Yoga simply makes me so happy - that every single time when I practice, I feel loved, secured, safe, joyful and blissful.

The saying “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” has many a time popped up in my head - during the times when I’m feeling lazy or groggy after a long day. This can be oh so true!

However without fail, I always carry out my practice. having the faith that it can only make me feel better and I’m gonna start singing again after even just 15min!

And the Universe has never ever disappointed me - time and time again my belief proved to be worthy of its faith.

These are some of the more common ones which I can identify all the time as my reasons for not missing a single day of Yoga: -

1) I can use my knees to press the lift with both my hands full of groceries

2) I can use my foot to open the fridge door with a tray in a hand and a large fruit in the other (can you imagine how much time I saved?)

3) I can now keep fit and toned WITHOUT worrying and dealing with the sports injuries I used to suffer from long distance running and wake-boarding. Honestly, doing Yoga now is all I need to maintain flexibility, stamina, body toning and spiritual well-being.

4) I don’t have to rely on machines for facial firming and lifting - because now my daily beauty practice includes specific Asanas to prevent wrinkles, pumps oxygen into and rejuvenates the face! I simply put on my home-made herbal face pack, and do the Head Stand, Wala!

5) I literally use Yoga to manage my emotions! Emotions are energy, and also a state of mind. We need to channel the bad ones, like fear, anger, pain, worry etc out of the mind and body, and Yoga is one of the quickest ways to achieve this purpose.

6) I don’t need to wear heels to look taller. Yoga stretches my joints so my muscles are standing tall and strong all the time! And I don’t need to worry about shrinking when I grow old because Yoga builds strong bones in me.

7) I don’t need to worry about losing hair because I can do poses which oxygenate my head, and also bring blood with nutrition into hair follicles.

I don’t need to spend money to buy different size clothes as I grow older because Yoga continues to regulate my figure and maintains it at optimal size.

9) I can wear shirts which I bought 10 years ago, because firstly I did not put on weight compared to my youth, and secondly I look young enough to pull of the same look! LOL

10) I simply LOVE it whenever I experience that sweet ache of stretching when I’m deeply in the posture, its so divinely enjoyable and delicious that I can almost drool… You’ve got to try it and then you’ll know what I mean!

What are YOUR reasons for practicing Yoga?

No reason?

It may mean its time to try it for yourself! As usual, don’t believe a word I say, but don’t discount me until you tried and tested it yourself

Light, Love and Lots of Laughter
(C) Copyright 2008-2010, Linda Loo

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Water Is Vital, When Life Takes A Toll
When Tears Are Falling, Just Go With The Flow

My Fire Within, Exists For A Reason
To Re-Learn Passion, Only Look At The Children

Don’t Take Air For Granted, Its Everything I Have
Problems Can Dissolve, With The Power Of My Breath

Space And Light And What’s Beyond, Sometimes Known As Ether
Not So Unreachable, If Only My Mind Will Settle

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Most of us are one of the above ie. we say the most number of sentences containing “I LOVE it when this and this happen, or so and so says this…” or “I HATE it when people does this this this, say that that that….”

Observe yourself for a few days and determine which one you belong to.

If you are a Lover, congratulations! You will get more and more things to “Love” about as the Universe literally manifests what you keep narrating out loud.

If you are a Hater, well…, this could be the reason that the Universe guided you to this article perhaps?

Whatever we focus on, keep reading and saying out loud, will simply feed on itself and grow larger, bigger and stronger. This can be anything - a goal, a thought, a fear, love for someone, laughter and so on…

The Cosmic Systematic Law is one which is Universal and Unbiased ie. it applies the same to everybody regardless of social status, wealth, education and race.

Did you notice how people who are always happy and cheerful continue to have things to laugh about? They literally land blessings on their lap by unconsciously manifesting the happy things into their life.

What You Seek, You Shall Find.

If you keep looking for love, humor, cheer and light, you will find them! When you look for compassion and softness, you will see them everywhere. And the Cosmic Law continues to give them to you, because that is a system which runs by itself.

But if you look for faults, things to go wrong, qualities and characteristics which irritates you, then they will never stop following you. They simply grow and grow, until one day they overwhelm you.

Feed What You Want To Grow
Starve What You Want To Die

If you wish for more peace, harmony and beauty in life, start appreciating these qualities in others. See the beautiful body parts of people instead of judging their imperfections; appreciate and magnify every deed of kindness and act of love you spot outside.

Praise your partner/loved one/spouse/parent/friends when he/she does something sweet like going to the airport to meet you after a flight. Simply jump for joy at any chance you have to celebrate whenever something you “Love” turns up in your life.

And very soon, you will find that you have a never ending list of things to “I LOVE…” about!

For now, I’m gonna challenge you to a game - for every single day of this coming week, identify at minimum of 5 things you love about, and then rave about them out loud. You can share with your friends, family, colleagues etc.

Your sharing does not have to be dramatic; just normal simple good-natured conversations. Be consistent with the 5 things, do it with your heart, soul and really feel it from the heart. Even if you happen to be living in environment with negative people, say it to yourself in the mirror. Look at yourself for acknowledgment - it works equally well too.

And see, by the weekend, if you can notice that the number of good things that you love, is turning up more often!

As always, don’t believe a word I say; but don’t discount any of my words until you try it on yourself!

Cheers to Your Dynamic Life, Abundant Light and Energy
(C) Copyright 2008-2010, Linda Loo

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All chocolate bars, candies, nougats and other derivatives are made from the super-power almighty cacao bean, which are harvested from inside the cacao fruit. Yes, chocolate grows on trees!

If you have noticed how chocolate balances your hormones, appetites and moods (perfect for that after-break-up-cheer-me-up!), you are not alone, and you are very close to the divine truth.

The cacao, is what I would call a SUPER SUPER food - the ancient tribes used it as a sacred offering, some pray to it, some use it in concocting medicines for healing various diseases, others use it as a secret beauty trick.

There is not only something special in the cacao bean; but MANY special properties which enable it to have healing, rejuvenating, anti-aging, immune-boosting, hormone-balancing, slimming, beautifying and strengthening impacts on a person after consumption.

1) Hundreds of Chemicals for Health

Besides a truckload of beneficial nutrients for health, cacao is especially high in magnesium, sulfuriron, chromium, tryphtophan and anti-oxidants. Each of these are indispensable in the pursuit of health, longevity and lasting youth.

2) Incredible Minerals for Beauty

The top beauty mineral contained in abundance is Sulfur - which gives beautiful hair, strong nails, young and radiant skin. On top of it all, it makes the liver and pancreas function optimally. No wonder the Mayans worshiped it!

3) MAO Inhibitors

This stands for Monoamine Oxidase Enzyme Inhibitors. Studies have shown that these MAO inhibitors which are present in Cacao beans helps to diminish and control appetite and cravings. The famous Dr Gabriel Cousens has also confirmed that MAO inhibitors encourage anti-aging effects and rejuvenation in an experiment conducted in 2008.

4) Contains PEA and Anandamide

PEA stands for Phenylethylamine - which is the chemical we produce when we are in love. When you eat cacao, you become constantly in love! Remember how we become all charged up, feeling nice and romantic whenever we fall in love? Imagine all the rosy cheeks, radiant skin and shining eyes, youthful looks constantly for the rest of your lives regardless of whether you are single or not!

Anandamide is a blissful chemical produced naturally by our bodies when we are feeling happy and great. Cacao enzyme inhibitors keeps this chemical in our body around longer, while adding onto it its own natural reserve of Anandamide. When a person feels blissful and happy, he does more good, makes more peace, shares more love. No wonder the ancients say cacao is a spiritual food!

(And do you know that the Sanskrit word for Bliss is “Ananda”? It was an interesting finding for me when I saw this; seems like the ancient Indian ascetic masters knew quite a few things about all these age-reversing and youth-boosting advantages too!)

5) Boost metabolism, increase fitness stamina, and aids natural weight loss

Try it on yourself! Raw cacao speeds up the body’s natural metabolism, and makes you burn fat even while resting. And when you take it before exercise, you can literally feel the energy swoon to the sky!

Having said that, it is important to note that only raw cacao has this benefit. The conventional roasted and processed chocolate products piles on more fat than it helps to burn because of the sugar, milk and hydrogenated fats.

Some important pointers to look out for while consuming cacao:

1) Only go for Raw Cacao

The conventional chocolate products have been roasted, cooked, processed and modified to be very far away from what Nature intended for us to consume.

First of all, cacao has what we call theobramine (same family with caffeine, but different substances and has effects). This is also what perks us up when we eat cacao. Studies conducted have shown that raw and roasted theobramine has very different results on the body!

Experiments conducted on myself presented the same facts. I feel the greatest on raw cacao. There is an unmistakable feeling of “congestion” even if I were to eat the purest, finest quality, natural almost 100% dark chocolate bar. The ingredients in this commercially sold chocolate bar is only cacao butter, cacao powder, and nemera sugar (a kind of natural pure sugar). Almost, I would say, raw. But of course, we all know that it was roasted.

2) Go for pure and natural dark chocolate if Raw Cacao is not available to you

Have you noticed that there are more and more dark chocolate with lesser and lesser sugar, addictives, milk etc on the market today?

Yes, our world is evolving. Of course, these are still far away from my best choices; but when raw cacao is really not available to where you are located, then opt for the most natural and least adulterated chocolate options.

Milk and dairy not only spoil the benefits of pure raw cacao; but these are substances which the body has to eliminate. A food should enhance the energy of the person after consumption, not take away.

Read your labels carefully when shopping for conventional chocolate.

But fret not! Raw cacao is now available in Singapore. You can now experience the power of raw cacao without traveling to the States!

Send us an order enquiry to info@rawfoodlifestyles.com today to grab your pack of anti-aging and slimming secret now!

Ladies, buckle up and join me in this adventure into the Cacao WonderLand! There is no turning back, because we simply can’t imagine living any other way!

Love, Light, Laughter
From The Cacao Monster Linda Loo

(C) Copyright 2008-2010, Linda Loo

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What would your answer sound like?

“I’m Bob, I’m a lawyer/doctor/banker/director of so-and-so company…” or

“I’m Lily, I’m a mother of 3, married for 5 years…” or

“I’m a multi-billionare living in a castle in Hollywood/I’m the wife of so-and-so” or

Minus away the social identities, family responsibilities, ego identities, emotional bodies, predicaments and encounters etc, what is left behind?

Do you know why they say that the eyes are the windows to our souls?

I think the person who first said this puts it pretty aptly. The eyes are indeed, openings into the core being which inter-connects all life.

When you stand in a crowded hall, and your eyes are looking elsewhere. When your gaze meets another person who is also gazing into your eyes, you feel a connection. You know distinctly that you both are looking at each other, into each others’ eyes. This is the connection between souls.

And what does that make you and me?

Spiritual beings, or in Science, we are bodies of energy. This energy can be measured in terms of vibration.

We are Spirit Beings, borrowing this body for a finite period of Earth years, making a journey through this Life.

What is the difference between me and you, or me and a less fortunate physically disabled person?

In my opinion, the only difference is that we each have chosen different lessons to learn, different experiences to go through, and we bring with us our individual special unique talents and gifts to deliver.

What then, does being alive mean?

As long as we are breathing alive and present on this Earth, there is something for us to do; a message for us to deliver perhaps, or a gift or value-add to bring forth to our common folks to better their lives.

Regardless of what we are born with, where we are born, how we look and how much money we have, we all have one common objective in Life - and that is to fulfill what we have chosen to come here to do.

And until an individual discovers this ultimate goal, true joy and passion cannot be experienced and liberated. It seems like a New Age Combo - but Passion, Peace, True Joy and Being Alive seems to be indispensable without one other.

The easiest way to discover our true purpose in Life is first of all to ask ourselves - what are the things and activities which fire us up, makes us forget everything else when we are in it. It must be something in which we lose track of time and space when we are in it. Because we were so engrossed with it, while we were doing this thing, we involve all Body, Heart and Spirit simultaneously. And there is no room for fear, insecurity, ego and all other artificial road blocks created by our Mind.

It could be reading, dancing, singing, writing, photography, designing, teaching, and so on, the list is probably endless. And for some people it need not be only one; it could be a two or three or more.

When we know that this is “it”, the next step would be to think of ways to engage in this activity, while generating value add for the greater good of Mankind. Always think for the “Greater Good” of everybody, in all Integrity, Honesty and Authenticity, and act according to our Heart.

We have come to a New Age where callings to the Heart are getting louder. To achieve a Quantum Leap in Global Consciousness soon enough, the voices are getting louder each day. We have acted upon the wishes of our Mind to bring the world to current circumstances; what got us here won’t get us there.

Contrary to what most people feared about, acting according to our Heart is not as disastrous as it seems. In fact, I think that listening to the Mind has a higher risk of damaging consequences than to the Heart.

What does your Heart call out to you? The voice has always been there; in fact, your True Master lies inside of you. What you have been searching so frantically outside to complete you, can all be found within you. Is that beautiful or beautiful?!

How you spend the first and last waking 10 min of the day, is more important than anything else.
Begin each day, with a silent conversation with yourself. Before you rush to get out of bed, or better still the moment you realize you are awake and before you open your eyes or move, ask yourself silently “Who Are You?”, and then wait for the answer. When you are more used to it, you may also proceed to “Why Are You Here and What Do You Bring…?”

The answer, I promise, will come. Maybe not immediately, some take days, some take months or years. But I assure that if you listen hard enough, you will know.

And when your Heart is aligned with your Spirit and Body for the Greatest Good of Mankind, you will be looking at an awesome time of your life - you are a truly Dynamic, Liberated, Alive and Passionate individual!

Cheers to Your Passion and Divinity

(C) Copyright 2008-2010, Linda Loo

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Raw Foods have Love and Life
Laughter from Divine
And they’re all from Mother Earth

Foods are aplenty
Which pleases the palates
But how many nourish my soul?

If you still wonder
What’s so great with Raw Foods
They have LOVE, they have LIGHT
THAT’S WH…Y…..

Da da da di da da dooo
Choose Life, Choose Love, Choose Light, Choose RAW!

(C) Copyright 2008-2010, Linda Loo

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Raw foodists are not immortals; we are still very much humans! The difference probably lies in our better functionality, age-defying looks and higher than normal endurance levels.

But if pushed to the max, our bodies break down just like last time while we were eating conventional foods, although it takes a bit longer!

I continue to be amazed by the healing and rejuvenation powers of Organic Green Superfood Pure Synergy. Just 1 heaping Tbs into my smoothie gives me such obvious effects on both physical and mental levels.

Due to a run in schedule and insufficient rest, I could feel my body threatening to give way. But just this morning I added an extra serving of Pure Synergy (which I’d forgotten to take for the previous few days!), and I literally felt my body descending in alkalinity.

I could feel the drop in body temperature, which went up slightly due to prolonged working, computer radiation and insufficient sleep.

And I just absolutely have to post this for you to read.

If there is only 1 Green Superfood I can choose, it will be Pure Synergy for sure!

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