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Summer Foods Summer is the season when we can feel most open and inspired to follow our passion and joy. However it can also be a time when we can become a little manic or obsessive about things, feel sad or not connected to other people. Miso & Zuccini Soup
Bach Flowers - Elm Elm can be taken when we're feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities we've taken on. A temporary loss of self-confidence contributes to the fear that we are going to fail. Such states are indicated on the physical level by sudden fatigue and by moodiness and depression on the emotional level. On the spiritual level, Elm can help when we we have lost faith in ourselves and become self-critical. Elm can assist in dispelling self-doubt and the sense of inadequacy. It can restore the feeling that we are indeed following our life's calling. General dosage is 4 - 5 drops under the tongue at least 3 times a day, or whenever feeling frustrated, nervous, or angry. Heart Meridian Meditation
Close your eyes and start to breathe deeply. Make the exhalation longer than the inhalation. Imagine your arms spread palms open to receive whatever the Universe may have to offer you.
Think of someone you love or care about deeply. Imagine them smiling at you and feel that smile penetrate into your heart - feel the love and the joy. Now smile back to them feeling your heart opening as loving-kindness pours forth over the other person. Feel the connection between you and what makes this relationship so special to you. Now imagine a giant web before you and feel your heart at the centre of this web. Send your loving kindness out along the strands of this web at first up then down, then to the sides so that gradually the whole web becomes filled with your golden light. See the web shining and glowing with your loving kindness, and feel how everything is connected and fits together, and has a purpose. Feel yourself part of this purpose and feel that even the people who you do not like are also part of this purpose and are one with you. Feel them light up with the loving kindness that you send to them, see them smile with surprise and delight, and see them begin to realise that they too have a purpose and are connected to everything. See them beginning to radiate loving kindness along the web to others, and feel that loving kindness returning to you. Let it fill you so that you feel yourself overflowing with joy. Remember this feeling of balance and harmony. Then allow yourself in your own time to slowly come back into your body. On The Fence
© Issi Aaron
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Shiatsu point therapy
for pressure in chest & stomach The Heart Meridian is related to Summer and is the regulating force of the body. HT 1 is located in the middle of the armit. It is a good point to relieve pressure in the chest or stomach as well as for palpitations caused by anxiety, excitement or stress. Treatment Using the thumb apply pressure until you feel the soreness in the point. Taking deep breaths and maintaining the pressure breathe slowly in and out of the point until you feel the tension and pain disappear. Yoga for Summer  This pose builds up strength in the legs, straightens the spine and supports the back.
Bend left leg at the knee keeping the knee in line with the heel. Try and keep the hips facing the bent knee, and weight on the straight leg. Book of the Season:
Modalities and You
Holistic Aromatherapy
What is Holistic Aromatherapy?
Holistic Aromatherapy is a subtle, sensitive therapy with a powerful side, incorporating the use of 100% pure essential oils.  What are the overall benefits of aromatherapy? Holistic aromatherapy treatments, on a regular basis, can keep the body stress free and in harmony which is the first step to good health. Rather than turning to it when you are run-down and drained, it is better to incorporate massage and the use of essential oils into your regular routine, discouraging ill-health in the first place. What constitutes an aromatherapy massage? When a therapist uses 100% pure, good quality essential oils and carrier oil it is called a 'treatment'. This implies that the choice of oils has been determined on an individual basis, according to the physical and emotional needs of the client at the time of a visit. Aromatherapy isn’t just about using aromatherapy burners. What other uses are there for essential oils? This article has been reproduced courtesy of
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Foods that are important for Summer are corn, polenta, bitter greens, salads, and tofu. These foods nourish and regulate the heart and small intestine helping absorption and circulation in the body.
It enables us to see how things fit together and interconnect. As a result we can experience happiness and joy, compassion for others, and the ability to form new ideas and be creative.
