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Advanced Vibrational Alignment Is

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:39:00 +0000

some of you have asked why, on my facebook, it says advanced vibrational alignment in my profile, so here's what that's all about .

to me advanced vibrational alignment means a lot of things.

it means thinking clearer and letting go much more easily.

it means you stop counting synchronicities and serendipitous occurrences because they happen with such regularity that's it's somehow not worth mentioning, yet you still celebrate silently in your head because it's a great barometer of where you're at emotionally.

which is where we're vibrating, and which is where our attraction point is at.

advanced vibrational alignment means i spent time here ~ that is ~ in a good place emotionally, before i got in a good place emotionally in real life, living out of my imagination and not depending or even looking that much at other things, by taking my focus off pretty much all external factors, for my mood.

moods are the same thing as vibrational energy. or you could say, emotion.

those moods and those emotions are also completely adjustable by me, and by everyone else. it takes work, but it takes less and less as you go on and practice.

basically you just veer towards what brings you emotional relief, so that no matter how far you are from feeling good, you know where you are, and make the conscious decision to head back towards joy and happiness.

it means finding all manner of things you forgot you wanted but you're amazingly glad to find *now* i'm talking pictures, loved and cherished pieces of nostalgia; sentimental things you forgot that you forgot you had.

for me it's meant finding and receiving, and receiving some more. so many things ~ including people. take a look at this:

My friend Bernadette and I were hugging each other good-bye. Neither of us liked the feeling of having to say our goodbye ~ we were only six years old or something.

Seeing her face look so sad made me feel like she was expressing how I should be feeling, and I felt pretty bad. We'd played a lot of House and Dolls and School/Teacher, and now it was all ending.

I'll never forget how the moms' voices sounded. Really sing-songy, but kind of forced. They were coaching us on what to say in a way that was clear they didn't realize we knew.

"Say, 'good-bye...don't worry, I'll see you again'" one of the moms chimed. I think it was mine.

I wasn't sure how i felt, I just knew that my friends beautiful, kind big brown eyes seemed sad in a way i'd never seen before, at least not in a fellow little kid. I felt some kind of responsibility to help her out, but I was going thru the same thing, it was helpless.

We were mates, we took ballet together, and gymnastics and tap dancing lessons. We hung out at each other's house. Our moms and our dads were respectively best friends with each other.

I remember that so well because in that moment I was making a vow that I would in fact see her again. So saying it was no problem. It seemed like the most relieving thought to think, so I went with it.

Thru the years I remembered to think about that little goodbye at least once every two or three years.

I'd picture what Michelle would look like now, even written published articles online about that time in the Philippine Islands ~ where our Air Force dads were stationed ~ where both our mothers and relatives were from... *so* cut to now, decades later...and

I saw the name of my friend's mom online. she'd sent me a request to be friends on facebook just a few days ago. The recognition of her name was instant, so I knew it was someone I knew a long time ago, but I was fuzzy whether it was *the* Bernadette's mom or not. Just at first.

Click thru to her facebook page and I see her son. He was even younger than my friend and i were, but i knew it was him.

I immediately said his name to myself right at the same time i verified that when i saw the name tags in the picture.

Two frames later, boom! There's Bernadette... and she's exactly the way I'd pictured her... (I wanna thank my imagination for the excellent age progression graphics. those were presented so realistically ;)

My friend Bernadette, far right

so all this means for me, is realizing that i'm experiencing a much larger number of things happen where ~ the coincidence is more meaningful than ever. that's like having lemon with your main dish for dinner or adding salt and pepper to it, till it is exactly the way *you* like it.

every interaction seems more and more delicious and richer than the last in every possible way imaginable.

it means as i write this, after having listened to funny, delightful, esther hicks speak hundreds of times over the last few years and layering those listening sessions in the last few months, i get this sort of nudging to look up a song i haven't heard in years.

nevermind how the song is sung. it's sweet, i actually always thought it was cute. but look at the words. considering how much i enjoy music, i'm surprised i never thought to look it up or listened to it at all since whenever it came out, it's the lyrics that are knocking me out!

see if you can guess who i think the message is coming from:

Come take my hand
You should know me

I've always been in your mind
You know that I'll be kind
I'll be guiding you

Building your dream
Has to start now

There's no other road to take

You won't make a mistake
I'll be guiding you

You have to believe we are magic
Nothin' can stand in our way

You have to believe we are magic
Don't let your aim ever stray

And if all your hopes survive

Your destiny will arrive

and bring all your dreams alive
For you

From where I stand
You are home free

The planets align so rare

There's promise in the air
And I'm guiding you

Through every turn I'll be near you
I'll come anytime you call

I'll catch you when you fall
I'll be guiding you

You have to believe we are magic
Nothin' can stand in our way

You have to believe we are magic
Don't let your aim ever stray

And if all your hopes survive
Your destiny will arrive

I'll bring all your dreams alive
For you

i'm not gonna lie, i was super stoked to see the words underneath the video. (i looked the song up on youtube). in my mind, it's definitely coming from the vortex version of me. or the vortex itself.

that's just the name esther has developed for the sort of vibrational equity we all accumulate over putting up with what we don't want.

pretend swirling next to you is a mini-tornadic, cyclonic vortex, that contains all and every thing you've ever asked for, in perfect detail.

you ask not out loud, necessarily, but vibrationally in your experiencing things unwanted.

we vibrationally ask for improvements and ideal situations based on knowing what we don't want. *that's* the vortex.

at first i thought it might be my spirit guides, since like i'd said i'd been asking for clear communication from my inner me. by the time i'd read thru it a second time, i just felt really sure it's from me. the future me, if you will.

for the last two or three days i've really gotten to a deeper place in my meditation... check it out, i thought it would be better if i gave myself the handicap of meditating to noise. while on thirty minute commutes, waiting in line in stores, outside, just everywhere, the more difficult the better.

for all the effort i invested getting myself into alignment with who i really am, over and over, moment by moment, i have to let you know... it's worth it.

check out esther's videos in the video bar section of this site on the right. and you know i'll be just as excited to hear your stories like this. it just reaffirms everything good i thought could happen.

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noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:44:00 +0000

We've long outgrown the need for dyeing Easter eggs in our family, but here're some cute recipes for doing it naturally ~ Happy Easter Holiday!

:D))

"For Lunch?" "My Makeup Thanks"

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:27:00 +0000

Ok so this exempliefies what I was saying here, about keeping in mind that what you put on your skin is just as easily absorbed thru the skin system, the largest organ of all.

The womyn below is called Megan Elizabeth, and she shares fun things to do in a practical way. Her channel features informative videos completely worth watching.

Had the opportunity to meet the rawtastic Megan online, and we immediately agreed to collaborate in the near future for the mutual benefit of all our readers. So this video is a great companion to my article and you're getting visuals to go along with the ideas.

Check out her youtube channel. When your lunch mates ask what the plans are for lunch, don't be surprised to hear yourself saying "Oh no I'm good, I just had some of my mascara earlier, thanks..."

How fun right? Experiment around... let me know what you think too. I welcome all kinds of comments and appreciate everyone for the support, especially our readers around the world.

Thank you Brazil, Rome, Portugal. Thank you to Denmark, Malaysia, Hungary and India! Thank you Lithuania, London, everyone in the States. We exist for you.

Meet 80/10/10 Athlete Freelee

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:42:00 +0000

The first time I saw this ray of light called Freelee, I was floored!

Something about this womyn enthralled me right from the git-go. For starters, it seemed her health jumped out at me before anything else. I love those moments where you know what they mean when they say Beauty is Truth. It's so true.

Maybe it was the washboard abdominals. Or it could have been the fact that she actually encouraged people to eat! I was hooked, and have been ever since.

I highly recommend you join her site, by clicking on the links below, as well as all of the people you meet in this blog. Do sign up for their programmes, as I will always only bring you the best ;)

It's such a pleasure and a privilege to be able to share this with my dear readers.

The first interview in our "Low-Fat Raw Vegan Athlete" series.

“I tried a high-fat raw vegan lifestyle but just felt so sluggish and depressed. I wasn’t obtaining enough carbohydrates to meet my energy requirements, so I began to binge on sweet foods. Yes I felt better than when I was on a standard diet but still not great, and it wasn’t sustainable. When I switched to high fruit, the heavens opened! I felt like a new person; I knew I had found the answer!”

ATHLETE BIO: Freelee (she uses no last name) has always been active. Having grown up on a farm, she had to be—there was always work to be done. Although she wasn't as healthy as she could be, she was a champion sprinter in school, never losing a single sprint race in her primary school years. She did gymnastics from an early age, began kick-boxing at age 10, and took up ballroom dancing, as well. Always with a keen interest in fitness, she became a personal trainer at the age of 21. She took up running again around the same time, but only casually. She has also done years of weight training and ashtanga yoga. It wasn't until going 100% low-fat raw vegan that she began racing competitively again. Says Freelee, “I used to be a power athlete, because I didn't have the energy to be an endurance athlete. Now my endurance is so great that I'm no longer scared of competing in half marathons! Last year I completed in about 18 running races, and in 2011 I hope to top that, and to improve on my personal records.”

Tell us about yourself: your age, where you live, your job, your family, and the like.

I’m 30 years old. I don’t have a permanent address as I’m constantly travelling the World. I probably spend most of my time on the Gold Coast, Australia . I am currently doing my dream job as an online Fruititionist (a term I coined, for which you can look up the definition at UrbanDictionary.com). My website is www.TheFruititionist.com. I am also the co-creator of www.30BananasaDay.com with my partner Durianrider, so this keeps me very busy!

Do you eat 100% raw vegan?

Yes; low-fat raw vegan.

How long have you been eating the 80/10/10 way?

About 4 years.

Why did you choose this path?

Firstly to improve my health. I had terrible digestion and skin, and a candida overgrowth. I also wanted to improve my fitness levels, appearance, and mental state. These days animal rights is now another major reason I follow this lifestyle.

Describe your journey to 80/10/10 from the diet you were raised with, to the other dietary approaches you tried, to how you learned about and came to embrace veganism, to where you are now with 80/10/10.

I grew up on a farm where we often grew organic fruits and vegetables. I was fortunate enough to have a small banana plantation at my doorstep! Dad always used to measure our height against the banana bunch and encourage us to eat a banana every time we passed the bunch hanging in the kitchen. Unfortunately we also drank a lot of milk from our cows and ate a lot of fish, because we lived in a fishing community.

My health was never fantastic, I was active on the farm but always a little depressed. My skin and digestion was quite bad also but my health really started to decline when I moved into the city. Suffering from low self-esteem and poor health. I tried various diets and weight-loss drugs, which just resulted in more sickness, weight gain, and desperation. I got involved in the drug scene and became a regular user of ecstasy tablets and other amphetamines. During this time I was bingeing and purging. I had a bout of anorexia and bulimia, which I wrote about on my blog in two parts.

I came to my wits’ end in early 2006 after a trip to the Greek Islands . I ate all sorts of junk food over there and came back looking and feeling like a fat depressed blimp. My digestion and skin was worse than ever, and I lacked so much balance within myself that I was bordering on suicidal.

As a personal trainer, I was disgusted with myself. I was meant to be fit and healthy, vibrant and inspiring ... I was anything but. Largely motivated by desperation I started to pull my life together. Through my work with various clients I realized that exercise was just one aspect of health and optimal nutrition is also a crucial factor when it came to getting great results … and I certainly wasn’t giving it enough attention. I had mentally turned a massive corner and started down the road to recovery. Although I had heard of the raw food diet many years prior, I had not fully explored it. I began by scouring every library I knew for books about the raw food lifestyle. There were hardly any. The first book I found was Raw Energy by Leslie Kenton. It was a good introduction but recommended only 75% raw ... I wanted more.

Next I read Natalia Rose’s The Rawfood Detox Diet. Unfortunately, Natalia’s prescription wasn’t a sustainable option, so I kept searching. Eventually I was put onto Dr. Doug by my friend Nadia at a raw food picnic and ended up eating bananas only for ten days. During those ten days I experienced such a massive shift in my health and well-being that I couldn’t go back. I knew this lifestyle was the answer for me.

After spending thousands of dollars trying different diets like Aurveyda, the Blood Type Diet, The metabolic-typing diet, Atkins ... I had finally found my Holy Grail! I remember one day seeing a Gastrointerologist for 15 minutes, which cost me around $250! All he could tell me was that my gut was inflamed and that a new drug was coming out soon that would relieve it. I was SO over it all by then that I just shook my head and walked out.

Today I feel so connected to my food and to myself. I no longer look at food like the enemy or want to restrict it all the time. I eat with abandon and feel amazing as a result. Fruit isn’t a panacea for all challenges we face in life, but it certainly plays a MAJOR part in healing what ails us.

Aside from the health aspect, there is the ethical side. Although initally I went vegan for my health, now my animal friends play a huge part in why I follow this lifestyle. There are just endless positives to being low-fat raw vegan (LFRV). Even if I got ill (which never seems to happen anymore), I would never go back to eating animals. Quite simply put: animal lovin' ain't shovin' 'em in the oven!

Were you sick before going raw?

Yes. I suffered with chronic candida overgrowth, acne, blurred vision, urinary tract infections, cracked mouth corners, terrible ulcers, STDs, severe digestive distress, chronic fatigue syndrome, and depression.

Does your partner eat the way you do?

Yes, he does. We met over the Internet on a raw food forum!!

Has eating an 811rv diet changed how your family (household) eats?

I live only with my partner, and we eat the same. However, my mum and brother are now both vegans as a result of my influence.

Give us a sample of your daily diet and lifestyle routine.

It’s pretty simple, really: my diet is about 97% of calories from fruit, 2% from greens and 1% from nuts and seeds, over the course of the year.

Exercise of course plays a vital role in maintaining optimal health. I make sure I always keep my body guessing to avoid fitness plateaus. My runs are always different: sometimes I do hill sprints, other times I do runs of 15 kilometers or more. I recommend people find a sport they love and do it regularly and make sure they incorporate adequate rest as well.

Isn't that too much fruit?

No. I sometimes find it challenging to eat enough! However my record is 50 small bananas in one day.

Do you ever have cravings for cooked foods or gourmet high-fat raw foods?

Rarely! If I undereat on fruit regularly (which means less than 2,500 calories a day) then cooked food can start to smell appealing but never irresistible. On very rare occasions only I do have some salt-free raw flax crackers, but that is the extent of my gourmet indulgences.

Besides diet, food, and nutrition, what other lifestyle factors do you find most important in supporting you in following 811rv?

Balancing computer time with outdoor time. Getting enough sleep and making sure I’m in bed before 10 p.m. Drinking enough water so my pee is consistently clear. Exercising regularly and maintaining meaningful relationships. I would also like to add visualization. It’s been an integral part of my success on this lifestyle, meaning I regularly visualize myself succeeding in certain areas before I do—like a dress rehearsal.

Do you ever wonder whether you're getting enough (protein, calories, micronutrients of your choosing)?

No, because I make sure I eat enough calories and a broad enough spectrum of fruits to meet all my unique nutrient needs.

What are some of the personal benefits (excluding athletic performance) you've experienced since transitioning to an 811rv diet?

Clear skin, easy to maintain weight, happier disposition, life purpose became more obvious, fitter, excellent digestion and elimination, more meaningful relationships.

I also rode solo across Australia , over 3000 kilometers on my bicycle, in June 2008 to spread the raw food/vegan message—which I documented on my blog at http://sweetjuicyfreelee.com.

Compare for us your experiences eating a low-fat raw diet versus the popular high-fat version? How do you view the two differently?

No competition there. For me a high-fat diet of any kind is bad for health. I tried a high-fat raw vegan lifestyle but just felt so sluggish and depressed. I wasn’t obtaining enough simple sugars to meet my energy requirements, so I began to binge on sweet foods. Yes I felt better than when I was on a standard diet but still not great, and it wasn’t sustainable. When I switched to high fruit, the heavens opened! I felt like a new person; I knew I had found the answer!

How have you found it socially to eat this way?

At first I felt a little deprived and still wanted to go to restaurants with friends, but I quickly got sick of that and realized it just wasn’t worth it. I then began attracting more meaningful relationships and social engagements. Now I enjoy raw picnics and parties, conscious interaction, no hangover to deal with the next day, no diar-rear, no stomach cramps, acne or lethargy! Now why would I give that up for a meal of “stucko” (cooked foods that gets stuck inside me!)?

How have your family and friends reacted to your dietary choices?

Since I went low-fat raw vegan in January of 2007, both my mum and brother have become vegan. My mum is very high raw and can definitely see the merits in 100%. She has watched me blossom since adopting this lifestyle and is very supportive. My dad eats vegan when I stay with him, so he is also very supportive!

How have others in your sports community reacted to your dietary choices?

My colleagues have mixed opinions. Most of them concede that eating fruits and greens is healthy, but they worry about protein. The funny thing is most can’t even tell me how much protein their current diet is giving them! But they’re mostly supportive, to my face anyway!

Can you tell us about some difficult realities of eating an 811rv diet in a world of SAD eaters?

Going to restaurants can be challenging if you want to maintain that style of living. I certainly don’t. Finding RIPE fruit can be very difficult sometimes. It’s SO easy to walk down the street and buy whatever cooked food you want, but to find a ripe banana is almost impossible. Composting all the fruit scraps can be challenging too, especially when house sitting in suburbia!

Have you had success finding ripe fruits when traveling?

Yes, because I do my homework and travel ONLY to places where ripe fruit is easy to find.

How long have you been vegan?

Since January of 2007. (Wow! I love knowing it’s been that long!)

Do you find yourself frequently debunking myths or inaccuracies about veganism?

Yes, one being that you can't be a fit vegan! I'm the fittest of my life as a vegan! Also the common “You don't get enough protein on a vegan diet”:I just flex my biceps and say, “Yeh right, then where did these guns come from?”

What about veganism appeals to you?

Compassion, sustainability, peace, respect, love, tasty food. The thought of putting a piece of another animal’s flesh in my mouth totally makes me want to gag. It's just so easy to be a vegan that there is no excuse to support an industry (meat & dairy) that brings about so much pain and suffering in the world. One thing that always rings true for me is that animals want to live JUST as badly as we do, and what right do we have to decide their fate?

Are there things about being vegan that you find challenging?

The lifestyle is EASY, but being surrounded by people eating animals can sometimes be challenging. Also sometimes feeling helpless towards the plight of our animal friends on this planet—never feeling like I’m doing enough to help them.

Describe a typical day of training.

At the moment I’m actually rather sedentary because I’m working on the computer a lot. Still, about five times per week I do a 6- to 15-kilometer run. My current goal is to incorporate regular weights and yoga sessions into my days. I feel my best when I am my fittest.

How do you meet the demands of your training through your nutritional choices?

I make sure I eat enough fruit!

When training through periods of maximum exertion, what do you eat, and how much per day, typically?

I eat lots of “Dateorade” (blended dates and water) and regularly eat over 3,000 calories from fruit a day.

Can you tell us about any overall athletic performance improvements you've noticed since adopting 811rv?

I used to run 10 km in about 60 minutes. Now I run it in under 47 minutes!

What are some of your most notable recent athletic achievements while maintaining a strict 811rv diet?

My first half marathon in 1:48 minutes. Riding my bicycle solo over 3000 kilometers in the middle of winter, eating 100% 811rv.

What athletic goals do you have moving forward?

To do a half marathon in under 1:45 and a 10 km in under 45 minutes. It will happen! I’m only new to consistent running and competitions, but I can see myself achieving these goals on this lifestyle.

How did you learn about Dr. G and 811rv?

I came across it on a raw-food discussion group online, and one of the comments really caught my attention. Someone mentioned the volume of fruit he ate something like 10 bananas, 10 mangoes, etc. That caught my interest, as I love fruit and the rest is history.

What do you imagine is the future of vegan athletics?

Drug-free fruit-fueled vegan athletes taking over the Olympic scene. I can see more and more top athletes adopting a vegan/raw vegan lifestyle.

How did you learn about Dr. G and 811rv?

I heard about Dr. Graham on rawfood.com. A guy on there was insulting him and his teachings. Little did he know that he was doing some great advertising for Dr. D. and the 811 lifestyle!

What is your personal opinion of Dr. G's book, The 80/10/10 Diet?

Amazing. Seriously, I’m not a religious person, but The 80/10/10 Diet is my bible. I never lend it out, because I refer to it constantly and often read it for inspiration. Every person on this planet should have a copy; better still, it should be a part of the school curriculum.

Have any particular points or messages in The 80/10/10 Diet stuck with you, above all else?

Make sure you keep your fruit intake HIGH (by counting calories), and keep your fat intake LOW. When I fell off the wagon in 2007, I wasn’t doing either.

Do you think people on a tight budget can do this diet?

Yes, definitely. Go to farmer’s markets; buy in bulk; forage fruit from neighborhood trees. Once we make health our priority, we can afford this lifestyle easily. Plus, we spend so much less money on supplements, medications, doctor/naturopath visits, and the like.

Looking back, is there anything you would change about how you transitioned to 811rv?

No, because I am where I am today because of how my past unfolded, and I am grateful for that. I’ve learned from the mistakes I made, and the main one was definitely not eating enough calories from fruit.

Do you plan to change anything or do anything differently with your 811rv regimen, going forward?

I tend to eat more toward a 9/5/5 ratio, which means keeping my fat intake at around 5% of daily calories. I find this works best.

What one piece of advice would you give a newbie to 811, or someone who is looking to refine their program?

If you want to succeed on this lifestyle, then make sure you get enough calories from fruit!! Aim for a minimum of 2,500 calories if you are a female and 3,000 calories from fruit if you are a male. Be patient with your results. Seek out the people getting the results you desire, and emulate them. I recommend getting a raw food mentor too. You can check out my mentoring site and services on www.TheFruititionist.com.

Is there anything you'd particularly like to share that hasn't been asked?

If you are reading this and currently sitting on the fence about whether or not to go raw vegan, take it from me—it is well worth it! Read my blog articles for extra inspiration (http://sweetjuicyfreelee.com/blog-articles). If you are really struggling to go low-fat raw vegan, then take me on as your Fruititionist! You can contact me at gimmefruit@gmail.com

Give the lifestyle a go before you knock it!

Allow Your Good

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:22:00 +0000

"No-one is a nobody. I was once a teenager in art school. God blessed me and opened a door for me."

-- Keith Richards

humble acorn...

Everyone is someone who matters. We all have the acorn seed of the mighty oak tree within us. We all have the ability to satisfy the desire to grow into more than we are.

Sometimes on this journey called Life I want to skip ahead, fast-forward, rewind to something else. But more often these days it's pretty good to practice being Here. Now. Again. And again.

I want to give up. I want to keep going. I want to surge ahead of myself.

There's a part of me that knows I can do the things I want to do, and another part that doesn't. It's quite easy in these times to get overwhelmed. Very easy to feel frustrated if you let it.

But then I try to quiet my mind. I try to let go. And just Be. Here... Now.

Have you ever felt like there's plenty to do but not enough time? As in the opposite of being bored. I'm not talking about your to-do list for the week or the month. I'm talking your bucket list to-do list. I get that a lot.

In those moments, I've found it really useful to breathe deeply, counting out the exhalation. And then, in that moment of stopping the internal voice, you can feel that you've somehow managed to let go.

What that does more than anything is allow you to Allow.

There's such great help to you in that!

Again, as I always say, don't take my word for it. Try it.

By just taking even two minutes in the bathroom if it's all you've got to spare, you'll find that things get better than they were two minutes before. I'd like to add it helps to have faith.

It allows the source of All That Is to bring to you all the things you've asked for in every moment of living with what was unwanted. It draws to you the very things you wanted that you forgot you asked for.

It lets God bless you. Or the Universe, Source, or whatever you choose to call it. Nevermind *where* you are. It's how far you've come that counts. Relaxing into letting go nets you stuff you can't imagine.

No matter who you are or where you are, you can have doors opened for you, many that you never knew existed. Just like my buddy Keith! ;)

... mighty fine oak!

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noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:30:00 +0000

One of the most truly beautiful people on earth, this MD/CEO enlightens me constantly. She is simply called Shazzie, and as you can see, you will *love* what you *gain* in BLISS

Shazzie is the author of five books: Shazzie's Detox Delights, Detox Your World, Naked Chocolate (co-authored with David Wolfe), Evie's Kitchen and Ecstatic Beings (co-authored with Kate Magic).

Shazzie is also the Managing Director (CEO) of Rawcreation Ltd (trading online asDetox Your World).

She’s also written three ebooks: the free Raw Britannia (part of her Make Raw Food Mainstream campaign), Shazzie Whispers and Ecstasists Anonymous (commissioned as part of a Hay House campaign for author Eldon Taylor).

Her hugely successful programShazzie Speaks is a hit with many customers worldwide. Her exclusive membership web site Shazzie's VIP Room attracts visionaries from all walks of life.

Over the past decade, Shazzie has presented lectures and workshops around the world at the most prestigious of places, including the Burj Al Arab in Dubai.

Shazzie has been featured in the media (TV, radio, newspapers and magazines) worldwide discussing raw food, superfoods, detox, raw chocolate, breastfeeding, natural parenting and being a Visionary In Paradise.

Shazzie has been a vegan since 1986 and a raw foodist since 2000. She became an instant raw food superstar in 2000, when she started her world-famous blog which attracted millions of readers.

Shazzie’s passion is in the arts: she paints, designs and writes.

Alongside David Wolfe, she brought the concept of raw cacao to the masses, and even has her own range of six hugely popular raw organic chocolate superfood bars.

In 2009 Shazzie was an invited guest on the Raw Mom Summit alongside authors Byron Katie and Jean Liedloff. Also in 2009, Shazzie created her great 40th birthday giveaway, in which thousands of dollars worth of gifts were generously offered by visionaries such as Philip McCluskey, Lynne Franks, David Wolfe, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Dhrumil Purohit, Sarma Melngailis and many more.

In 2007, Shazzie was one of twelve health and living food experts who participated in the Raw Food Summit providing free worldwide telecalls.

Shazzie works a maximum of ten hours a week, using the rest of her time to play, laugh, love and be.

She lives the life of her dreams in her own beautiful cedar home, nestled in a countryside community of around twenty other houses on twenty-three acres of shared land in East Sussex, UK.

She even manifested spring water coming out of all her taps! She raised her daughter, Evie, on a raw vegan plus breastmilk diet to the age of four. Evie, who was born in 2004, is unvaccinated and a "free range child".

Find out more about Shazzie here:

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Musician Leads Fast To Feed Hungry - Arkansas Free Press

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:29:00 +0000

I'm loving this video at the moment. I like it's power.

Musician Leads Fast To Feed Hungry - Arkansas Free Press

FP Exclusive: Arkansas Girl Making A Difference On The California Music Scene - Arkansas Free Press

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:58:00 +0000

Check out an interview I gave to the Arkansas Free Press

FP Exclusive: Arkansas Girl Making A Difference On The California Music Scene - Arkansas Free Press

Vibe Shift

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:08:00 +0000

It's not done, it never is. The emotional journey that is.

I'm happy I got a break in the form of clear comprehension of the fact that forcing myself to have willpower feels bad for a reason.

It's just a series of choices.

Of what constitutes fuel. Of what to have next.

I had it all wrong. Discipline feels... pretty good.

This is the same set of tools I used to use regularly when I was a small child. At one point when we lived in the Philippine Islands, where my dad was stationed on base. We lived in military quarters and it was safe, crimeless and cozy in a socialist republic sort of way.

Anyway, eventually I got so good at my gymnastics skills that my coach invited me and I think a couple other girls to live with her family, just to train.

So every morning, I'd be up and in the gymnasium training on every standard piece of equipment.

It was strange to be only six and seven years old and away from home, yet I quickly see the value in practicing perfectly, of warming up before hand, and of learning from my mistakes rather quickly. It didn't take too many falls from the bars twirling thru the air before I got it.

That discipline was the same thing I used during piano lessons a couple years earlier. Everyday I would practice, not out of duty, but because I wanted to excel at piano.

So it was with learning the trumpet, teaching myself the bass, drums, singing, etc. As my son said recently "Love shouldn't feel like work." The love should be the inspiration to put in the effort, but it's not like you can resentfully fast.

Suffice it to say, I get it.

Discipline

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:53:00 +0000

Discipline feels like hell.

It really, really is becoming difficult to maintain this diet of grapes two-thirds of the day every day. The longer it goes on, the easier it is to envision my mouth making sweet love to the endless parade of pizza, burgers, fries and everything else people eat around me.

I want to quit, to give up and celebrate that with standard American diet food.

I also want to push the accelerator to the floor and begin doing nothing but monofruit fasting all day, exclusively.

Grapes are such the perfect choice for me, because no matter how sick of it I feel, there's no way I would want to replace red seedless grapes with any other thing.

The thought of doing this on bananas is not appealing at all. I love bananas as much as the next person, I just can't imagine existing solely on them for even days at a time. Strawberries? Ick.

I'll stick with grapes, thankyouverymuch. At least they're filling enough to make up for the monotomy of knowing in advance what I'm having later for my next meal.

So, for now, the way I look at it, I would rather just exercise my discipline muscles a little more and stick with these dang blasted grapes. Sheesh!

Flexing Rocks

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:43:00 +0000

So I just wanted to say today how much it matters not what I say or do, you have to find what works for you.

Personally, I find that a strict adherence to such a linear, restrictive diet is not what's best for me.

There are too many wonderful cooked foods to enjoy, and I'm not about to cut myself off from experiencing that.

I think that's why the two-thirds meal method is working so well for me. Are there times where I can imagine having red seedless grapes, monofasting on them could be doable? I do. And then I just remember that it just feels less resistance inside when I allow myself the mental freedom to do what I want.

Some People Are So Yummy

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:12:00 +0000

Two things: The worst and best parts of life are that you never know what's around the corner.

Some people are just sooo yummy.

Take the humble mango, for example. It's messy to eat, sweet and when ripe, absolutely delectable. I love noticing how much that describes how I feel about some people. That's worth mentioning! Savor people and their deliciousness to the fullest.

I'm thankful for all the personal development I invested in myself in the last three years especially. It's nice to feel like it's finally paying off.

There are other factors coming into play in this opinion. I didn't arrive at this point thru some sort of spontaneous combustion...

Fasting on grapes two-thirds the day and night helps greatly. Scream therapy worked, I did it into the thickest pillow I could find.

Running and reflection helped. So do meditation and chanting. But I have to add that the most miserable parts of my life helped. It got me to this particular vantage point, and for that I'm so grateful.

Abusive childhood? Check!

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?? Check!!

And yet, it really wasn't all that hard when I look back now. That feels so good! I think in some weird way everything I've lived served a specific purpose and I've made a dedication to myself to take inventory pretty regularly. It's the reason why I've come to more fully appreciate the yumminess. Of people, and mangoes.

Waking Up Strong in the Mornings...

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:16:00 +0000

Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I'm a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line...

Love and Other Indoor Sports

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:24:00 +0000

To love a person is to learn

the song

That is in their heart,

And to sing it to them

When they have forgotten

-- by Anonymous

♥

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:44:00 +0000

As I mentioned here, it can feel really challenging to total fast. The good news is you can achieve such a similar result with monofruit fasting, with virtually none of the side effects, that you may want to seriously at least consider it instead.

With total fasting, you're starving, with monofruit fasting, you're full. When you do a *real* fast, you constantly think about food; it dominates whatever situation you're in. But with monofruit fasting, you're relieved of that burden. You can actually get things done and focus on what you're doing without worrying so much about feeling hunger.

The benefits of monofruit fasting, especially on red seedless grapes as I've been doing, far outweigh any inconvenience, and you get to avoid feeling hungry, much less famished. You get to feel energetically lighter on the whole. It's like the difference between running and skipping down the sidewalk. One just feels way funner.

In fact the newest thing I've discovered about this ~ is that my new strategy of consuming grapes every hour is working awesomely. It's been much easier to avoid temptation since adopting this habit, and I'm finding it takes far less food to feel full by eating every 60 minutes!

There you have it, my totally effective, awesome tip of the day... now go monofruit-every-hour the heck out of yourself!

Help on Tough Days

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:07:00 +0000

This is such a beautiful lady who exemplifies what being a successful raw foodist is. She's such an inspiration. Her name is Jinjee Talifero, and I figure that if someone as raw-experienced as she is can have tough times sticking to the raw food lifestyle, any of us can.

See what she shares in her wildly popular newletter, which I've been a subscriber to for years.

Click here:
Jinjee Talifero

17 Seconds

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:52:00 +0000

This is a really moving piece by Esther Hicks I enjoy listening to and sharing with others both because it makes sense and is sublimely powerful. It's easy for people to understand even if they haven't read the book series yet.

Energy Levels

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:50:00 +0000

Are you ready for this?

Energy. I *have* some.

Wait, what??

Mee?

Make that loads of unbridled energy, I can't believe it, it's unreal.

If you would've told me I really could see being raw as a reality for myself, I would've hoped to, but it didn't really seem real till sometime in the last twenty-four hours.

For the first time, I remember what it feels like to have some. The detoxification power of grapes is truly underestimated. They really work!

It took a minute on the walk from the grocery store to get grapes, before I realized that I felt unusually buoyant for some reason.

There I was, practically bouncing off the walls, skipping down the sidewalks... and I was pretty surprised to find that even though I've been waking up earlier and earlier, felt moved to do things I wouldn't otherwise have, when I realized I hadn't had my first cup of coffee.

So again, all in all... the energy return on eating as little as 2/3 raw are humbling and awesome.

Happy Valentine's

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:26:00 +0000

to you and yours.

Here's to your best Valentine's wishes for today to come true, and every day!

Back on the Ranch....

At the moment I'm attacking a bag of grapes. It's been relatively easy to maintain eating nothing but grapesies for the most part, but I think the key is really to not give hunger a chance to strike by ~ keeping full!

I'm averaging about two bags a day of the red seedless if anyone's keeping up. So far I've not had 2/3 fruit and 1/3 of my meals being whatever isn't raw. Instead I was feeling brave and so to stave off any inklings of longing for other, cooked foods, it's safe to say that grapes really can be filling, but only if you eat enough of them.

So far, people have complemented my skin, which a pretty immediate benefit considering I've only been doing things the two-thirds monofruit way. Also I can't help but notice my pants fitting looser than they did last week, as well as I have a general feeling of lightness. But then again, that could be giddyness from the natural sugar rush!

"But... Where Do You Get Your Protein?": Monofruiting

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:11:00 +0000

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1/3 Ugh!

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:49:00 +0000

There is great truth to the way they say do not eat cooked, processed foods immediately after fasting. Let my lesson work for you by just *sticking* with the monofruit path I'm on and you'll save yourself tons of trouble. Trust me.

You know how they always say don't trust people who say "trust me?" Well, this would be the only exception to that.

I had hot gooey pizza as my 1/3 meal.

In other words, about a month ago, I made a conscious decision to go back to being 100% raw.

But I wanted to ease into it gradually, to ensure would stick, but also to keep things really simple with everything else going on in my life.

The most appropriate thing to do for me was to designate 1 meal of my choice made in the moment, but then I had to feast on not only nothing but pure fruit the other two meals.

That's it. Simple, right? It's been great and I'm so glad I intuitively recognized that it was right for me. It's something you organically feel and follow.

So really it all turned out far easier to fast in this way, while getting to eat, than any other way. There's no feeling of deprivation at all whatsoever. All I have to remember is to keep the fruit on hand.

I love how portable they are. At this point, I feel cleaner and clear-minded than I ever have.

I also have listened to my favourite audio and video on youtube at least 8 hours a day, while at work, and since I'm an independent contractor I get to work whenever and however much I want.

In an experiment to satisfy my own curiosity, I wondered through trial-and-error whether I could layer things I listen to. Kind of like the way we eat more than one type of food in one bite or the way we can feel two hands massaging us instead of only one.

So on top of the Esther Hicks channeling Abraham audio playing on my headphones, I also have been listening to those chants I was speaking of here. Usually I listen to only chants like this one:

Om Mani Pad Me Hum

But I also just wanted to go with the flow, practice in-the-moment letting go, and leave myself open to whatever flowed into my experience from a vantage point of that. So I let myself only go with whatever my favourite songs of all time are, playing the video on youtube of the best, most HD version of the song, while listening at the same time to Esther Hicks videos on top of that.

Surprisingly, it worked really well! Turns out, I could listen to two or more things at once. And a lot of time I did have some other thing playing on top of those first two.

Maybe it's because I'm really left-handed and wired backwards or something, but now it's my default way to listen to everything. It's been about 3 months since I started multilistening, I've found it much easier to stick with grape fasting and the way that spills over into all the other areas of life is tremendous. But, back to yesterday night...

So here it was, meal-wise.

The last one of the day... after going 24 hours of nothing but grapes.

Not 10 minutes after that and my favourite Dr.-Pibb-with-two-packets of sugar, with a refill, and that was totally it. I vaguely felt I was going to pass out.

At any moment there was such an incredible desire to sleep, coupled with nausea, it was just too much, and not much to do about it. I definitely tried law-of-attraacting feeling well, stat. Needless to say, it took some effort.

It made so clear that I should've stuck with pure monofruit fasting on, of course, one fruit per day.

If you truly want to feel only greater and tangibly better with each passing day, I have to say I really love the feeling of clarity, lightness on a physical level and the peace that's come out of doing it gradually.

I'm back on red seedless grapes again, and the bouce back to normal was sweet. God, the continuum difference was real, like the difference between unthawing ice cubes that were poured from cold water to begin with from making them out of hot water to start. The range was better felt, and I can appreciate enough to know beyond a shadow of a doubt to be raw.

The people around are having a huge bucket of fried chicken, and I'm saying this.

Law of Attraction stuff I had success with below, ♥ Abraham via Esther:

Monofruiting

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:43:00 +0000

Ok, so I've been experimenting really heavily into monofruiting.

The results? Phenomenal. I'd say I have much more energy than when I was stereofruiting, i.e. choosing a lot of different types and kinds of fruits, as long as it was not a vegetable or seed, and ate it.

Simplicity is key with monofruiting, and I'm finding that I'm loving that aspect of it. It's much easier to access all of the good feelings for very little effort.

Don't get me wrong, it was a definite adjustment, but the results are completely worth it.

Overall I'd say this was a good a form of fasting as any. The goal was to do a cleanse, hopefully gain some energy, and yet still get to feel like I was eating something substantial.

Grapes did that. I'd tried bananas at first, a la The Fruititionist, but I found both the art aesthetic, the texture and the drudgery of bananas too much to take all at once.

At one point the option to supplement my one fruit adventures, I made a conscious decision to add pistachios, which aren't *really* raw, (just like almonds), yes, *even* the ones from California, and those were too filling so I just decided to drop the addition to the same-dinner-parade and felt better within just a few hours.

I'd give monofruiting an especially effective, easy way to successfully complete a fast, and give it good thumbs up.

Unlimited Everything

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:46:00 +0000

Goal for now?

Unlimited fruit. Unlimited greens. Juice as much as practical.

That's it.

Maple Banana Dessert

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:15:00 +0000

Hey! Thanks for being here. I appreciate you.

Today I had such polar cravings. For salt and sweet. Instead of denying that it's been my thing to just honor it. So there was a lot more food taken in than what I normally eat, I think. But it's ok because it saved me from resorting to SAD food. (Standard American Diet). So that was fine with me.

I totally enjoyed fresh cilantro in bowlful of salsa. And I added the raw parmesan cheese recipe on top. Something about live yeast satisfies the need for salt without having to add a bunch of salt. For the parmesan I used pink himalayan and walnuts. The salsa was just tomatoes, onions, sea salt, green peppers, lime juice, garlic and vinegar in tomato juice. All organic everything.

You can eat it like you'd eat a bowl of cereal. Just pour the salsa into the bowl. Add the cilantro and parmesan on top. I chop off the tops to eat, and then save the stems of the cilantro for juicing. I just realized you could also reverse that.

For dinner I'll most likely have a huge salad with fresh-squeezed orange carrot juice. For snacks I had tons of water it seemed, 2 ounces of natural unsalted pistachio nuts and this maple banana recipe:

Slice two bananas lengthwise. Squoosh some walnuts into the sliced halves.

Leave some space between the walnut bits for your raisins. Then add them...

Drizzle lightly with maple syrup. I wouldn't go overboard on the maple, no matter how much you want it, because when you taste the combination of the raisins with the bananas as it is you get a pretty sweet taste. When you want more of a surgar fix, it's probably best to just make more maple bananas, not add more syrup.

Let me know what you think: lenieford@gmail.com
♥

Truffle Fries

noreply@blogger.com (Lenie Ford) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:36:00 +0000

You can make great raw food versions of french fries easy. Using sweet potatoes, you can experiment with toppings or enjoy them plain.

Scrub, wash and slice your organic sweet potatoes.

Thinly slice them into french fry size pieces. A mandolin makes this easier. They come out very uniform and fancy.

Sprinkle with your favorite toppings.

For spicy fries, add a small amount of chili powder or fresh ground peppercorn.

For cheese fries, top with raw food parmesan topping.

For zesty fries, sprinkle fresh grated lemon zest and pink himalayan salt.

For truffle fries, toss them with extra virgin olive oil. Add grated fresh garlic sparingly. Dip fries in parsley, lightly sprinkle with white or black italian truffle infused sea salt. You can even slice up whatever mushroom you have on hand and throw those in.
Enjoy!

"But... Where Do You Get Your Protein?"

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Meet 80/10/10 Athlete Freelee

The first time I saw this ray of light called Freelee, I was floored!

Something about this womyn enthralled me right from the git-go. For starters, it seemed her health jumped out at me before anything else. I love those moments where you know what they mean when they say Beauty is Truth. It's so true.

Maybe it was the washboard abdominals. Or it could have been the fact that she actually encouraged people to eat! I was hooked, and have been ever since.

I highly recommend you join her site, by clicking on the links below, as well as all of the people you meet in this blog. Do sign up for their programmes, as I will always only bring you the best ;)

It's *such* a pleasure and a privilege to be able to share this with my dear readers.

The first interview in our "Low-Fat Raw Vegan Athlete" series.

Tell us about yourself: your age, where you live, your job, your family, and the like.

Do you eat 100% raw vegan?

How long have you been eating the 80/10/10 way?

Why did you choose this path?

Describe your journey to 80/10/10 from the diet you were raised with, to the other dietary approaches you tried, to how you learned about and came to embrace veganism, to where you are now with 80/10/10.

Were you sick before going raw?

Does your partner eat the way you do?

Has eating an 811rv diet changed how your family (household) eats?

Give us a sample of your daily diet and lifestyle routine.

Isn't that too much fruit?

Do you ever have cravings for cooked foods or gourmet high-fat raw foods?

Besides diet, food, and nutrition, what other lifestyle factors do you find most important in supporting you in following 811rv?

Do you ever wonder whether you're getting enough (protein, calories, micronutrients of your choosing)?

What are some of the personal benefits (excluding athletic performance) you've experienced since transitioning to an 811rv diet?

Compare for us your experiences eating a low-fat raw diet versus the popular high-fat version? How do you view the two differently?

How have you found it socially to eat this way?

How have your family and friends reacted to your dietary choices?

How have others in your sports community reacted to your dietary choices?

Can you tell us about some difficult realities of eating an 811rv diet in a world of SAD eaters?

Have you had success finding ripe fruits when traveling?

How long have you been vegan?

Do you find yourself frequently debunking myths or inaccuracies about veganism?

What about veganism appeals to you?

Are there things about being vegan that you find challenging?

Describe a typical day of training.

How do you meet the demands of your training through your nutritional choices?

When training through periods of maximum exertion, what do you eat, and how much per day, typically?

Can you tell us about any overall athletic performance improvements you've noticed since adopting 811rv?

What are some of your most notable recent athletic achievements while maintaining a strict 811rv diet?

What athletic goals do you have moving forward?

How did you learn about Dr. G and 811rv?

What do you imagine is the future of vegan athletics?

How did you learn about Dr. G and 811rv?

What is your personal opinion of Dr. G's book, The 80/10/10 Diet?

Have any particular points or messages in The 80/10/10 Diet stuck with you, above all else?

Do you think people on a tight budget can do this diet?

Looking back, is there anything you would change about how you transitioned to 811rv?

Do you plan to change anything or do anything differently with your 811rv regimen, going forward?

What one piece of advice would you give a newbie to 811, or someone who is looking to refine their program?

Is there anything you'd particularly like to share that hasn't been asked?

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Vibe Shift

Discipline

Flexing Rocks

Some People Are So Yummy

Waking Up Strong in the Mornings...

Love and Other Indoor Sports

Help on Tough Days

17 Seconds

Energy Levels

Happy Valentine's

"But... Where Do You Get Your Protein?": Monofruiting

1/3 Ugh!

Monofruiting

Unlimited Everything

Maple Banana Dessert

Truffle Fries

It's such a pleasure and a privilege to be able to share this with my dear readers.