Jenny Morrill and Paula Youmell
I write this as heart-centered, guiding information to accompany you on your Mindfulness Journey. Use your own inner wisdom to weave your tapestry of self-healing love. Know deeply--know within yourself--that any intention you have for your healing is attainable when you weave your own sacred lifestyle medicine. When Jenny asked me to co-author this book, I confess that I panicked. Writing a book is a labor of love involving a great deal of work. Finding the words for the book itself is not the issue when writing flows from my head and heart. It is the “after the book is written” realities that make the task of authorship challenging. When Jenny explained the project to me she had me hooked in five seconds. I had to deep breathe, pull myself into the moment (hey, mindfulness!), and realize her idea was spot on cool. I knew it was meant to be because when I opened body, mind, and spirit to the idea of this project, what Jenny wanted me to add to this project literally just flowed. When we are in the flow of the universe’s energy, things just go smoothly. Weaving our energies together makes a stronger tapestry! Jenny has an amazing knowledge of the brain’s workings around creating new habits and new neural pathways. She is poetry-in-motion when teaching the concepts to kids and adults alike, with her perpetual passion and compassion. Seeing where I fit into the puzzle, as she explained her ideas, was like an antique skeleton key fitting into a lock in an old and wise door. In order for a person to live and be in the present moment—that is, to function from a space of mindfulness--it helps tremendously to feel good. I am speaking of literally feeling good inside your body. When we glow with great health it is so much easier to create new ways of being around our emotional habits--to function from intentional action and choices and not the same ‘ole same ‘ole knee-jerk reactions that keep us stuck in ruts. Here is where my stuff fits in. My passion is to support people’s return to vibrant health and to support the prevention of ill health through healthful food and lifestyle choices. Feeding the body with nature’s bounty of whole foods creates body cells that literally vibrate with topnotch health. Whole health, living in rhythm
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