Meditate and Eat Your Vegetables

More Present Momentness

2010-06-08T17:55:00.000-07:00

Really enjoying the decade of my 50's so far.

Small sample size but lots of energy and joy and love and health and ease and gratitude and peace and abundance and fun so far.

Life is simple.
Do things I love to do.
With people I love.

Whole New Phase

2009-11-17T21:33:00.000-08:00

That feels whole and new.

Driving the truck for the Boulder Community FoodShare.

Teaching Bikram Yoga in a renewed way.

Coaching the girls basketball team as my daughter's assistant at the Shining Mountain Waldorf High School.

Looking at the Bazi Opportunity.

New Day New Choice New Direction

2009-01-06T22:55:00.000-08:00

Decided today to take Alexander Love's 18-month intensive training in
Core Synchronism/Natural Medicine. A time and money commitment
and it is scary and it is true and feels right.

Chill Out: Are You Happier Today?

2008-09-02T14:18:00.001-07:00

I appreciate your words.

"Chill Out."

Am I happier today?

Good question.

What I know for sure: When I do good, I feel good and when I do bad, I feel bad.
About Happiness
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

The Major Degenerative Disease

2008-02-22T12:52:00.000-08:00

. . . in America today

. . . is treatable.

It is very treatable.

It is eating too much.

It is a lifestyle disease.
We live in a toxic environment of processed food, fast food, huge portions, trans fats, sugar everywhere, emotional immaturity and corporate greed. Plus a health care system that profits off of our sickness.

Many people, including me, who are dealing with weight issues have sugar sensitivity.
Sugar Sensitivity is defined as a bio-chemistry of carbohydrate sensitivity affecting and affected by lower genetic levels of the brain chemicals serotonin, beta endorphin and dopamine. The various patterns associated with sugar sensitivity are attraction to and the consumption of a lot of sweets; a fondness for bread, cereal, popcorn and/or pasta; having or once having had a problem with alcohol or drugs; having one or both parents be alcoholic or sugar sensitive; being overweight and having a problem losing the extra pounds; depression; overreacting to stress and a surprising history of anger.

Sugar Sensitivity is a theory, the working hypothesis of Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
It is based on her observations in the recovery field, in-depth investigation into the growing solid scientific research and the input of thousands of people on the online community Radiant Recovery.

I recommend her book Potatoes Not Prozac.

Go for a walk.
Eat whole foods.
Get some rest.

The Total Lunar Eclipse of The Full Moon

2008-02-20T23:56:00.000-08:00

. . . was remarkable tonight . . . even though it was cloudy and invisible in Boulder, Colorado.

Good day today - ate well, laughed, exercised (the treadmill at Rallysport while I watched Jon Stewart on Larry King and Kobe scoring 41 to help the Lakers beat the Suns in Shaq's debut), gave massage and connected more with others.

I want:
1) Presence
2) Fun
3) Passion
4) Creativity, Inquiry, Beauty
5) Service, Leadership, Inspiration
6) Health, Radiance, Youthfulness, Energy
7) Prosperity, Abundance, Flow

When I die in the year 2052 in my sleep at the age of 92 . . .
I will still be hiking, doing yoga, enjoying films, cooking, gardening, writing and having sex.

Mercury Goes Direct Today

2008-02-18T16:14:00.000-08:00

I am feeling some energy and some acceptance coming back into my veins, my nerves.

I am feeling very grateful again today for my health, the love in my life, the opportunities I have.
Check out this Global Rich List

Life is simple. I have been making it hard.

One of my favorite supportive newsletters is from Denver psychic, astrologer and coach Kelly Rosano:

"The reason you want every single thing that you want, is because you think you will feel really good when you get there. But, if you don't feel really good on your way to there, you can't get there. You have to be satisfied with what-is while you're reaching for more." –Abraham-Hicks

We are having a total Lunar Eclipse on February 20, 2008 in Virgo—Pisces. This Eclipse will be visible to observe weather permitting. Pisces is the last sign of the Zodiac and it stands for transformation from the egocentric self to unity consciousness. We are all one, connected to each other and the one Source. Virgo stands for discernment, humility and service to life. We are being called to connect with our Higher Self and tune into our inner voice. Trust your gut instinct or intuition to reveal what it is you wish energize and create next.

Serious Saturn is a major player at this Eclipse asking each one of us to evaluate or current goals and come up with a clear cut strategy for success. He will highlight our fears and our negative beliefs holding us back. Saturn can use illness and depression to awaken us from our illusions. The purpose is to purge and urge us to move forward and not lapse back into old patterns that no longer serve our personal path in reaching our fullest potential and power. What is your primary goal now? Do you know how to navigate the waters of uncertainty?

Powerful Pluto and ambitious Mars are in harmonious aspect to this Eclipse providing the way out from the intensity of what may come to light now. What is cooking in your life? Do you feel a sense of uneasiness of how to proceed, or a residue of unfinished business? This Eclipse may be your moment of truth. Wherever it lands in your natal chart are the areas of your life being most activated and awakened to change. Pluto and Mars will provide you with enough resourcefulness to empower you to push through where you need to go.

Even better news is that Mercury turns direct today. The Sun enters Pisces tomorrow. Mars is gaining speed after his long retrograde cycle that has stalled projects and most forward movement since the middle of November. There are many more steps ahead, but this Eclipse marks the fork in the road; it’s vital to recognize it as such, and allow yourself to be shown where you know you need to go. Timing is everything. Now is the time for action and whatever you have been waiting for since fall can now move forward. Don’t hold back if you feel inspired to do something, there are green lights ahead. “Glorious gifts can be received when you keep your heart open to all possibilities.”---Ivo/Lisa Dorr
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Blessings in,
love, health, happiness and prosperity,
Kelley Rosano

Astrological Intuitive, Business and Personal Coach, Business Astrologist,
Executive Coach, Relationship Coach, Business Forecasting, Team Building
Facilitator, Entrepreneurial Expert, Profitability Enthusiast!

Interested in an astrological consultation?
Interested in business or personal coaching?
Local and International: 303-581-0800
Location: www.kelleyrosano.com Email:Kelley@kelleyrosano.com

Object Constancy

2008-02-17T13:14:00.000-08:00

It is time for more Object Constancy on my computer, in my life.
O.C. is a developmental stage in young children linked to trust.

At a young age if something is not in their sight then it is gone.

When you play "peek-a-boo" with young kids, you really do disappear.
When Mom goes around the corner and you can't see her anymore but you know she's still there then you are beginning to develop Object Constancy.

My goal for this week is to put my computer documents and photos into their proper files and trust that they are there even if I can't see them on my desktop.

Winter Blues, Depression, Relapse, S.A.D., Clutter, Overeating, Isolating.

2008-02-17T08:45:00.000-08:00

February hasn't been such a good month.

And, because of Leap Year, it has 29 days this year.

What I can do today:
Eat breakfast with protein and complex carbs.
Go for a walk.
Throw stuff away.

Being Retrograde

2008-02-13T20:15:00.000-08:00

The word retrograde applies, in astrology, to the apparent backward motion thru the zodiac of a planet. An old encyclopedia of astrology describes this retrograde motion as "the effect of a slow-moving train as viewed from another train traveling parallel to it but at a more rapid rate, wherein the slower train appears to be moving backwards. However, in the case of the celestial bodies it is not a matter of their actual speed of travel, but of the rate at which they change their angular relationship."*

All the planets, except Sun and Moon, have these retrograde periods, but Mercury is most famous for them, probably because Mercury represents our very essential communication abilities.

While people speak of Mercury Retrograde periods that screw up computers and television sets, today's astrologers believe the mishaps happen in more personal realms (Uranus is the planet that rules television and computers). Mercury rules communication, but more informal communications, like writing, speaking, short shopping sprees and other erranding endeavors. So, while Mercury is Retrograde, don't give that party, be extra aware of what you say and what you interpret when chatting with or writing to friends, cut back on errands, expect that the check will be in the mail longer than usual. Since the car is usually used for shopping and errands, don't be surprised if the battery wire loosens or the fan belt snaps just when you have rush out for that one ingredient you forgot to buy.

The good things to do when Mercury is Retrograde: meditate, contemplate, edit the book/poem/song/essay you've been writing, clean house, talk to your pet, listen to music, paint, catch up on sleep!

* Encyclopedia of Astrology, Nicholas deVore, Philosophical Library, 1947

Oversimplifying, Pigeonholing, Sterotyping

2008-02-12T19:31:00.000-08:00

. . . seem to make life easier and save lots of time.

Sure beats getting to know someone.

The 2008 political process can be fascinating at times but in general I find following it to be superficial, distracting and addictive.

I forget who said : "I think voting is the opium of the masses in this country. Every four years you deaden the pain."
But I agree with him.

I have put effort in getting out the Constitutional message of Dr. Ron Paul.
Click here to go to YouTube
to learn more.
Type "Ron Paul New Hope" into the YouTube search bar and watch him speak his message.

His message has so touched me that I changed political party affiliations and I caucused for him as a Republican last Tuesday.

this just makes sense to me

2008-02-10T15:01:00.000-08:00

Started a new business.

http://thisjustmakessensetome.blogspot.com/

Super Sunday

2008-02-10T14:10:00.000-08:00

No football game today.
So, that's not why it's super.

Only one Presidential Primary today in Maine.
That's not it.

Watch these four short films to get up to speed on the candidates.

Barack Video
Ron Paul Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8
John McCain Video
Hillary Video

It's just super because.

. . . Because I'm alive.
Because the people I love are healthy.
Because I have a chance to smile and to help someone else.
The rest is drunken dumbshow.

Happy New Year of the Rat

2008-02-08T10:06:00.000-08:00

A busy week since returning from the high country.

Very relaxing, inspiring and beautiful up there in permawinter.

Ready to go on a new phase here after the new moon eclipse and the beginning of the auspicious 12 year cycle in Tibetan Buddhism and the start of the year of the rat in the Chinese Zodiac.

Mercury and the Hut

Very prosperous.
Very resourceful.

I'm a rat.

Rats always get what they want.

Nature Is On My List

2008-02-02T21:06:00.000-08:00

My favorite activities of being alive in a body on this Earth:
(not necessarily in this order)

1. The Experience of Being Present. Essence.
True Nature - Authenticity – Awakened Presence
- in any way it expresses itself -
(truth-grace-simplicity-beauty-meditation-yoga-being-
acceptance-spontaneity-music-forgiveness-dance-
tenderness-connection-laughter- etc.)
2. Parenting
3. Nature . . . being in it, being surrounded by it.
4. Relationship. Connection. Intimacy.
Divine love shared in making love.
5. Giving/teaching/serving/guiding
6. Traveling

(I also regularly enjoy the experiences of inquiring, listening (to people, to music, to silence), eating (especially -- asparagus, acai berries, apples (fuji), fish, Indian Food, whey protein smoothies, Ethiopian Food, nuts (especially Brazil, wal, pine and hazel), cacao, Teecino, goji/blueberries, noni/mangosteen/aloe vera, steak, baked potatoes, oatmeal and all hot cereals, Earl Grey Tea, pumpkin seeds, dulse, quinoa with olive oil and Dr. Bronner's seasoning, whipped cream on blackberries, brussel sprouts, kale, guacamole and anything with pink himalayan salt on it), reading, hiking, spending time with friends, spending time with animals, swimming, meditating, going to farmers markets, writing (e-mails, blog entries, journaling, stories, etc.), sleeping on clean, high thread-count cotton sheets and sometimes outdoors and sometimes not alone, getting or giving bodywork, hot springs , flirting, watching films, following professional baseball, meeting and getting to know new people, taking baths, letting go faster, getting accupuncture and pedicures, coaching, contact improv, being with children, making people smile, learning Portuguese, diaphramatic breathing, being in the sun and being in the ocean .)

I'm thinking of nature because I just back from a three day cross country ski trip to Vance's Hut near Leadville, Colorado.

Movies - All-Time Favorites

2008-01-19T18:05:00.000-08:00

Mercury’s Favorite Movies

1. Field of Dreams
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Being There
4. Big
5. Starman
6. Dr. Strangelove
7. Forest Gump
8. Finding Nemo
9. American Beauty
10. Groundhog Day
11. Terminator 2
12. Election
13. Princess Bride
14. It’s A Wonderful Life
15. What About Bob?
16. Saving Private Ryan
17. Jerry Maguire
18. LA Story
19. Always
20. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
21. The Wizard of Oz
22. Home for the Holidays
23. Three Kings
24. Juno
25. Little Miss Sunshine
26. Rushmore
27. Parenthood
28. Moulin Rouge
29. As Good As It Gets
30. The Big Chill
31. Men in Black
32. The Abyss
33. Casablanca
34. Fight Club
35. Crash
36. Ferris Buehler’s Day Off
37. Planet of the Apes
38. Sandlot
39. Stand By Me
40. About Schmidt
41. About A Boy
42. Go
43. Bull Durham
44. The Green Mile
45. The Usual Suspects
46. Michael Clayton
47. Swimming to Cambodia
48. Dead Poet's Society
49. Network
50. Young Frankenstein
51. The Godfather: Part II
52. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
53. When Harry Met Sally
54. Tombstone
55. The Godfather
56. Pulp Fiction
57. Aliens
58. Shrek
59. Manhattan
60. Super Size Me
61. Tootsie
62. Raising Arizona
63. Smoke Signals
64. Sleepless in Seattle
65. Devil's Advocate
66. Thelma and Louise
67. Dirty Filthy Love
68. I Heart Huckabees
69. Austin Powers: Man of Mystery
70. The Yes Men
71. The Winslow Boy
72. Hoosiers
73. M*A*S*H
74. In and Out
75. 40 year old Virgin
76. Wordplay
77. Notting Hill
78. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
79. Fried Green Tomatoes
80. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
81. Annie Hall
82. The Matrix
83. Bowling for Columbine
84. Billy Elliot
85. Cast Away
86. Tin Cup
87. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
88. Phenomenon
89. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
90. The Incredibles
91. Fargo
92. Kill Bill (both volumes)
93. Love, Actually
94. Contact
95. Galaxy Quest
96. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
97. Smoke Signals
98. The Straight Story
99. What’s Up Doc?
100. Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
101. Cider House Rules
102. The Italian Job
103. Life is a House
104. Supersize Me
105. No Way Out
106. Remember the Titans
107. Dances with Wolves
108. The Hudsucker Proxy
109. My Blue Heaven
110. The Great Escape
111. "V" is for Vendetta
112. The Big Lebowski
113. Body Heat
114. High Fidelity
115. School of Rock
116. My Cousin Vinny
117. Independence Day
118. A Few Good Men
119. Ocean’s 11
120. Toy Story
121. Rain Man
122. Bend It Like Beckham
123. Out of Sight
124. Dead Poet’s Society
125. It Could Happen To You
126. The Graduate
127. Nurse Betty
128. Manhunter
129. Vanilla Sky
130. Joe vs. The Volcano
131. Dirty Dancing
132. Me and You and Everyone We Know
133. The Notebook
134. The Ice Storm
135. The Sting
136. Bowling for Columbine
137. Clerks
138. Heat
139. Dumb and Dumber
140. Armageddon
141. Memento
142. The Sixth Sense
143. Sea Biscuit
144. Shopgirl
145. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
146. Caddyshack
147. Half Nelson
148. Unforgiven
149. Defending Your Life
150. The Simpson’s Movie
151. Awakenings
152. Something’s Gotta Give
153. The Rookie
154. Meet The Parents
155. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
156. Die Hard
157. Live Free or Die Hard
158. Die Hard: With a Vengeance
159. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
160. The Mexican
161. Speed
162. Monster’s, Inc.
163. The Natural
164. Hotel Rwanda
165. The Lion King
166. Father of the Bride
167. In Good Company
168. French Kiss
169. Once
170. Garden State
171. Michael
172. Chicago
173. Pride and Prejudice
174. Dogma
175. Everything is Illuminated
176. Kate & Leopold
177. Diner
178. Capote
179. Orange County
180. Sicko
181. Munich
182. The Whole Nine Yards
183. You’ve Got Mail
184. A Fish Called Wanda
185. Inside Man
186. The Fifth Element
187. Analyze This
188. Twelve Monkeys
189. My Left Foot
190. Pi
191. Ghost World
192. Bridge over the River Kwai
193. A Clockwork Orange
194. Meet Joe Black
195. Patch Adams
196. Beyond The Universe
197. Alladin
198. Wonder Boys
199. All of Me
200. Run Lola Run
201. Finding Forrester
202. Lost in Translation
203. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
204. Boondock Saints
205. Shaun of the Dead
206. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
207. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
208. China Syndrome
209. Schindler’s List
210. Psycho
211. Midnight Cowboy
212. La Femme Nikita
213. Deep Impact
214. Sneakers
215. The Sixth Sense
216. No Country for Old Men
217. The Silence of the Lambs
218. Life of Brian
219. Dead Man Walking
220. Citizen Kane
221. Platoon
222. The Poseidon Adventure
223. Breach
224. Taxi Driver
225. Chinatown
226. Raging Bull
227. Elizabethtown
228. Singin’ in the Rain
229. Batman Begins
230. August Rush
231. Magnolia
232. It Happens Every Spring
233. The Great Escape
234. Casino Royale
235. Y Tu Mama Tambien
236. Grand Canyon
237. American President
238. Match Point
239. Happy Gilmore
240. The Squid and the Whale
241. Jurassic Park
242. Cabaret
243. The Poseidon Adventure
244. Harold and Maude
245. My Dinner with Andre
246. The Fugitive
247. Airport
248. The Shining
249. Definitely, Maybe
250. The Muppets Take Manhattan
251. Se7en
252. The Man with Two Brains
253. Nine to Five
254. Bowfinger
256. Stripes
257. Romancing the Stone
258. Snatch
259. Basic Instinct
260. Meatballs
261. Jaws
262. 28 Days
263. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
264. The Story of Us
265. Titanic
266. Gross Point Blank
267. Good Will Hunting
268. Ghandi
269. Face/Off
270. Erin Brockavitch
271. Deep Impact
272. Altered States
273. Persepolis
274. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
275. JFK
276. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
277. There will Be Blood
278. The Muppet Movie
279. The Milagro Beanfield War
280. Notes on a Scandal
281. Babel
282. The Rock
283. Darjeerling Limited
284. Out of Africa
285. Open Range

Movies - 2007

2008-01-19T17:56:00.000-08:00

Only saw sixteen films at the theater in 2007 . . . and I liked most of them.

My Favorite Films of 2007:

Juno
Michael Clayton
Across the Universe
The Simpsons Movie
Sicko
Charlie Wilson’s War
Sweeney Todd
Hairspray
The King of Kong
Knocked Up
Hot Fuzz
Dan in Real Life
No Country for Old Men
August Rush

Movies from 2007 that I want to see:

Into the Wild
Waitress
Eastern Promises
There Will Be Blood
Ratatouille
Once
Zodiac
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Atonement

Movies I didn't enjoy:

Ocean's 13
The Savages

More On Food - I cook breakfast, make salads and do manfood

2008-01-19T17:33:00.000-08:00

Feeding myself is simple in my world.

I eat whole food.

I love eating out . . . I eat out almost everyday for breakfast or lunch.
My favorite spots for breakfast are Burnt Toast, The Kitchen, Turley's and Dot's (in that order).
For lunch it is WholeFoods (salad bar and turkey w/swiss or their Grill for a salmon or a burger plate), the mexican chicken salad at Chipotle, Any Indian Buffet (The Himalaya's, The Taj, Sherpa's and Tandoori Grill - in that order), Wahoo's Fish Tacos, China Gourmet, Outback Steakhouse, Sunflower or Ras Kassa's Ethiopian.

I love making smoothies, over easy eggs, toast, mochi or omelettes for breakfast.

I love the endless varieties of salad and salad dressing options.

And I cook good manfood: Burgers, Chili, Sandwiches, Bar-b-que and Guacamole.

What I ate in "Oh, Ate"

2008-01-07T11:47:00.000-08:00

Sunday 1/6/08
6AM protein shake - whey, spirulina, coconut milk, water and pomegranate juice.
7AM yoga -
11AM Burnt Toast - huevos rancheros, home fried potatoes, bahkti chai.

3PM Coffee

7PM Cod, mango salsa, salad, zucchini
9PM 1 oz. dark chocolate, teecino

Monday 1/7/08
5AM yogurt, Mary's raw crackers
6AM BikramYoga Radha
9AM teecino with half and half
snacking on spelt crackers and BodyBalance
1PM Salmon, mashed potatoes with veggie gravy, zucchini, broccoli and corn bread with butter.
3PM gave a massage
5PM whey protein shake with flax seeds, spirulina and 2 ozs blueberry juice. Mixed handful of salted, dry roasted nuts.
6PM taught juicy yoga at Rallysport Athletic Club

10PM Fuji Apple

note to self -- buy some potatoes to bake in the evening

Smiling is helpful as well.

2008-01-06T09:25:00.000-08:00

A snowy solitary Sunday brunch at Burnt Toast in Boulder, Colorado is the birthplace of this blog.

This blog is dedicated to humor and health, creative self expression, self care, conscious kryptonite exposure and -- hopefully-- the lightening of the load carried by a few fellow travelers on this crazy crust.

What I want in Two Thousand and Ate:
Awakened Presence . . . Being here for this moment now, True Nature, Essence, Authenticity, Out of my Mind Naturalness, Relaxed-Open-Tender "come to my senses" Connectedness.
Youthful Energy . . . Creativity, novelty, a willingness to make mistakes and look silly, strength, deep restful sleep, cardio-vascular fitness, lots of laughter, flexibility and spontaneous fun.
Abundant Prosperity . . . enough money to take care of myself, to give to the people I love and to support the causes I believe in.