Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) Baking soda has approximately 821 mg to 980 mg of sodium per teaspoon. Generally used to leaven breads and cakes, baking soda is often added to vegetables in cooking, especially at restaurants, and is often included in antacids. A good baking soda replacement is available from Healthy Heart Market. It's called Ener-G. It is made of Calcium Carbonate and works by using three times normal amount (from any given recipe). The secret is to put it into batter just before putting recipe into oven. It begins working right away and will "tire" if it stays out of oven during prep time. Otherwise, Ener-G does a good job.

Baking Powder Having 320 mg to 480 mg per teaspoon, baking powder is used mostly to leaven quick breads and cakes. Yeast may be substituted for baking powder. A baking powder replacement brand called Featherweight has only 13.2 mg of sodium per tablespoon, and can be found in health food stores or Healthy Heart Market. The primary ingredient for Featherweight is Potassium Chloride. This is not salt. Some may refer to Potassium Chloride as "Potassium Salt." Not so. But if you are monitoring your potassium then you may want to evaluate Featherweight more closely before using it. Again, it takes three times normal amount for any given recipe that you may try to convert. Put it into batter immediately prior to placing into oven. Mix it into batter first thoroughly.

Become aware of subtle energy centres in body and your connection to Mother Earth beneath your feet.

Reach up to stars with your feelings and feel whole universe as a part of yourself.

Using your imagination, visualise each of your energy centres or chakras opening and starting to radiate healing energy from each centre.

Focus on your connection to planet. Visualise roots of energy growing out of your feet and spiralling down deep into centre of Earth.

As this connection gets established, visualise all negative, stale energy being drawn down these roots. And, as stale energy leaves your system, feel an exchange of energy taking place.

Feel fresh, revitalised energy coming up these roots into your body. Feel refreshed, revitalized, full of health, happiness, joy and vitality. Feel at one with Earth.

Allow your attention to rise up your body to base of spine. Visualize your Base Chakra opening its four petals. See a vortex of lovely red energy radiating out. Feel it expanding and swirling all around and permeating through physical body.

Go through this opening process with each Chakra in turn:

·The six petals of Sacral Chakra radiating beautiful Orange light. ·The ten petals of Solar Plexus Chakra radiating a lovely Yellow light, all colours blending together, bringing balance and healing as each extra chakra is added. ·The twelve petals of Heart Chakra radiating a soothing Green light. Feel difference as we move from lower chakras to more spiritual ones. ·Allow your attention to rest on your Throat Chakra. See 16 petals opening and a soft Blue light flowing out, mingling and blending. ·You can already feel your Brow Chakra bursting with energy as your attention reaches up to it. See 96 petals of Brow Chakra opening, bathing you in Purple light. ·The Crown Chakra and 1,000-petalled Lotus is your connection to all planets and stars in universe. Just feel universal White light entering through crown of head and bathing whole of your body in holistic energy. Feel auras around your body being healed and repaired by this White light. Allow your awareness to expand and feel at one with whole universe. ~ As you bring your awareness back to silence, notice change in tone. Even though we are talking of silence, note that it has a tone, or a ring, or a grain within it. Note that with Chakras open your whole energy frequency seems to have been raised.