Earthly Delights
Everyday I guide unhealthy individuals to take responsibility for healing & creating a great life ... which in turn makes this planet a healthier happier place to live … an Earthly Delight!
Over the past 25 years our national healthcare system has disintegrated. The lack of conscious education in our social structures is insidious. People are dying unnecessarily from diseases, stress and yes, poor diets! For decades we have modeled the USDA Food Pyramid that is based on familiarity and government promotion rather than eating a more plant based diet based on bio-individuality and understanding that what we feed ourselves isn’t just about food but also the relationship with yourself. You can be eating really well yet still poisoning yourself with negative feelings and thoughts. There is a sense of desperation, neglect and fear. I serve others in shifting their perspective from being a victim to re-claiming their birthright of health & vitality.
The Journey of aligning body, mind & spirit begins when you say YES to how you want to live no matter what life challenges arise. Anyone can radically improve their health and wellness by listening to their body and learning what their nutritional needs are rather than emotionally eating or out of a lack of education. Respecting one’s bio-individuality and aligning with your integrity is the doorway to freedom, peace and bliss!
Begin with Presence. Put your attention on the breath and body. Grounding yourself in the moment will open the doorway to hearing what your body wants right now. Not 30 years ago when your Mother fed you meat and potatoes at 7PM even though you didn’t feel hungry for those foods. Through childhood and adolescence most of us learned to disregard our bodies. To neglect our inner voice.
Presence aligns you with your perception, truth & integrity. Presence helps us tap into that “gut feeling” that is our truth. Only then can we transform fear to faith. When we deny our true feelings, we will never be able to move on to clearer vision. This is not to say one should “act” on those feelings ... but rather allow them to surface so you can “see” them for what they are … and discover how they got there. We can then make a new choice based on our present truth rather than a story or concept in the mind.
Thoughts are not truth. Thoughts generally arise from distorted beliefs & identities based on self-destructive programs learned from our parents and other authority figures. An example is living with family members who routinely stuffed themselves with junk food when what they really needed was a hug. Someone growing in such a home might unconsciously think that the best thing to do when they feel alone and stressed is to eat chips, sweets or a big bowl of pasta. I remember as a kid my Mom would make spaghetti o’gratin at 10PM as a treat. It was loaded with butter and cheeses. In retrospect, I can see that her treat may very well have been having comfort food to help her wounded heart. And I went along for the ride!
Your body is a vehicle to profound awareness. It reflects a metaphoric story ready to guide the next steps in your life. The pain or pleasure we experience, our eyesight (how we “see” the world or how we are seen), our hearing (how we listen or want to be heard), how our skin feels (the skin is the largest organ than receives and gives touch). How do we feel about being touched? Yes, diet, effects the skin and organs. Computers effect our eyes. Loud music distorts our hearing. But what came first? Our experience as a child not being hugged? Or a painful world that we didn’t want to “see” or “hear”?
Ask yourself, what is really going on in my body? How am I treating my body? Am I trusting what I hear inside me? Do I respect my own feelings? What is my relationship with food? How do I use food? For nutrition, entertainment or as a numbing agent?
Here are a few indicators when you are acting contrary to your integrity:
1. A sense something is not right inside. You feel unhappy & shut down.
2. Tendency to blame others & feel overwhelmed. You feel doubt, guilt, shame & separate.
3. Not living in present time but rather dwelling on past events or future dreams.
So what do you end up doing? Eat that piece of chocolate or scoop of ice cream that’s going bring you instant happiness. Fill that hole in your heart with one more slice of pizza. When will you end this viscous cycle by finally deciding to feed yourself only nutritious yummy meals? And getting support so you can actually follow through?
When we ask these questions, we can find our way home to our true North, our integrity. If we all were eating wonderfully nutritious food but never addressed listening to and feeding our primary needs, no diet would ever really work. A broken heart can surely lead to cancer. Our immune system function is a direct result of our ability to handle the many stresses of life.
Over years I have experimented and created hundreds of yummy recipes. People who have been strict meat-&-potatoes devotees have been pleasantly surprised how amazing healthy food can taste. And juicing … wow what flavors! The earth provides us with the resources to live magnificent lives. When combined with the presence of listening to our bodies’ needs, we can truly live in Earthly Delight!! With abundance & gratitude!
Join me in learning tools to support great health & wellness…. an Earthly Delight, June 18,19 & 20 in Beverly Farms,Ma. Contact Grace at graceventura1@gmail.com or 603-651-9642 for more information.
