| Q
How did you start with
macrobiotics?
A
Paul Johnson, our banjo player
and vocalist, along with John E, our drummer, both grew up completely macrobiotic
within the Lonia Community in Alaska (www.ionia.org).
At Ionia, macrobiotics
is an entire way of life experienced by everyone there. Children
are raised knowing nearly nothing else! As
for me, I began a macrobiotic practice around 10 years ago after gaining an interest
in meditation. I was working for IBM at the time and after finding a lack of fulfillment
at the peak of my success with
the corporate 'American Dream,' I started
a path of focusing inward.
This inner practice eventually brought me to evaluate
my entire lifestyle, thus bringing me to macrobiotics. The
very first book I read, 'An Introduction to Macrobiotics' by Carolyn Heidenry,
made immediate and lasting sense to me. The very day I read it, I cleaned out
all of my cupboards and started cooking whole foods.Once I became macrobiotic,
I quit IBM and began work with the Kushi Institute, where I met a number Ionian
community members, then eventually Paul and John. Then we started a band! |
