Thursday, May 6, 2010

Day 3: PanchaKarma - Ayurvedic cleanse

Today I started the morning very well -- my morning shot of ghee (clarified butter), plain oatmeal with goji berries and ghee and a cup of white tea. Then I had a work meeting at Old Vine Cafe and I slipped a bit... I was good and ordered their vegan quinoa dish but couldn't resit the mozzarella appetizers... yum!!! Okay since I was already cheating I went ahead and had a half glass of white wine and a teeny tiny little pecan tartlet. I'm pretty certain neither of those items were going to balance my Dosha but I figure I can have a little fun until Saturday when the massages and enemas begin...

For dinner I made amends and was back to steamed veggies, mung beans, basmati rice and some raw veg with goddess dressing for dip. I ate it with my specially formulated tea and with lotsa ghee!

I am getting very excited for Saturday when the real cleanse begins. The 2 hour oil massages sound simply amazing. After such a relaxing weekend at Sagewater Spa for my Bachelorette weekend - I feel so much calmer and happier - I can't wait to experience the delight of 5 days full of intense massage. Will anyone recognize me after?

I am doing a mini-PanchaKarma but the normal ones go for 7 days and you have 2 people massaging you every day -- just think about that for a moment... It's hard to imagine for those of us who have a hard time taking time out for ourselves but it sounds very, very nice!

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