Living in the moment.

The past is history, the future a mystery and this moment is a gift: that's why it is called the present.

This is a statement I have made many times, to many people, I am just beginning to understand it! Thinking and worrying about what will happen in the future, stops you from enjoying this moment and seeing that in this moment you have everything you need.
Thinking or worrying about the past, stops you from seeing how much you have changed and achieved since that time. Our mind is so clever at distracting us from the here and now. The sabotage we personally do to ourselves is phenomenal, just to keep that critical chatter at bay is constant work!
Just imagine if you just appreciated this moment.....then the next....then the next......my goodness what a world you would live in....

Trust me....trust yourself.

We seem to be at the mercy of so many things, water, diet, politicians, commerce, the next BIG thing.....how do we make an informed choice? How can you ever know what is correct for you?
"Trust that you know the right thing" is the advice that I give to myself and others. You know that feeling you get in your stomach, that just tells you it is good, it is right, it is wrong: your intuition.

But what happens when you do not know anymore. What happens when we are so out of touch with our true thoughts and feelings that we are unable to access our truth, what then?

You have to re-learn to trust yourself, not to be herded by the media/others/even your family into what you think is right or wrong...and it is a little surprising when we begin this journey of inner truth. Not everyone is going to like it or us for being our true selves! 

One of the blocks to knowing your truth I have found is prescription drugs and if you have been on prescription drugs for a while (even if it is the pill) you are not resonating from your true self. You are working from a perspective of being forced into a certain way of thinking and feeling. Please understand that I do not think that allopathy is all bad, I just think it is over prescribed.

So when I work with people coming off of prescribed drugs they often feel so many things, it can be overwhelming to them: suddenly they are in charge again and they are responsible for their thoughts, feelings, body and soul. It can feel odd taking back your own self, but it is worth every confusion and wall you break down within yourself, to being to know yourself is a wonderful and glorious journey that makes you, your greatest work of art.

Constipation: toptip

I once worked with an elderly gentleman, who had rheumatoid arthritis. He was being treated allopathically (conventionally), but he had suffered from chronic constipation for a number of years.

During the course of his consultation it came to light that he was taking 10 different drugs, daily, and 7 of them where to treat sides effects of the others! Naturally constipation is not good for the body: it is the way the body discharges toxins, so if you do not discharge the toxins the body will re-absorb them, putting those toxins back into the body and creating a toxic load for the body to deal with.

As he was not keen to come of off his drug combinations I used a simple ayurvedic remedy:

Equal weight sesame seeds and walnuts. Dry fried in a frying pan, till browned. Pestle and mortar the two seeds together until it forms a paste. Put into a clean jam jar. Take a teaspoon at night and keep in the fridge.