Teaching Classes

There are several classes I am looking into teaching. Here are a few of them:
TCM-
An overview of basic helpful points. A series of good points to know for stomach aches, headaches, muscle spasms, charley horses, constipation, sore eyes, sore ears, low energy, PMS, poor circulation, fever, kidney stones, breathing issues, and emotional crisis. The history of Chinese Medicine and some of the basics of Chinese Medicine--five element theory, organ meridians and times of day, yin and yang, and organ pairings will all be discussed.

Traditional Chinese Medicine--
Support for the Great Nurturer/Healer. This class will take a TCM approach to the spleen. Spleen has the power to help your lower back flourish, your sweet cravings all but dissappear, and turn your time spent worrying too much into time spent in greater tranquility and balance. Learn how to thrive by taking up more space in your world, by giving what it is your joy to give, and sensing where to draw the line. This class will go over self massage, diet practices, and sleep strategies that are possible for the spleen, based on the ancient practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Traditional Chinese Medicine-
Ancient Medicine for insomnia and decision making.
This class will take a TCM approach to the Gallbladder. Taking better care of your gallbladder can help you resolve long standing hamstring, leg pain and side pains. The Gallbladder has the power to help you make timely decisions with grace and confidence. It also can help you to let go of an over-critical mindset, and enter into the healing, relationship building space of non-judgement with friends and loved ones. Got insomnia? Gallbladder can help here too. In this class we will learn some self massage, diet and routine strategies that can care for the all-important GB. Even if you have had your gallbladder removed, this is an excellent class to make sure to attend.

Traditional Chinese Medicine--
Exploring the Dream maker, the Leader, the Shaman within.
This class will take a TCM approach to caring for the Liver. Make use of the wood energy of the Liver to help you to dream more vividly, get control of your anger, and energize your life, so that you can better manifest your dreams in the world. If you're seeing red all the time, it could be your liver that needs nurturing. Become more of a leader in your own life by exploring the strengths of this organ. This class will cover some healthy practices for encouraging your liver's natural balance through pressure points, diet and other wellness routines.

Traditional Chinese Medicine--
The home of Chi, safety and sexual vitality in the body. The kidney in Chinese Medicine, is the home of your life energy, your Chi. Learn how to help these and other organs in your body to all cooperate in creating a safe home within and a safe space in your life. Strengthen your Kidneys, so that they in turn can empower you to face your fears and move past them, super-energize your day, everyday, and turn those aching knees into a problem of the past.

Traditional Chinese Medicine--
Good medicine for letting in and letting go.
Look to the lung to help you grieve and let go of a loved one, relax your OCD, and have the faith to let go of control in small ways in your life. Lung helps you have beautiful, healthy skin, and a clearer and freer breathing experience too. Look to your Large Intestine when you are ready to learn how to let go--of bad habits, of people, of arguments, of possessions that want to possess you, or a tendency to give up too easily. Taking care of your large intestine means letting go, with moderation, and 'letting go' of digestion issues from Constipation to Diarrheah to IBS as well.

Raw Cuisine-

An introduction to raw eating. This 7-day class will show you some basic meal plans you can try with ease, and without a lot of specialized equiptment. Raw Alfredo and Zucchini Linguini; Raw Pad Thai; Raw energy bars; Three-Layer Mexican Dip, Green Energy Smoothies and Green Soups will all be covered.

Going further with Raw Cuisine. This 5-day class will introduce you to further practices of raw cuisine. Participants will learn how to use a spirooli, a dehydrator, a blender and a mandoline to make creative and delicious raw meals. We will cover how to make Jicama Fries and Raw Katsup, Onion Bread, Veggie Burgers, Spagetti Marinara, and Raw Lasagna.

Sweet Tooth in the Raw. This 5-day class will show you how to make delectable desserts with zero guilt! We will use the low-glycemic index, raw sweetener called Agave, as well as the superfood Raw Cacao, and great-for-your-health Coconut Oil to make some mouth watering sweet treats. Chocolate Tarts, Strawberry Pie, Haupia, Fruit Parfaits, and Sweet Potato Pie are all on the menu.

Macrobiotic

An introduction to Macrobiotic Cuisine and the principals of Macrobiotic eating. Attendants will learn how to balance each meal for health and well being. How to evaluate what you need for maintaining your optimum health. Feeling airy and wanting to feel more grounded? Feeling dense and worried, but wanting to feel more expansive? Find out the right foods to eat to balance out your moods. As part of the class, everyone will get to take part in a delicious Macrobiotic Dinner.

Going further with Macrobiotics. In this 7 day class we will be learning more about how to cook your grains and ferment your foods. We will get to sample some various pressed salads and fermented foods. Participants will learn how to set up their own indoor kitchen garden, complete with sprouts, herbs, saurkraut, kim chee, yogurt and miso.

The Alewives Kitchen. Going further with Fermented Foods. This class will look at the ancient practices and recipes of Midievil England, How Alewives made beers that were above all for health, and how we too can make these recipes. Also in this class we will cover the making of super healthy Kombucha Tea.

Tumeric, Aloe, Apple Cider Vinegar, Coconut Oil, Spirulina. Some of my favorite health foods to integrate into diet, and why.

Acupressure and memory- a powerpoint slide presentation on the relationship between acupressure and memory. A brief series of pressure points for improved memory will be demonstrated, and my research study showing a correllation between acupressure points pressed and improved memory, using data from 20 college students at UH Manoa, will be discussed. This will be an interesting discussion for anyone interested in the brain and what is currently known about memory, as well as people with interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine and ways to improve memory with simple daily pressing of points.

Permaculture-
Workshop garden classes where attendants will learn by doing. In these classes, attendees will learn how to make:
Herb Spirals (a sloping spiral of herbs, where the dryest herbs are planted highest up, and the herbs that need the most water are planted at the bottom of the slope, so that water is used more efficiently)
Orchards and Tree Ecosystems (thinking about the right companion plants to plant around a tree, in order to strengthen that tree or many trees, as it creates its own micro-ecosystem, which in turn fertilizes, protects, and helps trap water for plants nearby)
Making a rotation compost heap (using a four square plan, and learning about proper compost chemistry--what to add, and how to add it, when to turn your heap, and how to tell if it's baking properly)
Compost Tea (using an already going-strong compost heap, 'gardeners gold', fish offal, and willow water, to make an excellent fortifying tea which you can use to water your plants and help them flourish)
Vermiculture (In this class we will all make our own earthworm bins. Participants will learn how to care and 'feed' their worms with everyday kitchen refuse, and in return, the worms will create 'gardener's gold', some very fertile fertilizer for your plants)
Willow Tea (Making and using willow tea to help cuttings to sprout roots, and build stronger, healthier tree and plant grafts)
Companion Planting--(Squash corn and beans, marigolds and greens, cleaning up waste water with irises. --This class will work on covering one or two examples of good companion planting systems, plants will be chosen that help retain rainwater, help fend off bugs, improve lighting situations, or offer structural support for climbing plants You will learn how helping plants to cooperate, can help your garden to be all it can be.)
Creating a wetland ecosystem (duck ponds and other examples of manmade wetlands can help a garden by creating a great sustainable source of compost materials and organic compost. Learn how to build a manmade wetland, and how to use it to help your garden irrigate and fertilize itself.)
Chicken Tractors-(How to build a moveable chicken yard. And why would you want to do this? By moving the chickens around your garden plot, square by square, you nourish the soil with chicken compost, you weed the ground using chicken scratch instead of human labor, and you feed your chickens, who in turn feed you.)


Radical Self Care- The tenets of RSC include Breath, Water, Gratitude, Intimacy, Wealth, Service, Elimination, Sleep, Movement, Nutrition, Forgiveness, Rest, Play, Self-Massage, Celebration, Radical Power and Radical Consciousness. In this class we'll get the chance to talk about habits surrounding these pillars, and how to develop in your own course towards evolving on this planet. This is a very practical course, looking at actions we can all choose in every moment. This is a program created by my teacher at Aloha Institute of Massage and Healing Arts, Elizabeth Reveley. Please visit the site at http://www.myradicalselfcare.com/ for more details. Every participant will recieve an ongoing monthly e-newsletter to help keep up their practice.

Self Massage- Dry Brush, Tennis Ball, Golf Ball, Stomach massage and oil massage techniques and daily routines for better health.

Disaster Relief and innovation--What the rest of the world can learn from Katrina, and put to use in our communities. A presentation and dialogue on my experiences in Post-Katrina New Orleans.

Cooperative living. Five examples about how people run communities in some very cooperative ways. From a hostel in the forest, to two Post-Katrina New Orleans emergency communities, to an arts co-opt, to a 15 person household and even larger kitchen share, to small groups of people living together in one shared household. How people find solutions and get along, have fun, share moments, share groceries, and share space.

Zero Waste and some ideas on how to get there.--A 4 day workshop covering some essentials of reuse. How to reduce your waste to near zero by creating 'garbage gardens', natural dyes, health and beauty products, fermented foods, compost heaps and creative crafts. Bring in a sample of your garbage on the last day and we will apply these techniques and get creative about what you can do with what you throw away. We will work on ways to log our creative use of garbage and discuss how to start your own blog on all the waste you have reduced.

Making your own custom-made beauty products Why not taylor your beauty products to your complexion and mood? Why not make them from household products and natural sources? From toothpaste, to shampoo, to face masks, to sugaring, to peels, to lotion. Create it for yourself, create it from all natural products. Sustainable cosmetics!

Community Klatches-- How to build trade circles that help us all to live more sustainably. An idea and discussion session with a panel of experts from the community. In this discussion we will get people talking about synergistic buisnesses as well, how people can cooperate to make more money for everyone, and have fun doing it.

Savoring Incense. The Midieval, Japanese and Native American practices of focusing your attention on incense and the way it makes you feel. Incense can encourage you to go for a run, meditate, get creative, heal, get in touch with your spirit, or open your heart. Some traditions believe that incense is a good way of communicating with and honoring those in the spirit world. Participants will learn how to properly burn natural incenses, and deeply notice their own physical and emotional responses to an incense experience. Much like a wine tasting or cheese tasting class, in that the subtleties of our senses will be explored in a very meditative way. Incenses covered will range from Cardamom pods, to star of anise, to sage, cloves, rosemary, sap, cedar, mugwort, damiana, sweetgrass, lavender, frankensense, and rose. A great class to pair with a nature walk.

Art and your inner Artist- Creative artistic play workshops. You bring your creativity, and we make a space for you--complete with huge rolls of paper and all the brushes and paints and pencils you could want. Directives include--using art to heal yourself, art as little altars, art as communication and connection, art as a savoring of moments past.

The Writers Workshop- A place to write, reflect, and get feedback. Every month we'll have directed writes on a different subject, supported with examples from literature, along with music, pictures, and other muses for our creative inspiration. A mini-class will be taught at the beginning of every workshop. Set goals and watch as your writing progresses over time. Some of the areas we will explore may include-Memoir and sense of self; becoming the myth-maker for your life; archetypes and how they help us understand life lessons; travel and what it means to us; snapshots of vibrantly alive moments; the written portrait--character studies; poems and photographs expanded; fables retold and updated; landscapes explored; what is our creative process--and what do some famous writers have to say about this; observing poignant synchronicities and putting them in your work; writing to heal and release emotions.

Ecstatic Dance Workshop- Groove to the music and learn how to go deep into self expression. Contact improvisation, dancing with the chakras, trusting your body, communicating with yourself and/or other people, is all part of the ecstatic dance experience. here's a weblink to Ecstatic Dance Oahu. http://www.ecstaticdancehawaii.com/Site/home.html

Detox Routines

OK, this article is going to cover a few good Detox routines.

Here is a site I like on Colon cleansing, where any good detox regime should start. The basics of a colon cleanse are taking a spoonful of bentonite clay and a spoonful of ground flaxseeds in the morning and evening, eating a high fiber or raw diet, and perhaps the addition of the herb cascara sagrada to encourage bowel movements. Finally, make sure to add probiotics to your diet daily before, during and after a colon cleanse. These probiotics can be anything from Kombucha, to saurkraut to kimchee to yogurt. It is also nice to pair a colon flush with colonics or enemas, coffee, herbal tea, salt water or yogurt enemas especially. There are recipes for these on this page.

A good Gallbladder/Liver Cleanse can be found at this site. I have had a couple of friends who have tried this and had excellent results, passed gallstones and felt great afterwards. I did a modified version of it and though I did not use a collandar to check for stones, I did feel a boost of energy after the cleanse.

Kidney Cleanse
To avoid kidney stones, liquids, herbal teas, and melons are the day to day helpers. The kidney cleanse I found here is basically a three day fast, surrounded on either side with a day of juice and raw salad fasting. It also recommends a recipe that was the same as the master cleanse recipe--a drink that included cayenne, distilled water, lemon juice, and maple syrup, to be drank every morning during the five day cleanse. They also have a soup that they call Potassium Soup, that includes potato peels, carrot peels, beets, onions, garlic, celery, dark greens, and hot pepper to taste. Parsley tea, cornsilk tea, watermelon seed tea, and celery seed tea are also all recommended on this site. I also really enjoyed reading about their remedy for kidney stones--to sit in the tub and eat 20-100kg of watermelon over the course of a day. Finally, here is Dr. Hulda's site on Kidney cleanse, with herbals. This is intended for people with kidney stones or lower back pain.


A Parasite Cleanse
Clarkia seems to have the most often reccommended cleanse product for parasites: a black walnut hull, clove, and wormwood tincture that can be both injested and added to an enema. This is supposedly capable of killing both the eggs and the parasites. I've also been told that parsley water makes a good parasite cleanse, as does avacado skin tea, a tea made from sliced up avacado hulls. According to curezone.com, Pumpkin seeds, Gentian Root, Black Seeds, Hyssop, Cramp Bark, Peppermint seeds, Thyme, Fennel Seed, and Grapefruit seeds, are all also reported to have parasite cleansing effects on the body.

Here's another good site on Gallbladder and Kidney cleanse, that includes information about Castor oil packs.

A Raw Food Cleanse
Juice #1- kale, collard green, dandelion green, parsley, cilantro, lemon, ginger apple, celery, and cucumber

Juice #2-carrot radish apple beet lemon

Juice #3-cucumber apple mint ginger

Juice #4-romaine lettuce, apple, ginger, kale stalks, lemon
Juice #5-carrot celery spinach parsley
Juice #6-tomato, green onion, carrot, green pepper, celery, spinach, parsley, lemon
Juice #7-apple, cucumber, parsley

Detox Broths
Broth #1-
3 carrots
3 kale leaves
2 celery
2 beets
1 turnip
½ bunch spinach
½ head cabbage
¼ bunch parsley
½ onion
2 garlic cloves
Broth #2-
onion
ginger
lemon
leek (1 whole leek)
Broth #3-
Ginger, carrot, celery, cabbage, spinach, pumpkin, squash, shitake, parsley
Broth #4 (alkaline broth)-
spinach, broccoli, celery, potato peels, zucchini
Broth #5-
Shitake, sweet potato, turnip, celery, parsnip, leek, cabbage, kale, parsley, ginger, basil, oregano, lemon
Broth #6-
potato, carrot, onion, beet, celery, parsley, garlic, dulse, sage


Cleansing Teas
#1-ginger, tumeric, lemon, maple syrup
#2-Peppermint, Red Clover, Fennel, Liquorice, Dandelion, Oregon Grape Root, Burdock Root, Chickweed, Parsley Root, Nettles
#3-Fennel Seed, Fenugreek, Flax Seed, Licorice Root, Burdock, Peppermint
#4-Yellow Dock Root, Dandelion Root, Liquorice Root, Red Sage, Sarsaparilla, Hyssop,
Pau de Arco, Milk Thistle Seed, Parsley Leaf
#5-peppermint leaves, dandelion root, allspice berries, ground ginger root, licorice root, cayenne pepper
#6- bancha tea
#7- yogi detox tea

Macrobiotic Cleanse
sample menu-
breakfast:
1)brown rice syrup and quinoa w/ baby carrot
2)fruit salad and wheat berries
3)oatmeal and walnut and cranberry
4)quinoa and brown rice syrup w/ baby carrot
5)oatmeal, brown rice syrup, raisins
snack:
cucumber
broccoli
radish
carrot

lunch:
1)miso soup w dashi, tofu, green onion and brown rice
2)mushroom soup (mushroom, kale, ses oil, onion, thyme, basil,veg broth, parsley)+ sesame dressing (sesame oil, vinegar, ginger, garlic, tamari, veg broth)+ green salad
3)parsley, barley, cherry tomato, lemon juice, basil salad
4)broccoli fennel blended soup (bean sprouts, snow peas, fennel, parsley, garlic, cilantro, dill, vegetable bouillon)+brown rice or pasta
5)cold noodle salad (rice vinegar, lime, pasta, carrot, cabbage, tamari, mustard powder, sesame oil, onion, ginger, cucumber, lime juice, lime zest)+sesame dressing and mixed greens

dinner:
1)broccoli ginger cauliflower barley
2)spagetti and kidney beans
3)polenta, miso soup, boiled chard
4)squash, zucchini, tamari, tempeh, onion, garlic, carrot, snap bean, ginger, oil+ one cucumber
5)quinoa salad (black bean, pepper, quinoa, red onion, sesame oil, parsley, cilantro, lemon juice)

snack:
almond cookies
almonds dry roasted
one apple

Ayervedic Cleanse

Upon rising

1/2 lemon squeezed into a glass of warm water
1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds in a glass of water

Breakfast

breakfast smoothie made with pear, rice milk and rice protein powder
supplements: vitamin C

Snacks

apple juice diluted with water
water
vegetable broth
celery sticks and hummus

Lunch

chunky vegetable soup made with vegetable stock and your choice of vegetables
steamed broccoli with sesame seeds and beets sprinkled with lemon juice on brown rice
apple sauce
supplements: multivitamin

Snacks

carrot sticks with hummus dip
water
supplements: milk thistle

Dinner

curried lentils on quinoa
salad with mixed greens, red peppers, artichokes and sprouts drizzled with salad dressing of garlic, lemon juice and olive oil
vegetable broth

Before bed

1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds in a glass of water

or, according to Ananda Clinic & Spa, you can Panchakarma, or detox, by figuring out your dosha and eating in one of the following ways:

Vata Pacifying Diet
Most important principles
Favor warm, cooked foods and hot beverages. Soft and unctuous foods, such as pasta, cooked cereals and soups should be favored over dry and crunchy foods. Raw vegetables should be avoided except in small amounts. Avoid cold drinks and frozen desserts (such as ice cream, Popsicles, frozen yogurt, etc.)

Pitta Pacifying Diet
Most important principles
Favor juicy, cooling foods with high water content. Avoid hot spices (chillies, cayenne, jalapeno peppers, etc.), alcohol, vinegar, fried foods, tomatoes, yogurt and cheese. Also, food should be fresh and organic if possible. Avoid leftovers, packaged, canned or bottled foods, processed foods, preservatives, artificial ingredients and salty foods. An asterisk * after the item means it is especially helpful to favor or to avoid that particular food.

Kapha Pacifying Diet
Most important principles
Favor warm foods and hot beverages. Eat a minimum of oil and fat. Avoid cold drinks, cold food, and frozen desserts (such as ice cream, popsicles, frozen yogurt, etc.) Avoid leftovers, canned, bottled, or packaged foods, frozen foods, processed foods, rich, creamy foods, sweets, salty foods and alcohol. Eat mainly freshly prepared vegetable and legume dishes, with proportionately smaller amounts of grains and fruits. The food should be spiced according to taste. An asterisk* after the item means it is especially helpful to favor or to avoid that particular food.

Vata Pacifying Diet without Heavy Foods
Use this diet if you have symptoms of both Vata and Kapha imbalance or you have symptoms of Vata imbalance with an overweight or ama condition.

Most important overall principles (no matter what your dosha)
Favor warm, cooked foods and warm beverages. Soft and moist foods, such as pasta, cooked cereals and soups should be favored over dry and crunchy foods. Raw vegetables should be avoided. Avoid cold drinks, iced drinks, frozen desserts (such as ice cream, popsicles, frozen yogurt, etc.,) caffeinated beverages and other stimulants, and carbonated beverages. All foods should be freshly prepared of fresh and ideally organic ingredients. Avoid leftovers, packaged, canned or bottled foods, processed foods, frozen foods, refined sweets and bakery products.

Hawaiian Cleanse
http://www.angelfire.com/sk/monkeypuzzle/hawaiiancleanse.html
or, just poi, taro, greens, ulu, sweet potato, and a little fish, with sea salt.
Just eating good sea salt, by itself, is a cleansing practice for hawaiian healers. As is sprinkling salt water over the person using a Ti leaf, as is chanting, or brushing the person with your own hands. Ho'o'pono'pono practitioners take family and inner problems of the person they are working on and cleanse again and again, using chanting and phrases like i'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you.

Soups for Health

Soups are so awesome! This week I want to take a look at three different kinds of soup: Soup that helps to heal (using tenets of Chinese Medicine), soups that help with detox, and soups that help to keep in balance (based on the soups of Sardinia, Okinawa, and 7th day Adventists, three of the oldest living populations on earth). First of all, Chinese Soups are amazing. My favorite TCM(Traditional Chinese Medicine) soups are Spleen drying, since I have a damp spleen myself. So I'm going to list a few recipes for damp spleen here:

http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-recipe/cabbage-and-chicken-soup.aspx

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:ytx6-IXOumEJ:www.nyctcm.edu/assets/recipes2.pdf+damp+spleen+soup&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a



Now I also want to take a gander at TCM soups for Gall Bladder issues, since I know a growing number of people with gallbladder issues. Those links are here:


Recipes

Beet, Carrot & Lemon “Love-Your-Liver” Salad
5 medium carrots, grated
Grate the carrots and beets finely and put in a large glass jar or pyrex food container (do not use plastic).
2 medium beets, grated
Squeeze the lemon juice and add to the beet/carrot mixture.
1 lemon, juiced
Add the olive oil and mix with a fork.
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil*
Or substitute hemp, flax or any omega 3-6-9 oil (these oils are best left out and added just before serving to prevent oxidation)
Refrigerate for a few hours and serve as a side salad or add to a green salad.
Tastes like mandarin oranges!


Dandelion Cocktail - Serves 3
1 ½ cups tomato juice
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Dash of Tabasco sauce


Recipe from: Schofield, Janet. Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, the Northwest. 1992.


Chinese Noodle Soup - Serves 4-6

2 cups noodles, cooked and drained (buckwheat soba noodles work well
4 cups vegetable broth
Heat broth and add carrots, onion and salt.
1 carrot, cut into flowers or thin diagonals
1 green onion, chopped Add greens and cook until bright-colored.
2 cups spring greens, finely cut (baby kale, beet greens, dandelion, parsely, spinach…)
½ cup sprouts
Sea salt or Tamari soy sauce to taste


Recipe adapted from: Pitchford, Paul. Healing With Whole Foods. 1993.


And finally, I want to look at kidney chi building soups.

1 pound black beans
1 bay leaf
1 large onion, sliced
Salt to taste
A few cloves of chopped garlic
1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
1 cup dry sherry (not cooking sherry)

Instructions

1. Pick over beans to remove any dirt, stones or foreign objects. Wash well, then soak for 8 hours in ample cold water.

2. Drain beans and cover with a generous amount of fresh water. Bring to a boil over high heat in a large saucepan with the bay leaf. Skim off foam, lower heat, and simmer, partially covered, until beans are just tender, about 1 hour.

3. Add onion and continue to cook until onion becomes extremely soft, about 1 more hour.

4. Add salt to taste and garlic. Continue to cook, adding a little boiling water if necessary, until beans are very soft, about 1-2 hours more.

5. Remove bay leaf and turn off heat. Ladle beans in batches into a blender or food processor and puree, or use an immersion blender and puree soup directly in the saucepan.

6. Add dry mustard powder and dry sherry. Correct seasoning. Reheat and serve, adding any garnishes you wish, such as slices of lemon or freshly chopped herbs.



All three of these have been issues of mine in the past, and are also issues for those I know and care for. My intention is that they help you, as well. You are someone I care for now too!


and for maintenance of health, here are a few Sardinian soups

Okinawan soup
and a 7th day Adventist soup

And here is the recipe for a good sounding health soup for Fall:
1.5 cups spring water
1.5 cups tonic herbal tea (pau d'arco, chanca pierda, rhodiola, astragulus root, burdock root, kava kava, cat's claw, horsetail, nettle leaf or root, oatstraw, noni leaf, alfalfa)
1 tbsp Earth
2 tbsp miso (South River brand in glass)
2 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 stalk celery
2 cloves garlic
1-1.5 tbsp kelp powder
pinch of habanero or cayenne
sprinkle of turmeric powder
sprinkle of chia seeds and hemp seeds
sprinkle cordycepts mushroom powder
...blend on high in a good blender
top with diced avocado, parsley, and grated black peppercorns
optional-add kyolic aged garlic and lemon juice.