"Yoga believes in transforming the individual before transforming the world."
Imagine your body full of petrochemicals and industrial toxins. These toxins come from pesticides, plastics, flame retardants, and heavy metals from the environment---you name it and you've probably consumed it at one point in time.
I recently returned from a 4 day snowboarding trip in West Virgina and a pit stop in Atlanta.My belly was full of delicious food the entire time and now I feel janky, toxic and overweight. When we travel, we consume a lot of processed foods and fatty foods and I am I certainly feeling the effects.
I was reading the newest Yoga Journal and there's a detox article in there with a yoga practiceand a yoga diet. I figured now was a good of time as any to give it a try. Some of the recipes have pretty lengthy ingredients so I may stray away and have something else for that meal, we'll see. As for the yoga practice, I'm incorporating the recommended poses to squeeze the body of toxins in to my classes this week.
- High Lunge
- Parsvottanasana
- Utkanasana (Variation with a twist)
- Locust
- Reclined Twist
- Reclined Bound Angle
- Legs-up-the-wall
- Savasana
Day 1 of Detox Diet
Breakfast: (which I'm eating now) consists of cooked quinoa, a grain and some trail mix with pistachios, pecans, cashews and dried cranberries. It's not very flavorful but it's edible. Water with lemon is my beverage.
Lunch: On the menu is herbal tea, Kitchari (which I may just pick up at the local health eatery in town) and steamed collards with Lemon Miso dressing.
Dinner: Bowl of mixed fruit, broccoli, kale, onions, chick peas sauteed in olive oil, and a baked sweet potato.
Snacks: Almond Milk, Fresh fruit, homemade fruit smoothie, baked beets (ick!), vegetable juices, oatmeal, raw carrots, celery, cucumbers, and radishes, salads with Lemon Miso dressing.
Posted by Raina on Tuesday, February 24, 2009