It is vitally important that one consider the spiritual plane when beginning anything connected to the improvement of health and life. We can't emphasize enough the importance of approaching dietary and lifestyle improvements with a sense of ease, joy, and comfort. If one feels imprisoned when following a dietary regime, if one feels deprived and angry, then the diet is going too far, too soon. We never use the word "strict" at Chakra17 - the one thing we never want is to feel restricted. This is not the Marines! Nor should you ever feel locked into some sort of food prison. Remember, the reason to pursue (what we refer to as) radical vegetarianism or deep tissue cleansing is to create the very energy, self-love, inner power, beauty and fire to live life to it's fullest and most fulfilling. The motivation must be to optimize health so that you may go out and "hitch your wagon to star," in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with great physical strength and maximum levels of happiness and contentment.

Sadly, on occasion, we see people who make the process their entire life's focus. They go into health food stores with pad and paper, write down every word at every lecture, analyze everything they ever eat. This is not where we want to go - in fact, this is exactly what we try to steer people away from. In and of itself a health regime is useless. Its function comes in allowing us to feel more human. To feel optimum. To feel so in love with our life and the world in general that we can do nothing but go out and achieve and communicate and love. We stress to everyone that a health regimen is useless if it becomes manic, obsessive, limiting, or resented. It must be done with balance and seen as a means to a better, fuller life.

On an intellectual plane, it's very important for people to read and research. We don't want and certainly don't expect people to blindly take our word. These concepts of diet and cleansing are fundamentally different from those by which most people currently live, so when problems come up, it's a wonderful tool for people to have taken the initiative to educate themselves and understand on their own what's occurring in their bodies. At Chakra17, we seek to empower our clients, for we do not heal - rather, we simply give people the means and methodology to heal themselves.

This page last updated: 04.14.03
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