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This past week has been an interesting one for me. I wanted to do a cleanse this month. Spring is a natural time to cleanse or detox the body. It rids the body of toxic build-up from the winter and helps our body shift from winter to spring. I LOVE the Isagenix product, but I’ve been using it for 4 years and thought my body needed a change.
So, I decided to do a Yoga Cleanse with Wendy Robertson. This cleanse is very simple, but like anything it takes time. With this cleanse, it is ideal if you can remove yourself from daily stress and focus on your cleanse by going away to a retreat or quiet place. This allows you to rest when you need to, meditate, reflect and completely destress. If someone told me this is what I had to do to do a cleanse, I would probably never get to it.
There are two worlds, the “perfect world” and the “real world”. Waiting for the perfect opportunity before starting something may often equate to never starting. So, away I went. I filled out my forms and met with Wendy where she asked me a ton of questions about my reactions to food, my energy levels, emotions and elimination habits. She established my “constitution” (in Ayurveda there are 3 constitutions – vata, pita and kapha) and where I’m out of balance.
After compiling the information, we met again and she presented the program to me. Had I known what I had to do and what it would take before I signed on, I most likely would not have done it. “Not enough time”, I’d think. But, I had committed and was going to do this !
So, admist working, family and home commitments I did my cleanse. I did it 85% really well. I messed up on some days. Either I didn’t get enough fluids in me (you drink approximately 17 cups of fluids in a day!!!), or I didn’t make the ghee properly so I had to start that bit the next day, or I burned my Kitchari (a meal of rice and beans and veggies) one night and didn’t have time to make another batch, so I missed that meal, etc, etc.
The cleanse made me feel tired (this meant it was working), so I was low on energy for the first 4 days and all this took lots of energy. Preparing food, fitting in epsom salt baths, using the nettie kettle, and preparing special teas for the day. Whenever I slipped, it would have been easy to drop the program. But, keeping my goal in the forefront, I simply accepted my slip, and carried on.
With day 7 now complete, I can say I’m further ahead then when I started. I know the cleanse worked because I’m sleeping better, feel more energized and grounded. I wasn’t perfect, I went sideways on somedays, but by keeping going and not being too hard on myself, I can say “I did it”.
I took the weekend off the program and will restart today and see if I can do better now that I’ve establised a routine. The cleanse is a great start to getting healthier, but the key is to maintain some of the healthy lifestyle patterns after the cleanse and not fall back into bad habits.
The moral of this story is:
1. Don’t wait until the perfect moment to start something. You do need to create space in your life for something new, but sometimes it’s good just to get going and tweek it along the way.
2. You may go sideways once in a while, don’t be too hard on yourself. Simply take a big breath, refocus and get back on track. Each time, you will get better and better until it becomes a part of your daily routine.
3. Anything worthwhile takes effort and focus. Having a coach to help keep you on track is important. I knew I was accountable to myself, but when I received emails from Wendy, I wanted to be able to say I was doing it. The ego can be a great asset at times!
Remember, all of us at the TWC are here for you. And not just the team, but your fellow clients as well. Use us as a support system to help you reach your goals.
In health,
Linda Mallard
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