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Yesterday's 8 mile hike was incredible. What a memory! The wind was energetic and gave enormous energy. We had figured it was about 60 mph, but after reading this article it might have been more. We literally felt like we were flying in some parts of our hike. After the hike we cooked organic food in the parking lot and drank shots of fire cider (non-alcoholic drink that is made with apple cider vinegar, horseradish, garlic, cayenne, onions, ginger and ginseng). At 6:00 pm we were all standing in the parking lot watching the trees stand against the wind or should I say sway as we drank High Vitamin C Tea. Capelook Out was the last hike in our Winter Series Hikes and it was a memorable for all that came. Next up the Spring Hikes

Big Waves and Wind For The Coast: 

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Please stop buying your drinks in plastic bottles!  

Side Note:  Gatorade and other sports drinks are toxic to the body! 

Thursday's hike (14.4 miles) was epic, long, cold, freezing and memorable.

Sunday we decided to go out again and take a few more family members... 

We hiked Tom, Dick and Harry Mountain.  Backpacks, yak trax, food, water, tea and a beautiful 5.8 mile hike up.   It was epic, a bit cold and beautiful.  

I have really enjoyed our hikes and it has felt great to not be apart of the holiday rush out there.   

Today, Monday November 30th took a mile hike in freezing weather.  

How is your exercise schedule?  

Last night the little devils that speak in your ear were trying to talk me into taking a break.  They were yelling loud and clear.  They worked hard all the way through to this morning to get me to not hit my goal this morning.  

As I walked up the hill that headed toward the steep mountain I heard in broad day light the howling of a coyote.  For those of you who do not know the coyote is a symbol for being a trickster.  As I stopped and stood by the big evergreen tree I enjoyed the howl of this lonely coyote, understanding the message.  

It was a morning of tiredness, not wanting to work out and wanting to give in to those evil brats that were trying to take my dedication away.  Plus, my legs were burning way to early in my walk up.  

I was still going to get up that mountain and work on my forms.  The two little devils did talk me into just doing the 3 forms just 3 times and I would stop.  So they thought... 

As I was walking up I started to feel more awake, I moved slow enough to get the burning in my legs to stop.  At that point I pulled my dog Rocky and sped up. 

I found a shady spot to workout in, it had a bit of a hill, some gravel and some slippery wet grass.  I started with some rotations a few kicks and I was ready to do my forms.  

After I made it through my forms, the little devils were in for a disappointment because I found my energy and my positive angels.  I not only did I do my forms, I worked on my kicks, added a new kick to work on ( whirlwind)  and I worked on one of the forms 3 more times.  

The morning sun was beautiful and hot.  The smell of honey-suckle was filling the air with a combinations of evergreen, the mountain was showing her beauty, she gave me strength, through her beauty, fresh air and wonderful stereo sound of song birds.  

After my workout I drank my tea and  had a great conversation.  

When the little devils tell you to quit, tell them about the little train that could.  This is one person with MCS that is not stopping her life.  I am feeling very proud of myself.    

Now. I just need to catch up on my farm chores, it seems time is moving faster and I can not work hard and fast enough.  

Workout: 

10 front kicks right and left

10 straight leg kicks right and left

15 standing oblique crunches both sides

Pow Chow 3 x

Yet Sum 6 x 

Wah Lum Little First Form 3 x 

10 outside crescent kicks right and left

10 inside crescent kicks right and left

12 spinning inside crescent kicks right and left

7 whirl winds right and left.  

10 narrow push ups

10 wide push ups

Stretch

Hit the mountain at 6:30 am.  The sun had not come over the rise yet.  The birds were singing oh so beautiful.  The air was magnificent and the temperature was perfect for working out. 

My workout:

Short hill walk, then forms. 

Pow Choi 3 times

Yet Sum 3 times

Wah Lum Little First Form 3 times 

10 front kicks right and left

10 straight leg kicks right and left

15 standing obliques

10 outside crescent kicks right and left

10 inside crescent kicks right and left

Standing stretches

20 push-ups

Back exercise

Stretch

I sat in a straddle stretch while drinking tea and watching the sun come up over the mountain.

I laughed at myself this morning.  I was weak, my legs were burning, my right side of my body is off due to MCS,  my stances were yuk, I was not remembering to breath through my forms, because I was thinking to much, my every things were off, so I laugh.......

I will have good days and bad days but,I will have more strong days.  Look out world this MCS woman is on track and nothing is going to stop her

Because I have towed the line between life and death, lately, I find I struggle with being responsible. I want to play and take every moment in. I want life to feel slow. I want time to slow even stop while I sit up in the mountains and have tea with my husband, I want to sit with my kids more outside in the forest or on a beach. I want to go backpacking high up in the mountains with my family and get lost in its silence... I want to drive and experience more of this worlds beauty.
Today, I was reading a friend of mines blog, (Growing Wild Farm), I am very proud of her for realizing what is important in life, which is learning to "pause". No matter how hard you work, work never goes away, the lists are always lists. What is important in life is taking a pause, taking moments, and put play back in your life.
I love what my daughter Sophia's says, "What stories are you creating that you can share" What is your story? Is your story of staying inside, playing video games, watching movies, eyes glued to your cell phone? What story's are you going to be able to tell from that?
I will ask you again, through my daughters words (who will be 17 tomorrow) What is your story?
Here is a quote a friend of mine used in her blog. It is totally how I feel on a daily basis, even more so these last few months. ...
“I arise in the morning torn between the desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” -E B White
So, outside I go, to work, pause and then play.....

Why I choose to exercise and play outside....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blmv6gb9m64

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My morning workout today: 

Up the mountain regular walking with 10 pound pack.  Smaller route

Yut Yee 3 times 

Dropping Horse 3 times

Mantis Grab  3 times

10 front kicks

10 side kicks

15 standing obliques 

10 outside crescent kicks

10 inside crescent kicks

10 straight leg kicks

10 side lying leg lifts

10 side lying leg push

10 side lying hip circles

10 wide push-ups

Abs

Back

Stretch

Morning Tea:  Coconut milk with detox herbs

Today my legs were tired.  Mantis Grab was a bit challenging.  

I feel my legs were tired from my workout yesterday but also from my farm work.  Yesterday's farm work was me walking up a very steep short hill with two five gallon buckets filled up with compost.  I moved about a 1/4 of a yard of compost or more this way.  

I ended the night by doing slug patrol in the garden, which means a lot of squats.   Slug patrol made it a late night, I was in by midnight.  

 Besides an organic healthy diet sleep is also very important for muscle recovery, so I will make sure I get to bed earlier than last  night. 

This morning was a tough one.   The goal was to get up the mountain before the sun rise.   One very big reason is I am having a tough time getting to bed early.  The spring/summer days leaves me working outside till sun down.  For those of you who are paying attention, you know that the sun does not come down early.  We are heading towards the longest day of the year.  My life work on the farm is moving at a fast pace. 

Starting up that steep hill I noticed right away that my legs were tired and it was cold.  It was 39 degrees!  I had to put on two pairs of pants and 4 shirts.    Coldness like that makes you want to stay cuddled up in a warm blanket. 

During my forms and natural body workout the gravel seemed more slippery than usual and I felt like my eyes would not open all the way.  My eyes eventually opened up and my body moved a little better. I am incredibly thankful I have the mountain as my gym.  I am a nature woman and my mountain gym is a perfect match for me! 

I have set new goals for this week and I am on my path..  I will be stepping it up each week.  

Side note:  It is vitally important that we all exercise.   I would love to here what are your kung fu goals, fitness goals and eating health goals are ? 

Workout

All 9 forms 2 times through

10 front kicks

10 side kicks

15 standing obliques

10 straight leg kicks

10 outside crescent kicks

10 inside creasecent kicks

10 spinning inside crescent kicks

Different yoga moves

ab exercises

back exercises

20 push-ups, narrow and wide

Inner thigh workout

Stretch 

The sunrise this  morning, so beautiful.  Love my mountain gym! 

Once again a celebrity tries to lead the people, I have been deep in thought about this subject and I am putting something together that I will post soon. In the mean time Dr. Akilah El put everything that was on my mind in this video. For those of you who are not familiar with her she has a lot of great health information out there.

My daughter and I were discussing the double mastectomy scam yesterday, she is a very intelligent young lady. She grabbed her boobs and said I love my boobs. She is 110% right and I am very proud of her (she is 16)  I also love mine.  My grandma had hers cut off and for me I would never do that.  I personally would work on a radical organic PH balanced diet, which by the way I already do. 

We watched Dr. Akilah video together, she is very entertaining and Very Right. I hope you make time to watch this with the women in your family or by yourself. Pass it on to your daughters, female cousins, aunts, grandmas and all your women friends. . Make a cup of healthy organic tea and enjoy the video.  

We as women do have the right to choose what we do in our lives, but it is important that we are not stupid about our choices. We seem to listen to other women( who have been put on pedestals even though they are a bad representative of what a woman should be)  they are movie star idiots, who lead most of the women into making stupid choices.

We as women can be stronger than that.

Peace to you and have a beautiful day! 

Dr. Akilah El

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYzyz-KH8x4

If you want to fight cancer than get rid of these foods out of your life.  Conventional produce means chemical produce.  

If you see this, like I do on a weekly basis down highway 18, do not support that farmer ever!  Just the other day I saw them loading up their chemical machine with their log rubber gloves on and big rubber boots to spray the strawberry fields..  Conventional strawberry anyone?  Not me, never......

and this... It does not magically disappear by the time you eat it.. You eat exactly what the sign warns you about.  You are what you eat... You either feed cancer sells by eating this type of food from chemical agriculture( labeled as conventional)  or you eat organic foods and starve cancer cells... 

This is a great statement by one of the best farmers around:

IF you want to starve cancer cells then eat organic foods, limit your sugar use, stay away from artificial sweeteners, eat lots and lots of greens, eat clean organic meat, stay away from petroleum laced products,  EXERCISE, work on your stress levels, build community in your life, limit your cell phone use, limit your screen time use and get outside in nature on a daily basis.  

Today was a good day. I remembered to breath, I focused on being strong, legs felt a little better and the sun was just glorious.  

Nothing better in the world (for me) is to be up a mountain looking at a view, as the morning sun is shining  especially while you are working out. 

The herbs I used in my tea this morning were a bit stronger and were for keeping my immune system strong.

It looks like if I keep my forms schedule up I will be testing in about 3 to 4 weeks.  Whoop Whoop 

Today's Workout: 

Up the small hill twice with a 10 pound pack on

Wu Shu Basic Stance Drill 3 x 

8 Chain Punch 3 x 

Dropping Horse 3 x 

10 Front kicks right and left

10 Straight leg kicks right and left

10 Side kicks right and left

10 Inside crescent kicks right and left

10 Outside crescent kicks right and left

12 Spinning inside crescent right and left

Different yoga poses

Standing stretches

Back exercises

20 push ups, combination of wide and narrow

Stretch, breath and tea with the birds, sun, trees and my wonderful husband

Side Note: 

I suggest doing your Inside Crescent kicks with the sun, stand so you can see your shadow  By doing this you can see the mistakes you could be making with our arms or body. .It was also a lot of fun

I rise up out of bed early in the morning, out by 7:00 am, feed the animals, take the horses and dogs up the mountain, I workout doing agility drills up the steep hill with a 10 pound pack on, once I am at the top, I do push-ups, low stances drills, front kicks, outside crescent kicks, inside crescent kicks, straight leg kicks, ab work, stretch, then I have tea, listen to the birds and then come down out of the mountains.  At that point my day is all farmer Sue, I have a couple of breaks and I do not get back inside the house until about 10:00 pm.  There have been many days where my husband and I go back out ( yes after 10:00 pm) and slug patrol.   I figure I am putting in about 12 to 15 hours a day, on the farm.  The days are super long, we are all tired, but at the same time we feel good about what we are doing.  There is something special about the energy of working the land, connecting with it and growing your own and for others.