health and healing..

Happy New Year! As we enter 2010 I know most of us are wanting to be healthier. So I hope you enjoy the information I wanted to share with you.
As a yoga teacher and with my background in Anatomy, physiology and nutrition I believe the physical body is designed to be in a healthy, balanced state. Illness and disease only results when we come out of balance. Balance in all areas of life; work vs play, stress vs relaxation, sedentary vs excess activity, malnourishment vs overeating and also when the body gets bogged down with toxins. So the yogic path stresses regular cleansing of the internal body and eating of natural raw foods as much as possible. I will write about cleansing in the future but today I wanted to talk about food. Unfortunately with soil degradation, pesticides, herbicides, other chemical additives and with over processing our food it doesn't contain as many nutrients anymore and in fact can be quite dangerous. I am absolutely in love with the site www.mercola.com Dr.Mercola is Medical doctor committed to giving the best information out there on natural health. I highly recommend his e-newsletter to everyone. See his info on choosing organic to get the safest food possible.
Anyways, back to the point our food no longer contains the nutrients we need and supplementation has basically become essential to get all our essential nutrients to have our body function at its optimal level. So I want to introduce the philosophy of regeneration. As I believe the body is designed to heal itself and work at its best given that it has the tools to do so.
I use herbal products from Sunrider. A company that I am a part of just because I love what it has to offer. Sunrider is owned by a Chinese American couple, Dr. Tei Fu Chen a pharmacist and master herbalist and his wife Dr. Oi Lin Chen, a medical doctor. Sunrider owns and oversees all the farming, production and packaging of all its products. Guaranteed to be pure and at the highest concentration of live enzyme nutrients.
The Philosophy of regeneration is 3 simple statements:
1. The body has the ability to balance itself with proper nutrition.
2. The body is designed to obtain its nutrition from whole foods.
3. Each person must be willing to accept responsibility for his or her health.

Where did Sunrider's "Philosophy of Regeneration" come from?

The Chinese have the distinction of having the world's longest on-going record of scientific inquiry, spanning a period of at least 5,000 years. Long ago the Chinese discovered that if we restore harmony among all the systems of our bodies, they can and will balance themselves. As communication between our body systems is restored, we return to health. This is the "Philosophy of Regeneration".

There are many approaches to achieving happiness, health and longevity in the Chinese philosophy. A very basic concept is:

"Eat the foods that nourish you and avoid the foods that harm you."

This is the nutritional approach used by the Chinese in its simplest form. Using this approach, in conjunction with good common sense in your lifestyle, will have a very positive impact on how you feel.

Now let's take a look at the three elements of Sunrider's basic philosophy.

1. The body can balance itself with proper nutrition.

Sunrider was designed to create a solid foundation for health using ancient principles of nutritional balance. Sunrider foods were never intended to treat disease. Did you know that the ancient Chinese doctors were paid only when their patients were well, and not paid when their patients were ill? They were expected to keep their patients healthy, or in other words, maintain health. In the same way, Sunrider's goal is to help as many people as possibly maintain their health by consistently and properly by nourishing, balancing and cleansing the body. In real life, our health frequently drifts off the true "balance" we need, and this results in disorder of our systems. Sunrider is also designed to help return order, or harmony, to our systems and then help us to maintain.

A new Sunrider will often ask, "What should I 'take' for this or that symptom?" The answer is always the same: If you have a medical emergency, please see a qualified health practitioner. If you have a chronic condition that does not require emergency procedures, complement any medical help you're receiving by reducing, or eliminating, the unhealthy elements of your lifestyle…undue stress, excessive salt intake, fatty foods, sweets, smoking, etc…you know what they are! You should also start immediately to attend to the foundation of your health by incorporating whole, balanced Sunrider herb foods into your diet. Building a foundation of good health can only assist the body's quest for balance through its own ability.

Suppose you are fortunate to be healthy. Why should you eat Sunrider herb foods? Quite simply, because…

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

…and Sunrider foods are the best comprehensive program of nutrient-rich, fast, convenient, whole herb foods on the market today!

2. The body is designed to obtain its nutrition from whole foods.

The term to note here is whole foods. This term describes foods in their original nutritional configuration. As you look at Sunrider herb foods, you see powders, capsules and liquids. How can we say these are "whole foods"? The answer lies in the difference between the wholeness of physical size and shape versus wholeness of nutritional composition.

When a carrot comes out of the ground with its stems, leaves and roots intact, it is obviously still whole in its physical form. If we cut the carrot in half, it is no longer physically whole, yet each piece is still nutritionally whole. The naturally-occurring "family" of carrot nutrients (the vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and enzymes) is still together as a team. The nutrients have not been chemically separated from each other. In other words, the nutritional integrity is still intact. This is what we mean by "whole foods".

Now, Sunrider has taken this concept and developed modern processes to enable the manufacturing of "whole foods" in convenient, practical, highly concentrated forms. For example, the powdered NuPlus is a combination of many whole food herbs that are carefully prepared to preserve their nutritional integrity. The process is very precise with regard to temperature control and processing times to assure that the nutrients remain intact. This is a major difference between Sunrider foods and many other "health" foods. And, Sunrider uses no preservatives, additives, artificial colors, added sweeteners, animal by-products, fat or chemical isolates in its herbal nutritional products, nor does it do animal testing.

3. Each person must be willing to accept responsibility for his or her health. All of Sunrider's products are provided for maximum benefit for our bodies' health. The foods will help us to maintain good health. It's up to you -

…"Good health is easier to maintain than regain"…

We also need to be aware of our bodies and "listen". Question: How much good food should you eat? Answer: Your body will tell you. Be responsible and listen to your body!

Your Health Goals

Most people have health goals. Very often our health goals are based on an apparent deficiency in how we feel. What we all want is some semblance of order to our health. Typically, we're trying to overcome a problem and restore order. The "Philosophy of Regeneration" calls this bodily activity-restoring balance.

Many people tend to focus on the problem they're trying to overcome, not on restoring balance. It may take a change in thought process, but we must want health, not simply to be rid of a problem!

We all want to feel young and healthy as long as possible. Dr. Chen, the owner and herbal genius of Sunrider, once said, "One of the important goals in my life is to die young as late as possible!"
As you can see this written right from the standpoint of understanding and selling Sunrider products but I am not here to sell you anything. I feel obligated to write to you today to let you know this information that I know as it is my goal to see all of my students living the healthiest life possible and I have been using the sunrider products on and off for 2 years now and love them. I feel great with them. In particular the Sunbreeze oil- a first aid kit in a bottle, the Nuplus- as mentioned above, calli- a concentrated green/herbal tea, superclean- a natural cleaner, suncare- stevia, a herbal sweetener are the products I don't like to be without.
With or without the addition of the live enzyme whole sunrider foods- just a reminder the main thing in life is eat fresh, eat raw, eat locally grown,get active, drink your water, get your sunshine and Vit D! Organic/grass fed especially for meat and dairy..see mercola.com for an explanation on that. Oh and see mercola.com about Vitamin D, the most important nutrient for our immune system.
In the future I will outline yogic cleansing and let you know my favorite methods, eating healthy can only do so much if the system is overloaded with toxins.
Wishing you a wonderful 2010,
Love and Light,
Joanne