Saturday, July 26, 2008

Happy July 26th-
It has been quite awhile since i haven't written in my BLOG and I found it was time.
I have been so enjoying my new food intake since getting my braces off a few months ago. I have once again been eating a LOT of salads.. YIPEE.. and perfect for summer time. I have been eating more of a plant based diet . I have decided to give up all red meat for a month or so and see how my body feels. I am still eating some organic chicken, wild salmon , turkey and eggs but have been going a few days here and there with no animal protein in a day which feels good to me. This is also much easier to do right now with the warmer weather.

I have also been reading a lot of RAW foods and a RAW food diet and attending a few classes to learn more about this way of living. I don't personally know if I could ever be 100% Raw but I am enjoying learning more about this way of eating and living. Please check out this website www.rawglow.com for more information about some upcoming classes with Cecilia. My friend Dr. Brandy Mc Cans and I have taken a class with her and really enjoyed that. Brandy has also started a group called Raw-Vacious which is about intergrating more of a whole foods/ plant based diet although you don't need to be a raw foodist to come or join. I am obviously still eating an animal based diet at this time. The next meeting is Wednesday, August 27th at Seed Restaurant (463 Sebastopol Ave) from 7-9pm. You can check out www.meetup.com for more information or e-mail me directly.

I also highly recommend a book called " The Thrive Diet " by Brendan Brazier who is a professional Ironman Triathlete and Formulator of Vega products who is an Athlete and looking to intergrate more of a plant based diet.

I woke up yesterday morning ( Friday)... and headed out to Occidental to experience another enjoyable massage by Jamaica Galloway. She is a Certified Massage Therapist but her speciality is Chi Nei Tsang. You can check out more about this at www.chineitsang.com . I always leave our sessions feeling so revived in my body. She does a special stomach massage along with some reflexology . This isn't just any stomach massage though. If you are interested in making an appt with her.. Please call her at (707) 874-1751 and tell her that I have referred you. She is worth checking out.

I also have been using some new SKIN Care products by Bethanne Wannamaker from Seattle. They are AMAZING and all Organic. Please check out her website at www.organichealing.net and tell her that I referred you . She can also make special requests for you. what a talented lady she is.


Along with taking care of myself with seeing Jamaica and using some amazing skin care products by Bethanne.. I have also been seeing Shea Baird for several colonists in the last 6 weeks or so. The one thing that I have learned about intergrating more of a plant based diet is how important Colonics are for us to incorporate into our healing process. The cleaner we become with our eating / drinking purifed waters/ using less chemicals in our household cleaners and products and products on our body.. the more sensitive we can become to the environmental polutants in the world. I HIGHLY recommend having a session with Shea Baird. Check out her website at www.shealynnbaird.com for more info.

Dan and I just celebrated our four year wedding anniversary and spent the evening at Safari West in their luxurious tents. We had an enjoyable evening and yummy dinner . We slept rather well even with the wild animals nearby. We woke up this morning and took the three hour guided tour around the grounds. It was such an enjoyable morning to be with the many wild animals . They have a baby girafee, baby lemur and many pregnant animals on their property. Please check out their website at www.safariwest.com for more information.

Life has been busy recently which I am sure all of you can relate to.. I have recently left Farmacopia where I was working part-time for four years along with seeing my nutrition/ personal training clients at Studio Fitness . It was just time for me to give more FOCUS to building my Studio Fitness Business along with Mona Vie. I have so enjoyed being a part of Mona Vie and seeing how different myself and my clients feel from adding this AMAZING nutritional beverage into their daily world.

That is all for now.. Please feel free to call or e-mail me with any response. I will be using this BLOG on a more consistent basis with new information .

Blessings to all, Marina :)