My Daily Rind Journey of a Mom: Reflections on Health, Unschooling, and Love.

I’ve been exploring this lifestyle for 4 1/2 years. At first, I was so totally overwhelmed by all of the conflicting information, that I actually gave it all up for a while.

Then one day I had a simple but profound epiphany that basically said “all of these differing expert opinions are right! They are ALL right for THAT person!”

I realized in a deep way that the raw food lifestyle is a true calling from our inner divinely knowing selves to look to the wisdom of our bodies for the answers of what is right AT THAT MOMENT. This was a huge awakening for me and gave me the freedom to joyfully return to eating raw foods with big trust that I AM doing it perfectly for ME. I am listening to my body and hearing what it is telling me that it needs. This takes practice, but I’m improving all the time.

Most of us in this culture (U.S.) are not raised to listen to our bodies and follow those cues. We are actually quite detached from our physical natures and are bombarded with programming that perpetuates this disconnection. We’ve forgotten our divinity and have given over our power and trust to others. I share these thoughts because I believe they are relevant to the raw food lifestyle. It is challenging to stay with it at times and to always be trusting that it is the right thing.

So, I hold onto the ideas I just shared and use them as tools to remind me when I start to feel unsure.

Jonny's First Ride

The whole day has been fantastic.

I worked a little, and that was very enjoyable. Then I swung by my favorite organic produce market and ran into my dearest friend, Kori. She was effervescent with inspiration about learning to eat living foods. There was an E3 Live representative there giving out samples, so we both had a shot. I was FLYING within about 10 minutes of that shot. I mean FLYING! When Kori and I parted ways, I was literally about to dial her number to say “Are you high, or what?”, when the cell rang and it was her. I answered and she declared, “I am SO HIGH!!!” That stuff is powerful. The rep said that it gives incredible focus and clarity. I’ll say. The energy was electric. It lasted about an hour, then I felt sleepy and somewhat groggy for a short time. I need to ask Kori if she felt that too. I felt like it triggered a little detox episode for me. Short lived and no big deal.

So, I rallied the fam and we went to the park by the river so our son could ride his brand spankin’ new bike (with training wheels). He’s so dang cute and determined. After 2 times falling, he learned to feel it in his body when he was about to topple and he’d jump off the bike as it was going down. He’d pick up the bike and say “I try again.” I love that about him and I kept telling him that. His perseverance is inspiring. How often do we give up when something is too challenging or when we get hurt?

Menu for the day:

• 1 peach
• 1 cup grapes
• raw crackers with hummus, cucumber slices, and tomatoes
• a couple of handfuls of raw almonds
• kale chips (not too many today)
• glass of almond mylk
• 2 of the iced cookies I made today (they taste just like macaroons)
• watermelon (this is what we had for dinner in the park as the aroma of barbecue wafted around our faces)

Gosh, I feel like I ate so much more than that today. I’ve been full and satisfied. The almonds do that for me.

Sweet dreams,
Shawna

Arose and made wonderful, creamy almond sesame mylk and poured it over fresh peaches with spirulina for my son. He gobbled it up. Great energetic way to start the day. Then I took the pulp and made cookies with cashew orange icing. They’re dehydrating now. A trip to the garden yielded a bouquet of mustard greens and arugula. They’re still young enough to not be too bitter. A quick check in here and then off to work!

Enjoy!
Shawna