Author: Sharon Hopkins

A sturdy evergreen shrub of bright green leaves with white star
shaped flowers, Jasmine with sweet and floral aroma, native of
Asia and Africa is one of the oldest and widely used scented
flower.

Jasmine flower blooms only at night hence they hand picked at
night time only. Being the most delicate and extremely fragile,
jasmine essential oil is steam distilled from its flowers. Huge
quantities of jasmine petals are required to prepare one ounce
of essential oil, hence is rare, extremely valuable and highly
sought after oil.

Jasmine is preferred for its powerful characteristics that
assist the body as an anti depressant, an aphrodisiac and
confidence boosting qualities. The Chinese drink jasmine tea
daily and use it to cleanse the air in sick rooms while
Egyptians use it to relieve nervous disorders, insomnia and
headaches.
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Author: Misty Rae Cech, ND

Used for many thousands of years, the Frankincense tree has
perhaps the greatest association with spiritual practice of any
plant on earth. In most of the great ancient cultures, including
the Egyptian, Babylonian, Persian, Hebrew, Greek and Roman
civilizations, it has played a role in religious and domestic
life. Frankincense has been sought after by kings and valued as
highly as gold. More recently, the essential oil is gaining
popularity with spiritual seekers and natural healers alike.
What is so special about this tree that its ‘pearls’ were given
as a gift at the birth of one of history’s most revered
prophets?

The Hardy Tree and its Tears
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Author: Harold lederer

Person history has seen the slow relentless migration from a
physically demanding merely simpler means of liveliness to a
live-wired, high gear-stakes game of mental challenge and
reaction that is played at breakneck speeds. For many of us,
this has become daily spirit in the United States, and it seems
to be making us sick. We ar only nowadays beginning to
understand the mysterious and dangerous personal effects of
modern sprightliness upon human wellness. We rich person found that these mediated primarily by a pair of tiny glands that
ride upon our kidneys. The adrenal gland glands the
consistency’s center for action in reception to stimuli such as
fear, anger, surprise, excitement, emotional trauma, infections,
physical pain, and even nerve-racking brawn exertion and
fasting. (1) As civilization has evolved into an frequently
emotionally nerve-wracking simply sedentary service-based work
that we today perform, the demands on our adrenals wealthy
person piled senior high school.

These glands, once mostly an assistant to upper-level
management, give birth become a central figure in the control
of our , and in many of us they buckling under the load. Those
little glands pumping 24 hours a Day. In fact, elevated levels
of the corticosteroids (hormones) that they produce oftentimes
present in more than 30 million Americans, including pregnant
women, athletes, and people with depression, alcoholic
patients, malnourished individuals, and patients with panic
disorders.
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Author: Mark MacKay Everyday numerous acne suffers turn to alternative methods to treat their acne. The two main reasons for the growing popularity of such treatments are; people looking for medication with less harmful side effects then tradition acne treatments. Secondly are the people who have been unsuccessful with the various over the counter and prescription options. Generally alternative treatments are not regulated by the FDA and hence you will not receive much guidance from medical doctors on their use. Word of month and the alternative medical community is the main source of information on such options. (Read the rest of this post)

Author: Kit Heathcock How do you connect chakras, the energy centres of the body in Eastern tradition, and flowers, pretty, ephemeral, bright, cheerful manifestations of nature? …by way of color therapy.. yoga energy balancing techniques…meditation… and a simple way of making yourself feel better and reenergized even if you don’t really believe in any of the above. There are seven main chakras (as well as several others) in a line from the base of the spine to the crown of the head and one more newly recognised chakra just above the head which I believe is important. Each one is associated with various areas of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. When the energy flow in one becomes blocked it can result in certain symptoms and vice versa. By keeping the chakras open and the energy flowing, we can maximise our body’s ability to keep well and heal itself. (Read the rest of this post)