Happy New Year, daily invocation & macro pics ...

Happy New Year! I have a really good feeling about this: my goals are ...

Travel less!

Eat simple, tasty meals & not too much.

Do one thing at a time. 

Continue my yoga studies with patience, discipline & a sense of unending playfulness. 

Get my music studio set up so I can just jam & have fun with it! 

Start a vinyl record label (oooh, exciting!)

DJ a few daytime festivals or events.

There is one more goal related to a certain special girl who I met last year in the US. No its not that! I do hope we get to meet again this year though, wherever it may be... ;-]

So this update mainly to share a reiki invocation I have been using for a few months. Highly recommended if you have any issues at all relating to any dis-ease. I say dis-ease because I think this problem of fear can apply to any sense of unease or malaise you might currently be feeling & really help to dissolve both the fear and the issue ... if you know you have symptoms giving you notice of something that can easily lead to a full blown disease then PLEASE do what you have to to nip it in the bud. Prevention is sooooo much easier than cure. 

Invocation for a Soul to release the Fear concerning Disease

" I choose to free myself from the negative energy called fear - I release it now. 

I know that fear is a distortion of my reality, and lack of faith in myself and my universe. 

I trust myself & my universe (or god) to heal & free me.

I ask that the same be true for all others who are willing to accept this divine truth. 

No one has the right to tell me when to die. My powerful soul chooses to live.

I affirm my life & all of life. If I had a death wish for any reason in the past, I release it now!

I ask through the power of Grace that all karma related to this disease be healed. 

I also ask that I be made aware of the change of consciousness needed to heal. 

I ask for forgiveness of myself & all others, whom I may have offended. Through all time, space and dimensions. Within & without, I forgive, I accept Love from myself and others. 

I am healed, I am whole, I am well, I am healed, I am whole, I am well & I accept.

On all levels of my being, I accept this healing and ask that it be so for others as well who are ready for it. 

As above, so below, so be it! I now ordain all cells of my body to respond. 

The light of healing shines through me, and I reflect the Light of the Universe."

Karen K. Mitchell PhD, N.D

And for those with an interest in it, below some of my latest macrobiotic meals ... seriously tasty even if I do say so myself, though if anyone has a trick to de-bitter the aduki squash dish further I'd be happy to hear it. I know its good for me but its not my favourite dish I have to admit! 

(Breakfast of miso soup, steamed rye sourdough & steamed veggies)

(Lunch of aduki beans with squash, nishime vegetables & steamed greens)

(Dinner of grilled fish, miso soup, blanched greens & miso cauliflower and lentils)

I am still having issues with fatigue so I am focusing on the idea of less is more - echoing one of the father of macrobiotics' favourite saying "quantity affects quality" (the other is "the bigger the front the bigger the back" also a very useful one roughly equal to "what comes up must come down") - eating less at meals and making my body work more for the nutrients contained within the smaller more select food. The idea is too reduce the burden on my digestive system in general, saving more energy for my daily activities. Not over-eating has toi be one of the hardest things in the world when you enjoy the food as much as I do... 

I even managed a macro Xmas though on that occasion I ate so much I thought I would burst. Not clever... 

(tuna steak [rare appearance!], garlic brown rice with kale, mashed sweet potato & celeriac, celeriac & cashew salad, pressed salad, roast root veg with ginger & soy sauce & cumin brussel sprouts ... phew!)

Lastly a favourite recipe tried out this month: butterbean hummus! 

- personally my mum and I think 1.5 tbsp of the balsamic vinegar are enough... but its up to YOU! Dont forget to soak the butterbeans with a little square of konbu the night before to increase digestibility & 'windlessness' if thats a problem for you! 

Much love

d.