July 7th

"An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people-it takes away the heat and fever; and helps, by widening speculation, to ease the Burden of Mystery."
John Keats~ American Author

Hello Health Friends,

Today I'm on a quest to feel better as quickly as possible. I started out with my customary veggie juice this morning, followed by a green salad at lunch, hydrating with as much water as possible. Because of the injuries to my spine and lower back, they have rendered me.....how shall I say.....lacking in elimination movements the past few days, which only adds to the discomfort. Unfortunately, colonics are out, for now, as both my left and back sides are extremely bruised and tender, and I can not lay on them for too long.

So I called my teacher, mentor, friend, and therapist, Gil Jacobs for advice. Some of you may have heard his name before; he spoke at the yoga studio one afternoon last fall when the colonic table started up. He is teacher, guru to many who believe in this lifestyle and has unselfishly shared his knowledge with anyone who will ask him. Almost all therapists practicing Gravity Method Colonics in the US, especially in the tri-state area can trace their teaching and lineage to him. I know this may sound as though I have raised him to deity status. No, I have immense admiration for him as a person, and the work he has done for so many. He has healed those with cancer, and wheel chair bound Multiple Sclerosis clients, to name a few.

I asked him for advice on how to:
1) Quickly dissipate the swelling in my back.
2) How to jump start my elimination system.

He suggested Epsom Salts - both for bathing and drinking. The salts in the bath should calm the nerves around the spine and reduce the swelling, and the drink should kick my colon in the ass, no pun intended, to get started. I've had a cocktail of Epsom Salts before, its not pleasant. However, paralyzation is less pleasant, so I'm sticking to the plan starting today, and we'll see how things go. Stay tuned.

Stay cool, everyone.
Jenn