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Beauty is like a good cup of tea, a sigh of relief, a foot massage, love, peace...
Beauty is like a flower trying burst through the cold ground and then Yes! Freedom!
Freedom for the flower, the birds, for the laughing woman and the beautiful children
Freedom for the heart that use to be afraid to open,
Freedom to grow and show life
To live life fully and completely without harm or fear
And Full of Beauty, Peace, Love, Magic, Life
Green Blessings,
Vanessa
I was guided to go back into the womb . Once their I relived the emotions that I had experienced. I did not feel safe , I was panicky and wanted to get out , but it was too early. I felt distress and fear. I was picking up my mothers emotions about her fear of giving birth again . Her emotions and memories around the fear of another dry birth , a stillbirth and a miscarriage . Also the distress of my 3 sisters who had passed this way.One alive now 2 dead from the stillbirth and miscarriage.I was also picking up the tensions of a not very harmonious household where there were 2 dominant males , my grandfather and father.I was born prematurely and was not expectd to live and did nearly die. The emotions that I experienced at this time made up my core emotional make-up.I have been most fortunate to be able to embrace and transmute this deeply held emotional energy from my tissues.Many people at this time are having this opportunity. I would also reinforce how important it is to have a calm , serene and harmonious pregnancy.
Robina Hearle. Flower essence therapist and Reiki Master. www.rosecottagefloweressences.co.uk
I use to say to myself I have one painful period and one not.I noticed one day that this was my thinking and my belief. I stopped reinforcing this belief and guess what it no longer happened.I then caught myself believing that I had a 23 day cycle, that now has altered as well.So I would say to you , write down on a piece of paper as if you were telling a friend what you believe about your health issues. What you believe is what you create for yourself. Look at your beliefs and see what you wish to change. This can be done for all aspects of your life, relationships,money ,abundance and work.I would remind you that we have choice all of the time and that we are very powerful.
Robina Hearle . Flower essence therapist and Reiki Master. www.rosecottagefloweressences.co.uk
A Moment In Time
Looking through the window that frames time in a painting; is a frame of time within time.
Once again the house that sits, on a wind swept beach some place in the corner of an Island off the coast of Maine.
Lace curtains blowing from the off shore breeze, while summer fills the air with flower and ocean smells, that hint of salt and spices. The gray weathered porch boards with paint peeling from the clapboards, speaks of long ago visitors to this land. The porch swing hooked to the rafters’ moves slowly in the wind. My work done, pies on the window sill to cool, I sit in the rocker listening to the sounds of ocean and music.
This moment in time captured in a painting, remains frozen for all who come to listen.
Looking out over the empty beach, you can see the grasses sway to the rhythm of the haunting music that fills this old house with such joy.
Waves roll in and out, nothing changes no matter what is happening in this world, some things just stay the same.
Long legged gulls do their high step dance in the foam along the shoreline. They search the sand while skirting the larger waves as they explore for food.
Warm sunny weather leaves the body relaxed and free to float in the dream. My thoughts drift on the ocean as the afternoon sun prickle my skin. I look down at the hands that are folded in my lap they do not look familiar to me. Weathered brown hands that once were so busy, lay at peace, perfectly content to remain idle for a while.
Such is my soul on this summer day, listening to the music in my memory through the window of time. All is alive, in this corner of the world, all is at peace.
Some paint with colors some paint with words of the mind but together we paint the creation of all things. The mind is the most powerful gift you will possess use it wisely.
Blessings Waynonaha
2 February 2006 Feast of Flames
Dear Marguerite, and anyone else who thinks herbalists need licenses:
No to all licensing of herbs and herbalists. Never. No way.
Ask the midwives of North America. They fell for "let's regulate ourselves before the big boys do." And they regulated themselves out of existence. There are no midwives left, according to Jeannine Parvati; only medwives. I agree. Let us learn from their mistake. No licenses for herbalists.
Herbal medicine is people's medicine. People don't need licenses to care for themselves and their families. Licenses don't protect people; they protect, and create, institutions. Herbalism is change, individuality, and uniqueness. Institutions don't change. Licensing herbalists kills herbal medicine. Licenses, and their companion, liability insurance, set up protocols. The art of herbalism is re-placed with "evidence-based" science designed to protect healers, not heal patients. No licenses for herbalists.
I have taught and lived in Germany, where herbs and herbalism are licensed. In daily life, this meant my access to herbs was limited, and my students -- many of whom are professional, licensed healers -- were threatened with loss of their licenses when they recommended home-made medicines such as dandelion vinegar and St. Joan's/John's wort oil. No licenses for herbalists.
Any American who wants a license to heal with herbs can get one. There are plenty available. Be an herbalist and a massage therapist, an herbalist and a chiropractor, a naturopath specializing in herbs, an acupuncturist/herbalist, even an M.D. herbalist. Surely these are enough. No more licenses.
Licenses do not confer credit or merit or worth. They replace these things. We have an excellent system already in place for "certifying" herbalists: the apprentice system. We know each other, our strengths and foibles. We know who we have trained. And we talk openly. Licenses make people less secure, less likely to trust each other, less open, more protective. No licenses for herbalists.
Herbs are not manufactured. They grow. Besides standards of purity and identity -- which are in place -- we do not need rules. Except perhaps to consider banning the use of herbs in capsules, which, to my mind, are more likely to be harmful than any other dosage form available.
I stand firm and proud for herbal medicine free of licenses. Reconsider your plan. Herbalists have a long heritage as revolutionaries. Don't make Culpepper and Euell Gibbons, Maude Grieves and Adelma Simmons rise from their graves to remind us: No licenses for herbalists.
I, personally don't want to be forced to go underground, like the Chinese acupuncturists in my area, who cannot legally practice because they don't speak enough English to pass the exam and get a license. No licenses for herbalists.
I say "NO" to all attempts to license herbalists. Please raise your voices with me, in a lusty green yell:
TRUST YOURSELF; TRUST THE EARTH; NO LICENSES FOR HERBALISTS!
Green blessings, Susun S. Weed www.susunweed.com
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