Workout like a Rock Star! Wake up and without thinking about it…stick to it…like Madonna. Madonna’s Workout Rules: She may not have much to teach us about marriage, but Mighty Madge is a rock n’ role model when it comes to exercise. Just ask celebrity photographer Humberto Carreno, who stakes out her sweaty comings and goings for Startraks Photo in New York City. “She’s amazing. She never misses a day,” he says. Here are a few stay-fit pointers.
1 Stick to a time, but be flexible. Like clockwork, Madonna leaves her home at 8 a.m. to exercise. Even the morning after a late-night event, she won’t skip her workout. “She’ll come out later, at 10:30 ,” Carreno says.
2. Ditch the crummy sweats. Catch the Material Girl in old T-shirts? Never! “She always looks great, wearing the coolest athletic clothes,” Carreno notes. “It must motivate her.”
3. Change it up. “She’s really careful about nt getting bored. One day she’ll go to the gym, the next she’ll be jogging in Central Park,” Carreno says. “I’ve never seen her d the same thing twice in a row.”
4. Find friends who love to work out. They’ll not only encourage you, they’ll join you. Carreno has shot Madonna running with Ingrid Casares; in London, she’s been seen leaving her gym with Gweneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney.
5. Don’t overdo it. Carreno has noticed that the singer never works out for more than 45 minutes. So take heart: An incredible body doesn’t have to be a full-time job- just a regular commitment.
Fitness Feb 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Detoxing and Rejuvenation Wisdom
*Greatly increase your experience of energy
*Reverse dis-ease into ease
*Regenerate your youthful beauty, energy and vitality
*Know your highest life purpose as it evolves and fully engage doing your life purpose daily.
*Reach your target weight and maintain it
Health is about:
1)Rapid fluid exchange through the pipes and tubes of our bodies
2)Flooding our bodies with nutrient dense foods
3)Support nutrient density with related processes including sun, exercise, deep sleep, enjoyable relationships and doing our Dharma (life work)
Our journey begins with health.
An old Chinese fable says:
The one who controls who they sleep with has set foot upon the path to enlightenment.
The one who controls the words they speak is well on their way to enlightenment.
The one who controls what they eat is near enlightenment.
In other words, there are so many underlying drives associated with eating, when the drives come under control all dimensions of our lives progress rapidly.
If you're tired of struggling with your health, whatever your symptom, you've "set foot upon the path of your highest journey."
*Reverse dis-ease into ease
*Regenerate your youthful beauty, energy and vitality
*Know your highest life purpose as it evolves and fully engage doing your life purpose daily.
*Reach your target weight and maintain it
Health is about:
1)Rapid fluid exchange through the pipes and tubes of our bodies
2)Flooding our bodies with nutrient dense foods
3)Support nutrient density with related processes including sun, exercise, deep sleep, enjoyable relationships and doing our Dharma (life work)
Our journey begins with health.
An old Chinese fable says:
The one who controls who they sleep with has set foot upon the path to enlightenment.
The one who controls the words they speak is well on their way to enlightenment.
The one who controls what they eat is near enlightenment.
In other words, there are so many underlying drives associated with eating, when the drives come under control all dimensions of our lives progress rapidly.
If you're tired of struggling with your health, whatever your symptom, you've "set foot upon the path of your highest journey."
Monday, January 5, 2009
Winter Detoxing and Internal Cleansing for the New Year…
After two months of holidays from October to the New Year…heavy rich foods, and excessive sweets & processed foods overload the body with toxicity, acidity and weight. Doing a winter cleanse to alkalize the body…take off some pounds and bring the system back into balance is just what the body needs to be freed up and move forward into the New Year with a positive attitude and fulfilled resolutions.
Winter takes us deep into hibernation – staying warm, adding a few pounds, and eating heavy stews, hearty casseroles and warming soups. The water element governs kidney- bladder energy. The foods to eat should include salty and bitter flavors which take the heat deeper into the body. These can include vegetable miso soup, cooked greens, burdock root, sea vegetables, barley, whole oats and quinoa. Eating raw, cooling foods weakens the digestion and chills the body. Seasonal winter foods include beets, cabbage, carrots, citrus fruits, daikon radishes, onions, rutabagas, turnips and winter squash.
Many times during a detox “You may feel worse before you feel better”…which is a holistic term called retracing. This is a good sign that your body is responding but overwhelmed with what is being released. To counter “die off” reactions, your body needs fresh vegetable juices and lots of water to help wash out the toxins (See December blog on ORP and Alkaline Ionized water which will dramatically increase your ability to flush out toxins given its antioxidant effect). You want to eat potassium rich foods, because you are losing this important mineral with excessive urination, diarrhea, and perspiration. Potassium brings balance to your cells, clears out excess sodium, and is a great boost for inner cleansing.
Here’s a great recipe for a Potassium Broth which makes about 12 cups.
2 cups celery
2 cups carrot, grated
2 large beets
½ Head of Red Cabbage
2 quarts Alkaline Ionized Antioxidant water
4 red skinned potatoes, chopped
1 bunch parsley
1 bunch cilantro
Pinch of sea salt (or Sun Fire Salt from Radical Health)
Combine all ingredients in a heavy saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with toasted pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds and a teaspoon of light miso (optional).
Winter takes us deep into hibernation – staying warm, adding a few pounds, and eating heavy stews, hearty casseroles and warming soups. The water element governs kidney- bladder energy. The foods to eat should include salty and bitter flavors which take the heat deeper into the body. These can include vegetable miso soup, cooked greens, burdock root, sea vegetables, barley, whole oats and quinoa. Eating raw, cooling foods weakens the digestion and chills the body. Seasonal winter foods include beets, cabbage, carrots, citrus fruits, daikon radishes, onions, rutabagas, turnips and winter squash.
Many times during a detox “You may feel worse before you feel better”…which is a holistic term called retracing. This is a good sign that your body is responding but overwhelmed with what is being released. To counter “die off” reactions, your body needs fresh vegetable juices and lots of water to help wash out the toxins (See December blog on ORP and Alkaline Ionized water which will dramatically increase your ability to flush out toxins given its antioxidant effect). You want to eat potassium rich foods, because you are losing this important mineral with excessive urination, diarrhea, and perspiration. Potassium brings balance to your cells, clears out excess sodium, and is a great boost for inner cleansing.
Here’s a great recipe for a Potassium Broth which makes about 12 cups.
2 cups celery
2 cups carrot, grated
2 large beets
½ Head of Red Cabbage
2 quarts Alkaline Ionized Antioxidant water
4 red skinned potatoes, chopped
1 bunch parsley
1 bunch cilantro
Pinch of sea salt (or Sun Fire Salt from Radical Health)
Combine all ingredients in a heavy saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with toasted pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds and a teaspoon of light miso (optional).
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Imagine...
Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
All There is is LOVE...Happy New Year's 2009
All There is is LOVE
I Was Dead
i was dead
i came alive
i was tears
i became laughter
all because of love
when it arrived
my temporal life
from then on
changed to eternal
love said to me
you are not
crazy enough
you don't
fit this house
i went and
became crazy
crazy enough
to be in chains
love said
you are not
intoxicated enough
you don't
fit the group
i went and
got drunk
drunk enough
to overflow
with light-headedness
love said
you are still
too clever
filled with
imagination and skepticism
i went and
became gullible
and in fright
pulled away
from it all
love said
you are a candle
attracting everyone
gathering every one
around you
i am no more
a candle spreading light
i gather no more crowds
and like smoke
i am all scattered now
love said
you are a teacher
you are a head
and for everyone
you are a leader
i am no more
not a teacher
not a leader
just a servant
to your wishes
love said
you already have
your own wings
i will not give you
more feathers
and then my heart
pulled itself apart
and filled to the brim
with a new light
overflowed with fresh life
now even the heavens
are thankful that
because of love
i have become
the giver of light
~RUMI
I Was Dead
i was dead
i came alive
i was tears
i became laughter
all because of love
when it arrived
my temporal life
from then on
changed to eternal
love said to me
you are not
crazy enough
you don't
fit this house
i went and
became crazy
crazy enough
to be in chains
love said
you are not
intoxicated enough
you don't
fit the group
i went and
got drunk
drunk enough
to overflow
with light-headedness
love said
you are still
too clever
filled with
imagination and skepticism
i went and
became gullible
and in fright
pulled away
from it all
love said
you are a candle
attracting everyone
gathering every one
around you
i am no more
a candle spreading light
i gather no more crowds
and like smoke
i am all scattered now
love said
you are a teacher
you are a head
and for everyone
you are a leader
i am no more
not a teacher
not a leader
just a servant
to your wishes
love said
you already have
your own wings
i will not give you
more feathers
and then my heart
pulled itself apart
and filled to the brim
with a new light
overflowed with fresh life
now even the heavens
are thankful that
because of love
i have become
the giver of light
~RUMI
Flatley dances again thanks to Irish energy healer
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish-American dance master Michael Flatley is back on stage after years of suffering from a "mystery virus," thanks to a treatment by an Irish "energy healer," Irish media quoted Flatley as saying on Wednesday.
Flatley, born in the United States in 1958 of Irish heritage, rose to fame as a member of the "Riverdance" troupe that helped propel Irish dancing into the global spotlight and later opened his own "Lord of the Dance" show.
He was taken to hospital in London in 2006 with a virus that forced him to cancel the European tour of his "Celtic Tiger" show, a dramatisation of Ireland's history.
"Conventional medicine failed to cure me from my mystery virus," Flatley told the Irish Independent newspaper.
"And then, by chance, I met a young man from Ireland called Michael O'Doherty who works on the body's energy," Flatley said.
"When he came to visit me in Ireland, I could barely get out of the chair," he said. "He visited me about 10 times afterwards and, now, I feel really good. Great, in fact. I can dance at speed and I'm close to 100 percent fit again," he added.
According to the clinic's website, the "Plexus System" developed by Michael O'Doherty and Tom Griffin works by "rebalancing the life-force energy within and around the body."
"Einstein concluded that everything is energy and beyond energy is a Supreme Intelligence," the website says. "Within the Plexus System, we have begun to understand the powerful effectiveness of this intelligent life force."
Thanks to the treatment, Flatley has been able to take part in U.S. celebrity dance TV shows and has resumed a strict daily training regime, the Irish Independent said.
(Reporting by Andras Gergely)
Flatley, born in the United States in 1958 of Irish heritage, rose to fame as a member of the "Riverdance" troupe that helped propel Irish dancing into the global spotlight and later opened his own "Lord of the Dance" show.
He was taken to hospital in London in 2006 with a virus that forced him to cancel the European tour of his "Celtic Tiger" show, a dramatisation of Ireland's history.
"Conventional medicine failed to cure me from my mystery virus," Flatley told the Irish Independent newspaper.
"And then, by chance, I met a young man from Ireland called Michael O'Doherty who works on the body's energy," Flatley said.
"When he came to visit me in Ireland, I could barely get out of the chair," he said. "He visited me about 10 times afterwards and, now, I feel really good. Great, in fact. I can dance at speed and I'm close to 100 percent fit again," he added.
According to the clinic's website, the "Plexus System" developed by Michael O'Doherty and Tom Griffin works by "rebalancing the life-force energy within and around the body."
"Einstein concluded that everything is energy and beyond energy is a Supreme Intelligence," the website says. "Within the Plexus System, we have begun to understand the powerful effectiveness of this intelligent life force."
Thanks to the treatment, Flatley has been able to take part in U.S. celebrity dance TV shows and has resumed a strict daily training regime, the Irish Independent said.
(Reporting by Andras Gergely)
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