Okay so it's my first day of the detox cleanse and I'm doing okay. I am someone who gets kinda evil when I don't eat regularly. Thank goodness I was not working with people today! I was working on contracts and menu planning and noticed I really had to focus.

Last night, we met at Jiva with Parashakti and had an opening ceremony. It was beautiful! We sealed in our intentions for the detox and we had a lecture about colonics. Now, that's not for me... but it was interesting to listen to. Tonight, I was not able to attend the group meeting because I had a meeting I had to attend.

When I got hungry today, I drank my lemon water juice and felt really good. I mean I drank ALOT of that lemon juice man! And I'm not gonna lie, I added lots of agave. I noticed that I had to just slow down a notch in order to stay grounded and centered.

It was interesting, I was still able to accomplish everything I needed to accomplish , and did it with a huge amount of intention and focus. I had to! Part of my intention for the fast/detox is to show compassion to others and to myself. I started at home today by just laying down at 3:30 to take a little rest and it felt amazing. I did not fall asleep or anything, just rested my body before the evening activities and I got up an hour later feeling really refreshed and renewed. Pretty amazing concept huh? I push myself and sometimes don't give my body the chance to rest.

The colonic expert said that when we fast we give our bodies an opportunity to heal. The thought is that the body is using the energy it takes to digest food to start repairing and healing the ailments that are in the body.

I don't know what the science is, and I do believe that the body takes care of itself. I also look at history and fasting has been around a long time and folks have survived just fine. So I'll keep doing this as long as it feels okay and take it a day at a time.

I'm also going to go and get a hug from Amma the Hugging Saint who is in town this week. Mabye she will transfer some of her compassionate love into me!

J9