Now that the holidays are almost over, my attention has shifted from sharing warm, hearty cooked meals with family to preparing light, cleansing foods by myself in my sacred space.  My partner and I, both members of the Cafe Gratitude community, are preparing to do a juice fast together to ring in the new year and to help prepare our bodies for a whole new season of growth, release, and lessons.  Amanda and I are both thrilled that Terces, co-founder and community leader of Cafe Gratitude , will be joining us as she begins a second year of the Juice Club.  In 2010, she committed to a full year of juicing for the first week of each month. This year, she has decided to renew her commitment and continue to juice (and to invite her community to juice) into the new year.  It is amazing how wonderful it can feel to drink juice and feel your body go through the experience of cleansing and renewing.

Terces has blogged to the community throughout her journey, recounting her daily experiences of juicing to encourage and inspire those who have joined her in the Juice Club:

"I shared with one of our managers today that one of the things I notice when juicing is that whenever I pass by a mirror or window and see my reflection I am surprised that I look "better" than I think I am going to.... and when I am not juicing I often experience myself as not looking better than I think I will. I am not sure what it is, I just notice that I have that experience."