The Importance of Rest

Sickness. Rest. Homeade Soup. Hot Yoga. Latin Cardio. Neocitron. Toast & Honey- Apples. Food Tasting at Sutton Place Hotel for my Sister's Wedding. Friday Night Wifey Night - Both not working on a Friday Night? Ok - Sweats, Neocitron, Noodle Dance Party - Pj wearing & watching of Men Who Stare at Goats and Coco before Chanel! Katie in Town from Sasky!!! Beaches lunch at Il Fornello & walk by the boardwalk. Dinner at Ciao with the Ladies before Work! Espresso Martini, Pinot Grigio and Food to Share! Work- Dance Party! Work. Sunday - Needing more Rest!!! New Yoga studio: Moksha Yoga North York! Hot Yoga and Yin Bliss! More rest rest rest. AND ok Nat- I will make an appearance out for Katie's Last Night! Ummm too many drinks later College Street Bar, Cheval, Century Room and Tattoo Dance Party! Nicely done Ladies! Now REST.

Food Diary:

Friday: Breakfast: Apple/Banana. Dinner: Food Tasting at the Sutton: Mushroom Consome & French Onion. Two Different kinds of Salad. Halibut in a beurre blanc sauce with cauliflower, capers and raisins. Taste of Cod. Dessert: Tastes of Creme Brulee - Incredible!!!! Lemon Tartlet, and Espresso Cheesecake! Late Night Snacks: Apples, Random Noodles. Lots of Tea!!!

Saturday: Breakfast: Banana Lunch: Il Fornello: Butternut Squash Soup and Salad with French Baguette Bread and Butter: Dinner at Ciao: Arugula Salad, Eggplant, zucchini, peppers, olives and mushroom pizza and Fettucine with shrimp in a lemon cream sauce - shared! Late Night Snack: Apple

Sunday: Sickness Ensues!!! Apple, Apple, Campbells Mexican Fiesta Bean Soup, A pot of Homeade vegetable soup! Toast with Honey x2 - Sprouted Grain Bread. The Late Night After Drinking Remedy: 1/2 Reggie's Egg and Avocado/Tomatoe Sandwich and Reggies Fries.

Gratitude:

I am grateful that my body is so response and knows when it needs to rest.

I am grateful for having Katie in town for the weekend to celebrate and show around T.O.

I am grateful that Ms. Lauren Campbell is safe and sound back in town and home from South America! We've missed you lady!

I am grateful that I know what my body needs when it is sick.

I am grateful for working with Mel on Saturday night - we had a good time and are a good team!

I am grateful for changes and continuing my yoga practice at a new studio.

I am grateful for Nat taking care of me and bringing me Neocitron - it helps!

I am grateful for nights of dancing with the ladies!

I am grateful for my lovely bed to crash in.

I am grateful that my parents will be visiting in a week!!!

I am grateful for time in the Beaches - I don't get there enough!

Joy Blast:

This is a story that my Yin Yoga Teacher Amanda told me during our class that warmed my heart! She was talking about her son who is 7 who ran this mini-marathon on the weekend. He has run this marathon every year for the past several years. The day before the marathon he was really excited and he was like " Yeah, I'm ready, I've been training really hard!" Both mom and dad are like, ok no you haven't but it's great that you are feeling so confident! So he runs the marathon and completes it in 12 1/2 minutes. He was by no means a front runner in the race, probably near the end of the pack BUT when he ran over to them at the end he was so excited and so proud of himself. To him he did awesome. 12 1/2 minutes was the absolute perfect time and he was so content with himself for that. Anyone ahead of him was too fast, and anyone behind him were too slow. It wasn't his ego, it was genuine excitement about what he accomplished!"

Reflection/Inspiration: Rest. I am one of those people that if I even feel the slightest amount of sickness in my body, I know I need to stop everything and let my body rest. I don't know how some people do it - I know life goes on and you have to. But for me, I know my body well enough to know that if I actually take 1 full day to just rest. Soup, tea juice, lying in bed, extra sleep - I take it! This is not an easy task sometimes in the world that we live in. Even for myself, someone who definitely lives a healthy lifestyle and takes that time for myself day to day - complete rest is still a challenge. But if you don't have a healthy body - you don't have anything. So make the time! Be good to yourself.

My Sickness Tip Its:

1. Fluids!!!! Herbal Tea with honey, Hot Water with Lemon, Neocitron, Apple, Orange or Pineapple Juice.

2. Soup: Canned if you don't feel well enough to make it. I make a homeade mix of Vegetable soup now and eat pots of it at a time!

3. Apples & Toast with Honey other good alternatives! This is pretty much all I eat when I am sick.

4. No dairy or junk food!

5. Oil of Oregano = Brilliant!

6. Sleep. Let your body sleep. Even if you are sleeping for hours - your body needs it!

"The international problem today is not hunger, poverty, drugs or fear of war. It is tension, hypertension and total tension. If you know how to free yourself from tension, you know how to solve the problems in your life. If you are able to balance your tensions, you can control your emotions, anger and passions." SWAMI SATYANANDA SARASWATI, INDIA

Challenge of the Day: Take a moment in your day to rest. Taking this time for yourself, even if it is as simple as a conscious breath in and out: It will change your life!