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Nine Nifty Detox Tips To Make You Sparkle This Spring

I’m feeling that this spring is going to bring us more excitement, more change and more opportunity that ever before. As we advance further into a new era, where our thoughts become real faster than ever, being the change we want to see in the world is more important than ever before. Even the mainstream folk are now questioning “what’s in my food?”, and those questions are getting louder and louder, as no-one trusts those companies who have been getting away with selling inferior food upon the unsuspecting public for far too long.

So this brings me to the biggest detox we have ever collectively done! We need to let go of everything that no longer serves us and hold fast to that which will enable us to feel clean and bright, on the inside and out, to clear the fog from our minds so that we can see clearly and to filter that which needs to be discarded. Detoxing has new meaning this spring as we brace ourselves for more love and wonder than we’ve ever known! So here are my top nine tips to detox not just the body, but the mind and soul too!

1. Detox Your Body

Start your spring with a juicy cleanse. Here is my favourite way to juice — using my VitaPrep (that’s the commercial version of the VitaMix)!

Get your body and mind ready for a fabulous season with an array of organic, super nutritious veggies and fruits. Imagine the lightest, brightest, best version of yourself. You hold the key to that personal transformation and as the mind AND body are fuelled by what we feed ourselves, get only the best produce possible into that temple of yours. You can either go for a full-on juicy week (or 28 days like I did!) or just start to incorporate one or two juices a day. Either way, you’ll notice a difference and fast.

2. Detox Your Food

Take everything out of your cupboards, your fridge and your freezer. Look at the labels and check the ingredients. Give your cupboards a scrub with some lemon, orange oil and fresh water to spruce them up. Re-stock only with whole foods, with superfoods, with nourishing, REAL foods, and make them organic where possible! You are worth this. Packaged food with empty calories can stay in Ye Olde 3D Worlde. Growing your own, foraging, farmers’ markets and organic veg boxes are so cool, you’ll have to eat extra cucumbers to keep up.

3. Detox Your News

There is a saying that goes: “No news is good news”, and I want you to realise it’s true. There are atrocious things going on in this world (which has always been the case), and it certainly helps when we pray for or send loving thoughts to those affected, and hold them in our hearts and minds. Yet we don’t need to become so crippled and paralysed with fear that we are unable to be happy or get on with our good works and deeds. Watching the news on a daily basis can make the happiest person in the world so depressed they feel like there’s no hope for the planet.

Take out a subscription to positive newspapers instead. Turn off the TV. Get rid of the TV if necessary. If you can’t stay abreast of topical things happening in the world without becoming sucked in or dragged under, then turn the other cheek and concentrate on massive positive action. We all need to stay strong. We need to keep the faith, the love and the heart connection alive. There is so much good in the world, let’s collectively focus on that.

4. Detox Your Breathing

Breathe in the world, now breathe it out again. Breathe in love, hope, happiness and joy… and breathe out all feelings of disempowerment, the ego, negative thoughts, patterns and harmful practises. Let it ALL go with the outward breath. One way to practice various breathing methods is through yoga. I have been a follower of yogic practice for many a year now and it enhances my mind, my body, my spirit and therefore, my life. Get into the daily routine of yoga — even if it’s just a few sun salutations. Then revel in the power, the beauty, the clarity and the grace that floods your body. Feel the connection and empowerment flowing through you… and breathe.

5. Detox Low Self Esteem

In life, you will undoubtedly come across some folk that you allow to ruffle your feathers. But don’t give into their unpleasantness or go off course in an effort to deal with them. Instead, stay in your power, stand strong yet flexible and allow their strange ways to wash over you. You have something good to say. You have something wonderful to share. When people are striving to shout you down or trample on your toes, you can keep your message loud and clear… by being calm, loving, consistent, assertive and patient. Don’t avoid all the negative people in your lives, they are great teachers because you can practise your love on them more than people who are just like you. Just remember that now is your time to share your love, passion and light with everyone, and if they don’t like it, that’s not your problem.

6. Detox Your Weight

You can do this. Year after year, perhaps you have tried and perhaps it hasn’t been your year. Would you like this to be the year it happens? My good friend Phillip McCluskey has all the right tools to show you how he did it – how he released so many pounds they could form another person (and that shows GREAT dedication and perseverance) and how it made a difference to his whole body, mind and soul! Check out this inspiring video:

You can also help yourself even further along your journey to shed the pounds by checking out my Weight Loss iPhone App which gives you 97 tips and ways to get slim and svelte this season!

7. Detox Your Love

If you’re in a relationship and you feel it’s going stale for whatever reason, then now is the time to sort it out. And as if by magic I have the perfect video for you to kick-start this process: an interview with relationship guru Alex Santoro Emmerson.

To be ready for the best relationship ever (who wants a mediocre one?), start looking at your habits and behaviours. Would you like to be in a relationship with yourself as you currently are? If not, then — again — be the change…

8. Detox Your Work

While you might not be in a position to just walk about of your job, this is the time to start making those phone calls or business plans and to stop just dreaming. When you take actual steps towards your hopes and desires, you help them become a reality. Get making your vision board today. Be very exact with what it is you want from your work life. Then watch this video which is part one of a series of videos to get you inspired into making your life work for you.

9 . Detox Your World

This is the book you can carry around as your handbook only for the rest of your life. I was blessed to have this book endorsed by Yoko Ono… and I hope it will get your squeal of approval too! It’s the perfect guide on how to detox everything, in great detail, with over 100 unique detox recipes, several detox plans, and much much more. In fact, this book will inspire you to be your most enthusiastic, happy and blissful life! It’s available worldwide as a printed book, as well as on Kindle.

I hope you’ve enjoyed these detox tips… I love to read your comments, so please leave one in the box below! And please pass on this post to your friends, it’s a good way to spread the love!

Bliss U

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Ten Super Raw Ways to Enjoy Valentine’s Day

Hey beautiful ONE!

Let me set the scene. I’ve had a long gruelling day in London with Evie. Couldn’t wait to get back home but the prospect of coming into a cold house wasn’t too appealing. My heating is broken, on one of the coldest days of the year.

As we opened the door, the smell of a fresh log fire wafted out to greet us. And as we entered the lounge we felt so happy to find it was still roaring. Not only that, but there was lots of new wood stacked next to it. A pixie must have made our house warm! How warm we felt, in our bodies and our hearts that we are loved so much that we allow ourselves to be looked after like this. I remember a time, not too long ago that I wouldn’t have invited that energy in, but that’s a different chapter (same story though).

I added more wood to the fire, and settled Evie in my bed. Well, I want a nice warm snuggle tonight. I mean, her bedroom is an icebox, as I’ve only got one electric heater

Then I brought my Mac downstairs, made a cup of herbal tea (Love, of course) and sat on a red fluffy blanket that made me feel grounded as well as cozy and set to work writing you a very special LOVE article for tomorrow, the day of love.

Valentine’s Day (or the Feast of Saint Valentine) is associated with love, romantic gestures, hearts, flowers and serving your loved ones. So I wanted to offer you ten ways we can do this, in the rawest way possible! Please bear in mind I can’t count.

1. Want to surprise your loved one in the morning? Bring them a tall glass of blood red goji milk for breakfast on a tray with a single red rose! Whizz up 1 cup gojis with 1 tbsp raw agave nectar, 1 tsp cacao powder and 2 cups almond mylk (almonds being symbolic of “abiding love and friendship”). Serve ice cold (but with a warm heart!)

2. Time to touch! Offer a massage to your loved one. Crack out the coconut oil and start with the feet, working up the body, while listening to very beautiful, sweet lure music. (Or if you want beautiful sexy music, have you heard Tawk’s album? Mmmm Mmmmm! He’s like a modern day Barry white, the King Of Love.) Coconut oil can be used for ALL sorts of massage, including intimate ones (ooh!) so make sure you’re well stocked — although a little can a long way! Touch is SO important in a relationship and Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to unite your bodies in a slip slidy way!

3. Get out into the wild! Even if it’s pouring it down, or the earth is covered in snow, get warm and get out. Trek across the terrain, blow away those cobwebs and get chatting to one another! Chat about the things that make you both tick to fuel the passion. Or if this is a new relationship, find out more about each other while setting a good pace and exploring new paths! Literally.

4. If you just want to stay in and snuggle… light a fire or a few special candles, read love poems to each other, make a mug of sweet cinnamon hot chocolate, feed each other chocolates and tell each other why the other one is so flipping special!

5. Chaucer wrote, “For this was on Saint Valentine’s Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate.” If you find yourself sitting alone on February 14th, is it time to think about who your mate could be? And where can you find them? What do they look like? What do you want from such a person? Create a vision board (while eating customary Valentine’s raw chocolate) of exactly who it is you wish to meet in the eternal NOW. Create it to every last detail, and feel how it would be to be loved and snuggled by that special someone. Then light a candle (just because it makes it feel special!) and with utter gratitude in your heart ask the Universe to make it so. Then perhaps hop out into town or for a lovely country walk because it’s unlikely you’ll meet them sitting on your laurels at home now, isn’t it? (unless you’re on Facebook or one of those dating agencies, then it is possible — Love loves a helping hand and knows no technical boundaries!) Oh, and remember to become the person who would love to be with the person you are asking for, that’s pretty essential

6. If music be the food of love…. create a new playlist of all your favourite love songs — songs that uplift and inspire, songs that fill your heart with the power of love, music that stirs your innermost emotions and make your heart feel like it might burst at any moment. How about Etta James with At Last, or the bounciest lady in pop Beyoncé with Listen, or if you’re like me you would probably include Utopia by Alanis and Sweet Salvation by the Cult… you really don’t have to do the standard love song list, you know, and it’s such fun searching for unique love songs! Could you share these songs with your loved one and enjoy some late night smoochy slow dances — in your front room? Yes! Why not! Dim the lights down low, light the scented candles and get up front and personal… fill in the rest of the evening with your unlimited imagination

7. Remember to eat! Even if you’re totally loved up, what would feed your body, heart and soul more than food that loves you and your special one? Read through my recipes from any of my books (get a FREE raw food recipe book here now) or online and choose something that you’d like to create something either together in the kitchen or as a treat. Don’t forget to wash up and clean up afterwards… there is nothing as sexy as a sparkling kitchen (is there?!)

8. Roses are red, violets are blue…! Create your very own Valentine’s card complete with raw chocolate heart inside! Use natural materials if you like — you could write a message on a stone or a leaf or fancy paper adorned with dried cut flowers… if you have all the ingredients to hand (and a heart shaped mould), make some lovely chocolates, wrap in red foil and pop inside the card. The ‘Roses are red’ poem is so well-known and always brings a smile and makes one feel loved! So start with the first two lines:

Roses are red
Violets are blue

Then add your last two lines to create the poem! (e.g. I can’t live without chocolate… or without you!)

9. We don’t have to wait until Valentine’s Day to show our love to one another but it’s SUCH a good excuse to go the extra mile. Whoever you’re with, do one special thing for them today, in the spirit of love and service. They might reciprocate (in fact, you could suggest that you both have to think of at LEAST one special thing to do for each OTHER.) Let it be a surprise… let them enjoy it… see their eyes light up and their passions ignite. Today is a really good day for serving a loved one and for them to serve you. And if you’re single, then give yourself a day of self love. Do everything with presence, enjoy the love you can bring yourself, appreciating that you will always be there for you.

10. Go star gazing… in the raw! (OK, you might want a blanket!) Sit outside, in the last moments of the day when all is dark and hopefully the night-time sky is full of magic and stars… sit together, naked as the day you were born and while you look at the stars (or even the cloudy sky) whisper your longings, your desires and intentions for each other. Tell one another sweet secrets, whisper words of love, enjoy being close and still and calm and near. If you have not found your loved one yet, do this with a friend (clothed, if preferred!) and enjoy the sweetness of true friendship and true love between attracted souls. Or do it alone, and send an extra special message of love to yourself. Just make sure you get connected with the earth, be barefoot on the ground, and remember your roots.

And just as a last tip… (let’s make it 11 shall we? I told you I can’t count!) Write a love letter — to yourself. Tell yourself all the wonderful things you know about you…. how lovely you are, how special, how beautiful, all the nice things people say about you… and pop it in the post to your address. Enjoy opening it a couple of days later, and know you are a wonderful being who deserves love from everyone and everything. We all have to love ourselves before we can truly love each other. Go check you out in the mirror if you don’t believe how amazing you are! Who else is exactly like you? No one. And if you didn’t exist there would be a huge YOU-shaped hole in the Universe. Doesn’t bear thinking about, does it?

So that’s it. My fire’s going out, I’m feeling nourished by my tea, and my bed is calling me, complete with an eight year old angel of a hot water bottle! Let me know how you celebrated your Valentine’s day in the comments below. I always love to hear from you!

Happy Valentine’s Day from Shazzie, who has a whole lot of love for all of YOU!

Bliss U

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Hey gorgeous

If you follow my work regularly, you’ll know I sometimes leave my paradisiacal home and do a workshop or talk. Usually just once a year, though, right Can’t leave that kale to grow alone for too long!

Well, this year I’ve been charmed by the beautiful people at Mind Body Spirit to do a nice big two hour workshop at their London festival in May. Please come a long if you want to meet me, as I won’t be doing any other talks this year. We’ll be making some of my favourite raw food dishes, which of course will include raw chocolate. And we’ll be handing out raw food samples for you to get sticky with.

Have a look at the cute Puppetji chatting about the show in the video below, and get your ticket here, now!

The details

Saturday 25th May 2013
13:00 – 15:00
Raw Food For The Soul with Shazzie
£18.00

When you see the glow that raw foodists have, no wonder this lifestyle is becoming popular! Did you know you can look ten years younger, increase your energy and overcome health challenges by not cooking? Join Shazzie as she creates her favourite raw food dishes, and hands out tasters too!

Get your ticket now!

Right, that’s all folks. I’m off to pick up my squiggly daughter from forest school which will result in me shaking my head at the incompatibility between ec0-freindly washing powder and all that mud!

Bliss U

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How to make healthy toothpaste at home

Hey sparkler

How are you today? How are your teeth doing? Here’s a treat for them that they’ll never forget…

It’s a recipe I use myself, most of the time, they don’t call me Shazzle Dazzle for nothing. You can vary the essential oils if you have any specific mouth issues such as gingivitis or receding gums.

It costs just pennies, too. Really, a whole jar would cost you about 20p (35c). It’s your lucky day!

Be prepared for your teeth to feel cleaner than ever.

This toothpaste is so incredible it’s a dentist’s worst nightmare!!! It makes your teeth white and smooth AND it mends holes when used long term (6 months+).

It has baking soda in it, so I don’t use it every day, as it would be too abrasive.

It has xylitol in it as the sweetener, not just to make it sweet, but because xylitol has been proven to help mend cavities. Don’t omit the xylitol!

How to make natural toothpaste

Ingredients

2 teaspoons raw coconut oil (Viridian is the best in the UK)
2 teaspoons baking soda (sodium bicarbonate not baking powder)
2 teaspoons xylitol or more to taste
6 drops organic peppermint oil

Method

In a smallish plastic or glass tub that has a well fitting lid, mix all the ingredients with a teaspoon. There’s no need to melt the coconut oil first.

Storage

Keep on your bathroom shelf like normal toothpaste. Be aware that it will turn to a thick liquid if it’s warm, as coconut oil melts at a low temperature. This won’t affect your toothpaste at all, but you may have to pour the toothpaste on to your toothbrush!

Variations

Add less baking soda if you are going to use this more than three times a week. It’s slightly abrasive and shouldn’t be brushed on teeth every day.

Replace the baking soda with good raw salt if preferred.

To help remineralise teeth: add calcium/magnesium/silica

Essential oils to add (experiment with doses for your particular issue)

For gingivitis: tea tree, clove, cinnamon, myrrh, thyme, chamomile, peppermint

For receeding gums: oregano, tea tree, peppermint, myrrh, neem

For sensitive teeth: lemon, myrrh, clove, sage

More tooth health

As well as switching to a non-fluoride natural toothpaste, you should always brush in-between your teeth. I use one of those little interdental toothbrushes, like a mini pipe cleaner. Flossing also works if you are gappy enough to be able to get it in there.

You can use 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide, ionic silver or a drop of tea tree oil in water as a mouthwash. All are effective at destroying bacteria.

If your teeth are in a bad state, then please revise your diet. You will need lots of mineral rich greens, plus vitamins K2, D and A to make a permanent difference.

And finally, there’s the water pik. It’s a nifty device that flushes your teeth and gums with water under high pressure. For me, this is invaluable as I’ve got a weird wisdom tooth (still coming through at my age!!), it prevents infection when used regularly, and gets where a brush and pipe cleaner can’t get!

What do you think?

Lots of my Facebook friends have already tried my recipe out and they love it! I’d love to know what you think, or if you have any other tips to share with my readers. Could you pop a comment down below?

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Hey, Beautiful People

Wow, it’s so weird to believe that this year is almost through. I knew it’d be great, I just didn’t know how great. I’ve grown so much this year, and hope you have, too.

With raw food on the telly now, let’s make 2013 the biggest year so far with raw food being mainstream. Let’s all be the most beautiful examples of human beings that have ever walked this earth. Let’s radiate love and live a life of laughter — those two things alone will make us more beautiful and more attractive to others in the world.

To get you in tip-top shape for the party season and the New Year, I’ve put together a simple DIY or DIWAP (Do It With A Partner) beauty detox plan. It only lasts a week (please don’t do it for longer), and you can get on with your usual life at the same time. If you can’t do this before you put your party frock on, do it afterwards, and be one of the only unbloateds in the world!! Those who practise Chinese medicine say that spring is the perfect time to build Chi (life force) and to detox the body and cleanse the mind, so this plan will be great for you for a while yet.

Baby, you’re a firework

Your Beauty Detox Plan

Before you go to bed, squeeze the juice of a lemon into half a litre of water. Add a touch of MSM if you have it. This is your fruity water and you should drink this whenever you would normally reach for plain water.

Wakey Wakey Time!

If you can stop using that nasty alarm clock for the duration of this plan (and then only for the rest of your life), I’d be very grapefruit. If you have to get up before you’re ready, invest in a gentle wake-up clock, which uses either light or slowly increasing sound to gently coax you out of your slumber. If I have to ever use an alarm, I use the “harp” sound on my iPhone, very quietly!

Don’t get up just yet (err… unless you need the loo!). Drink your lemon-water that you made the night before and enjoy planning your day. Today is going to be a beautiful day, and you are on your way to glowing like never before!

When you get up, look in the mirror and say out loud at the person staring back “I love you”. Don’t cringe at this point! If you can’t say you love yourself, there’s no way you’re loving anyone else. Do it…

If you’re versed with the Tibetan Rejuvenation Rites, then practise those every day this week.

Beauty Breakfast

Before breakfast, mix a teaspoon of psyllium husk in 8 oz of water, and drink. Then drink another glass of water on its own.

Psyllium is from the plantain plant and is used as an intestinal cleanser, bulk laxative, and poo softener. You can use psyllium to help with symptoms of constipation, IBS, Crohn’s disease, hemorrhoids, and other intestinal disorders. This fibre supplement expedites the elimination of waste and toxins.

Your breakfast can be any raw plant foods except for those containing high amounts of fat such as olives or avocados. Your liver will really thank you for this fat break, and it’ll be apparent in your new glow! Examples of great beauty detox breakfasts are:

Half a watermelon, with a green superfood spread on top of it.
A smoothie made from maca, young coconut water and its jelly, some Pure Synergy and some vitamin C, with some small dashes of flax/hemp/coconut oil.
Fresh Aloe Vera juice blended with oranges, kiwis, strawberries and/or raspberries. Aloe helps soothe the digestive system and assists the self-cleansing action of your body.
As many apples as you would like to eat. Try grating them and adding some fresh ginger. You could even add some agave nectar (the raw vegan alternative to honey and maple syrup), and it’ll all taste a bit like apple pancakes!
The water and jelly of a fresh young coconut blended with two bananas and two heaped teaspoons of raw chocolate powder.

Detox Helpers

If you’ve read my book Detox Your World, you’ll already know how much I love detox helpers. This is where “It’s hard work” goes out of the window. Each day, make time for one of the following. These are just suggestions, you know what else detoxes you. Choose which ones you love, as this is a time to relax and feel amazing…

Massage (especially lymph drainage)
Reflexology
Sauna (especially infra-red)
Meditation
Yoga
Sit by a tree (bring a blanket!)
Watch a comedy video (laughter is so detoxing!!)
Go rollerskating, skateboarding or some other activity that you love and makes you smile
Make sweet lurve
Dance the night away
Clean your cupboards out (this will make you more inclined to keep yourself clean)
Walk or stroke your companion animal. Feel its heartbeat.

Beauty Detox Snacks

On this plan, you won’t be having nuts as part of your snacks, so we’ll get a bit creative with foods to keep you interested and satisfied. When you’re hungry or have the munchies, fill up on your faves from this list, or similar foods.

Celery with raisins
Apple with cucumber
Grapes with dandelion
Young coconut water blended with melon
Any sweet fruit with any green leafy foods (strawberries with lettuce or plums with savoy cabbage).

Again, make use of the preparation procedures. Try shredding, blending, grating and adding spices and herbs.

Detox Drinks

You know that when you’re detoxing, you need to drink lots.

Make some herbal teas that will assist in cleaning you out. Heat the water until it’s hand-hot (not boiling) and let the herbs steep for 5-10 minutes. Try chamomile, lemongrass, nettle, yarrow, elderflower, sage, red clover or peppermint. Drink as many cups of tea as you like. I add raw almond milk and a touch of agave nectar to my tea!

Enjoy your fruity water, make the most of aloe vera juice mixed with fruit juice and crack open lots of young coconuts (you can get these from Asian supermarkets, Planet Organic and sometimes Sainsbury’s and Waitrose even sell them!).

Detox Lunch

Lunch is light and liquidy on the beauty detox plan. Juice any of the following, in whatever quantities you want.

Carrots and beetroot (both great blood and liver detoxers)
Kale, savoy cabbage or other dark hard leafy green
Spinach, lamb’s quarters, nettle, dandelion or other soft dark leafy green
Apple, tomato, red pepper or other sweeteners
Ginger, garlic, chili or other hot purger
Cucumber, celery or other volumiser

If you store the juice in a magnetic jug such as the one that comes with the Green Power Kempo, then it can last a lot longer in the fridge. If you don’t have a magnetic jug, drink the juice straight away.

Evening Detox Meal

You’ll be eating soups for your evening meals. This means you get the full benefit of whole fruits and vegetables and they’ll be easy to digest. Remember that when you spend less time on digesting, your body can detox more readily. There is a small amount of fat in these soups — please don’t eat more fat than this during your beauty detox week. Make soups from the following ingredients, or other similar ingredients that are available to you:

“Potato soup”: Blend parsnips, dates, a few cashews, carrot juice.
Gloop soup: Blend dark green leafys with a quarter of an avocado and celery juice. Add algae or superfood to taste.
Classic tomato soup: Blend tomatoes with garlic, basil, a few olives and some orange juice.
Cucumber and tahini: Juice a cucumber and blend with a small amount of tahini and lots of fresh mint.
Carrot top soup: Juice carrots, add some pulp, and blend with a few pumpkin seeds, and lots of coriander.
Sunflower power soup: Blend red peppers with a small amount of sunflower seeds, carrot juice, onion and chives.
In a hurry curry soup: Blend garam masala and turmeric with cauliflower, broccoli, carrot juice and add some diced veg (courgette, aubergine, onion, garlic, corn, peppers, okra etc) which have been soaking in lemon juice and a small amount of olive oil.

Serve the soups with nori slices, a flax cracker or two, some seed-sprouts, or with a small green salad. Experiment with adding herbs and spices to make them taste familiar and good to you.

Extra Evening Detox

This is another spoil-yourself-time. Turn all phones off, and light lots of soul-inspiring candles. You can do these yourself or get someone to help you and love you into glowingness. Choose the one that appeals to you most each day.

Detox bath: Add 1/2 cup of 35% hydrogen peroxide, 1/2 cup of sea salt, 1/2 cup of Epson salts to a tub of hot water and soak for at least half an hour. Wrap up warm and go straight to bed.

Face love: Clean your hands and face, then lie down so you’re comfortable. Make tiny gentle pinches all over your face, including your eyebrows, nose and lips. This will draw oxygen to your face and make it all rosy and healthy.

Mind cleanse: Sit or lie comfortably and repeat one word over and over. Here are some suggestions or you can use your own. If you realise you’ve drifted away from your word, just come back to it without telling yourself off or saying “I can’t do this”. Try: Love, Peace, Tranquil, Serene, Joy, or your own word. Feel yourself become this word and feel all obstacles melt away.

Skin grin: This will make all of you smile! Take a bowl of soft sand. Mix in a cup of olive oil and a few drops of peppermint oil. Rub this mixture into your skin, except your face. Massage for as long as you want, and then rinse. Feel your silky skin now!

Grudge budge: Put on some gentle music and go through your address book. Is there anyone in there who’s causing you problems? Is there something you’d really like to say to someone and don’t know how? Now’s the time to get it out! Write down all your grudges on one piece of paper. Once you’re finished, burn the paper. Know that what you are feeling is just a reflection of work you have yet to do with yourself. Know that you can let go now. You are perfect, always.

Future journey: Write down all the plans you had made for the coming six months, or look at your journal if you have them in there. Pick out the most appealing one and spend an hour daydreaming that it’s already happened and you’re in that moment. How do you feel, what do you look like, how do people treat you? What is the weather like, where are you, what are you saying? Keep this vision of the future you with yourself, knowing that somehow it’s already happened and you can enjoy feeling like that whenever you want, right now.

Mud mask: Mud draws out toxins from your skin very fast and effectively. Go to a herbalists and find a mud to suit your skin type. Mix it with water, aloe vera or cucumber juice and apply to your face, back and any “problem” areas you might have.

Hydrogen peroxide balance: Try doing this every time you get out of the bath or shower. Get 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide which is in a spray bottle. Spray this all over your body to rebalance and restore the acid mantle on your skin, which can be disrupted by soap and other cleansers.

Optional Nutrition And Supplements

When on this cleanse, I encourage you to look at taking high-quality oxygen supplements (OxCgen etc), vitamin C, milk thistle, selenium (or a couple of brazil nuts a day) and antioxidants. Also, if you have access to a wheatgrass juicer, please take 2-4 oz of wheatgrass juice a day. A few tablets of chlorella or other complete-protein food will give you a protein boost which helps your liver break down stress hormones and pollutants.

Wishing you the most outstanding 2013. Enjoy, love and laugh, you gorgeous glowing glitter-bug!

Bliss U

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2012 – The most epic year ever

Dear gorgeous amazing wonderful one

Well, December 21st 2012 came and went. For some it was the actual end of the world, and my heart goes out to all who have lost loved ones this year. For the rest of us, it signified the beginning of the new world. The age of love. The age of self love to be precise. Without loving ourselves and truly knowing ourselves, we can’t love and truly know others, can we?

Here are some of my personal highlights of 2012, in no particular order. I hope you enjoy reading about them. I also hope they inspire you to make 2013 even more epic for yourself.

The age of unity is here

I sold Detox Your World (the company) (July)

I started that business about 12 years before. It was a key player in the raw chocolate revolution, the superfood revolution and the raw food revolution. It definitely changed the world in great ways. I am still involved in the company now, but I no longer have the responsibility for it. I feel so happy to know it will evolve in beautiful ways thanks to the new owners. Here’s the announcement I made about selling the business.

I opened my heart (infinite)

Because I hardly work these days, and because Evie’s doing that thing of growing up, I’ve had a lot of spare time to go deep into my own personal transformation. I knew there was something big for me to look at and I admit I was scared of opening that box, but it wasn’t so scary once I’d allowed it. And as a result, my heart went from a cool and frosty zero degrees to burning love within months. Mostly this was through a series of tantra courses, but I also continue to work with specific healers and shaman on a one to one basis. When you call your temple The Heart Centre, when you dig a huge heart shaped hole into your garden outside your house and when your tumour comes out heart shaped, you have enough clues that your biggest transformational journey will be to do with the heart

This felt like the final sprint of my personal hero’s journey. I’d spent much time up the top of Unity Mountain over the years and yet something kept pulling me me down from there. So with the help of the courses and people I just mentioned I trekked all the way back down and took a good look at my life, my stuff, my relationships and everything. Then I repacked my rucksack in the right order and marched back up to the top. And at that point, I realised I was there to stay. Bloody good view, it is too.

Yes, you read that right, I opened a temple (April)

just some karma work of mine. Read about it here and come to worship yourself.

Detox Your World (the book) was published in the USA (July)

I’d worked on this in 2011, and just had to get some nice quotes and do proof reading this year. It came out in July. North Atlantic Books (the same publishers who publish the US version of my book Naked Chocolate) published it. I feel so glad that it’s there in the USA now. I fully rewrote it for the American market, and I hope it empowers millions to make great food and wellness choices. Check it out here. Or get the Kindle version here.

This book also reached international attention when the total legend Yoko Ono recommended it. I fell over and couldn’t get up for a while when I found that out. YOKO ONO, man!!!

My TV show came out on Sky 281 (December)

My god, considering how much I’ve lazed around this year, the Universe hasn’t half used me as a vessel for some major information. The world’s first raw food TV series began this year. I’d done a pilot last year that was really well received. We then went on to record a series of six more episodes. They were scheduled to start this year, and the first one aired, but after discussions we decided to run the whole series from January 2013 because more people will be into healthy food at that point. You can see the raw chocolate episodes here and here. If you can’t get Sky, then you can watch each show on the web stream live. They also put them on the web a few weeks after they come out, so you will be able to see them all no matter where you are in the world.

I caused some trouble at Waitrose (February)

One day in February 2012, I was out shopping at Waitrose. Now we all know Waitrose to be the nicest and most ethical of all stupormarkets, and that’s why we shop there. Yes, it’s a lot more expensive than Tesco, but we vote with our $-£-€, right?

Imagine my surprise when I saw a MONSANTO vegetable in there. Looking like a normal vegetable because it is (it’s not GMO, but it’s a patented seed and UGH… Monsanto? In Waitrose? Really?)

So I took a photo of it, uploaded it to Facebook and it went viral there and then. Waitrose and most other stupormarkets were forced to issue statements about their relationship with this monster company and millions of people became aware of what Monsanto was, and why they would want to avoid anything it produced. We started this Facebook page and campaign that got over 10,000 signatures asking Sainsbury’s and Waitrose to remove their Monsanto-patented vegetables, but interestingly they didn’t do so.

I am genuinely sorry for causing trouble at Waitrose, I do love much of it. But hey, people deserve to know the truth about where their food comes from, don’t they?

I rolled out some iPhone apps

Sometimes it just doesn’t feel like work, does it? My new apps this year were 97 Ways To Stay Sexy by the goddess Shakaya Breeze, 97 Weight Loss Secrets by me, and 97 Parenting Tips by the wonderful Victoria Leith. You can find them all in iTunes if you search “Shazzie”. Or click here.

I was on BBC 4 with Nina Conti and her Monkey (June)

We recorded for hours. She loved my food. I won Monkey’s heart. Edited, it made it look like she hated my food, but that’s telly, isn’t it? It was fun and Nina is lovely, even though she spends her life with one hand up a monkey’s bum. Here’s my blog post about it.

I demonstrated raw food at Europe’s largest Organic and Natural food exhibition (April)

Being a recluse, I don’t like doing public stuff much, but when I get over myself I always have a good time. This event pulled the largest crowd they’d ever had for a food demo, and I saw old and new friends beaming at me. Find the yummy raw food recipes we demonstrated here!

I overcame two life threatening illnesses (yey)

Being a health freak doesn’t guarantee you will never get ill. It reduces your chances of it, and increases your chances of recovering. But hey, if you’ve got something going on in your psyche that you just can’t look at, it’ll bite you on the arse at some point. Well, it kind of bit me on the leg. I had a tumour on my leg and lyme disease which made walking and moving very painful. I had been cutting myself off from my own source because some things were too difficult for me to face. Initially I used a variety of methods (and amazing friends) to get well, from energetic medicine, herbs, affirmations, and many other things. But I knew the only thing that would stop it popping up some other way would be to do the deep inner work, which I mentioned above. One day I just decided “I’m not going to be ill any more” and then I found myself able to walk up the stairs without holding on to the rail and with no pain. Recovery was fast after that as the road to it revealed itself more every day, and now I have no signs of illness from either of those two issues. I’m so well, I’m boxing twice a week and playing much much more!!! I keep my heart open to love and live fearlessly… for me it’s my gateway to wellness, happiness and connection.

I zapped my brain

As part of my massive overhaul, I continued to have my brain rewired with Neuro Feedback. Undoing decades of stuff that wasn’t serving me and creating new networks, I’m getting to grips with a life that’s easier for me. Out has gone drama, low self esteem and coping strategies, in has come systems, self love and clear thinking. Thank goddess I haven’t lost my genius streak though, I was a bit worried about that!

Over to you!

I’d love to read about what 2012 brought you! Please write in the comments below…

And to 2013

Let’s make this coming year our most amazing yet. Remember to find your divine self so you can do the amazing stuff the Universe has in mind for you.

Bliss U

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I’m so over the moon that raw food will be getting the media attention it deserves now, as a result of my new TV show, Raw Kitchen. This is just the beginning

Here’s the promo for it, so you can get a glimpse of the amazing quality and content of this unique programme.

Please let everyone now… Raw food has gone mainstream. Remember the date for the premiere of Raw Kitchen:

Monday 3rd December 2012
Sky Active Channel, 281

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Raw Kitchen goes live on TV

Yey! My TV show, the world’s first ever raw food TV series, is now ready to be aired to the world. Or at least to 32 million people across Europe It has finally been scheduled!

Prime time slot

The TV show, called Raw Kitchen (Sky+ it to link the series!) has a prime time slot of 7pm. How exciting is that? The first in the series, which obviously is all about raw chocolate is coming to your TV on:

Monday 3rd December 2012
Sky Active Channel, 281

“But I don’t have Sky, how can I watch it?”

Some of you don’t have Sky. I don’t, either Here are some ideas for you:

Watch it live on the Internet here, from anywhere in the world.
Find a friend who has Sky. Get in some raw treats and enjoy!
Organise a raw food pot luck in a friendly pub that has Sky.
Find a generous raw foodist who has Sky on Facebook, and ask if you can share their sofa (hint, take raw food with you to munch as a thank you!)
Ask on Facebook if anyone with Sky is organising a pot luck in their home.
Wait (I don’t know how long) for it to come out on the web.
Ask your mum to record it. Mums often have Sky for some reason. Then wonder how you’ll see it because there’s no such thing as popping a video in the post any more. Hint… go see your mum.
Don’t watch it and become miserable because you missed the world’s biggest raw food revolution yet. Oh yes, this is the world’s first EVER raw food TV series. Ever. Ever.

Please spread the word!

In this series, I’ve explored every type of raw vegan cuisine… the green, the fruit, the protein, the fermented and obviously the chocolate!! In an unbiased way, viewers all over Europe (on TV) and the world (in the web) will be able to learn about the full gamut of raw foodism. Let’s celebrate raw food making it to the masses, by letting EVERYONE know. Please blog this, Facebook it, tweet it and talk it. It’s the biggest thing to ever happen to raw food, let’s champion it, together!

In the programme, I also do lots of foraging, I talk about organic food, and I talk about ways of fitting raw food into your normal life. Raw food is for everyone, and this TV show clearly demonstrates that. Please, let everyone know

Three cheers for The Active Channel!

If you feel moved, please “like” The Active Channel’s facebook page. They have taken a pioneering step to bring raw food to the tellyworld. I’d love it if you showed them some big love and thanks right now. Here’s their page and their Twitter account, please follow them there, too:

The Active Channel Faceook page

The Active Channel on Twitter

You can find The Active Channel on Sky 281. It’s Europe’s biggest health and fitness channel.

I want to personally thank Max and Matti, two of the loveliest people from the telly that I’ve ever met. Max is a producer from heaven and I’m blissed to have fed him raw delights over my breakfast bar

I’m more than excited about broadcasting my message of love to the world… I do hope you can join me in this world-first event.

Please let everyone now… Raw food has gone mainstream. Remember the date for the premiere of Raw Kitchen:

Monday 3rd December 2012
Sky Active Channel, 281

Bliss U

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Dear gorgeous one…

While on holiday with Evie recently, I started to think about the revolution that’s sweeping the world. This is the big one. The one we’ve all been waiting for. As all we knew in Ye Olde 3D Worlde collapses around us, our hearts are bursting open at an alarming rate.

We are now in the age of love, where all that matters is the beautiful shining of the heart.

And so with that in mind, I found myself writing 50 short prayers. Prayers that we can offer to the universe, to ourselves, to our loved ones, quickly and easily — any time of the day.

Please pass these on… and if you have your own short prayer, please add it in the comments box below. Let’s start a wave of love for the bite-sized generation.

Here they are, 50 Shades of Pray

1… Love all you own. Though it’s as impermanent as everything, it’s an extension of your unique vibration.

2… Love your garden. The seeds you sow make homes and food for millions of beings.

3… Love yourself. If you can’t fully love yourself, how can you fully love another? Embrace the paradox that you are perfect now yet if you don’t keep growing, you’ll get the shrinks. Thanks Roald.

4… Love animals. They are pure spirit without the sometimes-curse of thought. In their eyes you see the love you can be when you find peace.

5… Love your friends. If you dislike them, know you dislike a part of yourself. Move on, move up or stay there and reflect. Your mirror will never desert you.

6… Love children. They are the seedlings and buds of the world. Water them, nurture them, shelter them. If you pluck them or starve them or our world can no longer blossom.

7… Love your work. It’s your connection to your own divine lifeline.

8… Love every situation, if you can’t, change it or move on. Clinging to the side of a sinking boat when you can see an oasis in the distance isn’t a sane action.

9… Love your mother. Her touch heals the child in you.

10… Love your father. His heart is huge and he has been brave in setting you free.

11… Love your captor. You know you are stronger than hating those who are in too much pain.

12… Love the dead. They can still teach you, but unlike the living, they can’t hurt you.

13… Love your home. It’s a temple. Your light gives it life. Your heart gives it warmth.

14… Love the past. Like an old video tape, you can only remember the best bits because it doesn’t play properly any more.

15… love men. Like Atlas, they carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. When we learn to love them properly, they can let go of their cares.

16… Love women. For too long they have been silenced. Listen to the space between their words. These words need a new home.

17… Love reading spiritual texts. They meld the heart and mind, offering us a slice of unity.

18… Love the day. It gives you time to do.

19… Love the night. It gives you time to be.

20… Love the sun. We are all sun gods and sun goddesses. When we worship the sun our false selves are peeled away and our true selves revealed.

21… Love making love. When you can. To the Universe, to yourself, to your love. It brings you to the centre of the Universe where pure magic is made.

22… Love the world. She loves you enough to let you live here and play out your craziest games.

23… Love your tears. As we dip into our truth bucket, we can draw up our deepest feelings.

24… Love your food. It will love your body all the more for it.

25… Love movement. Drop the stories from your cells by shaking that ass like a good thang.

26… Love technology. It has brought love and truth to the masses faster and easier than any other messenger.

27… Love your wake up calls. Even if they are deafening you, don’t press the snooze button or the next one may half drown you.

28… Love breathing. It’s life. Do it often and deeply. And long. And slow. Put this one on repeat.

29… Love your wisdom. With every passing day you remember more of it.

30… Love your unwritten book. You can never predict what life is about to offer you and you can always accept it graciously.

31… Love being a passenger. Jump out of the driving seat. Let go. See where life wants to take you. it’s bound to be somewhere more thrilling than the journey you’d planned. Remember your marmalade sandwiches, though, it could be a long ride.

32… Love endings. Without them we can’t experience beginnings.

33… Love your mind. It’s always done its best to protect you.

34… Love old people. They bridge us to a world we can’t visit.

35… Love the things you fear. They are just rooms in your home that you haven’t yet bought lightbulbs for.

36… Love the things you can’t do. They are the sunlight that shows you the direction in which to grow.

37… Love the most hated people on the planet. It will expand you way beyond just loving nice people.

38… Love your dreams. When you nurture them they grow wings to take flight.

39… Love art. It’s a window to the hearts of others.

40… Love the sea. She is a wild and unfettered mama who whispers her secrets to those who immerse themselves in her.

41… Love inversions. When you rest upside down you massage yourself in places no therapist can reach.

42… Love helping people. Your happy hormones will soar inside your heart.

43… Love creating. No one can do it like you.

44… Love hugs. They have the power to save the world.

45… Love your health. Taking care of your body means you get to enjoy all of life at its fullest.

46… Love playing. It draws joy through your toes into the whole of your body.

47… Love your mistakes. They are life’s way of showing you how versatile and resilient you are.

48… Love the things you disapprove of. Isn’t Gaia generous to host such a diverse party?

49… Love your freedom. Even if you are shackled, an awakened mind will experience bliss.

50… Love something bigger than you. Perspective allows us to breathe even in city smog.

Bliss U

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Shazzie’s Top Ten Raw Foods for Autumn

The summer has passed (did you make the most of it?) and now the trees are shedding leaves of autumnal hues of brown, red, yellow and gold… preparing us for the more blustery chill of the winter months. Reminds me of when I was little, when we’d abundantly use the word crimson at school. I think it’s the only time we use the word, isn’t it?

Anyway, back to the present time… It can be more of a challenge to stay on the raw path when the air drops in temperature, so here are some cosy, wrap-up warmy ideas to keep your body and mind living and well.

1. Make soup

For a warming vegetable soup, cut up two carrots, half a butternut squash, half an onion, and a clove or two of garlic. Whizz in your high speed blender with the juice of 3 carrots, 2 courgettes, 2 apples and 1 lemon. Add 1 tsp Himylayan pink salt. Whizz up again for one minute or until fully blended. You can either warm this in your dehydrator (takes forever) or very gently on a low heat over the stove… add some grated ginger and a pinch of cinnamon on top, and a fresh grind of warming black pepper. You will not only feel all lovely and cosy inside but you will be well on your way to preventing any winter viruses this season.

2. Eat cake

Raw cake is filling, nourishing, grounding, loving. It’s also perfect to eat with cup of warming herbal cinnamon tea and a dash of agave nectar. Check out my book Evie’s Kitchen for some very tempting recipes full of chocolately goodness or why not get creative and make your own Autumnal Signature cake using the world’s finest superfoods? Try experimenting with different flours and powders such as carob, lucuma, cacao or purple corn. And don’t forget to send me a photo of a slice!

3. Be thermogenic

Cinnamon. Turmeric. Ginger. Chilies. Garlic. Thermogenic foods help to raise your body temperature and burn fat so what’s not to love? These are warming for the body and we should all be having good amounts in our everyday meals. Add the juice of ginger to your morning smoothie or juice. Include chilies in your dehydrated nut burgers. Make a carob and cinnamon almond nut mylk shake. Crush raw garlic and mix with cider vinegar and olive oil and lemon for a dressing for salads. Warrrrmmm yet?

4. Eat fat

No, no, not dripping or lard… just think of the healthy fats that give us energy, make our skin soft, ward off disease and give us that good, comforting feeling all round. Avocados, nut butters, coconut oil, durian, flax seed and olives. Mash a whole avocado with garlic, lemon, chili, pinch of pink salt, heirloom tomatoes and coriander with a bit of melted coconut oil for a lovely warming Autumn supper treat. Cut up some crunchy celery and courgette sticks to dip in or spread on some nut and seed crackers for even more warming fat.

5. Eat chocolate

You know my feelings about the wonder of cacao… but let me remind you quickly — cacao is full of minerals and nutrients. So if you eat a small amount daily, it stands to reason that you will also be full of minerals and nutrients too! Many people are depleted in essential vitamins and minerals — particularly magnesium — and as raw chocolate is packed full of the M word, I feel this gives me a good excuse at least to nibble on a Siren bar… daily! It’s also well-known that when the nights get longer, and the hours of daylight shorten, we can be more prone to feeling low or having SAD feelings (seasonal affective disorder). Chocolate contains all the right ingredients to help us to feel happy. So when I say eat chocolate, I really mean it! Be happy in these cold months… and full of joy!

6. Drink warmth

Yes. that’s right: make hybrid warming chocolate smoothie teas! Use thick nut and seed mylks as a base and add the herbal tea of your choice. Then go to town: 1 tsp cacao powder, carob, lucuma, purple corn… add any superfoods you like to your milky teas. Drink while sitting by the fire on a lovely big rug, huddled with your loved ones or a good book. For a super amazing hot chocolate, gently warm 1 cup brazil nut mylk in a pan and allow 5 squares of your favourite Shazzie’s Naked Chocolate to melt slowly. Add 1 tbsp agave, a pinch of cinnamon and a tiny pinch of chili for an extra kick. Sitr and serve in a bowl or a lovely mug!

7. Eat green

As we move from season to season, our bodies can become more vulnerable which is why many people suffer so much from colds and flu when the summer ends and the autumn begins. It’s even more important at this time therefore to prevent and pre-empt. Don’t wait for that virus to come your way — get your body prepared and your immune system strengthened. Start your day off with a big green juice every morning, even if afterwards you still have porridge or crumpets!

Juice 2 apples, a courgette, 1 stick of celery, a cucumber, 1 beetroot, 1 carrot, 3 broccoli florets and a big handful of kale and spinach and warming watercress and rocket. Instead of adding ice, try drinking it at room temperature. Your taste buds might need some adjusting but it will stop the shivers after each mouthful. If you can’t manage drinking it without ice, throw in a handful of frozen berries instead for an extra nutrient hit and to bring the temperature down of your smoothie or juice without adding extra water. Serve greens with every meal, too — have a nice big salad on the side of anything else you eat (cake exempt). The world may be turning brown but we need to stay green all Autumn through.

8. Eat burgers

I bet you never thought you’d hear me say that, did you?

This is the season for your dehydrator to be dusted off and put to good use! Soak 1 cup pumpkin seeds and 1 cup almonds in water for a couple of hours. Rinse and discard the water. Pop in a food processor with 2 sundried tomatoes, 1 fresh tomato, fresh basil and oregano, half a red onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 carrots and 1 stick celery. Add the juice of 1 lemon and a pinch of pink salt. Process and then shape into small round patties. Put in the dehydrator overnight or for 24 hours if you want them to be crunchier and last longer. Serve with a raw salsa of freshly chopped tomatoes, chives, red onion, olive oil, agave, garlic and cloves and a fresh green salad with parsley, dill, cucumber, bok choy and spring onion.

9. Make room for the mushroom

You can get so many varieties of mushrooms these days that are meaty, filling and packed full of antiviral, immune-boosting properties. The white button ones you see in supermarkets might be your favourite but for the fun guys (get it?!) that pack a real health-maintaining, medicinal punch, think shiitake, reishi, chaga, maitake, lion’s mane enoki.

Shiitake and enoki are great in salads and soups, or marinated in some olive oil and garlic!

To use the other mushrooms, add some of these as powder to soups, smoothies, pâtés and salad dressings. You can also make tea with them for even more warmth!

10. Hot lemons!

Boil your kettle. Pour the water into a cup. Add 2 slices of lemon, 3 thin slices of ginger, a bit of a cinnamon stick and infuse. Drink several times a day. Lemons are so good for autumn. Their colour reminds us that the sun is always shining even if it’s behind the clouds and drinking lemon reminds us of summer days. Do this every day, even if it’s just lemon and warm water… and it’s a great way to end the day too. Just simple water, and lemon. Keep it warm. Keep it lovely.

Happy autumn, beautiful!

Bliss U

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