the power to say no

if you're an australian reading this you're probably aware of the sexual harassment case - a young woman suing her boss, that's about to go to court.

the way i live is to try and learn lessons from all ‘happenings’. from an injured leg to a tsunami, i see them as opportunities for spiritual growth, personal freedom, a better world. i try to remove judgment and with an open heart and mind come to understand what the 'happening' has to teach me.

this case has made me realize that it is australian law that the onus is on the perpetrator to gage the response of the other person as to whether or not what they have said or done is inappropriate. this means that it’s up to the person who is experiencing the act to SAY SOMETHING. i have never felt i could.

some people are way cooler than me, they are witty, confident even blaze with their message of “back off”. in the same situation i am horrified. it freezes me and i end up going along with it all, afterwards feeling small and dumb.

this ‘happening’ for me was revelatory. i MUST perk up and voice my feelings even if at first it comes out all wrong, i’ll get better. the responsibility is on me as it is on all of us, to create a more cohesive world.

the situation may not call for intervention from other parties, all it calls for is the power to say no.

just do it

i don't often feel mournful about the passing of time. it's a dead-end situation. but mournful i felt today that i'm in my 40s not 20s.

i guess it was brought on because tomorrow i am doing a session with a beautiful woman in her early 20s who wants to "tone and lengthen". how do i best convey to her that she's perfect just the way she is - everyone is at her age.

but i remember me then, i thought my hips were chunky, it's all i'd see when i looked at myself, now i notice the slight sag of my inner thigh skin. when does it end?

i know at 60 i'll look back at myself at 40 and think "i was a bit of alright", and at 80 do the same again for me at 60. on and on.

but i know i get kinder, i see me with more compassionate eyes. i see my strong body cause i live in it well, and i see the real me closer to the surface - able to experience a richer life. these are results of my thoughts and actions of now.

it's never too late to reflect to the world your wholesome life choices. start making them now. it's never too late to begin a truce with your body. do nice stuff, take care of yourself, if nothing else at the end of your day, soak in epsom salts, or plain old cooking salt, add some essential oils (lavender's sold in supermarkets and pharmacys everywhere) and spend time in the bath clearing and cleansing your mind, body and spirit of crap you don't need.

make your life less of a struggle, do it for you now, do it for the you in 20 years time. just do it.

A quote I read today...

"The key to developing a beautiful physical appearance is to start from the inside out by clearing away physical and emotional toxins."
- Anne Louise Gittleman

Water anyone?

Age Power!

So I've been reading this fab book called AGE POWER - the revolutionary path to natural high-tech rejuvenation, by Leslie Kenton.

I've been folding pages over as indication of information I want to return to and remember. No kidding, a third of the book is now folded.

One chapter titled 'Green Supreme' is about stuff most of us are already aware of like 'green foods regenerate and rejuvenate your body, they are powerful angi-agers', but the folded page holds the following gem: 'Seed Power' - 'The seeds of broccoli contain 60 times the levels of sulphoraphane - the most widely acclaimed phytonutrient in the war against cancer and ageing - than broccoli itself'. Here's the best bit - 'buy packets of broccoli seeds, add springwater to germanate, let them grow 5-12 days before harvesting at their zenith (the moment the young internodal tissues start to elongate to form a stem).

Inexpensive fresh foods of phenomenal health-enhancing value, right there in your kitchen!'

Too easy, what are you waiting for?!