Superhero - Day 67 - Yes, you!

Eureka! I know who is a superhero! You! Me! Everyone!

Most of us don't feel like it. Most of us don't know it yet 

I read a story of a woman, author and activist, Yvonne Pointer, who has been going to prisons to speak for well over 20 years. She went with a deep vision of knowing the inner essence of the inmates. She starts by saying, "I came to tell each of you this: you are a hero." She says that the room goes silent. She continues, "there's a hero that lies within you; you've just got to take off all of that extra stuff. You're not rapists. You're not murderers. That's your disguise, the "stuff" you've put on. You've got to shed all those things that are not who you were born to be, and get to the person you truly are." She reminds them that Clark Kent had to take off his suit before he could be Superman. (From Marci Shimoff's book, Love for no Reason). 

Yvonne is love and is a superhero. Her daughter had been brutally raped and murdered at age 14.

So, I won't be calling these posts superhero posts any longer. It's like saying human, or woman or man. We are all superheroes. Everyday is a superhero day. Let's all take off this armour, these damn disguises and just be these amazing beautiful beings.

Superhero - Day 66 - on vacation

I've been sitting in the garden and reading. Oh joy!

Last week at a yoga class we were chatting about our summer chores and holidays and time spent doing what we love. I said that I felt lazy when I sat around and read all day. Many agreed. One woman though laughed and said aren't we funny that we feel reading is wasting time but cleaning and sweeping floors is productive. The dirt is only moved. That's all. It will even be back tomorrow! So wise. So true. 

I have a sign on my fridge that days: I clean house every other day. This is not the other day. 

I am reading a funny, funny book which also makes me think about getting older and how we as a society treat elderly: The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules. By Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg. 

Continue on - doing what you love. 

Superhero - Day 61 - earthing

You may not have heard of earthing or grounding yet  it's so simple. In Ayurveda it's been known for a long time time that walking barefoot in the morning dew can help eyesight and eye ailments. But now it seems we are discovering this and much more in our modern world too. Data. Yahoo! 

I have been walking almost every morning in the garden in my bare feet. I'm checking earthing out for myself. What can it do for me? And then I was sent an email about grounding with a documentary attached. I haven't found a way to send the link. You can see this documentary for free until the 8th of August at mercola.com.  Look for the article that is called: Grounding is a key mechanism by which your body maintains health. It's a full length documentary so go ahead sit on the grass and watch it.

If no time, then walk in the grass whenever you can. Concrete is grounding too. Wear all leather shoes. Lean on a tree. Touch plants.

Superhero - Day 55 - Paneer

I like making food from scratch. 

Making paneer is fun. It's like a science experiment. And I love to eat it!

My wish is to be able to buy raw milk. But alas, it is illegal. 

I took a photo of the recipe. I hope you can expand and see it. It's from Ayurvedic Healing Cuisine by Harish Johari. 

The milk curdles so fast. Wow!

I just hung it from the cupboard knob in my almond milk making bag. 

The final products, paneer and the whey. I put whey in smoothies and I am sure I will discover more uses for it as I explore. 

The paneer I put into a simple stir fry, onions, garlic and hot peppers and lastly added the paneer. So satisfying!

Superhero - Day 54 - relationship to food

Our relationship with food is here to teach us about our relationship with life. 

I've been finding out a lot about food and me. At first it was depressing. Something I couldn't ever figure out. I enjoyed a free conference last week with the psychology of eating folks. 

This website is about our relationship with food. I have enjoyed this approach. Marc David, the founder, has a free video series (they are really talks, you can listen in car or bus too). It's about issues with food, new concepts about food, challenges with food, habits, evolution of food, and more. It is very positive. It's an invention to be more aware. Health. Weight. Love. Life. It is about seeing yourself as whole. Being who we are supposed to be. 

This is a list of 10 simple strategies for changing your relationship with food. 

If you can't see it, you can download it got free off: psychology of eating.com

Superhero - Day 53 - Hercules

My first recollection of a superhero was Hercules. Re-runs of the Hercules movies were shown on television in the afternoons, after the Three Stooges. I got to watch only on days when I was home sick from school which was rare. The good guy, Hercules, always won. And against great odds and after great persecution. 

We went to see the new Hercules movie tonight in 3D. I still love those craggy faces and the muscles. I wasn't disappointed. In the end someone in the movie said that it didn't matter if you were a superhero or not. What mattered was if if you believed you were. 

Superhero - Day 51 - canoe duels