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Warm and Nutty Cinnamon Quinoa Recipe

May 4, 2008 | 88 Comments

This stunning berry-studded breakfast quinoa is from Dr. John La Puma's recent release - Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine. I've written about just a handful of books this year (more to come, I promise!), but I wanted to highlight this one for a few reasons. It's a fantastic healthy-cooking (and eating) primer written by a someone who is both a doctor and chef. The book is text heavy and photo-free, but for those of you who want to dive into some of the ways food can work for you, this is a good overview. A chapter in his book opens with the following passage,

"...I have begun to think of a home kitchen in much the same way I think of a health spa - a place where people can come to be restored, feel better, experience pleasure, and become healthier. And this is how I'd like you to start thinking about your kitchen. Your kitchen is at the heart of your health.

In your home, you probably keep your medicine chest in the bathroom. I'm offering a second medicine chest, one that helps prevent diseases and symptoms and that you keep right in your kitchen cupboards, fridge, freezer, and pantry."

There's a lot going on here (in a good way). One chapter outlines the fifty foods that should be part of your pantry - those of you already cooking from a natural foods pantry have a big head start. To make the cut each contender had to demonstrate "that if eaten regularly it could prevent, and in some cases, actually treat - specific conditions and symptoms." The good news is, many of the fifty foods are flat-out delicious in their own right, and for those of you who are regular readers here, you'll find a cast of familiar characters - oats, quinoa, lentils, beans, greens, and agave nectar, avocado, and berries. Another chapter tells you which foods to eat (or avoid) based on forty common conditions.

The quinoa berry bowl is typical of what you'll find in the recipe section. Broadly speaking, the recipes are concise and approachable, with every ingredient working for you on both the flavor and nutrition fronts. You'll find recipes that are both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, and many that are easily adaptable either way. A few other recipes that caught my attention; Butternut Barley Risotto, Cinnamon Orange Dreamsicles, and Walnut Scented Dessert Pancakes. Now I know many of you will only buy cookbooks that have cover-to-cover photography, but I hope the shot at the top with give you a little glimpse of what you might be missing.

My diet is far from perfect, but I've learned over the years that if you surround yourself with delicious, healthy, real ingredients you'll discover and create amazing ways to use them. This book is full of ideas, helpful information, and ingredient-based inspiration. At the very least flip through it the next time you pop into a bookstore, and in the meantime enjoy the quinoa berry breakfast bowl you see up above.

Warm and Nutty Cinnamon Quinoa Recipe

I used a red quinoa here, but you can use whatever kind you like, white/buff colored seems to be the most common. Also, a few notes and tips from the book: low-fat soy milk may replace the low fat milk, blueberries may replace the blackberries, dark honey may replace the agave nectar, and walnuts may replace the pecans.

1 cup organic 1% low fat milk
1 cup water
1 cup organic quinoa, (hs note: rinse quinoa)
2 cups fresh blackberries, organic preferred
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted*
4 teaspoons organic agave nectar, such as Madhava brand

Combine milk, water and quinoa in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 15 minutes or until most of the liquid is absorbed. Turn off heat; let stand covered 5 minutes. Stir in blackberries and cinnamon; transfer to four bowls and top with pecans. Drizzle 1 teaspoon agave nectar over each serving.

Serves 4.

*While the quinoa cooks, roast the pecans in a 350F degree toaster oven for 5 to 6 minutes or in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 3 minutes.

Internal spring cleansing

Jag ska gora en var-stadning - inifran! Har borjat nedrakningen, dvs, att ta bort vissa saker ur min dagliga diet, sasom sotsaker och kaffe. Nu i tre dagar ska jag borja ata mindre och inget alls pa kvallen, alltsa ta bort middagen, som vi normalt ater har efter nio pa kvallen och istallet tidigarelagga den. Det hela gar ut pa att, efter att i nagra dagar ha forberett sej mentalt och kroppsligt, att sedan under en till tre veckor dricka en blandning av farskpressad citron, cayenne-peppar och maple syrup. Drycken innehaller en perfekt balans av naturligt socker och utrensande produkter, men att man samtidigt haller kroppen i balans, men att metabolismen under denna tid gar ner i varv och kroppen koncentrerar sej pa att rensa ut slaggprodukter.
Forutom att man inte ater nagot, sa kan man leva exakt som vanligt.

Min chef har gjort detta nyligt, hon gor detta en gang om aret, och resultatet ar otroligt, hon ser helt annorlunda ut, kroppen ar slim och fin, hyn stralar och ogonen ar mycket blaare an vanligt. Ocksa kanner hon sej fantastisk och med en otrolig energi.

Kommer att halla er uppdaterade! Pa fredag kor jag igang.

Me guuusta!

Hittade dessa underbara "hammockar" pa A´s blogg, hur haftiga som helst!

Nar jag skaffar min underbara, stora villa ute pa landet sa ska jag ha en sadan har, och sitta och meditera med munkarna.

Verkar som de ar svensktillverkade, ska kolla upp lite till, men visst ar de fina!

TGIF! Thank God it´s Friday, faktiskt ledigt imorrn for en gangs lordag.

Back in town

It´s been a great few days over in London. I have been working, lived in Mayfair:) and seen my dear friend E, not only once, but a few times, so it´s been fabulous! Did some shopping, great deals of shoes and bags, a lot cheaper than here actually, and we were walking loads, so my legs are hurting today, hihi.

My clients has such a warm apartment, or they like it warm inside, not only warm, like 30 degrees, even I had a hard time sleeping, and with the windows open, very noisy outside. You never appreciate your own bed more than when you come back from a trip, your own simple bed, and the quietness living where I live.

When I arrived at the airport yesterday, I met a lady who had never flown before, she was so nervous, shaky and almost crying. I tried to talk to her and calm her, even walked her onboard.

Even me lately, felt a bit uncomfortable flying, never before, but I can´t stay the turbulence, I find it really scary, hands sweaty, trying to breath slowly, but finding it very uncomfortable.

When the captain turned on the fasten seat belt sign, because of turbulence, I started to breath deeply, and sweat. I thought that I have to get myself together and think about something else, how nice it is to fly, how beautiful the clouds are, how they look like different figures and the amazement of being so far up in the air, and how much I normally really enjoy flying.

It wasn´t as bad as it normally feels, it´s amazing how you can chose to think different in different situations, and just to change the habit of thoughts a little bit makes a big difference.

London

Idag aker jag till London. Ska aka nagra dagar for att jobba, har en kund dar som bokar resan och uppehallet plus att jag hinner fa en hel del ledigt ocksa, sa det passar bra. Har ju min kara van E dar, sa det ska bli skoj att se henne och hitta pa nagot. Lite svart att veta hur man ska packa bara, fran +25 till kanske +10, naval, far val an ta med mej en jacka och paraply forstas. Skulle aldrig kunna bo nagonstans dar det regnar sa mycket.

J har skrivit ner en massa adresser pa saker att titta pa, och da menar jag shopping, hon ar sjalv fran London, var just dar, och sager att det ar stallet att shoppa pa nu, nar det ar ganska billigt jamfort med forr, sa jag ska passa pa.

Vi ses om nagra dagar.

Massera dej sjalv inifran med goda tankar, och fortsatt att ma bra.

Vintern rasar

Jag alskar dessa bilder som mamma skickade fran Tarendo, kan kanna doften fran elden anda hit, varmen pa kinderna och kyla pa tarna. Sa harliga dessa hundar, sa enorma, och Smulan som for bara nagra mander sedan var "valp", och halften sa stor.

Flyttfagel

Trodde nog aldrig att jag skulle komma "hit" igen, men nu ar jag har, pa eget val, och det kanns kittlande kanonbra! Jag ska flytta i borjan pa juni, har hyrt ett hus av nagra vanner som ska vara borta i tva ar, sa jag far stanna sa lange det kanns bra. Dags att borja samla flyttkartonger, aven om jag inte har saa mycket att ta med mej, men att organisera och rensa ut kanns nodvandigt.

Kanns som att borja om pa nytt, vilket jag ju gor och det harliga ar att det kanns sa bra och spannande! Har sa mycket att se fram emot i sommar, kanner mej som en liten fagelunge som ska ut ur boet.

Alskar detta foto, som jag lanat fran A´s blogg, ser valdigt valkomnande ut, uppdukat for en trevlig middag och en harlig sommarnatt nagonstans i norrland..

Sagt av en sann romantiker

people say movies should be more like life. i think life should be more like the movies.

Jag skulle behova..

En helrenovering fran topp till ta, en heldag pa Spa jag ocksa.. Nar man kanner att man inte hinner med vare sej en sjalv, (maste se bra ut i mitt jobb), huset eller hemmet, ja da blir allt rorigt. Jag ar en sadan som om inte allt ar i ordning sa forfaller allt och jag struntar i det ett tag, sen organiserar jag allt, men nar jag har tid. Det har lugnat ner sej lite nu pa hotellet, sa idag ska jag vara egoistisk med mej sjalv, dvs lamna allt jag skulle behova gora ett tag, och ta en morgonpromenad nerat stranden, och ocksa hamta ett paket som jag vantat lange pa.

Har lart mej en ny massageteknik som gar ut pa att arbeta med zonterapi och pa sa satt stabilisera och rensa kroppens muskler pa slaggprodukter med hjalp av aromaterapi. En otroligt kraftfull behandling som nar jag sjalv fick den, gick som i koma av total avslappning i kropp och sjal. Ska gora en kur pa C, for att se om den kan hjalpa henne med migran och fibromyalgi, ska bli jatteintressant att ha ett real case och se skillnaden.

Never face reality unless reality already is the way you want it to be.

Busy

Oj, det har varit hogsasong i en vecka nu harnere, i och med 1 maj och ryssarnas semesterperiod som varar fram till den 10 maj. Har passat pa att jobba allt jag har kunnat och det kanns jattebra, men det kanns i kroppen. Ryssarna ar ett speciellt folk, fran tidigare ar ar erfarenheten att de for det mesta ar kalla och otrevliga, men i ar har de faktiskt varit oerhort trevliga, aven om man for det mesta inte kan kommunicera sa bra da de inte pratar sa bra engelska. Jag tycker att det ar sa harligt att ga till jobbet, att alska sitt jobb och kanna att verje person jag moter, utbyter jag nagot positivt med for det mesta.

Brukar tanka, om man far nagon person som det inte kanns bekvamt med eller att man kanner av negativ energi, att jag ska gora mitt allra yttersta i denna behandling, for hur det an ar, sa ska jag bara spendera en timme av mitt liv med denna person. Battre att le extra stort, ta i fran tarna, det far du igen, och oftast nar behandlingen ar avslutad, sa har denna person smalt totalt..
Sa mycket ett leende kan gora. Smile if there´s anything you want.

My general formula for my students is "Follow your bliss." Find where it is, and don't be afraid to follow it.

BILL MOYERS: Do you ever have the sense of... being helped by hidden hands?

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time - namely, that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.
* * *
Joseph Campbell was a life-long student and teacher of the human spirit and mythology--not just the mythology of cultures long dead, but of living myth, as it made itself known in the work of modern artists and philosophers--individuals who searched within themselves and their societies to identify the need about which they were passionate. He called this burning need that they sought to fulfill their bliss.
When Campbell died, just months after recording the interviews with Bill Moyers that were to become The Power of Myth, he had no idea how these interviews, and, in particular, this idea of following one's bliss would resonate with the public. Within months of airing on PBS in the United States, the phrase "Follow Your Bliss" had become a catchphrase.

Yet it is important to note that following one's bliss, as Campbell saw it, isn't merely a matter of doing whatever you like, and certainly not doing simply as you are told. It is a matter of identifying that pursuit which you are truly passionate about and attempting to give yourself absolutely to it. In so doing, you will find your fullest potential and serve your community to the greatest possible extent.

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
* * *
Now, I came to this idea of bliss because in Sanskrit, which is the great spiritual language of the world, there are three terms that represent the brink, the jumping-off place to the ocean of transcendence: sat-chit-ananda. The word "Sat" means being. "Chit" means consciousness. "Ananda" means bliss or rapture. I thought, "I don't know whether my consciousness is proper consciousness or not; I don't know whether what I know of my being is my proper being or not; but I do know where my rapture is. So let me hang on to rapture, and that will bring me both my consciousness and my being." I think it worked.

Follow your bliss

"Follow Your Bliss!" Those three little words by the great mythologist Joseph Campbell teach a profound lesson in tapping the energy that makes you tick. But how to begin? Start using the Follow Your Bliss Compass to put yourself on the right track. You'll soon start becoming mindful of the blissful energy within you and will begin using it to make empowering changes in your life. Following your bliss is always a real adventure—a journey into the uncharted center of yourself. Just click!


INSTRUCTIONS

1. Spin the compass any time you are feeling bored, dissatisfied, unfocused, or lost. There is no minimum or maximum number of spins you can make throughout the day.

2. Follow the advice the compass points to. If you are directed to do some quiet contemplation, for example, set aside what you are doing and take that time for yourself (even if for only five minutes). If you notice that the dial seems to be touching a particular word, you might use that word as a sort of mantra for the day.



3. After using the compass, pay special attention to yourself. Notice what lightens your mood, puts a spring in your step, or makes your heart sing. Listen to your inner voice. If you catch yourself daydreaming, think about where your soul was yearning to go.



4. As you identify your bliss, honor it. Take steps (even if only baby steps) to bring more bliss into your daily life. Make your own decisions. Choose to take control over your life. Begin disengaging from what disempowers you. When in doubt, don't.



5. Be attentive to the signs around you. When you follow your bliss, good advice and helping hands are around every corner.



6. Remember that bliss is not synonymous with happiness. Happiness is a feeling of contentment in the present moment, but bliss is what makes you jump up and dance for joy. Bliss is the state of being fully alive. You can be blissful under any circumstances.

Solmeditation

Kanslan av att halla i solen, kanna dess varme fylla upp en vartrott och hangig kropp, med ny, positiv energi och ljus, sa harligt om man kunde sla pa en kran med sadan energi.

Njut av de forsta solstralarna (for er uppe i norr), kann varmen mot kinden och njut av varje andetag. Varlden ar din.

A new day!

I should really get going, but I will just put out a few words here. I love early mornings, tha sun is slowly coming up, and before we know it, it is already nine o clock. When you start surfing on the internet, time flies, theres so much to see and read, what did we do before internet came, how did we survive without mobilephones? Internet is really like a new world, full of good and bad things, and full of wonderful information of all kinds. Just google whatever or whoever you want to know anything about, good hey¿

Gotta run now, have a lovely day all.

Good positive thoughts and a smile, is the best medicine possible. Heal from within.

Pics from Spa Termae

One day adventure..

Junior Suite - totally in blue.

Is sometimes enough to get out of ordinary duties and environment. Yesterday, I decided to meet Jacqueline, John and Mieke at a wonderful luxurious hotel, about one hour from the coast. They were coming from another direction, so we couldn´t go together. Everything was fine until I came across with some roadwork and got lost. The funny thing here in Spain is the sign-system, there is normally one sign that tells you the direction, and then after turns and roundabouts - without further signs - you get lost, they must think one is enough. After asking a few people, all with difficult accents, typical smalltown accents wich are tricky to understand, all leading me in the wrong direction as well, I had to trust my intuition, and finally got it right.

When I arrived, exhausted and sweaty, (up there 30 degrees) they were already there waiting since almost an hour..Bueno, to arrive safe and sound is the most important in the end, and the landscape on the way was just stunningly beautiful, totally different from the coast, with green, green mountains, wonderful fragrances, and lovely colours.

Anyway, the hotel is wonderful, situated in a small town, seems to be the only business there. It has 40 luxury rooms and suites, and an amazing spa with origins from the 1700 century. After spending a few hours checking out the place, we went to have a typical lunch at a local "fonda", more or less like eating in someones house, nice and genuine.

Ensam mamma soker..

Kul att se "Ensam mamma soker", inspelning fran forra aret visserligen, men alltid kul att se nat svenskt! Far se hur det gar for dem, verkar hyfsat seriost faktiskt. Harligt med svensk bakgrundsmusik, med gamla godingar som Tomas Ledin och ganget, da far man lite sommarkanslor. Bla, bla vindar och vatten..

En harlig varm somardag vantar, ska faktiskt ta en bok och ga ner till stranden..Igar var det sa varmt som +30, lite ovanligt faktiskt.

Njut dagen - fanga momentet!!

The American dream - my way

I always had the dream to travel, from San Francisco down to the pure and wild Wyoming. To have lots of time, a month or so, rent a cab, and just go with the flow to where you want to go, stay where you want to stay, most probably in the Inns, or b&bs, just to have a bed somewhere. And when I arrived to Wyoming, I´d love to stay there in a working ranch for some time. That would be really cool. See these pictures and make your own opinion..

Goda rad fran framgangscoachen

Din förväntan för framgång är en av de mest avgörande faktorerna för att du verkligen kommer att uppnå det du vill.
Jag träffar tusentals människor varje år som vill ha framgång, De har i stort sett fått allt på plats, med att sätta mål, skapa en handlingsplan och beslutet att satsa, men ändå så når de inte riktigt ända fram. Vad beror detta på?

När jag verkligen började analysera dessa individer, så slog det mig, att de som verkligen lyckades också skapade den framgång de förväntade sig. Den avgörande faktorn förväntan är ofta en bortglömt del i coachning, men utan den så kan du satsa varje dag resten av ditt liv, utan att nå dit du vill.

När förväntan för framgång inte finns, så finns inte den inre tron om att du kommer att lyckas. Vi människor är som små radio sändare och mottagare som skickar ut och tar emot idéer och frekvenser från andra med liknande kraft. Detta kan beskrivas kort i "The law of attraction" (lagen om attraktion). Denna naturlag säger att vi drar till oss allt det som vi skickar ut till vår omgivning.

Om du då sänder ut tvivel så får du tvivelaktiga resultat som ett brev på posten. Det är som om du åker 20 mil med en bil, där du har skapat kraft framåt med hjälp av mål och handling, men där dina inre tvivel skickar tillbaks bilen där den började. Detta till de flestas förtret, eftersom frustrationen är stor när den inre kraften nollställs.

Det är som om du skulle få signaler om att sluta och börja röka samtidigt för resten av ditt liv. Det är inte en situation du vill hamna i. Tyvärr hamnar många i denna situation med full kraft framåt och bakåt hela tiden inom bl.a. ekonomi, hälsa och relationer etc.

Går det nu att skapa en positiv förväntan om den nu inte redan finns på plats?
Ja, följ dessa tre råd så är du tre steg närmre dina mål:

1. Bränn alla broar där du har en reservutgång, så att du inte kan hoppa av framgångståget
2. Var beredd att gå igenom alla dina rädslor på vägen mot framgång
3. Ha tillit till dig själv att du kommer att lyckas oavsett hur din nuvarande situation ser ut

Så fortsätt med att sätta mål och bestäm dig att förverkliga dina drömmar, samtidigt som du agerar som om du redan har den framgång du vill ha. Säg att du vill ha en viss inkomst. Agera som om du redan tjänande den summan när du ringer säljsamtal, tittar på bilar och hus, planerar din semester etc.

Med din inre förväntan på plats så kommer du förr eller senare attrahera det du vill ha. Om du kämpar med din framgång, så se över din förväntan tills den är rätt för att lyckas.

Det är inte vad du vill ha som bestämmer var du hamnar, utan vad du förväntar dig längst inne.

The Power of beliefs-just thoughts you keep thinking

No belief is right or wrong. It is either empowering or limitingEver heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954. Within one year, 37 runners broke the belief barrier. And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing.

What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You drown. If an animal who has not learned swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.

You have used a computer keyboard or a typewriter. Ever wondered why the alphabets are organized in a particular order in your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam if the operator typed too fast. These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers a direct command to your nervous system.

Have you heard about the placebo effect? People who are told a drug will have a certain effect will many times experience that effect even when given a pill without those properties.


I use a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in New Delhi, India, said snakes are slippery, slimy and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.


For example, do you believe that you can excel in whatever you do? Do you believe you are bad in mathematics? Do you believe that other people don't like you? Do you believe life is full of problems? What are your beliefs about people? No belief is right or wrong. It is either empowering or limiting. A belief is nothing but the generalization of a past incident. As a kid if a dog bit you, you believed all dogs to be dangerous. To change a particular behavior pattern, identify the beliefs associated with it. Change those beliefs and a new pattern is automatically created.

I read this incident in a New York newspaper. "She met him in a singles' bar and they talked for a while. He offered her a drink and she enjoyed his company. Then he offered to drop her back home. While driving back, she realized that they were moving through narrow and strange roads. 'Oh God where is he taking me?' she thought but did not have the guts to ask. She cursed her decision to get into his car. All of a sudden she saw him taking a turn back into the highway just near her house. Smiling, he said: 'I took a short cut'." Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones are empowering and which ones you need to change.

Briar pigg pa sista framtradandet nagonsin!

Stående ovationer för pigg Briar VÄRLDSCUPFINALER, LAS VEGAS: Briars och Jan Brinks allra sista uppvisning sprack i lördagens finalkür, där hingsten var mycket laddad.
Relaterat:2009-04-19 Steffen Peters regerar i dressyr - Man kan bara skratta, sade Brink, som fick 71,65 procent efter att Briar tänt till vid flera tillfällen under uppsvingen, inklusive bytena i vartannat. - Detta har hänt förut, men det var när han var mycket yngre. Det kostar väldigt många poäng. Hade man haft chans på seger hade det varit mycket värre men nu handade det om att vara sexa eller åtta, och vem kommer ihåg det om ett år, sade Jan.Ekipaget möttes av stående ovationer från nästan fullsatta läktare när ritten var klar. Stämningen i kretsen kring hingsten var mycket fnittrig efter ekipagets allra sista tävlingsuppvisning. Briar och Jan Brink fick en extra hyllning av publiken när ekipaget kallades in på arenan till tonerna av Abbas Thank you for the music innan prisutdelningen. När Briar skrittade ut från arenan kunde han se tillbaka på åtta världscupfinaler (fyra placeringar bland sex bästa)tre OStvå VM fyra EM (brons lag -07, dubbelt brons -05, individuellt silver -03)över 200 starter i GP och över 60 segrar varav hälften på internationell nivå.

Love is in the air!

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MER. Kyss. Ofta. För kyssen är inte bara underbar, den håller också förhållanden vid liv. Så länge man kysser den man älskar är chansen större att kärleken fortsätter bulta.— De par som kommer till oss för behandling för att de tappat sexet har i allmänhet också slutat kyssas, säger Bo C Lindberg, sexolog på sexologimottagningen i Helsingborg.För kyssar är laddade. Med romantik och närhet - och sexualitet. Och kanske är de det mest avslöjande kärleksbeviset av alla. En lust- och närhetsbarometer.— Kärlek utan kyssar smakar inte mycket, säger Bo C Lindberg.
Pussar av alla slag väcker välbehag. Blöta barnmunnar, vänskapsbekräftelser på kinden och slängpussar från tågfönstret. Men den erotiska kyssen är mer än så. Den kan vara osäkert trevande, nyförälskat passionerad och hemtamt innerlig. Och den kan nafsa, suga, smacka, mumsa, undersöka och stimulera. Variationen är oändlig, och utmanande. I förspelet är kyssens plats given. Väl laddad tänder den ner i tårna. — Man kan kyssas i alla typer av sammanhang, men den erotiska kyssen har alltid en sexuell underton.Bo C Lindberg är beredd att skriva under på att kyssar är viktigare än samlag.— Ja, prostituerade kysser inte sina kunder. I samlaget kan de klara att hålla distansen, men munnen är mer personlig. Det är en intim sfär förbehållen den man älskar.
Munnen är känslig. En starkt erogen zon, med mängder av nervbanor och känsel. Bo C Lindberg berättar att en del av hans patienter har så mycket känsel i läpparna att de har svårt för beröring av exempelvis händer.— En del är nästan överkänsliga.En innerlig kyss stimulerar flera sinnen och inte bara känseln i de erogena läpparna och munnen. Man smakar på sin partner, har nära ögonkontakt och kan njuta av varandras doft.
Att sluta kyssas i ett förhållande kan ses som ett varningstecken. Det är inte kört, betonar Bo C Lindberg, men det visar att det finns ett tydligt problem.— Ofta handlar det om att man inte vågar väcka den björn som sover, för björnen kan ställa till det.Han förklarar:— Kyssar kan vara förknippade med något man inte klarar av, alltså sex.Ofta är den här typen av låsning en del av ett mönster där kvinnan upplever att mannen är besviken på att hon inte alltid vill. Hon börjar spänna sig och han blir alltmer frustrerad. Till slut tar de inte i varandra alls, rädda att väcka den slumrande sexualiteten - och konflikten. En början kan då vara att försöka kyssas utan krav på fortsättning.
Hur man blir en fullfjädrad kyssare finns det många svar på. En del säger att man föds med förmågan, andra förespråkar träning. Men viktigast av allt är nog en god munhygien. — Det behöver inte dofta tandkräm, men sur andedräkt och dåliga tänder fungerar inte. Det får inte smaka illa.Bo C Lindberg berättar att han träffar patienter med tandläkarskräck. Med tiden har de fått dåliga tänder och därför blivit kyssrädda. En del vågar inte pussas alls.— De par där den ena röker, men inte den andre, kan också få kärleksproblem.Med fräsch mun återstår bara övning för att bli en god tungförförare. — Det är en konst som behöver upptäckas och utforskas. Men många är dåliga på det. Man måste våga.För det är ingen kunskap man föds med, tror Bo C Lindberg. Det är något man övar fram och förhoppningsvis får guidning i. En riktig kyss är sensuell, långt ifrån det slentrianmässiga hångelvarvet med tungan. Och den behöver tid.— Man måste släppa fram känslor. Passionen inom sig. Då smakar kyssen ännu bättre.Den annalkande våren kan hjälpa par på traven. Solstrålar och sensuella kyssar kan få en slumrande kärlek att väckas till oanade höjder.

Sverige i VM Las Vegas

Ja, tyvarr ar Minna ute efter att Don Charly blitt halt, men vi hejar pa Jan infor dagens Kur-final. Verkar lite hotfullt med Amerikanen Steffen, som vann overlagset i torsdags, men man vet ju aldrig. Hoppas pa det basta, Briar verkar ju vara pa topp som alltid.

Onskar er en harlig lordag!

Framme i Las Vegas!!!!

Ikvall, kl 21 svensk tid borjar dressyren! Hoppas att man kan folja dem genom webben. Lycka till onskar jag er, hur haftigt ar det inte att tavla i Vegas!

Heja Sverige, Minna, Jan, Don Charly och Briar!!

Miracles..

I don´t believe in miracles, or I do believe in that things happens for a reason. Or that "miracles" exist. Every day doctors see new, unexplainable things, patients which survives when they are sentenced for death, and wonders - how could this happen?¿ After a while, when those things becomes "real", after many years of studies and proof, they are not miracles anymore. I believe in the power of mind, the power of wanting to survive, and the power of feeling in hope or doubt.

This weekend has been really amazing workwise. I have met a lot of new, interesting people, all with their amazing stories. A lady for example, I thought her body wasn´t totally allright, though she moved and walked normally. As she laid down on the bed for the massage, she opened up and started to tell me that 5 years ago, she was in a bad caraccident. After one and a half month in coma, and the doctor telling her family that their mother most probably wasn´t going to come back to them, she woke up, totally destroyed and sentenced to, if she survived, to a life, with luck, in wheelchair. She told me she had to start her life from the beginning, learning to read, touch, talk and eat. Everything from start. She had the most difficult time, crying all the time, feeling no hope, but wanting to do everything possible to stay with her family.
One day the doctor said, you are going to make this, but you have to change your attitude, you have to see this happen and to think possitive. It was difficult, but she decided to do her best.
Things started to change, and after a year in hospital she started to slowly move and could finally walk again. Her doughter, who was also in the caraccident, luckily opened her seatbelt, and survived because of this, with a injured leg.

It was amazing to do the massage to this lady, filled with love and positive energy, how she enjoyed to tell her story, and how much she enjoyed to feel the massage, and how good it did to her. She and her story will always remain in my memory, and again - proved - that the attitude is everything!

Busy busy..

Full arbetsdag pa hotellet idag, finfint for mej! Annu en harlig forsommardag, manga lyckliga besokare som far battra pa solbrannan. Idag aker svenskarna som ska tavla pa varldscup-finalen i Las Vegas. Jag hade gjort vadsomhelst for att fa sitta dar och uppleva stamningen, och framfor allt, kolla in Jan Brink och Briars sista uppvisning nagonsin, deras slutmal har varit detta, infor Briars pensionering nu. Hur coolt hade det inte varit!! Naval, med dagens teknologi kan man alltid kola in web-tv pa Ridsports hemsida. Onskar dem alla lycka till!!! Spannande!

Vilket aventyr

De jag ska hyra lagenheten av ska aka med hela familjen pa sitt livs aventyr, i husbil fran Spanien, via Fankrike, Italien, Grekland, Turkiet och vidare till Indien och Oman. Barnen ar 1, 4 och 11 ar, med unga foraldrar, underbart vad de alla ska vara med om och hur mycket barnen kommer att lara sej under resans gang. De haller pa att konstruera en hemsida dar man kan folja varje steg de tar. De har tankt stanna borta i tva ar, fantastiskt tycker jag.

Tank att fa gora en sadan resa tillsammans med nagon, att leva primitivt, traffa folk fran varldens alla horn, se deras livsstil och allt man lar sej och upplever under tiden. Det ar nagot som jag skulle vilja gora en dag.

Reach for a star..

Reach for the stars, you might catch a few..

Meditation

Chose a comfortable place, where you can sit quiet and alone, where you can be undisturbed. You can also put on some music that you enjoy, something smooth and relaxing, to be in the background if you like.

Try to quiet your mind and focus on the breathing, feel how the lungs fills up when you breath in, and how they empty when you exhale. Feel the calmness around you, stay and relax in the moment, trying to let go of thoughts that comes up, just let them go away.

Feel how good this moment feels, how good you feel in your body, with your own company. Feel how good it feels to press the "off-button" in life, how good it is to take time out from thinking for a moment. Feel how your body re-charges with new, positive energy and how the tension goes away.

Ten, fifteen minutes per day is ok, even more if you like. This is the perfect moment for some you-time, to reflect and revitalize, to get a more clear and quiet mind. Cause when you quiet your mind you stop thought, when you stop thought you stop resistant thought, which is what builds up tension and illness in our bodies.

Tap yourself on the shoulder as you finish, well done, when you feel good, you will be more nice to be around.

En dikt till ett fadderbarn

Mamma skickade denna underbara dikt for utlatande, hon fick uppdraget att dikta ihop nagot till min kompis sambo, som blivit fadder, sa har later det:

LOVE.....Ett litet,litet barn har kommit till en stor, stor värld för att möta mycket kärlek. De händer som först tog emot dig, förväntansfulla, kärleksfyllda ska lotsa dig framåt i livets labyrint. Omgivningens leende ögon lockar fram ditt första leende, ditt sätt att kommunicera. Din nyfikenhet på livet, att utforska, att lära tilltar. När du tar ditt allra första steg ska det följas av otaliga fler och även av skrapade knän och plåster, men allt går över, tårarna torkar, någon blåser samt det magiska plåstret och de vuxnas tröst. Tågbanan,hockeyspelet........din pappas längtan efter manlig tvåsamhet med dig.3-hjulingen, första cykeln med stödhjul......i ett huj går livet, framåt, framåt! Lycka till med små och stora steg, korta, långa steg som leder bort, men också tillbaka. På dig väntar många stora äventyr,så välkommen att delta! Love=kärlek blev ditt namn. 09 04 03 Christina Björklund

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Feeling good!

Today I feel great, you know when it feels like the whole world is yours, this good feeling of butterflies in your stomach, and for no particular reason it is. When you wake up, feeling refreshed and vital, full of energy and happiness. This is the feeling we should try to reach for more, because this is who we really are, at our best, in harmony with mind and soul.

This is when we make the best decisions, from a feeling of total harmony and clarity, and the results will come out great, and we will not regret anything, as we normally do when decisions are made under stress and negative emotions.

Feeling this good, will make your smile more genuine, the cells of your body more in harmony, as tension (resistance) releases, we get more healthy, vibrating with positive energy, wanting to do new things and with a feeling of unlimitedness. When the mind is in harmony, the body follows.
This is mental fitness at it´s best.

If we could train ourselves, little by little, to always reach for the best feeling we can under all conditions, things would feel easier, we would attract different circumstances and events, and we wouldn´t have to struggle like we are used to. The attitude is everything, if we think something is going to be difficult, it certainly will, if we "let go", and let things that normally feels difficult, to just flow, they will feel smoother and smoother. Life is supposed to feel good.

Keep up with the good feeling you have now, memorize how good it feels, how good you look and feel today, how many nice people you have met today, and how the ones who "normally" are innoying to you, didn´t come to work today, or had a day off, or just were really nice for a change. Tap yourself on your shoulder and say to yourself, I did a good work with myself today, I felt great, and I promise myself I will do this more and more.

April april..

Iskallt pa natterna, hur varmt som helst pa dagarna, konstigt vilka kontraster.
Lite fina saker fran countrylife.se, skulle onska mej ett alldeles eget
countryhouse att dekorera helt eller delvis i denna stil.

Igar bakade jag paltbrod, blir sa sugen pa genuin, hemgjord palt ibland
att jag satter igang och gor, sen blir det ju det slibbiga spadet kvar, som passar utmarkt att dryga ut vilket brod som helst med, for en harlig, saftig konsistens, mums!