Leaves of Ass
Ah, fall. The brilliance of the colors, the crunch of leaves underfoot, and the bounty of my first gall bladder flush:
Here’s another look at one of the yields:
Nestled in the bile-stained apple skins swiped undigested from the small intestine are the treasured orange and green gallstones. They’re about the size of raisins; here’s a close-up of […]
Does NOT taste like chicken
When I first saw pictures of gallstones, I thought, Ooh! How pretty! They’re like gemstones! How cool would it be to launch designer line of gallstone jewelry? I wonder if it would catch on? Could the beauty of my innardly creations trump morbid fascination and outright disgust? Could I simultaneously rake in the bucks on both eBay and Rodeo Drive? Yes, I […]
Found creek. Lost paddle.
I now know it wasn’t a fluke that I had no womanly cramps during the workshop weekend. In preparing to do a gall bladder cleanse this weekend, I picked up Paul Pitchford’s masterpiece Healing With Whole Foods from my bookshelf. Immediately it opened up to a page on the condition of liver wind. An acupuncturist once told me I had […]
The Value of Good PR
I recently received a request, as I do from time to time, for a massage ‘plus.’ Since my focus as a massage therapist does not include ‘plus’, I politely decline the man’s request. Yet the emailer is pretty persistent, even offering me a nice sum of money for the extra ‘work’. I tell him IT’S OUTSIDE […]
The truth of seasonal affect disorder
The rains have hit. And my brain has one thing on its mind.
Meditations on a Double-Wide Butt
Ever since I packed on the pounds a few years ago, motivation for exercise has been difficult. You would think it would be an intense motivator, but fatigue, joint pain and low energy much of the time have compromised the motivation. A recent event reminds me of how motivation usually comes to us - either by a […]
The Awakening, Part 4
I’ve had a family health emergency come up this past week, hence the lack of posts. I’ve been wanting to complete my thoughts about the weight loss workshop I took, since I did title it “The Awakening,” and I have awoken to quite a lot. For instance, not since my macrobiotic days have I realized I […]
The Awakening, Part 3
Continuing on with my coverage of the emotional terrain of my weekend workshop, toward the end of it we did an exercise which reminded me of a process group I was in many years ago. Based on the encounter groups of the ’60’s and ’70’s, it was set up to encourage free expression of feelings, but twenty years […]
Banned Mastercard Commercial: Priceless
Stop me if you’ve seen this one before. It’s one of my favorites.
The Awakening, Part 2
So this workshop I keep alluding to was all about eating for pleasure, to discover a deeper sense of passion for food, in that we tend to shovel food down without regard for truly appreciating the quality and quantity we are eating. In essence, it was a Conscious Eating workshop, combined with meditation, visualization, semi-Shamanic […]
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