Socially Conditioned Eating

Socially Conditioned Eating

Socially Conditioned Eating

 

In order to begin to understand emotional eating, we must discuss social conditioning, which was once a very little-known term but is becoming more widely used among today’s conscious youth.

 

Social conditioning refers to the norms that we have inherited practically from birth; they are so much a part of the fabric of our culture that it can feel strange to question them. But here’s what we need to understand: these norms are intimately connected with the act of emotional eating.

 

Social conditioning at large has compromised our sanity, but socially conditioned eating specifically has given rise to all of our eating disorders—from relatively mild expressions to full-blown cases. If it were not for social conditioning, we would not have eating disorders.

 

Only civilized people have eating disorders. But why is this so?

 

In the answer to this question lies the solution for emotional eating.

 

Pondering this question in light of all my personal and professional experience, logic, and intuition has led me to the conclusion that our stresses, anxieties, regrets, primal childhood experiences, repressed emotions, and blocked creativity are all symptoms of our social wiring. Our way of life constricts us, limits us, and emotionally poisons us.

 

With all due respect to our society’s merits, among them are some devastating drawbacks. I remain hopeful that we may become innovative enough to take the best of civilization and leave behind the rest—that which does not serve our evolving well.

 

In the meantime, though, the social blueprint that we are asked to accept renders us physically and emotionally handicapped.

 

– From Emotional Eating SOS by Natalia Rose

 

The Wise Initiate

The Wise Initiate

“The redeemed person is the person who outgrows the limitation that he has placed on his own life.”– Manly P. Hall

 

Swimming with Crocodiles

 

So, when you (or Supreme Will) decide it is time, there will be a shift away from something that doesn’t fit. Something that does fit will step in to replace it but you might not see that right away, making it very difficult to accept what is happening. It takes enormous courage to proceed under these circumstances. I call this “Swimming with the crocodiles.”

 

The Ancient Egyptians

 

The ancient Egyptians used to test their Initiates by making them swim in muddy, crocodile-infested waters. The crocodiles represented the Initiate’s deepest fear – the fear of death. If they could restrain their emotions and just swim without fear, they would pass on to the next level. What’s more, if they could sustain a level of calm and focus without the frequency of fear reverberating through them, the crocodiles would themselves be harmless to the Initiates.

 

Absolute Vulnerability

 

This is precisely what we must do when we make the transition and take off what no longer fits. When we take off the old, too-tight clothes there will be a moment when we are buck naked. This is our willingness to be absolutely vulnerable to the Supreme Intelligence and demonstrate our trust in the process. This is not for the faint of heart. Will the new, more fitting clothes appear? There is only one way to find out.

 

Illusion of Light vs True Light

 

Oh, yes: when the Initiates dive into the dark waters there will appear a light, a sense of an opening. But it’s a trap. Those who swim for that ‘early light’ quickly realize it is an illusion of freedom and safety. The wise Initiate identifies that illusory light immediately as being a trap — the path of least resistance — and proceeds into the darkness, knowing his/her only escape will be through the dark, not by avoiding it. Those that follow the shallow, early light meet their demise. Those who are willing to dive deeper to find the true light, the true openings are more apt to survive. Every heartbeat along the way will determine the outcome.

 

Rebirth!

 

It is not unlike the journey we make through the birth canal. A true initiation is like a second birth. And as we live and embrace change that suits our expansion, we surely have many initiations, many re-births. Outgrowing your previously held limitations is the most natural thing in the world if you are truly alive!

 

in loving service,

 

Natalia

 

Slant Boards

Slant Boards

Slant Boards

 

This is not a gratuitous body shot. Rather, I wanted to share with you how you can turn an incline in your garden (or local park or hill) into a body slant board. What you’re looking at here is a little hard to see but I’m lying on a rather steep incline in my garden (it’s steeper than it looks).

 

I take the opportunity to double up on my sunbathing and inversions – two body care essentials – just by doing my sunbathing with a gentle inversion on the grass.

 

Slant boards are just gentle inversions ensuring the head is below the feet. The body slant board was introduced into the natural health world by Bernard Jensen in the 1960’s. And unlike full inversions like headstands which are not ideal unless you are already in excellent health, the slant board provides all the benefits of reversing gravity’s pressure on the body: enabling the blood flow to be directed to the brain and eyes, relieving strain on the internal organs and so much more!

 

When we find clever ways of doing many body/spirit care practices at once, it’s a huge win! You can sunbathe, invert, meditate, cleanse your mind & purify your heart, cleanse your field, receive the cosmic intelligence from the sun’s rays and the healing frequency from the earth all at once!

 

in loving service,

 

Natalia

Fruit … or, Green Vegetables?

Fruit … or, Green Vegetables?

Fruit is Not What it Used to Be

 

So many wonderful, well-meaning people encouraging high fruit intake veganism, however…

 

Just remember that fruit is NOT what it was hundreds of years ago. Today’s fruit is a hybridized candy and it feeds pathogens like you don’t want to know.

 

Just about everyone is riddled with fungus like candida (yeah, sounds like “candy” right?!) and parasites.

 

Unless you were raised on a desert island & birthed by the natives of that island, you’ve got to be very careful around fruit. There’s true fruit which grows wildly (not farmed/domesticated). True fruit is naturally very low in sugar and very small in size. And then there is modern fruit which, even if organic, is simply akin to mainlining sugar.

 

Give it some thought: imagine you are a human petri-dish. Think about what modern fruit does inside your body when it meets with putrefaction and ferments the whole time it is going through your intestinal tract. What is the chemical result?

 

Green Vegetables All the Way

 

A high-fruit diet is a nice idea in theory but it’s not the reality. Green-centric, cleansers! Stay Green-centric and find peace with simple, non-sweet vegetables as your foundation (ideally 85-90% of your intake). Watch the nuts, legumes, grains and vegan substitute foods, and all the ornate raw food treats too, vegans & raw foodists. Sorry, but I’m here to help you restore and become powerful, not tell you tales.

 

in loving service,

 

Natalia

Color Melt

Color Melt

Color Melt 

 

INGREDIENTS

 

2 unpeeled zucchini, grated

2 unpeeled summer squash, grated

2 large carrots, grated

1 head broccoli, cut into florets

1 cup shiitake mushrooms, whole or sliced

1 cup organic marinara sauce

4 ounces raw cheddar-style goat cheese, grated

 

METHOD

 

  1. Preheat the oven to 250ºF.
  2. On the stovetop, steam the zucchini, squash, carrots, and broccoli in a steamer and heat the pasta sauce in a saucepan.
  3. When the vegetables are soft, arrange them in a baking dish, topped with the mushrooms and the heated marinara sauce. Sprinkle with cheese and place the whole dish in the oven with the door ajar for 3 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
  4. Serve hot and enjoy!

 

SERVINGS

 

Makes 2 servings

 

Recipe from Forever Beautiful by Natalia Rose

Your Tissue Quality

Your Tissue Quality

Check out Your Tissue Quality

 

Take a look at your largest organ – your skin. The quality of your skin will give you an idea of the quality of your organ tissues.

 

When you put something unnatural into your body, imagine it going straight into your tissues and organs. How can your skin and eyes glow if your tissue quality is laden with junk?

 

When you put only natural, fresh foods into your body, your tissue quality will reflect that and you will glow with the radiance nature intended.

 

When your skin is getting oxygenated from within due to excellent blood flow and unobstructed pathways, the signs of aging and cellulite can be reduced dramatically without any expensive creams or plastic surgery.

 

– From The Raw Food Detox Diet by Natalia Rose