Hello fellow macrotarians!
I’m back! :O) My time in Devon was great although I must confess I found it difficult emotionally (which I will write more about in a mo) and I also managed to get myself a cold. It is interesting how this seemed to accompany my emotional issues.
I also had an opportunity to talk with Jamie Trevena who is a really nice guy and is doing lots of exciting things with macrobiotics. He is interviewing lots of macro people and posting them on his website & on you tube (www.macrobiotics.co.uk). Check it out if you want to see some real life macrotarians :O). Ahhh, it’s all very inspiring.
Today I have been grateful to have a day at home relaxing and cooking :O) and reflecting on my time in Devon.
Food today was:
Breakfast
Miso soup made with onion, carrot & spring greens with ginger juice
Sweet rice congee with carrot and peas with tekka
Barley cup with oat cream and barley malt
Lunch
Brown basmati rice, steamed brocolli, sauerkraut, green lentils with rosemary & kombu & stir fried cabbage
Women’s energy tea
Dinner
Squash soup
Millet with onion, carrot, hijiki and furikake
Green beans
Lettuce with a lemon dressing
Black beans with spring onion
Pressed daikon
Redbush tea with oat cream and barley malt
Snacks/other
Some olives
Oat cakes
Ahh it’s so nice to be cooking again and enjoying time at home. :O)
As part of my homework I have to follow a particular diet for the next six weeks. I am looking forward to it. Part of my challenge will involve eating a pressed salad and a creamy soup every day…eeekk! It is going to be a challenge. I have also decided that I will stop snacking as I think this is having a detrimental effect on my health. So, June is set to be an interesting month!!
During my time in Devon I felt depressed which is quite unusual for me. I usually find that something shifts during my time there but it wasn’t until my journey home that I felt some kind of shift and realised that I had learnt so much about myself.
I realised that I was allowing myself to slip back into some patterns (the ones that I am trying to break free from and heal!!)I can see that I was looking outside of myselfto get my needs met instead of looking to myself. Of course, we all have needs and it is important that they are met but it is also important to take responsibility for and ownership of them. It felt quite empowering in a sense to realise this.
I also saw how easy it is for me to feel lonely and disconnected from people and again, I realise I must take ownership of this and responsibility for making sure this doesn’t happen.
And finally, self love…I have questions and doubts about how I feel about myself and whilst I feel there is still some healingto do aroud this subject, I feel like I am in a more positive place & want to put nurturing myself at the top of my life. It is somassively important to take responsibility of this and I realise that doing this has a knock on effect with all other beings I come into contact with.
I feel more determined than ever to heal myself and to strive towards a happier and more balanced life. I am so sure that with time, patience, compassion for oneself and a willingness to grow we can all move forward and create more room in our lives for joy and light.
I thank my lucky stars to be on this road & for all the healing, love & kindness I have received from others.
Love & light
Sharlene
Breakfast - miso soup
sweet rice with tekka
Dinner
curried chickpeas, falafel, red cabbage, grated carrot, alfalfa sprouts & salad leaves
