Essential Oil Meditation for Imbolc
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A simple way to use aromatherapy and meditation to celebrate Imbolc, the midway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.
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When it’s time to leave the nest, listen to your elders.
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Sometimes you just need a blend to help you move forward. And sometimes you need someone else to make it for you.
Read MoreIt's a solvable problem
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How one New York nightlife-lover-turned-charity-CEO reminded me why I began to teach aromatherapy in the first place.
Read MoreIn Memory of Billy
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Remembering one of my first plant mentors that I wish I’d spent more time with.
Read MoreBad News is Getting Better?
/This is the first time I have sat at my desk in my room and worked on the computer in almost two months, due to this crazy experience with mites or whatever. I wrote about this when it first started to get real bad; we are just now feeling like it is on the mend.
So now, I am reclaiming my space, making it mine again. The truth is, over the past year or so, I've fantasized about having a super organized, clean, and uncluttered space. But with my typical busy-ness and tendency towards laziness, this fantasy space was not going to happen. I see one of the several blessings from it all this is I am getting the clean, organized and uncluttered space I desire.
For over the past week, I have stayed at my house, mostly minorly itchy. There have been more than one "outbreaks" of bites or irritation or allergic reaction to something, that I feel were made worse by a few bouts of uncontrolled scratching.
About 5 days ago, I decided to stop using poisons and just work with vinegar, alcohol, some bleach, lots of essential oils, menthol crystals, and laundry. Two days ago, I told my body that it can stop reacting to whatever it is reacting to. It has mostly complied to my request. I've in turn resisted most major urges to scratch and instead hydrated the skin with hydrosol, coconut oil, and neem.
Last night was the first night I didn't have a major itching fit. It was also the night I saturated the air with essential oils (cassia, tea tree, peppermint, lemongrass, and even a little clove), so I'm going to keep that up for a little while. I do apologize to my roommates and boyfriend for the stinging eyes...it would be great if I could get the house tented with essential oils...hmmm.
Hopefully the car is soon to follow, and I can be all clean, organized, and uncluttered in my movement into this fabulous life I am creating. There is lots of exciting things for me to write about too, I look forward to having the time to do it soon.
Until then...I'm going to get back to cleaning.
