February 5th, 2010
This week I entered a department store and was ambushed by startling pink colors, swooping hearts and screaming candy.
“Valentine’s Day,” my son said simply.
Upon returning home, I headed straight for our flower essences shelf. Then I went searching for a sheet Merri Walters had handed out at her Open Heart class three years ago. It listed loving activities to enjoy, activities that are simple, sweet and from the heart.
Here are some of her heart-loving, heart-healing ideas:
- Take time for a stroll by yourself, under the moon and stars, perhaps, or down a snowy path in the woods. Walk slowly. Take the time to breathe, to observe, to take in the joy of the world around you.
Enjoy yourself. Offer a prayer of thanks.
- Spend time with an animal or pet. Watch the birds.
- Give away something you love to someone else who would love it.
- Lighten up and laugh at yourself and your oh-so-serious predicament! We all know the angels are laughing. Join in!
Of course, there are many more. What are some of yours?
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January 29th, 2010
A “Flower Essence Friday” feature on one of the flower essences from the Great Lakes Sacred Essences collection.
Niagara Falls water essence helps to restore our strength and power by concentrating the wisdom of our cumulative lessons and activating the great love within us to pour forth abundantly.
The Niagara Falls are not the tallest waterfalls in the world, but they are among the most powerful, moving phenomenal amounts of water in extraordinary beauty. They offer an archetype for energy, power, and abundance beyond our wildest imagination. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 22nd, 2010
A “Flower Essence Friday” feature on one of the flower essences from the Great Lakes Sacred Essences collection.
Fairy Ring earth essence helps restore communication with the natural world, opening one’s heart to the subtle energies of Nature.
This essence was made in the Pacific Northwest, when Merri and Robin and their family were camping on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.
Here is how Merri remembers the story:
My daughter Haniel spent the good part of an afternoon quietly working. She was making a house for a little squirrel she had befriended, building shelves and a bed, and lining the path with broken nutshells. Inside, she placed a generous mound of sliced pear, ripe and juicy. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 16th, 2010
Merri joined her children to play in the snow. Her youngest had something for her to see, something special.
Her sled had scraped bottom, ripping it. When they reached the sled, here is what greeted Merri’s eyes.
Not the Madonna in spilt milk or Elvis in a piece of toast, but still, something special!
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January 15th, 2010
A “Flower Essence Friday” feature on one of the flower essences from the Great Lakes Sacred Essences collection.
Fireweed flower essence is rehabilitating, rejuvenating, and restorative when you’re feeling stressed and burnt out from life’s trials and emotional challenges.
Whether it be arguments, a radical change such as divorce or misfortune, or the physical burnout that can be experienced from overwork, Fireweed essence serves as a balm that encourages the energetic network of the emotional body to heal after such fire energy has swept through.
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January 8th, 2010
Great Lakes Sacred Essences has a new Facebook fan page.
We’d love for you to become a fan.
At the page you’ll see a list of our upcoming events, articles about our flower essences, and other announcements. Become a fan, and you’ll be able to receive updates easier – they will appear in your newsfeed.
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We appreciate your referrals and thank you in advance for your support.
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December 31st, 2009
In North America a full moon falls on New Year’s eve this year! It’s the second full moon of the month, which some call a Blue Moon. A New Year’s eve Blue Moon happens every 19 years.
By one definition, a Blue Moon occurs when the moon is full two times in a single month. This is somewhat rare, hence the expression “once in a blue moon.” This essence was made under such a moon atop the Medicine Wheel Mountain in the Big Horn Mountains in northeast Wyoming.
Blue Moon celestial essence helps to release inappropriate worry and obsession. It is especially helpful to those who allow their fears to paralyze them and stagnate the natural learning progression in their lives.
On each of our life journeys we have to have a basic trust that the unfolding events are purposeful. We aren’t able to see what lies over the horizon so that each day can be met with fresh and creative energy.
Blue Moon essence encourages a playful flow to our emotional energy, helping us fluidly meet the day’s challenges. It illuminates the positive, redirects negative concerns, and enables intuitive solutions.
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December 23rd, 2009
A feature on one of the flower essences from the Great Lakes Sacred Essences collection.
Chicory flower essence teaches self-fulfillment through service and devotion to others.
Chicory is the essence for when one thinks only of oneself and one’s personal desires, and lacks compassion for others’ feelings and predicaments. In such a state, one is out of harmony with one’s community, even disruptive.
A me-first attitude like this precludes being of service. And it actually prevents the self from receiving what it desires most: love and respect.
Chicory teaches fulfillment through service to others.
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December 18th, 2009
A “Flower Essence Friday” feature on one of the essences from the Great Lakes Sacred Essences collection.
Mammoth Cave earth essence offers us a deep and protective shelter during vulnerable times: a chance to be held within the Earth’s womb, literally! Protected by the cave, we can release the negative emotions that keep us lost in darkness.
The cave also offers us courage when we become shut down because life is too painful or too dark.
Finding peace in utter darkness means releasing our need to see, instead trusting in the deep unseen. This essence helps us open inner passageways that expand to a larger reality where we can experience intuition, guidance, and perspective.
From this place of safety, courage, and inner guidance, we can access our power, power that we often fear. And with this power, our wounds are healed, our fears transformed—and inner gems are revealed. We will have the stamina, power, and assertiveness to go the distance and find the Light! Read the rest of this entry »
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December 11th, 2009
A “Flower Essence Friday” feature on one of the flower essences from the Great Lakes Sacred Essences collection.
Lion’s Tail flower essence encourages the freedom to explore life unrehearsed, impromptu, and with joyful abandon.
Too much attention to everyday business, with its worries and cares, can dry up the creative, spontaneous playfulness within us. Lion’s Tail essence helps one to surrender one’s reserve and revel like a child at play in the re-creation that is vital to happiness and life. Read the rest of this entry »
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