This past Sunday I reached the 90 day marker of my new discipline–no white sugar. I made it through my nephew’s wedding, the stress of travel and the triggers of family, as well as the spring deadlines for solstice and remained true to my commitment to my Self. There are many other changes I need to make around food and self-care but this initial habit has now been confirmed–and with less effort than I thought.
Turns out, for people like me, it’s actually easier to just eliminate things than try to control them or moderate them. I’m still meditating on that truth and how it impacts my life as a whole versus how ‘normal’ people can live and operate. But for now, I’m just leaning into it and praying for the willingness to apply that same principle to other parts of my life as well.
Moderation may be a virtue but it’s an impossible one for someone like me. My body and mind and spirit demand a clarity, an all or nothing approach that others don’t. This isn’t fanaticism; but instead a deep surrender to the truths of how I’m wired–body, mind and spirit. I’ve decided to consider it a gift; because as it happens, I’m wired to be a yogi and it truly is a gift.
If you have a similar gift, I suggest bowing to it. I’ve fought my entire life to be ‘like other people’. But when I quit fighting my own nature, life became much easier and the disciplines I’ve longed to incorporate become simply living–and no discipline at all, just being in the flow.
Breathe in. Breathe out. Live your truth. Life becomes so much easier to live. Who knew?
spkk
I have had the same experience as you when it comes to sugar and I, as you did, drew the conclusion that I’m hardwired as a yogi – I’m just sensitive and that’s that, and I’m thankful for the challenge because it has elevated my life. Because I can’t just have “a little” – that “a little” soon grows to a lot. It’s just my body not being able to process those amounts of sugar that food today contains. Thanks to serious health issues I made the decision to quit sugar last october. I also cut out all fruit – I’m now slowly experimenting with an apple here or there. We’ll see if even that is realistic. What I found was that when I cut out sugar everything in my body started to regulate itself and my original personality started to emerge. I also had to begin facing all the pain I’d been pushing away by being high on sugar. This is also the point where my spiritual hunger made itself known.
My experience has been that green leafy vegetables take away sugar cravings – juicing or making a green smoothie with cucumber, mangold, celery and some lemon to take away the “green” taste is the best reward for the body – it detoxifies and nourishes deeply.
All the best on your sweet yogic sugarfree journey!
Sat Nam,
Pia
Inspirational!!!
yes the sweetness in leafy greens really begins to come through when you don’t have white sugar in your diet. I add greens powder to my smoothies and it almost makes it too sweet any more. I haven’t cut out frut in my diet, because a lot of diet is made of raw nuts and some fruits, but not more than 1 piece a day usually–at most two.
Dealing with the emotional pain once supressed by sugar is an entirely new journey toward the self and the soul. But I find that even when it’s scary sometimes, it’s much free place to be in my life. I experience my own liberation in new, more grounded way, each day.
Happy to have companions on this journey and thank you for the inspiring words.
spkk