Hello all, I am Anthony Pritchard, Tony if you like. Thank you for having me, it is such an honor to be a part of such an incredible community of healers and warriors! We are what the world needs right now, and the seeds of the future... I live north of Austin, TX. Austin is great, but there aren't too many of them vegan folk 'round these parts (I'm 1 hour north of there). I have struggled to make a lot of friends here, but I've also been keeping to myself more as I try to heal and grow. That's a big reason I'm so happy to have found you all; you are all so inspiring and exactly the tribe I'm searching for! I myself am 7.5 years vegetarian, my groceries are vegan for the past 4-5 years, but I still slack when I'm out occasionally on maybe butter, rarely cheese (there aren't very good vegan choices when buying out). I originally stopped meat for the animals and that's what still drives me today. Since about 2016 I've been struggling with physical and energetic symptoms such as a pain in my lower right abdomen, chronic fatigue, and chronic stress that feels like it's out of my conscious control. Due to my backstory which I'll spare you, I believe my nervous system has been stuck in fight or flight instead of rest and digest, so I've been trying various modes of healing. The only time I felt completely healed was when I had a breakthrough during meditation on my first juice fast (30 days) in 2023. I was 7 days in. I felt the biggest energetic shift I had ever felt as I came completely to the present and everything leveled out, my heart opened, and I was full of amazing feelings. I got the deepest sleep I had in many years and was for once rested when I woke up. I did fall out of my meditation routine a bit and went back to habits that didn't help, and I still struggle to fully regulate the nervous system. I am back on a juice fast now, my 3rd one. This is day 14. I have felt immense healing this go-round. This is getting long, but just wanted to say I think many or most ailments begin energetically in this traumatized and unhealed society, and your body is the vessel in which spirit is manifest so we need to allow it to be in its natural clean state! That is why I'm here, I aspire to treat it right and keep it holy!