Keesha's Corner

 

Summer greetings to all of our Fern Life Friends!
As the summer season approaches, we must all begin to shift our minds and bodies to a new way of eating and being. Summer brings pitta inflammation and heat if we aren't careful. Many of you have already discovered this and have been in my office with migraines, joint inflammation, hives, acne, thyroid issues, adrenal burnout, weight gain because of a dysregulated pancreas, gut issues, heartburn, high blood pressure, PMS, eye infections, general irritability and skin flare ups. Make sure you begin to think COOLING foods and cooling emotional patterns. Remember your positive affirmations, meditate, do moon salutations before you go to bed, take cooling salt detox baths, get facials, and follow the guidelines outlined below. Above all, enjoy your summer! Joy is not an absence of pain or stress...it's real love manifested into feeling.
 
1.       For pitta symptoms take cilantro shots (very cooling for pitta symptoms)
·         Take one bunch of fresh cilantro and divide it into 9 equal parts. This will be enough

          for 3 cilantro shots a day for 3 days.
·         Combine in blender with ½ cup of Lily of the Desert Aloe Detox Formula and blend.
2.       Enjoy cooling coconut and mint chutneys with your food.
          Cilantro Mint Chutney:
                     1 bunch fresh mint 
                     4 oz coconut freshly grated
                    1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
                    1/2 inch piece of ginger root 
                    salt to taste
                    2 tablespoons lime juice
                    1 date
                    2 teaspoons coriander powder
                    1/8 cup onion
                    1/4-1/2 cup water for blending
             Clean the mint leaves and cilantro leaves. 
             Add all ingredients except the water together in a blender or 
             Blend/process and add water as you blend to make the consistency of 

             pancake batter.

 3.      Lassis
·         Mango Lassi:
                  1cup coconut milk yogurt
                  1 cup ice water
                  1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
                  1 tablespoon rose water
                  1 mango, peeled, cut from pit and cubed or 2 ripe bananas
                   toasted sliced almond for serving 
            Put all ingredients, except almond, in a blender or food processor 

            and blend until smooth.  Sprinkle with almonds and serve cold.

4.       Eat raw foods as much as possible. Learn to sprout and soak your grains, nuts and

          seeds.
5.     Avoid heating foods (night shades, red meat, fried foods, etc.), beverages (caffeine, 

         alchohol, hot drinks) and spices (cayenne, pepper, onions, garlic, cinnamon, cloves,

         dry ginger, etc.)

6.     Use rose petal jam.
7.     Drink pomegranate or cranberry juice diluted with water (4 oz juice per 32 oz water)

          all day long.
8.     Drink young coconut water.
9.     Drink iced mint tea between meals.
10.   Rose water spritz to face, neck and arms throughout the day.
11.   Massage your head and feet with coconut oil before bed.
12.   Spearmint, Peppermint, Lavender, Rose, and Sandalwood are all wonderful essential

        oils for cooling the effects of an aggravated pitta nature.
13.   Stay out of the hot midday sun.
14.   Soak a washcloth in iced peppermint oil water and wear around your neck...instant

        cool!
15.   Use aloe and coconut oil on your skin if you do get sun.
16.   Use oral supplements with Neem and topical applications of neem for pitta skin aggravations. Turmeric is nature's anti-inflammatory miracle, but it takes large doses to make a difference. We carry supercritical extracts that have been shown to reduce cancer in western medical research.
17.   Curled tongue breathing (shitali) 10 rounds:
During inhalation, curl up both edges of the tongue so that it forms a kind of tube. Breathe in through this tube. The air passes over the moist tongue, cooling down and refreshing the throat. To maintain moisture on the tongue, roll it back as far as possible against the palate. Do this during the entire exhalation through the nose.
18.   Meditate. Taking time to center and ground will calm anyone's mind!
19.   Visualize a peaceful place. Recall the most peaceful place in nature you have ever been to or can imagine on the planet. Direct you attention to the space between your eyebrows, known as the third eye. Imagine this spot as a circle (or like an eye). Pretend there are curtains over the circle and as you draw them aside you see this beautiful natural place you are thinking of. Engage with the place with all five senses. If it's the ocean, feel the warm sand between your toes and the sun on your hair, smell the salt in the air, listen to the waves and gulls and swaying palm trees, see the brightness of the water and the dolphins frolicking in the ocean, taste the salt on your tongue from the spray as the waves crash upon the beach. Spend five minutes here and you will reduce your pitta!
20.   Listen to calming, sacred music (Snatam Kaur's CD "Grace" is the best I have found for this).
21.   Do some calming yoga postures and finish with shivasana (corpse pose), staying in it for at least five minutes.
22.   Express appreciation for everyone and everything around you. Notice what is going right and try not to attach to your challenges. Your reality begins with your thoughts. Make sure those are positive.
23.   Volunteer. Serving another takes you out of your own self absorption and brings joy and emotional equanimity.

Great books to learn and play with this summer!
        Rainbow Kitchen (Gabrielle Cousins)

Please Welcome Kris Atherton to Fern Life Center!

 

 

Kris has is our new chef and Ayurvedic Practioner.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics in 1981 and has three fine sons ages 12, 21 and 24 years.  Kris completed her Ayurvedic training as a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner at AYU, in Seattle, 2004.  She continued her advanced training with Dr. Vasant Lad of Albuquerque, N.M.and Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra of California with courses in Pulse Diagnosis, Herbology, Marma Therapy and Pancha Karma.  Kris' Clinical Internship with Drs. Light and Bryan Miller of Sarasota, Florida, spanned two years, where she cooked for PK clients and prepared herbal and aromatic oil recommendations by Dr. Light Miller.  Last year, she became an LMP at Everest College and have a private practice offering Aromatherapy and Massage.   With the completion of her Sanskrit Coursework this summer, she  will earn the Master's of Ayurvedic Science through Hindu University.  Kris is contunuing her Vedic studies in the fields of Vastu with Michael Mastro and intends to create beautiful Vastu fountains.  She also continues to study Jyotish with Dennis Flaherty for the enhancement of her family and clients.  Kris is delighted to be a part of the Fern Life Center and its awesome community.

 

 

 

Enneagram Consulting Now

at

Fern Life Center

with

Donna Frindt!

 

Donna Frindt is a long time Fern Life Center client, and also an Enneagram Teacher and Certified Somatic Coach.

The Enneagram is a psychological and spiritual system that provides a unique lens for self-discovery and self-development. Using this system you can identify habits of thought and patterns of emotion that are working on "automatic" and driving your behavior, choices and perspective. By building self-awareness of these patterns, they can "relax," allowing for more choice and freedom in your life.

 

Donna is currently offering typing interviews and coaching to help people discern and work with their enneatype. She is available by appointment at Fern Life on Wednesdays. If you are interested please contact her directly at donna.frindt@2130partners.com
 

 

 

 

 

New on Saturday Night....

Dance Elemental!

Saturdays - 7pm to 9pm
July 11th & 25th

 

DANCE ELEMENTAL is...
a musical journey through the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit.
Dance Elemental is sacred space created for a unique blend of free form dance, connection, expression and bliss.
Inspired by the ecstatic dance culture as well as various nature-centered spiritual paths, its purpose is to help you integrate body, mind and spirit into a balanced whole.

Live DJ, with a handpicked mix of world music, pop, tribal, funk, electronica, ethereal, and more...

$10 donation (or love offering)
All ages and genders are welcome to this inspirational, fun and safe environment.
Be ready to DANCE!

Contacts: Tymn & Dakini - 425-577-3296
Email: dakini@dakinidreams.net
Visit our Google Group at: www.DevaGnosis.org

 

 

 

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