Juicefeasting Emotional Support Group

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Comment by Mary on April 30, 2008 at 6:37am

Re: "Does anyone else have those feelings when the darkness sets in" - As long as I can remember, I have been resistant to going to bed at night. There is an uneasiness there, a resistance, a fear. Part of it is that I don't want to "waste time" - but there is something more there. Also - the evening hours has always been when I am the lowest. I have attributed this to being a morning person, but I think there is more there.

Comment by Michelle Stacy Rademacher on April 1, 2008 at 9:51am

Thank you so much for starting this - I have been reading it all along but decided to join as support of each other is a beautiful thing and I need it now, the breath exercise alone just helped me - Namaste. Today is off to a bit of a bumpy start, my husband was going to try to do a 3 day juice feast to support me, but wasn't able to start yesterday - which would have been day 1, and really was very angry today to be starting it - major fear of being hungry, which is not the right way to begin! Harsh words were exchanged and I am left with a feeling of sadness and loneliness, as the GP(general public) in my life think I am strange as well- however no worries of me because I know my true and divine self and I will rise above and learn to be more "clever" as David Wolfe says! Just a moment in time where tears want to spring forth... I thank you all for your eternal beauty, and for listening:)

Comment by Beth on March 27, 2008 at 1:22pm

JuneBug.........
Night are the hardest, because my husband is very ill and it's in the quiet of the night that the fears of what lies ahead seem so overwhelming. I find that if I focus on What I did (productive) today, and CAN do tomorrow with my time.............it helps to use this time for constructive thinking. Than just putting it down on paper allows me to forget about it, know that my tomorrow is prepared for, today is done, and I can go to sleep. I can't dwell on those things I have no control over, but I can do something about the things I DO control......like what I eat and how I use my time. Time is precious. One of the questions I ask myself, is did I ENJOY myself today...................did I do things that ignited my senses....................that were PLEASURABLE?! If I didn't, time to re-assess. When you're enjoying yourself, are happy, smiling, and feeling good.....................those dark times don't seem so dark. Wishing you lots of smiles..........laughter............and a great deal of pleasure in your life!!!!!

Comment by dealivinglotusflower on March 27, 2008 at 4:07am

I started my juice feast again, after an emotional eating to stuff down emotions episode on Tuesday this week.
I am grateful to have juice feasted successfully for 24 days so as I start over with integrity I am thankful that my detox will be milder. Thank you for creating this space. I was in pain, did not know how to deal with it so I reverted back to old habits and addictions. I went through it and allowed it to surface. In a way I am glad that it came to the surface instead of festering...I am past it now and just am healing and growing.

Love love love to you all xo Dea

Comment by june roca on March 26, 2008 at 9:59am

Good comment Philip. I will change that part of the affirmation.

JuneBug, i did have those emotions when the darkness sets in before, I wanted to be cause over them, so what i am doing now is 100x deep slow breathing before i sleep. Now, i don't have them anymore.

I realized that the reason i had those was because of a disorganized day or i did things during the day that did not align with my truth or i was aware that i said or did something unethical. So, organizing my day , writing what i did or did not do during the day (lying, not telling the truth, not taking responsibility, situations where i was not cause but acted or reacted and became the effect of things or people around me, did not do things as my self-expression but just because everyone else did it or someone told me to do it etc.), then, i take 100% responsibility why they happened (me being cause rather than an effect of things happening in my life) and lastly, formulating what i will do so they will not happen again.

Being conscious of the breath (as i inhale, i am trying to get to the deepest part of my being where there is nothingness as " i " self , then when i breath out i breath as me as all life) just works for me. I become "allness" and "oneness" at the same time. Fascinating.

I realized that breathing (inhalation, pause, exhalation, pause) is the physical manifestation of the infinite part of us, the life force, the "prana", the "chi".

We are breathing with nature. The carbon dioxide that goes out of our lungs, is taken in by the plants and we take in the oxygen they release.
This happens during the pause phase of our breathing, in our lungs. So, i can say that the breathing is an actual spiritual experience. No wonder Buddha got enlightenment by sitting under the Bodhi tree.


June "as me as you as all life"

Comment by Philip on March 25, 2008 at 10:18pm

One hint would be not to use negative affirmations, as you will still bring them into your life. Like "I will not." Instead you can say what you "will" do. Just a hint that has worked for me. :)

Comment by JuneBuG on March 22, 2008 at 9:59pm

I am grateful to have the opportunity to not have the escape of food so that I can be present with my emotions. I am observing that when the night comes I feel a sadness, a loneliness, which is what would normally lead me to stuff it down with food. Does anyone else have emotions that come when the darkness sets in?