Spring Cleaning

Put away the mop, stow the suds- I'm cleaning with fruit! Today marks the first day of my 3day fruit cleanse. I have actually been looking forward to this part- remind me of that if I start to complain!

So far on the 40day program, we have been incorporating presence, vitality and equanimity through diet, yoga and meditation. It has been wonderful. As far as food goes, I have certainly gained a greater appreciation of where my food comes from, how it got to me, what it provides me and how thankful I am for it. I have consciously taken 'time out' for eating, making sure not to be doing anything else while eating- like talking on the phone, reading, etc. I have envisioned the life of my food, and its journey to my plate. I have realized that for some foods, I don't even know how it grows- is it on a vine, a tree, underground, in a bush? That's pretty scary- a true epiphany of how far removed I have been from my food.

My favorite part about eating has been the imagination of the energy and life that my food has been charged with, and in turn will charge me with! The honest truth- food has never tasted so good! Like bananas, for instance- how did I ever eat one before without noticing their heavenly taste. And mangos? I'm carried away to tropical paradise.

For the next three days, I will revel in fruit nirvana while contemplating my first "cleanse." What new light will it shed for me? Don't know, but I'm pretty stoked about it. And I don't even have to break out the vacuum.