The 2013 Ahead

How do you like my version of the V8 juice? Tomato base with many great veggies!

About a week ago I completed a 7 day juice detox! Wow what a way to start the new year I can tell you, my energy levels went up, mental clarity and overall well feeling. I love doing my juice detox. I completed three last year and fell in love with them. Yes at first they can be a bit scary especially because we are just so used to eating foods all the time but the thought of just liquids can be daunting. I have been there and even my husband. But I am so proud of him, he also completed the detox with me and has had many amazing results in the past such as vein problems disappearing where medication didn't change the situation at all. 

 Balance

The other day I was thinking about the year ahead and any goals or aims as well as new habits that I would like to introduce on an ongoing basis. One of my main focuses currently is balance in my life, since changing my role at work life has had a tendency to become increasingly hectic and even though I try hard I want to put some good habits into place to ensure more balance and that I am more connected with myself. I am sure you would know that whenever you are at peace things just tend to almost flow beautifully even effortlessly, so that is where these thoughts developed. 

I would like to introduce one meditation session and one yoga session daily for these very reasons. I have a few DVDs and audio files that will help me but my main tool I think will be "My Yoga Online" because there is new sessions released every week and it offers an enormous variety. I love variety and discovering new things all the time which is why this website has been great for me since I joined about a year ago.

Fitness

This year I want to complete even more running events and I would love to become an ambassador for one of my favourite sports brands. To run more I have joined the Western Australian Marathon Club and this weekend we will be doing our second event this year! It is brilliant because there is so many varied distances and events that they organise so that even if you just want to move your body or start out it is a great way to start. My aim is to complete at least 2 events a month. Also we have been offered a spot at the New York Marathon later in November because we missed out last year due to the hurricane. I am super excited about that!

Health

That was an area I wasn't really sure about until this morning. Now I know my aim is to include one green smoothie and a fresh juice daily. In the past I have experimented with the green smoothies quite a lot but never really made a full habit out of it. Rotating the greens and fruits for the smoothies will be a key to success I believe but we will see as I progress and trust me I will keep you updated through my blog ;)

This morning I had one whole cos lettuce, 2 mangoes and 6 kiwis blended with some water. Absolutely amazing on the taste front and I already had one whole lettuce for breakfast!

Future Direction

As most of you that regularly read my blog would know I have commenced a course to become a Natural Juice Therapist which I am doing through Jason Vale in the UK. My aim is completion of this course and I have already enrolled to do the Juice Academy which is a required part for full certification.

I have also commenced writing a cookbook about cooking without white refined sugar! This is one of my very exciting projects for 2013 and I can't wait to share it with you down the track! In this world white sugar is in almost everything and not many people are aware of the damage they are doing to their bodies over time. Therefore it is about time for a cookbook that gives healthy alternatives for sweets and treats.

How is your 2013 looking?

Goal Setting: Vision Posters

 There is many ways of goal setting and some of you may have previously heard of vision posters. Through vision posters you are able to do goal setting in a more passive way. Basically you use a blank poster size cardboard (it is really up to you what size) and that's when the fun begins. You can use lots of different magazines or newspapers or even brochures. You can print out pictures from the internet to stick on your poster. You can cut out writing/write your own or you can even draw on your vision poster. With the help of a vision poster you create pictures for you to look at on a daily basis of what you would like to get out of life. It can relate to experiences, material items; in other words the sky is the limit.

Vision posters are definitely one of my favourite ways of goal setting. In my opinion it is important to get clear on what I want in life because if I am not sure what I want I can't really get to the finish line or in other words the goal. Of course goals can also change so don't worry about getting it 100% right.

Some questions I asked myself to create my vision poster were

• where would I like to live?
• what house would I like?
• what job would I like?
• what experiences do I want to do?
• what car would I love to drive?
• who would I like to spend time or more time with?
• what countries would I like to see or visit?
• is there any sports challenges I would like to do?
• is there anything I would like to try out sometime?

These are just a few to give you some ideas on how I came up with my vision poster.

Many people swear by this goal setting method but I always like to try things like that out for myself to see whether they work for me. Late last year Manuel and I were brain storming what we could do for his birthday. Something that popped into my head was hot air ballooning which Manuel had always wanted to do. I am actually afraid of heights but I was willing to give it a shot. I am sure it would make his birthday celebrations special. So we went ahead and booked it the same week. A few weeks later Manuel took me to my vision poster and showed me the picture of the hot air balloon which I had stuck on my vision poster years ago when I first created this masterpiece. The Balloon was one of the balloons that was unique to the company we had made the booking with! It took a while to sink in because I had done this all unconsciously.

Below are some pictures from the actual hot air balloon experience

It was amazing how without a steering wheel the pilots manage to control them by taking advantage of the right winds. The balloon flew so elegant, gliding through the sky with us in it, I am sure I will never forget this experience!

I have put my vision poster up in the bedroom so that I see it every day. The main thing in my opinion is to find a place where you will see the vision poster every day.

Have you ever created a vision poster and if so did it work for you?

Lots of love!