The Universe: Can you control your fate?

Hey there everyone!
Today is Thursday and it's another fabulous week for me. Yoga every day so far and Loving the challenge of it! Coconut water, cold shower and a fabulous walk with my dogs is a routine that is sticking like glue after yoga...wouldn't change a thing! If you haven't tried coconut water...get some, soooo yummy!

Today I wanted to chat about whether or not we can control our fate and how I feel about that.
Ever since I was young I have always contemplated my destiny or my fate. It has been my on going faith in a higher power that is guiding me along my journey that has helped me to accept the not so fun moments that I may stumble upon. So I may have dislocated my knee in high school while dancing 2 hours a day during the week but guess what...I was pushed toward a different passion...yoga! During physical therapy I was given exercises that were "yoga inspired" that I was told to do after every session. After a while I thought to myself, why don't I try some yoga classes? It's lower impact and I can still enjoy graceful and strong moves that remind me of dance. It was love at first sight!
You see...life has road blocks, I believe, so that you take a detour to get back to what you really were meant to do!

Another story of mine is that...My mother was diagnosed with cancer when I was in college. Originally my dream was to be a psychologist or a physical therapist because I really wanted to reach out and help others going through mental or physical ailments. When my mom got sick I made a 180 turn toward Nutritional sciences, something deep deep down inside of me said...this is where you will find the answers, take a chance! So I did, I switched my major and decided that Nutrition was the key to longterm health...even before I knew much about it!
Now, my mom is cancer free and I have achieved the health and life I never dreamt of. During a yoga class I learned about raw foods from one of the other students (an accident?..I think not!). This changed my life. Eating vegan changed my perspective and raised my conciousness about our environment and the treatment of animals and eating raw helped me realize that foods are best when they are pure and unchanged.

May your journey continue and remember that even the saddest times are a gateway to your true destiny of pure bliss and contentment~

With Faith,
Rawkn Yogini~

Thirsty Thursday takes on a whole new meaning!

Hi everyone,
I'm sure the title of this blog took you back to your college days. You probably remembered that as Thursday night rolled around, your college campus would come alive with drinking parties, late night pizza slices, and embarrassing morning after pictures and ill feelings. This is known as a SAD diet by Raw foodists. This both because you feel sad and emotion eating this way and because it stands for Standard American Diet. I was reminded of these things when reminiscing with an old friend who remembered nicknames we would give cheap disgusting beer brands and people we would text or call at 3 in the morning to tell about our adventures. This made me think about something crazy! College kids are living toxic-super unhealthy lives despite being at the prime time of their lives. College students are ages 17-23 years old and most are drinking several nights a week, eating junk food, getting no sleep, getting very little exercise, and having stressful sleepless nights! They are setting the stage for habits and behaviors that they will carry with them for the rest of their adult lives. What is happening here!? We should be climbing mountains, running marathons, protecting the planet, volunteering and loving life not ignoring it with toxic drugs and alcohol.

Thirsty Thursday for me was a hot sweaty yoga class followed by drinking ice cold water and having cold freshly squeezed orange juice. mmmm yummy.
This bog is dedicated to my college friends who want a couple recipes for healthy, delicious raw foods that will fill them up with nutrients and energy instead of toxins and regret.

Salsa:
1 large tomato, diced
1 green pepper, diced
1 red pepper, diced
1/2 jalapeno pepper, finely diced
1/2 yellow onion, diced
juice of 1/2 a lemon
pinch of salt and ground black pepper
Mix in bowl and enjoy!

Guacamole:
1 avocado, mashed
1/2 tomato, diced
1/2 green pepper
1/2 jalapeno, finely diced (don't touch your eyes)
1/2 lemon, juiced
pinch of salt and ground black pepper
Mix and serve!

Enjoy these two delicious simple recipes with a green salad...I love mixed greens, spinach or boston lettuce!

If you come over I'll whip this up for you! Hey I might already have it made-it is my staple food!

Eat well and Be well!
Rawkn Yogini~