Week Two Notes to my Soup Subscribers

Celebrating the Inner Healer:
2nd week of December 2010

Enjoy your savory ‘stew’ this week:

Middle Eastern Sleek ala Sharda
I’ve added sea salt, lemon pepper, kelp
And leeks to the traditional ingredients
Of kale, black-eyed peas, yellow onions
And bulgar ( cracked wheat). Again, a
protein packed, stick to the ribs meal in
a bowl, with lots of minerals, vitamins
and tons of fiber!

Some folks are used to garnishing Sleek with
some salty crumbled feta – instead, I’ve
included a sample packet of Daiya's
grated ‘mozzarella’ – a dairy-free, soy-
free alternative. (Place it in your bowl
first to encourage melting – then toss
the steaming hot sleek with it and finally
drizzle fresh lemon juice to taste and
garnish with the additional fried onions.

The chanting ingredients include:
Namkar MantraSinging two Threshold choir songs:

Since Love is why I'm here
Since Love is why I'm here, Let me be an open channel
Since Love is why I'm here, let me give and then receive.

Up from the Earth (the self-healing song)

Final chant while pouring and sealing:
Sarve bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Niramayah
The ancient universal prayer:

May all living beings know real happiness and the
source of happiness within.
May all living beings become free from delusion,
disharmony and disease.
May all perceive the true, the good and the beautiful
with clarity of mind and purity of perception.
May no one, not even the tiniest of creatures,
become a victim or cause of pain, suffering, torture
or killing.
May everyone revere the sanctity of life

To eat is human, to digest, divine. Charles T. Copeland
Bon Appetito! L'Chaim! In Joy!!
Your singing soup-maker, Sharda
From you I receive, To You I give, Together we share and From this we live
Many Species...One Planet...One Future
~I See You ~ Namaste ~
Yours in Wellness, Gratitude, Vitality and the Rhythm of Nature,
Suzen Sharda Segall

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I'm Back!

Wow -- I can't believe it's over a month since I posted here --with all great intentions to share with you several times a week --once I returned from the Caribbean Holistic Holiday. Not so suprising that with all the intensity of preparing for my presentations there and disrupting my own natural rhythms before and during the cruise, and with the four additional wellness journeys scheduled soon after my return, plus further abundance of wonderful special events I presented at in Pittsburgh April and May 1, I simply found myself in need of time out -- offline -- to restore inner balance along with managing my first laptop crash -- (she breathes out) interesting how our internal rhythms and outer forces dramatically mirror one another at times -- Sad to say my tango time and choir rehearsals also got shelved temporarily.

So little by little, I am restoring my energy and enjoying blooming where I am planted -- at home -- enjoying anew my re-established daily and weekly life-enhancing self-care practices and activities with like-minded seekers of peace and joy -- all the while continuing to Celebrate the Inner Healer! So how are you doing with the dance of activity-rest this Spring-Summer season of huge change?

I've included here a great photo of the unique Earth Day birthday celebration on the river in the 'burgh where I was honored to share some QiGong and Tai Ji Dance of the Five Elements. I was also guided to lead Joan Adibi's women's circle in a special birthday blessing spiral dance/chant. No picture of the dynamic spiraling hug to Joan --no mp3 of us chanting, but here is the lovely blessing written by the Sufi teacher Hazrat Inayat Khan:

May the blessing of G-d rest upon you,
May G-d's peace abide with you.
May G-d's presence illuminate your heart,
Now and forever more.

Namaste ~ I See You
Yours in Wellness, Gratitude and Reverence for All Life,
Suzen Sharda Segall

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Counting Down to ship ahoy and Counting Blessings

I'm on my way, bye bye to the 'burgh and hello, to my first two legs of this Wellness Voyage:

First stop: Get a little help from my friend in Berkeley Springs, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia -- the magnificent Dr. Linn (or Acupuncture - hot oil hot towel session to ground and harmonize me following the whirlwind of preparation for the Holistic Holiday at Sea presentations.

(I even sang In Breath Out Breath to her - while face down in the donut!! catching her up on the evolution of my sessions with table clients and Restorative Yoga classes where I'm now incorporating a couple special Threshold Choir songs.)

While still heading to BS I am opening the window to pay the turnpike toll -- and a very strong whiff of manure greeted me -- and much to my suprise and delight -- instead of feeling repulsed -- my first reaction was -- Pungent...Oh! Manure -- what a great sign of Spring here in our farm country ! Wow! that's a new and positive shift - Dr. Linn and I celebrated my healing progress - and I made a few more rounds visiting special shops - Sage Moon -- and SoupitySalads great vibes great pure food made with love - (for starters - a gingery strawberry lemonade sweetened with agave -- lovely - and a request to share menus from the cruise )



-- and of course getting right to the Rx home-work of grounding myself - by visiting the Springs -- and in the fresh air and bright sun - practiced the Medical QiGong sequence to balance and harmonize all the organ systems, followed by the special grounding & centering standing meditation and 100 orbits. What a way to start the Wellness Voyage......thank you one and all!

I've been enjoying the buds at home while on my brief but refreshing walks these last couple of days -- and now realize I will have the red bud trees in Maryland to look forward to by my return trip!

(Stop two:overnite with traveling companion dear cousin Marilyn -- a great reunion -- and in catching up ---another Celebration of each of our Inner Healing.



The cab will be here 6:45 am so I'll sign off. All this preparation... all this anticipation,...we're really Welcoming Spring and our second annual Voyage to deeper and higher wellness!

May you all enjoy great happiness and health and let us know about your celebrations of Spring - of New Life - new attitudes -- new recipes...

Yours in Wellness, Gratitude and Ahimsa (Jain philosophy of Reverence for All Life),

Suzen Sharda Segall

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