Healing & Natural Remedies
Congratulations! Just the fact that you’re reading this says volumes about the expansive soul that you are. You’re not here to repeat willy-nilly the experience of your childhood. You’re here to make conscious choices and create the live you want to live. One of the most powerful ways to change the patterns of your root chakra years is to work with your inner child and go in and meet the needs that didn’t get met.
Meditation is an incredible way to calm the mind and clear away the noise of the day that we all tend to carry well into the late evening. With regular practice, the mind will naturally get into the rhythm of starting to calm down and meditation will get easier for you. It is not about having NO thoughts; it’s about letting those thoughts pass by like clouds in the sky and coming back to your calm center.
I’ve been a student and practitioner of energy healing for several years. I’ve learned so many different techniques and modalities that I’ve lost count. I love both giving energy healing and receiving it. A session with a trustworthy healer can absolutely help shift energies and guide us to living a more balanced life. But lately, I’ve come to realize that some of the most powerful energy healing techniques are already in our toolbox, just waiting for us to dig in.
“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” — Benjamin Franklin
We all know that getting to bed at a decent hour is good for us. Our body can repair itself during the nighttime hours while we’re asleep and we’ll be well rested for the day ahead. That’s a no-brainer. But what about the other half of the equation? Is there really a reason we should rise with the sun? Ayurveda, the five-thousand-year-old system of healing known as the “Knowledge of Life” would say a resounding “YES!”
We’ve all seen people in spa-like locations with cucumber slices on their eyes, their head wrapping in a towel and wearing a robe with some sort of a liquid mask on their face. But does this green fruit (yes it’s a fruit and not a vegetable) have special properties or unique ingredients that assist our eyes? Read on….
It’s completely natural to fear the unknown path before you, but don’t let that fear shut you down. Instead, educate yourself on your health condition and treatment options. Arm yourself with information so you can go into your doctor’s appointment with a thorough list of questions, a clear understanding of possible next steps, and a sense of hope for a healthy future.
I don’t ever remember being given herbal remedies when I was growing up. Instead, it was the dreaded pink Pepto Bismol, or aspirin, or the new kid on the block, Tylenol. Nowadays drugs have become the norm, are advertised on TV but you can’t make a statement or claim that a herb, food, or plant can possibly cure an illness.
I guess my mother didn’t have any role models to teach her natural healing and thus, couldn’t pass it along to me. So, when my own children were young, I followed suit, not knowing any better. I gave them antibiotics when the doctor deemed them necessary. Ditto any other prescription or over-the-counter drug. Oh, how I wish I had had a Dr. Aviva Romm-type around when I was younger.