Fall Equinox 2011

Some of what I teach my reiki students involves letting flow in your life. Both letting go of what no longer serves you & allow new flow of what you wish to manifest in your life to come in.

The beginning of fall reminds us of the flow of the seasons.

Our weather changed into fall quite suddenly this year, or maybe I am just feeling it more. This is my first fall at 100% raw and my body felt the change very suddenly.

I had just gotten on a roll with my eating patterns in the summer and had found a nice with flow with that. I feeling balanced & my vibrational levels were fantastic (which refers partly to my ability to channel reiki). Suddenly the weather changed & my body rebelled. Many thanks to Ashli for helping me with my raw diet.

I was reminded that my diet also needs flow, and in this case, maybe a big change. I have switched to drinking warmed water in the morning. I like to drink about a liter of water in the morning to rehydrate & cleanse, and warm water agrees with me more now that the mornings are cooler. I have always had a container of water on the counter, so all my drinking water is room temperature, but I am feeling this fall that slightly warmer water keeps my body temperature up in the mornings.

In addition to that I am adding warming spices to EVERYTHING: shakes, my herbal tea, fruit & veggie juices, salads ... anything I eat.  Cayenne is great, and thinly sliced ginger, paprika has suddenly been calling my attention, and I made a blend of warming spices with garam masala, cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom.

If I am cold in the late afternoon I have a plate of ‘pasta’. Which is spirilized zucchini, with salt, pepper, bragg, and tiny bit of olive oil. This warms me up & fills me. So easy to make & so good.

I am also making some great low fat raw pate’s. I had no luck making stuff like that my first year of transitioning to raw..... they tasted terrible. My dogs were very happy with this, because I dehydrated them into dog cookies!

Waiting for the gross pate , I mean the super tasty dog buscuit

A reminder to all my herb students to do your harvesting in your yard on sunny days when the plants are dry. We just had a ton of rain; everything is wet & can’t be harvested right now. You need to get it all before a frost hits. Mint, and lemon balm, and comfrey, yellow dock seeds for our tea, evening primrose. Hawthorne berries look ready too.

I am preparing for my 2012 Herbalist Course, so I am making sure to harvest enough of a few herbs that we’ll need for our winter classes. This year’s herbalist course is winding down & I look forward to meeting a new group for next year’s class. I am rewriting the whole thing for next year. Since it will be the 4^th year I am offering it, it is time to go over the whole thing & make some changes. I will be incorporating more of the local herbs, and more things my students have asked for: soap making, vibrational essences, etc. The herb classes are a lot of fun, we all get to know each other while picking plants, and cooking up various remedies in the kitchen, scrubbing dirt off roots, getting scratched by sharp leaves, enjoying seeing the plants in all seasons & how they change, getting connected to the plants & reconnecting to the earth in the process. And learning to make herbalism our own, each person will use the plants differently.

MAKING CALENDULA SALVE FIRST DAY OF HERBAL CLASS

Tasting the herbs is a part of our class, so that you can remember them easier. So lots of fun making faces over the bitter herbs, and the mandatory one person in the group who loves the taste.

We’re all different, so our needs for the plants are all different. A main focus of my classes to teach you how to make herbalism your own, teach you the guidelines & how to make the remedies and then you can learn what works for you & you those you choose to share the remedies with.

Fall is also a time when the evenings are longer & darker. Time to return to our spiritual & reiki practices. At this time of year the moons begin to rule our emotions a little more. The moon is up in the sky longer. Remember to look at what each new & full moon is bringing to our lives to clear & manifest:  


full moon: http://www.throughnightsfire.com/fullmoon.html

new moon: http://www.throughnightsfire.com/newmoon.html


has good info on what each moon is bringing energetically.

I am going to hold a series of classes for my reiki students on energetic hygiene in November. We’ll begin with a cord cutting ceremony on Thanksgiving weekend, on the Friday night. Time to clear energetically!

If you are a reiki student of mind & would like to take part please let me know. If you would like to become a reiki student my next Level 1 class is 
Oct. 1.