Bach Flower Remedies – now THIS is Flower Power! ‘Bread feeds the body indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.’ – The Koran Flowers are not only a delight to the senses, their essences can actually improve your health by getting to the emotional root the problem stems from. Flower extracts can treat a variety of unwanted emotionalconditions by flushing out negative feelings, which manybelieve will also rectify any physical symptoms the emotions have created. Every plant, and every flower remedy, has it’s own signaturevibration. When we ingest the plant’s positive vibration, it helps shift our own vibration. Dr. Edward Bach, an English homeopathic physician,developed Bach flower remedies in the early 1900s. He believed negative emotional or psychological states are the source of physical illnesses, and scoured the English countryside for flowers with healingproperties. Bach experimented on himself to determine which flower helped different emotional states. Through trial and error he identified the 38 wildflowers usedin Bach Flower Remedies. Bach was able to isolate the vibration and capture it in amedium of water, so it could be used internally to help shiftnegative feelings. Not interested in conducting studies toprove his product to the world, Bach preferred to simply demonstrate it and let people to prove it to themselves. The flower extracts used are highly diluted solutionsmade from 38 different flowers called ‘mother tinctures.’ They are created by two means; the sun method and the boiling method. In the sun method, flower heads are floated in a glass bowl filled with spring water in the sun for three hours. Then the flower heads are removed and the remaining energized water mixed 50/50 with full strength 80 proof brandy. In the boiling method, flowering twigs are placed in a pan of spring water and boiled for half an hour. The pan is allowed to cool, then the plant matter is removed and the water mixed 50/50 with 80 proof brandy. Drops of the mixture are then further diluted in brandy and bottled for personal use. Patients are directed to put two drops in a one ounce dropper bottle and fill it with mineral water, and refrigerate it. Bach’s intention was to create a simple, effective systemthat was easy to use, so people of all walks of life would be able to heal themselves. The remedies are designed to be used to relieve existingemotional difficulties, rather than to prevent them. Bach Flower remedies may be taken more frequently in times of crisis, with no risk of overdose or addiction. When the emotional issue has been resolved, you may discontinue the treatment immediately. No weaning off is required. If you enjoyed this article, an excerpt from Relief Beyond Belief; Exploring the World of Natural Healing, you’ll love the book, and the bonus 22 Expert Interview Videos that come with it! Check it out here! In Light, Alexandria
This is the ‘giving season’ which can put a lot of pressure on people, so I wanted to remind you that the greatest gifts are free! A kind smile (with your eyes, if your face is covered) a gentle word, donations of clothing, loving thoughts are very do-able ways to keep good vibes going!
And here’s some of my personal go-to activities to start the day right. I love to start the day with my 4 minutes of ‘happy for no reason’, it’s fun and easy and sets my vibrational tone for the day!
I made this video all about it! And here’s the linkto the program I mention in it.
This article on my Six Top Tips to Boost Energy in Winter was just published, it’s full of fun easy ways to get and stay happy over the long winter months!
I hope you enjoy it!
This is the ‘giving season’ which can put a lot of pressure on people, so I wanted to remind you that the greatest gifts are free! A kind smile (with your eyes, if your face is covered) a gentle word, donations of clothing, loving thoughts are very do-able ways to keep good vibes going!
And here’s some of my personal go-to activities to start the day right. I love to start the day with my 4 minutes of ‘happy for no reason’, it’s fun and easy and sets my vibrational tone for the day!
After that I list a few items on my Gratitude list, then move on to my visualization. I have created an awesome 21-Day Visualization/Affirmation for Manifestation program I use daily, I love having so many choices and I think you will too!
These practices will help you achieve your dreams, and are so fast and easy!
I love deliberate creation success stories! Today I have a fabulous Law of Attraction manifesting success story to share, from one of my coaching clients who has really been on a roll! I’m sharing it here because it’s so empowering to hear of someone’s successes with deliberate creating, it opens us up to what’s possible for all of us! Just to give you a little background, this client is a stay-at-home nursing mom of a 3 month old, who also has a 3-year-old. Her husband has just returned to school full time. They decided it was time their just turned 3-yr-old had his own big-boy bed. They had the mattress, just needed a frame. They found one they loved, but it would require them to make a 2 hr round trip. Not fun with a new baby! They continued their search, expanding it to include Kijiji to see if anyone was selling one there. They struck gold – someone had posted on Kijiji that they were selling the same model bed they wanted, at a fraction of the cost! The price just went from $250 plus tax and mileage to $50, no tax. They were delighted and jumped at the opportunity. When they arrived at the seller’s house, he told them he no longer had the hardware to put the bed-frame together. “Just take it, no charge,” he told them. The frame was in perfect, good as new condition, and their son is having a wonderful time playing on and under his new big-boy bed. Fresh on the heels of this success story (within 2 weeks) my client and her husband were discussing what to do about their 2nd car, an older model in frequent need of repair. She felt they’d be better off investing their money in a newer model, but her husband wanted to wait until he was finished school. So he cleaned the car interior and washed it, making the best of their situation relative to the car, and they both let go of their desire for a new one. Shortly thereafter my client received a phone call from her father. He told her he’d just been gifted with a much newer, gently used vehicle from a good friend, but he was in process of a new car. Since he had no use for it either, he was re-gifting the car to her! I asked my client what she attributed her manifesting successes to, she replied she’s been more aware of her thoughts lately, and was deliberately choosing positive ones more often. Sweet & simple, right? Just goes to show the difference being more conscious of your thoughts and feelings can make! Feel free to leave me a comment and share YOUR Law of Attraction success stories! Love & Light, Alexandria http://AlexandriaBarker.com
Essential Self-care to Turn your Inner Critic into your Inner Cheerleader :
Why gaining control of your inner dialogue is critical to your success
Self-care doesn’t come automatically because we’re so conditioned to think it’s being selfish, thoughtless, bad. About 80% of our thoughts are old, negative, habitual thoughts that have been playing in our minds for years.
Because it’s been playing in the background for so long, most people don’t even notice it’s there.
Unless you have a particularly supportive inner voice (most of us don’t until we deliberately change it) it’s going to want to keep you in your comfort zone.
That little voice is dictating the level of success you experience.
If part of you just asked, ‘what little voice’, that’s the little voice I’m talking about!
These chronic thoughts were instilled by well-meaning parents, teachers and other adults, and though we automatically accept them as true, they probably aren’t.
The good news is, when you take the time to notice and get to know this little voice and get familiar with your habitual thoughts, you can take steps to change them forever. You can train yourself to think in a specific way, enabling you to attract what you want.
We are always in control of what we think. Though it sometimes seems our thoughts think themselves, you are actually choosing them, even if it’s out of habit. The key is to consciously choose supportive thoughts that take you where you want to go.
There are two sides to every topic – if thinking a thought makes you feel bad, try to turn it around. A very helpful process is to think, “this is what I don’t want, so what do I want” and think of the positive aspects of that topic.
There are specific processes to over-ride negative thoughts and take control. This is where affirmations come in. Affirmations are thoughts you deliberately choose because you want the effects they’ll bring.
They should always be worded in the present tense, as if you’ve already achieved the goal, and should always be phrased in the most positive way possible
For example, when you notice you’re thinking a thought such as, “my business is a failure, I don’t have what it takes,” picture a stop sign in your mind and say STOP – then rephrase with an affirmation or affirmation that serves you.
Choose an affirmation that resonates with you, such as “I am in the process of becoming a highly respected successful business owner”.
By adding the line “in the process” you counter your mind’s argument that you’re lying to yourself.
I recommend you work on one area of your life at a time. Write your affirmation 10x a day, or sing it, incorporate it into your life any way you can.
You might like to record yourself saying your affirmations and listening to while you go for your stress-relieving walk!
I will not share how to notice, challenge and change negative programming forever, and why eliminating negative programming is essential to you’re playing a bigger game
We attract what we think about the most, whether we want it or not, through the Law 0f Attraction. So it is essential to uncover and reverse any negative programming we have running in the background, so we attract what we want instead of what we don’t want.
An afformation is similar to an affirmation, and is used the same way, but they are phrased as questions. They may work for you when affirmations fail. They can work better than affirmations in some cases, because your mind doesn’t tend to negate them. An example of an affirmation is, “how did I become such a successful business owner?”
Every time you make the effort to change habitual thoughts that don’t serve you, you weaken the power of that statement.
You also create new positive neurological pathways that strengthen your new resolve, and make it progressively easier to think positive thoughts that enable you to achieve whatever you set out to do!
Think of your thought pathways like a path in the grass – when you stop walking a certain path, it will grow over, and you will habitually walk the new path of your choosing!
There is an easy short-cut to promoting more health, wealth and happiness in your life: develop an attitude of gratitude to become a vibrational match to all the things you want!
You have far more control over the events of your life than you might imagine. We are vibrational beings, and our thoughts and feelings match up with other thoughts, people and circumstances. By intentionally raising your vibration (improving your mood) on a consistent basis, your entire life will improve.
Some simple techniques you can begin today to see real change in your life include gratitude lists, meditation, and visualization.
To cultivate an attitude of gratitude, start your day with a gratitude list, basically counting your blessings and writing them down! You might also incorporate gratitude into your stress-relieving walk – mentally saying ‘thank you’ with each step you take. And in addition to your 15 minute daily meditation, invest 5 minutes in visualizing your life, and your business, exactly the way you want it to be.
Think of it as daydreaming, with purpose! Make your visualization as real as possible – it’s the blueprint of what you want to create.
Your brain can’t tell the difference between reality, and the reality you’re imagining. For, as Einstein said, “imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” Put these techniques to work for you, and feel free to comment below and share your results!
This is the ‘giving season’ which can put a lot of pressure on people, so I wanted to remind you that the greatest gifts are free! A kind smile (with your eyes, if your face is covered) a gentle word, donations of clothing, loving thoughts are very do-able ways to keep good vibes going!
