17.02.21 / Well-being / Author: dewdrop / Comments Off on Bach Flower Remedies ~ Vervain
The Vervain person is what others would describe as tightly wound or highly strung.
Full of great ideas, they are always on a mission and want to convince others to join their cause. Because of this determination to push their ideas onto others, they are extremely draining to be around.
Similar in many ways to Impatiens, Vervain types are easily irritated when there are delays or things are not progressing as they would like.
They think, talk, move and act quickly and often impulsively.
They have huge amounts of energy which they use to push their cause, other people, and themselves.
Continues despite any obstacles, such as ill-health
Courageous, determined, and strong they are willing to take risks and make sacrifices that most would not. This includes risking relationships and their health.
Because they do not know when or how to stop, they can suffer from insomnia and are unable to rest or relax leading to muscle tension, all sorts of unexplained pains, fatigue, and exhaustion.
Of course, this is Vervain in its extreme when in reality many people exhibit Vervain-like tendencies only occasionally or to a lesser degree.
Vervain needs to convince only itself
There is much about Vervain that is of value, like its dedication, huge energy, and enthusiasm, and taking Vervain will not take those valuable traits away.
But those who take Vervain will find that their energy becomes more balanced, taking on a calm, sure, knowing aspect that does not need to push to get things done, to convince others of their rightness, or to defend their own ideas.
They will also find themselves softening and becoming more allowing of others’ ideas knowing that that does not invalidate their own. They will also be able to change their course if necessary. With this newfound flexibility, calmness, and certainty they will surely be infinitely more powerful than they were from their once rigid standpoint.
Olive is the Bach Flower Remedy for physical and mental exhaustion as a result of a long or particularly intense period of mental and/or physical strain, or illness.
The feeling is of complete and utter exhaustion requiring total rest and much sleep. Even the smallest activities are a great effort.
Milder cases of tiredness and fatigue caused by strain or illness also respond well to the Bach Flower Olive.
Olive strengthens and revitalizes the body and mind. An awareness of the need to follow the guidance from our higher selves develops which allows periods of stress and strain to be handled with great ease.
Some common situations where the Bach Flower Remedy Olive can help restore your energy:
Moving House – The physical and mental stress of moving house can often result in a state of short-term exhaustion. This lack of energy will naturally resolve once the move is over and you can rest, but taking Olive will speed up the process.
Empaths or those Sensitive to Energy – empaths, and sensitives will find that Olive not only improves their physical strength but also strengthens their mind and energetic system, making them less vulnerable to disharmonious energies. If you are already feeling drained by a situation or person, Olive will help you to return quickly to your natural vibration.
Caring for a dependant – this could be a newborn baby, a super active toddler, an elderly parent or someone who is sick, physically or mentally. Anything that takes a large toll on your energy will be easier to handle with the help of Olive.
Supportive Measures
As well as taking Olive, use this quiet time to reflect and see if you could better balance your energies in the future. While some situations are unavoidable one-offs, if you have a pattern of overdoing followed by periods of exhaustion, then you will want to look for ways to balance your activities. The Bach Flower Scleranthus can be helpful here.
Also, consider what feelings are driving your periods of intense activity. Common culprits are a feeling of impatience, which is helped by the Bach Flower Impatiens, or over-enthusiasm which is helped by Vervain.
Many of us have been trained to ignore our natural impulse to stop and take a rest when we need it. We push on past feelings of tiredness, boredom, hunger, thirst, even a need to use the bathroom. But these are all early subtle signs letting us know that we are losing our balance. A quick stop taken when you receive the impulse can give you the ability to continue for longer periods of time without risking tiredness, fatigue, or exhaustion.
If your natural impulses are so shut down that you can no longer feel them, then start by scheduling your rest and bathroom breaks. These short regular breaks are usually all it takes to keep your energy flowing consistently. And of course, you will find that your work also flows with greater ease and that you produce better results for less effort.
Every time that you take Olive your ability to sense the subtle signs of imbalance improves slightly and before long you will no longer need schedules or self-discipline and instead you will just naturally move, rest or shift your focus as you need to.
Make sure that you are also supporting your recovery with plenty of sleep as well as rest and fresh air.
Sunlight is also helpful so even if it’s just sitting next to a window, try to get some every day.
During this time try to eat little and often. Overeating requires a lot of energy for digestion and adds to feelings of heaviness, whereas smaller meals are more easily digested. Ideal foods will be nutrient-dense and easy to digest such as soups, smoothies, and fresh juices.
When you feel ready, introduce gentle exercises such as Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Gentle Hatha Yoga or walking.
Be gentle with yourself and take your time as you return to your normal activities. With the help of Olive, you will soon be back to your old (but improved) self.
Is there such a thing as permanent, easy and natural weight loss? I believe there is. I believe that permanent weight loss is not only possible but inevitable when we make just a few small and simple changes and stick with them. If you are ready to stop overcomplicating weight loss and are ready to make it easy for yourself if you are ready to stop trying to lose weight and are ready to lose weight permanently and move on with your life then read on.
1. NOURISH, DON’T PUNISH
If you want to lose weight permanently think nutrition, not restriction. Nourish yourself – I know that for myself if I am not getting the nutrients I need, I feel constantly hungry and I am hungry for things that are not good for me.
For years I struggled with just a few extra pounds of weight and tried many diets and exercise, I eventually thought that I was just always going to have that extra fat around my thighs and stomach until I started a diet that had nothing to do with weight loss but focused only on creating health. It was then that I realized that maybe I was not so much weak-willed but just malnourished!
You see I had been gradually improving my diet but I still had a strong dislike for anything raw, especially fruit, and so without realizing it I was depriving myself of some key nutrients and digestive aiding enzymes and this lack of nutrients was causing me to experience cravings for sweet foods like chocolate to give me an instant hit of energy. By introducing nutrient-dense spirulina along with vitamin, mineral, and enzyme-laden raw fruit and vegetable juices I had found the key (for me) to permanent weight loss.
To this day and that is 20+ years on, I still enjoy my daily juice, and I can honestly say that I no longer experience food cravings and although I have nothing against chocolate, I almost never eat it or any of the sugar and fat-laden foods that I used to find irresistible.
Now you don’t have to have juice and spirulina (although I highly recommend it), you just need to make sure that you are consuming some raw fruit and dark green leafy vegetables and/or spirulina. Of course, smoothies are another easy way to get your daily dose of raw foods. How you do it does not matter, just make a point of upping your raw food intake and get some dark green goodness in there too and you will be ensuring that your body is getting a shot of easily digested goodness every time you do, and hopefully, you will have the same fantastic results I did!
2. CREATE MORE ORDER AND ROUTINE
I recommend creating a clear written routine that works for you – not someone else’s idea of what works – to keep you focused on what you want and make it easier for you to say on track.
Make sure that you are eating regularly (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), remember that regular eating keeps your metabolism fired up and aiding weight loss, whereas skipping meals slows your metabolism making it more difficult to lose weight.
Creating a routine also helps you to avoid the possibility of binge eating, by ensuring that you eat before you are too hungry, and making it easier for you to stop eating before you are too full.
You will notice, that there are times of the day where you feel more positive about your weight and these are the best times to plan your meals, the food that you will buy, what exercise you will do, and any other routines that will support you in your weight loss goals.
Resist the urge to overdo, as when you are feeling positive it can be tempting to create routines that later seem unachievable, this is just another form of self-sabotage that needs to be avoided. Be realistic in your plans, make everything as simple and easy as possible so that you will have no reason, later on, to avoid following through.
Make sure you have plenty of your favourite healthy foods on hand as much of the time as possible. Plan your meals in advance or at least have a variety of quick, easy, healthy options that you can go to in a hurry so that you won’t be so easily tempted by less healthy fast food options. Take advantage of online shopping to make your life easier, and to make it easier to make good choices.
Have healthy snacks on hand at all times and eat these if you need to.
While I don’t like to snack myself, it is better to have a snack than let your appetite get out of control. Fresh fruit and vegetables are the best options as they won’t interfere with your next meal, bananas are good if you need something that will last a bit longer and nuts and seeds are also good at keeping you satisfied.
3. SLEEP AND REST MORE
Your body produces hormones that help you to sense when you are full and when you need food, these hormones are affected by sleep. Being chronically tired can hamper your weight loss efforts by triggering false feelings of hunger when it may be that all you really need is a rest.
Your change in diet and routine will temporarily increase your need for rest and sleep as your mind and body adjust to the changes. Allowing yourself more time to rest, relax and sleep will make that adjustment phase quicker and easier. Remember that this approach to weight loss is not a quick fix, but a long-term solution that requires a calmer, steadier attitude. You’ve got plenty of time to get this right, take a rest when you need to.
4. CHANGE YOUR FOCUS
Do you love and appreciate your body the way it is?
If you don’t, you are making it harder for yourself to lose weight. So how do you love what you don’t love? Don’t focus on it – focus around it, or completely ignore it.
Take your weight out of the equation. If you are going to think about your body and have goals for it then think more in terms of improving health, strength, stamina, and vitality.
If you can find nothing about your body that feels good when you think it then just get off the subject altogether and focus on other aspects of your life that are more pleasing to you.
This is another reason why a written routine works so well, as once you have it in place you no longer need to spend time focusing on food. If you spend a large part of your time focused on what you will eat, when you will eat, how much you will eat, you become obsessed with food and your weight and your problem just gets bigger. Try to forget about your weight, I know that is not easy but it can be done. Get your attention onto something interesting, something that will just blast out those thoughts about weight and fill you with positive emotion. Avoid all images, conversations, writing, anything that has you focused on overweight, underweight, healthy weight, any weight at all. Don’t think about it unless you really have to. Hide the scales, I got rid of mine years ago and I don’t miss them, and don’t spend any time criticizing yourself in the mirror. Just do what you need to do and get on with your life. You may think that you need to try hard to lose weight, but you don’t, your body will find its perfect balance and you can trust that it will happen far quicker and easier without your negative focus.
5. REDUCE YOUR INTAKE
Without even changing what you eat and without the need for an extreme reduction in your food intake you will absolutely lose weight if you simply reduce the amount you consume at any one time.
When I talk about portion control, I mean just reducing what you eat by a small amount, up to a third, but no more than that because if you reduce your intake by too much your body tends to go into defense mode, thinking that it might be facing starvation and can slow your metabolism – not what you want! So just go easy with it, eat enough to satisfy you but no more, and remember that if you leave your plate while you’re feeling still slightly hungry, within 5 – 15 minutes you will feel full. This approach requires less self discipline and pays off big-time over time you move easily towards your ideal weight without starving yourself.
11.03.20 / Quotes, Well-being / Author: dewdrop / Comments Off on The Power of Positive Thinking ~ Law of Attraction Quotes
When most people think of Law of Attraction they think of it as a New Age or New Thought idea, but the truth is that the concept of Law of Attraction and Positive thinking is not new but can be found weaved into all the great teachings. Whether it is the teachings of Buddha, Christ, or Rumi, or the modern-day spiritual teachings of Eckhart Tolle, Abraham Hicks, or Louise Hay, the message is clear – what you think about you become.
But despite the clear message and the obvious truth of it, it can be too easy to forget as we get carried away by our busy lives.
Taking time each day to remind ourselves of the power of our own thoughts, is not only useful but (I believe) essential.
I have always found Quotes to be a quick and easy way to refocus. I love to browse through Pinterest looking at positivity quotes and law of attraction quotes and as I do I always notice the improvement in my mood, the lifting of my spirits, the raising of my vibration.
As you watch, listen, and read these divinely inspired quotes it is my intention that the same will happen for you.
Look at your life and you will see it clearly.
The day that you wake up feeling bad is the day you can’t find a thing to wear, your hair won’t sit straight, you can’t find your keys and your dog trips you up on your way to what you know will be more of the same!
It’s not bad luck, it’s Law of Attraction.
Then there are the days when you wake up feeling great, you jump out of bed and your clothes fit perfectly, your hair looks great and you’re ready in record time for what you know will be more of the same.
It’s not good luck, it’s Law of Attraction.
But what preceded these “good” or “bad” days?
It was thought, focus, and action. What did you mostly think about the day before? What were you mostly focused on? Who did you spend time with? What TV shows, Youtube videos did you watch?
It’s all Law of Attraction ….
Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life
Tony Robbins
Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. It is physics.
Albert Einstein
Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24
A person is what he or she thinks about all day long.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
Watch your thoughts, they become your words
Watch your words, they become your actions
Watch your actions, they become your habits
Watch your habits, they become your character
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny
Lau Tzu
No one can deny you or grant you anything, it all comes to you by virtue of your vibration
Abraham hicks
Every thought of yours is a real thing – a force
Prentice Mulford
When you say to yourself, "I am going to have a pleasant visit or a pleasant journey," you are literally sending elements and forces ahead of your body that will arrange things to make your visit or journey pleasant ..... Our thoughts, or in other words our state of mind is ever at work 'fixing up' things good or bad in advance.
Prentice Mulford
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus aurelius
The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. The one differs from the other as the the light from the dark. Yet both are right. Each is right from his own particular point of view and this point of view is the determining factor in the life of each. It determines as to whether it is a life of power or of impotence, of peace or of pain, of success or of failure.
Ralph Waldo Trine
The mind is everything. What you think, you become
Buddha
Thinking is an experimental dealing with small quantities of energy, just as a general moves miniature figures over a map before setting his troops in action.
Sigmund Freud
Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never have enough – Oprah Winfrey
If you want it and relax, it will happen – Abraham
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Gentian is the Bach Flower Remedy for releasing feelings of doubt, skepticism, uncertainty, and pessimism that stop you from taking your first steps towards your goals and also the disappointment that can surface when things don’t work out as well or as quickly as you had hoped.
Taking Gentian increases self confidence, positive expectation and certainty in your ability to do whatever you put your mind to.
These feelings of doubt can be a general attitude that you have to everything in life, or it can be a temporary state that you encounter when you start something new, it can also surface at any time that delays or setbacks are experienced.
Has this ever happened to you?
In a moment of peace and clarity, maybe when you first wake up or after meditation or while taking a walk, an inspired idea pops into your head and you just know what you want to do. Later that day however your peaceful state has left you and you are now left with feelings of doubt and pessimism as your mind presents to you reason after reason why this idea will not work! If you are sensitive to how you feel and you try to push through these negative feelings with action you then start to feel so bad you become convinced that this must not be good for you after all, and then the inevitable happens and you give up. This is the Gentian state, and it is just that, a state.
When you feel like this, remember how you felt when you first received the idea. If you felt elated, joyful, excited, any type of good emotion then this is a good idea that will lead you to good things, so don’t let this temporary state of doubt faze you. In fact, you can actually be happy for these thoughts that negate what you have decided to because they are not the big problem they appear to be, they are in fact very helpful guidance. Those negative thoughts are showing you the beliefs that you hold that will stop you in your tracks until you find a way around them and are attempting to guide you towards another way of thinking that will lead you to your goal.
The next step is to get to work on building a way around those limiting beliefs, and the way to do this is to amplify the wanted and to play down the unwanted.
Take a pen and paper and write all the reasons why you believe this is a good idea, the ways it will improve your life and the types of feelings you expect to feel. Focus on why you want what you want. Keep writing until you feel just a hint of negativity and then stop. At this point, it is a good idea to change the subject and get on with something completely unrelated. In other words, distract yourself, and then you can come back and repeat this later. In a very short space of time – a few days to 30 days tops, you will strengthen your belief in what you want and your doubts, well, they are the ones that end up giving up due to your lack of attention.
Gentian can also help in some cases of depression where the cause is clearly known.
Gentian is very helpful in cases of depressive feelings evoked by a known circumstance. Examples are the death of a marriage partner, continuing unemployment, children torn to and fro between divorced parents, loss of a loved pet and old people shoved into a home.
01.05.18 / Well-being / Author: dewdrop / Comments Off on Just for Today – Reiki Principles
Just for Today I will not worry I will not be angry I will be grateful for my many blessings I will do my work honestly I will be kind to every living thing
I have many versions of this lovely Reiki Prayer available for instant download over at my Etsy Shop, take a look today!
The better you feel emotionally, the better your body is able to function. You feel stronger, you have more stamina, you are more flexible, and you are able to relax and sleep well – you feel YOUNGER.
Taking the right Bach Flower Remedy helps you to look and feel younger by reducing stress and anxiety, making you feel more relaxed, happy, and at ease in your daily activities. You will find that as you feel better emotionally you will begin to feel better about yourself and in time you will also notice physical changes that reflect your new more positive state of mind.
Take a look at these 7 Anti-Ageing Bach Flowers and see if you can recognize yourself in any (or all) of them. You may feel that some are an obvious match to you, but if there are any that you feel very strongly are not match to you. Take a closer look at them as they may point to an unconscious thought pattern. The key is that you will feel quite strongly – either way.
Have fun with this as you can not get it wrong, the effect of bach flowers is always beneficial.
Crab Apple
As we age we can feel that we are no longer perfect, something that a Crab Apple person cannot stand, and so they will make constant (futile) attempts to fix what they see as being wrong. All this stems from lack of self-love. Crab Apple makes it easier to be kinder, more forgiving and loving to yourself. You will no longer feel compelled to try and live up to some impossibly high standard and you will also discover that you are better than you thought!
Honeysuckle
A preoccupation with the past and a feeling that “it was better back then” are clear calls for Honeysuckle. Physically, Honeysuckle will sometimes manifest as fluid retention, constipation, and aging skin. Can you remember how you felt when you were young? How much time did you spend looking back and reminiscing versus just enjoying life or looking forward eagerly? When you hold onto the past there is less space in life for the new fresh energy that keeps you feeling and looking youthful. The Bach Flower Essence Honeysuckle helps you to let go of the past and to focus happily here and now.
Larch
Self-confidence can diminish with age, but it doesn’t need to. If you feel that you are growing less self-assured with age then Larch will help you feel more confident in all areas of your life, and when you feel confident, your age becomes irrelevant to you and others.
Vervain
None of us move through life without encountering stress, but some are better than others at letting it go. Vervain is the great stress buster and can relieve muscular tension where that tension is the result of stress and strain. Vervain will help you wind down, chill out, and take life less seriously. It will also reduce any tendency you have to be a bit (maybe even a lot) extreme in your focus and activities.
Walnut
Walnut is about change and adjustment, letting go of the old and moving into the new. It will help you adjust mentally to the changes associated with aging. Walnut is especially helpful during age-related periods of transition like menopause, retirement, death of parents and children leaving home.
Wild Rose
Lack of interest in life and constant fatigue are good indicators that you would benefit from taking Wild Rose. Physically you may see paleness, dark rings under the eyes and lackluster skin. The effect of Wild Rose is energizing and it renews your interest in life. It restores a youthful feeling of positive expectation in what the future will bring, it also brings a welcome increase in physical energy.
Willow
Sagging lines on the face come from sagging thoughts in the mind. Resentment of Life.
Louise Hay, Heal Your Body
This statement by Louise Hay, clearly points to the Bach Flower Willow.
Physical Symptoms of a chronic willow state can include lines around the mouth and lower back pain.
If you have the feeling that you have been treated unfairly by other people or even life, in general you will benefit from taking the flower essence Willow.
As we age it is not uncommon to feel increasingly bitter about the way life has treated us. Missed opportunities, injustices, arguments – the past just builds up within us, and as it does, it starts to be felt in our bodies and also to show on our faces.
Because these things build up slowly over time we tend to get used to the feelings and so you may not be able to detect resentment in yourself. But take a careful look at yourself to see if you can find even a trace of it in you. If you can’t find it, look outside yourself to those closest to you. Do you see it in them? Does it bother you? Whether you can see it in you or in another, consider taking the Bach Flower Willow.
Did you recognize even a little of yourself in any of those? If you did, then let’s make a treatment remedy bottle and get started on your self-loving, anti-aging journey today!
Sei Hei Ki – Sei Hei Ki pronounced: Say-Hay-Key – Meaning “God and man become one”
Sei He Ki is the mental and emotional healing symbol. It focuses on bringing balance and harmony to our mental/emotional state by gently clearing emotional issues which cloud our ability to think clearly and can eventually bring physical illness. In this way, it goes to the root of our issues providing firstly mental and emotional healing and then physical healing if it is required.
Sei Hei Ki can be used for stress of any kind to help you relax and come back into balance with a new clearer perspective:
Change of seasons
Travel
Menopause
New job
General stress and anxiety
PMS
Arguments
Accidents
Grief
Nightmares
Homesickness
It can also be used for physical ailments, especially one-sided ones or ones that shift and change constantly
Aches and pains
Shooting pains
Tension Headaches
Nervous Indigestion
Insomnia
Sei He Ki can also help you deal with emotional eating issues which can contribute to either weight loss or gain.
Sei Hei Ki can be used to improve your self-esteem or as a general pick-me-up, giving you a more positive view of yourself and life in general.
Use Sei He Ki for mental clarity
To remember something – peoples names, where you left something, the answer to a question
For inspiration, ideas, insights
For clarity and focus while studying or in an exam
To help keep a cool head in a busy/confused/stressful environment
To bring harmony to difficult relationships, wherever they may be:
Family
Work
Pets
Neighbours
How to use the symbol:
Visualize the symbol on or above your head and let it flow down into you
Draw on your hands and place over the affected area
Use in a general healing
If you are writing out affirmations, goals, or even just a to-do list, draw the symbol on the paper before you begin, to amplify your intentions
Visualize the symbol between you and someone with who you have a difficult relationship, to bring healing to the situation
Repeat the name three times before entering any situation where you feel unsure and need a boost of confidence
There are no rules about how or when you should use this symbol, you are limited only by your imagination. So begin looking for more ways to use this versatile Reiki symbol in your life.
