Acid Alkaline Balance, part 1

Over acidity, can become a dangerous condition that weakens all body systems, is very common today. It gives rise to an internal environment conducive to disease, as opposed to a pH-balanced environment which allows normal body function necessary for the body to resist disease.When access acids must be neutralized our alkaline reserves are depleted leaving the body in a weakened condition.
When alkaline reserves in the body are exhausted, even more acidity occurs; metabolism becomes inefficient and acid builds up even more in the body tissues, further weakening the body.

Note that a food's acid or alkaline-forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end-products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so lemons are alkaline-forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion but it leaves very acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is very acid-forming.


How did my body become acidic?


The standard American diet can get over 95% of its calories from acidifying foods. Acidity comes about from eating too many acidic foods, such as animal products (meat, dairy, eggs), salt, cereal, coffee, sodas, and alcohol. Smoking is very acid producing. Physical exercise acidifies the blood with lactic acid. Deep breathing exercises alkalize the blood.

Acidity in the body can cause such problems as:


• Joint pain, aching muscles and lactic acid buildup.
• Low energy and chronic fatigue.
• Slow digestion and elimination.
• Yeast/fungal overgrowth.
. nervous disorders
•arthritis, gout
 • Cardiovascular weakness, including the constriction of blood vessels and the reduction of oxygen.
• Weight gain, obesity and diabetes.
• Bladder and kidney conditions, including kidney stones.
• Immune system weakness.
• Acceleration of free radical damage, possibly contributing to cancerous mutations.
• Hormone concerns.
• Premature aging.
• Bone demineralization: osteoporosis; weak, brittle bones, fractures

So many people are dealing with health issues like that & have no idea that herbs & correct diet can help to bring their body back into balance & relieve these problems.

We talk a lot about the link between proper nutrition & health problems in my herbalist course. Anyone can benefit from taking this course,  to empower themselves to begin to heal health issues that are stopping them from living a healthy & happy life.

It is often so simple for someone to starting making a change with their eating habits, add a few supplements & herbs & start to see chronic pain go away, anxiety & nervousness go away, and start to feel healthy again & enjoy life.

I have worked with my own health problems, & those of my family, friends, clients & pets over the last 30 years & have seen how much difference a few changes can make, which then often inspires to person to continue to make changes. It doesn't have to be all done at once.  Long lasting change in lifestyle is best achieved by a period of transition where you add in more healthy foods & change your mindset as old habits just begin to slip away. The body detoxifies, the mind detoxifies & everything changes.

Learning to channel reiki is another way to empower yourself to begin your own path in healing yourself, and healing others if you choose to do that. You learn to channel reiki by being given an attunement at a workshop, which opens your chakras & energy field. Your healing process begins at this point, as your energy field releases old behaviors, old energy patterns, old emotional & physical issues that no longer serve you.

Another way to inspire yourself to change is to get David Wolfe's Sunfood Success book.

More on Acid Alkaline balance in my next post.

The body is a self sustaining, wonderfully regenerating organism

that wears out due to high levels of physical, mental, emotional & spiritual toxicity.

This toxicity comes through

diet

negative thinking

poor quality relationships

and disempowering belief systems.

Detoxification (letting go) at all levels heals all things.

by David Wolfe

Sunfood Diet Sucess System

If you'd like to learn more about reiki & chakras, I offer distance learning (not for attuning students for reiki, but for all the additional learning that I teach my students)  Course work is posted on my forum. Much more info on my website. 
www.dragonflyherbals.com 


Or sign up her for the 8 month herbal, other herbal workshops held online, and reiki & chakra healing workshops:


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Keeping Your Blood Sugar Balanced, part 2

If you read part 1 on Blood Sugar Balance posted a few days ago & feel like you do have issues with that, you can eat foods that will help to keep your blood sugar in balance.

One important thing is eating at regular intervals. Skipping breakfast or any other meals makes this worse, and also contributes to weight gain. If you eat wholesome foods at regular intervals your body will have a regular source of fuel.

Eating foods high in sugars, (high glycemic) such as bagels, any foods containing sugar, most store bought cereals in a box, pretzels, some types of rice, potatoes, fruit juice. There is a long list. Research glycemic index to find foods in the low range that will help keep your blood sugar balanced.

Hummus is actually a great food to help keep blood sugar balanced. Use raw veggies to scoop it up. These are more 'mainstream' type ideas in my realm of thinking, that anyone can apply to their diet.

I eat mostly raw food & have found the raw & living foods to keep my blood balanced, I eat quite often & eat foods that give me a steady source of energy.


Snacks that help to keep blood sugar balanced:

1. swiss cheese and celery (swiss cheese is lactose free, so those who can eat dairy may still be able to eat swiss cheese, or small amounts of swiss cheese)

2. Marinated tofu squares (marinade in your favorite dressing for salad, or lemon, soy sauce, garlic, dried herbs, olive oil, etc) with red yellow and green pepper bits.

3. Rye crackers with tahini

4. ½ an avocado

5. leftover brown rice with finely chopped spinach and green onions

6. left over homemade soup with lots of veggies

7. bean salad: a mixture of black beans, red beans, chick peas, onion, green beans, grated carrot and celery and dressing (like #2)

8. wraps: whole wheat with flax wrap with refried beans, onion, swiss cheese, salsa

9. pita bread with falafel, tahini, sprouts

10. celery and almond butter

11. tofu spread (mash tofu with lemon, garlic powder, finely chopped celery and onion, flake yeast and your favorite herbs). Use this to dip veggies in, or spread it on rye crackers

12. baked yam and salad

13. egg salad on bread, rye crackers or in a pita with chopped spinach

14. hummus spread with veggies and rye crackers (you can find a hummous recipe online)

15. yogurt and hemp hearts

16. Greens+: vitamins, minerals, gently detoxifying, alkalizing, contains probiotics, balances bloods sugar, helps increase energy levels & memory, source of fiber. Stir into water or rice milk or yogurt. Don't use milk, or fruit juice.

Keeping Your Blood Sugar Balanced, part 1

Another part of good health is keeping your blood sugar balanced. Sometimes we go too long in between meals caused blood sugar to become imbalanced, which you can feel as sudden exhaustion (often felt mid afternoon), feeling shaky or mood swings. Don't just grab coffee or something sugary. Eating food that help to keep your blood sugar balanced will prevent this from happening.

As part of my consultations with client, I ask the following questions:

BLOOD SUGAR EVALUATION

In between meals, in the afternoon, or at night do you get any of the following:

1. shaky
2. tired
3. irritable
4. nervous
5. cold
6. confused
7. craving sugar
8. can’t concentrate
9. exhaustion in mid afternoon

Check off the ones that apply to you. I will be posting ways to keep your blood sugar balancing in an upcoming post.

I do teach my herb students quite a bit on nutrition, more on my distance herbalist course is on  my website. Dragonfly Herbals 

Reiki and the attunement experience, part 2

Remember that in learning reiki you are learning to heal yourself, which means remembering ways to care for yourself:

• Eat more whole foods, eliminate or cut down on red meat, junk food, alcohol, sugar. Fresh vegetables, fruits & grains hold the highest vibration. Seafood & poultry the next highest vibration. Meat from animals with hooves (beef, pork) slow the metabolism & lowers our vibration. Water helps to conduct energy, remember to drink lots of water from now on to keep your vibrational level high.

• • Take time to yourself
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• • Use vibrational essences (they are on my website, I can mix you a blend at no charge)
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• • Meditate
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• • Walk in nature, yoga, exercise of any kind
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• • Journaling
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• • Take salt baths with 2 cups of any combination of epsoms salts, baking soda, sea salt or Himalayan rock salt & essential oils, put a couple drops of your vibrational essence in your bath water.
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• • Do reiki self treatment daily, make it part of your day, it is easy to place a hand on yourself & channel the energy
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• • Do the centering & grounding breathing methods
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• • Remember you are clearing these physical & emotional issues from your body & aura, so it is healing!

After the 21-day cleansing cycle is complete, the energy continues working within our being, on a much larger scale. The attunement helps to connect you with the bigger picture. The Reiki will always be with you and will direct itself through your life, always guided by your higher source. Things that are detrimental to you will begin to slip away and the dreams and visions of your highest self will open doors to a new approach to life.

Everyone is different and everyone's experience is unique. Reiki does not act alone, it is guided by your higher self and all that is. The Reiki energy only works for our highest good and there will be no changes that you cannot handle. As we face these fears and issues that are brought up during this cleansing, we undergo enormous personal and spiritual growth.

There is no area of life that Reiki will not change and effect:


• It brings healing as a result of raising our vibrations closer to that of the original design.


• It will assist in bringing goals and desires into manifested form.


• It will work at healing relationships, between people or objects; wherever there is disparity and imbalance, the energy will reinstate order and stability.


• Reiki energy can be used to heal and balance anything in the past or the present, and Reiki can be sent to any situation that will occur in the future, to insure the best results possible (to be balanced and harmonious).


• Reiki will bring healing to situations that you may not yet be aware of.


• When an area of life is healed, the altered energy will bring change to all other areas of your life.



Repeated attunements mean repeated cleansing, and really opens you up to being a clearer & stronger path for the reiki energy. It accelerates your personal healing.


Reiki is a pathway of continual illumination, love, light, peace, & compassion. We intuitively know how to use it. It is one of the easiest & most natural forms of healing there is. Reiki opens up a greater flow of life energy.

In today’s fast moving pace, it is far more important to deal with holistic wellness than to cure things after they have taken place. Each reiki attunement & each degree will take you to a place of brighter illumination so that your unique light energy is clearer, more powerful & more beneficial to all life forms.

The increase of universal life energy through reiki affects more than your physical & emotional health, reiki brings spiritual growth as well. Follow the happenings of life, they will lead you to places and people who will promote your inner growth. Focal points or priorities of your life will be altered. More and more you will find a quiet honesty about your actions and your lifestyle.

In learning reiki be prepared to experience growth, expansion of consciousness, spiritual healing & strength

Remember that the more you use reiki and keep reiki in your consciousness, the more you will receive.

Reiki and the Attunement Experience, part 1

When you take your first reiki class, and receive your first attunement, it is truly a step into the unknown. You may have no clue what 'attunement' means, or may have read a bit about it & understand that it is a sacred ceremony where a reiki teacher passes on the ability to channel reiki energy to the student.

I give 2 attunements with my Level 1 reiki class. Mostly because I noticed that my students open up to the attunement more with the second one. With the first one they dont' know what to expect, and sometimes don't open up to it as much.

In class, I do explain beforehand what an attunement is, and what your role will be (it is very passive, you just need to keep your hands in prayer position, then be ready for me to guide your hands to the top of your crown chakra & back down again).

The experience itself can be quite profound, or really not feel like anything at all. Some of students receive their attunement & just get up say "ok what's next". Most, however, do feel a shift, and I encourage them to channel energy on themselves & sit in meditation for a while afterwards to get the energy flowing. They often experience a feeling of higher vibration in their energy field right away. Anything from feeling light headed to dizzy.

Some students have cried during an attunement, because they felt so moved & so back in their body, like something had been missing a long time & was now a part of them again.

Some see colors, or can suddenly see auras. Some receive messages from their guides.

And with some it takes a few minutes or a few days to kind of soak in, then they feel the energy with increasing strength.

Once I had given many attunements I realized they were taking on a different quality for me personally. Every time a teacher gives an attunement, they receive one. Just like when you give a reiki session, you also receive one as the energy moves through you. I noticed that giving more & more attunements were causing more & more beneficial shifts both physically & emotionally for me. And I started wondering what effect this would have on my students.

I researched this, and sure enough some reiki teachers out there do give additional attunements. In Japan they apparently give one attunement per month.

Additional attunements definitely increase the energy you channel & really bring about shifts of change.

During Reiki Retreats that I offer once a month, I give my students 2 attunements of a level they've already had. We really just can't say enough about how much this helped all of us. And we've had some amazing experiences, of spirit guides coming in, amazing healing colors, total shifts of consiousness, sudden clearing, huge bursts of creativity........

This has become a regular part of what I offer my students if they want to take part. We also give sessions during Retreats which is a wonderful way to receive healing, having 2 or 3 or even 4 other people work on you at once.

As I mentioned in My Reiki Journey, getting reiki attunements begins a 3 week physical, emotional & spiritual cleanse. Here is some information on what you might experience.

Post Attunement "Aura & Chakra Cleansing" : a time of accelerated personal healing

Once attuned to Reiki, you are connected permanently, to the universal energy and its source. From this moment forward, your own healing process begins. You will be channeling reiki energy on yourself daily, which accelerates your healing process.

During an attunement, & for the next 3 weeks, and beyond that as well, your aura & chakras clear & release denser energies & become capable of holding higher frequencies of light for longer periods of time.

The first 21 days after an attunement is known as the 21-day cleansing cycle. During the next 21 days, the energy works through one chakra each day starting at the root and ending at the crown. It flows through the chakras three times, over the course of three weeks, each time working to release any blockages, open the chakras and energy pathways, and cleanse your aura of dense & tangled energies. These dense energies will be cleared on a physical, emotional & spiritual level, allowing higher energies to then fill the energy field, these energies keep our vibrational level higher.


During this 21 day cycle much healing takes place. You may feel as if a whole layer of “stuff” has let go from your body & energy field & begin to feel more balanced as tension, illness, pain, stress, negativity & old emotions, issues, behaviors & tendencies let go. Getting rid of your old stuff allows you to become a stronger & cleared channel for the energies of reiki. Reiki helps us to accept ourselves with true compassion, and to accept all of our experiences and actions as part of who we are & what is meant to be on our life’s path. As we use reiki on ourselves daily, we begin to trust in life, hear the guidance we are meant to hear & trust in that guidance.

Reiki Level 1 can be more of a physical purification. Reiki Level 2 can be more of an emotional & mental purification. And Reiki Master Level can be more of a spiritual purification, giving clarity on your life’s path, & feeling of peace & wholeness.

more on this on my next posting

Healthy drinking water, part 2

HOW TO GET CLEAN WATER:

There are several ways to get around this as much as possible: rain collecting & cleaning systems can go on your roof, buy or distill water (then add stuff to it - such as a few drops of sole made from Himalayan Salt), or just get a water filter & know you are doing the best you can. Well water is an option, although it needs to be tested.

I just a double water filter system, it goes through a ceramic filter & a regular filter. Even when there have been warnings to boil our drinking water, ours has been find just filtered.

I'd say the absolute best drinking water is from a spring. This water comes from under the ground, it tastes amazing & also helps to raise our vibrational levels (for those of us reiki people, who think abou that all the time). Spring water is alive with energy & tastes completely different than tap water. I collect spring water when possible & put it in large glass carboys for storing.

The biggest cause of DNA malfunction (and therefore increasing risk of cancer) is dehydration.

Keep in mind that as we age our thirst sensation may not alert us that we are dehydrating. Drink at least 2 liters of water per day, even if you don’t feel you need it. Put it in a big container (as described below) and make sure you consume all of it. You may notice if you rehydrate the body you will begin to feel thirstier.

I was drinking 5 liters of veg & fruit juice during a cleanse & got dehydrated, so remember, it needs to be water.

Water in plastic bottles that has been exposed to fluorescent lighting  is toxic to us.

Many bottled waters with names that include words such as "mountain," "spring" and "crystal clear" are actually tap water that has been filtered through a very simple (and inadequate) filtration system to remove enough chlorine so that it tastes better. (Since you can't taste, see or smell most contaminants, they know you can't tell the difference.)

Water that sits, or is bottled or boiled is stagnant, and begins to deteriorate. Chemicals added to drinking water are bad for our health. Including flouride.

Remember,  naturally we’d be getting our drinking water from rivers which have movement, the water has energy, it is charged. When water sits it stagnates.

The subtle qualities of water affect us physically, mentally, emotionally, & spiritually. It affects our energy bodies, our energy field.

Water carries frequencies of vibration, our bodies are made up of so much water, we respond easily & quickly when we ingest fluids.

To charge your drinking water & give it a life pattern, pour it into a glass container, colored glass will give it the energy of that color especially as it corresponds to the chakras

o RED = ROOT CHAKRA
o ORANGE = SACRAL
o YELLOW = SOLAR PLEXUS
o GREEN = HEART
o BLUE = THROAT
o INDIGO = THIRD EYE
o VIOLET/PURPLE = CROWN


It is important to imprint good energy on your water.

Masaru Emoto

is a Japanese author known for his claim that if human speech or thoughts are directed at water droplets before they are frozen, images of the resulting water crystals will be beautiful or ugly depending upon whether the words or thoughts were positive or negative. Emoto claims this can be achieved through prayer, music or by attaching written words to a container of water.

Since 1999 Emoto has published several volumes of a work titled Messages from Water, which contains photographs of water crystals next to essays and "words of intent."
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It is important to realize that with the use of vibrational essences you are creating a very high vibration. You have created an imprint of the plant’s energy in the water.

Homeopathic remedies work on the physical body & acupuncture meridian.

Gem elixers go one step further to work a little further out in the energy field as well as on the physical body.

Flower essences are the highest vibration of remedies. They work on all levels of the energy field, out to the spiritual level.


HOW TO RE STRUCTURE YOUR DRINKING WATER:

You can put a bit of lemon or lime into your water.

Put whole fresh herbs into it: dandelion, yarrow, cleavers, hawthorn, nettles, etc. this won’t be like an infusion, it gives the energy of the herb

Put your jar in moonlight or sunlight to bring that energy into it

Swirl it to energize it in a vortex of energy. Some of the work we do in reiki (seichim) involves use of vortexes of energy. It makes sense to energize our water this way as well.

Bless your water, put your hands on it, send reiki, intentions for healing. This will release any leftover toxic imprinting in the water. It also makes you aware of what you are ingesting.

Put crystals in or around your water, with intentions set into those as well.


If you'd like to learn more about medicinal uses of herbs to use on yourself, friend, family, pets, or clients, take my 8 month distance learning herbalist course. Course work is posted on my forum. Much more info on my website. 
www.dragonflyherbals.com 


Or sign up her for the 8 month herbal, other herbal workshops held online, and reiki & chakra healing workshops:


http://dragonflyherbals.proboards.com/index.cgi

Healthy drinking water, part 1

Vibrational essences, & charging your drinking water

The importance of drinking pure water.

(some of this is from Gabriel Cousens book called  Spiritual Nutrition)

We should drink enough pure water every day. Herbals teas & veg & fruit juices are separate from this.

Over 70% of our body is water, and we need clean water every day to rejuvenate our system and flush out toxins. Water is the foundation of our health

Water is like a solvent to eliminate toxins from the body.

TOXINS IN OUR DRINKING WATER:

Tap water or city water contains contaminants.

One of the most talked about contaminants in our drinking water is chlorine, a necessary disinfectant used to kill harmful, disease-causing bacteria. Unfortunately, chlorine combines easily with other chemicals and naturally occurring organic material to form many carcinogenic substances. An example of this is trihalomethanes (THMs), which are associated with rectal, bladder and pancreatic cancers, and may cause damage to the nervous system. Chlorine has also been linked to heart attacks, strokes, premature senility and sexual impotency. When you think about it, the purpose of chlorine is to kill living organisms; as far as I know we are all living organisms! Even in small amounts, taken daily this poison builds up in our systems and causes harm.

We also need to be concerned about microbiological threats. Traditional water purification measures are ineffective against many waterborne diseases, especially some virulent newcomers. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has actually issued several warnings in recent years to people who are aged or suffering from immune deficiency disorders not to drink tap water, because their bodies are not strong enough to fight off waterborne infections.


Flouride is a common additive to your water supply, and ingredient in the toothpaste you and your children use may be contributing to the increased rates of hypothyroidism -- and other health concerns without improving dental health


PINEAL GLAND  & FLOURIDE:

Flouride atrophies the pineal gland. I have read this in books & online.

The Pineal Gland is about the size of a pea, and is in the center of the brain It produces melatonin, so it affects our wake/sleep cycles.

it is associated with the sixth chakra whose awakening is linked to prophecy and and increased psychic awareness as consciousness ascends.

The pineal gland is activated by Light, and it controls the various bio-rhythms of the body. It works in harmony with the hypothalamus gland which directs the body's thirst, hunger, sexual desire and the biological clock that determines our aging process\

Considered the most powerful and highest source of ethereal energy available to humans, the pineal gland has always been important in initiating supernatural powers. Development of psychic talents has been closely associated with this organ of higher vision.

Make sure to ask your dentist & dental hygenist not to use fluoride.


More info:
http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/pineal/luke-1997.html
excerpts from:
The Effect of Fluoride on the Physiology of the Pineal Gland
By Jennifer Anne Luke, 1997
A dissertation submitted to the School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
She wrote 300 pages in total.


David Wilcock (youtube) has lots of info on the pineal gland.



more on healthy drinking water in a few days.




This is material from my Herbalist Course from 2010:

I am currently offering my 8 month herbalist course as distance learning on my forum:

http://dragonflyherbals.proboards.com/index.cgi

There's full information on my website on this course.