Category: Healthy Living

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Yes, Rainbow Grocery store is THE BEST.  I am so relieved it’s still here as so many old establishments are torn down and replaced with franchises and national brands these days.  This place reminds me of Berkeley days coop stores (recall, Cheese Board) and in fact, I lived in a Co-op housing (south-side of campus) as a kitchen manager (job description?  Cooking for the residents and/or getting the cooks for all shifts and sourcing the ingredients from Central Kitchen (northside of campus) or elsewhere – recall walking across campus with a huge commercial size block of cheddar cheese as it missed the delivery target) during Cal days so … my love for coop operation (worker owned cooperative) is still alive. Not very often I make it here but I was in heaven in these isles, marveling at the choices.  Call me a hippie, I LOVE this place.  It’s a magical place …for me.

Came to purchase some Amaranth but walked away with a bit more than I came here for … Inspired by my yogini friend, I will use Amaranth for … ? what? Came upon some recipes?  After testing, will share:)

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Spring

Noticing the bloom

Sakura – Cherry Blossoms are starting to flower 

Time to celebrate 🙂  Birthdays …Thank you for the homemade fruit tart – Beautiful design of fruits celebrating the abundance of colors and fresh flavors.  

Tulip blooming

Sakura Mochi for coming of Spring …

This is Starbucks Tokyo window this March … just to look at to get ideas is enough for me.

& time to reconnect with friends we miss.  Indulging, making exceptions to the usual no sugar diet … and oddly? no weight gain ?  It’s about the metabolism and portion control when you are yoga-ing more and more.

Spring Yin Yoga – focus on cleansing and renewal – Element is Wood – Internal Organs to stimulate and care are Liver and Gallbladders – the rivers within you are no longer stagnant, taking the time to practice the sequence designed to awaken and renew.

Spring is Here.

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Healthy Living

Why pollute our body temple – our own micro ecosystem

From a yogi perspective, why would you want to pollute yours truly, one and only – sacred temple with man made smoke full of soot and harmful chemicals?

We want to detox and purify our body by tending to it and caring it, connecting our body to mind and spiritual awakening.  Why is spiritual awakening have anything to do with body and mind ?  Spiritual awakening allows us to live a more fulfilled – simply put “happy” – life because we then realize that we were put on this earth to share our essence and to serve a purpose, whatever that may be for each.  There’s a meaning to our existence beyond likes on Instagram, money in the bank, headcount to your presentation, etc. We are no longer measuring with worldly materials or ego, no longer measuring life as a performance, no longer ranking or attaching worth to the external numbers nor seeking validation from what’s external; Once we know our life’s purpose, our self-worth is derived from the inside, that inside, which in each of us, is a divine spark.

So back to “body” talk …

We had guest speakers from the country health department to educate us at a meeting I attended last night …

With usage on the rise in middle schools!!! and high schools, creating new generations of addiction ! Why? Our job is to protect our youngsters, our future.

Why do kids turn to these habits in the first place ? Because it’s a way of coping. But what if we gave them a toolbox for coping that enhances their health instead? Check out Niroga programs, headed by Executive Director, BK Bose, PhD and C-IAYT,  changing lives at many many under-served schools in America.

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So proud that San Francisco Board of Supervisors are taking a stance in the right direction in-spite of the hysterical arguments that are so mean spirited. We have to protect those who don’t have a voice, the vote or resources to be well informed. San Francisco supervisors care.