We know essential oils have wonderful physical healing effects on the body.  Did you know that virtually every chronic ailment has an emotional component, which the body holds in its subconscious?   In fact, the emotional factors in such illnesses are often what keep the person sick!   Even acute illnesses, such as cold and flu have an emotional aspect.   We get a cold when we are overworked and over stressed and then we worry about it!    The illness is the body’s message to slow down, take a break, and take care of ourselves.   

So many things affect our imunity, toxins, stress, environment factors of all kinds, and our thoughts. By inhaling an essential oil combination that lifts our heart and makes us feel relaxed and happy, we actually enhance our whole immune system!    

 Changing an emotional pattern or vibe requires understanding the issue and how it affects our life.  Understanding why we are experiencing the problem, what we could experience instead, and what we need to do to change.  Changing a pattern is like erasing a groove- the deeper it is imbedded, the longer time it will take to erase.  For some emotions we need only to bring them into our awareness to release them, while others are more deeply rooted emotions require more time and attention. 

When we do EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, which we have found very effective, we use positive affirmations as we tap away physical and emotional discomforts.  We take very deep breaths to get ourselves balanced.   Deep breathing with awareness can open and release stored emotions, change consciousness, sensitivity, and feelings, and bring in empathy and trust.

 Therapeutic Essential oils are an important consideration to help us change our emotional vibes.  Oils can be used in combination or singly.  Learning how single species oils work in our body systems gives us better  knowledge when we choose a blend.  Blends are wonderful because they work synergistically, dealing with more than one aspect of a condition.  

 Inhaling the oils is the fastest and most often preferred in balancing mood and emotions.  Scents can affect our emotions and work on a subconscious level to modify emotional imbalances or change behavior.  Research has shown that people surrounded with pleasant scents enjoy higher self esteem. 

An easy way to inhale the oils is to put a few drops on a tissue, a cotton ball, or just in the palms of the hands and inhale.  Diffusion is a gentle way to administer essential oils.   A diffuser will disperse the essential oils into a micro mist that will stay suspended for several hours to reduce bacteria, fungus, mold and freshen the air with natural fragrances..

   Applying them on the skin with a safe carrier is another way to use the oils.    A safe carrier lotion or oil will get the essential oils down to the blood stream.  That’s where the oils do their work. Once beneath the skin they go to the intercellular fluid surrounding the skin cells and can enter the blood stream.  Then they travel to the internal organs and the lymphatic system where they aid the immune system.   This is how essential oils stimulate the body’s own natural defense systems.  Reflexology or foot massage are some of the fastest ways to absorb essential oils because of large pores on the bottom of the feet.  

Balancing Body Frequency with Essential Oils

Frequency is the measurable rate of electrical energy flow that is constant between any two points.      Dr. Rife, a researcher, discovered that certain frequencies prevent the development of disease and that others would destroy diseases.  Substances of higher frequency would destroy diseases of lower frequency!    The inhalation of an essential oil will enhance the body’s electrical frequency, so it has a direct impact on disease.

A frequency monitor was developed and essential oils and disease were tested.  It was determined when the human body’s frequency dropped, the immune system was compromised.  Research shows that high grade therapeutic essential oils have the highest frequency of any natural substance known to man, creating an environment in which disease, bacteria, virus, fungus, etc. cannot live!

We know that essential oils contain oxyegenating molecules  which transport nutrients into the body cells.   They also align frequencies, thus balancing and harmonizing body organs.  Disease and emotional trauma may be disrupted  with the use of essential oils.    

 Our thoughts and emotions have frequency.  Thinking negatively  lowers body frequency in 3 seconds. Thinking positively can raise it in 21 seconds  to an optimum range.   You could guess which emotions have a high frequency and which have lower vibes. Some of the highest frequency emotions are love, joy, gratitude, passion, excitement and enthusiasm.  Next there is positive belief, hopefulness, encouragement, followed by contentment and ease.  

Frequencies start to lower when we become bored, frustrated, have doubt, impatience, and worry.  Even lower frequencies are feeling discouraged, judgemental, angry, or seeking revenge.  Last on the scale of lower emotions are anxiety, guilt, shame, fear, depression, despair, grief and apathy.  Finally, the lowest frequency emotion is unconsciousness, when there is complete blockage. 

Each essential oils has its own unique frequency and purpose.   We can learn and experience how well essential oils help to release emotional patterns.   When applying  Healthy Girls Breast Oil, which has 8 therapeutic essential oils, you get to raise your frequency to help balance, detoxify,  stimulate,  and improve your immune system

 Do you often hear your women friends say they don’t like the way their breasts look?  They may say my breasts are too small, too big, too flat, too painful, too saggy, too…In reality a natural breast is perfect the way it is!  Truly it is the shape and diversity of breasts that makes every woman unique and special in her appearance.

 Our thoughts and beliefs are heavily influenced throughout our childhood and by age ten our conditioning about health and disease is already in place. This conditioning is then shaped by what we think and say to ourselves.  A deadly and depressing pattern can remain in our thoughts and we live in fear.  What we think about, we bring to us!  Depressing thoughts can lower immunity, increase the likelihood of inflammation and cell abnormalities throughout the body, and may even block treatment. 

 All too often when a woman receives an abnormal mammogram report, (which is bound to happen sooner or later for women who get yearly mammograms) she is thrust into the belief that she must take some drastic measures in order to be a survivor.  It’s a non-validating, fear-based system.   Too many perfectly healthy women, because of abnormal or equivocal test results, find themselves living in fear of what might happen, instead of realizing that they have profound healing power within that can return them to natural state.

 It’s time for a revolution!   It’s time to release old patterns and thoughts and lovingly appreciate our bodies and our breasts and take care of them.   We can activate and evolve in our personal power, when we connect to our heart and inner soul.  To gain appreciation and self esteem, we must first feel and listen to our inner voice, and realize that we are not our bodies, we are more than our bodies.  We have a beautiful soul, waiting for us to be grateful for what we have and already are.

The lymph system is recognized by doctors inEurope and theFar East for its importance to preventive health care. They understand how lymphatic function supports every other system in the body, including the immune, digestive, detoxification and nervous systems. In fact, many believe that poor lymph health underlies a host of conditions, from cellulite to cancer.

By contrast, in America our practitioners don’t think much about the lymph system until something goes wrong, usually when infection causes a swollen lymph node, when we develop cancer in a lymph gland, or cancer elsewhere that metastasizes through the lymph vessels.

The reality is that we have twice as much lymph fluid in your body as blood. The lymph continuously bathes each cell and drains away the debris in a circulatory system powered only by your breathing and movement. If the movement of the lymph stopped entirely you would die in a matter of hours.

What can we do to ensure your lymph system stays healthy? There are a number of ways to support lymphatic function that should be part of every woman’s health habits. Let’s start by exploring this amazing system.

The lymph system’s primary function is to isolate infection and cellular debris from the rest of the body and deal with it.  Some of the blood and waste products are picked up by tiny veins. But much of the vascular fluid, waste, and all of the live infection is picked up by tiny lymph vessels. This process is happening all over the body all the time.

Like tributaries trickling into a stream that feeds a slow-moving river, the lymph system transports lymph fluid through ever-widening vessels, moving it through 500 filtration and collection points, our lymph nodes, where  bacteria is removed.  If lymph fluid is blocked in one lymph node it will usually take a detour, but when blockage is extreme it can cause the lymph fluid to back up and cause swelling in the surrounding tissue, a condition known as lymphedema.

Amazingly, the lymphatic system has no central pump but depends on muscle contraction and manual manipulation to move fluid.   If the lymph system gets blocked or overrun (due to illness, surgery, toxic overload, or lack of activity), lymph fluid backs up. This can cause swelling, joint pain, nausea and fatigue.  

Think of a river; a healthy river runs clean and clear. A brackish river chugs along, thick with soot and silt that gets snagged, pocketing pollution in small pools along the way.  Eventually, the sluggish river can become a breeding ground for bacteria and disease. The same is true for your lymph.

Because lymph cleanses nearly every cell in your body, symptoms of chronic lymph blockage are diverse but can include allergies and food sensitivities, frequent cold and flu infections, joint pain, headaches and migraines, menstrual cramps, arthritis, fibrocystic breasts, breast tenderness, sinusitis, loss of appetite and GI issues, muscle cramping, tissue swelling, fatigue, mental fuzziness, mood irregularities, depression, parasites, and skin breakouts,

Reduce overall “body sludge” will give your body a lift and enhance your lymph system and your immune system.   These are some steps to ensure preventative wellness:

1. Clean up your diet. Reduce your body’s toxic burden by avoiding processed food, eating organic when possible, and eliminating simple sugars and carbohydrates.  Our bodies work best on whole natural food and become less forgiving to junk food as we age.   

2.  Investigate any food sensitivities or allergies that may be affecting your digestion. Take a quality  multivitamin to support your cellular function, digestion, and elimination. Look into probiotic supplements to help maintain a healthy ratio of intestinal flora.

3. Drink plenty of purified or filtered water (at least half of our bodyweight in oz) will help to carry oxygen and nutrients throughout the body and helps eliminate toxins and wastes. 

 4. Breathe deeply and slowly from your diaphragm, through our nose, not our mouth, is one of the best ways to move lymph fluid through our body.  Our breath goes directly to our lungs stimulating the vagus nerve to rest and restore the nervous system. We can feel better instantly. 

 5. Get regular physical exercise. Jumping on a rebounder, or mini-trampoline, just five minutes a day is a great way to get our lymph system pumping. Walking, stretching, t’ai chi, Yoga, Pilates, and other moderate activities are helpful, too especially if we do them every day. Research shows 30% lower risk of breast cancer)

6. Don’t be afraid to sweat! A weekly sauna or steam bath is a pleasant way to facilitate a healthy sweat, and sweating helps detoxify the body and so supports lymphatic function. Avoid   antiperspirants (they block sweating and add to our toxic load) choose natural deodorants instead.

7. Avoid restrictive clothing that press on your lymph nodes. Underwires and overtight bras, jeans, and skirts can impede lymph flow. Try to go bra-free for at least 12 hours a day, and don’t sleep in one. If this is uncomfortable for you, consider buying a stretchy camisole.

8. Get plenty of good sleep may prevent hypertension, nervous anxiety, improper glucose control and increased inflammation throughout the body.

9. Examine your emotional issues. Sometimes we get stuck in a particular pattern of stress that reduces our capacity to make positive changes. Our lymph can become blocked when we are feeling stuck or unable to express ourselves. Discuss any areas that feel stagnant or obtrusive with a friend, partner, or therapist.   

Learn techniques that calm anxiety and heal, such as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) that will take us to balanced state where we love and nourish our bodies.  Learning and using this technique is a way we begin to evolve to a higher consciousness. 

10. Consider adding thermography to our breast screening regimen. Thermography is a gentle, private, compassionate, FDA approved, radiation-free screening with very early detection of many health problems and is 100% safe.   It uses highly sophisticated infrared cameras to obtain colorful, heat-based photos. 

11. Use a loving self breast massage with Healthy Girls Breast Oil  will help to:

Balance,  Detoxify,  Soften your breasts,  Stimulate the immune system, and Improve lymphatic circulation.    www.healthygirlsbreastoil.com  for more information.

These steps benefit everyone to ensure that lymph remains clear and unimpeded, whether we have symptoms or not. Now that we understand the hidden beauty of our lymphatic system, we can give more thought and time to its care. We actively awaken our inner consciousness and healing energy.

 We are souls who temporarily inhabit bodies.  Caring for our bodies is OUR responsibility, not the doctor or anyone else.  If we don’t care for our body where are we going to live?

Thermography Scan

What causes breast pain is really not understood.   Women often think if there is pain, there is cancer.  The fact is that pain is rarely a symptom of cancer.  It may be congestion that needs to be lovingly moved with a simple lymphatic self breast massage. 

 To begin to understand any mystery we need to collect information about the problem.  Most women were never taught much about the breast, or to look at it as a miracle organ with the power to transform water, protein and blood into milk.  Breasts are made of a mixture of fat, fibers and glands.  The glands or ducts and lobules are ready to make milk and prepare to do so each month during our menstrual cycle.  The fibers, like strands of fine rope, support the breasts and hold up the glands.  The fat cushions and stuffs up the breast.  All women have different amounts of these three components, which is determined by our genes.  Our breasts change throughout our lives, from puberty through childbearing and nursing years to old age.  They also change monthly with our menstrual cycles.   

With the first sign of pain, when fear sets in, it is a good idea to get checked with a breast exam, or a thermography scan, which, when read, will indicate if further clinical investigation is necessary.  It may show up red (heat) in some areas which means there is congestion and blood is feeding abnormal cells. An ultra sound may be a wise choice to follow up.  The majority of the time it will be fibrocystic tissue or water filled cysts, but pain should not be ignored as it is always a signal from your body for attention.  

The most common type of breast pain is related to hormones during a monthly cycle. Stimulated by estrogen and progesterone during the second half of the cycle, the breast swell and become more lumpy and tender.  Then with a period, while the uterus sloughs off it lining, the breasts reabsorb the extra fluid instead.  When the hormones are a bit off balance, the breast will be tender.    

Recent evidence show that fatty animal foods contribute to breast pain.  The reason being that many animals are given hormones in the foods they eat, and then transferred to our body.  Many women have intolerance for dairy products.  This may be because the enzymes in milk are destroyed during pasteurization and our human body is not able to digest or process it correctly. The standard American diet in general is pro inflammatory.   

Pills with hormones, either birth control or Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT, have either estrogen or progesterone, or both, may not be just right for a particular woman, or she may react to additives or synthetics in the pill.  Some antidepressants, psychiatric medications, or even some cholesterol-lowering and heart medications can cause breast changes and pain.

Do bras help the pain or make it worse?   Again the answer depends on who you are.  Bras are not medically necessary; however most people in Western societies expect women to wear them and bras do make some clothes fit better.  Many women feel better when wearing a bra for support or uplift.  Other women prefer not to wear them. If you prefer to wear a bra, it is important to wear one that fits well and is comfortable, remove it when you get home and before retiring.

Some underwire bras, or too-tight bras, can restrict lymphatic movement, which may cause pain from   swelling, toxins, bacteria, viruses and cellular debris.  The lymphatic system, one of our largest cleansing systems, has no central pump and depends on manual manipulation to circulate the lymph fluid.  The best practice for any woman to do is the lymphatic self breast massage each morning and evening or when you remove your bra.  A gentle stretching and releasing movement starting at the neck to open the lymphatic, then under the arms, and then to each breast in all directions, is a good practice to do daily. This technique is from Dr. Christaine Northrup’s book, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom .  Other breast health professionals talk about how important it is to move the lymph.  The technique is outlined on my website, www.HealthyGirlsBreastOil.com .  Using this technique will assure measurable success to eliminate breast pain.  Read the latest testimonials http://www.healthygirlsbreastoil.com/testimonials-links

 The lymphatic system supports every system in the body.  We have twice as much lymph fluid in our body as blood. It is a vast network made up of tiny vessels, nodes and spleen.  Much of the vascular fluid, waste and all of the live infection is picked up by tiny lymph vessels.  Lymph nodes are filters strung along the lymph vessels like pearls.  The lymph system’s primary function is to isolate infection and debris and transport it through these filtration points, the lymph nodes. One crucial function of lymph tissue is generating and storing white blood cells that fight infection.

Think of the lymph like a river; a healthy river runs clear.  If lymph fluid is blocked (due to illness, surgery, toxic overload or lack of activity) lymph fluid backs up.  If one node is blocked it may take a detour, but with extreme blockage it can cause swelling, joint pain, nausea, fatigue, cold and flu infections, headaches, cramping, arthritis, fibromyalgia, mental fuzziness, GI issues, depression, skin breakouts and lymphedema.        

The spleen is like a big lymph node, except it filters blood and destroys worn out red blood cells.  It is designed to bring lymphocytes in contact with the blood to ward off infections    

Because lymph fluid moves slowly without its own pump, inactivity can seriously restrict its flow.  Muscle contraction as in the diaphragm with deep breathing, and manual manipulation as in massage is the primary means for our lymph to circulate and drain from the body.

Giving a loving lymphatic self massage around the abdomen, axially nodes and breast tissue every day not only moves the lymph, but it is healing in every way.  Research studies, testimonials, and thermography scans show improvement as lymphatic self massage reduces breast pain, inflammation, lumps, cysts, fibrocystic breast tissue, relieves PMS breast symptoms and may remove the fear of breast cancer. The lymphatic self breast massage that I teach is a combination from Dr. Christiane Northrup, Breast Health Project, and other resources. 

Now that we understand the hidden beauty of our lymphatic system with Lady Lymph, are we ready to connect with our inner consciousness and healing energy to create infinite possibilities for our health and happiness.  Caring for our bodies is OUR responsibility, not the doctor or anyone else.  Let’s appreciate, love, and celebrate our magnificence! 

 We had called the family to come… two brothers, one from Texas had started his journey two days ago, and a sister had come for what may have been a final visit.  She had struggled severely the two months because the cancer was growing, throughout her body.  Her mind stayed focused and always was in control.  She had finally accepted Hospice when there was no other choice.   

 She was grateful for her motorcycle girlfriends who stopped to visit three weeks earlier. She was grateful for her sister who was a nurse and stayed 24-7.  She could help with medicine and procedures, including the oxygen tank, to assure comfort and rest. I came to help as often as I was able.

 Her spirit came to me in a dream three nights earlier and said “Thank you for coming to help me.  I asked her “How will I know what to write in the book?”   (We had talked about her writing a book.  When she got so very sick I offered to help her write it).  She simply answered, “It’s in the bucket” I know now that was to say it was all taken care of, not to worry.

 Now as we were helping her from her bed to a chair, she stood and looked at me and asked “Can I come to your house?  My training with Alzheimer’s reminded me to agree and respond to her feelings more than what she was asking.  So I answered “Yes you can come to my house”.  She smiled a big smile and seemed very happy that she had a place to go.  No more was said.

 Just recently I realized what had really taken place that evening, before she took her last breath.

He spirit was finished in her physical body, but there was so much more to do… I had given her spirit permission to come to my house!   I believe that was the beginning of my mission with Healthy Girls Breast Oil and Lady Lymph with self breast massage education.

 Read more here www.healthygirlbreastoil.com

People continued to come so we moved to a larger room.  This was more than a regular Tupperware party! It was sharing what I learned and how I used what I learned to get me to where I wanted to be. They found seats around and I decided to sit on the floor with them.  So I started my story:

 My first days of doing Tupperware parties in 1978 were fear filled.  I went through that fear and did it anyway.  I remember taking along tiny plants that I had started to give to anyone who scheduled a party.  My experience and passion grew as I continued to schedule more parties and teach more women to cook and preserve their food.  Before the year was over I was driving a company car.  I traveled a lot, incorporating two or three parties in a day in one area.   I enjoyed meeting women and sharing new ideas and recipes.  I enjoyed the rewards, trips and gifts I received from doing a good job as an executive manager. 

I remember the day my “back went out”.  It took me down to the floor in a heap.  The pain was so severe we canceled a family trip and I lay around for a week or so.  I made a change!  I decided I could schedule parties during the day, and late afternoon.  I set up guidelines and if parties were scheduled in the evening, I would give them to one of my team, the Honey Bees, to take care of.  I learned that I had a responsibility and a choice to give my life more balance.

 Quite a few years later, I had fallen into the old pattern of doing too much and again I ached with severe back pain.   It was over the Holidays and I needed to be lying down instead of enjoying my family.   Lying quietly and reflecting, I knew I needed to change!  It was January, 2000, I announced to my husband I would be finished with my Tupperware business in May, needing to sell hundreds of dollars of inventory before I finished.  

Then the fear set in!  I would not have a company car any longer, and my income would stop!   I panicked.  I had driven a company car for 21 years and now I would not have a car!  While I was at a conference in Minneapolis, I called a dealer from a small town where I had looked at a car one time, and said I wanted to buy the car.   OMG.  I did not take time to feel the fear or understand it.  I did not think or act clearly, did not ask for help from God, angels, or my husband.  My ego was so independent and fearful that I acted out of impulse!  

 Eleven years later I know to ask for help, I trust, have patience, communicate with loved ones, and listen to the guidance given in all forms.  Most recently I take time, have patience, listen to my heart, my gut feeling , and my inner knowing.  It has proven to be a happier way t o live, by accepting what is and letting go of fear.    

Learning about and using different essential oils help with all kinds of fear:  Here is a short list:     Ylang Ylang, Frankincense, Lavender, Neroli, Rose, Cedarwood, Cypress, Roman Chamomile, Bergamot,  Basil, Ginger, Cinnamon.  One or more of these great essential oils are synergized in my personal blends on my website  http://www.healthygirlsbreastoil.com/shop/    Thank you for taking the time to visit right now. 

Do you ever hear a message from a voice while you are sleeping?  It feels and sounds real like someone is speaking to you directly?   I remember a few messages that were very loud and direct.  “Where are you Going?”  This was quite a few years ago.  I remember answering that question on paper all morning long as I half listened to a speaker at a class for insurance.  I was not interested in the class and because of the words I heard that morning, I knew I didn’t want to continue with what I was doing.  The dream helped me write down a direction I wanted to go.

 Another time my dream was so very real.  Papers were blown off the table until the table was clear and I heard “Peaceful dancing, Resume.”  I was pushed up against the wall with a grid.   So I pondered on the meaning of that forceful dream.  I believed the clearing the table of a mess of papers was a way to tell me to get rid of the old stuff and emotions and resume a happy, joy filled life.  I enjoyed dancing and this message told me I was missing out and it would be for my greatest good to resume a peaceful life and dancing .

 I enjoy writing my dreams down just as I wake up.  I love to figure out what the message is from them.   They are interesting to read later, and remember what was going on in my life at that time.

 Dreams can be all mixed up, where people or babies become animals, a muddy road with deep grooves changes to a big lake.  Sometimes the road is narrow, and sometimes you, your car, or your keys are lost, or you are looking for a way out of a building, or feeling fenced in.  Then there are the fun dreams where you are very passionate, or flying over water, or riding a fast white horse, or a buffalo going through a fence.  Each person or thing in a dream relates to an aspect of my life. Hundreds of dreams help to give us hundreds of solutions and answers to situations we are experiencing.

 It is fun to read then over months later, to remember what was going on in our life when we wrote about the dream, and how we moved into a better place with the help of a dream.  Here is one I remember well:

“Riding a fast river… The water was high and moving fast.  There were rapids and I rode over them easily and safely, bumping on the rocks below me.  At first I did not look where  I was going , but then I did look and just trusted and hung on”  A couple of nights later I heard a message  “4 more days”    I knew that meant there would be a change.  Thanks to the dream, I knew it would happen easily and I was safe.  

 Certain essential oils may enhance the vividness of dreams.  They may be applied at the back of the neck, from the top of the shoulders to the base of the skull.   Cedar wood (calming nervous anxiety, spiritual), Frankincense ( emotional balance spiritual awareness and meditation), Ylang Ylang (balance male/female energies), Clary Sage (recall memory), Tangerine, Bergamot  (soothing calming to the endocrine system, relieving anxiety and stress)  A blend of any of these oils may help the dream state.  I recently created a few new blends, Divinely Feminine, (a roll on), Awaken Goddess Mist, and Angel Love (not on my website yet)  http://www.healthygirlsbreastoil.com/shop/

 All my life I have been curious about what was around the next corner, or across the river.  I love challenges, and if I really want to find out what is around the corner or across the river, I will find a way to go there.  It may require some thought and planning to take that step.  It may require asking questions and then making a commitment to actually do it.

 I think of a particular incident when I visited Sedona, AZ.  I had taken a trip to visit my son who was a helicopter pilot with a Grand Canyon Tour company.  While he was working, I had the day to myself to go exploring.  I wanted to see as many things as I could and I felt free as a bird to do so, and to go where my heart led me.

I was exploring where to go to climb the back side of Castle Rock.  I finally found the road amid much construction and congested traffic  The road led me to a parking area where many people had left their vehicles and were making their way toward the climb up the back side of Castle Rock, the only way to climb this Rock.

I looked up and thought I would take a big drink of water and then I wouldn’t have to carry a water bottle.   I was planning to go about half way up.  It was a beautiful warm day in May.  I could make it back to the car before I’d need another drink of water.  I felt excited as I started out across and up the rocks.  It was awesome to look back to see how small the cars looked. I was quite a long way up already.  I was getting very warm and started to get thirsty.  I scanned the path upwards and decide I would go to this spot where the rock seemed to go straight up and rest a while in the shade.

As I rested I watched people coming up the path and some people coming down from the path.  A couple paused and talked briefly to me and said they had done this climb before.  I noticed he had a backpack.  They    started up the steep side of the rock on their hands and knees. They moved gracefully along and reached a plateau.

 I longed to go too.  I did not have any water.   Without hesitation I called to them and asked if they had an extra bottle of water.  They answered yes they had a bottle of water for me and would leave it for me on the plateau.

 I thanked them and was so excited and started out again, up the steep part of the rock on my hands and knees.  I took a good drink and found a way to carry the bottle.  

As I continued to climb I’d look back every so often to see where I’d been and how far I’d come.  I had a feeling of accomplishment and there was so much farther to go!  It was exciting.  I knew then I was not stopping till I reached the top!  The couple who shared the water was within view and we shared a few words once in a while, but we climbed separately. 

 As I came to the last 20 feet before the top, I felt a rush of adrenalin; I was going to reach the top!  It was the most exhilarating moment of the climb.

The couple was at the top the same time so we took pictures.  I was so grateful for them coming into my life that day.

 As we started down the mountain, I thought I could find my way, but I did not see the path, and again the couple guided me in the right direction to follow the path marked with pillars of stones. 

That day reminds me of so many times in my life when I tend to think too small or too short. When all I really need to do is to take the leap of faith, trust the encouraging words from people who care, and be grateful as they guide me to beautiful higher mountains to clmb.

I see a dead tree with arms up to the sky, like a yoga pose.  I have a choice of two paths, can’t see the end of either path.  I can go to the right and have a steep climb, or I can choose to  stay on the same level path.

I choose to go to the right.  I may have to come down again, but for now I must see and feel this awesome place.  Now that I am up here, I can see more clearly where I am going.  Tears well up in my eyes and I cry with joy that I have come this far.   It feels good to rest.  I don’t need to go any higher now. 

After my rest, I feel different about continuing to climb.  It feels like something or someone is beckoning me to keep going and go higher.  I don’t need to go back, not now. Slowly I move forward on my climb up.  Where will it take me?  Perhaps someplace magical… What is around the next corner?   

Everywhere I look, something resembles something, a twisted branch lying between two trees.  I look down at it.  It is not an obstacle.  I turn around and look up to find a bird scolding or praising me.  I’m not sure which but he wanted to get a better look at me so he gets closer and closer until I can see his eyes.  He definitely is giving me a message that he approves of what I’m doing too.  Then before I could take a picture he flies off with a mate.   

As I continue to climb, I stop to look back to see where I was a few minutes ago.  It looked out of reach a minute ago and now I’m up here.   It feels great that I’ve come this far.  I will need to go down sometime, but I can come up here any time I choose.  I find it is easier to climb up than to climb down.  Just like my dreams had told me.  I ask the angels and Theresa’s spirit to help me get down to the path again.

Sometimes there are big boulders in the stream of life.  Since I cannot move this boulder I will walk around it.  Maybe I will lean on it while I contemplate where I want to go next.  I walk again on the path provided for me, sometimes in the rain, sometimes in the sun, sometimes in the cool summer breeze and sometimes in the cold dark shadows of night.  All the time I trust that I am safe.  I listen and follow the messages I am given.

There may be sadness, sickness, pain and hurt, but it is my path.  I listen and KNOW that I am doing the very best I can with God’s help.  Many times I experience joyful occasions where smiles come easily, and I rejoice and hoot and holler and beat the drums loud!   There are more of these times of happiness now that I have found love and love has found me.

To get to that state of love is a path for all to take.  Some choose to take the dirt road or the slower way, others will choose to take the highway and go at top speed. 

As our physical body finds it isn’t capable of doing what we would like to do we realize we need to rest and find alternative ways and energy to enjoy every minute of each day.

We thank our supportive friends and family.  Those who shared glad times and sad times, the bike rides in the country, the many camping trips with loved ones.  Thanks for the breeze from the hot sun…..  To be continued

Are we so wrapped up in our thinking and activity that we loose touch with our senses?  Sensing brings us fully into the moment.  When we take an apple in our hand, our mouth starts to water, and we feel gratitude to have a ripe juicy apple to taste and enjoy.  When we hear a children playing or a baby crying, what are the feelings we have about that experience?  When we see beautiful sunset or the brilliant color of the leaves on the trees in Fall, do we give thanks for our eyesight and wish we could capture it forever in our mind?   When we smell a beautiful scent, as in a rose,  we want to wear it, and have it part of us.  

Only when we are aware and conscious can we receive the gifts of experience.  Awareness is a mind-set to change our past and everyday patterns of living and create new, meaningful  experiences where  we start to slow down and enjoy each moment.     

 Just imagine, What if we could create infinite possibilities for ourselves and loved ones in breast health by using quality therapeutic essential oils and learning a few easy techniques and practices.  What if the benefits of certain essential oils and a gentle lymphatic self breast massage could erase the pain and tenderness, lumps and bumps in our breast tissue?  What if we could teach every woman we know to love and accept their body just the way it is.  What if we could not only keep a breast, but save many breasts and lives?  

We are exposed to toxins in our environment every day.  These toxins may be both physical and emotional and they build up in our body.  The organs of detoxification become overwhelmed and do not perform effectively ,resulting in a weakened immune system, causing discomfort, pain and a wide variety of physical and emotional conditions. 

We have learned quality essential oils have unique properties, including bringing a higher vibration to our bodies. 

 They are anti bacterial; some are anti fungal, anti-viral and/ or anti-parasitic.   They bring more oxygen to the cells.    They raise the frequency of the body to levels at which disease cannot exist.  They benefit all levels, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual at the same time.   They stimulate the release of endorphins and have the capacity to clear and balance emotional trauma  and negative patterns. 

What if we could move to higher vibrations with our breast health?  Many women feel their breasts are too big too small, to saggy, or somehow not right.  Many women live in fear everyday wondering when it will be their turn to be told they have breast cancer.  What if essential oils can help release that anxiety?                                                           

What if we could learn to love our bodies, just the way they are?    What if we can learn a loving self breast massage that would improve our immune system, stimulate the lymphatic system to move toxins out?  And lastly what if we can change our thoughts to feel, know and trust that we have the innate ability to heal ourselves?                Because we Do!