Me, Mine & a whole host of burps ...

I have been absent for far to long I know. Its been a bit of a rollercoaster the last few months to be honest. Sometimes I feel pretty desperate about my situation - the acidosis/gastritis problem of last year reared its ugly head again in February - but at other times, even at the most unlikely time (case in point sudden onset mid personal yoga practice that I hadnt planned to do when I woke up 5am but then suddenly felt like at 7am after fitful night of sweats and weird dreams!) I experience nothing short of bliss. Its a funny old life... 

Joys have been a visit from a dear friend from the US, a long weekend with Dad and family (the little ones are 13 now!!!), a trip to Rome, my mum & Pippa's return from their month plus antipododealicious (whatever!) adventure, continuation of my yoga teacher training course (though was it cold up in Wales in Feb & March ... brrrr!), 

a fun bread-making class in Canterbury (how pro do I look!), hiking in Pembrokeshire (god that was cold though), the excitement (& minor stress!) of preparing for my 2 festival gigs in Taiwan & Shikoku island Japan and the 3 club gigs, the joy (& moderate pain) of preparing release number one of my new vinyl record label ... and more which I cant put my finger on right now. Its good to reflect on hat seems like a hellish few months ... what a lot of great stuff I still have going on notwithstanding the health problems! 

Lows have been nearly skipping 2 (I dont feel much like this weekend either, though this time my Mum will share the driving with me which makes it a LOT more enjoyable) teacher training weekends due to health (which of course turned into profound peace and fullness by the end of each weekend), really suffering from the cold, the acidosis (possibly caused by the cold or by overdoing the brown rice again?), chest congestion/breathing issues, fallout from aforementioned Rome trip, bad decisions to agree to take anti-biotics (my body is getting more and more sensitive to anything unnatural as I detox more and more through the macrobiotic diet!), inability to run due to low energy, pain, swelling in the abdomen, sleeplessness ... there have been a few thats for sure and my acidosis issues are ongoing even with my pending trip to Japan to DJ. Bit of a worry but at least food will be easier. My digestive system is so weak lately I have returned to some white rice & plenty noodles like soba / buckwheat just to get some energy assimilating. I have been eating a lot of puddings too. Hope I am not overdoing it ...    

All in all I feel ok ... I have so much going on in my life I am so blessed and I know it. Will try to upload some more photos of the last month in a seperate blog soon ... 

BONSAI CEDAR TREE, KEW GARDENS

And lastly: 

An interesting article sent my my friend if you fancy it. Simple stuff in theory but right on I am sure...

Also many from my dear friend David Nassim some that resonate particularly with me, considering the struggle I am having with overeating (bizarre I know what with me being so skinny!), which adds to the bloating and basically leads to the digestive system just shutting down. The maxim 'Too much of a good thing' was never so true... actually I cant find it but you can choose. any of his writing is an inspiration to be honest! HERE

Also, for those wanting a good way in to macrobiotics I really recommend Dirk Benedict (aka Face from The A-Team's ''Kamikaze Cowboy''. My Dad just read it and loved it. Dufty's ''Sugar Blues'' is also an absolute MUST for anyone who cares about their health... if you can get hold of a copy of this classic! Just search on amazon... 

Be well and ... EAT WHOLE FOODS & decrease your risk of cancer, heart disease and many many more!!!