Healthy and Unhealthy Liver

I was drinking a glass of “turmeric-lime aid” with a woman I met at the Tree Of Life Café (see video), and we began a discussion about the secrets of becoming/staying healthy. As I told her, in my experience health is factored by your body’s response to:

1. Your thoughts
2. How you move your body
3. Your nutrient intake
4. How efficiently you remove your accumulated toxicity

Being a busy person, she then asked me the best way to remove toxicity. Although there are many ways to do so, I feel that the biggest return on your investment of time and personal energy is by doing a Liver (& Gallbladder) Flush. That is why my partner Elaina Love and I choose to incorporate a Liver flush as a regular part of our life. They can be done once a month for a dramatic increase in overall wellbeing, and in fact some people have done several in a row with our program.

How often do we change the oil in our car? How often do we clean our bathroom? How often do we wash the outside of our bodies? How often do we clean the INSIDE of our bodies?

This is a concept that has been all but completely lost in our society. When we look at the older traditions and religions, we find that just about every one of them includes a period of “spiritual” fasting, usually at least once a year. This gives the body an opportunity to cleanse, detoxify, and rejuvenate itself. These cycles are important to maintain, and for reasons I don’t really understand (fast food?, soda? pop tarts?), we have moved away from those traditions.

So what do we do? We can take the wisdom of the ancients and combine them with modern science and technology, and as a result we have the protocol for our Liver/Gallbladder flush. The system is unique to Vivapura/Pure Joy Planet, ie, myself and Elaina, although we have incorporated many elements of other successful protocols. Together, Elaina and I have done 26 Liver flushes (her 18 and me 8).

We feel so strongly that this is the #1 best way to detoxify the body, we started an online tele-course that we use to coach others. Our next flush is Sunday, March 13, to Sunday, March 20, 2011. If you are interested or know someone who is, please send them to http://vivapura.net/Liver-Flush-Teleclass-March-2011

Jeff and Chris at Chakra4 in Phoenix

Many of you know my story. After spending 15 years in corporate America in the greater Philadelphia/New York/Baltimore area, I basically withdrew from my competition in the “rat race”. My family sold just about everything we owned, and moved to Patagonia.

As a recovering consultant for other companies, I continued to maintain my passion about business in the US while at the same time pursuing a more spiritual path. What I came to realize is that the two need not be different.

I read many books on the link between business and spirituality, and embraced the concept of “Sacred Commerce”. It was that spirit from which Vivapura was born. She came not from us, but through us, and I work with her for our mutual growth. It was while running Vivapura that I personally discovered what it means to run a business “from the heart”.
While we have certainly had our share of challenges (ie, opportunities), we have always endeavored to maintain our perspective, that our business is also a path for personal evolution.

Not long ago, I met someone who is also passionate about redefining what it means to have a “spiritual” business. He is Jeff Goodman, the creator of Career Hearted™, a class that I took in January, and thoroughly enjoyed. In the three day seminar, Jeff invites you to look at your business as a unique “energetic being”. He then helps you examine it from the perspective of the 7 chakras. From your financials (1^st chakra) to your marketing (5^th chakra) to each of the others, you see your company from a new perspective, and can begin to discover what’s missing. If you would like participate, tell them you heard about it from me and you will receive a 20% discount. I don’t receive anything from this, I am simply passing on what I think is an excellent opportunity and experience. http://careerhearted.com/ (Click on the Friends tab and use the password FRIENDS to get the discount)

Whatever you are in your career, I feel it is important to recognize the lessons that are being taught to us in each moment, and that our business can indeed be a path for spiritual transformation.

Probably one of the most personal issues in our lives is deciding what to eat on a regular basis. There is so much conflicting information and confusing advice out there. Many health experts are touting their recommendations for healthy living and out of that can come judgment and guilt. I have many friends how are dealing with weight issues and health issues, and while I believe in my heart that one’s diet is a primary factor, I also realize that our personal history, beliefs and addictions (both conscious and unconscious) all play a very important factor.

IMHO, there are too many “should” and “shouldn’ts”, which at its worst form turns into dogma. When our food choices become fanatical, I feel that we have lost our way a bit.
Every person has a unique physiological and metabolic system. We all have our own person journey of health and wellness, or lack thereof. We have our stories and beliefs, and all of our past choices are mostly the best we could do given the things we believed at that time.

So when it comes time for me to advise people, I choose to honor the journey that they have been on, and realize that what works for me will not work for everyone, and the highest outcome for each person depends on meeting that person where they are and where they choose to be.

Peace.

And while I’m talking about Erika and the blog, I am totally loving to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of Erika moving to Patagonia. The impact she has made to our company is not only beyond measure, it’s actually totally within measure. Our sales dramatically increased the month after she arrived, and due to her impact, we have seen strong growth ever since.

This blog had fits and starts until she took it under her wing. Looking at the recipe photos, has anyone figured out how awesome a chef she is? Well, I have the pleasure of tasting many of the finished treats featured here, and I can tell you, it’s worth the trip to Patagonia if you are ever thinking about visiting (please call ahead first).

If you are a regular customer, chances are quite dandy that Erika remembers you. Don’t believe me? Next time you call the store, ask her. “Remember me? I got some Spirulina Crunchies and other stuff, like, 3 months ago or sumpin-like-dat.” See what she says

And just because I’m the CEO, that doesn’t mean that Erika won’t tell it like it is. That’s what I love about this environment, I encourage that the truth be told, even if it’s uncomfortable or inconvenient. So I expect to be told that I can’t post this because it’s over the top or something. Maybe it is. Perhaps we should just get her an iPad and forgo the whole public-blog-kudos-thing. Of course, if you are reading this, it passed!

Thanks Erika. We love you.

Chris Whitcoe