19: Overcoming addiction with juicing, yoga & meditation with Khalil Rafati

Food Heals

Allison Melody

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2015

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

After many years of drug addiction and severe depression, Khalil discovered juicing, yoga and meditation. He began to experience miraculous changes in his physical and emotional well-being. It became his personal mission to love, heal and inspire. Khalil Rafati is the owner of Malibu Beach Yoga as well as SunLife Organics, a series of popular juice and smoothie bars. Khalil remains a mentor to recovering addicts and he previously owned and operated Riviera Recovery, a transitional living center. At the invitation of Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, a Tibetan Buddhist monk from Ladakh, India, Khalil joined the board of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. He also serves on the board of the Siddhartha School, which seeks to preserve the Tibetan Buddhist culture and language and provide children in the remote Himalayas with a well-rounded education. Being hailed as "Sex and the City for Food," The Food Heals Podcast brings together experts in the field of nutrition, health and healing to teach you the best-kept natural secrets to being a hotter, healthier, happier YOU! The Food Heals Podcast is hosted by Allison Melody and Suzy Hardy – two self-proclaimed natural chicks who will rock your world and change your beliefs about health! This sexy, savvy duo provides eco-friendly advice on a variety of issues including the healing power of nutrition, living authentically, turning your passion into your career, choosing the best natural health and beauty products, the benefits of a plant-based diet and so much more! Upcoming and past guests include Sophie Uliano, Whitney Lauritsen, Jason Wrobel, Kimberly Van Der Beek, John Salley, Kerri Kasem, Joe Cross and MORE! Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any of these incredible episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Food Heels Podcast, episode 19.
0:04.1	When they said when you were a kid, you are what you eat, you are what you eat, you are what you eat.
0:09.1	If you want to put cheeseburgers in your body every day, you're going to look like a cheeseburger.
0:15.9	Holistic Voice presents the Food Heels podcast with your hosts Alison Melody and Susie Hardy join the
0:22.9	Food Hills Nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself
0:28.0	warning side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality thoughts of living
0:32.2	longer an increase in sexual activity feelings of joy cravings for kale and chemo and a spike
0:36.3	and tinder matches in rare cases people have experienced a strong desire to put down the Ben and Jerry's, get
0:40.7	off the couch, and take a walk outside. If you experience any of these symptoms, tell your
0:44.1	Facebook friends immediately. Welcome to the Food Heels podcast. I'm Alison Melody, and today
0:50.1	we have a special hashtag TBT throwback Thursday episode for you with an interview from one of the
0:56.6	characters from our film Food Heels.
0:59.0	Khalil Rafati is the owner of Malibu Beach Yoga as well as Sun Life Organics, which is a series
1:05.3	of popular juice and smoothie bars.
1:07.5	After many years of drug addiction and severe depression, Khalil discovered
1:12.5	juicing, yoga, and meditation. He began to experience miraculous changes in his physical and emotional
1:19.6	well-being. It became his personal mission to love, heal, and inspire. Kalil remains a mentor to
1:27.2	recovering addicts, and he previously owned and operated Riviera Recovery,
1:32.0	a transitional living center.
1:34.3	And of course, Khalil is one of the stars of the film Food Heels, so you can check out
1:39.2	that trailer at Foodheels.TV.
1:42.6	Today's show is sponsored by Schmidt's Deodorant.
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