Becoming vegan, becoming humanly correct

Becoming vegan is a strong experience of great significance.

I thought I had conquered a lot becoming vegetarian, but only when I realized what it really means to be vegan did I understand the long road still ahead. The choice originated from spiritual, human, social, ecological and physical needs, with which I confronted myself during my life and journey of growth: acting correctly towards myself and the world that surrounds me. Towards myself, because I consider it a moral responsibility to take care of my soul, which also needs proper nourishment to grow healthy.  And my body, by respecting it, fulfilling its needs without feeding it dangerous and indigestible foods, as if it were a dust bin or applying beauty creams full of chemical substances, as if my skin wasn’t part of my body and could be impermeable to those products dangerous to my health. Towards the external world, because I also have a moral responsibility towards the planet that hosts me and its living beings, whether human or not.

By some coincidence in life I found myself in a guest house on the sea, situated in Auroville, India. There were treatments, massages and others holistic opportunities. I chose an appointment with a nutritionist homeopathic doctor that particularly touched me. After 6 months I decided to register for her nutrition course which not only has changed my life but also those of the other 26 people attending the same program.

The course was structured over three weeks with 4 facilitators. Its purpose was to heal life style diseases, like diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disorders, obesity, constipation, autoimmune diseases, cancer and others, which by now have reached pandemic levels, through a healthy and innovative diet.

I can assure you that one can completely recover in three weeks of an agreeable and peaceful life, in a beautiful environment, studying nutrition, viewing documentaries on the theme, eating all you want of delicious whole, organic, vegan food, practicing yoga and other spiritual and physical activities, with daily raw vegan cooking classes held in the most clean and perfect kitchen. Included in the package are complete blood tests at the beginning and end of the program and medical check-ups daily or on alternate days, according to individual circumstances. Whoever doesn’t reach total reduction of their medicine can progressively do so from home in the following weeks with the continuous medical support by  email, phone or Skype. This support is included in the program for a period of 12 months.

Would you have thought such things existed? Also such capable and honest people? Not to mention, the cost of the entire course  is most affordable. I can testify about this and I am not just saying something that I was told. In three weeks, with the discovery of raw vegan cuisine and it’s various and delicious recipes, I personally experienced a deep change in my approach to the preparation of food, the control of my body’s health and victory over the types of little aches that we have carried on with for years, mistakenly believing they are by now just part of our being. It is an overall change that harmonizes body and soul and as a result also the world that surrounds us.

The group relationship that develops among the participants, including the facilitators, is very similar to the one among long term school friends or companions in a psychotherapy group: full of harmony, trust, solidarity and support, friendship and brotherhood. I particularly recall a lady in her seventies who didn’t eat salads nor fruit and who had a severe throat mucus congestion that caused her to constantly make guttural sounds, which were annoying for her and others. After about a week she confessed having tried a couple of salads, there were in fact signs of recovery since her sounds had already diminished. At the end of the program she was regularly eating from the raw buffet and her sounds had almost disappeared as well as the mucus that was causing it.

We created a Google email group address and write to each other through it, sending reciprocal information and updates. Almost a year has passed and for all, health is a reality now.

I enclose some pictures and invite you to give it a thought. I also suggest to visit SHARAN’s website www.sharan-india.org (SHARAN = Sanctuary for Health and Reconnection to Animals and Nature). Here you will find a documentary video on the health and nutrition retreat, many recipes and a huge amount of valuable information. If you feel like trying it out please contact me or someone else that can give you guidance at the beginning. It’s advisable to make the change, supported by the appropriate blood tests and the necessary knowledge, learning to cook vegan in all its variety and to love it instead of getting bored and losing interest.

Jenny Sugar.

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by SHARAN India Team – www.sharan-india.org