Monday at Sea

Yoga with Chandrakant was a great way to start this first full day -- I was kinda happy we were inside due to rain on the deck -- and even though 7 am start meant I only had 5 hours sleep- I trust the yoga was the ticket -- I'm writing at 10:30 pm - forgoing the Ice Cream social tonite and heading for some usual 7 hour sleep for tonite.

I've had such rich conversations and meetings with fellow voyagers already -- and some warm reunions - with last year's new friends.
I hope I can share more on that soon, but for now -- here's one taste:

Can you believe a Chilean woman sat across from me at breakfast -- just returned from home - and we talked about the earthquake and the Latino community fundraiser Abhai and I went to -- and I shared how touched I am with the Violeta Parra Thank this Life song -- did you see the lyrics I posted a week ago?

My threshold choir friends will especially enjoy the news that while Bryant Terry was introducing his cooking demo - on Soul Food Revival - (which my Pgh Food is Elementary new colleagues will also appreciate - with his eliminating the objection that healthy food is too costly) First -- he sang twice!! He relayed a gospel hymn his cookin granny sang while stirring the pot -- Glory Glory..lay my burdens down.... and gave us the hip hop song that changed his life in 10th grade - 'BEEF" by KRSI
He demonstrated Double Mustard Greens with Roasted Yams a soup dedicated to Uncle Dan -- who he asked to compose a song with lyrics dedicating his cookbook it's called Thankful and I hope Cindy Harris will search out how it sounds for us Thresholders! His second demo was
sweet cornmeal coconut drop biscuits. I loved his energy and his philosophy -- more on that in future blogs.

Monday Breakfast:

Miso soup with Asian vegetables & tofu

Creamy whole oats with tamari almonds

Steamed collard greens

applel dried cherry compote

optional french toast with maple syrup and fresh berries

(plus the always buffet of wonderful fruits etc)



Lunch:

Guacamole with fresh tortilla chips and salsa

corn and rice salad

Mexican gazpacho served cold

Black bean burrito with toful sour cream and fried plantains

Rasberry and mango kanten
And again, my lunch companions were delicious special treats --A coach on Marilou Henner's website --and two brothers and their wives -- One from Utah - Patti M. gave me some great tips: Karina'sKitchen.com - where she found wonderful buckwheat chocolate chip cookies that pleased her not so food health conscious brother-in-law as well as a pumpkin pie I'll also want to test -- Pattie used coconut milk --just what I'd like to try! plus Babycakes now has a cookbook -

Areva Derchi (sp?)

Yours in Wellness, Gratitude and Happiness,
Suzen Sharda Segall


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Ship Ahoy and Bon Voyage to me!

Welcome Luncheon Buffet


Tempeh Noodle Salad
with rice penne, tempeh, olive oil, dill, soy mayo, giner, romaine, celery, carrots and red onion.

Baked beans
kidney beans, kombu, barley malt(gluten) red miso, mustart and onion

Garden Salad with balsamic Vinegar (Lucchino company donated 50 gallons of olive oil and each table has a bottle of their Olive oil and Balsamic)
Radiccio, romaine, cucumber, carrot, red cabbage, tahini, lemon and sea salt

Tomato avacado salad (YUM) with olive oil, sea salt pepper lemon, avacado tomatoe and red onion.

Rice and gomashio
short grain brown rice with sea salt and sesame seeds and water

Steamed Broccoli
Baked cauliflower with tahini sauce ( and wheat free white miso and mustard.

Before dinner I prepared myself to be included in the Introduction of Presenters on stage of the Rex Theatre.
for the Opening Ceremony: Cruising into Health – Your Voyage to Well Being: with my hero, Dr. Neal Barnard -- inspired and inspiring as always. All the presenters were lined up on stage and introduced with the wild and crazy Jessica Porter MC ing.

Here's our Sunday Dinner Menu:

Most delicious part -- I joined Ohashi and his lovely wife at a four top -- and finally settled myself - quieted and calmed -- for the first time in about a week ( or at least since I was on Dr. Linns treatment table)

Hijiki tart and sweet potato sauce

Onion soup with mochi and rosemary

colorful kale salad with giner dressing

Seitan paella with roasted artichoke and kumbu chips

apple crips with caramel cream

I just had time to blog before the Welcome Cocktail Party -- and it will be lights out by 10ish so we can begin the wise practice of 8 hours of sleep. Can I really keep up sending posts?? We'll see.... I'm even looking forward to the Monday fire drill -- we met great folks waiting in lines last year - with plenty of time to visit.


Yours in Wellness, Gratitude and Joy,
Suzen Sharda Segall


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Chi with Me on the Deep Blue Sea

The schedule is set -- I am sharing Qi(pronounced chee) Gong -( Chinese Yoga) - and
guided Hara breathing (diaphramatic breath) on deck of the luxurious Costa Fortuna to start the day in the Virgin Islands Wednesday March 24th.

On Friday the 26th we'll be Mindfully Walking and Sharing The Tai Ji
Dance of the Five Elements after breakfast before exploring Grand
Turk. (Tai Ji or Tai Chi - pronounced 'chee' - is an ancient standing slow-moving meditative practice for health or martial art)


Even if you are unable to join us in person this year, you do not have to
do without some Five Star mindbody nourishment and nurturing self-care
and community. Through this new Celebrating the Inner Healer blog
I'll be suggesting several ways for you to experience "A taste of health"(link to their website) without packing your suitcase.

As I am counting down less than two weeks to Bon Voyage on the Costa Fortuna, I invite you to join me here for some timely tastes of health and healing.

I look forward to your comments and would love to hear about other Wellness Getaways you have discovered, enjoyed and recommend to our community of folks celebrating the Inner Healer.

Starting tomorrow -- Why not embark and book an
appointment with yourself for the Guided Radiant Skin - Radiant Self
treatment that I'll describe here on Thursday. I'll be very interested to hear how it rates -- what you learned -- what suprised you about the experience -- or any questions.