Find yourself a quiet spot within your home, or even outside, where you will not be disturbed. Sit up, don't lie down, that's when you fall asleep. Make sure you are warm and comfortable. Close your eyes. Concentrate on your breathing, in and out. Remember a place that you find peaceful, it may be a park, a mountain, a beach or someplace you just create in your mind. In your mind, take a walk, take in sounds of birds, wind, waves, whatever there may be. Take in sights, colours, trees, flowers. Enjoy it all. Don't try to force other thoughts out of mind, just allow them to be and pass them over for later and focus on beauty and peace around you. You may sit down for a while, you may meet someone along way. Listen to what they have to say and allow them to slip out of your mind. Enjoy scenery, feeling of peace and safety. Stay as long as you like. When you return, take things slowly. Gradually open your eyes and allow yourself to reawaken to world.

This is a very simple way to start with meditation. Anyone can do this. It is about finding peace within yourself. Once you have enjoyed this experience and find stilling your mind is becoming easier, you may want to go further. Join a class, get some tapes. There is so many different methods to meditation, there is no right or wrong way. Whatever works for you.

I hope you enjoy.

The Spelt grain is a highly nutritious. It is naturally high in fibre and contains more protein than other wheat. It contains 7 out of 8 essential amino acids. It contains higher than average vitamins, especially B’s, & minerals and high silicic acid, so it has a positive effect on intellect, skin, hair and nails. Many who have wheat allergies and some gluten-sensitive people; find that they can safely eat Spelt based foods.

I love Spelt. It makes wonderful tasting bread. It has more taste, than regular wheat, more nutty. Spelt can be used in place of wheat in just about any recipe. I just replace it for ordinary white or wholemeal flour. Spelt is an easily digestible grain, making wonderful pasta.

One of first things you will notice when using spelt flour is that it always seems to require less liquid than other flours. To use spelt in a recipe designed for wheat flour, you would start by using ¼ less liquid than called for or ¼ more spelt flour. It would be best to try it out on easier items, such as muffins, pancakes, coffee cake, etc., before trying to make yeast breads. I have a bread machine and I simply replace flour in recipes for Spelt and have great results, but you will need to keep an eye on liquid content to start with.

For me discovering Spelt, made me release that Wheat is differently for human kinds, it just that we can’t help tampering around with things, until they aren’t what they are supposed to me. Makes you think about Genetically Modified foods, doesn’t it?

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