THE CURRENT STATE OF INBALANCE We get up early and work late. We are bombarded with texts, emails and phone calls. We have mounting bills and depleting bank accounts. We eat on the run and mindlessly snack on food with little nutritional value only to see it turn into extra pounds on the scale. We carry scars with us from childhood that pop up from time to time in unsuspecting ways. We make choices we don’t even realize we are making. We are tired, stressed and overwhelmed. We are not sure what we want to do, only know that we aren’t fulfilled by what we are doing. This is what it means to be out of balance. As a society, we are plagued by disease, weight gain and stress. While there many short-term solutions addressing the symptoms of our dysfunction, few go to the heart of suffering and facilitate real and permanent healing. THE POSSIBILTIES OF IMAGINING IF… On the other hand, imagine what it would feel like to have your sparkle back and wake up in gratitude each morning for a fresh new day. Imagine looking in the mirror with 10+ pounds melted off (for good) as an effect of your body being in its natural state. You notice that you are eyes are bright, your skin is radiant and your hair is healthy and strong. You live your life with greater intention and joy. You are no longer held bondage by bad habits, addiction and self-defeating behaviors. You feel connected to your deeper purpose and what is sacred to you. You have found your own unique path of transformation and you feel truly happy to be alive in this great mystery of life. You are YOU as you were truly meant to be. This is balance and this is possible. Yet, if the benefits of balance are so good, why is it that so few of us are in it? The answer is because in this fast paced ‘do-do-do” world we have been accustomed to being out of balance and that’s all we know. What many don’t understand is how to get off this crazed, unbalanced life cycle and where to start. The Elemental Cleanse is the place to begin. It is a pathway to balance… using ancient Ayurvedic wisdom to create a physical, emotional and spiritual path for balanced living. THE ELEMENTAL CLEANSE…A WEEK AT A GLANCE The Elemental Cleanse is an intense and dynamic 28-day journey rooted in Ayruvedic practices designed to facilitate health, creativity, abundance and joy. It is exciting time in which you will have the opportunity to work on all levels to improve your physical health, calm your mind and awaken your spirit. • WEEK 1: BREATHE is about settling down your mind and your life. You will embrace a simple meditation practice, connect with nature through daily walks, establish or deepen a yoga practice and begin to release negativity from the past. The food is pretty easy. You eat three meals each day (at least one vegetarian) with a focus on organic and fresh. You being to loosen your attachment to self-defeating habits and explore new foods items that stoke your digestive fire. • WEEK 2: NOURISH Connects you to Soul, establishing your desires for life, deepens the meditation practice and focuses on the habits interfering with digestion. We go deep into food during the second week. • WEEK 3: CLEANSE eliminates our final “less favorable” habits, focuses on recipes and cooking and prepares you to receive the fourth and final intensive week. This is a vegetarian week. You will be feeling great and losing weight. • WEEK 4: RELEASE is the week of YOU! You will be meditating, practicing yoga, taking time to yourself and eating nothing but nourishing and grounding foods. You are empowered to take what you have learned into your future. You will learn to eat for your body type, receive a mini-cleanse and review your new powerful toolbox for healing. Pamela Quinn is the founder of Elemental OM And the Creator of The Elemental Cleanse. Ten years ago, Quinn experienced debilitating back pain which left her incapacitated. Unable to determine the root cause of her problem, she turned to pain killers and alcohol to make it through each day. About this time in her life Quinn shared, "I've never experienced such chronic pain or the deep dark depression that comes with it. It consumed me and destroyed everything in my life." Ironically, the turning point came when a reputable doctor told her that there was no hope and that she would simply have to live with the pain for the rest of her life. Even in her depressed state, something inside of her said that she should not give up. Believing there had to be a better way, she emptied the medicine chest and sought out holistic approaches. She read books on meditation and signed up for a retreat with the Deepak Chopra Center for Wellbeing. From that moment on she was hooked. This began a daily practice of meditation and a spiritual quest to learn more about the Ayurveda philosophy. This also led her to make some tough, but necessary choices. The first thing she did was to let go of an unhealthy marriage and start life anew as a single mother of two children. It a