A period of cleansing on Raw Foods and fresh juices offers hope of a healthier, happier New Year! Detoxing the body and mind can heal neural pathways, helping us free ourselves of harmful habits and allowing us to set up new behaviors. This ‘re-set’ of our inner compass allows us to see the world and ourselves in new ways. As Gandhi said “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever”. I love that. Learning about eating Raw Foods has been an on going learning experience that has added passion to my life and renewed my soul.
We have almost 300 people in our Albuquerque Raw Food Meet-up now, and we held our ‘New Years Potluck’ this past weekend. We had forty guests at the Center, and many said it was ‘the best one yet’. There were fabulous dishes and many new tastes. There was an incredible buzz of interest and conversation around the foods. Discovering Raw Foods can produce that kind of enthusiasm. No gimmicks, no products, just fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds in prepared combinations made into super, super yummy dishes.
Joe and I have been hosting the Raw Food Meet-up here in ABQ every month for years. We have loved watching it expand and grow as people become more aware of these amazing foods.
This is the first year we have gone out to buy a last minute tray of wheatgrass for the event, and very flat, every blade of grass in town was sold out in both our local ‘La Montanita Co-op’ and both ‘Whole Foods’ stores. We had to beg one out of the ‘Co-op’ deli! How exciting is that, that so many people have opened up to cleansing and taking better care of themselves! We feel more than hopeful for 2012. It’s going to be the best year yet!
Next week we will be announcing our new workshop, the ‘Perfect Raw Cleanse’, to start in February. We will keep you posted!