Well today I don’t urge you to be the change, I simply am requesting you to witness the movement that will transcend you to another dimension of thinking, the wave of which will also come and touch your life and uplift it.

Watch Satyamev Jayate at 11 today on Star TV and simply be available to awakening. Love you all

During this month, they pray for forgiveness, guidance or help in life and are in a process of purifying oneself through good deeds, good intentions, good behaviour, charitable work and self restraint. This is a month for regular prayers, deeds and thoughts that help to create consciousness about god, so that one is better equipped to spread His messages to the world.

Good Friday is renowned because this was the day Jesus Christ was crucified. Many Christians spend this day fasting, offering of prayers and spend the day in repentance.

Easter Sunday signifies the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is one of the most magical and miraculous events and I would like to join my Christian friends in their prayers and lay the foundation of peace and love through positive deeds, action and words.

“My best wishes and sincere prayers for each and everyone on this occasion!”

Besides the spiritual value and mental discipline, sensible fasting can also have innumerable positive health benefits if foods are combined well. As many people abstain from eating meats during this period, this is a good time to initiate and regulate our body’s cleansing and nourishing process with healthy wholesome foods for better vitality and better energy levels. My advice to all is to eat healthy, manage your weight and at the same time enjoy your favourite dishes and desserts and delicacies with the following tips:

1. Incorporate lots of fruits, vegetables, salads and sprouts.
2. Include whole grains or millets like rotis made from jowar/bajra or brown rice, plenty of vegetables, soups and salads. This is ideal for cleansing as well as nourishing.
3. Have low fat milk or cow’s milk, nuts, fruits, figs and dates.
4. Replace sugar with honey or jiggery in your desserts or sweet dishes that you make after the fast. Use dry fruits and care should be taken to consume desserts and sweets in moderation when you celebrate after your fast.
5. Work out daily for 30 to 45 minutes with warm ups, stretches, free hand cardiovascular exercises like jogging on the spot, jumping Jack, skipping etc, abdominal exercises, Yoga and pranayam. A brisk walk is also recommended.
6. Avoid foods that are processed, artificially sweetened, fried foods or snacks, sweets, desserts, chocolates, soft drinks etc.
7. Include green teas, more vegetable juices or fruits if hungry.

Such a program is aimed at cleansing, nourishing and rejuvenating you and will bring about a sense of wholesome wellness.

The individual continues the endless cycle of restrictive eating, often accompanied by other behaviors such as excessive exercising or the overuse of diet pills, diuretics, laxatives, and/or enemas in order to reduce body weight, often to a point close to starvation in order to feel a sense of control over his or her body. This cycle becomes an obsession and, in this way, is similar to any type of addiction.
Obviously this is more of a problem of the mind which is having it’s effect on the body! This is a very rampant problem amongst youngsters especially girls! This is a very serious problem and parents need to treat it as such.
It is warning for the parents to be very vigilant if the teenager is overdoing the dieting bit. You will have to counsel the kid first and if you do not succeed please do not hesitate in getting professional help at the earliest.
The first step towards treating anorexia nervosa is to make the person feel secure and comfortable. They generally have a low self-esteem so you need to build on their self esteem and make them feel loved and wanted. If you succeed in doing this the chances are that the person will not need professional counseling.
Be careful because this is a continuous and ongoing process and the feeling needs to be reinforced constantly. The person might slip any time and go back to earlier behavior. They will need a lot of love and support from the family members during the recovery phase but it will be worth the effort in the end.

 Processed foods, white sugar, white flour and junk food, must be totally given up. Avoid sweets, glucose, fruit sugar, cakes, ice cream, chocolates, soft drinks and fried foods.
 Anything that contains preservatives and too much salt.
 Avoid smoking and alcohol.
 Abstain from sweets, ice-creams and chocolates, including the so-called sugar-free types.
 Avoid concentrated dairy products, such as khoya, kheer, cheese, cottage cheese.
 Avoid fruits such as bananas, mango, grapes, strawberry, custard apple, dates.

If you have diabetes you can treat yourself to cakes and biscuits once in a blue moon, as part of a balanced diet.
 A diabetic patient must eat lots of fruits and vegetables in which fibre content is very high. Such type of food lowers the requirement for insulin, the reason being it releases energy into the body cells slowly. A high fibre diet means more chromium, which is very helpful in the treatment of diabetes.
 As for vegetables, onion, garlic, ginger, radish, spinach, kale, cucumber, carrot, tomato, cabbage and cucumber are excellent in the treatment of diabetes. Moong, kidney beans which have been sprouted, and unripe banana which is cooked, are also recommended.

However, for people with diabetes, the total amounts of carbohydrates consumed each day must be monitored carefully. Of the different components of nutrition — carbohydrates, fats, and proteins — carbohydrates have the greatest influence on blood sugar levels.

Most people with diabetes also have to monitor total fat consumption and protein intake, too.
To keep your blood sugar levels in check, you need to make healthy food choices, exercise regularly, and take the medicines your health care provider prescribes.

A dietitian can provide in-depth nutrition education to help you develop a personalized meal plan that fits your lifestyle and activity level, and meets your medical needs.
The goal of nutrition for people with diabetes is to attain the ABCs of diabetes.

The A stands for the A1c or hemoglobin A1c test, which measures average blood sugar over the previous three months. B is for blood pressure, and C is for cholesterol. People with diabetes should attain as near as normal blood sugar control (HbA1c), blood pressure, and healthy cholesterol levels.

Initially meditation may be difficult, and one can practice concentration on breathing.
Especially for diabetes, concentration on pancreas during the meditation practice has shown positive effects on sugar levels. One can even visualize the proper functioning of pancreas, proper insulin administration in the body can help in treatment of diabetes.
Yoga Nidra: Yoga Nidra is very important process of deep relaxation, it helps alleviate the stress and has very good positive effects on the entire body – mind complex.
Cleansing Processes: Master cleansing or Shankha Prakshalana is recommended for diabetes, complete Shankha Prakshalana takes 1 day and is recommended once in 6 months, but smaller version of it can be done 3 times a week. This process cleanses the Gastro Intestinal tract completely.

This process is done by drinking 2 glasses of warm, salty water and lemon juice is added to it. Then performing 6 different exercises, this exercises speed up the peristaltic movements and one needs to evacuate bowels. In 2 hours about 7 to 8 bowels are completed till the clear water is evacuated.
Please make sure to learn and do this under the guidance of a certified yoga instructor.