A vision Board kind of day!

 Saturday I left work exhausted and fighting negative vibes from my work shift. We were supposed to go to a friends Birthday celebration in Rancho Sante Fe and so I showered and we headed over. 
Have you ever arrived somewhere and felt at peace instantly.... like you had been there a hundred times  before. Well, as we pulled up to this house I found myself having that feeling of sinking into a super cozy chair after a long hard day of work. 
We have an amazing group of friends in our life that truly have become family. I have come to love them and look forward to sharing many music tours with them and their kids. 
We walked through the amazing garden picking our food fresh from the plants and trees. Ash snacking on tomatoes and strawberries. 

Frank and Terry cooked an unbelievable dinner from the food we had brought back from the garden and we all sat outside enjoying each others company. 

Ash swam in the pool and threw the ball for the dog in the yard and jumped in the jumpy house with Alejandro.... 
After dinner we had handmade raw ice cream, with to die for Gluten free sugarless cupcakes.... I laid on the massage table and enjoyed a massage from my friend Christine and some great energy work...followed by an Osteopathy treatment from her and her mom. Are you kidding me this day rocks! We got the kids to bed, Paul also received a massage and treatment from the Christine and Terry.... and we finished off the evening with a night swim in the bathwater temp pool outside. Laughing for hours in good company for sure. It was one of the most enjoyable days of my entire life. 
It may seem silly... or the house may not look so super amazing to you and you cant figure out why this chain of events was so special to me but the energy and vibe that we had going was what I am talking about! Paul and I have built our whole married adult life together around a specific vibe.... and to make friends that are music and love and laughter and health is something great! 

Thank you to our friends.... I wish I had more pictures of outside to post and show. I will be placing photos of this house on my vision board :-) Thanks for recharging us and reminding us of the things we are thankful for in life everyday! 

The power of Matty and Avasa LOVE!!!

In my life there are a select many things that evoke emotion from within my soul. Music has this power!  

Specifically Matty & Avasa Love! 

     On a day trip to L.A. to visit the most magical RAW restaurant ever... Cafe Gratitude, I was blessed to meet Avasa Love....whom works there. Her energy was unforgettable and I felt in the presence of something special. Unclear of just how special, we had lunch and went on our way. 
When I got home I bought their album on ITunes 
Let me just say.... once you get into energy work and affirmations you begin to really pay close attention to the energy fields around you. 

When I listen to this couple its like I've done an hour of affirmations and meditation. 

     It's like they have poured their own years of hard self-work and self healing through energy clearing into each song. 


     I play "What if" followed by "Sister Brother" anytime I feel the need for an instant change in my mood or perspective. I can't explain it any better than that.... their music just has a special power in it. My 3 year old asks for "What If" and I even catch him trying to sing it. 
Maybe we all have our special artists out there....and I have a few but trust me when I say..... take the time to listen to Matty and Avasa. Your day or night will be brighter.... your soul lighter. 

"We are always changing into what we are creating. To make it heaven on earth, got to believe it first." -Matty & Avasa

Check them out!!!!

http://avasamattylove.bandcamp.com/

Is your glass 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?

Every thought we think and everything we say is an affirmation! One is either positive or negative. And our cups in life are either half full or half empty.... there isn't an in between. "All of our self-talk or inner dialogue is a stream of affirmations. We are continually affirming subconsciously with our words and thoughts and this flow of affirmations is creating our life experience in every moment.

"Our beliefs are just learned thought patterns that we have developed since childhood, many of these work well for us, but others may now be working against us, they are dysfunctional and may be sabotaging us from achieving what we believe we want. Every affirmation we think or say is a reflection of our inner truth or beliefs. It is important to realize that many of these "inner truths" may not actually be true for us now or may be based on invalid or inappropriate impressions we constructed as children."


   "By choosing to think and say positive affirmations as true, the subconscious is forced into one of two reactions - avoidance or reappraisal. The bigger the issue the bigger the gap between the positive affirmation and the perceived inner truth and the more likely that one is going to experience resistance. This is where the subconscious finds it easier to stay with its perceived inner truth and avoid the challenge using any means at its disposal to avoid examining the issue. You will recognise this reaction by a strong negative feeling inside as you state the positive affirmations. Equally if your experience a sense of joy and well being, your mind is instinctively responding to something it believes to be true. When you get this emotion, you know your affirmations are working!

Continually repeating affirmations with conviction and passion will chip away at even the strongest resistance."

   The human mind is so wild to me! Nearly everything we do is  learned. Do you ever find yourself wondering why some people in this world have a totally different way of looking at life or why some people have it in them to follow after the wildest of dreams and goals? Well I say it's all in the way you look at things..... 1/2 full or 1/2 empty. 
   We only live here once and for such a short time at that... so for me it's gona be 1/2 full. 

My daily affirmation;

I choose love, joy and freedom, open my heart and allow 

wonderful things to flow into my life. 

I am at peace!

My life is a joy filled life with love, fun and friendship, all I need do is stop all criticism, forgive, relax and be open.

~L

I married into Music

     Some women marry into money. I married into music, good music at that. The first time I met Paul Cannon he attempted to serenade me with his guitar and singing skills :-) Though he was a little drunk and off key, I could hear that there was talent inside.... little did I know that this man would become my life and I would watch him grow and flourish as a musician over the next 7 years. 

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      There is a stigma placed on male musicians...that a grown man should have a steady paying job. And as most musicians know... it is a long road to steady paying gigs. I am aware that my family and friends do not quite understand why I am working and why Paul is staying home with Ash and pursuing his love for music. (I would like to add, as any stay at home parent knows, it is a job in itself to be with your child all day and Paul does a lot more than just "music")
 But.... I am a believer in dreams and that a life lived outside of doing what we love is a life of shallow sadness. I knew I married into music and that means more than waking up to and falling asleep to constant melody and guitar picking... it meant scrapping by and saving date night for local shows to be there and support Paul. It means late nights in the studio, it will probably mean me staying home to continue working while Paul and band have their 1st tour.... but it also means...

Ash will grow up seeing that WE do not give up on our dreams and that if you work hard, you CAN create the world you want. I look forward to all the other unknowns that I married into. 

I also look forward to this show in September. I am proud to say Paul Cannon Band will be opening for the AMAZING!!!! Brett Dennen!!!! Brett is sooo talented and I look forward to meeting him. Our path is beginning to cross with many beautiful people and I am excited to see what manifests next. Much gratitude.....

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Whats your race?

Manifestation ~ Affirmations

     VooDoo shmoodoo.... Positive affirmations have more power in them than a lot of people want to give credit. Manifesting positive outcomes and situations or connections in our lives is something that CAN be done! You may say voodoo but I have seen evidence in my life and lives around me. SO I am creating a collection of positive manifestation photos.... What do I see in my future? 

     This isn't about "things," having nice things or having more than what I have now but rather, what do I see my life looking like... feeling like. I have a feeling inside as we all do... a feeling we strive to create each day in our families and world. My feeling looks like this;

So this is the beginning of my dream collage... 

Releasing emotions... I owe Pablo an apology P.S. Fibromiagia is bullshit!

I cleaned out my cupboards. 
Today was my 4th week for my RAW journey. I find myself asking what is happening to me? Amazing and scary things....things I read about...heard about. But like anything...when it actually happens we find ourselves doubting...questioning. 
I read about the emotions that come out with the raw food diet... 
Supposedly we carry negative emotions and toxins in our FAT! As we "release" the fat we also "release" the toxins. Hormones....and toxins released into the blood can make for some cranky moments. Today I lost control over my emotions... fear, pain, anger, self-loathing and rage came out. 
So I tried to focus on the positive of this emotional meltdown...which is I AM detoxing! Shit is coming out!!!! Shit I do not want!!!! Sorry Pablo...thanks for your patience with me today. 
Some really cool things have happened too.... the heals on my feet have been dry for a few years. I have to get pedicures and use pumice rocks to keep my heals smooth... I had read that cracked heals are a sign of nutrient deficiency. 
Well.... the cool thing is that my heals are now smooth and not cracked... they feel like  I had a pedicure and put on some good foot lotion.....but I did neither. My body is healing...rebuilding. I am being change!


I cleaned out my cupboards and made my raw foods accessible. I have my blender, juicer, food processor, dehydrator and super foods all where I can easily get to them. 
The two questions I continue being asked are; what do I eat and where do I get my protein? 
Well... 
Breakfast; I make a juice with beats, spinach, celery and carrots. I also have a smoothy with kale, spinach, tomato, avocado, banana, and a nectarine or berries. Some days I eat a raw sprouted gRAWnola with an almond milk and berries....if I am feeling hungry. 
Throughout the day I snack on nuts and avocados if I am at work. 
Lunch; I make a salad....the most amazing salad ever! This is usually what I make for lunch and dinner. 

A mix of greens and spinach, broccoli, carrots, sprouts, brussel sprouts, tomato, cilantro, avocado, raw sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, raw cranberries, cashews and walnuts. I use liquid brags salad dressing...it's raw with amino acids and apple cider vinegar. 

Dessert; if needed... raw coco grawnola. I also make ice cream with coco powder and avocado....

Ok.... protein. Its in sooo many things! It is such a lie that we need meat or dairy products to get our protein. Broccoli has a grip if it... so do nuts and avocados. 

A lot of times in the first few days or weeks of raw people think they are dizzy from a lack of protein... it can be a few things but I thought it was interesting that when the blood has a lot of toxins being dumped into it...the blood thins out to filter through the liver faster (to be cleansed of the toxins) the thinned out blood can make a person feel light headed or dizzy. 

SO what the hell is Fibromialgia? 

Wide spread mussel and join pain. And I have a theory. If toxins are stored in our fat.... and by going raw to release those toxins from the fat...loosing the weight and riding the body of those toxin, this supposedly cures the Fibromialgia... then my theory if that the toxins are what cause the "widespread mussel pain" which I think is really "fat pain". Fat feels like our mussel.... and ya my fat hurts, or did hurt. 

If we keep putting toxins into our body via shity foods...medications, fluoride, vaccines etc... our fat can only hold so much. So we either make new fat or we max out the fat we have.... I think thats what Fibromialgia is. JUST AN OPINION.... lets not get feisty. 

If you lived with the pain of this "disease" for as long as I did...and you found a cure... yes a CURE! I think you would tell as many people as you could. 

So for all my friends friends that are being sent to my blog because you have been diagnosed with Fibomialgia... thanks for taking the time to check out what I am trying. I hope you think about it and just look into it. 

"Man can only live about 40 days without food, about 3 days without water. about 8 minutes without air, but only for 1 second without hope."

I'd rather "starve" then to live without hope, being defeated each day by the pain and exhaustion of a disease.