I very recently celebrated 25 years of life on this lovely planet! I don't usually give myself presents for my birthday but this year I have decided to give myself the gift of purity! Being a Libra, balance has always been important to me. When I was a know-it-all teenager  I would try achieve balance in ways like waking up with a hang over and thinking "that's okay I'll even out with a venti latte with soy milk." even now a days I find myself trying to combat lack of sleep with caffeine and trying to unwind with a glass of wine. Although my habits now are a little more tame than my younger self, I still find many things throwing my internal balance off. These thoughts have stirred up memories from my Yoga Teacher Training at Yandara about three years ago. For 3o days I was with out  coffee, cigarettes (yes I was still a smoker until I got on the plane to Mexico) refined sugars, or alcohol. At first things were tough but soon I felt this beautiful balance I had never experienced before, not even as a child as I grew up on a diet of pizza, candy,  soda others things that come in plastic bottles or boxes.  I never knew that just being what you are could feel so good. After my return home I gradually slipped back into drinking way too much coffee and occasionally having one too many drinks on girls night out and those things just became normal again. But for this year I will be free. Free of caffeine, alcohol, refined flours and sugars and anything else that may alter my internal balance. It's time to let my True Self shine through! I plan on blogging about this to help keep me focus on my intention of Saucha and I would love any feed back or encouragement you may have to offer, or maybe join me on my 365 day quest for purity!

Satnam