Epic journey

The word holistic means to take into account all of the parts that make up the whole. Having said this I am realizing that I need to learn more about the parts of my life that are interconnected with food and the role it plays as a healer. Food is connected with health, community, healing, spirituality, creativity and so many other facets of life. Over the next year I will be writing more broadly about these topics and my thoughts about them. Some of you will become uncomfortable with my findings, others of you may resonate with my view points. This is my own personal journey to a holistic life that has started with food and my relationship with it. My hope is that I will learn more about who I am and how I fit into this crazy world.
Thus far I have learnt that I need more time to be creative. Helping me to get into this space is tricky. With two children who have demands and needs that I can not ignore, creativity has to come in short waves. I have found knitting scarfs is mundane but satisfying at the same time. My hope is that I will be able to sell them to fund other projects that I want to do.
Yoga helps to relax and ground me. Creativity is able to flow, now whether or not I have the time to follow through on all of my ideas is another matter entirely! Yoga is also a spiritual experience for me. I feel at one with the universe and the divine that is within us all. I try to do yoga everyday whether I feel like it or not.
I have also started to go to a spiritual community. This community embraces all faiths and religions and states that we all have our own journey and that no one way is right. Positive thinking and the power of choice is stressed as tenets of the community.
How does food fit into all of this? Well, when practicing yoga it is best if you eat a clean diet. A clean diet helps one to focus. When I am able to focus I am in touch with divine. The divine helps me find my creative groove. My creative groove is where my joy resides. My joy is plants and their medicinal uses. Basically I need to eat a clean diet so that I can live the life I dream of. As I write this I am having a hard time fighting off the urge to eat chocolate. Chocolate consumes many hours of my day. If I don't taste it I am fine, but the moment a sweet morsel of chocolate touches my taste buds I am in trouble. Discipline and a strong will is what I need. I am trying to convince my ego of this but it can be hard. Maybe I should meditate on it?
I will continue to write what I eat everyday to keep myself accountable and hopefully honest. Please feel free to add in your thoughts and view points. I am collecting information and applying it when it feels right to do so.

What Kate Ate 9/7/10

Oatmeal with banana, walnuts and raisins
Brown rice with chickpea curry
Kind bar, Mango and Macadamia nut variety
Green tea
Green salad and half a tuna and tomato sandwich on wheat bread
Handful of cashews