An alchemist creates a new whole out of the old pieces

I often ponder what it means to be an alchemist. It’s easy to see it when I take the individual essential oils and blend them into a new whole for healing. It is less evident as I facilitate retreats (www.awakeningretreats.com) and see the weaving of activities, of the individuals coming together to create a community of healing. I see it in the faces of participants as they look with new eyes at their lives and themselves and see a whole new picture. I see it with my clients as they come in feeling broken and lost. After a few or sometimes several sessions, they have taken those pieces and brought them together in a new whole. It is sort of like being a chef, finding the right ingredients for the recipie to create a wondrous new dish. Seeing people re-invent themselves and be born anew, that is the joy of being an alchemist.

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Using Essential Oils to Combat Flu

There are wonderful essential oils which help to raise the immune system, ward of illness and kill viruses and bacteria. Cinnamon, Thyme, Oregano, Rosemary, Lemon and Clove are ones you can take internally with some precaution. Limit use to one or two drops at a time and for no longer than several days. Externally there are Ravenstara, Black Spruce, Eucalyptus to name a few. I have created  a blend called Clean and Clear which combines many of these oils. I use them externally in a spray mixed with a little bit of alcohol and water. Use it to clean my hands. Much safer to use than the chemicals in anti-bacterial soaps and gels. I also use the spray to clean counters in the kitchen and bathrooms. Full strength, I put a drop on my inner wrist and a couple of drops on the bottom of my feet. Seems to stop any bug in its tracks.

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Essential Oils tapping into the Energy of Healing

Essential oils are known for their healing properties and only beginning to be known for their energetic vibrations. There is technology that can measure the frequency that anything, including humans put out. Bruce Tainio of Tainio Technology invented and built a machine called a BT3 Frequency Monitoring System. This device – modified and perfected over the years – used a highly sensitive sensor to measure bio-electrical frequencies of plant nutrients and essential oils. Kirlian Photography visually show us how our energy field can be affected by stress or positive influences.

The healthy human body vibrates between 62-68. Here are some frequencies of therapeutic grade essential oils:

  • Rose (Rosa damascene)…………………320 MHz
  • Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia)……..118 MHz
  • Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)…………….105 MHz
  • Blue Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)…..105 MHz
  • Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma)…………98 MHz
  • Aloes/Sandalwood (Santalum album)……96 MHz
  • Angelica (Angelica archangelica)………..85 MHz
  • Peppermint (Mentha peperita)…………..78 MHz
  • Basil (Ocimum basilicum)………………….52 MHz

Canned and processed foods often have no measurement whatsoever. So on the physical level, what we put into and on our bodies also effects directly our energy levels.

There continues to be fascinating studies about the impact of environment, thought and stress on our frequency as well as studies that show that lowered frequency levels can be a predictor of disease states in the body. It is wonderful to see these scientific measurements of frequency beginning to surface into some mainstream literature.

In my own work, I am finding that the use of essential oils combined with energy healing work such as Energetic NLP, EFT and others, are having profound effects on peoples’ ability to heal. I am also finding that sound and tonal healing is raising vibrations as well and having profound healing effects.

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The Essential Alchemist at the Healing Touch International Conference

I am very excited about the upcoming conference of Healing Touch International to be held here in Tucson, AZ, September 3-6. I will be presenting on Aromatherapy as an adjunct energy healing modality on the 6th. I will also have a vendor table there.

Healing Touch is a wonderful energy approach to healing developed by nurses and now has practitioners world wide. My colleague and friend Barbara Evans Levine will be “pinned” as a certified practitioner at the conference. Barbara partners with me in Awakening Retreats and she is also helping me develop our new healing technique. Congratulations Barbara!!

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Getting Rid of Ants

We had an invasion of ants in our kitchen the other day. I grabbed my Bug Off and sprayed them. They instantly departed this life. But they came back. I added a few more drops of peppermint oil to the mix and sprayed heavily at the spot they were coming in. It’s been a week and they haven’t returned. And our kitchen smells wonderful!

BugOff contains Lemongrass, Cedar, Eucalyptus, Lavender and Peppermint. It’s great for warding off mosquito and no-see-ems and now I know they work on ants. Great stuff

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