tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119302722024-03-19T01:47:13.208-07:00Flower Essences and Healing Thoughts from Mama Love OrganicsSheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.comBlogger1903125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-40252347314799099762024-03-17T14:38:00.000-07:002024-03-17T14:38:21.098-07:00The Difference between Gentian, Gorse, and Sweet Chestnut Bach Flower Remedies<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwneg76zDFE6UYoesYhv_KztUiIt8WsJCfBcMxBIYvC430pMgeoj0xQBYlrx70nTBUoyOj3p7uqv76Xn_LPEwi13PDesSjdEaJKMoQueFtZw-43uOqgkirk3NyKNjMC9Vo1em7LBgh174D4b-h8F9V3xTqZEB_BJgMr9oDgvyLsSluFJNcYQdmkA/s1350/Gentian-Gorse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Illustration of a man catching himself while falling form a ladder next to one in bed with an angel hugging him" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1350" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwneg76zDFE6UYoesYhv_KztUiIt8WsJCfBcMxBIYvC430pMgeoj0xQBYlrx70nTBUoyOj3p7uqv76Xn_LPEwi13PDesSjdEaJKMoQueFtZw-43uOqgkirk3NyKNjMC9Vo1em7LBgh174D4b-h8F9V3xTqZEB_BJgMr9oDgvyLsSluFJNcYQdmkA/w640-h512/Gentian-Gorse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Earlier today I was feeling quite discouraged about a long-standing situation and thought I needed <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/529092155/organic-gentian-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Gentian</a>. My inner guidance said "no." "Well, I feel really bad! Maybe I need <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/582480341/sweet-chestnut-organic-bach-flower" target="_blank">Sweet Chestnut</a> (the flower essence for despair)!" My inner guidance said "No! Try <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/636453873/organic-gorse-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Gorse</a>." </p><p>I disagreed. Gorse is for people who have given up! That's not true for me! But everything in me said "Gorse." So I tried it, didn't believe it would work, and went for a walk without making note of whether it had any energetic effects. </p><p>Oh yeah, that IS the Gorse attitude. You might try something, but you don't really think it's going to work. And why don't you think it's going to work? Because you've tried so many things and haven't seen the success you desire. You're not just discouraged (the reason to use Gentian), you're deeply discouraged! </p><p>But it's not as deep and horrifying as the Sweet Chestnut state—that's when you think all hope is lost. The person in a Gorse state feels like giving up or has given up even though they may be aware that there are still avenues left to try (they just don't sound very good). The person who needs Sweet Chestnut has tried those avenues, too! They're at the end of their rope and need a completely new point of view. (For example: Sometimes the worst a person thinks can happen IS the way through. You surrender, tell someone "the worst thing I can imagine is about to happen," and allow the assistance you would need in THAT situation to come through.)</p><p>And <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/529092155/organic-gentian-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Gentian</a>? That's just when you've fallen off your horse, feel temporarily overwhelmed, and need help to get back on your feet and try again. You know you can do it most of the time, but you lost your balance for a bit. You do need to put this setback into perspective in order to sally forth with optimism and determination again, and that's not terribly dissimilar from the pessimism of a Gorse point of view. But you haven't given up. You've fallen back, maybe feel somewhat shell-shocked from the impact of the fall, but you haven't given up or entered the state of thinking "what's the use?" You WILL try again, you just don't know exactly how and feel dismayed by that.</p><p>Honestly, it's mostly a matter of degree, how long the situation has existed, how well your previous actions have worked out for you, how willing you are to try again, and how willing you are to ask for help. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/582480341/sweet-chestnut-organic-bach-flower" target="_blank">Sweet Chestnut</a> can help you make a big shift in attitude to allow a major transformation in. Gorse can help you with that as well (but you already know at least one thing you can do). And any of the three can help you ask for help (or at least ask for more information) and try again.</p><p>--</p><p>And for those interested, I did try <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/636453873/organic-gorse-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Gorse</a> again and noted that it was at first VERY grounding. And then I felt energy clear up to the top of my head. I didn't feel as pessimistic as I had been, and then thought that it might do me some good to try it again and keep using it until the feeling holds or a new idea comes in.</p><p>Also there's a big difference between clinical depression and situationally-caused negative states such as these that lay people might call "depression." Be sure to consult with the appropriate professionals to rule that out.</p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-52043449990255884722024-03-15T14:43:00.000-07:002024-03-15T16:01:42.057-07:00The Love and Challenges of Being a Water Violet Type<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaFoMY9hjKn3047t2Ms2FkDTjuGkh6z9cBJtmLGefX1vZzNT8ElOW17nIhtDelwRfSOMjARiv4uHUa00xubG8ldoZlJo0BxZIp6zJQ1KKNKZK37VsLSKnW3_w-RkT5AawRgGmtthvs_fmaHdUGo3BlOaKhkKquDqfcd9mVeh5YjCZP-OiIneAtQ/s1080/Water-Violet-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Scented Water Violet flower essence spray" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaFoMY9hjKn3047t2Ms2FkDTjuGkh6z9cBJtmLGefX1vZzNT8ElOW17nIhtDelwRfSOMjARiv4uHUa00xubG8ldoZlJo0BxZIp6zJQ1KKNKZK37VsLSKnW3_w-RkT5AawRgGmtthvs_fmaHdUGo3BlOaKhkKquDqfcd9mVeh5YjCZP-OiIneAtQ/w640-h640/Water-Violet-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes Bach Flower Remedy practitioners talk about "type" remedies. I don't tend to do that because I use too wide a range of flower essences and think more in terms of life themes. I don't want to feel like a single flower essence defines me and my life! Does that make me the "rebel" type? Perhaps! (lol) But for those who find this concept helpful, I will explain that "type remedies" are sometimes described as remedies for the primary personality you were born with and what, therefore, appears to define what you are meant to work on in this life. </p><p>Very spiritual-sounding—and that appeals to me— but still too limiting from my point of view! Is it JUST spiritual? Well . . . perhaps. </p><p>But there is science involved. I know because my mom actually participated in a study while she was pregnant with me that showed that developing fetuses in the womb feel their mother's feelings—or at least strongly respond in the way that adult humans do to the cascade of hormones and other biochemicals associated with emotional responses. If a pregnant mom watches a sad film, her developing baby is flooded with the biochemistry mom releases in response to that. The same thing with fear (only different biochemicals are activated then). And there is more recent evidence indicating that a <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/infa.12176" target="_blank">significant trauma a mother experiences during her pregnancy can affect her developing child</a> and that <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02179/full" target="_blank">chronic exposure to stress during pregnancy does as well</a>. </p><p>And then, once you are born, you wind up in an already established family system affected by your family's life experiences, the life experiences of their parents, and the societal situation and economic conditions present in their lives in the present. And THAT—combined with your womb-established personality traits are what sets you on a life path with particular themes to grapple with and grow from throughout your life. </p><p>Is karma involved? Is it astrology? Did you CHOOSE your parents to teach you particular lessons? Perhaps! And I sometimes see evidence to make me believe it. But you don't have to believe in that to have it be true that —whether you were "meant" to deal with this or not, whether it was your karma or not—we all come into this life with advantages or disadvantages that are either healed or interrupted in our childhoods and then are combined with new life experiences to give us life themes or a "personality type" to grapple with or make use of skillfully throughout our lives.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">What personality type would start this blog post off like that?</h2><p>Mine. And the one flower essence I most relate to is <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/598822992/organic-water-violet-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Water Violet</a>. The great thing about being a Water Violet "type" is feeling content (most of the time) to be on my own researching, learning, or creating projects of my own device. Nothing makes me happier than a day spent doing exactly what I want. And that's what I like to do most besides hanging out with the very few people who "get" me and enjoy hanging out researching, learning, and creating, too!</p><p>The bad thing about being a person with Water Violet tendencies is when I either don't get to hang out with my small circle of good friends or go through a period when I really would like to have more friends. I can't seem to make myself do the things people do to find new friends, don't find it easy or fun to bring anyone who just happens to be in my life closer in, and feel lonely and vulnerable to despondency (in that situation) as a result. And what's that about using networking to get ahead in the world? OMFG—that's not a concept I even understand, for better and for worse. The despondency doesn't happen often, mind you, because I learned some time in my youth to do art or read a book or dive deep into learning about something I'm interested in. And then I'm perfectly content until the next time I wish I had more friends and didn't do anything about it.</p><p>All of this is to say that if you relate to anything I'm saying in this blog post, Water Violet might be helpful to you!<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/598822992/organic-water-violet-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Water Violet Flower Essence</a> helps a person with preferring-to-be-alone traits develop a more inclusive way of being in the world so they can enjoy loving joyful connections with other people.</span></span><span face=""Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> </span>And I just added <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/1695986849/water-violet-flower-essence-scented" target="_blank">a listing for the ability to add an essential oil scent</a> to the unscented Reiki-infused flower essence spray version, too.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Personal Experience and Development</h2><p>I decided to try Water Violet and report on that for this post. I felt energetic sensations in my 2nd chakra—the one most associated with the Water element and with family relationships. The energy was held there for awhile and then went up and out the top of my head several times, with a feeling of clearing each time. Then the energy went down to the first chakra, lingered awhile, and I felt the shy and disappointed-with-humanity feelings I had as a child along with the memories related to that. I was very shy because I was taught to be quiet and cautious around other people by my overly-protective young parents. In early elementary school, I felt like a sequestered baby deer looking out from a hidden place and trying to make sense of why people acted the way they did. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/632985911/organic-fawn-lily-flower-essence-dropper" target="_blank">Fawn Lily flower essence</a> comes to mind and is probably also right for me. I didn't know how to be myself and still be welcomed by my peers. So many people seemed like they were either alright with acting in weird hurtful ways or like they didn't dare be themselves either and just faked being whatever they believed their friends expected them to be. They were certainly mean to me! (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/738793571/organic-wild-pansy-flower-essence" target="_blank">Wild Pansy</a>) I didn't want to be like them. And I didn't have good role models to show me how to make friends and still get to be myself. My mom, for example, was shy and introverted as well. She made friends on the job (as do I), but I didn't get to meet those friends and see how she interacted with them. I never met them, and I never met my father's friends either! Neither one invited anyone but family members to the house, and if they went out to be with friends on their date nights, I didn't know about it. That's why I don't buy into "type flower essences." Types are MADE—not who you are!</p><p>So would I use Water Violet as my type remedy throughout my life? No! I will change and grow out of that (if I want to). AND I would do that by choosing what I want to experience next and choosing the flower essences that will help me let go of what's holding me back. Perhaps Wild Pansy combined with Fawn Lily as a next step since that is what came up. And then I would see what needs to be addressed (if anything) after that! Forgiveness of my fellow man and forgiveness for myself for not being taught how to do that? That's what popped into my mind just now—<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/515366992/organic-holly-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Holly</a> and/or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/577852251/organic-pine-bach-flower-essence-dropper" target="_blank">Pine</a>. Then whatever comes up after that. Maybe having more optimism around it—Borage, Impatiens, Zinnia and Larch. That's my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/470082728/renewed-faith-and-optimism-flower" target="_blank">Renewed Faith and Optimism</a> formula—the one I started using and felt so great about last night! Based on that experience, I would say: probably so.</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-8270947405483104412024-03-11T21:20:00.000-07:002024-03-11T21:20:05.501-07:00Using Herb Tea Ingredients in Cooking<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWIEzw7EOKcN7DIJYpQnJ0Z-UUjw5R1d9cpMt9femCE7zaPdlHMo8gdTPHX5Ey3oryXp8P1MSxoHevTXf9o-nkKMsErtC3q8wBrvN1QKfQk9N283M3akd91eIva0G0ZQXqJOFbMajzGKIUmhVO1Wa3ZRmSucXr1nMGw_wAvSrmSsboxdR1XhO0g/s1080/tea-kettle-veggies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A Teakettle and vegetables" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWIEzw7EOKcN7DIJYpQnJ0Z-UUjw5R1d9cpMt9femCE7zaPdlHMo8gdTPHX5Ey3oryXp8P1MSxoHevTXf9o-nkKMsErtC3q8wBrvN1QKfQk9N283M3akd91eIva0G0ZQXqJOFbMajzGKIUmhVO1Wa3ZRmSucXr1nMGw_wAvSrmSsboxdR1XhO0g/w640-h640/tea-kettle-veggies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love to cook and I especially love trying something new and creative. Lately, the herb tea ingredients on my shelf have been enticing me to try them in cooking!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For example, I recently found out that <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/220027323/organic-calendula-flowers-yellow" target="_blank">Calendula</a> is known as “poor man’s saffron.” It can be used in place of saffron in cooking. It has a slightly spicy taste and adds a nice golden color when added to rice. You can also add the petals to salad, perhaps with other colorful flower-petal tea ingredients such as rose or red clover. This recipe for <a href="https://growingupherbal.com/real-food-fruit-dip-herbal-calendula/" target="_blank">Calendula Cream Cheese Fruit Dip</a> sounds amazing! </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/522424720/organic-dried-red-rose-petals-and-buds" target="_blank">Rose Petals</a>, they have been used in such a variety of cuisines that there is no end to the recipes you can find on the internet. But I know what I want to do next because I just got a spice grinder that grinds things to a fine powder! I’m going to make rose powder and start sprinkling that stuff everywhere! I hear that rose sugar is very nice (grind 8 tsp of sugar with 1 tsp of rose petals). You can also use rose powder alone sprinkled on custards, rice pudding, or vanilla ice cream. Make <a href="https://www.cookswithcocktails.com/how-to-make-simple-rose-syrup/" target="_blank">Rose Syrup</a> for use in cocktails or mocktails or get creative and add to your next batch of shortbread cookies, meringue, or buttercream frosting.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/487915917/organic-elderflower-elder-flower-herb" target="_blank">Elderflower</a> has gotten very popular in cooking. Make <a href="https://culinarybutterfly.com/recipe/elderflower-syrup/" target="_blank">Elderflower Syrup</a> and use it in cocktails or mocktails, lemonade, or iced tea. Mix it into homemade whipped cream or drizzle over cheesecake. You can also use it as a substitute for sweetener in a variety of recipes. I think it would be delicious in poundcake or cupcakes.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My favorite soap is scented with <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/1288577190/organic-english-and-french-lavender" target="_blank">Lavender</a> so I can’t drink it without feeling like I’m drinking soap. But many people LOVE Lavender Lemonade. Again, make a simple syrup using lavender instead of rose or elderflower and use that to sweeten your lemonade. Other people use dried lavender in savory herb blends such as Herbes de Provence (rosemary, thyme, basil, tarragon, savory, marjoram, oregano, and lavender) and use it to flavor roasted chicken, lamb, fish or roasted vegetables.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dried mint (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/218306425/organic-dried-peppermint-leaf-herb-tea" target="_blank">Peppermint</a> or <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/533216359/organic-spearmint-herb-tea-mint-iced-or" target="_blank">Spearmint</a> or combined) is very nice in yogurt or cream-based salad dressings. Try it with diced cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions and a squeeze of lemon, or sprinkle the leaves into your veggie or fruit salads. <a href="https://www.food.com/recipe/spinach-salad-with-raspberry-yogurt-dressing-317445" target="_blank">Raspberry mint dressing</a> is very good. Zip dried mint into a powder in your spice grinder and add it to vanilla ice cream, cocoa, frosting or whipped cream. Make chocolate mint brownies!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/755975216/organic-red-rooibos-tea-herb-herb-tea" target="_blank">Rooibos</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/750844662/organic-honeybush-tea-herb-herb-tea" target="_blank">Honeybush</a> teas are a nice alternative to black tea that I drink for that reason and less so for health purposes (although they are thought to be a great source of antioxidants). In the United States we don’t tend to use it for any other purpose but a quick look on the internet was an eye-opener! Are they used for culinary purposes? Oh yes!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://sarooibos.co.za/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-Rooibos-Recipes.pdf " target="_blank">South African Rooibos Council</a> is a source for an amazing number of recipes. Make a strong tea and add it to marinades for chicken or pork, combine the dry herb with spices for seasonings and meat rubs, make sauces, use it in stew or soup. Then go for dessert with some delicious sounding recipes for Rooibos cheesecake, ice cream, cakes, muffins and sweet bread, cookies, smoothies, mixed drinks, and so much more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honeybush can be used in many similar recipes —probably interchangeable with Rooibos—but it is slightly sweeter so you’ll more often find recipes combining it with fruit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Plus this recipe for <a href="https://www.teachef.com/recipe/468/honeybush-baklava-with-almonds-and-dates.html" target="_blank">Honeybush Baklava With Almonds And Dates</a> looks amazing!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Find all these herb tea ingredients in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics" target="_blank">my Etsy shop</a>.</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-4225744422745243092024-03-06T21:34:00.000-08:002024-03-06T21:34:32.808-08:00The Soothing Warmth of Calendula<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0stBaQZglnrP6okiQ_rZ-8rtcPOdIhodFMI5Kt0GnmkTy64QvFbjUEDUiybQlk4Bswe9cHm9kYLbm8I0nvjvYNI5m7c1VzP0r4_5c38qCyGHRbw3a-tHKUv7BTOsgmymchhs5s2AspAEkv6toOQr3VMEHcF4mheU7Hbxp-u-xpgWT-hkFSWbww/s1080/calendula-mom-Resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mother and Child surrounded by Calendula" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0stBaQZglnrP6okiQ_rZ-8rtcPOdIhodFMI5Kt0GnmkTy64QvFbjUEDUiybQlk4Bswe9cHm9kYLbm8I0nvjvYNI5m7c1VzP0r4_5c38qCyGHRbw3a-tHKUv7BTOsgmymchhs5s2AspAEkv6toOQr3VMEHcF4mheU7Hbxp-u-xpgWT-hkFSWbww/w640-h640/calendula-mom-Resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Calendula is available both as an herb and as a flower essence in my shop. As an herb it can be used as a tea thought to be</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b;"> energetically neutral or cooling and </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">soothing to an inflamed digestive system. It can also be infused in oil to be used topically for soothing inflamed skin. And as a flower essence it is used to soothe inflamed emotions. This plant is known for its </span><span style="color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">anti-inflammatory effects!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Which is interesting because as a garden plant, the very popular Calendula—also known as Pot Marigold—has a great affinity for the sun. It grows best in full-sun locations and stands upright with its yellow-orange daisy-like petals in a somewhat cup shape as if to soak up all the sunshine possible! </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Energetically, as a flower essence (and probably also as an herb), Calendula seems to be about the soothing nurturing quality of warmth versus the searing burning excess of heat. It's about receptivity and empathy and the warmth of one's words and way of interacting in relationships, but it is also used to cool the tendency to be excessively hot and combative (especially in communication) while holding a warm space in one's heart for others. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Find <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/220027323/organic-calendula-flowers-yellow" target="_blank">Calendula herb</a> in my shop.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Find <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/526356249/organic-calendula-flower-essence-dropper" target="_blank">Reiki-infused dosage strength Calendula flower essence dropper bottles or unscented spray</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Find </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/1214187572/calendula-flower-essence-scented-spray" target="_blank">Reiki-infused dosage strength Calendula flower essence sprays scented with essential oil</a>.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-42303065251945396442024-03-04T21:30:00.000-08:002024-03-04T21:30:58.220-08:00Addressing Intolerance and Paranoia with Beech and Oregon Grape Flower Essences<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXhEd3NeNoXruIg9MS-iaAYdv80DvQMfM1oBZEMGXCPNf7wnxxS-v_nEfjvd7wCInls1jWYX2RaS_J0fnXI6kxUUNuMRxWHfgCBVqUBhNXiWU_6r7eu62y2_0Sma-CEXyduKNO_WKbe_ZPoJlPzjLxLLxhLYDt2X2ja9gxQe9MeLV5yUcnfs7XA/s2000/OregonGrapeFlowerEssence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Oregon Grape flower essence next to Oregon Grape flowers" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXhEd3NeNoXruIg9MS-iaAYdv80DvQMfM1oBZEMGXCPNf7wnxxS-v_nEfjvd7wCInls1jWYX2RaS_J0fnXI6kxUUNuMRxWHfgCBVqUBhNXiWU_6r7eu62y2_0Sma-CEXyduKNO_WKbe_ZPoJlPzjLxLLxhLYDt2X2ja9gxQe9MeLV5yUcnfs7XA/w640-h512/OregonGrapeFlowerEssence.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because of excessive news-watching and social media use combined with a number of actual predatory incidents in my local community, I recently found myself in the situation of being so overly concerned about predators in our society that I started to feel as though I was attracting them in my life! This is uncharacteristic of me and not something I want to continue. And yet I don’t think it wise to discount one’s perceptions when it comes to predatory activity. I might even say that a “healthy” amount of paranoia might be helpful in some respects, at least in certain situations. Street smarts, or at least the ability to keep your wits about you, is a helpful tool to have in your back pocket in potentially dangerous situations. But if you grew up on the streets, an abusive family, or in a community hostile to your ethnicity, race or social class you might not have that need for caution or discernment in your back pocket anymore—you might be wearing it as a cloak! And worse, you might be projecting that paranoia onto other people and situations where there is no intentional harm or danger present at all! That might cause you to act out at people where it is unwarranted and then attract that same behavior right back at you. Hurt begets hurt that begets hurt.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But that’s not all that can happen. If you’re hooked on social media or news commentary shows you might find that your “healthy” paranoia is being exploited for political or financial gain. An air of mistrust of our fellow Americans has been cultivated in recent years. We’ve all being trained to look for injustice, participate in controversy, and make enemies of each other over things that we NEVER would have fought with each other over before. I’ve been wondering about what flower essence might be useful for this. There are a few that might be applicable. (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/580451089/organic-beech-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Beech</a> for intolerance and excessive criticism of others comes to mind.) But then a flower essence that rarely sells in my shop—<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/642917309/organic-oregon-grape-flower-essence" target="_blank">Oregon Grape</a>—popped up in my sales and, therefore, field of view.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oregon Grape is quite specific to the situation I just described—the need to maintain healthy protective boundaries without losing compassion, goodwill, and the ability to trust. I tried Beech and Oregon Grape last night to compare their effects on me. Beech dispelled some of the negativity I was feeling—it literally felt like it cleared my head. But when I tried Oregon Grape I felt calmed, more grounded and interior (if that makes sense). It felt like I was held safe in my core. Obviously, these flower essences are addressing different things (although I’m sure they could be used together)! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/580451089/organic-beech-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Beech</a> seems like it was addressing my belief systems. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/642917309/organic-oregon-grape-flower-essence" target="_blank">Oregon Grape</a> most definitely affected my sense of confidence and inner security. It was not a “let’s go out and do something” kind of confidence. It was a feeling of feeling safe in myself—less exteriorly focused, and more secure within.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't feel like I'm going to be overly trusting of other people now. To the contrary, actually. I feel like my boundaries are stronger and I don't have to overly defend myself. My healthy—let's call it discernment now—is intact. But perhaps there's no need to rush into battle without good reason, perhaps there's an ability to hold back judgement while I'm checking a situation out, perhaps there's the ability to try to look for common ground, while not assuming anything. And that's a better thing. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-70706561608082138692024-02-29T19:37:00.000-08:002024-02-29T19:37:47.329-08:00Let Your Tears Flow with Yerba Santa Flower Essence<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeKtnMCxBcWFjSI1yHQ-5jtFbfTEMSogl3c8olAO2Z0FIrg65jxrY5ws7sBOb_6Hj1eBr2Ex34LzKURhx-AQIitZNXqWTcPFJxFShN3MvV1Hgn46_zJSNsiLKkOYmGYBG3rC2UZJ79GzstHDmYTwQnrNmyFWzCrdHUNauEmOrHFNJRyCc28i8sw/s1080/Yerba-Santa-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Yerba Santa Scented Flower Essence Spray" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeKtnMCxBcWFjSI1yHQ-5jtFbfTEMSogl3c8olAO2Z0FIrg65jxrY5ws7sBOb_6Hj1eBr2Ex34LzKURhx-AQIitZNXqWTcPFJxFShN3MvV1Hgn46_zJSNsiLKkOYmGYBG3rC2UZJ79GzstHDmYTwQnrNmyFWzCrdHUNauEmOrHFNJRyCc28i8sw/w640-h640/Yerba-Santa-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">Did you grow up in a place where you were taught to keep a stiff upper lip? Did you get the message growing up that it's a sign of weakness to cry, even in the most grievous circumstances? Held back tears can lead to all sorts of problems—both emotional and physical! My acupuncturist believes that the lungs hold repressed grief and, interestingly enough, the whole herb form of Yerba Santa is often used address lung health. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">Yerba Santa</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">flower essence helps a person let go of deeply held emotional pain. Yes, grief, but not just that! Buried emotions are often covered by emotional patterns that feel more "powerful"—most commonly, angry outbursts or rage. When you let yourself cry, all sorts of issues in your life can heal.</span></p><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I already had the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/557223557/organic-yerba-santa-flower-essence" target="_blank">dosage strength dropper bottle and unscented spray forms of Yerba Santa</a> in my shop. Tonight I added the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/1687978943/yerba-santa-flower-essence-scented-spray" target="_blank">scented spray version</a>. Flower essences and essential oils actually complement each other very well so this listing gives you the ability to add an organic essential oil of your choice from the following list as a scent.</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0" style="color: #1c2b33; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Choose based on what you like and how you would like to feel:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Cedarwood (relaxing, grounding, woody incense)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Clary Sage (relaxing, calming, mental clarity, earthy herbal)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Lavender (balancing, relaxing, floral)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Lemon (uplifting, energizing, mind-clearing citrus)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Orange (cheerful, uplifting yet calming citrus)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Palmarosa (calming, soothing, earthy rose-like herbal)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Patchouli (grounding, relaxing, earthy)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Rose Geranium (balancing, uplifting, rose and lemon-like herbal)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">• Ylang (calming, sensual, sweet floral)</div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Obviously, this product is not a substitute for professional help if you need that kind of assistance. But it can be a great adjunct.</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p></div></div></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-81271852671640033182024-02-28T19:39:00.000-08:002024-02-29T19:42:18.173-08:00Plant a Garden<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwva5oiIWgRM47CLgRAHmUkoYhoKQdR6m6syfrj4Wlh_MCmzfhX4R1NITInsQSphtZqFuhgzwZ8iVgIWz1UUCdC3ljzsnnrTF56pG-vtYo2UEixWo51C28TPntv3N393UGZRb8E-skaRKNeunwoAVRW_6CPD6eYCRawQlET33SMeiI3oboJ7K3Q/s1024/to-plant-a-garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="woman planting a flower garden" border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwva5oiIWgRM47CLgRAHmUkoYhoKQdR6m6syfrj4Wlh_MCmzfhX4R1NITInsQSphtZqFuhgzwZ8iVgIWz1UUCdC3ljzsnnrTF56pG-vtYo2UEixWo51C28TPntv3N393UGZRb8E-skaRKNeunwoAVRW_6CPD6eYCRawQlET33SMeiI3oboJ7K3Q/w640-h640/to-plant-a-garden.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."</p><p style="text-align: center;">Audrey Hepburn</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mamaloveproducts.com">www.mamaloveproducts.com</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-40529701397460709082024-02-24T13:00:00.000-08:002024-02-24T13:00:00.229-08:00Have More Fun with Zinnia Flower Essence Scented Spray<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IcnkoJkr3ke16sxiqqQu7n7DF8XhkGmOX_StRqYCOGezcvp3fnhWKhuvO68DswS8ssWnK4Kkhyphenhyphen_CMFLYDsQ4gNK2V-npxkvhOVbGii7p7fvaTsMLMXBRiNuToZpLgLCfsRkVq9Tv-95nixaCzWFzZo3p6165WE0k_1dJHVi8bTwgndTTYvY4Yg/s1080/Zinnia-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Zinnia flower next to a bottle of Zinnia flower essence scented spray" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IcnkoJkr3ke16sxiqqQu7n7DF8XhkGmOX_StRqYCOGezcvp3fnhWKhuvO68DswS8ssWnK4Kkhyphenhyphen_CMFLYDsQ4gNK2V-npxkvhOVbGii7p7fvaTsMLMXBRiNuToZpLgLCfsRkVq9Tv-95nixaCzWFzZo3p6165WE0k_1dJHVi8bTwgndTTYvY4Yg/w640-h640/Zinnia-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A customer recently asked what flower essence I would suggest for having more fun. <a href="https://healingcommunication.blogspot.com/2024/02/enjoying-life-with-nasturtium-flower.html" target="_blank">Nasturtium</a>, which I mentioned a few days ago, could be a great option. But my personal favorite for general purpose use is, hands down, Zinnia! Look at the photo of Zinnia. Boldly colored, perky and upright, it just exudes joyfulness and fun. And that is exactly what it brings forth in people: a youthful air of optimism and playfulness, ready for fun and adventure. A renewed sense of humor, too!</span></span></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3sogn" data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I just added the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/1666932896/zinnia-flower-essence-scented-spray-aura" target="_blank">scented spray version of Zinnia</a> to my Etsy shop this week. It's unusual to find a scented flower <span style="font-family: inherit;">essence spray, but while I do use my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/556448267/zinnia-flower-essence-1-or-2-oz-dropper" target="_blank">Zinnia unscented sprays and more traditional dropper bottles</a>, I also think smelling good makes healing fun! </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Flower essences and essential oils actually can complement each other VERY well. So I offer the option to add a scent to the flower <span style="font-family: inherit;">essence sprays in my shop.</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0" style="color: #1c2b33; direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="an8cr-0-0"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto">Choose based on what you like and how you would like to feel:</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto">• Cedarwood (relaxing, grounding, woody incense)</div><div dir="auto">• Clary Sage (relaxing, calming, mental clarity, earthy herbal)</div><div dir="auto">• Lavender (balancing, relaxing, floral)</div><div dir="auto">• Lemon (uplifting, energizing, mind-clearing citrus)</div><div dir="auto">• Orange (cheerful, uplifting yet calming citrus)</div><div dir="auto">• Palmarosa (calming, soothing, earthy rose-like herbal)</div><div dir="auto">• Patchouli (grounding, relaxing, earthy)</div><div dir="auto">• Rose Geranium (balancing, uplifting, rose and lemon-like herbal)</div><div dir="auto">• Ylang (calming, sensual, sweet floral)</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; white-space-collapse: collapse;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p3" style="color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p2" style="color: black; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p></div></div></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3sogn" data-offset-key="5duad-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5duad-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3sogn" data-offset-key="bl5fg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bl5fg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-1028765894176543682024-02-22T13:30:00.000-08:002024-02-22T13:30:00.247-08:00Flowers are Friends in Times of Joy and Sorrow<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQ9fQ7XEp53sDZ6LWZ3lsZkyMd8fR9VTCwOWHua0nf8o01f_QYwfUi5XoH4hf94jOQ14huacGS27RZUryX4Bg0Idwi4eqjpEnQ7XrwW_xt7yDeaQyy_cp6C4wl0UaFfYPd1rdgABPtp-2n8JmPXDEAfipxVkWxpJZMZqiUk0vrxlUfBepUrJjZA/s1080/flowers-quote-happy-sad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="a couple with a bouquet of roses" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQ9fQ7XEp53sDZ6LWZ3lsZkyMd8fR9VTCwOWHua0nf8o01f_QYwfUi5XoH4hf94jOQ14huacGS27RZUryX4Bg0Idwi4eqjpEnQ7XrwW_xt7yDeaQyy_cp6C4wl0UaFfYPd1rdgABPtp-2n8JmPXDEAfipxVkWxpJZMZqiUk0vrxlUfBepUrJjZA/w640-h640/flowers-quote-happy-sad.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; text-align: center;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; text-align: center;">n joy and in sadness, flowers are our constant friends.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mamaloveproducts.com">www.mamaloveproducts.com</a></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-21881915527486341512024-02-20T21:04:00.000-08:002024-02-20T21:04:19.822-08:00Yarrow Flower Essence Scented Spray<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekTWMTRCCX0LGt6KpBPs44jGV7yv7KMGyW0A3eAWjL_YG5xPOHu72UnR2UuoVS-dqosmwmBfEAQglTXtNHRj_2_o9NLXIW6ahPrsA3vyg-oPyvtd1nfYwT5jSmDL8H40OyeC5OJS969pU5OudcmFxcGT5ofc293Qk05dEbTJyqDguuoOh3-5bUA/s1080/Yarrow-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Yarrow Flower Essence Scented Spray" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekTWMTRCCX0LGt6KpBPs44jGV7yv7KMGyW0A3eAWjL_YG5xPOHu72UnR2UuoVS-dqosmwmBfEAQglTXtNHRj_2_o9NLXIW6ahPrsA3vyg-oPyvtd1nfYwT5jSmDL8H40OyeC5OJS969pU5OudcmFxcGT5ofc293Qk05dEbTJyqDguuoOh3-5bUA/w640-h640/Yarrow-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/546495266/organic-yarrow-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Yarrow</a> is such a valuable flower essence for people who feel oversensitive and easily thrown by the emotions of other people, the weight of their problems, or the impact of the news of the world, or disturbing elements in their environment. It's really important for codependency issues. And if you're exhausted or worn down you might feel particularly vulnerable. Yarrow seems to tighten up the aura so you feel stronger energetically. It helps people have better boundaries so you are less affected by outside influences.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I use Yarrow in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> in my "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/482425287/inner-strength-and-protection-flower" target="_blank">Inner Strength and Protection</a>" formula and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> in my formula for <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/507809111/emotional-resilience-inner-strength" target="_blank">emotional resilience</a>. And </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I just </span><a style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="-1"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">added the <a href="https://etsy.me/3ON88mI" target="_blank">scented version of my Yarrow flower essence spray</a> to my Etsy shop. The unscented version is my favorite way to use Yarrow, but smelling good makes healing fun! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-47949974635836010632024-02-18T13:00:00.000-08:002024-02-18T13:00:00.126-08:00Enjoying Life with Nasturtium Flower Essence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji26Iv69fDJGzs7506ov8Uc6Tjoy59ck4GwXEXl_cj6ja4Kqf-oA38lOLY_IimSbJc0xQ-4kDcpGKlxb3pV8-QZJ-AvwdaGlN11z-ebusgouEC8b5B0dKw3Z0DwQkyi_-VX2OiWll2uXPSW8BHqxUVdnMOFrlePo2dW_SFgcGv4mSY7n2DOWoN0Q/s1080/nasturtiums.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Intellectual woman on a computer surrounded by Nasturtiums" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji26Iv69fDJGzs7506ov8Uc6Tjoy59ck4GwXEXl_cj6ja4Kqf-oA38lOLY_IimSbJc0xQ-4kDcpGKlxb3pV8-QZJ-AvwdaGlN11z-ebusgouEC8b5B0dKw3Z0DwQkyi_-VX2OiWll2uXPSW8BHqxUVdnMOFrlePo2dW_SFgcGv4mSY7n2DOWoN0Q/w640-h640/nasturtiums.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Nasturtium is an underutilized flower essence in my opinion. It's for intellectually-oriented people who spend too much time in their heads and feel tired as a result. But these same people rarely imagine that the tiredness they feel could have anything to do with that. After all, it's not like they spend too much time partying and dancing all night! And they LIKE the quiet sedentary intellectual pursuits they engage in instead.</p><p>But the human energy system requires balance. Imagine any top-heavy object. It's far easier to push that object over than one that is weighted at the bottom. And the same is true for human beings. We don't just need mental stimulation. We need physical exercise, good food, and physical pleasures like sex, dancing, laughter, play, music, art, and joyful interactions with friends.</p><p>Think of these as 2nd chakra activities for the most part— certainly the procreative and sensual activities are! The 2nd chakra is all about physical pleasure and emotional wellbeing. It is also associated with the color orange in some traditions and Nasturtiums are famous for being that! Is that why they seem to bring forth the power of this chakra? I don't know. But I do know that <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/628739198/organic-nasturtium-flower-essence" target="_blank">Nasturtium flower essence</a> seems to <span style="font-family: inherit;">r<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">elease blockages that get in the way of healthy 2nd chakra functioning. It can bring back the ability to enjoy the more sensual aspects of existence and to enjoy being in a body interacting with the world around you. It increases vitality and </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.16px;">joie de vivre (vim and vigor for life). It can also help you have more fun.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.16px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><p><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.16px;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-81777758102983615922024-02-17T11:33:00.000-08:002024-03-02T14:19:38.724-08:00Spotlight on Chocolate Lily Flower Essence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimc7dIeXMeSjf1gGh5fjPcOGFPUpTcD9TnQgwQDgBNCWvUU3UigsPudLZF6zo4R-i9L7yOvzM7wD8RfGJnmKzIgQD9w3IiAKpRH0rLTW_t-1grF-yHXdLrbwwCFTK2hV9QJaS5ybPtpcivE25iW7LW8WNohRTPx1fKeNhuiy_cf9I0aItWYwX8wQ/s1080/chocolate%20lily.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chocolate Lily" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimc7dIeXMeSjf1gGh5fjPcOGFPUpTcD9TnQgwQDgBNCWvUU3UigsPudLZF6zo4R-i9L7yOvzM7wD8RfGJnmKzIgQD9w3IiAKpRH0rLTW_t-1grF-yHXdLrbwwCFTK2hV9QJaS5ybPtpcivE25iW7LW8WNohRTPx1fKeNhuiy_cf9I0aItWYwX8wQ/w640-h640/chocolate%20lily.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I recently found out that Chocolate Lily, a flower sometimes used as a flower essence, is blooming right now in the wild areas around Chico where I live. It's rare to see—it must like the rain we've been getting—and I didn't actually know it grew here at all. It's an unusual flower, typically almost chocolate-brown or dark reddish brown (as in this photo). The flowers hang down like bells facing the earth.</p><p>And that is fitting for a flower essence which is about embodiment and having a better relationship with the physical earth-like aspects of being in a body that many of us are taught to feel disgusted by. I'm talking about the bodily secretions that more earth-based people would simply return to the ground like poop or menstrual blood. It's sad, I think, that we are taught to feel repulsed by these basic human functions and even more sad that so many of us live our lives almost totally disconnected from nature and the natural normal cycles of life.</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/692363433/organic-chocolate-lily-flower-essence" target="_blank">Chocolate Lily flower essence</a> helps a person feel more at home in their physicality, especially including the parts we need to learn to revere. Hating your processes of elimination creates all sorts of havoc related to avoidance of normal daily functioning. Most obviously, constipation, but also 1st and 2nd chakra issues of all sorts and related physical issues. </p><p>The phrase "easy come, easy go" comes to mind. You need to be able to let go and give back to the earth to be able to take in and be properly connected and nourished. Grounded, embodied, imagine squatting as they do in most indigenous cultures. When we let go of what we no longer need, it allows us to more easily receive what will fill us up again.</p><p><br /></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-37835851403494667552024-02-16T20:21:00.000-08:002024-02-17T16:49:14.093-08:00Flower Essence Support for Slowing Down When You Feel Overly Sped Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy__h5OcqsJlEE0rLD-vJ6pyrA4d5EDisPfx3DTR7nMsDeJ6fDi06o689ce8MtTzHq0u0BiR7UB_GJGeo-cPp034J4tmjzQ4ruw_TybHv-axRATGA6X-kPBbasM-aio4rwBBaqBapJcuQb-444ZQqmI3fTSHrmrd9eSkV_E1kPgYzsPQcaYLa2A/s1080/calm-focus-needed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man running around the office in a panic" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy__h5OcqsJlEE0rLD-vJ6pyrA4d5EDisPfx3DTR7nMsDeJ6fDi06o689ce8MtTzHq0u0BiR7UB_GJGeo-cPp034J4tmjzQ4ruw_TybHv-axRATGA6X-kPBbasM-aio4rwBBaqBapJcuQb-444ZQqmI3fTSHrmrd9eSkV_E1kPgYzsPQcaYLa2A/w640-h640/calm-focus-needed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>What is the most common reason why ordinary people who don't have a psychological disorder wind up feeling overly sped up and struggle to calm down? My best guess? Stress from having too much on their plates, a boss or inner gremlin demanding fast service and piling on more and more work. And if you add in early childhood experiences that lead to excessive people-pleasing or hyper-responsibility then you have a real set-up for being over-revved. You're just trying to keep up! (And fear the consequences if you don't.)</p><p>Now, there are multiple approaches for dealing with this depending on your circumstances. I've tried several but the one that has had the most dramatic effect on me is a formula I call "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/480727095/calm-focus-attention-flower-essence" target="_blank">Calm Focus</a>." It combines Rock Rose (for panic) and Indian Pink (for the ability to focus despite multiple distractions and excessive environmental activity). </p><p>I don't usually think of this one for myself. I work at home in a reclining chair with my laptop in my lap. My environment is usually calm. But lately my virtual environment at my day job is insane! And the more I care about doing a good job (all the time), the more insane it gets because that makes me one of the people others turn to get things done, and I forget how to set appropriate boundaries. After all, they're all in a rush-rush-gotta-do-it now panic, too!</p><p>So I've been grabbing my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/480727095/calm-focus-attention-flower-essence" target="_blank">Calm Focus unscented spray</a> and it's a life-saver. I spray it around my head and shoulders and then a little in my mouth. I find it helps me most when used internally AND in my aura. It is VERY grounding and instantly calming. I slow down. I can proceed and get things done without feeling like a chicken with its head cut off. I only wish one thing: that I remember to use it earlier and more often throughout the day!</p><p><br /></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p3" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-68911932692068296102024-02-12T22:18:00.000-08:002024-02-12T22:22:32.218-08:00The Importance of Noticing the Flowers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CngPNdmy5RqOBl7memk82DcsvuTOHnn2vvrxI9ZilQWAEXpYhS2gkdFwrLBmLKKOW4ok6569pH2Ze6IJkdMVPXtvkunPxsqFz3QxgtRRmtV2vzaNxKbmE9Q3W_BTV8ygCSre-erx7vohTqVnhuvC9cYveMOPTXno-yPaY6Xrt_zifrH_IP5fbg/s1152/oKeefe-Quote-city-flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="woman walking past flowers in the city" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CngPNdmy5RqOBl7memk82DcsvuTOHnn2vvrxI9ZilQWAEXpYhS2gkdFwrLBmLKKOW4ok6569pH2Ze6IJkdMVPXtvkunPxsqFz3QxgtRRmtV2vzaNxKbmE9Q3W_BTV8ygCSre-erx7vohTqVnhuvC9cYveMOPTXno-yPaY6Xrt_zifrH_IP5fbg/w640-h640/oKeefe-Quote-city-flowers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="color: #18191b;">“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.”</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">—Georgia O’Keefe</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That's how I feel, too. </span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">www.mamaloveproducts.com</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #18191b; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-26896860254993193232024-02-10T02:54:00.000-08:002024-02-10T16:36:12.433-08:00Celebrate Chinese New Year with Rock Fringe Flower Essence<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdyrTwNJQ9_iKXkQFpiFyca4LukcUWZjbe4DmNnXseJHxkoAyt9x-nK-qc47wi6J8IQ5cAAdAJfObRG9P9npScfubHnHN7yRq_Zb3a7kZF4pxtFLUJ63-q9reqCivAvH-ChiZgf3dUE0kfRdRcjo07rRnexMhhv0X5carrAkK20xcs98qCLudaA/s1080/Rock-Fringe-Wood-Dragon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dragon with Rock Fringe Flowers" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdyrTwNJQ9_iKXkQFpiFyca4LukcUWZjbe4DmNnXseJHxkoAyt9x-nK-qc47wi6J8IQ5cAAdAJfObRG9P9npScfubHnHN7yRq_Zb3a7kZF4pxtFLUJ63-q9reqCivAvH-ChiZgf3dUE0kfRdRcjo07rRnexMhhv0X5carrAkK20xcs98qCLudaA/w640-h640/Rock-Fringe-Wood-Dragon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Happy Year of the Wood Dragon! I hear this is an auspicious year for making bold moves, creating new beginnings, and starting on new adventures of all sorts—from love to business, from inner awakenings to even world peace. At least it has that potential as the dragon travels between dimensions of the heart and soul, the mind and spirit. It can fly to great heights and still come to earth. <p></p><p>What we do with that energy is up to us. The dragon is a symbol of strength and courage and so it imparts the fire and confidence to do what we want to do. But it is a Wood Dragon year. The Chinese element Wood is associated with Spring, the time of renewal, new growth and change. Coming into being—as seeds that sprout from the earth, unfurl their leaves and reach towards the sky. New wood, so to speak, the stuff of stems and trunks of trees. It's about the impulse to bring something into being, to create something new.</p><p>Should you want to bring this energy into your life with the help of a flower essence teacher, the one that comes to mind for me is <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/721341168/organic-rock-fringe-flower-essence" target="_blank">Rock Fringe</a>. Rock Fringe is not a large plant, it lives low to the ground, but it is exuberant in its expression with brilliant pink heart-shaped petals and its seeming ability to spring from the edges of rocks in mountainous regions of California and other western states. As a flower essence it can bring a joyous sense of renewal and the enthusiasm to take on new challenges, even in what might seem like a bleak and rocky time of life.</p><p>The heart shapes pointed inward into the heart of the flower can be seen as symbolic of being true to yourself and the needs of your heart which is good guidance for a dragon year. Dragons can be a bit wild and impulsive but the Wood Dragon wants to build a strong foundation. Knowing your heart and the good that can bring to the world—that YOU can bring to the world—can harness the energy of the dragon for good. <br /> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-47224457836777058992024-02-08T22:02:00.000-08:002024-02-08T22:02:27.946-08:00Violet Flower Essence Scented Spray<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKgYT6CW1d6BXIpG4lI0800sog_-XBZJkNGYs11jI5dcWys89BnGiQGqPAy-Za5XA1foo1eGr3QhIpMN_a6Yf1o7Dx0kPZSIhrUgsxmboEwUd3ShxSQLj8Ke3ATBoBm5UnW9ImP65eh7iyhjL6rFRo2KAdwuTL_JvyeaSbrvdOT1HkJc1AIzgeg/s2001/VioletFlowerEssence-Scented.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Violet Flower Essence Scented Spray" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2001" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKgYT6CW1d6BXIpG4lI0800sog_-XBZJkNGYs11jI5dcWys89BnGiQGqPAy-Za5XA1foo1eGr3QhIpMN_a6Yf1o7Dx0kPZSIhrUgsxmboEwUd3ShxSQLj8Ke3ATBoBm5UnW9ImP65eh7iyhjL6rFRo2KAdwuTL_JvyeaSbrvdOT1HkJc1AIzgeg/w640-h512/VioletFlowerEssence-Scented.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>If you're a shy lonely person, you might benefit quite a bit from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/598816788/violet-flower-essence-organic-dropper-or" target="_blank">Violet flower essence</a> and using a convenient aura spray has become a popular option in my shop. It helps a person who is overly sensitive and introverted relax and feel more confident around other people. But would you really want to spray yourself before entering a party with a flower essence spray that is unscented but does have the smell of the alcohol used to preserve it? </p><p>Most people DO buy my unscented sprays. After all, flower essences and scented products made with essential oils are not the same modality. And the alcohol scent will evaporate and fade away. But flower essences and essential oils actually can complement each other VERY well. So I offer the option to add a scent to the flower essence sprays in my shop.</p><p>I wish I had Violet essential oil as one of my scent choices, but I do have several other options that could work quite well. Choose based on what you like and how you would like to feel:</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Cedarwood (relaxing, grounding, woody incense)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Clary Sage (relaxing, calming, mental clarity, earthy herbal)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Lavender (balancing, relaxing, floral)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Lemon (uplifting, energizing, mind-clearing citrus)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Orange (cheerful, uplifting yet calming citrus)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Palmarosa (calming, soothing, earthy rose-like herbal)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Patchouli (grounding, relaxing, earthy)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Rose Geranium (balancing, uplifting, rose and lemon-like herbal)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">• Ylang (calming, sensual, sweet floral)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">Find <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/1660966210/violet-flower-essence-scented-spray-aura" target="_blank">scented Violet flower essence spray</a> in my Etsy shop.</span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-79444195839465331302024-02-05T19:50:00.000-08:002024-02-05T19:50:19.349-08:00Walnut Bach Flower Remedy Scented Spray<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ04aiTq4cNBVdS9DZ9WZ2LrV4MMaRm5ODogN9WdIRxxbRKOIq561RqU83Iw1RL5hhS_tX4zs3n3wmx34zqgj4KLLj54mUnnMGU3a0wZ9CgZk_6tvNl34iDpliYaTokjs_-rvhGQvxMtaprmNURrqaJCVubBPqRsARJT1PDa-vfKBrh30iILs1A/s1080/Walnut-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Walnut Bach Flower Remedy scented spray" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ04aiTq4cNBVdS9DZ9WZ2LrV4MMaRm5ODogN9WdIRxxbRKOIq561RqU83Iw1RL5hhS_tX4zs3n3wmx34zqgj4KLLj54mUnnMGU3a0wZ9CgZk_6tvNl34iDpliYaTokjs_-rvhGQvxMtaprmNURrqaJCVubBPqRsARJT1PDa-vfKBrh30iILs1A/w640-h640/Walnut-FlowerEssence-Scented-SOCIAL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Here's a product that's hard to find: a Bach Flower Remedy spray (flower essence spray) scented with an essential oil to make it smell as good as it works. In fact, I might be the only person who offers this. But let's be honest, is it fun to spray yourself with a spray that smells like the alcohol used to preserve it? I sometimes do that if I don't want any scent. After all, the alcohol evaporates and won't linger. But, given the choice, a scented spray can be SO much nicer!</p><p>Tonight I added a listing for a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/1673122917/walnut-flower-essence-scented-spray-aura" target="_blank">scented version of Walnut Bach Flower Essence spray</a> to my shop. There is an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/570203871/walnut-flower-essence-organic-dropper-or" target="_blank">unscented version and traditional dropper bottle</a> as well. All these choices are for the same purpose: to help you make difficult changes and feel protected from the inside while you do it. In particular, Walnut is helpful if you want to break from tradition or what is expected in your family or community, in which case the protection you might need is the ability to stay clear and committed to your path despite the influence of outside opinions. I LOVE this flower essence! It is so helpful and effective. Highly recommend!</p><p>All my flower essence products are Reiki-infused to make them the most beneficial product I can make. With the scented spray, you get to choose your choice from a selection of essential oils on my list.</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-19974499665335614252024-02-04T13:48:00.000-08:002024-02-04T13:48:15.536-08:00 Flower Essences to Aid Memory, Mental Clarity, and Focus<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Pc2mmQjjPLERlpMIJfkzPcyyYasdwnarB9rFbsEQeaD8NBo6SRnf9ITBmOiELltszjJCWgbAfqUHE3Z5Vodn-UqDT58Bo7qZiAaKXKWdD17lRHl-GFE8TdEGfAVJ6NRwJXCKGkIcdRZaSPGPPQ2tJFGCo-sj23NfMAJEMtgj5IKHq8axVJLyaw/s1080/focused-woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A woman concentrating on her work" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Pc2mmQjjPLERlpMIJfkzPcyyYasdwnarB9rFbsEQeaD8NBo6SRnf9ITBmOiELltszjJCWgbAfqUHE3Z5Vodn-UqDT58Bo7qZiAaKXKWdD17lRHl-GFE8TdEGfAVJ6NRwJXCKGkIcdRZaSPGPPQ2tJFGCo-sj23NfMAJEMtgj5IKHq8axVJLyaw/w640-h640/focused-woman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now before we get too deep into this, I need to say that I used to work for the Alzheimer’s Association and a Caregiver Resource Center for people taking care of family members with dementia. In those roles, I used to do presentations on the latest science related to memory loss and confusion, and there is no way that I would recommend you use flower essences as your first modality of choice for these issues, especially if they have lasted awhile! There are too many </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">physical reasons that are reversible</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> that might be responsible for these symptoms to neglect going to a doctor to get some tests done. For example, did you know that a simple urinary tract infection—something almost every woman experiences at some time or another—is one of the most likely causes for a sudden increase in dementia symptoms in elderly people? Did you know that iron, B12, or D3 deficiencies can also cause such symptoms? Also, insomnia, allergies, drug interactions, or hormonal changes— these are all easily treatable problems for most people. Plus there are, certainly, some serious health conditions that include these symptoms that are also reversible with proper medical care. Go to your doctor and get tests done! It can make all the difference in the world!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That said, once you rule out physical causes, there are also emotional states that can temporarily cause mental fog and difficulty remembering things. Clinical depression and intense anxiety are two of those things—do see a doctor to eliminate physical causes for that. But, honestly, even a transient state of depression or anxiety can do the same thing. I just heard E. Jean Carroll being interviewed by Rachel Maddow about going to trial to sue Donald Trump for defamation, and one of the first things she said was that she was so terrified about confronting him that she couldn’t think straight the first day. This is not an uncommon experience. Plus there are numerous far less intense states that can affect mental clarity.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">So let’s get into this from a flower essence point of view.</span></b></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first thing to do is to explore when the symptoms first showed up, how you were feeling at the time, and how you feel now. How you feel is always the key to determining what flower essences to use.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Panic, Fear, or Grief (and Groundedness)</span></h2><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Obviously, if you are in a state of panic or high anxiety, you would address that first. Try flower essences for fear like <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/555110985/organic-rock-rose-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Rock Rose</a></b>, and combos like Rescue Remedy (or my Reiki-infused version called <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/633636379/emotional-rescue-bach-flower-dropper-or" target="_blank">Emotional Rescue</a></b>) and <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/483344393/releasing-worry-fear-anxiousness-flower" target="_blank">Releasing Worry and Fear</a></b> to get grounded and calm yourself down.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And speaking of getting grounded, fear frequently makes a person want to “jump out of their skin.” Any flower essence that energetically brings you back into your body can be helpful. <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/555110985/organic-rock-rose-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Rock Rose</a></b> is my personal favorite. But you might also consider flower essences that do the same whether fear is obviously to blame or not because feeling spacey is another version of energetically disconnecting from your body. The herb Rosemary is famous for remedying this. Shakespeare immortalized it in the play “Hamlet” when Ophelia says that Rosemary is for remembrance. <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/620075163/organic-rosemary-flower-essence-dropper" target="_blank">Rosemary flower essence</a></b> helps a person feel more embodied. It can be strongly grounding and then it seems to clear the head, especially with multiple uses.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For traditional Bach Flower enthusiasts, <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/596464088/organic-clematis-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Clematis</a></b> has similar effects. It’s for people who get lost in daydreams instead of focussing on the task at hand. This is also a type of disconnecting reaction people sometimes use when they’re bored. Nothing wrong with that once in awhile! But if you also do that when a task feels hard or tedious, it can seriously get in the way of functioning well on the job or even remembering what you need to do! It’s also part of Bach’s Rescue Remedy because of the fuzzy-headed feeling that comes up for some people in emergencies. Clematis helps a person be embodied and come back down to earth.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fuzzy-headedness or brain fog, by the way, is a common component of grief. This is true for all ages, but it can have particularly devastating effects in the elderly. The most common statement I heard from caregivers at the Alzheimer’s Association was “Mom was okay until Dad died!” Nothing makes a person want to check out more than the shock of feeling like their whole world has just ended because the person they built their whole life with is gone. You’ll need to address the grief, shock, profound loneliness and overwhelm to use flower essences effectively in this situation.<b> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/559446487/organic-star-of-bethlehem-bach-flower" target="_blank">Star of Bethlehem</a></b> is pretty much essential—it is so very soothing in cases of shock and trauma! This flower essence is part of Rescue Remedy (<b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/633636379/emotional-rescue-bach-flower-dropper-or" target="_blank">Emotional Rescue</a></b>). It is also in my very poorly named but VERY EFFECTIVE formula <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/470308092/support-for-troubled-times-trauma-relief" target="_blank">Support for Troubled Times</a></b>. It combines Star of Bethlehem with Splendid Mariposa Lily, Green-Cross Gentian, and Self-Heal for soothing comfort, a feeling of great inner support, and for the ability to persist even when things feel so hard you don't know if you can manage it. You could also use <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/488315737/healing-a-broken-heart-flower-essence" target="_blank">Healing the Broken Heart formula</a></b> which is also for grief. It combines <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/559446487/organic-star-of-bethlehem-bach-flower" target="_blank">Star of Bethlehem</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/512352058/bleeding-heart-flower-essence-1-or-2-oz" target="_blank">Bleeding Heart</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/570203871/organic-walnut-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Walnut</a></b> for healing shock or trauma, soothing the longing for the one you love, and letting go of how things used to be. I make scented spray or scented oil versions of these last two formulas that are particularly nice because the essential oils I used were specifically selected to combine effectively with the flower essences. They also smell wonderful which is soothing in itself.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/114762998/stress-relief-for-troubled-times-flower" target="_blank"><b>Support for Troubled Times Scented Spray</b></a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/76226087/support-for-troubled-times-grief-loss" target="_blank">Support for Troubled Times Scented Oil</a></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/525448281/grief-loss-flower-essence-and" target="_blank"><b>Healing the Broken Heart Scented Spray</b></a></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/525269391/grief-flower-essences-and-aromatherapy" target="_blank">Healing the Broken Heart Scented Oil</a></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chronic Stress, Overstimulation, and Attention Difficulties</span></h2><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Overstimulation, chronic stress, and problems with attention and mental clarity pretty much go hand in hand. More than half of all people with an ADHD diagnosis also have a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression and most feel under constant stress that can veer out of control at times. But you don’t have to have a diagnosis of ADHD to be overstimulated and have similar problems with attention and memory! Furthermore, even people who never had this problem before will start to exhibit attention issues after engaging in a steady diet of cell phone or laptop scrolling on social media while watching TV or engaging in other behaviors. Having your attention split while addictively training your brain to have a small attention span is a sure fire way to induce at least short term issues with memory and attention. Learning to interrupt these behaviors and engaging in more meditative (single focus) ways to relax can make a huge difference.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, learning to interrupt these behaviors can be challenging if you are using it to distract from distressing feelings—as those of us with a social media account all tend to do! This has become a societal difficulty, and not without serious mental health consequences especially for younger generations who have engaged in this behavior since childhood. There is a reason constant scrolling becomes addictive—you get an exciting dopamine (“feel good”) hit for every “like” or positive post that catches your attention. But, worse, the hits are intermittent. If the rewards from scrolling on social media or some other behavior were constant, you would just get your reward and move on to something else. But intermittent rewards are more addictive because you’re actually being programmed to engage in a behavior that is associated with getting a reward the longer you engage in it. So you are much more likely to continue doing that behavior in search of those rewards (like a video game where you rack up points). Meanwhile, time is slipping away, including time spent in deep connection with friends or engaging in activities that improve your life or the world I know you’re worried about. And you’re also being exposed to horrific things unexpectedly at random that make you increasingly feel worse about this world and want more rewards to antidote that.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Healing from addiction can be complex depending on your past history so it is more than I want to address in this post. But the first step in choosing flower essences is to take a break from your distracting influences, and see what comes up. Anxiety? Work with flower essences for that! Grief or anger—same thing. Work with flower essences for the feelings you are avoiding. (See above for a few suggestions.) And call a counselor if you need more help.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Blog Post That Won’t Stop</span></h2><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I realize at this point that there are SO many more emotional and behavioral reasons for difficulty focussing and mental clarity that flower essences could address. I could go on and on, but there HAS to be a stopping place. So, one last thought: are there flower essences specifically to help with clear thinking and focus? Yes! Let me list several possibilities:</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/480727095/calm-focus-attention-flower-essence" target="_blank">Calm Focus</a></b>: my flower essence combo combining Rock Rose and Indian Pink for people who need to calm down to be able to pay attention</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/158864903/focused-attention-flower-essence-dropper" target="_blank">Focussed Attention</a></b>: for people who need <i>more</i> energy to focus, synthesize ideas, and the willpower to get things done (Madia, Peppermint, Shasta Daisy, and Blackberry)</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/664176051/cosmos-flower-essence-dropper-or-spray" target="_blank">Cosmos</a></b>: for the ability to organize one’s thoughts and speak coherently when overexcited and overwhelmed by too many ideas</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/624332164/organic-dill-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Dill</a></b>: for calming sensory overload so you don't need to shut down and can think clearly again</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/530730561/organic-indian-pink-flower-essence" target="_blank">Indian Pink</a></b>: for the ability to hold focus in an overstimulating environment with too much intense activity</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/550539547/organic-madia-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Madia</a></b>: for the ability to have a single focus without being so easily distracted</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/549533722/peppermint-flower-essence-1-or-2-oz" target="_blank">Peppermint</a></b>: for feeling more awake and alert</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/646023811/organic-rabbitbrush-flower-essence" target="_blank">Rabbitbrush</a></b>: mental flexibility so you can more easily shift from focussing on details to the wider view and back again</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/546495266/organic-yarrow-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Yarrow</a></b>: for aura strength when a person can’t concentrate or focus because of hypersensitivity to outside influences</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-69187515679091195272024-01-22T21:34:00.000-08:002024-01-31T19:37:51.541-08:00Addressing Shyness and Loneliness with Flower Essence Support<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUao1_c-bbcK_7lQPzeYVBHoSh5zwagNWNc9VzgrnRE_5C7IaAh5y6nvUeF_jH9g93gnNgrhqW1MxGBVulezlHeLCOLzQEEiSkZGqk2SRisAxW5MRdLK47jeayUzQFlfOj2zYTVU9EJw0ZOkRjcd3HKvvKyrXOl_b8FH_shW1C2__4EfBbIM3_YA/s1080/shy-lonely-heart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="shy woman with pansies" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUao1_c-bbcK_7lQPzeYVBHoSh5zwagNWNc9VzgrnRE_5C7IaAh5y6nvUeF_jH9g93gnNgrhqW1MxGBVulezlHeLCOLzQEEiSkZGqk2SRisAxW5MRdLK47jeayUzQFlfOj2zYTVU9EJw0ZOkRjcd3HKvvKyrXOl_b8FH_shW1C2__4EfBbIM3_YA/w640-h640/shy-lonely-heart.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>I've had a flower essence formula for some time that was called "Healing the Lonely Heart" but tonight I felt like I needed to rename it to "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/726853180/healing-the-shy-lonely-heart-flower" target="_blank">Healing the Shy Lonely Heart</a>." I don't think this is better but I believe that the person most likely to seek this out is shy and, therefore, lonely because they are shy (and I want them to find it). This being the search engine-driven internet, it sometimes helps to be a little flat-footed in naming a product.</p><p>And yet there is another kind of person who could use it—the person who goes their own way, likes being alone or with a single favorite person, but knows they would benefit from having more people in their lives. Are those people shy?</p><p>Yes and no. They don't appear shy and yet they shy away from gatherings where they might meet people and make new friends. They hate parties—they find them exhausting and not worth the trouble—but they're not necessarily afraid of meeting people. They just can't make themselves do it.</p><p>So this particular formula covers more than one base. It includes <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/598822992/organic-water-violet-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Water Violet</a> for the people who prefer to go their own way and do their own thing (but do it too much). It includes <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/738153547/organic-wallflower-flower-essence" target="_blank">Wallflower</a> for shy people who don't want to be alone but are anxious about making friends. I add <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/738793571/organic-wild-pansy-flower-essence" target="_blank">Wild Pansy</a> for people who have a past history of being ostracized or ridiculed that makes shyness even worse. And then I add <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/611354649/organic-goldenrod-flower-essence-dropper" target="_blank">Goldenrod</a> because all of these people particularly hate figuring out how to be themselves in groups.</p><p>You can find "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/726853180/healing-the-shy-lonely-heart-flower" target="_blank">Healing the Shy Lonely Heart</a>" in my Etsy shop as a Reiki-infused flower essence dropper bottle or spray.</p><p>You can <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/729593476/add-a-scent-to-any-of-my-unscented" target="_blank">add a scent to the spray (if you prefer) by selecting what you want here</a> and adding a note telling me what formula to add it to.</p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-47941872704478628892024-01-21T21:29:00.000-08:002024-01-21T21:29:24.421-08:00Combining Flower Essences with Asking for Guidance in Your Sleep<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkE06M2w6F0fhAqOxA0zxS-tD6sEeQWHjtejEFrjYvITGMvJr1juKv2nlGwdsZdPxdybx4CpfM0bTV5ItR4qFmNBMPJq0jWT2QdzE_8vO270ZYC60ofFEz6wPzVYFoODYQGhT1ys0hPDYahYsmgIaBGkItbkFywSP9FAzic2RCdpaOFjW3MjIXJg/s2000/Dream%20Wisdom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dream Wisdom flower essence dropper bottle and spray" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkE06M2w6F0fhAqOxA0zxS-tD6sEeQWHjtejEFrjYvITGMvJr1juKv2nlGwdsZdPxdybx4CpfM0bTV5ItR4qFmNBMPJq0jWT2QdzE_8vO270ZYC60ofFEz6wPzVYFoODYQGhT1ys0hPDYahYsmgIaBGkItbkFywSP9FAzic2RCdpaOFjW3MjIXJg/w640-h512/Dream%20Wisdom.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>One of the most ancient ways of receiving wisdom from beyond was sleeping in a dream temple with the help of priestesses specially trained to help a person have a dream meant to provide guidance on a particular problem. They could be found in ancient Egypt, other places in the Middle East, and ancient Greece and Rome. The person asking for help would sleep in the temple after rituals intended to help them get into a space of dreaming in a sacred manner, and the priestesses would help them interpret the dreams when they woke up. This method still works (although you don't have </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to go to a special temple with priestesses attending you anymore). You can ask for guidance before you fall asleep and write down any dreams in a journal you keep beside your bed. It might take practice—you need to write things down before the dream fades, before you get out of bed. But this really is one of my favorite ways of receiving guidance.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A tool that I think can be very helpful should you wish to pursue this is my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/716028127/dream-wisdom-flower-essence-formula-for" target="_blank">Dream Wisdom flower essence formula</a>. It is designed with Lavender, Chamomile, Mugwort, and Queen Anne's Lace to help you relax, let go into sleep, and access both your dreams and the wisdom to interpret them in a grounded fashion.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-25601868895828210892024-01-18T19:44:00.000-08:002024-01-18T19:44:47.243-08:00Flower Essences for Concealed Loneliness <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkB4t8oiPWciPUIVEhGb76nOgf8AfK97wUv4r5flOTspDg2TuezZ3C_Cq-XnLFzKgPDnkASa_3qv6e9dH9Sn7sIs6lK4LlnKEkavrFxiZnGGLcSID0VoZ4jRd9VkU1pn3gf0pVY-yQ5dMI35WKPAKO3Ji32buLHq0vW-3p1N_bhhJvHfuEe4cedQ/s716/ChicoryFlowerEssenceArt-Square.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="old woman clinging to a man's legs with Chicory flowers" border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="716" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkB4t8oiPWciPUIVEhGb76nOgf8AfK97wUv4r5flOTspDg2TuezZ3C_Cq-XnLFzKgPDnkASa_3qv6e9dH9Sn7sIs6lK4LlnKEkavrFxiZnGGLcSID0VoZ4jRd9VkU1pn3gf0pVY-yQ5dMI35WKPAKO3Ji32buLHq0vW-3p1N_bhhJvHfuEe4cedQ/w640-h640/ChicoryFlowerEssenceArt-Square.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Concealed loneliness is a specific problem for those who suffered neglect or profound isolation early in their life but have learned to reach out beyond their despair in ways that look like caring and friendship but with a fatal flaw. Basically put, these are people who try so hard not to be alone that they push others away through excessive attempts to be involved in their lives. Well-meaning or not, the overall impression other people get is one of being pulled on or, in extreme cases, emotionally drained by the interactions and reluctant to engage more. And, of course, this leaves the desperately lonely person feeling even more lonely than ever.</p><p>Unfortunately, the people who have written descriptions of some of the flower essences most useful for this (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/607948899/chicory-bach-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Chicory</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/623777892/organic-heather-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Heather</a>) tend to be the very people such people sometimes latch onto. So guess how those people and flower essences wind up being described? Not so well. I've been guilty of it somewhat myself. It's a wonder people buy them at all. But they are very useful flower essences! So it being a new year I thought I'd try it again from a more compassionate point of view. </p><p>Imagine what it's like for a young person to be so alone early in their lives. They are not only heart-breakingly depressed and lonely, they're not gaining the opportunity and, therefore, the skills to learn how to interact well with others. They might discover that they got more attention—the attention they actually needed all along—when they got sick. So getting sick becomes a common occurrence or maybe, as time goes on, a chronic one. Or, conversely, they may have discovered that being in a caregiving role, being needed by others, was a way to get more of the feeling of love they deserve. To a moderate degree that can be a wonderful role to play, but over time—if the attention isn't returned—to a lonely person this starts to feel awful. Codependent behaviors might set in as the person tries to "help" more, hoping for the ability to fill their need to be appreciated and included in someone else's life. "Hey, maybe, they'll invite me to join them for dinner or go out with them!" But when that doesn't happen, resentment might set in. The people they've been helping start to hear phrases like "after all I've done for you, you could at least . . ." And that's just one example. The basic issue here though is falling into a despairing place because they can't figure out how to be loved—the core issue beneath it all. That would call for <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/515366992/organic-holly-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Holly Flower Essence</a> although Chicory would be needed as well for the patterns they developed over time to cope with their situation. Holly heals the lonely inner child's heart while <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/607948899/chicory-bach-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Chicory</a> shifts the conscious or unconscious need to give love or get sick in order to get love. It transforms into an ability to love and give caring to others unconditionally because your own heart no longer feels like a gaping hole.</p><p>And then there's Heather. The Heather person has gone to a much more unconscious place. Same issues, really. They get sick a lot or develop hypochondriac symptoms or build other problems in their lives up to an unusual degree, and then use their distress about these problems to regale other people with their woes. Some of that is a normal friendship behavior—we listen to each other and help each other with our problems. But a person who needs Heather doesn't listen or provide support to others. They feel like they are in such a state that their own problems are all they can think about. If someone reacts with concern and caring, they glom on to them and do it all the time. Now, in deep crisis this kind of behavior can crop up temporarily for almost anybody. But for some people it becomes a chronic habit that eventually causes their friends to pull away and guiltily avoid them. Which, of course, reminds the Heather person of their deeply traumatic earlier (or present time) isolation and makes them feel even worse.</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/623777892/organic-heather-bach-flower-essence" target="_blank">Heather</a> Bach Flower Remedy helps such a person develop the ability to remember that other people suffer from similar woes. They start to realize the commonality of suffering and needing to talk (having experienced it themselves), and become more compassionate to others and better listeners. And again, adding <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/515366992/organic-holly-flower-essence-dropper-or" target="_blank">Holly</a> can help heal their heart.</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-50072218793537291802024-01-14T16:54:00.000-08:002024-01-14T16:54:46.788-08:00Embracing Your Female Self with Alpine Lily Flower Essence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcjaDb7rnWmq0d-movgr4ZBVX4uC0rOZV_c13XOlTgI8IGU0dl9gcshoEws91w4wK2B4A8Oxv8gLwZvqhUJ04Pi_pddiBb9hjOJv022TnMVfbtyRMGYfxZEUu8uVoteXsyj5pNZdk4-PfSe0dJrOzNWSTs1hvATIWygw0h0ivhyphenhyphenKIXt20LXfWMQ/s2000/AlpineLilyFlowerEssence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Alpine Lily flower essence dropper and spray next to an Alpine Lily flower" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcjaDb7rnWmq0d-movgr4ZBVX4uC0rOZV_c13XOlTgI8IGU0dl9gcshoEws91w4wK2B4A8Oxv8gLwZvqhUJ04Pi_pddiBb9hjOJv022TnMVfbtyRMGYfxZEUu8uVoteXsyj5pNZdk4-PfSe0dJrOzNWSTs1hvATIWygw0h0ivhyphenhyphenKIXt20LXfWMQ/w640-h512/AlpineLilyFlowerEssence.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Two different people ordered Alpine Lily near the beginning of the year. This is not typical so I am assuming it's a New Year's resolution and that resolution would be one dear to my heart: learning to embrace and love yourself as a woman. That is what I hope for ALL my customers—most of you being women. But the person who needs Alpine Lily specifically has had a particularly hard time doing that.</p><p>When I think of Alpine Lily, I think of a small delicate flower, vulnerable—not like most lilies which are considerably bigger and more dramatic. This one has the same impressively-beautiful bold-colored flowers but are, at the same time, more ethereal. The flowers have a cup-like shape and face up to the sky, unlike Tiger Lilies (which they resemble in miniature) that tend to hang down. They have a kind of leggy appearance as the blossoms reach out from spindly yet upright stems.</p><p>The person who needs Alpine Lily often expresses the same tendency to be other-worldly or spiritually-focussed, so much so that they sometimes seem disconnected from their bodies. But, more specifically, they tend to be women (or men) who feel disconnected from their femaleness (or feminine side). As women, they often don't like having been born into a female body (although they don't necessarily feel like they want to be male). They would just prefer to ignore that aspect of life (especially reproductive function and sex) and are not fully embodied.</p><p>This can, in some cases, be because of earlier messages taken in from their family or greater culture. Perhaps actual abuse. In any case, the disconnect can even go as far as thinking of female bodily functions like menstruation as lower or something to be shunned.</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/536921488/organic-alpine-lily-flower-essence" target="_blank">Alpine Lily flower essence</a> is used for helping to heal the disconnect and learning to integrate one's spiritual focus with full embodiment and embrace of one's female form.</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-66968241019544608862024-01-13T18:01:00.000-08:002024-01-13T19:40:26.375-08:00Thorns have Roses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9tzPeukSwmwsz_XvU7WFWwUlwz-xEoYJUsUV-jUJD1ayYJZ7mNvA0lj7j8pOr6LFhxFIhCsMuPZHGAgzE3NnMqIBjTv_oD4p_lchDsH-3YkpB0JwrRFu4PbjFgxh8sNsEcutd0YaSDyRK8dnHGkP3KWmtQS1I4t13xlU_eKBoOOh_HDpKfaoPg/s1080/thorns-have-roses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="woman with a white rose" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9tzPeukSwmwsz_XvU7WFWwUlwz-xEoYJUsUV-jUJD1ayYJZ7mNvA0lj7j8pOr6LFhxFIhCsMuPZHGAgzE3NnMqIBjTv_oD4p_lchDsH-3YkpB0JwrRFu4PbjFgxh8sNsEcutd0YaSDyRK8dnHGkP3KWmtQS1I4t13xlU_eKBoOOh_HDpKfaoPg/w640-h640/thorns-have-roses.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses." </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">—</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Alphonse Karr </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="9e7r8" data-offset-key="eni7h-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eni7h-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="eni7h-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9e7r8" data-offset-key="323cg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1c2b33; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="323cg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-36663854841195634582024-01-10T17:46:00.000-08:002024-01-10T17:46:00.146-08:00It's Time for Elderberry Spice Tea!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0R0WYtTPzIH7GfnqXXmCYDb0BMyRYNB0n8JMlEstIjsRrEv2sBRDzGvIsaX_7q5-eoifQzK9ThCvaRNNZZWbeNvZmDHp5ETt9AqNysNjHL9tnd0TpFxXVUj2pbg598PqYi7nM-ySiYTvA0uH75H4gQGZxQy3Vv1MoZCnydWGtFp9KxqqeNFuIw/s2000/ElderberryLicorice-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Elderberry Licorice Spice Tea" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0R0WYtTPzIH7GfnqXXmCYDb0BMyRYNB0n8JMlEstIjsRrEv2sBRDzGvIsaX_7q5-eoifQzK9ThCvaRNNZZWbeNvZmDHp5ETt9AqNysNjHL9tnd0TpFxXVUj2pbg598PqYi7nM-ySiYTvA0uH75H4gQGZxQy3Vv1MoZCnydWGtFp9KxqqeNFuIw/w640-h512/ElderberryLicorice-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>It's cold, it's dark. Maybe you're feeling a little tired and run down? Time to make a pot of my organic <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/493452278/elderberry-licorice-spice-herb-tea-blend" target="_blank">Elderberry Licorice Spice Tea</a>! It contain<span style="font-family: inherit;">s<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> Rosehips, Licorice, Cinnamon and Star Anise, all useful choices to support a healthy immune system according to traditional herb</span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.16px;">alists<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> It's also a really tasty blend<span style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></span><span face=""Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.16px;"> </span>I typically steep this on the stove at least ten minutes to make a strong and flavorful brew. And that is thought to be best for full health benefits. But today I mixed it half and half with <a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/755975216/organic-red-rooibos-tea-herb-herb-tea" target="_blank">Organic Rooibos</a> and steeped it for 3-5 minutes. It wasn't as strong (which was my intent) but it was really good!</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11930272.post-78976796036120011302024-01-08T15:07:00.000-08:002024-01-13T16:33:11.098-08:00Bring in the Light with Saint John's Wort Flower Essence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzm-DSH5IRUUtj541tlySfjplkPFmND28JhMgKongKxkd1AZbAyU42GEZPsX3_O1DIS6HMx6M15d739BGKBwyZLTKwYgfwMHfITIi08NGL_T46htQvZbY_6we84oKzmTlHI9s8lmH-RJbWHYop1kTGWD8UaMWYtejHeODMYe41okZ8YYSlvFHbqA/s1080/saint-johns-wort.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Woman with glowing Saint John's Wort next to her heart" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzm-DSH5IRUUtj541tlySfjplkPFmND28JhMgKongKxkd1AZbAyU42GEZPsX3_O1DIS6HMx6M15d739BGKBwyZLTKwYgfwMHfITIi08NGL_T46htQvZbY_6we84oKzmTlHI9s8lmH-RJbWHYop1kTGWD8UaMWYtejHeODMYe41okZ8YYSlvFHbqA/w640-h640/saint-johns-wort.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>In ancient times, Saint John's Wort or hypericum was thought to protect against evil spirits and for cleansing a person of damaging influences. It blooms at summer solstice so it was often associated with Midsummer celebrations, sometimes thrown into a fire that people jumped over to rid themselves of evil spirits. As an herbal remedy, it has been used throughout Europe since ancient times for a wide variety of purposes ranging from help for emotional difficulties to immune-system related disorders to skin care. It has an affinity with the heart which means it might have some use for certain kinds of physical heart ailments; however, it also can dangerously increase the effect of medications used for this purpose and interfere with many other medications. It also can have a <span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">photosensitizing effect (meaning a person can become more sensitive to the effects of the sun). </span></span>It should not be used as an herb without consulting with a medical professional and an herbalist to make sure this is an appropriate option for you.</p><p>As a flower essence, Saint John's Wort is not dangerous. It is used in particular for very sensitive people who are overly vulnerable to the negative influence of others. It serves as a kind of protection and can also help a person release those feelings. So in that way, the essence is used for similar purposes as the ancient spiritual ones. It is also used to bring more light into a person's soul. Imagine if in the darkest part of winter you could bring the light of summer solstice into your being. Some people use full spectrum lighting and vitamin D for similar effects—it helps cast away gloom and brings more well-being and joy. The flower essence can lighten things up as well. And has a protective effect, again, against being overly influenced by the darkness.</p><p>I find this flower essence initially grounding and then have a strong feeling of being centered in my heart. The feeling, for me, is one of containment, less expanded and more strong. It didn't happen right away but after several minutes I felt myself lighten up. My sad gloomy feelings about something I needed to do disappeared, and I was left with a feeling of well-being, still centered in my heart.</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/mamaloveorganics/listing/602311688/organic-saint-johns-wort-flower-essence" target="_blank">Find Saint John's Wort flower essence as a Reiki-infused ready-to-use dosage strength dropper bottle or spray in my Mama Love Organics shop</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">––––––––––––––––––––––––</p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #101010; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Flower essences are used to assist with mind-body-spirit interactions and individual results may vary. They are extremely dilute which makes them quite safe. But because so little physical substance can be detected in a flower essence solution, these products are presumed to work on an energetic or vibrational level—something that cannot be adequately tested by western scientific methods. Claims made by me, therefore, are based on personal experiences and the evidence of the combined multiple decades of case notes by Dr. Edward Bach as well as Healing Herbs and Flower Essence Services (the companies who make the ingredients I use in my products). This is not, however, accepted medical evidence or substantiated scientific evidence from a modern allopathic point of view. I am not a medical doctor or licensed healthcare practitioner. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;">Statements made have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information provided on my blog, websites or by this company are not a substitute for a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, and should not be construed as individual medical or mental health advice. Consulting with a health care provider is a must for anyone taking medications or working with a medical or mental health condition, and highly recommended before using any herbal product. Please consult your doctor or health care provider for any possible contraindications and/or interactions with current medications. I trust you to seek the medical guidance you need to use any of my herbal products healthily at your own risk.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mama Love Organics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaLoveOrganics</div>Sheryl Karashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635959513382233406noreply@blogger.com0