Hey loves!

It is almost time for me to say goodbye to beautiful Bali and the amazing people I have come to meet here. It has been an amazing journey, but now it is time to go back home and start a new chapter of my life there. I have so many exciting things awaiting! I will do a few(!) recaps from Singapore airport and once I get back. Tons more photos, a Bali travel guide, an update on my juice feast and breaking the fast(!) and of course a ton of photos. In the meantime, here are two awesome smoothie recipes me and my raw foodie friend Emma enjoyed at Soma.

Calcium Boost
Serves 2

* 1 cup almond milk
* 1 cup fresh orange juice
* 4 tablespoons tahini
* 4 fresh dates, pitted
* cinnamon to taste
* optional for thickening: Irish moss

Holy Basil
Serves two

* 2 cups cashewmilk
* meat of one young coconut (0r 2 tablespoons coconut butter)
* 2 handfuls strawberries
* 1 cup Tulsi (Holy Basil) or sub regular basil
* Optional boosts: maca & honey, irish moss

Mahalo! Sorry. I have a coconut tree in my garden so sometimes I feel like I am on Hawaii you know… So here we are! Day 13 of getting high on juiceeee. I have been getting a lotof questions on how it’s been going for me/us so here we go, some excerpts from my journal/our upcoming free eBook!

Starting to get quite bummed/annoyed with not having a decent blender or juicer here (I use a simple blender and nutmilk bag) and lack of certain fruits/veggies or at least organic ones here. I love the sun, the gorgeous environment, and the abundance of tropical fruits, but I miss having more organic fruit and greens options!! I miss my trusty slow-juicer and organic farmers market.

My skin is detoxing so much, ugh. Throwing out all sorts of nasties. Only detox symptom I can think of so far. Normally in this climate, and with all raw/vegan food/lots of juice and fruits, my skin clears up pretty fast, but not this time so I guess I can ascribe that to detoxing. Let’s hope so at least. It’s driving me nuts though….

Did an enema with chlorella added to the water today which was pretty fun. Yep, the things I enjoy in life….

I must say that in the latter half of the day all the way into the evening I was very hungry. I was very aware of the empty state of my stomach, something I had not experienced other days. Funny seeing as how I had pretty much zero activity today. All the food on the streets suddenly smelt amazing to me. I didn’t even know what my nose was detecting, I just knew I was drooling. You know, inside my head.

I am definitely seeing some changes physically now as well. I am always quite frail at the top of my body, especially compared to the lower half, and this is getting more pronounced. Hmm. Also my skin is clearing up real nicely, hurray. Let’s see if this lasts.

Jesus. Today was the hardest day so far. Me and Arvid, my fellow Swedish traveler, went out to explore the Monkey Forest today, we ended up being out and about for at least 4 hours, way longer than I had anticipated. I drank a liter of juice before we left, took a liter with me, and a liter of coconut water, so pretty much what I always do when I go out for a few hours. But 4 hours of walking around, souvenir shopping, lots of talking… got me wiped. I was getting grumpy and drowsy and I overall just felt a little miserable. It was also very weird being around someone now who likes to drink coke and coffee and soda and eat pizza and chips and so on, and so visit those restaurants and make stops at those aisles in the supermarkets. It’s strange to notice that at once I feel more alienated by those types of ‘foods’ more so than ever before, thinking are people still actually eating these things these days, and thinking to myself I would really like to eat that right now. I know the latter is merely in cases where I am hungry with no juice within arm’s length. Typically, when not juice feasting but eating my regular diet of raw healthy foods, I am not attracted to any of these foods at all, quite the opposite. Back home I crunched out another liter of juice but it cost me sooo much effort, and hours to drink it. I wasn’t the only one who was wiped out though, Arvid also spend the rest of the afternoon resting

So here I am today, the day after the most challenging day of this juice fast so far – how am I doing? Quite terrific actually. Went to bed late, later than I like to and definitely later than other days on this fast, though I woke up just before 6:30 refreshed against all odds. I was so lucky as to have a blender half full of blended veg/fruit/coconut water leftover from last night, which I hadn’t been able to finish. I woke up with a very clear intention: a reset day for my body. Meaning: a very laid-back, inactive day and constant sipping on some form of juice. It is now 1pm and I feel revitalized and refreshed and I can feel my body healing and mending.

What a ride eh? Saar and I were both unexpectedly hitting bumps in the road around day 10. Getting more hungry, experiencing weird cravings, etc. We’re at day 13 now and feeling better, thanks for asking, so let’s see how it goes from here on out!

Drinking orange juice on Queensday

Wherever in the world I am, Saturday is organic farmers market day! I scored a miniscule amount of kale, a little sad looking rainbow chard, gorgeous spinach and parsley, and, lo and behold, fresh ginger/aloe/honey KOMBUCHA and FRESH ALOE LEAFS f**** yeah. Aloe is great both topically and orally so I’m about to have some fun with this. €0,6 a pop, cool.

Real Hipsters Drink Juice

Morning delivery <3

Because I can..

On to the last week(ish)! Keep you posted! Here is Saar’s latest post on our adventure!

Whattup dawgs?

I am thrilled to announce no less than three upcoming workshops! These are also the three topics I am most passionate and knowledgable about and can’t wait to spread the message for. In short: pick a topic, clear your agenda and treat yourself to an afternoon information, inspiration & conversation!

Raw Food Made Easy (only 5 spots left!)

I am still buzzin’ from the last Raw Food Made Easy workshop (click) (or maybe it’s the awesome chocolate shots we did that day? Whatever). Here’s the scoop on this workshop:

Workshop Raw Food Made Easy : Information, Conversation & Inspiration!
An afternoon filled with everything you want and need to know about going raw and thriving on a raw diet, the easy way!

It is said we have three main rhythms in the body: the heart beat, brain waves and the breath.

If we can control but one, we can control all three.

Seeing as how our breath is the only major rhythm we have any control over, you can see how important it is to be aware of our breath and the impact it has on our heart beat and brain waves.

Through mindful breathing and breathing exercises, Pranayama, we can invigorate ourselves, help our bodies detox, and relax.

Our lungs are one of the bodies major detox pathways (like the colon, skin, etc). When our bodies are very toxis we start to breathe faster and more shallow. Conversely, when we never breathe deeply and slowly, aka properly, and most of us don’t, we don;t help our body detox in a very simple, mild and daily manner.

Deep breathing also provides us with oxygen to battle fatigue and brain fog. Now you know what yawning is all about, it’s your brain screaming for fresh energy. Breath deep and strongly for an instant energy boost.

We can also help ourselves relax in stressful situations or simple at night time by breathing deeply, very slowly and controlled, pausing at the end of every breath in and every breath out.

Focusing on solely the breath is also a great technique for meditation.

Stay tuned for 3 workshop announcements tomorrow!

And bought non-organic fruits… So far here I have been very lucky with finding great organic produce but most all of the fruits here on non-organic. Plenty of organic vegetables and leafy greens (yay) but only a handful of organic fruits, and most of which are not juice-able (like mango or fruits I don’t even recognize, lol) or just … inedible in the first place (green and bitter ‘oranges’ are the norm here. I made a juice from it and gagged. Pure MSM tastes better… ).

Ahhh organic <3

Back home in Holland I am very ‘strict’ when it comes to organic produce. I’d say I eat about 99.9% organic (I got out my calculator…) and just refuse to settle for less. When I am juicing for a day or a few days, this is no exception. In fact quite the opposite. When juice fasting it would feel very counter-productive to buy produce sprayed with chemicals….

The almighty Durian: King of Fruits! (this one was huge!)

So boo. I don’t feel too happy about this but well, I do need something to mix my greens with, I am not that hardcore (yet). I will keep looking for organic fruit, buy as much organic fruit as I can, and but all my veggies organic. And realize that I am not *just* detoxifying my body from pesticides, but from a lot more gunk. Still though… boo hoo.

Making love to my local, wild, organic spinach <3

With that being said, I do appreciate the bounty of fruits here, and for how awesomesauce I have been feeling doing this juice feast. Woah, 7 days down, 14 more to go. 1/3th of the way.  Me & Saar have been experiencing pretty much nil detox symptoms so far. I did notice some loss of either strength or a little dip in energy a few days ago when I did a bodyweight workout so have decided for now not to indulge in workouts, to honor the cleansing process. Cleansing is breaking down, and resistance training has the opposite goal. I get enough ‘exercise’ already from walking a good 2 hours pretty much daily. Walking is one of my favorite activities. And hiking, but not much opportunity for that in Amsterdam eh?

Um ok so don’t hit me or anything but today was the second rainstorm I’ve experienced here in Bali and it was magnificent! I loved it. It had been very dark and cloudy for about an hour, or two, prior to said monsoon like rainstorm. And somehow, it felt so good when the sky started releasing. I loved curling up on my daybed, closing the doors n windows, and look at the rain and hear it bashing the house. It also produces thee loudest thunderbolt I have ever heard in my life. I so wish I could share that sound with you all, it was, for lack of better words, magnificent. Nature is really humbling around here. Big, abundant, and beautiful.

Come rain, come shine

I have been drinking some amazing juice combo’s, all of which you can find in our upcoming free eBook. A definite favorite of mine? Galia melon, pineapple, fresh mint and chlorella (you can leave out the chlorella obviously). This will be a staple cocktail at my future potlucks I can tell ya!

Ok got to go now. Off to partake in a Kirtan (group chanting). Will make a new video probably tomorrow!

Hey guys!

On day 5 of juicing it up and feeling great. Just consumed my first papaya ever, and it was in juice form. I combined it with pineapple and it was one of the best drinks I’ve had in my life. Creamy, silky, sweet perfection. The housekeeper here brings me a fresh young coconut every morning and some fruit. And this huge papaya had been lying on the countertop since it arrived – I had no idea what it was lol. Just decided to crack open the bad boy and juice the hell out of it. When I was in papaya juice heaven I inquired on facebook what the hell it was. Papaya and I are now bff’s.

Today I’ll explain a little more about juice feasting, detoxing in general, and why Saar and I chose to juice up our lives.

What The What? Juice Feasting?

I’m sure you’ve all heard of juice fasting, mainly because I blab so much about it. Juice fasting is abstaining from solid foods and drinking only (freshly made/unpasteurized) fruit and vegetable juices for a certain amount of days. Juice feasting is the same, with the only difference being making sure to drink large quantities of juice (minimum of 4 liters/quarts for a woman). In doing so, you are showering your cells with nutrients, getting adequate carbs and proteins (yes!) and calories, so you can sustain on just juice for a long time and keep being active and productive while doing so.

For shorter periods of time juice fasting is OK, for anything longer than a few days I would highly recommend to feast feast feast your heart out. Juice feasting is not about deprivation in any way. It’s about abundance, baby! On a juice feast you are ingesting (many!) more nutrients than at any other point in your life. Because of this, detox symptoms (fatigue, headache, rashes, etc) are minimized as well.

Honestly, I am now on day 5 and haven’t experienced any detox challenges -that I can think of- so far. Of course, eating a clean diet before embarking on a fast greatly helps with this…

Coolness. But why ‘detox’ in the first place hmmm?

Because all the cool kids are doing it!

That, and because our bodies are stuffed up from decades of storing excess toxins. On a daily basis we are exposed to a scary amount of environmental toxins. In/on our foods, in our houses and cleaning materials, in our clothes, in the air we breathe, in the grooming products we use. Our bodies can handle large amounts of those toxins but definitely not all. When our liver has reached it’s capacity for dismantling and expelling for the day, the other toxins are prevented from damaging our vital organs by storing them in extra fat cells and holding on to extra water. Hellooo stubborn pounds (and that’s just the least of our problems).

To add to the problem of our toxic environment, we have refined away much of the nutritional value of our foods and replaced it with ‘empty calorie’ foods or otherwise just calorie-dense (as opposed to nutrient-dense foods) and added artificial colorings, preservatives, flavorings, conditioners, etc. This poor quality diet-combined with extensive use of antibiotics and medicine and agriculture may have predisposed many of us to experience a kind of “internal pollution”. Even if your diet is top notch healthy now, think back a year, or 5, or 10. How healthy was your lifestyle then? Did you eat organic food? Did you smoke? Did you eat Mac Donalds ‘food’? Toxins stored in your body, in the cells and in your large and small colon, are very likely to be still there.

These stored toxins can cause acidity, headaches/migraines, lower back pain, mood swings, chronic fatigue, skin problems, dull and frail hair, mental fog, and more, and can eventually lead to chronic illness. Getting rid of stored toxins will make you feel like a fresh new person.

By (juice) fasting your body now has the time and energy (that it would normally spend on digesting and assimilating food and moving waste through your colon) to trace old, damaged cells, break down stored toxins, and expose all of these. Also all old matter in your small and large colon can now finally be evacuated (it is said that the average person holds 2-5 kg/5-10 pounds of undigested food and waste matter in their bowels. This is not unlikely seeing as how the surface area of your bowels together is massive).

At the same time, you are infusing your cells with tons of nutrients, enzymes and antioxidants, many of which are needed for repair and renewal and to help neutralize the stored toxins. Pretty rad aye!

Juice Partners in Crime

Saar and I are both health nuts with a special interest in detoxification (and traveling, and reading, and writing, or so it seems). Last year I exclaimed I wanted to do a juice feast. With her. In South America. Together. She was game. So, things have changed a little since then but the idea is still the same. Saar moved to Canada pour l’amour (they speak French up there, no?) and I decided my trip to paradi, errr, Bali, would be the perfect time and location for some soul searching and feasting. Bien!

But Saar and I are still doing this together. Sharing our experiences, struggles (which?), joys and ponderings. Aaaand we’re happy to announce we are producing a… (drumroll please)

FREE eBook!

Juice feasting for an extended period of time is truly an amazing experience and we felt like this just had to be documented and shared with the world. So all of you who are curious to the bone, or wanting to try a juice fast yourself but would like to know what you’re getting yourself into , can read from day to day how we felt emotionally, physically and spiritually. We also document through photo’s and of course our daily intake of juicy goodness. I am super excited about creating something like this and the process of daily journalling has also been fun and good for me.

And More To Come…

There is more juicy news coming your way so stay t-t-t-uned.!

Last but not least, please feel free to ask us any questions you have surrounding juice feasting or our juice feast (via comment, email, carrier pigeon….), and check out Saar’s post on our juicy trip!

Jimbaran / Padang Padang Area

Hubba Hubba

Banana + coconut water + coconut meat + spirulina <3

teehee

Crystal, hooping in from L.A <3

Lunch, what else?

Spaghetti Squash <3

I see a pattern here…

Whiiii

Hippie paaants <3

Last supper….

Playing designated driver…

My new favorite cocktail: spinach, banana, mango, coconut water & meat + shot of wheatgrass. NOM

That’s all folks. Stay tuned for part 2!

Guess who’s baaack?

Hey hey hey guys! Aaaah feels so good to ‘be back’ (aka have a decent wi-fi connection again)! Specifically because I wanted to share my very first VLOG with you! Yup yup, getting over my camera shyness, how ’bout that? This video was shot Monday by the way. Go check it out to hear some very very exciting news!

I am so super stoked (can you tell?!), as this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a very long time. Why 21 days? Who knows. It’s was fitted well with my Bali trip. Not too long, not too short. ‘It takes 21 days to make or break a habit” also comes to mind.

I am at the eve of day 2 right now (as Saar is just waking up in Canada!) and feelin’ gooood (insert Jim Carrey in ‘Bruce Almighty’ here). Though I wouldn’t mind setting my teeth in a sweet n starchy banana right now…. lol. I think not eating reveals your innermost desires best. So, bananas it is .

Watermelon Juice!

Loves, I’ll be back tomorrow with of course many more updates. On Bali, my eBook, other new projects, after that: back to regular scheduled programming (aka posts on food, nutrition, health and wellness – it’s been a while!). Oh, and make sure to check out who Saar is by reading this awesome article (and other ones) by her on Sprklng.com!

Hey guys, hop on over to this page to see what my  new eBook is all about and score yourself a copy. The next 24 hrs the book is only €9.99 – a discount of 33%! Don’t miss this opportunity!

Love,

Sabine

PS sorry for the lack of layout – Bali Internet is failing me big time