Best Guacamole Ever!

Cruising along the internet I found a great recipe at http://www.thebestofrawfood.com/raw-food-diet-recipe.html 

I highly recommend checking that website out! 

Here is the best Guacamole I've Ever had. Enjoy!

Guacamole

Serves 4
Ingredients
3 Avocados, pitted
1 onion, diced
2 tomatoes, diced
2 sprigs fresh cilantro, finely chopped
Juice of 1 lime or lemon
1 gloves garlic
cayenne pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste
1/2 cup coconut water or purified water (or more to get the right consistency)
Scoop the meat from the avocado skin. Cut the avocados into chunks, place in a large bowl, and mash with a spoon.
Gently stir in the onions, tomatoes and cilantro. Squeeze in the lime juice and stir in salt to taste. Add the water as desired. Mmmm!
Tip: this recipe is great with flax seed crackers, Ezenkiel bread or the rosemary crackers sold by Pure Food & Wine (by brand name one lucky duck, in health stores and whole foods). Also great dip for cruditee (carrots, celery, broccoli, bell peppers).

Vibrams - For Out Door Bad Ass Yoga

Vibram Five Finger...eh...shoes?
When I first saw a pair of the Vibram Five Fingers it immediately took me back to those five toed socks that were all the rage back in the, uh... 70's, I think. They were wild looking and actually quite cool.
Until I tried them on and discovered I had a bit of "obstacles between the toes" phobia. Sort of like a flip flop or thong piece between all of my toes. I just couldn't quite hang with that feeling.
And now we have a shoe (?) that provides the same type of toe individuality for those outdoor barefoot enthusiasts from the beginning fitness jogger, to the beach runner, to the adventurous, let it all hang out, rock climber.
So what do these Five Fingers do?
Simply put, they protect the bottoms of our feet all the while allowing the wearer a more natural feel with the striking surface they are coming in contact with. From hard surfaces to softer ones the Five Fingers can prevent blisters, puncture wounds, cuts, and scrapes while allowing you the barefoot freedom that comes with not wearing any shoes.
Any many people love them. What are the most common reasons people use them? To start with:

• Many barefoot enthusiasts call this footwear, "the barefoot alternative". You could also use the term "the cushion alternative" in reference to the many types of running shoes with abundant cushioning built into them.
• They help strength the musculature of the feet and lower leg without having to dig foreign objects out of the bottoms of their feet during activity.
• They help to "re-align" running mechanics (foot, ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, and head) that have been forced to compensate in an un-natural or alternating alignment as a result of years of wearing "unnatural" running shoes. This claim certainly has its Pros and Cons.
• They assist with alleviating unnecessary stresses place on lower leg joints and muscles as a result of required forefoot strike with barefoot running instead of the heel strike that many running shoes emphasize.
• Many Five finger advocates simply like the feel of wearing them. The individual toe wedgie doesn't adversely affect them like the above aforementioned experience.

Before wearing the Five Fingers it's important to note any previous body alignment issues or lower extremity injuries that may become problematic from running barefoot. Contact your physician prior to exercising in them if you have any concerns about your body's ability to stand up to the barefoot exercise demands. And there are a few demands running shoes can buffer that barefoot running cannot. Let your physician help you out.
And how much are these fancy barefoot shoes going to cost? Great question. OK here's a good one, "It depends on where you shop!" From my perspective if you shop around a little bit you can find a pair closer to $60.00 than you can for $100.00. Be a wise shopper.
So if you have the urge to start exercising and running in a pair of Vibram Five Fingers I strongly encourage a conservative approach in the beginning. The better your feet and lower extremities adjust to the new demands and bio-mechanical adjustments the more aggressive you can become.
Train smart.

Don likes to write about people and life experiences. Visit his latest website over at http://crosscountryshoes.org/ and give your input on running issues like barefoot running and other cross country shoe products and topics.

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Anti-Gravity Yoga at 61!

When searching for articles I found this awesome article about the different a 61 year old woman who took incredible steps with her life with yoga. Specifically with a Anti-Gravity Yoga Inversion Swing - Orange - a toy I am still dying to try. This subject was requested by @SarahBethModel on Twitter. Enjoy!



I am a 61 year old woman that has barely exercised in the past decade, but wants to lose weight, reshape my entire body quickly and get healthy - mind, body and spirit. I wish to help others to duplicate my success.
I have chosen power walking short distances before each meal to get my metabolism working again (suggestion from my son which I have now proven to actually work) three times per day, Yoga Inversion along with good nutrition. I have found that I will do all three of these things on my journey. I do these on a daily basis and I actually look forward to doing them. I have found that the key to success is to find the things that will work for you and to do those things on a consistent basis.
I have bought machines that all sit around collecting dust and taking up space. What do all these machines have in common? They only do a few things. They may say they work the entire body, but do they do inversion? No, they do not. Even regular Yoga does not do gravity free inversion. Headstands are not the same as non-gravity inversion. Yoga Inversion has no gravity, so therefore you are hanging upside down, pulling your vertebrae apart. And believe me, everyone will find the need to invert at some point in their lives, unless they have a health problem which prevents them from doing so.
Yoga Inversion exercises are done knowing no boundaries. You will use and move muscles in a way that you would never have moved or used them before.
You don't need a lot of things, just a few things that will work and will do the work of all those machines that don't do inversion, don't work and you no longer use.
Here is my story of starting Yoga Inversion, which does all of the work of all the other machines and you don't have to move a lot to get the results!
After putting my inversion stand together and hanging my swing, I began to get acquainted to my Yoga Swing.
This is my actual first time experience:
- I stood in the ring of my round yoga swing stand and opened up the swing and laid down in the swing facing down.
- I opened up the padded swing so that it was close to my hip joint and the top section just under my chest.
- I bent at the waist and put my hands on the carpeted floor below me.
- With my legs together I brought them up a little higher than my hips, feeling the pull in my back, abs and hips.
- I began duplicating the action slowly raising and lowering my legs up and down for a few times until I felt I had worked my back, hip and ab muscles sufficiently.
- I got on my knees and with the swing chair behind me, I wrapped my arms around the swing so that I was hanging from my underarms.
- At the same time I spread my legs apart doing a semi split with my legs touching partly on the floor. This gave me a very good stretch through my thighs.
- After I felt the stretch for a while, I sat on the swing, spread my legs apart, keeping my feet close together, bent backwards, wrapped my legs around the sides of the swing and went into a complete inversion.
This inversion felt very similar to the traction I used to get at the Chiropractors office, only better. When getting traction lying down on a board, they use weights that they crank to put weight on the belt for your hips, but the weights would keep slipping. This cut down on the pull significantly. When you are using your weight instead of physical weights upside down, there is a big difference.
- Next, I opened my ankles, held onto the sides of the swing and dropped my legs down out of the inversion.
- I laid down on the floor and put a small pillow under my neck. I then put both legs over the swing, pulling my body slightly off the floor. I put both arms down beside my body to steady myself. I twisted myself from side to side to work my waist.
- White still lying down, I then took both leg holders in each hand and pulled myself up, working my abs and my arms which were holding my weight.
After that, I was sweating significantly. I laid back on the floor and rested a couple of minutes before getting up. This completed my fifteen minute first workout on my new Yoga Inversion Swing.
This is my personal experience starting to use my Yoga Inversion Swing the first week. Your experience could be different, depending on what exercises you feel comfortable doing to start out with.
I do this before taking my bath and going to bed. It relaxes me and and helps me de-stress from my day so I can sleep well at night. I did this routine all week and will change it as I get stronger and learn more exercises to experiment with on my swing. Look for my second week workout instruction on my new Yoga Inversion Swing coming soon.
I hope this article which is telling you of my first week on my Yoga Inversion Swing was helpful in your journey to good health. Shortly, I will post a picture of myself on my Yoga Inversion Swing. I will also post my starting weight and measurements. Throughout the weeks and months ahead you will actually see and read about the progress I am making and you will realize how you can duplicate the results for yourself!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Nancy Fleck helps people with natural remedies helping the body to heal itself over time. Read about Yoga inversion and other journal success stories at her website http://www.lifehealthremedies.com.
Anyone who finds this article beneficial has my permission to copy the entire article including my entire resource box without changing it in any way.

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