January 2010

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buckwheat (sprouts and just soaked) !!! ~2.5 kg/month

red pepper (paprika) !!!

bananas !!!

lettuce (Iceberg, "салат листовой в горшочке") !!!

apples !!

parsley /dill /coriander (just a bit this month)

tangerines

pineapples

The list of items is getting shorter every month!

water at least 1 l a day, usually 2 and more

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Felt cold several times, and it wasn't -24C, it was -15C. So it doesn't really depend on the weather per se, but on all these changes in my body and perception that are going on.

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Found a nice way of washing hair: using shikakai (Acacia Concinna)

Not really raw, but still natural: boil several halves in 1 l of water for 15 minutes (the water becomes brownish), then let it get lukewarm, squeeze well the halves so that they give all their soapy properties to the water (the most important part is the inside).

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Found a wonderful piano teacher and had the first lesson! Talked to one person who wanted to sell her piano and gonna get it next week!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Bronnikov and his method

Official WWW: http://bronnikov.ru/

Video: http://66.147.242.166/~methodbr/films/rus/bronnikov.ru_1997_256kb.wmv

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature .”- Joseph Campbell

Mimi Kirk

~11.01.10 Ekadashi. I drank 3l of water! And I didn't make myself do it, I was thirsty =)

~ Meet a 70+ y.o. vegan raw foodist Mimi Kirk.

In this interview she doesn't talk about eating raw, only about being vegan:

Here she talks about her raw diet:

Возрадуйся, душа 2

Первый раз побывала в церкви на отпевании. Очень понравилось пение и очень не понравились запахи. Я попрощалась с душой Натальи, которая, я уверена, была там же, и очень искренне просила у неё прощения, если я негативно на неё повлияла. Через полчаса после начала мне резко стало плохо физически, с мамой вышли на улицу. Через несколько минут это прошло и мы вернулись в церковь. После окончания я поехала на работу; я шла к метро и искренне благодарила всех и вся за многие вещи (например, Бога за такую красоту на улице и возможность мне видеть и наслаждаться ею), мне было эмоционально хорошо. Через некоторое время заметила, что ощущение груза, эмоциональной тяжести в животе, которое я испытывала с момента, как узнала о её уходе из жизни, исчезло! И сейчас, когда я пишу этот пост, я чувствую, что она меня простила. Мне кажется, что тот момент в церкви, когда мне стало плохо, как-то с этим связан; возможно, именно тогда она забрала у меня эту тяжесть.

Возрадуйся, душа

Только что первый раз в сознательной жизни столкнулась со смертью знакомого человека. Позвонил лучший школьный друг и сказал, что умерла его мама. Она страдала от рака, прошла часть химиотерапии. Но информация о сыроедении и методе Бройса дала ей надежду. Моя мама говорит, она держалась, не то чтобы с ярковыраженным оптимизмом, но не унывала. У неё была уже очень запущенная стадия рака, с серьёзными метостазами в лёгких. И вот в 18 часов сегодня её не стало среди нас. Аминь.

А что со мной? Сколько раз я читала и сама думала, что смерть - это не грустно, наоборот, душа встречается с Богом, испытывает чувство единения, бесконечности, Любви. Значит, и на Земле мы должны радоваться, что душа вернулась домой. Но я не испытываю радости. Пустота. И эмоциональная тяжесть в районе солнечного сплетения. Очень неприятная тяжесть. Хочется сложить руки, как ученики за партой, хочется ладонь держать в районе этой чакры. Когда ладонь убираю, становится тяжелее.

У меня появилось чувство вины. Вдруг, это я приблизила её уход? Вдруг, на химических лекарствах она прожила бы дольше? Я не знаю. Никто не знает, естественно. Другие скажут: "Да и что это за жизнь, когда всё болит?" Но меня эта мысль о возможности моей вины угнетает.

Слушаю мантры, православные молитвы, поставлю классическую музыку. Надеюсь, полегчает. Надеюсь, это только моя первая неправильная реакция, и сейчас я соберусь духом и смогу радоваться за неё и молиться. Я не умею молиться, но теперь есть повод научиться.

My 1st post in 2010

~ С Рождеством Христовым!

~ I got hooked on buckwheat sprouts. Yesterday I had no (raw) buckwheat left and ordered some on the web. Today I went to meet one of the assistants of that online store www.i-mne.com and while I was texting him on my way my fingers felt really cold - the first time this winter, finally! And it's only -15C.

~ I was given a CD of Rapid Portuguese Earworms (Musical Brain Trainer) as a present, tried it and couldn't listen to it. My reaction to music has changed a lot, and there are many examples (pieces of music, genres) I can't stand. I start feeling uncomfortable, and if the music doesn't stop - then really bad (emotionally). An unexpected thought came to my mind: we must have a right to quietness! And I'm not talking about housing areas from 23 to 7 (Moscow law)! But near the majority of Moscow metro stations one can hear several songs of different genres, usually very loud, and there are no rules about it, and nobody seems to care. I never cared, until now...

Propaganda =)

Ice Water: more pics

~ Don't depend on or be stopped by any government to be healthy.

(c) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BN2QB9xOMA&feature=sub

~ Avoid judging people against each other. Judge each individual against their own track record.

(c) Jen Hillhouse & happyolika

This is exactly what I've kept telling myself over many months.

Ice Water and Buckwheat Sprouts: pics

Ice Water: pics

I experimented with some schungite and SiO water. This is what I saw after 20 hours on the balcony. The very centre froze and got this beautiful shape of a hedgehog =D The rest was transparent. When the clear part melted, I took the 'hedgehog' out because this is the part where all the impurities are concentrated. The shape of the impurities when normal filtered water (not schungite, not SiO) freezes in a container is different. It's like a ball, rather irregular, without 'prickles'.

Why to drink ice water? I've heard of two ways of erasing information, deleting it from the water memory: distillation and freezing, and it's winter now! When you have water as pure as possible (in terms of its chemical, physical and informational contents) you can add your own information and make it healing, especially for you. =) Here it comes to the power of thought and words.

Ice Water

My freezer isn't big enough for the plastic containers we have, but there's enough room on the balcony. So, making use of the low temperature outside, I put several containers out there in the evening and in the morning got frozen water (ice with some water in the centre of the container - this is the part to be poured away as it's not suitable for drinking due to the saline concentration). And I just loved the taste! I don't make myself drink it, I want to drink it, and that's a big difference.

(RU) Ссылочка про воду

Russian Frost

It's the third day of real winter here in Moscow, snowy and rather cold. -23C in the afternoon going down to -28C at night. But neither my hands, feet nor my nose feels cold, and this is amazing! I remember very well our trip to the Vologda and Kostroma regions last January. It was -17-20C, and my hands and feet were cold in a minute or two, although I was wearing both gloves and mittens. It didn't help. These days I'm wearing rather thin gloves and it's absolutely enough for me.

It was a busy day. Used the underground many times, walked some 20 minutes to my aunt's workplace, talked to her for 5 minutes, then 20 minutes walking back to the metro station, 5 minutes on the metro, 15 minutes walking etc. And let me remind you, it was -23C...

I've just talked to my mum about my new perception, and she said she was going to tell me the same thing! Her nose used to get red very quickly, but not this winter. And both of us, we were enjoying every moment of walking in the street.

It must be the result of the blood vessels cleansing thanks to fruit and green vegetables during the last year, at least I don't see any other reason. Anyway, I like it!

December

~My list is growing less:

parsley !!! (some 200-300 g a day)

bananas !!

tangerines !

avocado!!

dill

green onion

garlic

lemon (juice)

coriander

green lettuce (4 different types)

pomegranate

dried apricot

sprouts

apples: would love to find some nonwaxed apples, but with this frost I go shopping to the supermarkets only

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water-water-water

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Ekadashi

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Went to that yoga centre and found out the prices and timetable. There is something for me there!

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14/12/10 -16-20C, but I wasn't cold!!! Dressed properly, of course, but even my nose didn't feel cold... This real winter is going to last a week or so. He-he

~My second birthday with my raw foodism ideas. I'm more tolerant than a year ago. Last year it was friends at my place with only raw food (salads etc.), this time it was in a café, I invited them to fresh juice (it was a must :D ) and to whatever they would choose. The only exception was alcohol.

~Parcel from Uzbekistan received (dried apricots, almonds in shells)

~I'm more sensitive to noises and music. In my everyday metro journeys a pair of good headphones Sennheiser is an absolutely necessary thing due to the fact that I really need noise insulation... It's all too loud for me. Even at the cinema! o_O Among all the pieces of music I've got my preferences currently lie in music for the piano and/or symphony orchestra.

~There's a new yoga place not far from where I live! Want to pass by and learn the prices and timetable.

Music/ Dreams / Fast / Diet

I've been to a concert where my classmate Tatyana Kolesova was a soloist. She played the famous Tchaikovsky's Concerto no.1. The other hour it was Dvorak's cello Concerto, and it's the first time I've heard a cello solo not recorded. At first I didn't like it, but after some 5 minutes I felt something in the stomach area - the area which I perceive as the solar plexus chakra and which is the part of my body that gives me signals when I visit a sacred place. And there was a moment when I felt tears in my eyes... Who could tell me a couple of years ago I would enjoy classical music??? Well, I liked several pieces of music like Grieg's Morning mood but I wouldn't digest a classical music concert. "For the times they're a-changing", and I'm changing, too. (btw, I love this version of Bob Dylan's song)

I haven't learnt to meditate, not yet, can't organise, can't concentrate. But the images I already receive/see when I close my eyes while listening to some quiet and/or harmonious music or thinking good positive thoughts, - these images are great. Sometimes I can direct the stories, but usually I'm just passively watching and enjoying them. Sometimes they are full of colours, sometimes there are only a few colours, very seldom I see it in brownish&greyish&whitish. Usually the speed of actions is the same as I'm used to, ie not very high, but once in a while I receive images that alternate extremely quickly. Sometimes a new understanding of familiar ideas comes to me during this cartoon-watching experience.

My dreams are a bit different now. Sometimes when I wake up I physically, with my skin, feel what I was doing in the dream, for example hugging. It kind of surprises and puzzles me but for now I like it. =)

I can't fast more than one day :( The second day I feel too bad in the morning and a classical remedy glass of water doesn't help. But drinking 2-3 litres of schungite water a day is no longer a problem!

I tried eating a lot of nuts in the evening (mainly cashews that I ordered from London and pistachios, a bit of hazelnuts and walnuts) and yes, you can gain weight eating raw!!! (the question is Do you want to?)

99% of what I've been eating recently is:

-different sorts of apples (!!!)

-grapes (!!!)

-dried apricot halves (!!) (finally found a good supplier, untreated apricots)

-cabbage (!)

-carrots

-dill (!)

-parsley (!!!)

-green onion (!)

-melons (!)

-pomegranates (!)

-tomatoes

-cucumbers

-nuts

-lettuce

-persimmon (last year this month I was eating tonnes of persimmons, this year I've had maybe 5 pieces...)

Buckwheat, wheat, chickpea are bought for sprouting in winter.

Music, live

A schoolmate of mine is a gifted and internationally famous pianist. Every time she's in Moscow and gives a concert she invites us through vkontakte.ru (~Ru Facebook). Last Saturday I enjoyed a concert where they played Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto no.3 and Brahms's Symphony no.4. And during the first part (~50 min) I closed my eyes and tried to meditate. It was a fantastic experience! A good symphony orchestra and a piano live, it's what I really like. Each and every cell of my body was enjoying the concert and the harmony it brought.

Ecological footprint and Petroleum

Being a conscious consumer (or considering myself to be one) and trying to overcome the feeling of guilt before our dear planet, I'm on my way to lessening my ecological footprint and changing consumerism habits and I'm thinking about the (negative) impact I personally have on the world.

What I am doing or going to do:

~eat less as I am really consuming too much, enjoying a bit of this, a bit of that, and that thing over there please... while I'm already full after a couple of apples.

~make sure the lights are off everywhere when we don't need them as it's an old habit to turn on the light in the whole flat and the tv when I come home.

~try to avoid plastic bags ie try to persuade shop assistants in the supermarkets not to put each item in a separate bag but put several stickers on one bag with several items. Almost impossible: they keep telling me their boss will tell them off if they don't do that. Easier with the marketers.

~use double-sided copy and printing and scrap paper whenever possible. This is a big issue in my current job.

~transport. I move a lot around the city and use not only the underground but the marshrutkas several times a day. No solution now

~choose the greenest of the alternatives whenever possible. Here the budget constraints come into play. For example, just bought a couple of plastic containers from Ikea, not of wood or rattan nor textile mainly due to prices...

10 most surprising places to find petroleum here Comments are good as well..

Ok, in my case there's no toothpaste but tooth powder made of herbs only, but I still need the tooth brush, hm... After some months on a raw food diet one doesn't need a deodorant. No pillow is good for our health but sometimes I use it... And the glue and candles...

Not raw, not even vegan

I ate some khachapuri some time ago, and what surprised me was that it didn't seem too salty. Strange because my perception of spices had changed considerably and everything I had tasted (touched with the tongue, but not swallowed) was too salty/sweet/etc. As I like travelling and really hope to travel around the Caucasus some day I thought of trying a khachapuri when I was somewhere in Georgia, but now thanks to that good Georgian restaurant in Odessa, I can tick one more thing in life 'done' and continue lowering my psychological dependency on traditional cooked food.

October

This month I've decided to do some cleansing, for about 30-35 days. So I eat garlic, home-made tripharmacon (tansy, absinthe and cloves powder), pumpkin purée and seeds, lots of leafy greens (parsley, coriander, spinach, dill, lettuce, Iceberg lettuce, estragon), drink beet&carrot&apple juice every morning. In general this month I'm trying to focus on red food like red paprika or dark grapes but am not avoiding any other product whatsoever. And drinking water, yes, about a litre a day of schungite or silicon (Si) water already - a big progress for me.
Some people, including Victoria Boutenko, recommend drinking 'green cocktails'. They realised the importance of leafy greens in the human diet (their share "must" be about 45% (!) of the daily food intake) but didn't really enjoy eating them as they are, so they decided to use a blender. It's a nice idea for a raw green soup and I tried it once or twice but both my mum and I find it easy to eat leafy greens without any sorcery. 'Green cocktails' seem tasty, so we'll try them for sure =)

I think this book could be quite useful to me now :), it's in line with my own way of thinking.

Service to others

I have found an organisation I trust enough to transfer some 10% of my wages. Celebrity endorsement works! Well, it wasn't an advertising campaign, I was looking for information myself, but I found their website through a LiveJournal account of a famous Russian media person. Thanks, Татьяна Лазарева!
The fact that I already contribute somehow (very little, but better than nothing) to the society invigorates me to pass by beggars in the streets light-heartedly.

Raw stuff parcel

I've received a parcel from this raw foods shop in the UK. Door to door, fast enough! Just one week since I paid, no problems with the customs (anticipated, but highly hoped not to happen to me). Raw cashews, raw chocolate, raw nuts&seeds crackers... Lovely. A wonderful transition period =) (psychologically I still want some traditional food sometimes, every week less though, but haven't completely kicked it).

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Programming

This is my favourite. I feel how true it is (как это правильно сказать по-английски?)

Eat mainly apples? No problem!

Meet Miss Appletarian

She stopped eating processed food at the age of 26, more or less my age now (I was 24 when I decided, and I guess I'll be 26 when I - eventually - say good-bye to processed food). Would love to learn more about this lady, her experience can be a real inspiration.

Some propaganda (EN, RU subtitles)

We have a choice every moment, indeed

Beetroot juice benefits

Beetroot juice
-to boost stamina
-to reduce blood pressure
-to use in treatment of different ailments

Jasmuheen (interview, Belgium 2008)

Toxic thinking, toxic feeling, toxic feeding patterns
What you focus on becomes real.

Gardens and a quote

К жизни нужно относиться с терпением, ведь она вечная (с) Карел Чапек
One must treat life with patience as it is eternal Karel Čapek (my rough translation)

One of the books by Karel Čapek is The Gardener's Year (1929), classics and a must-read for those willing to lay out their own garden. Well, I want to have a vegetable garden, not just flowers, but anyway I'm going to find it and read soon =)

One of my favourite countries

*I'm about to finish the book by Kapten, it's very good, with good overview and practical advice.

*Tried Turkish bananas, they are very good, sweet, but not mawkish.


Ate watermelon, figs, nectarines and peaches.


Not raw: ate Haydari (yoghurt with garlic dip) with warm Turkish bread right from the oven and felt really bad afterwards - no, not for me.

*Drank a lot of fresh orange juice, tried a mix watermelon-melon-apple-orange (or smth like this, tastes strange), tried melon juice (didn't like it)


*Enjoyed very warm waters of the east-Mediterranean and the wonderful air. Visited the Damlataş cave with the idea to breathe that special air (they say it's good for the lungs).