To begin

I have discovered the beauty, depth and wholeness of health. I'd like to share that depth with you.

Let me give a brief history of the health of this journey called me. I grew up extrememly toxic. No one ever cooked in my house growing up. I ate nothing but fast food. Dinner was a #3 with a diet coke or a whole bag of Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles. I was anorexic, bulimic, asthmatic, alcoholic, a drug addict and a pot head. I was quite unhappy too. But I was a vegetarian and then a vegan and slowly these little pieces of my life, that when taken on had little to do with health concerns, bloomed into a way of life that aided in my freedom from all these disorders.

I am now just about 24 years old and my health today is a far stretch from yesterday. I am more healthy now than ever before. Why? Because I am more aware in my life now than ever before. I no longer struggle with an eating disorder, I no longer have asthma, I have not been sick in I don't know how long, I have beautiful skin and hair, I am never constipated, I have tons of energy, I am fit, I am strong, I am joyful, I am more loving and I am of a clear mind. I did not start out this way. My health-body mind and soul-is in my hands and it was only when I realized this that I was able to heal and allow my life to blossom in ways that I could not have forseen.

I truly believe that by being more conscious about what you eat and how you treat your body can lead to greater happiness and deep self-realization. Being conscious in this essential part of your life has the power to transform in astounding ways. It forces you to become more aware in your life. It teaches you that there are consequences for every action-no matter how small-and those consequences can either lift you up or tear you down. It illustrates your place in the whole of life and how vast and outstetching that place is no matter how small you are, or feel you are, because you begin to see how your choices affect the entirety. It gives you the opportunity to practice compassion on a daily basis. It teaches you how you are not a body, but that you have a body and you are that which decides how you will treat it. And it puts the power of change and ascension back in your hands. You feel better. You look better. Everything in your life is touched with the health you are gaining physically, mentally and emotionally. The planet thrives and you become part of the solution. You become aligned with the outflowing and expanding harmony that orchestrates all of creation. You are tuned into it. You've removed the rift. Your simplest of actions are aiding and not destroying. That which is best for your health, the planet and your fellow man you are taking part in. And that just feels damn good. It tastes damn good too.

This is what has become a living reality in my life. I wish for nothing more than to share this with anyone who is searching, curious or with the slightest interest in perhaps bringing more joy and longevity into their world.

With this blog I will share anything and everything that I think might bring information about what may be good for your health, whether that be the health of your body mind or soul. Expect lots of vegan facts, delicious recipies and inspiring stories of weight loss and healing through a plant based diet. But also poetry, opportunities to outreach, ways to conserve and give, secret joys and just about anything else that tickles my fancy. I am only on my humble journey so please let me know what you think or if you have any tips. And please ask if you have any questions at all!

I feel the great pull of expression in my heart that brings my fingers to these keys, but YOU are why I do this. I dedicate this blog to you, that it's love may meet you with the same fervor from which it sprang.

from my hands to yours.