Every month during our World Healing group session, we send healing energy to all of humanity, and we include a wish for food, clean air and water for all, sustenance.

Personally, like many who read this, I am and feel so lucky to be living in a land where the tomatoes grow, almost automatic without too much ado from me. But, I know that not everyone is so lucky, like this boy here who’s running of what was once a field of crop.

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Today and every day, may we be kind to our fellow inhabitants of planet Earth. May we help one another, and live in a mutually healing way. What does that mean on World Food Day?

Food Facts

“Food price volatility featuring high prices is likely to continue and possibly increase, making poor farmers, consumers and countries more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity” is the conclusion of the global hunger report, which was published last week by the United Nations’ three Rome-based agencies: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP).

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Such crises, including in the Horn of Africa, “are challenging our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by half in 2015,” the heads of the three agencies — Jacques Diouf of FAO, Kanayo F. Nwanze of IFAD and Josette Sheeran of WFP — warned in a preface to the report.

Never acceptable

“But even if the MDG were achieved by 2015 some 600 million people in developing countries would still be undernourished. Having 600 million people suffering from hunger on a daily basis is never acceptable,” they said. “The entire international community must act today and act forcefully to banish food insecurity from the planet.”

YOUR World Food Day, Today, Everyday

That’s what they say, based on their studies and morality. It is equally important what you think, and do. So, what DO YOU THINK ? How would YOU like to be known in the world? What would you like to do for others? How does this relate to you?

Droughts and famine in Africa may seem far away when it’s raining in your backyard in America, but don’t forget, also in the US there are significant food problems to be resolved. Food production is increasingly consolidated and in the hands of those interested in genetically modifying crops, pesticides etc etc. ~ things that we already know are a cause of cancer. If you want to think of a ‘lighter’ subject, air, the ’0.000s of giant gas guzzlers that many people in the US ‘need’ to drive, cause air pollution which we, our cows and our crops inhale, again making us unhealthy in the long run. So, what are you going to do about it, if anything?

Putting your money where your mind & heart is at, sure is a wise thing to do. If you want to make a financial donation, here are some ideas for you, on where & how to take action:

• JOIN THE ‘ENDING HUNGER’ MOVEMENT (in the world)
• Food democracy now – END SERIOUS BUT HIDDEN FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEMS (in the USA)
• Furthermore, LIKE us on Facebook, and JOIN us here in our monthly WE ARE ONE WORLD HEALING session, whereby we jointly send energy/healing wishes/prayers to all people on the planet and the nature/planet Earth itself. See top menu bar for details.

Ongoing Reminders & Inspiration

However, active involvement such as doing so charity volunteer work combined with ongoing reminders of what’s important to us all on planet earth, is what causes the shift to pull through and become the tidal wave of positive transitions that the planet and humanity needs.

So, follow up the above links to see what you can do, and/or check in your local community. I’m sure a nearby food shelter would be happy with your contributions in kind.

Also consider getting inspiring posters like the above to, which is a beautiful reminder of our good fortune and our shared responsibility to take care of the planet and each other, today, and every day. If you click on either image/links below the posters, you will find 10,000 or more posters, and quite a few are perfect for this purpose. Pick the one you wish to own, and run with the message it conveys.

Last, be creative in your approach to helping humanity, as your own unconventional ways of support could lead to great and meaningful change in the lives of others. Sometimes giving hope is as least as important as giving a dollar. Act with an open heart.

End Famine Today. Act to Ensure Real Food for All Tomorrow.

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An aid to beauty from the outside in and inside out: as this may benefit the circulatory system as well as offer cosmetic benefits.  Despite its sophistication, this beauty treatment  only uses peppermint and other common garden herbs. You can whip up this fragrant homemade body scrub in a flash.

 

Lemon Eucalyptus Scrub

… tingles with fragrance. As an Invigorating body exfoliator  it polishes skin’s surface, removing cellular debris.

Why Scrub?

1. It removes dead skin cells.
2. It helps moisturizer penetrate the skin.
3. It’s an anti-ager for the skin, can diminish fine lines.
4. Help give skin a glow .

Materials Needed

50 g fresh mint leaves, finely chopped  (note: you can use spearmint/peppermint

50 g fresh eucalyptus leaves, finely chopped
50 g fresh rosemary leaves, finely chopped
1 tbsp freshly ground black pepper
Peel of 2 lemons

300 ml olive oil
400 g fine-grained sea salt
4 tsp vitamin C powder

+ Extra eucalyptus leaves and slices of lemon peel, to decorate

Health Benefits of Ingredients

Mints are revitalizing, and the sea salt crystals cleanse and polish the skin. Eucalyptus has the health benefit of being antiseptic, purifying &  invigorating, while rosemary is traditionally used as an antiseptic, muscle relaxant, soothing agent and skin conditioner.  Black pepper’s traditional uses are to energize, for increasing circulation, to warm and relieve muscle aches and stiffness, for fighting colds, flu and infections.    Lemon is often used in aromatherapy for its uplifting, refreshing, and cheering health & healing benefits.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Place the chopped herbs, black pepper and lemon peel in a pan, then add the olive oil. Place on a medium heat and stir, then leave for 2 minutes with the lid on.

2. Place the paste in a piece of muslin over a sieve and squeeze out all the oil into a bowl below.

3. Mix the sea salt and vitamin C powder in a bowl. Add most of the oil (reserving a little to seal the jar) and stir well.

4. Place the mixture in a sterilized Kilner jar and press down well.

5. Decorate the top with a few eucalyptus leaves and slices of lemon rind. Pour a layer of the remaining oil on top of the salt scrub to keep it airtight.

USE: Apply to wet skin in the bath or shower, when needed. Scrub, then rinse off well with warm water.

STORAGE: Keeps for 6 months, or 1 year in the refrigerator.

The Source

This Scrub Recipe is based on: Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes by ethno-botanist James Wong.

In this book, James uses his top-class academic knowledge to reveal how many plants contain the same active ingredients as over-the counter drugs, and offers recipes to relieve a whole range of common conditions.

Mother’s Day Gift- Set

How about pairing your homemade herbal beauty salt scrub with a copy of this book, Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes, which contains this recipe plus many other inexpensive & easy healing and health recipes that you and mom can easily  make at home with ingredients grown in a window box or from the local market, for a range of health issues, including:

1. Digestive disorders: bad breath, heartburn and indigestion, digestion, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, flatulence, diarrhea
2. Skin complaints: athlete’s foot, eczema, insect bites and stings, acne, sunburn, age spots, fungal conditions, burn scars, poor foot circulation, chapped hands and sores, insect deterrent
3. Kids’ remedies: vitamin booster, head lice, eczema, ear wax build-up, colic
4. Aches and pains: water retention, varicose veins, aching muscles, arthritis
5. Female-specific problems: hot flashes and night sweats, morning and travel sickness, PMS, cystitis
6. Under the weather: colds and flu, coughs and sore throats, cholesterol reducer, hangover, cold sores, immune system booster, mouth ulcers, restorative
7. Mind: memory enhancer, insomnia, migraine prevention, anxiety, memory booster
8. Face and body: hair strengthener, body scrub, bath and massage oil, deodorant, face mask, hand care, bath bomb, exfoliator, face toner/hair rinse, sore eyes, tired/red eyes, glycerine soap, plague remover and gum soother, chapped lips

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Other Health Resources:

*  Bach Flower Remedies

*  Aromatherapy Treatment

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The answer to this is: Sure!!!

What I have heard, seen, and experienced is that Reiki helps these other forms of healing in becoming more effective. I’m thinking of massage, meditation, therapeutic touch, Theta healing, etc. This is because Reiki relaxes the body as it dissolves stress & nervous tension. Those benefits offer a perfect foundation for other healing modalities.

Reiki brings balance on all levels and raises the life force energy, and this can only be beneficial.

Furthermore, whatever you give Reiki to, enhances. Thus, by infusing Reiki into other healing modalities, it will bring the best out of these healing modalities.

In fact, my first introduction with Reiki was in fact a massage treatment … with Reiki. I loved it so much, I went back to her, once a week, for over half a year! Oh, yes, it works very well in combination with other forms of healing.

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As I am working more and more with Bach Flower Remedies, for personal use as well as for clients, I came up with the idea to introduce them on the blog here over the duration of a week.  I want to introduce you with a couple of new flower remedies (also called ‘essences’) each day, for you to look at and consider.  I believe that becoming familiar with new flower essences will encourage you to explore their benefits for yourself.

Bach flower remedies can be very useful and effective for emotional and mental healing. The effect of Bach Flower Remedies are instant. Sometimes these effects are strong, sometimes they are subtle. Bach Flower Remedies are suitable for adults, children, pets and even plants.

You will find Bach Flower Remedies particularly soothing and naturally helpful to heal emotional or mental imbalances and at life’s major transitions.

You can use them to heal all emotional imbalances such as, anger, anxiety, bullying, issues with adjustment to change, depression, nightmares, separation anxiety, stress, trauma, and more. Bach flower remedies help you through minor or major transitions such as terrible twos, teenage years, homesickness,  divorce, death or menopause.

The Bach Flower Remedies are considered homeopathic by some. However, practitioners of Bach flower therapy would say point out that  that this healing method is not exactly a herbal therapy or homeopathy. This is because the basic principle of homeopathy is that “like cures like.” However, the basis of the Bach Flower Therapy is just the opposite: it is opposites that bring about the desired effect in your life.

Bach flower essences  are made by infusion of wild plants & flowers from a certain area in England. Bach Flower Essences are made 100% naturally from spring water infused with wild flowers, either by the sun steeping method or by boiling. The Essences are hand produced exclusively in England without the aid of mechanical devices. They are produced at one location after old directions from Dr. Edward Bach, who was VERY specific with the directions on how & when to make the Essences.   So, who was Dr. Bach?

About Dr Edward Bach

Dr. Edward Bach, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DPH, was a well-known bacteriologist, pathologist and homeopath whose career took him from University College Hospital to the London Homoeopathic Hospital and a successful Harley Street practice. His orthodox researches culminated in a series of oral vaccines that are still known as the seven Bach nosodes, but even though this work received great acclaim Bach himself was not satisfied. He wanted to replace the vaccines with plant material which he felt would be more effective. To this end he began experimenting in 1928 with medicines made from flowers.

Bach had always been more interested in the people suffering disease than in the diseases themselves – a fact that made him unusual at that time. But his work with the flower remedies convinced him that true health could only be maintained by treating the individual personality instead of concentrating exclusively on the diseases of the body. He found that by selecting flower remedies according to the personality and emotional states of individuals he was able to resolve these imbalances, and that well-balanced people got better physically because their bodies were quite literally free to heal themselves. He believed that attitude of mind plays a vital role in maintaining health and recovering from illness.

He identified 38 basic negative states of mind and created a plant or flower based remedy for each one. Each remedy aids a specific emotion. You can take them individually or mix them together to match the way you feel. Recent research into the links between emotions and the immune system supports the view that emotional and physical health are linked. More and ore medical experts now agree that a healthy mind really does ensure a healthy body. Bach Flower Essences can help you take control of the way you feel and get more out of life.

After leaving London in 1930, Dr Bach explored the countryside in search of the essences for several years. In 1934 he decided to settle down and create a centre for his work, and chose Mount Vernon, a small cottage in Sotwell, Oxfordshire. He spent the last years of his life at Mount Vernon and where he completed his research. Nowadays, Mount Vernon is known as The Bach Centre. The present custodians continue to prepare the mother tinctures (first process in making the essences), often using the same locations that Dr Bach identified in the 1930′s.   Only the Bach signature guarantees that you receive the original Bach Flower Essences, prepared as they have been since Dr. Bach’s time with tinctures made exclusively by the Bach Centre at Mount Vernon.

(btw. You can actually visit this cute little cottage. It will be an inspirational visit, as you’ll get to sit in Bach’s chair and walk in Bach’s garden. The whole environment will imbue you with delight.)

By the time Dr. Bach died in 1936 he had discovered the 38 remedies that were needed to treat every possible emotional state, with each individual remedy being aimed at a particular emotion or characteristic.  This limited number of remedies can deal with all emotional or mental issues. This becomes reasonable when you consider that these 38 ”primary” remedies can be used in combination with each other.

Which Bach Flower Remedies Are Right for You

It is common to use up to three different flowers (out of the 38) into one serum of Bach Flower Remedies.

There are several ways to determine which three Bach flower essences will help you most at any given time:

1. As it is hard for us to honestly and objectively diagnose where and how we’re emotionally out of balance, rational self-diagnosis is of little use.  Instead, you can use a technique called dowsing (using a pendulum or muscle testing) to determine yourself which remedies are best for you. Also, this Bach Flower Questionnaire will be helpful.  Use these techniques in combination, and you’ll get it right.

2. Or, you can ask an intuitive to determine for you which are best today for you.

3. Or, you can ask a homeopath or Bach flower remedy specialist, who will consult with you, who may be intuitive, who may give you the Bach flower questionnaire and perhaps as well, use a dowsing technique to complement their professional observations.

When using the Bach Flower Remedies it is essential to ignore as far as possible any physical symptoms or disease. This can be a hard to do, but the physical side of disease can of course be treated using any other appropriate system of healing, whether orthodox or complementary.

The Bach Flower Remedies themselves are selected according to the personality of the person being treated. For example, a kind gentle person who found it hard to say ‘no’ to other people would be given Centaury, while someone who always tries to laugh things off even when he is undergoing torture inside would need Agrimony. In addition, the current mental state is taken into account so that someone who was worrying all the time would need White Chestnut while someone who was feeling a bit despondent after a setback would be given Gentian.

The effect of the remedies is to transform negative thoughts and behavior into positive ones. They do not of course alter the personality or bring instant nirvana or bring back your past lives – instead they bring you gently back to yourself so that you can go on learning from the life that you are living now. So taking Centaury would not turn a kind person into a bossy tyrant; she would still be gentle and kind; but in addition she would be better able to draw the line and as a result wouldn’t suffer from exploitation by more ruthless characters. And the White Chestnut worrier would be able to think more constructively about problems instead of circling endlessly around them and never reaching a rational conclusion.

How to Take Bach Flowers – Determining Dosage

Dr Bach once gave nine remedies to one of his patients at a single time, but in practice it is possible in almost all cases to limit the number given to six or seven.

There are two main ways to take them. One is to put two drops of each selected remedy into a glass of water and sip from this at least four times a day – more if necessary – or until the problem has passed.

Alternatively the two drops can be put into a clean empty 30ml dropper bottle which is then topped up with mineral water. From this bottle – known as a treatment bottle – four drops are taken four times a day. Kept in the fridge and used regularly a treatment bottle will last up to three weeks.

Traditionally the 4 drops are taken under the tongue, 4x per day.  The Bach Flower Remedies work best over a period of time.

The treatment bottle dose is the minimum needed for the remedies to work effectively. You can take them more frequently for moments of crisis, because they are completely safe: it is impossible to overdose on them or become addicted or build up tolerance. In addition the Bach Flower Remedies do not affect the actions of other medicines or therapies, nor are they affected by them. This and the fact that they are free of side effects free makes them an ideal complement to other courses of treatment.

The Bach Flower Remedies

Rescue Remedy

Let me begin describing the various Bach flower remedies with the one best-known and called ‘Rescue Remedy’.This remedy actually contains seven of the below flower essences.  Rescue remedy is excellent for all kinds of ‘emergencies’ and would be a great addition to any first aid kit, teacher’s or dentist receptionist’s tool box, or a mom’s handbag. 

If you wonder what to give a pet owner, this is going to be a welcomed little present. Pets respond very well to Bach flowers and in fact, in some parts of the world, I believe there are more pets than people who benefit from Bach flowers, and rescue remedy in particular. 

The List of 38 Individual Flower Remedies

Now for humans, there are Bach Flower remedies for PMS, grief, restless –ness, fatigue, anxiety and the list goes on.

As is neatly explained in the Bach’s books (see book references below), the Bach Flower Remedies consists of 12 Healers, 7 Helpers, and then there are the second 19.  Bach’s first set of 12 Healers consisted of Agrimony, Centaury, Cerato, Chicory, Clematis, Gentian, Impatiens, Mimulus, Rock Rose, Scleranthus, Vervain, and Water Violet.  The Seven Helpers are Gorse, Heather, Oak, Olive, Rock Water, Vine, and Wild Oat. 

In summary, the Emotional Healing Help of Individual Bach Flower Remedies can be described as:

1· Agrimony for people who put a brave face on their troubles (click flower name link to learn more about this remedy)

2· Aspen for people who are anxious or afraid but don’t know why

3· Beech for people who are intolerant and critical of others.

4· Centaury for people who allow others to impose on them

5· Cerato for people who doubt their own judgment

6· Cherry Plum for uncontrolled, irrational thoughts and the fear of doing something awful

7· Chestnut Bud for people who repeat mistakes and don’t learn from experience (info on these remedies will be published rest of week)

8· Chicory for over-possessive, selfish people who cling to their loved ones

9· Clematis for day-dreamers

10· Crab Apple for those who dislike something about the way they look and as a general cleanser

11· Elm for responsible, capable people who in a crisis doubt their ability to cope

12· Gentian for people disheartened when something goes wrong

13· Gorse for people who have lost hope, often without cause

14· Heather for talkative types who are obsessed with their own problems

15· Holly for negative feelings of hatred, envy, jealousy and suspicion

16· Honeysuckle for people who live in the past

17· Hornbeam for mental tiredness at the thought of a coming task

18· Impatiens for impatience and irritation at other people’s slowness

19· Larch for fear of failure and lack of confidence

20· Mimulus for people who are afraid of something real that they can name

21· Mustard for gloom and depression with no known cause

22· Oak for strong, indefatigable people who can over-extend themselves by trying too hard

23· Olive for people physically drained by exertion or illness

24· Pine for those who blame themselves when things go wrong

25· Red Chestnut for excessive worry about the welfare of loved ones

26· Rock Rose for extreme fright and terror

27· Rock Water for people whose self-discipline and high standards are carried to excess

28· Scleranthus for people who find it hard to choose between possible courses of action

29· Star of Bethlehem for sudden frights and shock

30· Sweet Chestnut for utter despair and anguish

31· Vervain for enthusiastic people who are always on the go

32· Vine for domineering people

33· Walnut to help protect against outside influences and the effects of change

34· Water Violet for private, reserved people who can appear proud and arrogant

35· White Chestnut for persistent worrying thoughts

36· Wild Oat for people unable to find a direction for their lives

37· Wild Rose for people who resign themselves without complaint or effort to everything life throws at them

38· Willow for people who are full of self-pity, resentment and bitterness

For a detailed explanation of how each Bach flower remedy works and how it can help you, click on the flower essence name (link) above, and/or first consult the questionnaire.

Bach Flower Affirmations

Complementary Exercises to get the Most out of your Bach Flower Remedies: Awareness & Positive Affirmations Work

I have written an affirmation for each of the Bach flower remedies, and this is how I’d like you to use them.

First, it’s good to be aware of the positive & negative qualities of each of the flower essences which you ingest. Flower essences will work regardless of your mental support, but they will certainly work more effectively if you work with them in your mind.  Consider the negative quality or imbalance, without dwelling on it. Only unattached awareness is needed of the nature of your emotional problems or mental conflicts.

Then focus on and absorb the positive qualities related to the flower essence. Affirm to yourself that as you take the remedy, you are being infused with these positive qualities. Use the affirmation for this purpose. You may adjust them affirmation to better suit you.  When you say the affirmation to yourself, feel and visualize yourself in that reality. In this way, affirmations become very useful tools to use in conjunction with flower essences.

The awareness and affirmations will greatly enhance your healing process.

Final Note on Alcohol

Bach flower remedies are entirely safe. You can freely experiment with them as they are harmless. Nothing happens when you take a remedy you don’t need, but great things can and do happen when you take a remedy you do need.

Note that the remedies are preserved in neat brandy. So: use caution when giving them to people who are recovering from alcoholism, to people who are allergic to alcohol, or to those who object to its use on religious or moral grounds.

Books on Bach Flower Remedies

	Collected Writings of Edward Bach: The Man Who Discovered the Bach Flower Remedies
	The Essential Writings of Dr. Edward Bach: The Twelve Healers and Heal Thyself

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Today I want to highlight and explain the animal medicine contained in the heron.

I have learned a lot of native American animal wisdom from Ted Andrews’ book called ‘Animal-Speak’. It is a great reference book on animal medicine. In particular, today, I’m referring to the section ‘Dictionary of bird totems’, in an attempt to give you some insights into how animal medicine works, and within this context, an understanding of the powers of the Great Blue Heron.

Animal Medicine

When you begin to work with animals for healing purposes, examine them carefully. If you choose to have a bird in your totem, then look at their qualities as well as their behaviors. Most importantly: What is unique about your animal’s behavior? This is your primary clue to its significance for you as a totem animal in your life.

In addition, look at its color and the symbolic meaning of the color. Look at its size, but do not assume that larger animals mean more powerful animals. Look at its shape and how his shape is used in his activities, and the role various parts of his body play in the functions he performs. How does it fly? Where is it from? (look for the symbolism of the place) When is it most often seen? (periods of powerful animal energy) What kind of sounds does it make? What does prefer to eat? How does it breed and what kind of environment does it live in?

Beyond your own observations, consider animal myths, that have been created based upon these aspects. They offer spiritual insight and understanding of the significance of the animal in your life.

Animal Medicine: Great Blue Heron

Now that we know a bit how to study the animals for healing, let’s focus on the bird that is currently guiding one of my clients: the great blue heron.

The Heron – In General

HERON’S MOST SIGNIFICANT ESSENCE: aggressive self-determination and self-reliance

ENERGETIC PRIME TIME – FULL OF POWER: Spring

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Ted Andrews points out that “There are many variations of herons, including bitterns and egrets. Storks and cranes should not be confused with them.

Herons are part of a group of birds called ‘waders’. It is a bird of the marshlands and shallow waters. All waders have similar physical characteristics – long, thin legs, long necks, and sharp bills. These physical characteristics are important to understand for those who have a heron as a totem.

Legs enable animals and people to move about on the earth. They are symbols of balance, and they represent an ability to progress and evolve. Also the longer the legs, the deeper the water the heron will feed in. The deeper life can be explored.

The long thin legs of the heron reflect that you don’t need great massive pillars to remain stable, but you must be able to stand on your won. This is especially significant for those with a totem of the great blue heron, as it is a lone hunter.

When it feeds, it stands in the water, reflecting a connection to the earth – while implying the exploration of other dimensions on the earth (water element).

It is important for anyone with a heron totem to explore various activities and dimensions of Earth life. On the surface, this may seem a form of dabbling, but those with heron totems are wonderfully successful at being the traditional ‘Jack of all trades’.

This ability enables them to follow their own path. Most people will never be able to live the way heron people do. It is not a structured way, and does not seem to have stability and security to it. It is, though, just a matter of perspective. There is security in heron medicine, for it gives the ability to do a variety of tasks. It one way does not work, then another will. This, heron people seem to inherently know.

Heron people do no seem to need a lot of people in their life, nor do they feel pressured to keep up with the Joneses, or be traditional in their life roles. The only time they gather in colonies is during the breeding season. They stand out in their uniqueness, and they know how to snatch and take advantage of things and events that the average person would not even bother with.

The Great Blue Heron

The great blue heron is considered the kind of the marsh, although the short-eared owl has been known to re-adjust a heron’s point of view. It is the tallest of the herons, and when it flies, its head is folded back in a flat S-shaped loop. This reflects the innate wisdom of being able to maneuver through life and control its life circumstances. It reflects a need for those with this totem to follow their own innate wisdom and path of self-determination. You know what is best for you and should follow it, rather than the prompting of others.

The great blue heron in flight is powerful, and its legs and head are held in a straight line. It uses a slow stalking stride when hunting. When it spies a fish, it spears its prey with its sharp beak and with quick speed. Again, it reflects an aggressive movement towards opportunities that present themselves.

Other Herons

The green heron is actually more of a slate blue, and it has orange legs with are distinctive. This color combination reflects an innate balance at living life in its own unique style. It flies silently, and is most often seen in flight at night and at dusk. Like all herons, it is a marsh bird.

There are distinctive seasonal changes in the color of this bird. The irises of the eyes will turn from yellowish to bright orange, as will the legs. Meditating on this color will provide a lot of insight as to its role in your life.”

From:
Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small by Ted Andrews

Animal Speak: Highly Recommended

Needless to say that I highly recommend the book, as I refer to it weekly. The book includes exercises to create your own totem and other animal medicine techniques. A good chunk of the book is a comprehensive dictionary of animal, bird and reptile symbolism. In this article I referred to the Dictionary of bird totems.

Other Animal Medicine

What’s next in this series of animal medicine articles? You ask. Which bird or animal do you wish to learn more about?

Personally, besides the herons, I have also spotted lots of hummingbirds and dragonflies during my healing treatments, so I will write about these as well, at some stage.

Now over to you: What animal do YOU see ‘all the time’? What animal inspires you?

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(I guess it was so delightful because I did a double session of 2 hrs, outside in the sun, linking to all in our group, with/without daylight savings, totally spontaneously. )

The article offers a nice explanation on why our distant healing sessions work. It is also a response to my poll results from the home page. While it is not specifically about Reiki, it embraces Reiki and is interesting to Reiki students.

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Here is the article “The Science Behind Healing Intention”

“Have you ever been to a health care practitioner you were really comfortable with? Perhaps you experienced faster healing by working with this person. Or maybe your church congregation prayed for you and you found yourself recovering from an illness faster than usual. Maybe you helped another person heal by your positive attitude or consciousness. If you experienced any of the above situations you have first hand experience with a mysterious phenomenon known as healing intention.

Just what is healing intention?

Intention can be thought of as having and acting with a purpose. In the case of healing, it is having the purpose to heal. The purpose to heal can be directed at one’s self or to another as in a practitioner-patient relationship. Healing intention also works over great distances.

Early research on healing intention was done with simple living systems such as plants. In one early study conducted by Bernard Grad (1) two different kinds of saline solutions were given to plants. One sample consisted of normal unaffected water while the other consisted of water exposed to healing intentions given by a healer. The plants given the healing water showed more sprouting were taller than those given the untreated water.

Healing & Science

Another series of studies by Grad showed that skin wounds in mice healed faster in mice treated by healers who simply laid their hands on them. (2) This effect of faster wound healing by the laying on of hands has also been found in human subjects.(3) More recently a study conducted by Randolph C. Byrd, a cardiologist at San Francisco General Hospital showed that healing prayer affected the recovery of cardiac surgery patients. (4) The prayed for patients experienced less complications and less morbidity than those who were not prayed for.

A clue as to how healing intention works may be found in the way intention affects machines. A number of experiments have been done with machines that generate a string of random numbers. These machines called random event generators or REGs spew out millions of random numbers that should all statistically cancel out. Experiments show that these numbers deviate from randomness with human intention. Human subjects can actually influence the machine’s output by just thinking about it. The effect is small but statistically sound. This effect also occurs over great distances.

Intention Reduces Randomness

The important point is that somehow intention decreases randomness in the universe. There is some kind of mysterious link between someone’s intentions and physical reality. At present we know this connection exists but we don’t know exactly what it is or how it works.

Disease can be thought of as the body moving toward a state of greater randomness. Think of an infection or something more serious like cancer. The body’s cells become more disorganized, more random with disease. It may be that intention works by decreasing the randomness produced by the disease.

Distant Healing

Intention is also a non-local phenomenon. A non-local phenomenon does not happen according to the laws of physics. In other words it does not obey the laws of space and time. For example, if you drop a ball you can measure a number of properties related to the event of dropping the ball. You can measure the speed of the ball, the acceleration and so on. In non-local events you cannot measure these properties because they appear to transcend physical attributes such as mass, speed and acceleration. Non-local events are instantaneous and can extend to any distance in space. If intention is non-local then it elicits its effects instantaneously and over any distance.

Intention can be used by anyone to heal or to help others to heal. We have seen that prayer is a form of intention but there are also other ways to use intention. First of all you must make a decision deep inside you to heal or to help someone else heal. Then you must hold the intention for a period of time. That means that you can concentrate on healing or just know in a deep way that you are healing. If you are using intention to help others you should focus on their health and well-being.

Some techniques go as far as having a group of people such as family members use guided imagery to help a loved one through surgery. Instead of nervously waiting in the visitor’s lounge the family members work together by performing an imagery exercise. The exercise begins by imagining the patient entering the operating room and then continues by forming an image of a successful operation and recovery. In my opinion this is time well spent and gives family members a sense of control over the procedure.

Conclusion

Intention is a great addition to any healing program and should be considered by anyone wishing to heal or in helping others to heal. It is simple to do, works over any distance and is supported by a number of studies. Although the actual mechanism is not known it may work by somehow reducing the disorganization caused by disease.

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To kick off the discussion let me start with explaining that Reiki energy healing therapy is an excellent way to realize an instant relaxation response.

In my experience and those of other Reiki Masters and practitioners, Reiki brings on the state of relaxation so quickly and effectively, as we need to be in a state of relaxation in order to heal ourselves using the Universal Life Force healing energy of Reiki. Once the stress falls away, the real healing can take place.

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You will find that several of the relaxation techniques mentioned here below could be used side-by-side with Reiki. Reiki founder Mr. Usui had a strong practice of meditating and was an advanced Kiko (Japanese for Chi kung) practitioner. Reiki practitioners (and their clients) are encouraged to meditate and do yoga, chi kung or other forms of breathing exercise to optimize their overall health.

Overview of Relaxation Techniques

“Stress is the curse of living in modern times. Everyone suffers from stress. And the stress we suffer takes a heavy toll on our bodies, emotions and minds.

Feeling stressed out, worn out by fatigue or just simply having a miserable day, the best thing to do is relax.

Watching television may be a form of relaxation for some, but is not a recommended method by experts. When we watch TV we are bombarded with commercials, ads, sounds and images. So how do we achieve relaxation? If there are thousands of ways we can get stressed, one of them is not meeting deadlines, there are also many ways we can relax.

In recent studies, experts have determined that heart disease is linked to anger and irritability is linked to mental stress. Too much stress brings about ischemia that can lead to or cause a heart attack. Relaxation takes on added importance in light of this matter. Managing your anger and attitude is significant to heart health, and relaxation can help you manage stress.

One way of relaxation is transcendental meditation. Recent studies have also shown that this method might reduce artery blockage, which is a major cause for heart attack and stroke. People practice transcendental meditation by repeating uttering soothing sounds while meditating, this is to achieve total relaxation. The researchers found that practitioners of transcendental meditation significantly reduced the thickness of their arterial wall compared with those who didn’t practice transcendental meditation.

Another study on another method of relaxation, acupuncture, seems to reduce high blood pressure by initiating several body functions for the brain to release chemical compounds known as endorphins. Endorphin helps to relax muscles, ease panic, decrease pain, and reduce anxiety.

Yoga is also another method for relaxation and may also have similar effects like acupuncture. In another study, participants were subjected to several minutes of mental stress. Then they were subjected to various relaxation techniques, such as listening to nature sounds or classical music. Only those who did Yoga significantly reduced the time it took for their blood pressures to go back to normal. Yoga is a form of progressive relaxation.

Breathing is one of the easiest methods to relax. Breathing influences almost all aspects of us, it affects our mind, our moods and our body. Simply focus on your breathing, after some time you can feel its effects right away. There are several breathing techniques that can help you reduce stress.

Another easy way to achieve relaxation is exercise. If you feel irritated a simple half-hour of exercise will often settle things down. Although exercise is a great way to lose weight, it does not show you how to manage stress appropriately. Exercise should be used in conjunction with other relaxation methods.

One great way of relaxation is getting a massage. To gain full relaxation, you need to totally surrender to the handling and touch of a professional therapist. There are several types of massages that also give different levels of relaxation.

Another method of relaxation is biofeedback. The usual biofeedback-training program includes 10-hour sessions that are often spaced one week apart.

Hypnosis is one controversial relaxation technique. It is a good alternative for people who think that they have no idea what it feels like to be relaxed. It is also a good alternative for people with stress related health problems.

Drugs are extreme alternatives to relaxation. They are sometimes not safe and are not effective like the other relaxation methods. This method is only used by trained medical professionals on their patients.

These relaxation techniques are just some of the ways you can achieve relaxation. Another reason why we need to relax, aside from lowering blood pressure in people and decreasing the chances of a stroke or a heart attack, is because stress produces hormones that suppress the immune system, relaxation gives the immune system time to recover and in doing so functions more efficiently.

Relaxation lowers the activities within the brains’ limbic system; this is the emotional center of our brain.

Furthermore, the brain has a periodic need for a more pronounced activity on the right-hemisphere. Relaxation is one way of achieving this.

Relaxation can really be of good use once a relaxation technique is regularly built into your lifestyle. Choose a technique that you believe you can do regularly.” *)

And this last line is the best advice!

*) About the author of this overview of relaxation techniques: Tim Maher is interested in health & fitness in all its facets and has tried to maintain his health by regular exercise and supplementary vitamins. It is an interest that is fed and nurtured by listening to audio books when possible. To assist your own personal fitness regime get your audio resources at http://www.magillaudiobooks.com/list.aspx?catId=154

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Chromo-therapy is a method of treatment of diseases by the use of color. For many people color simply is a matter of personal opinion and choice. However, the use of color as a treatment method is used as a supportive therapy along with other natural methods of preserving health in order to rid bodily malfunctions.

Practitioners of chromotherapy staunchly believe that the cause of any disease can be traced to the lack of a particular color in the human system. Thus the method of color therapy is the applied technique that is used to heal people.

The method of color therapy is founded on the principles of resonant colors interaction, adjoining to frequency characteristics of body. The use of colored light can be used directly on the body to stabilize health and increase resistance strength. Colored light affects the body and the emotions and does not alter the material composition of the body, but rather the vibration aspect which is similar to homeopathy. The treatment basically involves the application of colored light to the acupuncture points on the skin with an instrument that resembles a simple pen light. It does not use needles or pierce the skin. Rather the color sensitivity of acupuncture receptors on the skin is used to absorb the colored light. Then healing information which is encoded in the light is transferred to targeted cells and the brain where it is needed.

For homeowners, the knowledge of the healing powers of color for the body and mind should play a significant role in the choice of color scheme for the house. The action and effect of various colors on the body and their healing qualities are as follows:

Red is symbolic of heat, fire and anger and is a stimulating and energizing color. It is usually used in the treatment of diseases like low blood pressure, rheumatism, paralysis, anaemia and advanced cases of tuberculosis. The psychological effect is that while red has proven to be a color of vitality it has been shown to be associated with anger. Although this color can be useful in dispelling negative thoughts, it can also make one irritable. Pink has the opposite effect of red.

Orange is symbolic of prosperity and pride, orange is useful for stimulating blood supply and energizing the nerves. It is beneficial in the treatment of kidney and gallstones, hernia and appendicitis. It is also used to stimulate the milk producing action of breasts after childbirth. The psychological effect of orange is that it has positive affects on your emotional state. This color relieves feelings of self-pity, lack of self-worth and unwillingness to forgive. Orange opens your emotions and is a terrific antidepressant.

Yellow is associated with joy and happiness, yellow is laxative and diuretic. It is a stimulant to the brain, the liver and the spleen. Similar to orange, the psychological effect of yellow is that it is associated with intellectual thinking: discernment, memory, clear thinking, decision-making and good judgment. Also Yellow builds self-confidence and encourages optimism. However, a dull yellow can bring on feelings of fear.

Purple or indigo combines the blood-warming red and the cooling antiseptic blue. It is an excellent stimulant without being an irritant and exerts a soothing effect on the eyes, ears and the nervous system. Purple’s psychological effect is that it helps to balance the mind and transform obsessions and fears. Indigo is often associated with the right side of the brain; stimulating intuition and imagination. Violet is associated with bringing peace and combating shock and fear. Violet has a cleansing effect with emotional disturbances.

Green which consists of blue and yellow, is regarded as a color of harmony. It is a mild sedative. It is useful in the treatment of nervous conditions, hay fever, ulcers, influenza, malaria, colds, sexual disorders and cancer. It preserves and strengthens eyesight. Green psychologically creates feelings of comfort, laziness, relaxation, calmness. It helps us balance and soothe our emotions. These olive green colors remind us of decay and death and can actually have a detrimental effect on physical and emotional health. Always remember that sickened cartoon characters always turned green.

Blue is believed to alleviate pain, and reduce bleeding and heals burns. It is beneficial in the treatment of dysentery, colic, asthma, respiratory disorders, high blood pressure and skin aberrations. Psychologically this color is associated with the night and thus we feel relaxed and calmed. Lighter blues make us feel quite and away from the rush of the day. These colors can be useful in eliminating insomnia. Like yellow, blue inspires mental control, clarity and creativity. However, too much dark blue can be depressing.

There you have it! Go choose your colors for the various rooms of your house.

By Sarah H.

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Best Detox Diet Foods

• Fruit: You can eat any fruit including fresh, frozen, dried or canned in natural fruit juice. This includes apples, bananas, pears, oranges, grapefruit, satsumas, sultanas, raisins, pineapple, mango, kiwi fruit, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, nectarines, peaches, and melons.
• Fruit juice: Either make homemade fruit juices or smoothies from fresh fruit, or drink ready-made juices. Make sure ready-made juices are labelled as pure or unsweetened.
• Vegetables: Eat any vegetables including fresh, frozen or canned in water (without salt added). This includes carrots, onions, turnip, swede, sprouts, cabbage, peppers, mushrooms, corn, peppers, leeks, broccoli, cauliflower, salad, tomatoes, and cucumber.
• Beans and lentils: Eat any beans, including those that have been dried or canned in water. This includes red kidney, haricot, cannellini, butter, black eye, pinto, red lentils, green lentils and brown lentils.
• Potatoes: Eat all types
• Brown rice and rice noodles
• Rye crackers and rice cakes
• Fresh fish: Eat any fresh fish including cod, mackerel, salmon, lobster, crab, trout, haddock, tuna, prawns, Dover sole, red mullet, halibut, lemon sole, monkfish, and swordfish. You can eat canned salmon and tuna in water.
• Unsalted nuts: Eat any, including Brazil, peanuts, almonds, cashew, hazel nuts, macadamia, pecans, pine nuts, pistachio, and walnuts
• Unsalted seeds: Eat any, including sunflower and pumpkin.
• Plain popcorn: Eat without sugar or salt
• Live natural yogurt
• Extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar
• Garlic, ginger and fresh herbs
• Ground black pepper
• Honey
• Water: Drink at least eight ounces of tap or mineral water a day.
• Herbal or fruit teas

Foods to Avoid During Your Detox

• Red meat, chicken, turkey, and meat products such as sausages, burgers, and pate
• Milk, cheese, eggs, cream
• Butter and margarine
• Any food that contains wheat including bread, croissants, cereals, cakes, pies, pastry, quiche, or battered and breadcrumbed foods
• Salted nuts
• Chocolate, candy, jam and sugar
• Processed foods, and ready-made meals and sauces
• Alcohol
• Coffee and tea
• Sauces, pickles, store-bought salad dressing, and mayonnaise
• Salt
• Carbonated drinks, both sugar and diet

Now that you know the dos and don’ts of detox diet foods, you’re halfway to success!

By guest blogger Joan Yankowitz.

Joan writes on a wide variety of health and fitness topics. She can show you the pros and cons of a cleansing detox diet at HealthyLivingTimes.com

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Oxidation is best illustrated by looking at rust, which is a reaction of metal to oxygen. When free radicals come in contact with the body, oxidation can occur. Oxidation causes all kinds of problems, such as allergies and certain types of sickness. The body has a natural anti-oxidation system which includes vitamins such as C, E, B2, bioflavonoid, beta-carotene and other substances to prevent oxidation. Oxidation occurs at the cellular level, so detox must occur there as well. Any deficiency of these in the diet causes problems removing toxins.

What a good full body detox does is also remove impurities from the blood through the liver. The liver is an important organ, and is where toxins are processed. The body also uses other organs such as kidneys, intestines, lungs, lymph nodes and skin to remove toxins. Most toxins are not water-soluble. When toxins enter the liver, two groups of enzymes break down the toxins into water-soluble substances to be excreted via the kidneys and other organs. When this system is not functioning properly, toxins can go unfiltered and your whole body suffers.

There are several ways a body detox program boosts your body’s clearing of toxins. Fasting for a short period of time is usually part of any full body detox. When you fast, your organs rest. This gives them time to rejuvenate themselves and assist with the cleansing. In addition to fasting, a good detox program will stimulate the liver to eliminate common toxins from your body the way it should have been doing all along. This also extends to elimination through the skin, kidneys and intestines.

Circulation is always a big part of any natural body detox. Boosting circulation of the blood through exercise, deep breathing, and other means helps toxins be carried quickly out of the bloodstream. The simple act of breathing deeply brings more oxygen to your blood, thereby allowing for faster elimination of toxins. Even though oxygen contributes to oxidation, lack of oxygen can also cause serious problems. Blood flow helps push more blood through the liver, allowing more toxin removal.

Diet is another major component of a body detox program. It is important to get rid of any toxins in the diet. It is usually necessary to cut out all sugar, caffeine, nicotine and other harmful chemicals from your body. This is one of the most important components, and it is helpful to continue giving your body nutrients even after your program is complete.

Abstaining from using certain chemicals also aids in toxin removal. Free radicals come from many household products. Perfumes, shampoos, household cleaners, sunscreens, and much more all contain toxins that get stuck in your body if there is no way to eliminate it. This is why abstinence and diet are two important ways to keep your body cleansed.

By John Khu

About the Author

John Khu is a health enthusiast and author of a new eBook titled “Body Detox Tips”. He is devoted to educate others on the benefit of body detoxification. He is also the owner of the website called http://www.bodydetoxtips.com
which provides complete and up-to-date information.

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