I decided to focus on doing things that are emotionally centering today, because emotional and mental stress wear on the body just as much as physical stress. I could tell today that my whole system had undergone a lot of stress because heat and pain were coming off the usual suspects for me... under my arms, the sides of my feet, and the small of my back. A lot of this has alleviated as I write this, so I'm dead chuffed.
Today I began with a large, centering bowl of my morning miso, as well as a little bit of Erewhon Gluten-Free Brown Rice Cereal, cause let me tell y'all, just miso doesn't cut it for me. I snacked heartily on nut bars (guilty on three charges), and then ate some amazing food from a cooking class.
The cooking class was great for several reasons. Nuts and bolts first:
1. SEA VEGETABLES- It was a great wake-up call that I've been slacking on some of the most delicious, nutrient-packed, and most of all easy-to-cook foods out there! I am a firm believer that seaweed makes you beautiful, so you should eat it with deep appreciation! We tried a new kind of seaweed that I was pretty unfamiliar with, dulse. Dulse is a red seaweed from the United States (Maine) with a salty, robust flavor.
2. COMMUNITY- I don't know about a lot of y'all, but sometimes healing can be really isolating. I find myself unable to go out late, to drink and party like I used to, and in general, I feel many of the limitations of being in a healing "zone." It sounds super cliche, but I believe that food is only one leg of the healing table, and that going to fun, health-supportive events in a great environment can strengthen the healing process. I'll write more about that experience soon.
I've done my face steam, and am now having my pores sucked at by the green clay mask. Sorry this post was so straight-forward. I'm wiped out and am going to recover tomorrow. And I secretly wish that somebody else would do the cooking.
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