Steve Judd's 2010 Forecast.

With Christmas festivities abating and New Year celebrations now rapidly approaching, Steve Judd shares his forecasts for 2010. What will this New Year bring to us all as individuals and as a society?

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Then come back next week to hear about the New Year celebrations on Copacabana beach when I will be sharing some of the Umbanda traditions that are integral to the festivities in Rio de Janeiro along with some photographs of the spectacular firework display planned.

But before you get carried away in the modern day celebrations of bringing in the New Year, Edna Spennato of Earth Heal has told us about the Maya Full Moon Attunement for the Great Pyramid At Cheops which will take place at the time of your local moon rise in your part of the world. You can visit her site www.earthheal.blogspot.com for the fascinating information regarding the Maya Sacred Site Attunements that are taking place in the run up to 2012 and also find out how to become a regular participant of Earth Heal's Distant Healing Events.

Wherever you are in the world, as 2009 comes to a close, this New Year is a chance for new beginnings, a chance to start afresh and let your true self flourish. Let go of old patterns and open yourself up to the new energies that are here to help us awaken and evolve. We can all make a difference... and together as one, we will bring positive, loving and peaceful change to the world.

Wishing you all a very magical New Year!

Love and hugs, Sally x

Christmas is upon us and whether you are under the depths of snow drifts or baking under a hot summer sun, I am sure you all have some sort of plan for the day. How’s it going? Not long now! I’m so glad that I have avoided most of the media splurge of how a perfect Christmas simply has to be. I can’t bear all that material fussing. Mind you I did enjoy a wander around the Christmas market in Edinburgh with a plastic cup of mulled wine a couple of weeks ago!

This year, I will be at home with my husband and his family for Christmas in Rio de Janeiro. Tradition has family coming together to party through Christmas eve up to midnight when presents are exchanged and their traditional dinner is enjoyed. This year, I have been feeling the urge to recreate my familiar British Christmas experience and to share it with my Brazilian family... so I rashly found myself (under theinfluence of a beer it has to be said) announcing that everyone was invited for a traditional Christmas dinner on the afternoon of the 25th... which is normally spent relaxing and recovering.

That instantly killed all surrounding conversations into a stunned silence and noticeably confused and worried look on my husband’s face. Everybody knows that I can’t cook and that I have no real desire to start learning how, let alone like it. It’s made all the more interesting by the fact that as a vegetarian I make a point of avoiding all contact with ‘previously living’ foodstuffs. But that beer must have been a strong one, because I didn’t retract my invitation and I actually became very excited about the prospect of throwing a Christmas party. But now I have 8 real people to cater for. And I don’t think a slice of Christmas cake will cut it.

My lovely friend Di, is a fab cook and she whips up a roast dinner in no time, so can a Christmas dinner really be that hard? Today I have been trawling the internet for how to cook a turkey and so far the most complicated thing seems to be how long to cook it for. But I’m slightly concerned that I haven’t even bought the poor bird yet, so will she actually defrost in time anyway? And can I follow cooking instructions referring to a British room temperature while our kitchen here seems to be permanently 30C+? Well, I am sure I can manage to roast some vegetables and do my mother’s famous bread sauce proud, so at least no-one will go hungry. I’ll just merry everyone up on mulled wine as soon as they get here. Good plan Sally.

Anyway, enough about me!

Over the last couple of weeks I have managed to link up with Jane Sheehan and Chris Stormer-Fryer, but on different sides of the world! In Edinburgh, I caught up with Jane on day 1 of her Foot Reading workshop and had great fun rediscovering my toe line along with 16 other lovely foot souls. And just a few days ago, I landed into Johannesburg and experienced the enchantment of Chris’s Kingfisher Farm out in the African bush. It really is a very special place and already set up as a retreat venue. There is even an outdoor pizza oven and a ruin that has been transformed into a creative stage area and outdoor therapy spaces. Genius!

But, more about that next time...

After Christmas, Steve Judd will be sharing a special forecast for the coming year and Feng Shui expert, Roseline Delieu tells us how to work with the energies of the ‘pre-loved’ items that come into our lives.

So for now, all that remains is for me to wish you all a Magical Christmas and may 2010 bring you abundance all-ways!

Love and hugs, Sally x

by Christopher Babayode

Anyone who has attended clinic with a therapist or doctor will be familiar with the following scenario: -

You have a health problem or challenge and set off to find a solution in a doctor's surgery or a complementary therapist. They give you a solution and you're motivated to take action, but somewhere along the way you lose motivation and stop doing the very thing that will ease the pain and solve the problem. Now there are exceptions to this of course – for instance if the situation is life threatening the motivation runs deeper and the action is easier to take. However when the situation is not of that magnitude why is it that we find it so hard to consistently take action in the direction of better health?

Unfortunately this problem shows up in Nutritional Therapy when it comes to Supplementation. Maybe because of the preventative nature of the therapy the significance of the therapy is overlooked or loses it urgency over time; because we aren't in immediate pain the compulsion to act isn't always imminent.

In medical circles this is known as Noncompliance. Noncompliance can be the difference between healing and experiencing better health or a deteriorating health picture. As a nutritional therapist Noncompliance is one of the more frequent challenges I face when working with clients. As well as dispensing informed nutritional knowledge one of my roles is to make sure adequate nutrition gets into the client... period. If this doesn't happen everything else counts for nothing. Supplementation is an important tool in my trade and the risk of Noncompliance can stop progress in its tracks.

I would like to offer you a short cut to beat Noncompliance and get the Supplementation you need without having to try too hard. This solution is as easy as eating and drinking, if you do these two things this solution will be a snap for you. It will only take a matter of resourcefulness and strategy and before long you will be buzzing with vitality from being able to see off health challenges and replace them with vibrant vitality.

Before we get down to it though, the other side to the challenge of Noncompliance is that we are all time-challenged. Some of us even find it difficult to eat three square meals a day (whatever that is!) and remembering to take supplements doesn't always get a look in. So when looking for solutions we need ones that don't take time but still deliver the goods – welcome the powerful world of Superfoods.

Superfoods really are new age supplements on steroids. They are a step up from regular food which provides calories and little else. Superfoods occupy that space between food and medicinal herbs. In fact because of the sad state of our food industry today, some Superfoods trigger healing responses when taken. They are in some cases complete foods. Taking a balanced variety of correct Superfoods can in one fell swoop cancel out the need to take any pill form of supplementation.

The secret of Superfoods is that they are nourishing to both body and mind... plus they add something extra. They directly feed into our vitality in ways regular food cannot. Don't be fooled by the dumbing down of the word Superfoods by the likes of certain supermarket chains who hang Superfood signs over the green vegetable section.

One of the many differences is that Superfoods nourish on a basic level and have superior micro nutrient profiles compared to farmed and grown foods. The mineral, enzyme and phytonutrient quantity in many Superfoods is astounding, some of them even have factors which are yet to be identified by modern science.

Taking quality Superfoods instead of supplements is also a way of avoiding the many fillers stabilizers, excipients and additives manufactures add to supplements. If you didn't know, most of these substances clog the body and inhibit proper functioning. In many cases they add to the toxic burden the body has to deal with. Good quality Superfoods on the other hand are available without these added complications. They need little or no preparation, are food substances and thus can be eaten as food. The ease of preparation also saves you time in the kitchen while making sure you get the nourishment you need.

So what Superfoods can we begin to experience to increase our health with no risk or downside? The best 10 Superfoods I know of in no particular order are

• Bee products (pollen, propolis, raw honey, royal jelly)
• Marine phytoplankton
• Cacao
• AFA blue-green algae
• Aloe vera
• Goji berries
• Hemp seeds
• Spirulina
• Coconuts and coconut products
• Maca

Warning: consistently adding these foods to your diet can seriously improve your health and well being!

Don't take my word for it try 2 or 3 you like. Most are pleasant tasting and can be used to make treats or snacked on as they are others can be blended into a nutritious smoothie or drink. If you are a little adventurous you can even combine a few and make some really delicious nourishing food. As we speak I have a Pyrex dish sized slab of raw orgasmic chocolate made with Cacao, raw Coconut oil and Agave sitting in my fridge. It took me 30 minutes to make, 15 minutes in the freezer and it's ready to eat; - okay I'll come clean, I have half a Pyrex dish of orgasmic chocolate left!

My point is that making healthy nourishing foods that cuts the need to pop pills and helps you get the nutrition you need is easier than you might think. The leverage Superfoods gives us in this day and age is a godsend. The fact they are foods means you can use them on a daily basis and little by little free yourself from the clutch of empty malnourishing foods. Remember it's all about what we can add in, and while we do that we want to enjoy the process.

As a responsible practitioner if you have a condition or challenge you think might respond to a change in diet and supplementation I would recommend you work with a qualified practitioner. This way you can pinpoint exactly what you need to do and the order you need to do it to get the best results without any unpleasant surprises. On the other hand if you are generally looking to take more progressive steps in your wellness program dive in, safe in the knowledge that nourishing your body can be easy and fun.

Here's to your health.

Christopher Babayode

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