I have a little more time to post today - yippee! It's like a real Sunday! And I got all my supermarket shopping done before the Superbowl Madness really started, so I am not even cranky or exhausted.
Leslie - that watch and the comments on amazon are too funny! Didn't get to look at it until today, but I have been saying "It's not Rocket Surgery" every chance I get!
I thought it was weird too that the sausage and the fake mozzarella were "OK" but not the gluten or dairy, in that NYTimes article. Some friends of ours who we introduced to this WOE sent it to me and we went to their place for dinner last night. They were really surprised about the meat too, and the fake cheese.
I did really like the concept of Leaky Gut all spelled out and "creditable" right there for those educated folks who read the Times to see, instead of it being some sort of sketchy new-agey scam concept. Stories like your friends son's experience are what made me believe it enough to test it out, even thought my M.D. pretty much made fun of me for bringing it up. Good for her Fierce Mama Tiger-ness!
Moonwatcher, the felon turned playwright is probably my fave too. It got me early with the: ' "Use a knife!" they said'
Yes, Joseph Encinia is amazing! And really, really nice. (He's a Leo, btw, and a very natural and generous teacher) I have a strange relationship with the idea of a Yoga Competition, too, but there is no denying that Bikram Yoga can work wonders and is the perfect practice for many people, so who am I to judge how it is done, right?
I have met more than a few people with RA or PsA or Lupus or other AI diseases who were "cured" by regular Bikram Practice. By cured I mean as cured as we are by diet - it only lasts as long as the yoga (or diet) is maintained. But still, very promising!
Joseph found it cured him and he wanted to teach, but could not afford the training ($10,000!!!), so he set up something like a kickstart campaign for himself and got the funding to teach! Very enterprising guy. I wish him all good things, he is so generous and has been through so much.
It is the original "Hot Yoga," started by the very flamboyant Bikram Choudhury* and it is supposed to detox the liver and kidneys and lymph and adrenals. Very vigorous and challenging, but I rather like it. A new hot yoga place just opened up walking distance from us and they have a very afforadble special ($20 for 30 days of unlimited yoga classes) and I have been thinking of trying it out again.
Debbie -that banana one comes on my FB feed all the time, too!
everyone drives poorly according to your husband, stressed or not! In all honestly, the same is true for my DH, he just gets worse when he is stressed! And I join him, instead of rolling my eyes....Eri - I cannot for the LIFE of me imagine giving a toddler mtx, either!!!! So sad that it happens, but at least the article was generally hopeful, instead of the other way around, as they so often seem to be.
And it was in the NY TIMES!!! I love that. People, the word is getting out. For reals.
*(an Aquarius, which I only know because I am a savant about remembering people's birthday's and signs. I don't even mean to, it is just like remembering their names for me.
Tell me your birthday once and it is there forever. I wish this were true for History or Physics, but it ain't )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In other news, I have been doing very well, although DH has been burning the candle at both ends and not sleeping well, so he is under the weather today. At least it isn't both of us! I have been very careful about sleeping enough, resting and stretching as well as my eating, and it has been very successful.
We went to friends last night for dinner and watched The Queen of Versailles, a documentary about a wealthy family who were building the biggest home in America, based on the Palace of Versailles, but lost their huge fortune from timeshares after the 2008 crash. What a crazy story!
I had also finished a portrait of them that I delivered, which they loved, so that was really nice! It was just great to have a relaxed evening to remember who we really are underneath our current stressful situation. Tonight I am dropping off another portrait I did for another friend and her fiance, so that should be fun, too.
What I really want to do soon is go to a comedy club. they are all over LA, and pretty cheap too, and laughing is the best thing ever. Has anyone ever heard of this? Seems odd, but I am warming to the idea lately...Oh, and for happies...PUPPY CAM!!! (although they are just sleeping right now)
Happy Sunday!
Nicole
