Winter Juice Feast. Day 5. Citrus Spice Juice and a Detox Bath.

What a very strange day! I’ve really been working on remembering my dreams when I wake up, sometimes they feel insignificant but sometimes I can’t help but think there is something hidden underneath the surface. Last nights dream was particularly disturbing, I won’t go into all the details but there was a food element (as there often is when I’m fasting). Right before I woke up, my dream self was face down in a bowl of ground beef and onions. I woke up with the taste in my mouth and a sort of filmy feeling in my head and body. It took me awhile to shake the odd feeling of sadness and even after colon cleansing, yoga, and some juice I really just felt reclusive and unmotivated. Thankfully it was my day off! I’m about to take a piping hot bath and sweat out some toxins with this Detox Bath Remedy:

2 cups epsom salts

1 cup baking soda

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

5 drops each lavender and lemongrass essential oils

I’ve been planning this concoction all day and can’t wait to follow it up with a freezing cold shower and a long night of sleep! By the way, although I’m not doing it tonight, one of my biggest Winter pleasures is a cold juice (or banana ice cream for non fasting times!) and a hot bath. To really warm up, cayenne is amazing:

Citrus Spice Juice

3 oranges

3 apples

1/2 tsp cayenne

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

2 drops Ginger Essential Oil or 1/2 tsp ginger powder.

Today’s Juice Feast: 38 oz orange/apple juice with turmeric and cayenne powders and ginger essential oil, 32 oz carrot/kale/beet apple, 32 oz tomato/red onion/cilantro/lemon, 32 oz apple/orange/pomegranate, 3 Tbsp bee pollen, a cup of veggie broth.

P.S. This is the first juice fast day in ages that I’ve had hardly more than a gallon to drink! Strange. I usually down a gallon and a half easy.