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| Sarah, Carrie, Chase and me with our ginger blasts |
A ginger blast, that is. At
Avellino's, my favorite coffee shop, they also offer homemade food, drinks of all sorts, and this wonderful little shot glass filled with a concoction of grated ginger (lots of it), honey, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice. When you order one, the staff all take one as well, and here we are getting ready to quaff our ginger blasts. It burns all the way down but feels really good, too. Some people order it in a cup with hot water and sip it, but I haven't tried that yet.
Thanks to keeping a blog for so long, I was able to look back to find out when I started doing the
Five Tibetan Rites on a regular basis, and where I learned about them. I wrote about it on my other blog
here, almost two years ago now. Since there's only one of me, I can't actually tell if they have made much difference in my health or youthful appearance (which is debatable), but I have noticed one curious thing that might be a side effect: I've had to stop taking my blood pressure medication because my BP kept going down. I've always had a BP monitor at home to keep track of it, because it's been very high since 2000.
When I'd check in at the doctor's office, it was running around 90/60, so gradually I began to take less and less, first taking a pill every other day instead of daily, and then every third day. I've been off it completely for a couple of months now and monitor my BP at home. Yesterday it was 101/68, so I guess I won't take it any more unless it spikes for some reason. My doctor suggested the gradual decrease, but I'm skeptical about why it's gone down. I have weighed within the same five-pound range for several years now, so that's not the reason. Whatever, I'll take it. Less medication is always better.
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| My front porch view |
When I laid down on my front porch yesterday to do the second rite, I happened to look up and see my beautiful geraniums highlighted by the sun with little puffy clouds behind, so I took this picture to remind myself, during the dark days of winter, that this is the flip side. Bliss!
:-)
Just did those poses tonight in Rob's yoga class. Didn't know they had a name! Gorgeous geraniums!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of you, and the whole shop having a blast together.
ReplyDeleteAnd your geraniums. And those delightful puffy clouds.
Returning your hugs - with interest.
Good for you on lowering your blood pressure. And keeping it low. I'm sure it's the exercising. My cardiologist said WALKING is the best thing. And you hike and walk so often...it's doing a 'world of good'.
ReplyDeleteAwesome geraniums....you don't wanna see MINE...they don't like our hot days.
I'd have to try that blast too. It looks like fun to try it with the staff and friends.
ReplyDeleteGreat blood pressure result. The Tibetan rites look interesting too. Such a great post!
That blst sounds way beyond my comfort zone but I was very interested in the Tibetan rites. Maybe that's something I should start doing.
ReplyDeleteThose Tibetan Rites sound interesting. I take medication for high blood pressure and would love to ditch the drugs. I'll have to look into this.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the ginger blast supposed to do for you? Is it an energy drink or does it detox your system? Sounds easier to take in a shot glass--LOL!
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear your blood pressure has gone down and you could get off the pills! That's marvelous! Congrats! Whatever the reason, but it well might have been the meditations. :)
Sounds like a good thing for the Ginger Blast. Well, ginger is good for you. My Mum always was mixing ginger with something, so she would try this. Hey, I would too. I have been away for a bit, but popping in today and hope to catch up. Good news about your blood pressure. The only time mine goes up is when I have a Doctors Appt. ?? ha,ha Have a wonderful day DJan.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for adding more stretching moves to my routine. As I'm a very tight person for some reason. I certainly can't blame it on my stress free life. I clicked through to the Wikipedia link. I'm going to see if I can figure them out. Maybe this is your secret DJan! You're such a good role model for good health.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the ginger blast helps with you BP. I am still struggling with those BP meds, waiting for the Insurance to clear the one without yellow dye. The bumes want me to take the generic which has a yellow dye.
ReplyDeleteYour geraniums are stunning! :)
Great for keeping the BP down. the tibetan rites sound interesting. I'll have to check them out.
ReplyDeleteYour top number seems high to me although the bottom number is low. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteGinger blast! Never heard of it, but sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteI have a theory about youthful appearances. The more positive your attitude, the more youthful a person appears! It almost makes the wrinkles disapear. You certainly fall in the category of positive attitudes :-)
Know you are a stronger woman than me to chug that ginger blast. Sounds pretty stout.
ReplyDeleteI may have to look into those Tibetan Rites. If you have done nothing different but those and your BP has
normalized--I'd give them the credit and keep doing them. Kudos.
Not thinking I want to try that ginger blast.
ReplyDeleteGood for you for lowering your blood pressure naturally!
really glad your bp is naturally level now...
ReplyDeleteThe more you talk about Avellino's, the more I want to go there. One of these days I'm getting out to Washington. First stop: Avellino's.
ReplyDeleteSorry, DJan, I read your post again and realized I had erred. You are right, your blood pressure scores are low. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteOooh, sounds pretty potent. I bet it clears the sinus.
ReplyDeletePS....DJan....the book IS just published. I got it thru amazon.
ReplyDeleteArt has blood pressure problems. I just told him about your 5 Tibetan Rites. Hopefully he can try it.
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