In preparation for the upcoming New Year. Let’s get ready to release, cleanse, and re energize our spirits, minds and bodies.

Remember to also make your appointments early to receive your personal New Year forecast beginning on January 1, 2012 or go to my website and click on "Counseling Sessions."

Fasting is the practice of abstaining from food for clarity and strength. Fasting is the sacrificial denial of solid sustenance to not only cleanse the body but to release compacted toxins and negative energy from the mind and spirit. When we abstain from our normal eating habits, only consuming water or natural juices, the intention is short-term loss for a greater spiritual gain. The gain is the connection to spiritual devotion allowing a re-energizing of spirit and body

.Our spiritual and physical energies are so connected that when we feel cranky, irritable and/or out of sorts, we can immediately recognize that there is something in the body, mind or spirit that needs to change and shift. We can take control of our lives by being proactive in our wellness. Here are a few "LOVE TIPS" that can assist us

• Burning of sacred herb and incense cleanses your home of negative and stagnant energy fields. (Available at www.yeyefini.com)

• Cleansing is also external. Baths during this time is considered a fasting of the energy and toxins that attach to our outer physical selves. Special Banishing soaps and Spiritual Washes for the home are also available at www.yeyefini.com

Here is a deli-sh juice and a spiritual bath that can assist in beginning the fast.

Incredible Juice

• 1 cucumber

• 1 small beet

• ½-rhubarb stalk

• 1 apple

• 1 pear

• 8 carrots

More recipes are available in my book MEANINGFUL MONDAYS available at www.yeyefini.com

Bath

Bucket of water, add to it 16 bay leaves, 1 teaspoon of Florida water, efun (cascarilla) and let stand overnight. Say prayers as you mix and bathe for 8 days.

REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR AFFIRMATIONS

Such as:

“The bell rings loudest in your own home.” (Take good care of yourself.) Merindelogun Proverb 5:6

“Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.” Psalm 31:24

FOR MORE INFO....Check out my 2 books and number of CD's all available at

www.yeyefini.com

1) Household guide for Yoruba spiritual wellness

2) Meaningful Mondays

Yeyefini Efunbolade is a charismatic woman who has brought joy and meaning to lives of thousands of people. Yeyefini is a spiritual coach, priestess, cultural consultant, author, lecturer, life coach, and President of Yeyefini.com / Balanced Living Inc.

She was ordained as a Yoruba / Ifa / Lucumi Priest in 1971, and continues to perform rituals and ceremonies in the West African tradition.

She organizes and hosts spiritual retreats and pilgrimages throughout the United States, Caribbean and the world through the International Institute of African Studies and Knowledge (IIASK), which she founded.

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