MARIEL HEMINGWAY : A Holistic Approach to Each Day
Mariel shares:
For me to be alive and happy I have had to organize my life differently. I had
to find time where I would otherwise have been stressing over plans undone or
future desires unmet. I have moved into a space where how I wake up becomes
the template for a day well lived. I awaken with the sun most days if I have gone
to bed early enough the night before. I have realized over years off trying to defy
the needs of sleep that rest is the most nurturing and powerful gift I give myself.
Sleep heals and rejuvenates my body. It purifies my thoughts and regenerates
brain function. It also helps be defy the aging process to a certain degree at night
my body can fully relax, recharge and reorganize from a day of projects plans and
expectations.
I drink water first thing in the morning. Water is critical to ones good health. Good, clean water has the ability to
get rid of a headache, to create energy, and un-fog your brain – especially after a night of dreams and/or travel.
I then sit in my garden facing the light which is still making its way into a brighter sky. Then I waken my body
with gentle rotations of my neck, spine, and wrists. It can take 10 to 30 minutes depending on how much time I
have or what my body needs. The great joy that comes from the sun peaking over the hills and finding its way to
my face while the air is still crisp is like being kissed by the Beloved. It says good morning in a way that no other
kiss can say. Sometimes I will continue and do some yoga postures.
I feel the crisp air turn warm and healing and I feel all my cells activated and I rejoice in all that I am grateful for.
This is the way to begin a day. AWAKE, ALIVE and connected to myself and aware that the voice that comes
to me as I sit, is my inner guidance, a voice that tells me I am okay and that this new day holds tremendous
possibility.
My kitchen is the heart of my
First thing, last thing, and
me is simplicity. A piece
home. It is where my day begins
throughout the day when I’m
of fish with a fresh
and where my day ends. It’s where
home, my kitchens is also where I
veggie salsa requires
I can feel the pulse of my world.
check in with myself. Food is the
just minutes of dicing.
Every person, and every animal,
centering point; it’s the foundation
Fresh herbs, mixed in
in my family passes through the
from which everything else –
unusual combinations
kitchen at some point, and they
productivity, creativity, loving, and
like cumin and mint, are
show what they need without
evolving – can start.
enough to excite my
any pretense. There’s something
senses. Shaking a bottle
about the primal activity that
The feeling in my kitchen is a
of my own freshly made
happens in the kitchen – that very
reflection of my food: easy and
dressing, as rich as store
necessary feeding of body and
comfortable; integrated into a
bought but infinitely
brain – that makes people, and
busy life. I appreciate the gourmet
more lively, never fails to
small dogs, very honest.
chefs of the world, but part of
give me a smile.
what makes food satisfying for
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Fall 2009
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