Guest guest Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Hi Tanya, Sounds as you're off to a great beginning! At this point, I'd like to offer you two more of our many free PathOfHealth learning teleconferences, preferably in the order listed here: Trusting <http://www.pathofhealth.org/Programs & Events/Fasting/TrustingNature'sDesign- Fasting--Aug.10.2006CE--PathOfHealth.mp3> Nature's Design: Fasting Step-By-Step--Audio--Path of Health Monoeating, <http://www.pathofhealth.org/Programs & Events/Fasting/MonoeatingFasting & Self- Love--Sep.13.2006CE--PathOfHealth.mp3> Fasting, & Self-Love--Audio--Path of Health Seems to me the timing for you (and perhaps for some others) is perfect ... enjoy!! When I read that you describe " cleansing " as " painful " , I feel great compassion for you. I wonder whether part of the " pain " lies in not understanding what is happening. In this regard, I offer you yet another of our free Path of Health Community learning teleconferences: Getting <http://www.pathofhealth.org/Programs & Events/GettingStarted/GettingStarted-2 of4~MessagesFromWithin--Feb.7.2007CE--PathOfHealth.mp3> Started #2 of 4: Messages From Within--Audio--Path of Health This program offers a major paradigm shift in how we perceive " symptoms " , or " cleansing " , as you call it below. This teleconference is the second of 4 in a free certificated program entitled Getting Started on the Path of Health, scheduled for full public release within the next week or so. Here are a few points for you to consider as you go forward from here: 1. The cornerstones of health are oxygenation, hydration, and rest. Food is, at best, a distant 4th. 2. When you choose a monodiet of watermelon for a bit, you are choosing oxygenation and hydration. Further, by going the monodiet path for a few days, you are choosing rest, in that your digestive workload will plummet. 3. This takes us back to a comment I shared earlier today or yesterday, namely, that what we STOP doing or consuming is often far more significant than what we DO consume. 4. Contrary to your comment, your system is trying to bring your internal thermostat back online; it's been largely " off " for years, perhaps even decades. This leads you into symptoms indicative of a system trying to regain control of its own thermal management. If you give it enough time ... in other words, if you come from a place of faith in Nature's design, and from a place of trust, arising from that faith, in your system's own innate intelligence and in its capacity to cleanse, restore, and replenish itself (what many call " healing " ) ... then you will reap the benefits available to you. 5. Regarding the skin on your face, the human face contains many air pockets, mouth, sinuses, etc. and also mucus membranes which contact the exterior, all of which make the entire structure quite different from anything else in the body. Ergo, expect certain symptoms in your facial skin, head (-aches), eyes/vision (dry, itchy, vision shifts), ears/hearing, etc. These may not all occur, but no occurrence of symptoms in any of these locations would be at all surprising. (Other locations, too, but another time for all that.) Hope this is helpful! Best, Elchanan PS: I publish most of my posts in the PathOfHealth. Group. _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of The Grrl Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:13 PM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Ah, watermelon! (WAS: Dehydration symptoms) Today I've just had watermelon and may do this " watermelon fast " for a few days. I can feel the difference not in the dryness on my face, BUT with my body. I've stared another " cleansing/detoxing " process and this is good. Cleansing for me (I don't know about others), tends to be painful and my internal thermostat is " off. " During cleansing, I'm really cold, but sweat profusely, thus making the whole experience icky! I notice now after being raw for close to 3 months that the cleansing process is easier. It would seem I would have dryness on all areas of skin and not just my face, but I'm sure there's a reason for that. Tanya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Thank you for the links! I had the " rest " part down this weekend. The pain has minimized telling me the oxygen is coming back, off and on right now. I see the commercials for " restless leg syndrome " which isn't something I was " diagnosed " with. I kept asking myself how many conditions they could come up with. I don't doubt people feel this " condition " because I feel it daily. But the need for me to move my legs tells me there's not enough of something. I have thought for a few years it was as if I wasn't getting oxygen in my body. When I had the ability to jog, for hours afterwards my legs felt great. I wonder how many others drawn to raw foods have felt for years that our bodies (on a cooked diet) have naturally eliminated foods that we should not be eating. I hope that more and more people that are " just reading " come to the point where they have the trust that the body is designed to heal itself. For 5 years I was on medications of all sorts and went the medical route. If it really worked, I would be really healthy. For myself, I realized it wasn't going to be the next medication around the corner that was going to help me, it was ME that had to help myself. It took a lot of stumbling around to find how I was going to do it. Thanks again, Tanya Elchanan <Elchanan rawfood Sunday, May 6, 2007 8:27:49 PM [Raw Food] Monoeating; Oxygenation, hydration, rest; Details (WAS: Ah, watermelon! / Dehydration symptoms) Hi Tanya, Sounds as you're off to a great beginning! At this point, I'd like to offer you two more of our many free PathOfHealth learning teleconferences, preferably in the order listed here: Trusting <http://www.pathofhe alth.org/ Programs & Events/Fasting/ TrustingNature'sDesign- Fasting--Aug. 10.2006CE- -PathOfHealth. mp3> Nature's Design: Fasting Step-By-Step- -Audio--Path of Health Monoeating, <http://www.pathofhe alth.org/ Programs & Events/Fasting/ MonoeatingFastin g & Self- Love--Sep.13. 2006CE--PathOfHe alth.mp3> Fasting, & Self-Love--Audio- -Path of Health Seems to me the timing for you (and perhaps for some others) is perfect ... enjoy!! When I read that you describe " cleansing " as " painful " , I feel great compassion for you. I wonder whether part of the " pain " lies in not understanding what is happening. In this regard, I offer you yet another of our free Path of Health Community learning teleconferences: Getting <http://www.pathofhe alth.org/ Programs & Events/GettingSt arted/GettingSta rted-2 of4~MessagesFromWit hin--Feb. 7.2007CE- -PathOfHealth. mp3> Started #2 of 4: Messages From Within--Audio- -Path of Health This program offers a major paradigm shift in how we perceive " symptoms " , or " cleansing " , as you call it below. This teleconference is the second of 4 in a free certificated program entitled Getting Started on the Path of Health, scheduled for full public release within the next week or so. Here are a few points for you to consider as you go forward from here: 1. The cornerstones of health are oxygenation, hydration, and rest. Food is, at best, a distant 4th. 2. When you choose a monodiet of watermelon for a bit, you are choosing oxygenation and hydration. Further, by going the monodiet path for a few days, you are choosing rest, in that your digestive workload will plummet. 3. This takes us back to a comment I shared earlier today or yesterday, namely, that what we STOP doing or consuming is often far more significant than what we DO consume. 4. Contrary to your comment, your system is trying to bring your internal thermostat back online; it's been largely " off " for years, perhaps even decades. This leads you into symptoms indicative of a system trying to regain control of its own thermal management. If you give it enough time ... in other words, if you come from a place of faith in Nature's design, and from a place of trust, arising from that faith, in your system's own innate intelligence and in its capacity to cleanse, restore, and replenish itself (what many call " healing " ) ... then you will reap the benefits available to you. 5. Regarding the skin on your face, the human face contains many air pockets, mouth, sinuses, etc. and also mucus membranes which contact the exterior, all of which make the entire structure quite different from anything else in the body. Ergo, expect certain symptoms in your facial skin, head (-aches), eyes/vision (dry, itchy, vision shifts), ears/hearing, etc. These may not all occur, but no occurrence of symptoms in any of these locations would be at all surprising. (Other locations, too, but another time for all that.) Hope this is helpful! Best, Elchanan PS: I publish most of my posts in the PathOfHealth. Group. Recent Activity 31New Members Visit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Hi Tanya, Backlog cleanup, your turn! Just focusing here on one of your comments, from below: ___ But the need for me to move my legs tells me there's not enough of something. I have thought for a few years it was as if I wasn't getting oxygen in my body. When I had the ability to jog, for hours afterwards my legs felt great. ___ Would you describe yourself as high-strung, angry/agitated, distractible, anything like these? I ask, because I see this leg stuff in people who seem to me to match well with such descriptors ... suggesting that this is not dietary in origin/cause. Just a thought, write back if you wish. Your thoughts about oxygenation make sense, too. Best, Elchanan _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of The Grrl Monday, May 07, 2007 10:02 AM rawfood Re: [Raw Food] Monoeating; Oxygenation, hydration, rest; Details (WAS: Ah, watermelon! / Dehydration symptoms) Thank you for the links! I had the " rest " part down this weekend. The pain has minimized telling me the oxygen is coming back, off and on right now. I see the commercials for " restless leg syndrome " which isn't something I was " diagnosed " with. I kept asking myself how many conditions they could come up with. I don't doubt people feel this " condition " because I feel it daily. But the need for me to move my legs tells me there's not enough of something. I have thought for a few years it was as if I wasn't getting oxygen in my body. When I had the ability to jog, for hours afterwards my legs felt great. I wonder how many others drawn to raw foods have felt for years that our bodies (on a cooked diet) have naturally eliminated foods that we should not be eating. I hope that more and more people that are " just reading " come to the point where they have the trust that the body is designed to heal itself. For 5 years I was on medications of all sorts and went the medical route. If it really worked, I would be really healthy. For myself, I realized it wasn't going to be the next medication around the corner that was going to help me, it was ME that had to help myself. It took a lot of stumbling around to find how I was going to do it. Thanks again, Tanya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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