For the month of January, 2018, I eliminated my usual 1-2 cups of coffee per day from my routine, as a life-learning experiment. I don't believe that there is anything inherently wrong with coffee. And, I love coffee. But, I think its important to continously examine the things that we do, and to re-affirm the perceived value that they bring to our lives. January, 2018 began with an 8-day energy-focused meditation retreat., which occupied about 11 hours each of those 8 days. This turned out to be a good time to eliminate coffee as I was focused on relaxation and mind, body, spirit unity. At the end of the January, I realized that I had not missed coffee, or at least I had not missed the caffein affect of coffee. I missed the rituals associated with preparing coffee, holding the warm cup and savoring the rich aroma of coffee. February 1, 2018 my day began by preparing a good strong cappuccino at home and savoring the drink for a good 30 minutes. An integral part of the life experiment, was to re-introduce coffee after a month to assess it's real value to my life. I continued to prepare and drink coffee for the next couple of days. What I discovered is that while I love the taste of coffee, I don't need the caffein kick. In fact, caffein is actually a consumer of your body's energy. It does not generate energy, it depletes it. By late morning and early afternoon, I was much less energized than on the prior 31 days without coffee. So, is it goodbye to coffee? try decaf, maybe? At this point in my life, I am exploring cultivating and flowing energy through practice of tai-chi, bagua and meditation. The caffein is a disrupter to that practice. So long coffee, as a daily routine. I'll welcome you as a special occasion soon!
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For the month of January, 2018, I decided to eliminate all things from entering my body that I thought may be causing some harm. I ate only vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, green and herbal teas. The items that I eliminated: Highly-processed foods, coffee, alcoholic drinks, grains, added-sugar, meat, seafood, dairy, eggs. Of these eliminations, I had already been limiting highly-processed foods, grains, dairy and meat. Highly processed foods are full of GMO corn & soy, salt, sugar and refined grains. I know these make my body feel abused, but still at times I ate them. So what would it feel like to completely eliminate them all for a month? Grains make my body feel bloated, especially in their highly refined forms, like flours. They are also highly glycemic and contain minimal nutrients in these forms. --But I love a good bread. Dairy and meat I can put in the same category of animal products for which the vast majority are produced by animals living and dying un-naturally and cruelly. I believe that this causes their meat and eggs to contain negative compounds and negative energy. |
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