CLARI - TEA an ancient remedy to remove the negative effects of garlic oil from the cells of your body.

1. Bring a pot of water to boil.
2. Remove pot from the heat, place in the pot of water a large clump of curly Parsley, add some thin sliced Lemons.
3. Cover and let ingredients sit for 15 minutes to infuse.
4. Drink the tea mixture and eat the parsley.
5. This tea remedy begins the process to bring clarity and focus to the mind, assisting the body's digestion process,
   giving a fresh feeling within enhancing all of your inner and outer senses.
   Without this tea remedy it can take up to 6 months to completely remove the garlic toxin from your body.
   

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FOOD AND DIET
It is said, with good reason, that we are what we eat. Our bodies are made from proteins, minerals, and other nutrients in our food, which also supplies the energy that fuels them. The quality of the food we ingest has a direct bearing on our physical and mental well-being and, according to yogic tradition, on the quality and quantity of our energy.
Most of us live in a toxic world, in which our water is recycled, the air we breathe is polluted, and many of our foodstuffi have chemical additives or contain residues of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
But we need food and water to survive, so unless you live on a mountain top, drinking fresh spring water, eating organically grown foods, and hunting for fresh, uncontaminated meat or fish, you need choose your food carefully if you want to become and remain truly healthy.
Changing your diet in accordance a yogic principles can bring a great improvement in the quality of your life, but always be conscious of where your food comes from and how it affects you physically, mentally, and emotionally.

ENERGY AND HARMONY
Each of us is biochemically different and balance in your diet is the key, and naturally affected by his or her environment and lifestyle, so it is impossible to in Oriental medicine to make hard and fast rules about diet,
as each person has individual needs and goals.
However, you can help yourself by eating fresh, natural, wholesome foods and liquids that nourish your body and mind, and by having an awareness of how and where they were produced. In a way, by eating
for good health you are reversing the gourmet philosophy of "living to eat rather than eating to live," but even if health is the main aim, that does not mean that your diet should be boring.
A proper balance in your diet is the key, and will bring harmony and vitality to your life.
In Oriental medicine and yogic texts food and diet are as important as externaland internal exercise.
Just as we categorize foods by their different tastes - sweet - sour - bitter - salty - the ancient Chinese catagorized foods as Yin or Yang.
And according to the yogic texts, food, like any matter, has vibrational qualities; these reflect the quality of the energy into which food is transformed when eaten. There are said to be three qualities or types of energy, and thus of foods, and these are known as the three Gunas.

The Gunas - Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas - are three qualities in the unmanifested universe, and like Yin and Yang in the Taoist tradition, they exist together in balance and harmony. Sattva represents purity,
Rajas passion, and Tamas inertia.
When energy manifests - takes form - one of the three Gunas becomes dominant over the others.
It is said, in every person, one of the Gunas dominates and its nature is clearely reflected in his or her thoughts, actions and feelings.
Become aware and develop an awareness of the vibrational quality of the food you eat and the liquids you drink.
Then you will be able to sense its effects on you physically and emotionally and to judge what you need.
Remember - balance is the key: not just a proper balance of nutrients, but also the balance of the Gunas, and of Yin and Yang vibrating in harmony. When you achieve this balance and harmony, your physical and spiritual bodies will be able to function at their best.

SATTVIC FOODS
The Sattvic diet includescereals, fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, butter,cheese, nuts, seeds, and honey.
It is considered the purest diet for any serious yogi.

PREPARING YOUR FOOD
The energy quality of the food we eat is important but so, too, is the spirit in which the food is prepared and the energy with which it is eaten. (A perfect example of this is depicted in a wonderful film called Like Water for Chocolate, where the emotions of a girl preparing food were transported into the food, and all who ate
it experienced what she felt.)
Because so much of our food is convenience food, neatly packaged in oven-ready disposable dishes, we actually have very little physical contact with the food that we eat. All too often, eating is a different kind of gratification, a clear reflection of a "fast food lifestyle." The attitude of many people seems to be, "yes, but we just don't have the time to notice the texture and colour, where it came from, or how it was grown."
This is a mistake: honour your food as "life giving life for life," as you prepare it, consciously bless it with a positive creative energy. Singing while you prepare your food works wonderfully!

RAJASIC FOODS
The Rajasic foods include root vegetables,
hot, spicy foods, fish,salt, and stimulants such as tea and coffee.

TAMASIC FOODS
Meat, garlic, onions, leeks, chives, spring onions, shellfish, chilis, eggs, deep fried foods, and fermented foods are considered Tamasic, as are processed foods, including chocolate, alcohol and tobacco.

Reprinted with kind permission from ' The Tantric & Taoist Arts of Conscious Loving by Carolyn Aldred