Some aspects of getting yourself healthy that I teach in my herbalist course are: 1. Taking responsibility for your own health. Which is why I TEACH and no longer work with clients. CLIENTS COME TO YOU FOR RELIEF OF SYMPTOMS, STUDENTS COME TO YOU TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE. BECAUSE DRAGONFLY BRINGS TRANSFORMATION, THAT IS MY GOAL, TO EMPOWER YOU TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, TO BRING ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALING, EMOTIONAL HEALING & SPIRITUAL HEALING, TO OPEN YOU UP TO CLARITY ABOUT YOUR PATH IN LIFE & WHAT YOU WISH TO MANIFEST FOR YOURSELF, .......AND WHAT YOU WISH TO LET GO OF. FOR THIS REASON I NO LONGER WORK WITH CLIENTS OR ANSWER HEALTH QUESTIONS, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO MAKE LASTING CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE I OFFER MANY COURSES TO EMPOWER YOU TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHANGES I know this can actually be quite difficult. But during 8 months of the herbalist course I just teach bits of information to do with taking charge of your own health & as you go along you get really comfortable with changes you want to make & what will suit your constitution. 2. Good nutrition Good nutrition is needed for the basis of getting over any ill health & for PREVENTION is illness. I teach a lot about prevention of illness in first place and about using good nutrition as a base for getting your body healthy. Although you can still continue with bad eating habits & bad lifestyles & have the herbs work to assisting your body, if you truly want to feel great & have good energy, a clear mind & clean body you need to eat well too. If you are continually putting poisons (which many people call their food) into your body you will not have good health. I am 90% raw vegan. I teach not only how to move your diet towards raw & vegan, but also the steps in between, everywhere from letting go of junk food & sugar, meat, to leaning towards being vegetarian, to adding more raw food to your diet. As you begin to take steps towards getting non nutritious foods out of your diet & eating good whole living foods you begin to feel better & begin to crave more nutritious foods. 3. Cleansing the body I also believe  in cleansing the body. I do NOT recommend store bought cleanses. In accelerating the removal of toxins from the body you can move towards better health. You need to cleanse the body in order to get your body working correctly tone & build your body systems. You need to have cleaner bowels & a healthy liver & a properly working digestive system in order to feel well. I do have my Cleansing Workshop available in printed form as a download on my website, and as a class on my herbal forum.

RAW GARLIC BREAD & MAYO

This is SO good. Found a couple recipes online & changed them to suit what I had in the cupboard. I haven't had bread in a few years, but this tastes like bread to me.

BREAD:

• 1 cup raw sunflower seeds 
• 1/2 cup flax seeds
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 dates
• 1/2 tsp. Himalayan salt

Grind this all up in a good processor, I left it a tiny bit coarse.
Then I added some soaked chia seeds, about 1 tbsp. in 1/3 cup water, left it to sit an hour to puff up.

I formed this into a flattened ball with oil on my hands, then rolled it in some sesame seeds & put a little salt on it. Dehydrate for a couple of hours.

I put a raw mayo on top:

In the magic bullet, or something that will grind really fine:

• 1/2 cup raw cashews, grind really fine, then add:
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• a bit of salt

This mayo is really good!

21 Day Reiki Attunement Challenge

I have begun a 21 day reiki attunement challenge with some of my students.  This involves connecting on skype once a day, and I give an attunement. We do this once a day for 21 days.

I on day 2 of doing this with some students, and the attunements are just as strong & effective as they are in person.

I am offering this on an ongoing basis, if anyone else wants to join in, email me at herbs.and.reiki@dragonflyherbals.com

The cost for the 21 days is $100. Payment link is on my website www.dragonflyherbals.com 

I am posting information on how this is going & how the attunements feel as we progress on my forum:

http://dragonflyherbals.proboards.com

Usui used to go on 21 day spiritual retreats for growth & enlightenment, he would spend the time fasting, meditating & chanting.

We don’t all necessarily have the time or place to go for 21 days to do a spiritual growth retreat.

Doing 1 attunement per day can accomplish this by

• ·        Raising your vibrational level daily
• ·        Connecting your to the universal source of energy daily, this connect helps you heal & intensifies your abilities to heal yourself, and others, and intensifies your ability to be in a space of manifesting what you desire in your life while letting go of what needs to be let go of
• ·        Daily attunements clear & heal your energy fields & chakras

LEVEL 1 & 2 USUI REIKI CLASSES THROUGH SKYPE

DISTANCE REIKI CLASSES DONE OVER SKYPE:

Skype attunements work as well as attunements done in person !!

Payment is done through Paypal on my website

USUI REIKI CLASSES: class descriptions are below 

classes are several hours in length, followup classes are about an hour

Reiki Level 1: ACTIVATION

booked by appointment

Cost is $100 for the first class & attunement

 

2 follow up classes are required for further attunements

and discussion @ $40 each

choose 1 followup at a time, or choose both at once when paying

Day 1: several hours of instruction time, and an attunement, a detailed manual of about 50 pages, you will be given 1 symbol, and a certificate of completion

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Reiki Level 2: HARMONY & DISTANCE

DAY 1: HARMONY $100

DAY 2: DISTANCE $100

payment is for both days

2 followup classes @ $40 each for further attunements & discussion

when paying you can choose 1 followup at a time, or pay for both at the same time

several hours of instruction time each day , and an attunement , a detailed manual of about 50 pages, you will be given 2 more symbols, and a certificate of completion

Please email me if you are interested in any of these classes.

herbs.and.reiki@dragonflyherbals.com

https://www.facebook.com/DragonflyHerbalsandReiki

You can follow me on my facebook page now.

Herbs for dogs !

As part of the  8 month herbalist course, I incorporate health for pets into the course. When I got my masters degree in herbalism, I did my thesis on herbs, nutrition and supplements for dogs.

I have worked with remedies for my dogs for many years. I learned a lot of this from hands on experience with 2 of my aging dogs back in the late 1990’s.

It is nice to be able to ease their pain with herbs.

I also learned a lot about feeding them. My 2 dogs that I have now eat a raw food diet and have done very well on that. I don’t think it is a good idea to switch a dog of any age over to raw food right away. Just like people, they need a transition time.

Older dogs are probably best just left on the diet they are used to. You can incorporate herbs into their diet to make them more comfortable. I used herbs for helping with pain issues, anxiety, and constipation for my older dogs.

Younger dogs may do well on raw, there’s many ways to go about this, but keep in mind that dogs are like people, they all have different needs with food, supplements & herbs. If you want take my 8 month distance learning herbalist course you can learn much more about this.

CANINE FORMULAS: Below are examples of more formulas just to give an idea of the scope of support that herbs can give. Herbs used are going to depend on matching the energetic needs of the dog to the right herb. I teach how to custom blend forumulas during my herbalist course.

Digestive System Support: chronic constipation, healing to digestive tract, aids digestion, stomach upset, gas . Contains: slippery elm, goldenseal, milk thistle, licorice, wormwood, peppermint, chamomile. May require fiber, probiotics, digestive enyzmes, diet changes

Immune System Support: fleas, hot spots, recurring illness, infections. Contains: garlic, echinacea, goldenseal, cleavers, yellow dock, burdock, red clover. use for 2 - 3 months

Pregnancy & Nursing Support: pregnancy tonic, helps with labor and birth, enriches and increases milk supply. Contains: nettles, oatstraw, raspberry leaf, alfalfa

   

Pain Support: joint pain, injuries, muscular pain, post surgery. Contains: mullein, crampbark, willow bark, ginger, lobelia, licorice, lemon balm. I used this formula for several years with my aging Schnauzer who had terrible arthritis due to injuries, it kept him comfortable & increased his lifespan.

 

Pre-Surgery Support: reduces risk of bleeding, boosts immune system, calming. Contains: echinacea, nettles, rescue remedy, lavender Don't use blood thinners such as willow bark or ginkgo

Senior Dog Support: for aging dogs, calming, heart support, helps brain circulation and memory. Contains hawthorn, motherwort, cayenne, lemon balm, ginkgo

  

Urinary Tract Support: infections, to prevent recurring infections. Contains: dandelion, nettles, echinacea, goldenseal, marshmallow, buchu

  

Relax 1: barking, restlessness, can't sleep, travel. Contains: hops, california poppy. Use Vibrational Essences too, these can be mixed into the same formula.

Relax 2: barking, restlessness, can't sleep, travel. Contains: lemon balm, lavender, oatstraw .Use vibrational essences too.

  

Respiratory System Support: cough, respiratory problems from allergies, pollutants, viruses. Contains: licorice, marshmallow, mullein, echinacea, chickweed

  

Antioxidant Support: protects the body from free radical damage. Contains: green tea, ginger, thyme, tumeric. Use supplements & diet changes

 Heart & Circulatory Support: use for as a tonic for heart and circulation problems. Contains: hawthorn, nettles, cayenne, garlic

  

Yearly Cleanse: to help cleanse the liver, skin, immune system, parasites, toxicity, aggression, bad breath, bloating, skin problems. Contains: milk thistle, dandelion, cleavers, Oil of Oregano, garlic. Some dogs may need to use this for several months or longer

Spayed Female Support (people use hormone support after surgery, so I believe dogs should too, I've have really good success with these formulas). To support hormones, adrenal glands, and thyroid . Contains: licorice, wild yam, ginseng, oatstraw, nettles, vitex. Use once a week or daily  until old age.

Neutered Male Support (people use hormone support after surgery, so I believe dogs should too, I've have really good success with these formulas) To support hormones, adrenal glands, and thyroid. Contains saw palmetto, licorice, damiana, ginseng. Use once a week or daily until old age.

DOSAGE & ADMINISTRATION OF FORMULAS

Formulas should be added directly to your pet's food, and stirred in well. Once a day should be fine for most formulas. If you are using the Relax Formula for helping your dog to sleep at night, you should give the formula is a very small amount of food right at bedtime. 

If your dog will not eat the food with the formula in it, try offering the dosage in a small amount of tuna or sardines, these foods smell strong & will mask the smell of stronger herbs. As a last resort, you can administer the formula using the correct dosage in a plastic syringe (not the glass dropper that comes in my dropper bottles). I find this method traumatizing to the dogs, so it is better to give the formula in food when possible.

Dosages will vary with factors other than weight, so it is best to use less for a day or 2 to test your dog’s reaction to the herbs. For example, one of my dogs only seems to require 2 - 3 drops of a formula to relax him, while my other dog uses 40 drops of the pain formula daily for arthritic pain, they both weigh 25 lbs. 

This is a general guideline, but remember it is best to start with a very small amount and build up from there, and make sure the remedy agrees with your dog:

100 lb. dogs = 20 - 30 drops

50 lb. dogs = 15 - 20 drops

25 lb. dogs = 5 - 15 drops

5 lb. dog = 3 - 5 drops

As I will discuss during the herbalist course, often just a few drops of an herb are needed if the correct herb is chosen. 

Please contact your veterinarian for serious problems or to get a diagnosis. Any information presented here is for informational purposes only and not intended to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a veterinarian. Please remember that dogs, like people, can have sensitivities or allergies to foods and herbal remedies, try only a small amount of a new food to make sure it agrees with your dog. These formulas are not suitable for cats!

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Signs of candida overgrowth in the body, part 1

CANDIDA EVALUATION

1.        ANTIBIOTIC USE

2.       MUSCULAR, JOINT PAIN, STIFFNESS, WEAKNESS

3.       HEADACHE

4.       DEPRESSION

5.       INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE

6.       FATIGUE

7.       INTESTINAL UPSETS

8.       ACNE

9.       CRAVINGS FOR SWEET FOODS, SUGAR, ALCOHOL

10.    CRAVINGS FOR BREADS, PASTRIES

11.      ANXIETY

12.     SENSITIVITY TO PERFUMES, TOBACCO, CLEANING AISLE AT THE GROCERY STORE

13.     FUNGAL INFECTIONS

14.    SKIN PROBLEMS: ECZEMA, HIVES, ITCHING

15.     CONSIPATION &/OR DIARRHEA

16.     GAS, BLOATING

17.     FORGETFULNESS

18.     RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS

19.    ITCHING IN EARS OR NOSE

Most people could benefit from doing a candida cleanse once or twice a year. Imagine how nice it would be to no longer crave sugars or breads, have clear thoughts, more energy and no more skin problems, bowels problems or joint pain.

A good candida cleanse requires an overall approach, using supplements that are anti-fungal, building up your body’s digestive system, cleansing the bowel and lymphatic system, toning the liver and not eating foods which feed the candida.

In my next posting we'll look at a program for lowering candida levels in the body.