DRESSING
1 tablespoon Dijon or other artisan mustard
juice of 1/2 a large ripe Meyers Lemon (I picked one right off my tree here in SoCal)
1 tablespoon raw local honey (great for your immune system)
Blend all the ingredients above together.

SLAW
2 cups grated Green Cabbage, don’t use the core
2 Tart Green Apples, grated
1 large Shallot or 2 mediums Shallots, grated
6 Red Radishes chopped, not too thin
1/2 cup chopped Parsley
1 teaspoon Salt
fresh cracked Pink Pepper, to taste
In a large bowl toss the SLAW ingredients with the DRESSING. Serve fresh, or chilled one hour later to increase the depth of flavors. The day after the slaw becomes more pickled which is also good!

This is Yogi Bhajan's Recipe for Yogi Tea, also known as chai. It comprises a specific combination of spices, milk, and black tea. It is Health promoting, delicious, soothing and a great coffee substitute. Yogi tea is easy to make from scratch and will warm your home with the fragrance of herbs and spices.
 
8 cups water
20 black peppercorns, purifies the blood
20 green cardamom pods, crushed, a digestive aid,
15 whole cloves, generates heat in the body, & heals the nervous system,
3 cinnamon sticks, good for your bones
5 inches ginger root, boosts the immune system, helps to fight colds, flu, physical weakness, helps digestion & increases potency
3 cups cows milk, assimilates spices & coats stomach lining (other "mylks" can be used)
1/2 tsp (a pinch) of black tea
honey to taste
 
Bring water to boil in a 3 or 4 Qt. pot.  Add cloves and boil one minute. Add other spices, boil 20-30 minutes.  Turn off heat add black tea.  Strain and serve adding milk (almond, coconut, oat or rice mylk work too) and honey to taste.

ENJOY!

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Inspired by Pema Chodron's book, When Things Fall Apart, Kimberlee found the Body Mind Gifts Cleanse looking for an opportunity to practice leaning into her sharp points, finding that both pain and pleasure allow access to being more awake. And in fact leaning into pain helps make sadness and anger go away.

Below is a short video log Kimberlee created as she went through the cleanse journey. You can literally see changes in her skin, eyes, and even her energy level.

Some quotes from her experience...

I  like testing my strength. I like knowing that nothing and no one owns me, that I could give up sugar, and I am going to be okay. And if anything, maybe even healthier....being better to myself, even if that means giving up something that I love.

It's not just a physical cleanse...you meditate, set intentions, and try to release emotions that you are holding on to.

I had more energy, my body felt free-er, and I didn't feel heavy or weighed down. Once you clear your body you become aware of what your body generally needs as opposed to over eating.

Currently based out of Los Angeles, CA, the Body Mind Gifts Cleanse can be an in-person experience or a journey you take via guided SKYPE sessions, from anywhere in the world.

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When my wife Dushinka and I did the Body Mind Gifts Cleanse we were living in Western Australia, so we worked with Vanessa through Skype sessions. Neither of us had ever done a 40-day cleanse before, much less a fast, and so we were a bit apprehensive at first. Our daughter had recently been born, and my wife and I were adjusting to the new rhythms of having an infant while working.

Incredibly, the answer was yes!  I think part of the success was that Vanessa encouraged us to do the Cleanse together. Having this "fellowship" element to an individual cleanse was vital for it being such a rewarding experience for both of us.
 
But equally important, in my experience, was having Yoga & mediation component we did each day of the cleanse. This 30-40 min practice became a kind of clearing-house of the emotions, an arena to work out the exuberance or the frustrations of the day, but also to ride out the the roller-coaster of the different phases of cleansing. Until we started doing the Yoga along with the cleanse, I was not aware of how valuable and essential this component would be.
 
The cleanse itself was not as hard as I feared.  Not by a long shot.  Regular contact with Vanessa was very helpful, as well as the extraordinary amount of delicious recipes she provided us, as alternatives to the diet we were accustomed to. 
 
In the years since first doing the cleanse, the protein-rich vegetable-based recipes have become a staple in our house, and we have delightfully incorporated them into our weekly menus in our new home, in Norway. Our food intake includes some meat now, but has become mostly vegetarian; meat is no longer the feature of all our meals. We still feel the effects of the boost in energy and vitality that the Body Mind Gifts Cleanse gave us, and we feel great. We recommend Vanessa and the Body Mind Gifts Cleanse to anyone.
 
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