Alchemy Z ~ Waking Within Blog

Trevahr was born and raised in Southern California, has since childhood taken to science and spiritual studies. Beginning at an early age and without aid from his parents, young Trevahr began studing yogic meditation at the age of 9. Directly following his High School Education in Carlsbad, Trevahr attended college in San Diego where he started a rigorous study of Hatha Yoga and Eastern Philosophy in 2004. In 2005, Trevahr made an active decision to become a teacher of Yoga and Meditation to help others on their path to joy and awareness. While teacher training, he created a business as a Yoga Instructor and Entrepreneur. His path continued to evolve and a steady practice of Shamanic arts continued to influence his life goals and path from the years of 2003 to present. Trevahr Hughes intends daily to create new yoga practices infused with the old ways of Alchemy and Shamanic wisdom by being a channel for Source energy. Thus as a teacher of yoga, he teaches so that one class builds upon...

The first thing that is lost when you cook something is its' water content. Our bodies are between 60% and 70% water. Vegetables and fruits are loaded with water, and it is structured water that better facilitates our biological processes. Cooking denatures the proteins in our food, rendering them harder to digest and utilize. Cooking destroys 50 percent of the protein in our food. Between 50 and 80 percent of the vitamins and minerals are also destroyed. Pesticides break down into more toxic compounds, which are more easily assimilated into our bodies. Oxygen is lost and free radicals are produced. Most importantly, enzymes are destroyed when food is heated above 118 degrees. Enzymes are the catalysts of every chemical reaction in our bodies. Without them, there can be no cellular division, immune system functioning, energy production nor brain activity. No vitamins or hormones can do their work without enzymes. There are two different types of enzymes in our bodies, metabolic enz...