Rewilding Ourselves, Rewilding Nature

Proper stance for bowel eliminations

If you've ever heard of Daniel Vitalis you've likely already heard about rewilding. He explains his rewilding views and strategies in two 2012 interviews here and here. In essence he sees the current human race as overly domesticated, resulting in the slew of degenerative diseases we commonly see today. What have you gotten away from that the ancients got right?

What's equally interesting to me is this short documentary I came across, Rewilding Scotland, regarding rewilding nature. Of course the ancients weren't always right (massive deforestation, extinction of large predatory animals, caveman bopping their desired mate on the head...), but I can assume they did the best they could under the circumstances they were in. Sometimes that means we have to question if modern people can work with ancient history to restore our natural ecosystem.

For the bulk of my years I've felt drawn to the metropolitan lifestyle, however in the last couple of years I've been drawn into nature as my lifestyle of choice. In one sense the urban jungle does resemble the laws of nature yet for me it is one with limited clean air, positive thoughts and healthy trees. I am ready for my own sacred space where one day I would like to Juice Feast on vegetables grown from my hearty garden. Until then to fend off degenerative diseases (and rewild myself) I:

eat cultured foods

use a stool for eliminations

spend quality time in nature

eat clay

sweat

Although it is not my intent to revert to cave person lifestyle ways...if that is where all this rewilding ends up, then I want to be part of Atouk's (Ringo Starr) clan. This is a goofy movie but one I find VERY funny!

Fall's Liver Flush

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The Autumnal Equinox is Saturday September 22nd and the new moon was yesterday, Saturday the 15th. I started sipping my liver cleanse protocol daily 32 ounce organic apple juice spiked with 2 ounces of Body Ecology's fermented Dong Quai on September 9th. In the past I have freshly juiced the apples (sometimes throwing in a little beet root) and drank it raw, however I have not been strictly raw for awhile nor have I budgeted the time to make it fresh. So I buy pasteurized local organic apple juice, leave it at room temperature and allow the probiotics to work while sipping throughout the day.

 The more I clean my liver, the better I feel. Through liver cleansing I have learned how vital it is to good health. In Traditional Chinese Medicine they say the liver is connected with anger. I found that to be true. I became a much happier person once I started liver cleansing. I also had no idea how angry I was before cleaning up my liver. Before my first Juice Feast I completed a liver flush with every new moon. This year I decided to do a liver flush four times a year, precisely at the change of the season. It's one of the best maintenance preventatives I do.

Last year after my fall liver flush I celebrated living calmly amongst angry people.  This year I am excited to discover the practice of manifesting my future. I was surprised to discover Ted Andrew's "Rite of the Autumn Equinox" in Nature Speak. He describes the beauty and magic in a new and meaningful way for me.

"Autumn is the time in which Nature's energies facilitates the process of purifying one's life and for the planting of new seeds and endeavors. The fall season is a time to determine new values, and to make new decisions and goals. It is a harvesting and assessment time for what has passed in the previous year, and it is a time for setting new goals for the coming year. It is a time in which the energies influencing all of humanity are most appropriate for purifying the mind and for transmuting that which would hinder the full and highest expression of the divine within us."

So, feeling pure from the liver flush I am embarking on a week long journey to plant new seeds and manifest my future.

My New Coffee Enema

One of the best things I think I do for my health is the coffee enema. To me this says a lot because I do so many things which I think contribute to my continued health. Here's a short list: I am a predominantly whole foods organic vegan, I only use environmentally safe cleaning products, I have several Himalayan rock salt lamps (at home and work), I surround myself with beautiful houseplants, and I often make my own food to include things like sauerkraut, organic sprouts, and water kefir. Over the last few years I've done a lot of health practices to rejuvenate and redefine who I am. So, because I am always experimenting and open to new health ideas it's no surprise I have found an updated coffee enema. The surprise comes from how good I feel!

A few months ago I read somewhere how glutathione was good for the liver--so naturally the next time I was in the supplement section at the organic grocery store I purchased l-glutamine. But when I researched further I found these two were not the same things and glutathione is difficult to absorb as a supplement. When I realized this I kicked myself in the backside because I am truly trying to break the consumer habit--and I felt sucked in and disappointed yet one more time.

So, for some unknown reason I decided to try a coffee enema with l-glutamine in it. After all I had the supplement and no idea what to do with it. I felt tingly afterwards and my eyes felt alive again. I then decided to add organic powdered beet root to the mix. This is my new super coffee enema for special occasions.  When I came home Monday I was sick with detox. For the better half of the day, the only thing on my mind was getting home to my coffee enema.  As I lay on my side, I could literally feel the pain draining from my body.  I laid there in relief--humbly grateful for the new coffee enema. I came to appreciate all over again how being open to new experiences and ideas brings the greatest rewards.