Whew, I’m having some very interesting back pain that has flared up again. I keep meaning to record it in my blog, but for the past 2 weeks or so, every day, I’ve had varying degrees of back pain and soreness in my lower back area. This is totally unheard of for me – back pain is never something I’ve experienced. It is likely my kidneys detoxing, so I’m just waiting it out and taking it as a sign that I might need to do some sort of kidney cleanse soon.

Yes, folks, upcoming is the EPIC Global Juice Feast 2008!! I’m announcing this to my readers now so you can all start thinking about whether you might be interested in joining us! People from all around the world, including David and Katrina Rainoshek (who will be doing 92 Days) are going to be juicing it up together and transforming their health, lives, and the world! It will start in March of 2008, right about springtime, which an AWESOME time to be cleaning house, and a time for new beginnings and new life. This could be your chance to really take action to that health, body, life and world you’ve dreamed of, and the support and fellowship of other feasters during this event will be precious. I won’t be doing another long juice feast then, but I WILL be joining in on at least the first week and the last week of the Global Juice Feast. You may want to join David and Katrina and other feasters on a full 92 Day Feast, but if you just want to scope it out, feel free to join for part of it, and I’d love for anyone who wants to do something shorter to join me on my shorter feast. It is going to be amazing!

Wow, today has been an incredible day for me. I’ve had indestructible soaring feelings of joy and gratitude, for no particular reason at all. I love that I am getting into these elation states more frequently and easily as time goes on. It’s like the illusion of limitedness and sorrow is just sort of transparent and I can feel and see through to the effortless joy and diversity and abundance that is always there waiting for us to see its gold lining on every thing and experience. Sorry if that was a bit sappy, it’s a poetic sort of day 😀

Oooh, I’ve been having so much fun on this delightful new community that Dhrumil has put together – www.giveittomeraw.com! So many wonderful people on this online community, and it’s been super exciting for me to meet some of the people who have been following my blog. The more personal the connection, the better!!

Aahhh it feels so great to be back home in Arizona! Every time I leave I return with a newfound appreciation of what it is to be in a likeminded, supportive community that I am so grateful to have here!

Today’s Feast, in order of consumption:

32 oz. Odwalla “Superfood” Juice

32 oz. Odwalla “Superfood” Juice

28 oz. green juice w/ lemon and ginger

EEeek my body feels SO wierd to have the Odwalla’s. Having recently found out the possible truth that Odwalla is owned by Coca Cola, I’m even more hesitant to drink them. But I guess you have to do what you have to do when you’re traveling!

This morning I woke up to a Winter Wonderland which blew the ‘winter wonderland’ I arrived here to OUT OF THE WATER! See pics above, it was SO magical, I don’t even know if I’ve ever seen the amazing amount of snow that stayed so long on each twig and branch… I definitely savoredit as I don’t know when the next time is that I’ll see such snow!!

Today’s Feast, in order of consumption:

32 oz. orange juice w/ 1/2 TBS MSM

24 oz. pear/apple juice

10 oz. pear/apple juice

20 oz. green leaf lettuce/apple juice

Wow, this has sure been a strange week for me… Not sure if its the recognition of how different I am since the last time I was home, or what, but interesting indeed. I feel a little off balance and am rather excited to get back to my wonderful community, abundance of juice and warm arizona weather.

Today’s Feast, in order of consumption:

30 oz. orange/grapefruit juice w/ 1/2 TBS MSM

32 oz. pear/apple/peach/mango juice

16 oz. pear/apple/peach/mango juice

30 oz. green leaf lettuce/apple juice

Ahh, the joy of an aligned spinal column and newly cut hair! Yesterday I had a chiropractor appointment, which felt AMAZING. The chiropractor is the only doctor I’ve been to in years, and I’ve actually been getting a regular adjustment (once per month at least) for probably 10 years. I absolutely love how I feel after them – a little like gumby. Everything feels so free flowing, aligned, and energized in my spine.

Wow, so I almost didn’t notice that yesterday was my one year anniversary of being totally raw vegan! I have now officially been pretty close to all rawfor a whole year. What an amazing standpoint to be at. I tried to go raw for so long, it seemed like such a distant and unimaginable future where I’d find myself saying I’d done this for a year, wow!! There are so many gifts that come with living and nourishing oneself this way, not to mention the absolute treasures of people I have met on the course of the journey!

A wonderful, wonderful day today has been. I love being back in a winter wonderland – everything feels so holiday-ish, I went with my family to get a christmas tree and we decorated the house. I’ve been a picture fiend since I got here, taking pictures of all the snowy wonder! The first pic is my lovely doggie 🙂 and a pic of the beautiful mountains in this area!! I went to bed at 9:00 last night, and it felt SO GOOD. Getting to sleep early is such a treasure for me… then I woke up and did some exercise, felt so great!

Today’s Feast, in order of consumption:

20 oz. spinach/apple juice

10 oz. herbal tea with stevia

20 oz. green juice w/ lemon, ginger, cayenne, and turmeric

32 oz. orange juice w/ 1/2 TBS MSM

40 oz. orange/apple juice w/ 1/2 TBS MSM

Today has been a good day, a juicy satisfying day. I’m correlating a lot of my enthusiasm and hunger to the weather. On days when it is colder, I find myself less motivated for both making and drinking juice – its a little bit of a reluctant push to get myself to do it. Today, actually, I was so not in the mood for making or drinking juice at all. Definitely still enjoying the feast, although I feel that the next 60-92 day juice feast I do will be when the entirety can be done during very warm summer months. I have been thinking the past few days that it would be nice to do a 60-92 day feast at least every other year, and to do shorter ones in between. As I got to goofing around with that idea, I playfully estimated that this would equate to 2400 – 3680 days of Juice Feasting during the next eighty years of my life, or a total of 6.57 – 10.08 years of Juice Feasting over the next eighty years. That’s a lot of juice! Oh, the juiciness of life, eh? We’ll see how it all unfolds, but its fun to play around with numbers 🙂

Ahh… I’m filled with the holiday spirit even though I’m in southern Arizona… I have discovered holiday music on pandora.com (which if you aren’t familiar, you simply must investigate!) and it brings so many memories… the holiday season was nothing less than absolutely magical and enchanting for me as a child.

Wow, this blog has now officially been visited from every state in the U.S. and over 50 countries. How grateful I am for the technology of computers and the internet that allows me to share this juicy experience on such a far reaching basis! It is also an indicator that people around the world are ready for this information, and ready to claim their vibrant health and radiance!

Today was a lovely day of sleeping in, and then a nice trip to Tucson to see ‘Into the Wild’… what an AWESOME movie, I highly recommend it!!