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Sharing a Loving Frequency

In a past article, we explored the idea of finding and giving oneself love and self-care; with the notion that it is only through loving oneself that others can love you; and that others reflect the love back to you that you give yourself. I also put forward that like attracts like and if you…

Follow Your Heart – Heart Math

As energies shift and change, and as the world continues to look more and more dire, there is something quite marvelous happening alongside the dismalness of it all. We continue to change as human beings energetically. I know I’ve spouted about this before, but now more than ever, when governments are misaligned, the money coffers…

Finding Self Love

So many people are “looking for love in all the wrong places” as a popular song goes. How many internet sites offer the chance to meet like-minded people in the hopes of starting a blossoming relationship, trying to satisfy that empty hole where love should live; sweet promises of finding the right person to fill…

Smell the Love

Even though it is the shortest month, February, for most people, seems to drag on forever. It is usually cold, dark and depressing. But one of February’s redeeming graces is that it holds that magical day called Valentine’s – ah, when love is in the air and chocolate resurfaces as a good thing (having been…

The Language of Flowers – Bridal Arrangements, etc.

Since we are coming up to the wedding months, I thought it would be fun to explore the meanings of flowers and what it might signify when a bride places these flowers in her bouquet. In the olden days, flowers were coded messages as to what young couples felt about each other. Each sprig of…

Herb Garden Aromatherapy

Around this time of year we begin thinking and planning our herb gardens. For the most part, we choose the basic culinary herbs that most recipes call for. But have you ever stopped and wondered what therapeutic effects these plants have other than tasting good? Let’s explore some of these! Sweet Basil is one of the…

Spring Cleaning The Home and Self

When spring rolls around, it seems we finally begin to get our energy back. The long winter blues melt away with the snow and a fresh new look on life springs into view. But what else springs into view can be disconcerting. With having the house all closed up over the winter months, coupled with…

Insomnia

The clock keeps ticking as you toss and turn in bed. Another wake-filled night as you watch the minutes slowly count down until dawn. You think, “If I get to sleep now, I’ll have 5 hours’ sleep—I can get by on 5 hours ….” Then “I’ve gotten by on 3 hours of sleep before …”…

Aromatherapy and the Energetic Bodies

In a holistic model of reality, we as humans, are considered as not only a physical body. It is believed that we contain many energetic fields or aura bodies as well. These energetic bodies are usually our first line of defense when challenged by disease or trauma, as well as being first affected in joy…

Color and Essential Oils

Here in Virginia, the beginning of November still offers us a charming rainbow of colors to delight our senses. Especially in the mountains, the leaves change into the most magnificently vibrant arrays of colors from reds to oranges, yellows to greens, all set off against usually the clearest of bright blue skies. This is a…