Freezing ). 2. Dry Pack
a) If  you  want whole raspberries  to decorate cakes or for use in fruit salads,
the best way to ensure that they hold their shape during freezing is to fast-
freeze them individually. Arrange washed, completely dry berries in a
single la yer, without touching each other, on a cookie sheet. Fast-freeze for
1 hour. Pack int o freezer containers (no need to leave headspace). Squeeze
out air; seal, label and return to freezer. or
b) Fill pint (2 -cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) freezer containers with
raspberries to within 3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm) of the top. Pour dry
granulated suga r over top; use 1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar per quart (1 L) of
prepared fruit. Squeeze out air; l eave 1-inch (2. 5 cm) headspace. Seal, label
and freeze. OR
Pack in Syrup


 With a careful reading, you’ll soon begin
to ask yourself questions. that have never occurred to you before. “Why am I choosing to feel upset right now. ” and “How can I make
more effective use of my present moments. ” are the internal queries
of a person moving away from erroneous zones toward self-reliance
and happiness. 4 / Your Erroneous ZonesThis book concludes with a brief portrait of a person who has
eliminated all erroneous zones and is living in an internally rather
than externally controlled emotional world. The following twenty-
five questions are designed to measure your capacity to choose
happiness and fulfillment. Go through the questions as objectively
as possible and assess yourself and how you live your present mo-
ments. “Yes” responses indicate personal mastery and effective
choice-making. 1. Do you believe that your mind is your own. (Chapter I)
2. Are you capable of controlling your own feelings. (Chapter
I)
3. Are you motivated from within rather than from without. (Chapter VII)
4. Are you free from the need for approval. (Chapter III)
5. Do you set up your own rules of conduct for yourself. (Chapter VII)
6. Are you free from the desire for justice and fairness. (Chapter
VIII)
7. Can you accept yourself and avoid complaining. (Chapter
II)
8. Are you free from hero worship. (Chapter VIII)
9. Are you a doer rather than a critic. (Chapter IX)
10. Do you welcome the mysterious and the unknown. (Chapter
VI)
11. Can you avoid describing yourself in absolute terms. (Chapter IV)
12. Can you love yourself at all times. (Chapter II)
13. Can you grow your own roots. (Chapter X)
14. Have you eliminated all dependency relationships. (Chapter
X)
15. Have you eliminated all blame and fault-finding in your life. (Chapter VII)
16. Are you free from ever feeling guilty. (Chapter V)INTRODUCTION—A PERSONAL STATEMENT  / 517. Are you able to avoid worrying about the future. (Chapter
V)
18. Can you give and receive love. (Chapter II)
19. Can you avoid immobilizing anger in your life. (Chapter XI)
20. Have you eliminated procrastination as a life-style. (Chapter
IX)
21. Have you learned to fail effectively. (Chapter VI)
22. Can you enjoy spontaneously without having a plan. (Chapter VI)
23. Can you appreciate and create humor. (Chapter XI)
24. Are you treated by others the way you want to be. (Chapter
X)
25. Are you motivated by your potential for growth, rather than
a need to repair your deficiencies. (Chapter I)
At any given moment of your life, you can choose to say yes to
all of the questions above if you are willing to repeal many “shoulds”
and “oughts” that you have learned throughout your life. The real
choice is whether you decide to be personally free or remain chained
to the expectations that others have of you. A friend of mine, Doris Warshay, after hearing one of my lectures,
wrote a poem to me which she titled New Directions. I want to travel as far as I can go,
I want to reach the joy that’s in my soul,
And change the limitations that I know,
And feel my mind and spirit grow;
I want to live, exist, “to be,”
And hear the truths inside of me. I trust this book will help you to eliminate any “worms” or
blinders that may be keeping you from beautiful new experiences
and to discover and choose your own new directions. 6 / Your Erroneous ZonesI
TAKING CHARGE OF
YOURSELF
The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment
in circumstances where others choose madness. Look over your shoulder. You will notice a constant companion. For want of a better name, call him Your-Own-Death. You can fear
this visitor or use him for your personal gain. The choice is up to
you. With death so endless a proposition and life so breathtakingly
brief, ask yourself, “Should I avoid doing the things I really want to
do. ” “Should I live my life as others want me to. ” “Are things  im-
portant to accumulate. ” “Is putting it off the way to live. ” Chances
are your answers can be summed up in a few words: Live…Be
You…Enjoy…Love. You can fear your death, ineffectually, or you can use it to help
you learn to live effectively. Listen to Tolstoy’s Ivan Ilych as he
awaits the great leveler, contemplating a past which was thoroughly
dominated by others, a life in which he had given up control of
himself in order to fit into a system. 7“What if my whole life has been wrong. ” It occurred to him
that what had appeared perfectly impossible before, namely
that he had not spent his life as he should have done, might
after all be true. It occurred to him that his scarcely noticeable
impulses, which he had immediately suppressed, might have
been the real thing, and the rest false. And his professional
duties and the whole arrangement of his life and of his family,
and all his social and official interests, might all have been false. He tried to defend all those things to himself and suddenly felt
the weakness of what he was defending. There was nothing to
defend…. The next time you are contemplating a decision in which you are
debating whether or not to take charge of yourself, to make your
own choice, ask yourself an important question, “How long am I
going to be dead. ” With that eternal perspective, you can now make
your own choice and leave the worrying, the fears, the question of
whether you can afford it and the guilt to those who are going to be
alive forever. If you don’t begin taking these steps, you can anticipate living
your entire life the way others say you must. Surely if your sojourn
on earth is so brief, it ought at least to be pleasing to you. In a word,
it’s your life; do with it what you want. Happiness and Your Own I. Q. Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very pre-
valent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is
measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write
and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations
quickly. This vision of intelligence predicates formal education and
bookish excellence as the true measures of self-fulfillment. It encour-
ages a kind of intellectual snobbery8 / Your Erroneous Zonesthat has brought with it some demoralizing results. We have come
to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges,
who is a whiz at some form of scholastic discipline (math, science,
a huge vocabulary, a memory for superfluous facts, a fast reader) is
“intelligent. ” Yet mental hospitals are clogged with patients who
have all of the properly lettered credentials—as well as many who
don’t. A truer barometer of intelligence is an effective, happy life
lived each day and each present moment of every day. If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it’s worth,
then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful adjunct
to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to re-
solve a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself,
or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelli-
gent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon
against the big N. B. D. Yep— Nervous Break Down. Perhaps you will be surprised to learn that there is no such thing
as a nervous breakdown. Nerves don’t break down. Cut someone
open and look for the broken nerves. They never show up. “Intelli-
gent” people do not have N.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
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A: The book's main theme is the importance of taking charge of one's life and thoughts, and the need to eliminate self-defeating behaviors.
Q: Who is the author of the book "Your Erroneous Zones"?,
A: The author of the book is Wayne W. Dyer.
Q: What is the author's approach to writing this book?,
A: The author has written the book in a way that is easy to understand and does not use complicated jargon, as he believes that being happy is a natural state and can be achieved by anyone.
Q: What is the author's stance on the idea that one cannot control their emotions?,
A: The author believes that people can control their emotions by choosing to think differently and not accepting societal norms.
Q: What is the main message of the book's introduction?,
A: The introduction emphasizes the importance of taking responsibility for one's life, happiness, and self-acceptance, and encourages the reader to stop blaming others for their unhappiness.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>That ad-
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 flesh. On the vegetarian plan there is not going to be that
extra measure of safety. Success will be partially dependent on the quality and freshness of the
vegetables that you use. The success of this diet also greatly hinges on the quality of the dairy you use. The higher the quality the dairy products, the higher chance you have of success. Daily Food Intake

2-4 cups of raw, whole-fat dairy per day in the form of milk, kefir, whey, yogurt, clabber, or
buttermilk. You can substitute about two ounces of cheese for every cup of dairy. Also consider
an eggnog smoothie as described in the next chapter. 2-4 ounces of raw cheese
1-4 eggs per day, either raw, soft-boiled or fully cooked
Plenty of vegetables such as provided by the Ayurvedic Green Drink (recipe provided in the
next chapter), or vegetable soup. Vitamin C-rich foods such as broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, mustard greens, cabbage,
sauerkraut, kohlrabi, liver and adrenal glands. Plenty of butter or ghee with every meal. At least once per day have something fermented such as kefir, yogurt or sauerkraut. Optional: Seaweed
You will want to focus on having concentrated vegetable sources as your dietary base. This is best
obtained from vegetable soups or the Ayurvedic green drink discussed in the next chapter. Vegetable
minerals can also be obtained from vegetable juicing if you are aware of the principles of avoiding
plant toxins from juicing. As with the other dietary programs you will want to have some form of
protein with every meal. Cheese is particularly concentrated in the important minerals calcium and
phosphorous and is a very high quality protein. Yogurt makes a great addition to meals. Make sure to
get genuine grass-fed cheese whenever possible. Be extremely careful with your use of grains in thisdiet. They must be phytate free. If you consume brown rice it must first be soaked with a starter as
described in the next chapter, and very well cooked until the grains burst open. If the vegetarian plan
fails for you consider adding some fermented cod liver oil to the diet to provide the missing
vitamins needed for success. Self Care
Healing your teeth is all about taking care of yourself. In natural eco-systems undisturbed by humans it
is easy to see how Nature provides for all of her creations. Plants and animals generally have plenty
of food and nutrients, and they do not suffer from relentless stress. Even though we are also a part of
Nature, the design and structure of our civilization is built upon the belief systems of deprivation,
competition for resources, and exploitation rather than upon a belief in abundance for all. Rather than
giving, our society takes, and then takes some more. The designs of our buildings and transportation
systems take tremendous amounts of resources to build and maintain. The government takes our money
as taxes and we can question how much of that money is being used to nurture and support citizens
and social networks. All of this taking is disharmonious, stressful and destructive. The society and world many of us live
in makes it hard for us to relax. If we can relax, however, we find it is much easier to take care of
ourselves. Taking care of oneself is in alignment with the law of personal responsibility. If you feel
unimportant, undeserving, or unhappy, it will be difficult to take good care of yourself and give your
body the food that it needs. When you truly are willing and able to take care yourself you will find
healing. Allow yourself space to make your needs important and take excellent care of yourself.Common Mistakes Made By People Who Think They Are Eating a Healthy Diet
Making mistakes in food choices is very much tied to your level of self care. When you rush too
much, or are unwilling or unable to take proper care of yourself, then you cut corners on food
selection and health problems can result. If you think you are eating in a healthy fashion but are
suffering from tooth decay, I want to remind you of some common mistakes that people often make so
that you can avoid them. Poor food quality
 – Watch out for packaged food, even organically labeled food, as it may not be
good for you. If you are a great fan of dairy products, be aware that grain-fed dairy products, even if
they are raw, can cause imbalances in some people. Get the best and freshest food you are able to
find. Skipping fat-soluble vitamins
 – I have been absolutely clear on insisting that fat-soluble vitamins are
of utmost importance in order to have strong teeth. If you skip this step, tooth remineralization will be
difficult to achieve. Too much sweet food
 – A sweet is a sweet. If you have cavities you must be disciplined and limit
your sweets. Your teeth are worth it. Natural sweets are safer than highly refined ones, but that does
not mean you can eat as much as you want and not suffer the consequences. Lack of minerals
 – Bone broth aids in nutrient absorption and is rich in minerals. Seaweed, fish and
shellfish are very rich in minerals. If you exclusively eat land animals for proteins, and they are not of
a very high quality, it is possible to run into problems from nutrient deficiencies. Make sure to get
high quality animal foods as farm fresh as possible. In addition, eating some of the animal organs will
help fill in the missing mineral gaps. Poor food absorption
 – Perhaps you are not digesting your food well. Focus on adding fermented
foods, bone broth, kefir, raw eggs, and probiotics to aid in digestion. Consider getting support from a
natural health care practitioner to help you with herbs to strengthen your digestive abilities,
particularly to clean and strengthen your liver.Cleansing and Fasting
While on the topic of food, we must discuss fasting. Cleanses can be helpful, but cleanses that involve
ingesting maple syrup or other excess amounts of sweets like fruit juice are not good for your teeth. If
your teeth are healthy then you will be fine on a short fast. I have talked with many people who tried
to cleanse or fast and their teeth have gotten worse. However for some people a very short fast of one
day or less has helped. I encourage gentle cleansing, which can be done with herbs, restricted diets,
raw eggs and vegetable juices. Watch out for cleansing or fasting if you are already very thin or feel
hungry often. Heal Your Teeth in Six Weeks or Less
Controlling tooth decay means that the decay ceases to progress and that new dentin forms. Dr. Price
believed that "well over 95 percent" of dental caries could be controlled with a painstakingly careful
nutritional protocol. Like a broken bone, your carious teeth will get strong and mend themselves. If a
tooth has a hole, pit or previous filling then that hole or pit will be strong and resilient, but it will not
likely fill in. Each time you take a bite of food, your body decides to mineralize or demineralize your teeth and
bones. 24-48 hours of following the balanced protocol, provided you have increased your fat-soluble
vitamin intake, should lead to a perceivable tooth remineralization. For example, you would feel less
tooth sensitivity, or your teeth would feel stronger. At the beginning of the nutritional protocol used on
school children, Dr. Price found that the chemical analysis of the saliva of the children showed active
tooth decay. In a period of six weeks, this same analysis showed that tooth decay had stopped. Over a
period of five months on the special diet, the status of the saliva continued to improve. 3
 You can infer
from these statistics that noticeable results should be seen in about six weeks. You can also see that
damaged teeth continue to heal long after this initial six-week phase of healing. A badly damaged
tooth could take months to mend itself. The good news is that you can heal your teeth with diet, and
getting results starts with your next meal. Chapter 5 References
1
 Price, W. A. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
8th Edition
. La Mesa: Price-Pottenger Nutrition
Foundation; 2008:506. 2
 Ibid. 6 th Edition 293. 3
 Price, W. A. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration 6th Edition. La Mesa: Price-Pottenger Nutrition
Foundation; 2004:290. * * *Chapter 6
Stop Cavities with Your Next Meal
Recipes and Meal Plans
Eating healthy is about getting in touch with your roots. Eating healthy is about what connects you to
life. It is about what connects you to the Earth and to a feeling of being well here. One way to connect
to your roots is to recall some experience of real food in your life, particularly from your past. See
what comes to mind for you right now. One example might be the memory of a family member who
cooked a traditional dish from your cultural heritage. Or for someone who has immigrated to the
United States, it would be the favorite foods from the past from your home country that were real
foods. Meals made from foods from your family’s roots evoke memories of feeling connected. Often
these homemade meals consisted of nutrient-dense dishes made with bone broths, organ meats, and
high quality fats. From my past it was as simple as my cousins who ate wild salmon every day, and
my father who would prepare a simple dinner of rice, vegetables and fish or chicken. My
grandmother would make chicken soup with the entire chicken, and


ere	there	all	the	time,	gradually
wearing	down	cellular	competence	and	creating	an	opportunity	for	disease	to
“strike.”
As	part	of	the	body’s	normal	maintenance	and	repair	process,	old	cells	are
constantly	being	replaced	with	new	ones. If	new	cells	are	not	built	with	proper
raw	materials,	they	will	be	unhealthy	and	weak. Such	cells	are	unable	to	perform
their	normal	tasks,	including	routine	repairs,	and	will	be	vulnerable	to	sickness
and	injury. Ultimately,	the	body’s	self-regulation	systems	will	break	down. Because	of	the	poor	diets	and	the	toxic	environment	in	our	society,	cells	are
often	deficient	and	toxic	when	first	created,	becoming	progressively	more	so
over	time. This	situation	is	precarious,	with	a	large	number	of	cells	either
malfunctioning	or	functioning	at	a	borderline	level. Similar	to	walking	a
tightrope,	falling	off	is	easy. Any	number	of	stressful	factors	can	affect	a	person
adversely	who	is	already	deficient	and	toxic,	be	it	a	stressful	event,	a	pathogenic
organism,	a	night	out	on	the	town,	a	physical	injury	or	even	a	lengthy	airplane
flight. Almost	any	challenge	to	a	compromised	system	can	be	the	straw	that
breaks	the	overburdened	camel’s	back. Though	painful	to	acknowledge,	disease	sufferers	invariably	(if	unknowingly)
have	made	poor	choices	leading	to	illness. In	the	case	of	sick	children,	the
parents	have	made	the	poor	choices. We	are	not	taught	that	we	have	the	ability	to	and,	in	fact,	need	to	consistently
make	meaningful	choices	about	our	health. Instead,	when	we	become	sick	we
look	to	something	outside	of	ourselves	to	explain	our	“misfortune.”	We	look	for
some	obvious	circumstance	that	can	explain	why	we	are	sick. Do	these	excuses
sound	familiar? “I	walked	outside	in	the	cold	air	and	...”	or	“So	and	so	was
coughing	and	sneezing	near	me	at	work	and	...”	or	“Everybody	at	little	Ricky’sschool	is	sick,	it’s	no	wonder	that	...”	or	“Obesity	runs	in	my	family	...”	We
are	accustomed	to	ill	health	as	something	that	mysteriously	lands	on	us. We	fail
to	see	our	own	role	regarding	its	development. When	invited	to	consider	illness
as	the	result	of	our	poor	choices,	usually	we	reject	such	a	notion. By	placing	the
blame	for	sickness	on	excuses,	we	relieve	ourselves	of	responsibility. However,	accepting	responsibility	for	our	health	can	be	enormously
empowering. The	overall	competence	of	cells—	determined	by	relative	levels	of
deficiency	and	toxicity—are	the	sole	determinants	of	health. Learn	how	to
embrace	health	and	avoid	illness	by	educating	yourself	in	how	to	make	healthful
choices	that	lower	your	levels	of	deficiency	and	toxicity	and	promote	your
cellular	health. In	Which	Direction	Is	Your	Health	Moving? Some	of	the	time	we	are	sick,	and	most	of	the	time	we	are	well. This
variability	in	our	individual	health	is	almost	exclusively	the	result	of	the	choices
we	make. In	this	fluctuation,	sickness	is	not	the	absolute	opposite	of	health. Health	and	sickness	are	not	fixed	concepts	and	they	cannot	be	defined	in	black-
and-white	terms. Instead,	consider	your	health	as	a	constantly	changing
continuum. Consider	the	balance	between	sickness	and	health	as	a	scale,	with
optimal	health	at	one	end,	and	death	at	the	other. Somewhere	in	between	is	a
diagnosable	disease. As	life	progresses,	your	position	on	the	scale	shifts,	moving
back	and	forth	all	the	time. At	any	time,	it	is	worthwhile	to	ask:	Where	am	I	on
this	scale? In	which	direction	on	this	scale	am	I	moving? The	Health	and	Performance	Scale	shown	on	the	next	page	is	simple	but
effective,	serving	to	illustrate	the	relationship	between	sickness	and	health. In
considering	this	diagram,	remember	our	definitions	of	health	and	disease. Optimal	health	(on	the	far	right)	is	that	theoretical	state	in	which	every	cell	is
functioning	optimally	and	you	are	absolutely	as	healthy	as	your	genetic	capacity
allows. This	condition	is	called
homeostasis
—when	the	body	is	perfectly	in
balance	and	continually	is	fine-tuning	itself	to	maintain	that	balance. Very	few
Americans	are	at	this	end	of	the	scale,	but	we	should	strive	toward	this	goal. Between	optimal	health	and	death	is	diagnosable	disease. In	this	state,	cellular
malfunction	is	occurring	on	such	a	large	scale	that	the	symptoms	of	a	medically
defined	disease	are	produced. On	the	far	left	of	the	scale	is	death—where	all
cells	have	ceased	to	function. The	Health	and	Performance	Scale©2002
Beyond	Health
Tragically,	more	than	three	out	of	four	Americans	have	medically	significant
cellular	malfunction—a	diagnosable	disease	of	some	kind. The	overwhelming
majority	of	us	are	somewhere	between	diagnosable	disease	and	death! Think	about	your	personal	health	equation,	your	position	on	this	Health	and
Performance	Scale. Do	you	have	a	diagnosable	disease? If	so,	you	are	located
between	disease	and	death. Even	without	having	a	diagnosable	disease,	your
health	may	be	far	from	optimal. Fortunately,	your	position	on	this	continuum	is
not	static;	it	can	change	depending	on	your	choices. No	matter	your	age	or	your	current	state	of	health,	you	have	the	power	to
change	the	direction	in	which	you	are	going	and	how	rapidly	you	move	on	the
Health	and	Performance	Scale. I	learned	this	firsthand,	in	making	powerful	life-
saving	choices,	after	it	was	declared	a	medical	certainty	that	I	would	die. I
learned	it	again	years	later,	after	witnessing	the	illness	and	extraordinary
recovery	of	an	elderly	woman. A	family	called	me	to	ask	for	help	with	their	bedridden	and	senile	mother. This	woman	was	ninety-four	years	old	and	unable	to	get	out	of	bed;	sometimes
she	recognized	her	family	and	knew	where	she	was,	at	other	times	she	did	not. Her	children	loved	her	very	much	and	did	not	want	to	place	her	in	a	nursing
home,	yet	the	burden	of	her	care	had	become	too	much	for	them. With	nowhere
else	to	turn,	they	asked	if	there	was	anything	I	could	recommend. My	reply	was,
“Probably	not.”	Given	the	woman’s	debilitated	condition,	I	assumed	that	her
health	had	deteriorated	beyond	repair. At	a	certain	point,	enough	cellular
machinery	has	been	damaged	that	sufficient	repairs	can	no	longer	be	made. Though	I	was	pessimistic	about	the	likelihood	of	any	improvement,	the	family
asked	for	my	advice	anyway. In	retrospect,	I	found	out	that	I	still	had	a	lot	to
learn	about	the	capacity	of	the	human	body	to	heal	itself. I	started	out	by	recommending	some	specific	vitamin	supplements	to	help
supply	certain	key	nutrients	to	her	cells. When	I	asked	what	she	was	eating,	the
first	item	they	mentioned	was	milk. After	years	of	study,	I	had	come	to	realize
that	cow’s	milk


renaline Dominance
There is a healthcare crisis in America that is com pletely under the radar. Almost every family is
affected by it in some way or another. It is associ ated with adrenaline, a hormone that most people
are aware of. It is best known as the “ght-or-igh t’ hormone, which is released in large quantities
whenever we are in danger. It is an extremely power ful hormone, and has signicant physiologic
effects on our body. These episodes
are usually short-lived, and as soon as
the danger passes the adrenaline
levels go back down. Adrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 3However, there is another reason the body
releases adrenaline, and it can occur
throughout the day and night for sustained
periods. The primary function of adrenaline is
to ensure that the brain has a proper amount of
fuel to operate. Anytime a low level of fuel is
detected, the body releases adrenaline which
can have a signicant effect on our health, and
certainly, on the quality of our life. prevent us from falling asleep or
staying asleep
  make the mind race
  result in bruxism (teeth grinding)
  tighten the jaw (TMJ)
  cause nighttime
urination especially around 2:30 am when levels of adrenaline are the
highest. cause restless leg syndrome
  cause anger including road rage
  be the primary cause of anxiety
  create an “over-active” bladder in women and bed-w etting in children
  be the underlying cause of ADHD in children and ad ults
  make muscles tense leading to the buildup of lacti c acid causing the pain of
bromyalgia
  cause conditions felt to be incurable such as chro nic interstitial cystitis and
PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder)
  cause weight gain
  create muscle tension in the neck resulting in tin nitus and headaches
Adrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 4Weight Gain
So far I have touched on conditions related to exce ss adrenaline that affects millions of lives. However, I have left out a condition that can have a signicant impact on a person’s life, and also
affects millions of people. What I am referring to is weight. Surprisingly, excess adrenaline might be
the number one reason why there are so many people ghting with weight gain. As mentioned
previously, other than preparing the body for dange r, the primary role of adrenaline is to provide sug ar
for the brain. The brain utilizes more sugar per we ight than any other area of the body. When the brain runs out of fuel, people experience a profound sense of sleepiness which is called
hypoglycemia. Classically, this occurs between 3-4 pm when insulin levels are peaking, or after eating,
or when people are in a car either as a driver or a s a passenger. A low level of sugar in the brain
automatically sends an alert to the adrenal glands via the sympathetic nervous system to release
adrenaline. Adrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 5Adrenaline raises sugar levels via a process called  gluconeogenesis, whereby it converts protein into
glucose. The brain can use up fuel in as little as three hours. Understandably, adrenaline levels peak
around 2:30-3:00 am, contributing to insomnia and a n urge to urinate around that time. Adrenaline
can create stress. This stimulates the release of a nother hormone called cortisol which is an anti-
stress hormone. As soon as it is released, it raises glucose levels  via a process called glycogenolysis. As a result, the
body is putting out two hormones that raise sugar –  while people are sleeping (or trying to). When it
comes to sugar, it does not matter whether you are eating it or if the body is making it, if you don’t
burn it up, the sugar is stored as fat in your fat cells. This may be the number one reason why people
are ghting weight. Adrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 6The Adrenaline Dominance Diet
It is important to have the understanding that the primary reason the body is releasing excess
adrenaline is simply to raise glucose levels for th e brain. However, by giving the brain the fuel it n eeds,
there is a reduced need to use adrenaline to provid e fuel. Accordingly, there are two fuels the brain
uses: glucose and ketones. The best source of gluco se is derived from vegetables. Ketones are
derived from coconut or MCT oil.The key to lowering adrenaline is to eliminate the underlying reason why the body is overproducing it. Since the brain uses more sugar than any other tiss ue in the body and must have sucient fuel at all
times, whenever the level of glucose in the brain i s too low, the body releases adrenaline to raise th e
sugar level. The primary approach to managing adrenaline is to f ollow a meal plan designed to feed the body, and
especially the brain, a steady supply of the proper  amount and the right type of sugar (that is, from
low-glycemic carbohydrates) plus ketones, along wit h using a bio-identical progesterone cream. Because everyone’s metabolism is different, there i s no such thing as a one-size-ts-all meal plan. Thus the following meal plan should be treated as a  set of guidelines, to be adjusted to the metabolic
needs of each person’s body and brain. Even though this meal plan specically addresses excess
adrenaline, anyone who wants to eat healthfully can  benet from it. The plan will lower any excess adrenaline that may be contributing to stress. And because the meal
plan keeps insulin production low, anyone with a we ight problem can follow these guidelines to lose
weight healthfully.Adrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 7Ketones, also known as “ketone bodies,” are byprodu cts of the body breaking down fat for energy. This only happens when your carbohydrate intake is low, and your body switches into a state of
ketosis or you consume healthy fats like coconut oil and MCT oil. Since MCT’s don’t require digestio n,
they go straight to the liver where they can be con verted into ketones. This is this why many people
report feeling a quick boost of energy immediately after consuming MCT oil.Accordingly, there are two fuels the brain uses: gl ucose and ketones. The best source of glucose is
derived from vegetables. Ketones are derived from c oconut or MCT oil.KetonesKey components to the diet
MCT oil has essentially no taste and can be added t o anything. Adrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 8Benets of Resistant Starch
When starches are digested they typically break dow n into glucose. Because resistant starch is not
digested in the small intestine, it doesn’t raise g lucose. Gut health is improved as fermentation in t he
large intestine makes more good bacteria and less b ad bacteria in the gut. Healthy gut bacteria can
improve glycemic control. Foods that contain resistant starch include: Planta ins and green bananas (as a banana ripens the
starch changes to a regular starch), beans, peas, a nd lentils (white beans and lentils are the highest  in
resistant starch), whole grains including oats and barley, cooked and cooled rice.Foods Sources Resistant starch is a carbohydrate that resist dige stion in the small intestine and ferments in the la rge
intestine. As the bers ferment they act as a prebi otic and feed the good bacteria in the gut. There a re
several types of resistant starch. They are classi ed by their structure or source. Resistant Starch
Each meal – breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime s nack – should provide
MCT/Coconut oil, low-glycemic carbohydrates, and/or  a resistant starch.Adrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 9Progesterone Cream
The only other thing needed to control adrenaline i s a 5% (50 mg per pump) progesterone cream that
is applied 1-3 minutes before eating. Not only does  progesterone block adrenaline from getting to
adrenaline receptor sites, it also blocks insulin. Controlling insulin is another way of controlling
adrenaline, since it will prevent episodes of hypog lycemia. *Be sure to apply your progesterone cream (1 pump) before meals to block adrenaline and insulin. A more extensive review of this subject can be foun d in: “Adrenaline Dominance: A Revolutionary
Approach to Wellness”. It can be found on Amazon or  on my website: www.plattwellness.comAdrenaline Dominance Diet
Page 10Personalized Nutrition
It is important to understand that everyone’s metab olism is different. There is no one size-ts-all me al
plan. For example low-carb diets do not work for th e “creative” type ADHD person. One needs to
assess what the particular requirements are on an i ndividual basis. This assessment has to include
the metabolic needs of not only the body, but the b rain as well. The brain utilizes more sugar than any other tissue  of the body. If the brain is deprived of sugar for
any reason, i.e. too much insulin production or not  enough carbohydrates, the brain will shut down. This is known as hypoglycemia. Common


 all have minds and use them constantly, we
do not know what our mind really is. We are so caught up
in the mind's activities that we do not take the time to dis-
cover what the mind itself really is. In the realm of psy-
chology, we are still groping in the dark, trying to treat an
entity whose character eludes us. Without knowing the
nature of the mind and its functions, how can we really
approach it. After all, how we perceive the mind is the
basis of any psychological diagnosis and treatment. The
problem is that to know the mind we must first know our-
selves. We must understand who we really are. Thought,
as we ordinarily know it, is a function of the ego or sepa-
rate self. A subjective personal bias colors how we look at /A 44 Ayurveda and the Mind
the mind, rendering an objective assessment of its capaci-
ties almost impossible. The first step in any true psychology, therefore, is to
understand the mind and how it works. What is the nature
of this marvelous instrument called the mind. What is its
relationship with who we are. What is its connection with
the body. What is the right function of the mind. Can we
learn to see the mind as objectively as we see our hands and
feet. Here Ayurveda and Yoga offer tremendous insights. Getting to Know the Mind
Can one imagine being put into the driver's seat of an
automobile with the engine running and not knowing
how to drive, not knowing how to use the brakes, the
steering wheel or the clutch. Naturally we would get into
an accident and, should we survive, would end up perma-
nently afraid of driving. We are in a not too different situation with our minds. Our awareness is placed in the mind when we are bom, but
we are not taught how to use the mind, its sensitivities and
emotions. We are not taught the meaning of its states of
waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. We are not shown the
comparative functions of reason, feeling, will and sensory
perception. We are left in the dark because our parents and
society do not understand the mind and how it works. The
mind is the main vehicle we use for all that we do, yet few,
if any of us, know how to use and care for it properly. We all suffer from ignorance of the nature of the mind. All problems we encounter in life are based ultimately
upon not knowing the mind and its functions. From this
primary problem, various secondary problems arise — like
how to fulfill our desires, or how to avoid what we fear —
which, however important these may appear, are merely The Nature of the Mind
the natural consequence of this basic ignorance about the
mind. For example, if we do not know how to drive a car
properly, the issue of where to go with it is not important. However, we take these derivative problems as primary or
blame others for them, turning them into social, moral, or
political issues, not realizing, that they are just one prob-
lem — not understanding the mind. From a wrong under-
standing of the mind, we develop wrong ideas about the
world and run into difficulty in our social interactions. To use another analogy, if we do not understand how
fire works, we may bum ourselves. This does not mean we
are a bad person or that fire is bad, but only that we do not
understand fire and its properties. The mind has its quali-
ties and, like fire, can be used for both good and bad. It can
provide great happiness or wreak tremendous havoc in the
world, as history has shown again and again. All psycho-
logical problems are nothing more than a wrong use of the
mind, which arises from ignorance of how the mind works. The solution to all our mental problems is to leam to use
the mind properly. This is tme whatever our psychological
problems may be. More important than any examination of our personal
or social problems is educating ourselves about the nature
of the mind. All the problems that appear so immediate
and important — like whether we will be loved or if our
friends and family can be happy — are not the real issue
and cannot be solved directly. The real issue is how to use
the most important and central instrument in our lives —
the mind itself. Learning the right use of the mind not only solves our
psychological problems, but directs us to our higher
potential of Self-realization. It leads to the spiritual life,
which is our real occupation as conscious beings. Then we Ayurveda and the Mind
can transcend the mind — which is inherently limited —
to Pure Awareness unbounded by time, space or causation. For all things in life, we must start with understanding the
mind. Mind as an Object
Though we have always had a mind, most of us have
never taken the time to observe it. Let us look at our
minds. For this we must step back internally and take the
role of the observer. We must begin to witness the mind
and its functions. 11 Imagine that your thoughts are a
stream and you are sitting on the bank watching them
flow by. Learn to see the contents of the mind flowing by,
without judgment or interference, just as you might
observe the currents or debris floating down a river. By taking such a witnessing attitude, we can easily get
to know the mind and its activities. We can perceive vari-
ous fluctuations in thoughts, feelings and impressions, and
various states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep. We
should strive to maintain our awareness in the attitude of
witnessing the mind. This is the key for learning what the
mind is. As long as we are caught up in the mind's activi-
ties, we cannot see the mind as it is, just as we cannot
observe what is going in a theater if our attention is
engrossed in the movie. Whatever we can observe, like a cup upon the table, is
an object and exists apart from our awareness, which is its
perceiver. Yet we cannot only observe external objects, we
can also observe internal objects. We can note whether our
sense organs are acute or impaired, as when our vision
begins to fail. Similarly we can observe our emotions, our
thoughts, and even our own ego, which are all fluctuating
phenomena, if we look deeply. We can observe the func- The Nature of the Mind
tions of the mind just as we can observe the movements of
our body. Just as the eye is not damaged when a cup falls onto the
floor and breaks, so consciousness is not damaged when the
contents of the mind get altered or damaged. The witness-
ing consciousness is apart from the objects and conditions
that it observes. Therefore, the first thing we observe
about the mind is that, as something observable, the mind
is an object. The mind is material and part of the external
world. It belongs to us but it is not who we really are, just
as our house belongs to us but is not us. This may be
shocking to consider, but it is really something intuitive-
ly known to us. When we speak of "my mind," we are
defining the mind as an object that belongs to us and not
as ourselves. The mind has a material structure, a set of observable
energies and conditions. This is not to say that the mind is
a gross object like a stone or that it is an organ in the phys-
ical body like the brain, or that it is merely chemical in
nature. The mind is not physical matter, but it is matter of
a subtle nature, ethereal and luminous. As an organic enti-
ty, the mind has a structure, a cycle of nutrition, an origin
and an end. The mind is invested with a certain quantum
of energy that produces various tangible effects. Just as we can both see and use our hands, so awareness
can perceive and use the mind. But this requires a very
high state of attention. It requires detachment from the
mind, which means detachment from the mind's activities
and interests. Mind as an Instrument
The second important fact about the mind, which fol-
lows from the mind's material nature, is that the mind is Ayurveda and the Mind
an instrument or tool. The sense organs themselves are
instruments — the eye an instrument of seeing, the ear an
instrument of hearing, and so on. Similarly, the mind that
works to process sensory information is itself an instru-
ment. The mind is a means of deriving information from
the external world. The mind is the main instrument we
use to function in life. The mind is an instrumentality of
knowing devised by Cosmic Intelligence to allow for con-
sciousness to gain experience. The mind is the ultimate
machine, the best computer, the highest organization of
matter possible, which allows for the material world to be
cognized. Notice that we are speaking of the mind, not the brain. The brain is the physical organ through which the mind
works. We are not conscious of the brain itself or its struc-
ture. We are only conscious of our actual thought process. The mind is not the brain, but is more subtle. The brain is
the vehicle for the mind and mirrors its operations, but the
mind is not limited to the physical apparatus of the brain,
any more than a person is limited to his shadow


 matter how much you abhor the thought of what you don’ t
want materializing into your life, you will act upon those thoughts and more
of what you don’ t want will keep showing up. When you stop giving ener gy
to what you don’ t want, you will see yourself changing to a faster and
consequently more spiritual ener gy. Here’ s how to change this old habit. When you find yourself thinking a thought that focuses on what you don’ t
want, no matter how insignificant it might be, remind yourself that you will
ultimately act upon that thought and it will materialize into your life. Stop
yourself right there, and silently ask yourself, “What do I want?” That is,
instead  of thinking that your arthritis is going to get worse, which is
precisely what you don’ t want, change the thought to an intention. “This
arthritis is going to disappear from my life completely.” Eventually, slowly,
but surely, you will begin to act upon this new intention, which is a faster
energy, and this new intention will become your reality. You will do
whatever you have to do to avoid suf fering with your arthritis. Y ou will not
complain about it, because you are no longer thinking of it as a problem, so
you can’ t complain. And miracle of miracles your body, which is a system
of ener gy, will react to your thoughts as well. As has been said many times,
“Your biography becomes your biology.”
But more important, you will be putting your ener gy on solutions by
removing the problem first from your mind and then your body as well. For
instance in a parking situation, your thoughts shift from “There will
probably be no place to park” to “I’m looking for my parking place.”Suddenly you’ve stopped looking for no place to park, and the ener gy
changes to accommodate you. I am using the word intention  here quite intentionally. I am not suggesting
you keep your thoughts on what you want, because if you do, you will
manifest a state of wanting for yourself. I am suggesting you move up the
ladder from wishing to asking, to intending, and finally to passion. What
you intend in your thoughts with passion, you will act upon and ultimately
create. The secret lies in the continuous reminder to yourself to first stop the
outward verbal expression of what you don’ t want; second, catch yourself
and examine the thought behind that expression; and finally, shift to an
intention of what you will be creating for yourself, even if you don’ t know
how you will create it, because ultimately you will act upon it, or you will
access higher, and faster, universal powers to provide you with the
solutions. Here is an example of how I had to recently employ the above suggestions. On returning from a speaking engagement in Puerto Rico I arrived in my
hotel room in Chicago at 2:03 P.M. I was extremely hungry and telephoned
room service to order a sandwich and some juice. I was informed that room
service closed at 2:00 P.M., and would reopen at 5:00, so there was no way I
could get anything to eat for three hours. I pleaded with the woman on the
telephone, reminding her that it was only three minutes past two, couldn’ t
she just send up a sandwich. She wouldn’ t budge. T wo o’clock meant just
that; 2:00, not 2:03. My first conditioned impulse was to get upset. “How
can they treat me this way, I’m a paying customer. I haven’ t eaten all day, I
don’t deserve this.” I headed out the door for the elevator to find the
manager and tell him how disappointed I was by this kind of treatment. As I closed my hotel room door I remembered what I had just spoken about
to one thousand people in Puerto Rico the day before. “Don’ t put your
thoughts and life ener gy on what you don’ t want.” Which was precisely
what I was doing. I was thinking about how stupid this was, how upset I
was, and most absurdly, not getting something to eat. I immediately went
through the three steps I outlined above, and I decided to put all of my
thinking ener gy into what I wanted and what I intended to create.All I wanted was a sandwich, and I started seeing myself getting a sandwich
and let go of my anger and thoughts about being outraged and mistreated. “I
will get a sandwich,” I said to myself, and I hardened my will. As I emer ged from the elevator with a new resolve and spiritual ener gy
dancing in my head, I noticed that straight across the lobby there was an
entire buf fet of food being cleared by a waiter. I calmly walked across the
lobby and began chatting with the man clearing the food. W ithout realizing
it I had the program from Puerto Rico in my hand. The man said to me in a
pronounced Spanish accent, “Y ou’ve been to Puerto Rico, I’m from Puerto
Rico.” I told him I had just arrived and had spoken to a lar ge crowd just
yesterday. We talked some more and then I asked him the key question
which was the basis of my inner intention, “Could I possibly make a
sandwich from this buf fet and char ge it to my room?”
His response was immediate and definitive. “Y ou spoke in my hometown. I’ll make you the best sandwich you’ve ever tasted.” A few minutes later he
emer ged with a huge sandwich wrapped in napkins and two glasses of fresh
orange juice that he refused to let me pay for. “It was so nice talking to
someone who was just in Puerto Rico. It reminded me of home. Enjoy your
lunch on me.”
The moment I took my ener gy of f what I didn’ t want, and put it into what I
intended to create, the universe conspired with me in a synchronistic
fashion and I was able to create the result of my higher/faster inner ener gy. I
recommend that you employ this technique at even the most dif ficult of
times around things that you may have become conditioned to believe you
have no control over. Recently my brother was telling me about all the people he was meeting
who had prostate cancer. “It’s like an epidemic,” he said. “Three guys down
the street, two at work, all in the past week or so.” My immediate response
to him was, “I will not think thoughts of prostate cancer.” When a friend
who had recently had a hip replacement due to rheumatoid arthritis told me
that with all my running I was a perfect candidate for a hip replacement, my
immediate response was, “I will not have a hip replacement. I don’ t do
rheumatoid arthritis.”When you make these internal intentions you will not only act upon them,
but you will put your body into a state of prevention and health as well. Y ou
move up from 20,000 cycles per second to the faster spiritual frequencies
by keeping your ener gy of f what you don’ t want, and on what you intend to
create. If you think about what you don’ t want, and you act upon your
thoughts, then you will attract what you don’ t want into your life, like it or
not! Sending your ener gy to what is. Here is another reason why it is so dif ficult
for people to become problem eliminators and attract into their lives what
they want. It is very easy to spend your ener gy on the circumstances of your
life, or as it is put here, on what is. Again, back to our theme, what you
think about expands. If you place your ener gy on what is, you will see more
of what is continuing to show up in your life because you will act upon your
thoughts of what is. Even if you detest the circumstances of your life, and
you hate the conditions that you are experiencing, if you place your ener gy
on what it is that you despise, you will act on those thoughts and those
conditions which you despise will continue to manifest into your life. This is one of the most troubling ener gy areas to change lar gely because
you have very likely been surrounded by people who complain and whine
about their life circumstances all of the time. Let’ s say you have very little
money, as an example, and you label yourself as poor, underprivileged,
unlucky, unfortunate, or lower middle class. Any such label will do. How
much time do you spend thinking and talking about being poor,
complaining about the circumstances under which you are forced to live,
whining about the shortage of money, finding fault with the politicians who
are responsible for your life of scarcity? All of this is ener gy, slow/low
energy, but nevertheless it is the precious currency of your life that you are
expending on what is. Keep this statement in mind if you are in this
category of scarcity consciousness: You cannot manifest pr osperity fr om
thoughts of I hate being poor. You will act upon this thought and you will
create more and more of hating being poor in your life. Saint Paul reminded us that “God is able to provide you with every blessing
in abundance.” What is required of you is a shift from the ener gy of what is,
onto the ener gy of what you want, and what you intend to create. Everytime your thoughts are on the circumstances of your life which you dislike,
make


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excellent and very nourishing recipes, where you will replace wheat flour
with ground nuts or nut flour (the same thing) and instead of sugar you will
use unprocessed natural honey and dried fruit. In the recipe section you
will find a number of different delicious recipes. Elaine GottschalFs book
will provide you with many more wonderful recipes, and if you have access
to the Internet, you will find even more on: www. scdiet. org
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A: Start with a small amount (one to two tablespoons) and monitor for any adverse reactions, gradually increasing the amount if tolerated.
Q: What type of milk is recommended for making yoghurt?,
A: Goat's milk, as it contains less casein and different types of fats, making it more digestible.
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steaming until a knife goes through easily. Alternatively you can buy*
already cooked beetroots (in water, not in vinegar!). Grate the beetroot through a coarse grater. In the food processor chop together the walnuts,
garlic and prunes. Mix well with the grated beetroot. Add salt, mayonnaise
and mix. Enjoy with meats and vegetables. Tuna salad
200g canned tuna in its own juice or water
1 large  onion
2 large carrots
2 hard-boiled eggs
mayonnaise
Drain the tuna and mash with a fork. Chop the onion finely. Cook the car
rots. Peel and chop the hard-boiled eggs. On a flat dish put a layer of tuna (use half the tuna) and top it up with
half of the chopped onion. Cover with mayonnaise. Grate one carrot on top
and cover with mayonnaise. Make a layer of one chopped hard-boiled egg
and cover with mayonnaise. Repeat with the same layers of tuna, onion,
carrot and egg. Decorate on the top with some dill or parsley. Make sure
that every layer is well covered with mayonnaise. Salad with cabbage and apple
loog of white cabbage
i large apple
'h cup of home-made yoghurt or cremefraiche
1 teaspoon of honey
a pinch of salt
2 table-spoons of raisins
Grate the cabbage. Peel, core and grate the apple. Slightly fry the raisins in
butter to make them soft. Mix honey and salt with yoghurt. Mix all ingredi
ents together. Salad with tomatoes and cucumber
2 tomatoes
% or a long cucumber
i stick of celery
spring onion
dill or parsley
salt Cut cucumbers into lU cm thick slices. Cut tomato into mouth-size pieces
and slice the celery into small pieces. Sprinkle with salt. Chop the spring
onions, dill and parsley. Mix all ingredients and dress with cold pressed
olive oil. Russian salad
lh long cucumber
1 large carrot cooked (steamed)
loog cooked meat or sausages (leftovers are good)
1 onion
2 hard-boiled eggs
2 tablespoons of sauerkraut (optional)
fresh dill and/or parsley
'Is teaspoon salt
mayonnaise
yoghurt or cr&mefraiche
Cut cucumber and carrot into small cubes. Cut the meat and/or sausages
into small cubes. Finely chop the onion. Peel and cut the eggs into small
cubes. Finely chop dill and parsley. In a separate pot mix mayonnaise and
yoghurt in equal proportions and add salt Mix all ingredients together. Carrot salad
i large carrot
i tablespoon of raisins
i tablespoon of coarsely chopped walnuts
yoghurt
Slightly fry the raisins in butter to make them soft. Finely grate the carrot. Mix the carrot, raisins, walnuts and yoghurt. 3. Soups
I strongly recommend to making your soups based on a home-made meat \
stock. Meat stock aids digestion and has been known for centuries as a!J
healing folk remedy for the digestive tract. Also home-made meat stock is ;
extremely nourishing, it is full of minerals, vitamins, amino-acids andl various other nutrients in a very bio-available form. Do not use commer
cially available soup stock granules or bouillon cubes, they are highly
processed and are full of detrimental ingredients. Once you have made your meat stock, it can be frozen or it will keep well
in a refrigerator for at least a week. You can make soups, gravies and stews
with this meat stock or warm up a cup of it to give your GAPS patient as a
drink with meals or between meals. If you make sure that you always have
some meat stock in your fridge, you will find that it is very easy and quick to
make nourishing meals for your GAPS child or adult and the rest of the
family. You need meat and bones to make a good meat stock. Beef, lamb, pork,
game, poultry and fish are all highly suitable and will make stocks with dif
ferent flavours and different nutritional compositions. So, make sure that
you alternate between different meats to provide a whole spectrum of
nourishment. Bones and joints are particularly important as they enrich
the stock with the kind of nourishing substances which meat alone cannot
provide. In fact it can be very inexpensive to make a good quality meat
stock as you use the parts of the animal which butchers usually give away
almost free. The meat and bones can be fresh or frozen and there is no
need to defrost them prior to cooking. Apart from bones and meat all you
need is a large pot full of water and a bit of salt and pepper. How to make a meat stock
Lamb, pork, beef or game
Put the joints, bones and meat into a large pot, add 5-10 pepper corns, add
salt to taste and fill it up with water. Heat up to a boiling point. Cover the
pan, reduce the heat to a minimum and simmer for 3 hours at least. The
longer you cook the meat and bones, the more they will "give out" to the
stock and the more nourishing the stock will be. Take the bones and meat
out and pour the stock through a sieve into a separate pan to remove any
small bones and pepper corns. Chicken stock
Put a whole or half a chicken into a large pot, fill it up with water, add salt
and heat it up to boiling point. Simmer for 1V2-2 hours. Take the chicken out
and put the stock through a sieve. Keep in the refrigerator. The chicken,
cooked this way is delicious and can be served for dinner with vegetables
and a hot cup of your freshly made chicken stock. Fish stock
To make a good fish stock you need bones, fins, skins and heads of the fish,
not the meat. So buy your fish whole, cut the meat off to cook as a separate
meal and use the rest of the fish to make your fish stock. Your fishmonger
can do all the trimming for you. Put the heads, bones, fins and skin of the
fish into a large pan, add 8-10 pepper corns and fill the pan with water. Bring up to boil, reduce the heat to a minimum and simmer for i-i7 2 hours. Add salt to taste at the end of cooking. Take the fish out and sieve the stock. Take the meat off the fish skeleton to use for soup making. The basic soup recipe
To make a soup bring some of your home-made meat stock to the boil, add
chopped or sliced vegetables and simmer for another 20-25 minutes. You
can choose any combination of available vegetables: onion, cabbage,
carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, pumpkin, courgettes, marrow, squash, leeks,
etc. If you are planning to blend your soup, then you can cut vegetables
roughly into any size pieces. If you prefer to have your soup without blend
ing, then make sure that you cut or dice your vegetables into nice small
pieces before cooking. If your meat stock was made with lamb, pork or
beef you can add a handful of dried French or Italian mushrooms for a
wonderful flavour. It is customary to crush the dried mushrooms by
hand before adding to the soup. At the end of cooking add 1-2 table spoon
fuls of chopped garlic, bring to the boil and turn the heat off. Blend with
a soup blender until smooth unless you planned to have it without
blending. You can serve your soup with any combination of the following:
• some chopped parsley, coriander or dill
• hard-boiled egg cut into pieces
• a spoonful of your home-made goat's yoghurt or creme fraiche
• cooked meat cut into small pieces


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 a six-week meditation training
experienced improved immune system functioning. The students in a
control group, who received only educational information about stress
without the inner technique, showed little to no physiological or
psychological improvement (Pace et al, 2009). Unpublished research studies during the 1980s, for which I served as
clinical advisor, showed a greater ef fectiveness of inner techniques in
contrast to purely medical methods of stress reduction. The medical
methods such as progressive relaxation have a positive ef fect; however, the
ameliorative ef fect on heart rate and blood pressure is greater and more
sustainable if inner mechanisms are consciously applied. These scientific results will not be surprising to people who have
learned to use inner technologies such as the letting go technique, which is
a process of internal surrender that can be applied to any and all situations. They report that they are better able to handle stress because they are
calmer in dif ficult situations after learning how to let go of negative feelings
as the feelings arise. Kinesiologic T esting
Kinesiology or muscle-testing is a rewarding subject for studying the direct
relationship between the mind and the body. The basic testing procedure is
now relatively widely known and is both highly informative and simple to
learn. Diagnosticians use kinesiologic methods to test the balance of the
acupuncture system, the acupuncture meridians, and the overall functioning
of the body’ s bio-ener gy system. Kinesiology deals primarily with muscle-testing, as sudden drops in
bio-ener gy are indicated by rapid weakening of the body’ s musculature. This response can be elicited by any negative ener gy that comes within the
aura (vicinity) of the bio-ener gy system. The stimulus may be physical,
such as artificial sweeteners, fluorescent lights, synthetic foods and fabrics,
and certain rhythms produced by heavy metal or rap music groups. The
most notable stimulus for our understanding is, however, the immediate
weakening ef fect of a negative thought or feeling. A negative thought orfeeling instantly weakens the body and cr eates an imbalance of the body’ s
ener gy flow. Because this kind of muscle-testing so beautifully and dramatically
illustrates the connection between mind and body, it is worth the ef fort to
know of the procedure and to experience it personally; therefore, we will go
into some detail about the testing procedure itself, which is extremely
simple and requires only two persons. It is important to note that both the
tester and the one being tested must be over the consciousness level of
courage (calibration of 200) in order to obtain accurate responses from the
testing procedure (see Appendix B ); that is, those who are dedicated to truth
are shown the truth. Kinesiologic T esting T echnique
The test subject stands with one arm stretched out to the side and raised to
shoulder height. The second person serves as a tester. Using two fingers, the
tester presses down quickly for a few seconds on the back of the testee’ s
wrist to get a feel for muscle strength. At the same time that the tester
presses down, he asks the test subject to resist with all his strength. It is
important in doing this that the tester does not smile at the subject, and there
should be no talking or music at that moment. It is best to have the test
subject view a neutral object such as a blank wall or shut the eyes. After
several trials, the tester will get a feel of the strength of the subject’ s
muscles. For the demonstration, simply have the subject think of an emotionally
unpleasant situation or hold in mind an unpleasant person. While the
subject holds that unpleasant thought in mind, the tester presses down again
for a few seconds to test the strength of the subject’ s arm, which is still
being held out horizontally. At the same time, the test subject again resists
with all his strength. It will be observed dramatically that there is a sudden
major weakening of the deltoid muscle which, with testing, will indicate a
loss of about 50% of muscle strength. Now have the subject think of someone he loves and re-test. He will
instantly go strong. This is a dramatic and highly valuable phenomenon to
experience and witness. The test can be repeated with various negative
objects held in the subject’ s other hand, in their mouth, or placed on the
crown of their head or at the solar plexus. T o do this, have the subject look
at a fluorescent light or a television commercial at the moment of testing, ortest the dif ference between the ef fect of classical music versus heavy metal
or rap music; homemade bread versus machine-made bread; sugar versus
honey; synthetic fabrics versus cotton, wool or silk; junk food versus
or ganic health food; synthetic vitamin C versus or ganic rose hips vitamin C. Additional tests can be done for individual reactions to diet sodas,
cigarettes, soaps, favorite foods, and other objects with which we come into
frequent contact. As various objects and the ef fects of thoughts and feelings are tested, it
soon becomes obvious that everything in the universe has a vibration and
that the vibration has a strengthening or weakening ef fect. For instance, to
demonstrate the weakening ef fect of a negative ener gy food such as
artificial sweeteners, it is not necessary to place the food in the mouth. It
will have the same weakening ef fect if placed in the opposite hand or on the
top of the head. When a person uses the mechanism of surrender and lets go of a
negative feeling, the muscle testing we have described will change from
weak to strong. As negative thoughts or belief systems are surrendered, they
no longer have the power to deplete our ener gy. This is a basic law of consciousness: W e ar e subject only to what we
hold in mind. The body will respond to what we believe. If we believe that a
certain substance is bad for us, then it will usually test weak with muscle
testing. The same substance will make another person who believes that it is
good for them strong. What is stressful to us, therefore, is primarily
subjective. Muscle testing is responsible to unconscious belief systems as
well as conscious ones. T esting often reveals that a person unconsciously
feels or believes the opposite of what they think they consciously believe. The person, for example, may consciously believe they want to heal but
unconsciously be attached to the payof fs of illness. A simple muscle test
reveals the truth of the matter. The Relationship of Consciousness to Str ess and Disease
As we have seen, stress proneness and vulnerability are directly related to
our general level of emotional functioning. The higher we are on the scale
of consciousness, the less we respond with stressful reaction. W e can take a
simple incident from everyday life and illustrate the dif ferences in
reactivity. Let’ s say, for example, that we have parked our car and, just as we get
out, the car parked in front of us backs up into our car with a thud. Our
bumper and the front of the fender are dented. Here is what the dif ferent
levels of consciousness might sound like:
Shame : “How embarrassing. I’m such a lousy driver. I can’ t even park a
car. I’ll never amount to anything. ”
Guilt : “I had it coming. How stupid I am. I should have done a better job of
parking. ”
Apathy:  “What’ s the use. Things like this always happen to me. I probably
won’ t collect on the insurance anyway. There’ s no use talking to the guy. He’ll just sue me. Life stinks. ”
Grief:  “Now the car is ruined. It will never be the same. Life is grim. I will
probably lose a bundle on this one. ”
Fear : “This guy is probably furious. I’m afraid he’ll hit me. I’m afraid to
talk back to him. He’ll probably sue me. I’ll probably never get the car
fixed right again. Car repair people always rip me of f. The insurance
company will probably get out of this one, and I’ll be the one left holding
the bag. ”
Desir e : “I can make a bundle on this one. I think I will hold my neck and
fake a whiplash. My brother -in-law is a lawyer. W e’ll sue the pants of f this
idiot. I’ll get a settlement on the highest estimate and get it fixed at a
cheaper place. ”
Anger : “The damned idiot. I think I’ll teach this guy a lesson. He deserves
a good punch in the nose. I’ll sue his pants of f and make him suf fer. My
blood is boiling. I feel shaky with rage. I could kill the bastard. ”
Pride : “Look where you’re going, you fool. Oh God. The world is full of
such bumbling idiots. How dare he damage my new car. Who the hell does
he think he is. He’ s probably got cheap insurance; thank God mine is the
best. ”
Courage:  “Oh, well, we’ve both got insurance. I’ll take down the data and
handle it okay. A nuisance but I can handle it. I’ll talk to the driver and get
it settled out of court. ”Neutrality:  “These things happen in life. Y ou can’ t drive 20,000


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 Points of Power

• Love is not weak, feeble, or soft. Love is the positive force of life! Love is
the cause of everything p ositive and good. • Everything you want to be, do, or have comes from love. • The positive force of love can create anything good, increase the good
things, and change anything negative in your life. • Every d ay, in every moment, you make the choice whether to love and
harness the positive force or not. • The law of attraction is the law of love, and it is the law that is operating
in your life. • Whatever you give out in life  is what you receive back in life. Give
positivity, you receive back positivity; give negativity, you receive back
negativ ity. • Life doesn 't happen to you; you receive everything in your life  based on
what you've given. • Whether your thoughts and feelings are good or bad, they return as
automatically and precisely as an echo. • People w ho have great lives thi nk and talk about w hat they l ove more
than what they don't love'
 • T alk about the good news of the day. T alk about what you love. And bring
w hat you love to you. • Y ou have an unlimite d ability to thin k and talk about what you love, and
so you have an unlimited ability to bring everything good in life to youl
• Love, because when you love you are using the greatest power in the
universe. The Power of Feelings

"Feeling is the secr et." (Neville Goddar d 1905 1972)

Y ou'r e a Feeling Being
From th e moment you are born,  you are always feeling somethi ng, and so is every
other person. Y ou can stop your conscious thoughts when you're sleeping, but you
can never stop f eeling, because to be alive is to feel life. Y ou are a  fee ling "be ing"
to the core of you, and so it's no accident that every part o f your human body is
created so you can feel lifel
Y ou have the sense of sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch, so that you can feel
everything in life. They are "feeling" senses, because they enable you  to feel what
you see,  feel what you hear, feel what you taste, feel what you smell and touch. Y our entire body is covered with a fine layer of skin, which is a fee ling or gan, so
you can feel everything. How you feel in any one moment is more  important than anything else, because
how you feel right now is creating your life. Y our Feelings Ar e the Fuel
Y our thoughts and words have no power at all in your life without your feelings. Y ou thin k so many thoughts in a day that don't amount to anything because many
of your thought s don't elicit a strong feeling within you. It's what you feel that
matters! Imagine your thoughts and word s as being like a rocket ship, and your feelings as
the fuel. A rocket ship is a s tationary vehicle that can't do  anything without fuel,
because the fuel is the power that lifts the rocket ship. It's the same with your
thoughts and words. Y our thoug hts and words are vehicles that  can't do anything
without your feelings, because your feelings are the power of your thoughts and
words! If you think, "I can't stand my b oss," that thought is expressing a strong negative
feeling you have abo ut your  boss, and you're  giving out that negative feeling. As a
consequence, your relationship with your boss will continue to get worse. • I f you think, " I work with so me fabulous people in my job," those words are
expressing the positive feeling you have about the people you work with and you
are giving out that positive feeling. As a consequence, your relationships with
your work colleagues will continue to get better. "The emotions must be called upon to give feeling, to the thought so it will take
form. " (Charles Haanel 1866 -1949)

Good and Bad Feelings
Like everything else in life, you r feelings can be either positive or negative; you
have good feelings or bad feeli ngs. All good feelings come f rom love! And all
negative feelings come from a lac k of love. The better you feel, like when you feel
joyful, t he more love you give out. And the more love you give, the more you
receive. The worse you feel, like when you feel despair, the more negativity you give out. And the  more negativity you give, the more negativity you receive back in life. The reas on you feel so b ad with neg ative feelings is because love is the positive
force of life, and negative feelings don't have much love in them! The better you feel, the better life gets. The worse you feel, the worse life gets until you change how you feel. When y ou feel good, your thoughts are automatically good too. Y ou cannot feel
good and have negative thoughts at the same timel Likewise it's impossible for
you to feel bad and have good thoughts at the same time. How you feel is an exact ref lection, a precise measure to the finest degree, of what
you are giving out in any mom ent. When you feel goo d, you don't have to b e
concerned about anything else because your thoughts, words, and actions will be
good. Simply by feeling good you are guaranteed to be giving love, and all of that
love must come back to you! Good Means Good
Most pe ople un derstand how it feels to feel good or really ba d but don't realize
they are living wi th negative feelings a lot of the time. People think that feeling
bad mea ns feeli ng extreme negativity, such as sadness, grief, a nger, or fcar, and
while fe eling ba d does include a ll those fee lings, n egative feelings  come in many
degrees. If you feel "okay" most of the time, you may thin k that feeling "okay" is a positive
feeling because you don't feel really bad. If you've been feeling really bad and you
now fee l okay then most certain ly feeling okay is far better than feeling really bad.But feeling okay most of the time is a negativ e feelin g, because feeling okay is not
feeling good. Feeling good means feeling good! Good feelings mean you're happy,
joyful, excited, enthusiastic, or passionate. When you're feeling okay, average, or
you're n ot really feeling anything much at all, then your life wil l be okay, average,
or not much at all! That is not a good life. Good feelings mean you feel really
good, and feeling really good is what brings a really good life! Love
Gratitude
Joy
Passion
Excitement
Enthusiasm
Hope
Satisfaction
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Bor edom
Irritation
Dissappointment
W orry Criticism
Anger Hate
Envy Guilt
Despair Fear
 "The measur e of love is love without measur e." (St B ernar d Christian Monk And
Mystic 1090 - 1 153)

When you're feeling joyful, you are giving joy, and you'll receive back joyful
experiences, joyful situations, and joyful people, wherever y ou go. From the
smallest experi ence of your favorite song playing on the  radio to bigger
experiences of receiving a pay raise - all of the circumsta nces you experience are
the law of attraction responding to your feeling of joy. When you're feeling
irritated, you're giving irritation, and you'll receive back irritating experiences,
irritating situati ons, and irritating people wherever you go. From the small
irritation of a m osquito, to the bigger irritation of your car breaking down, all of
these experiences are the law of attraction responding to your irritation. Every good feeling unites you w ith the force of love, because love is the source of
all good feelings. Feelings of enthusiasm, excitement, and passion come from
love, and when you feel any of them con sistently, they give you a life filled with
enthusiastic, exciting, and passionate things. Y ou can harness the power of a good feeling to the fullest by turnin g up its
volume. T o turn up the volume of a feeling, take char ge of it and deliberately
intensify it so you feel as good as you can. T o amplify enthusiasm, revel in the
feeling o f enthu siasm; milk the feeling for all that you can by feeling it intenselyl
When you feel passion or excitement, revel in those feelings and intensify them by
feeling them as deeply as you can. The more you amplify your good feelings, the
greater the love you give, and the results you will receive back in your life wiLl be
nothing short of spectacular. When you're feeling any good feeling, you can also amplify it by looking for
things you love. Before sitting down to write thi s book, each day I spent several
minutes amplify ing my good feelings. T o amplify my good feelings, I thought
about all the t hings I love. I counted the things I love nonstopone after the other:
my family, friends, home,


ayama is ef fective not only throughout the sacred window
but through a mother ’s entire life. Nadi shodhana, or alternate-nostril breathing (described in detail at this
page ), is a stabilizing breathing technique that can be practiced as often as
needed, with as many repetitions as desired. After a few days of practicing
using your hand to close the nostrils, you can continue this practice without
the hands, using your consciousness to direct the prana alternately in and
out of the nostrils in the same pattern. Prana (life force) flows where
consciousness directs it. This pranayama is the ultimate balancer, balancing
all the hormones in your body. Ujjayi breath—the “ocean-sounding breath” practiced during many
yoga asana classes—is a calming breathing practice that enhances prana in
the body. This pranayama technique simply involves taking a deep inhalethrough the nose then exhaling out the nose with a slight constriction at the
back of your throat. Your inhales and exhales will sound like soft ocean
waves. MAMA  MARMA  THERAPY : Marma  therapy ( marma chikitsa ) is Ayurveda’ s
pressure-point healing system, an ancient bodywork technique that accesses
marma points—the anatomical locations where muscles, joints, ligaments,
bones, nerves, and veins meet—through touch. Marma points are also the
intersecting points of the more subtle channels in the body that carry mental
and emotional impressions. They are access points into the flow of
consciousness, where mind-body connections take place. These points,
which are located on the skin, are used for communicating with deep tissues
and or gans. The thumb (relating to the element of ether and thus limitless
consciousness) is used to apply pressure to specific points to treat dif ferent
diseases (“dis-eases”) or imbalances in the body. Marma is especially useful postpartum when abhyanga massage is
contraindicated. Special circumstances where you would receive marma
instead of abhyanga would be strong emotional shifts, respiratory
congestive issues, and cesarean sections. In these cases, marma would be
more rejuvenating, restoring, and healing for mama than abhyanga oil
massages. You may have heard postpartum women talk about frequent crying. Crying a lot (from emotions such as grief, frustration, or anger) is an
indication of excess vata or pitta carrying the emotions to the surface. If this
is the case, marma therapy will encourage deep rest and restoration. Marma can be given by an Ayurvedic practitioner or an Ayurvedic
postpartum doula, or it can be self-administered. POSTPARTUM HERBAL SUPPORTS
The following is a deeper look at some of your postpartum herbal supports,
as well as a few important additions to your list.PANCHAKOLA  GHEE : Panchakola,  meaning “five spiced,” is a traditional
herbal formula made by infusing ghee with black pepper, ginger, pippali,
pippali root, and chitrak. A heaping spoonful of this medicated ghee should
be taken immediately after giving birth as the first food that you eat. The
combination of the spices stokes your digestive fire, and the ghee allows the
medicine to penetrate into the deep tissues of your body. This ghee should be served on top of every meal for at least the first ten
days of your sacred window, starting with 2–3 tablespoons per meal and
slowly reducing the amount over time as your digestion increases. Panchakola ghee can be prepared by your Ayurvedic postpartum doula;
otherwise, check the resources list in the back of the book for places to
order online. DASHAMULA  TEA : Dashamula, a tea made of ten roots, is used in Ayurvedic
postpartum care to alleviate vata dosha in the nervous system. During your
sacred window, dashamula helps your body to digest ama, increase strength,
relieve pain, reduce tension and anxiety, promote calm, and generally
restore health and well-being. Dashamula also aids in strengthening the
uterus after childbirth. Take it as a strong tea, twice a day, every day for
forty-two days. You can find the recipe on this page  and information on
where to order dashamula in the resources list at the end of the book. SWEET  WATER  LACT ATION  TEA : Sweet water lactation tea is a staple beverage
used in traditional Ayurvedic postpartum care practices. This simple
formula can be started immediately after birth and drunk every day for the
entire sacred window. It can also be supportive beyond the sacred window
in times you may feel your milk supply dropping. The tea is simply ⅔
teaspoon fennel seeds and ⅓  teaspoon fenugreek seeds in 8 cups of water—
according to Ayurveda, fennel and fenugreek are some of the best herbs for
supporting lactation. Bring the water to a boil and let the seeds simmer for
five or ten minutes. The seeds can then be strained out and the tea can be
poured into a couple of thermoses. Keep these thermoses near your bedside
table and nursing station, and drink them throughout the day.HERBAL  CHEWING  MIX : Many digestive spices are likely to already be in your
kitchen cabinet: chapter 8 gives directions for an herbal chewing mix
created from fennel seeds, sesame seeds, unsweetened coconut flakes,
turmeric, cardamom, clove, ginger, and mineral or black salt (see this page ). These are all known to support good digestion, and thus overall well-being
for mama and babe. Beginning two or three days after the birth and
continuing for forty-two days (or as desired), take a teaspoon of this mix
after savory meals twice daily. GARLIC : Garlic, well roasted in ghee, supports agni, and thus appetite,
digestion, lactation, grounding, and immunity. It also greatly minimizes the
risk of infection and generally speeds up the post-birth recovery process. See the “Garlic Chutney” recipe on this page. SHATAVARI : The herb shatavari (described more in chapter 9) is a beautiful
post-birth breast milk enhancer that also rejuvenates the body in a deep
way, strengthens and nourishes the tissues, and balances the hormones and
moods/emotions. Shatavari is traditionally used to maintain the healthy
production of female hormones. It supports a healthy immune system and
assists in both physical and mental digestion. It is sattvic (pure,
harmonious) in nature, calms the mind, and promotes love and devotion. You can add shatavari to milk tonics (see this page ), warm smoothies, or
any cookie or laddu  recipe—half a teaspoon is a suf ficient serving. Begin
using shatavari eight or nine days after the birth, when digestion is stronger,
and enjoy for the rest of the postpartum time or longer. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
CESAREAN BIR TH: Everyone and every body is dif ferent, so the time
frame for a mama’ s sacred window is simply a recommended amount of
time. But as a general rule, in the case of a cesarean birth the mother will
need extra care and longer time to heal than with a vaginal birth—after a C-
section, the postpartum window traditionally extends to eight weeks.Ayurvedically speaking, when thinking about the healing needed for the
mother, we look at the qualities of the birth. A cesarean birth has increased
exposure to an environment that aggravates vata. The operating room is
cold and bright; the sur gical instruments are cold, sharp, and penetrating; air
can become trapped in the abdomen; and the hospital setting can be
unfamiliar, and therefore unsettling. Being mindful of the fragile state you may be in after this type of birth,
the following are considerations about “extras” to keep in mind for your
care:
Extra fragility. After undergoing a major abdominal surgery, you will
be in an especially vulnerable state. Following a cesarean birth, you
can receive marma therapy for the first two weeks, and then
abhyanga massages can begin, avoiding the incision site until it is
fully healed. Extra mobility support. Especially within the first few days, you
may need support walking, sitting up, holding your baby, getting out
of bed, sitting on the toilet, getting into and out of the shower, and
any other necessary movement. Extra nutritional considerations. Rebuilding agni is essential after
a cesarean, as it is for all postpartum mothers, but following a C-
section, the amount of fat and oil (ghee) in agni-building recipes
should be reduced. Excessive oleation can inhibit the reconnection
of the tissues at the incision sites. Extra care for mentally digesting the experience. Come to
peaceful terms with your birth story. This is especially necessary for
mothers who have undergone an emergency C-section rather than a
planned one, but it is relevant for all postpartum mothers. Share your
thoughts and feelings with your support person. Extra attention to swelling. IV fluids can sometimes cause extra
swelling in the body, and this is