SheaShayShā - Shea Lynn Baird’s alter ego (shown here with Bella Boo Baird)

I am (I AM) here to get down, get down, get down, get down, Get Down and Juicy, baby!

This blog journal was created, initially, to monitor my progress as I launched myself into the experience of Juice Feasting. My Feast began Saturday March 1st, 2008, the Global Juice Feast kick-off, and although I had hoped to complete the entire 92 days (ending June 5th, 2008), I only completed 30 days (ending April 1st, 2008).

Now, it’s all about Be-ing, Live-ing and Stay-ing raw, Raw, RAW!!!  I’m a Super-Foody – almost always obsessed with what I am or am not eating… it is completely tied into my mental health besides my physical health, and I’m trying to find that way that my spiritual health can take over that battle. (Does that make sense? Feels blotchy… but then, I’m really hungry….)

I am a Certified Colon Hydrotherapist, and a Food Allergy and Sensitivity Testing Consultant.
I’ve been in practice for myself, as such, in beautiful Sonoma County, California, since early 2000. Check me out at www.shealynnbaird.com.

Before colon hydrotherapy I did massage for 15 years, and along with massage I was also a co-administrator/counselor/lab tech/patient advocate/educator/collective member, etc. at a woman’s gynecological health care clinic for over 14 years.  (God I hope you’re thinking I look too young to have done all that…)

In the ‘80’s and the first half of the ‘90’s I drank coffee and soda all day long, I smoked up to 2 packs of cigarettes a day, could easily eat fast food 2 or 3 times a day, and washed it all down at night with up to and over a gallon of beer. Surprisingly, I started not feeling so good. So I did a lot of my own investigating and followed my heart – I’m happy to say that at this point I’ve been clean and sober (friend of Bill’s) since 1992, off cigarette’s completely since early 1998, and went ‘raw’ in late 1999. It didn’t last, the raw… along with all of my other addictions it turns out I’m also a full-blown food addict. Funny, when I was drinking and using I never noticed! Take the harder stuff away and *WHAMO!* food addiction. Being raw lasted about 3 years and then I couldn’t maintain. I wasn’t doing ‘raw’ intelligently. But, I made a lot of good friends, great connections and took in a ton of important information. Natural health, good food and cleansing became my life’s focus and work, even if I ‘couldn’t’ practice it at times – Heck! I even became a booty-rooter! (Read more here: www.shealynnbaird.com/about )

So here I am now, after years of ping-pong-ing, knowing what to do and struggling to do it. Things have been going well – I’m feeling good, and I’m ready to commit to the Juice Feast and the TOTAL-FREAKING-TRANSFORMATION (in whatever and how many forms) I know will be happening. I am excited. I am freaked out. I am anxious. And I want to get on it already.

So…welcome to my life and my thoughts; many are twisted, many are irrational, hopefully some are humorous, and God forbid any be normal. I have no idea what is going to happen here, but I intend to share my experience, the success and the challenges, hopefully to benefit any who are interested and checking in with me.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting – I know your comments will keep me going.
And who knows? I’m really hoping I dig this and after The Feast I keep on blogging…

Let’s do this thing…
SheaShayShā