06/03/2019
~Eating local food is eating an Ayurvedic diet👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼~
When I first started learning about this mysterious, ancient science of longevity known as I became . After learning what my
“ ” (my own personal balance of the elements in my body) was I became obsessed with what I was eating and definitely, looking back, was too restrictive with my diet. I became a list follower, only allowing myself to eat from which ever particular list proclaimed to keep me healthy in that moment. Though food lists can initially help us understand what foods have what qualities, I have come to realize that the great sages and reshis who realized through awakening this system were NOT eating from a list. They were eating intuitively and LOCALLY. even just 100 years ago wasn’t something anyone had to think about. It was the only option. Society, in my humble opinion, has “evolved” itself into a state of un-health. Because of marketing schemes by the food industries we have become like spoiled little children demanding that we have avocados and tomatoes in the winter and the latest “ “ shipped from far away lands right here in good ole America. What we fail to remember is that our ancestors had twice the health we did without the need for special, exotic foods because they knew what we have forgotten... how to be, eat and live right here, right now. In the words of Myra Lewin,”we want our food to entertain us” when what we need it to do is us. It is not to eat from a list nor is it sustainable to ship our food all over the world so we can have blueberries in January. Ayurveda would say that eating out of season makes these “superfoods” not so super anymore because we must eat to properly digest and thus absorb the most nutrients out of our food. So today happens to be .market day, 4-5pm. I write this post to encourage you to make a change and for your food above all else because is eating a balanced without ever having to look at a list. ✌🏼💗🙏🏼🕉🌎
