Tuning into Love - 015 'Making Space'

I often sit and wonder how I got to be a mother of three. I often sit and wonder how I got these five seconds free to sit and wonder about how I got to be a mother of three!....and yet within it all is the beauty of finding a 'space' to enjoy a moment of 'wonder'.

The work I do as a Holistic Therapist brings with it a broad spectrum of experiences, and I meet a wide range of people too which is I feel a big reason for why I continue to do what I do. My work involves helping people get what they 'want' out of life. Maybe its been a pregnancy, maybe a romance, or just to have more time and less worries, but it has all been about 'making spaces' for that energy. The invitation has to be sent out there with the integrity of intention that you'll be available and provide a space for that energy to arrive and visit and become part of your life. Without that intention your 'wanting' just sits inside you, as a unfulfilled desire, and the wanting may manifest other things that you didn't expect, ie: wanting to be 'rich and successful' without assigning the time to complete tasks will just end in exhaustion and overwhelm.

But how does 'making spaces' work? Below is a very brief summary of some of the suggestions I've made that have brought successful outcomes for clients (and me too):

• When desiring a pregnancy focus on the new life you will produce, the love you will show to, and share with, the child, and the involvement of your circle of friends and family with that energy of the child to be. Make a space in your schedules to dedicate to the new life you wish to include in your own. This symbolic gesture will have profound effect on how you view your life...as sometimes we are so busy 'getting ready to be parents' that we lose sight of the most important thing our children will want...our time.We work, save, work, pay off debts, work, socialise, work. And then we wonder why we won't conceive? or why a pregnancy fails to take...Even if you have experienced the heartache of that loss you can mend and repair the energy surrounding you and your partner. Spend time doing the kinds of things you feel a child would enjoy. Gardening, walking, playing, talking, reading, singing, dancing, daydreaming...all the stuff you really want to do yourself ;)

• When desiring romance, fill your heart with Love for someone. Imagine the contentment of intimate comfort with a person you trust, and feel the affection for that person grow and bloom within you. Do not request it to be reciprocated yet, just enjoy the beauty of 'feeling love' for someone. Again, make a space in your schedule for the energy of the relationship to be invited in. Give yourself a list of things you would love to do with a friend. Dinner, movies, walks in the park or on the beach, adventure weekends ! who knows where it may lead...

• When desiring a calmer Mind and a reduction in the overwhelm of Life, focus upon the tasks you can do in the next few hours. Nothing more. Make space for one task to be given your full attention...this could just mean you get the washing up done, but it does not matter what the task is, as long as you give it the space in your life and give it your full attention. Imagine yourself walking a stairway and each step represents both a task completed and the attainment of progression towards the goal. And then of course follow through on this by shoving everything else aside and completing one thing. The relief will be a revelation. I feel that physically 'making space' helps enormously with 'work and success' wants. Have a look around at all that you possess right now and figure out just how much you 'have' that you don't even use or want...it put a whole new perspective on feeling 'without' something.

Life is Space and Time, and everything occurs in Perfect Timing and occurs perfectly within the right space to manifest.

"I tune into Love by creating a space for it to sit with me"
"I invite Love into my home, my life and my heart"

Using Botanical Sources for Vitamins and Minerals - Part 2

Modern lifestyles need more nutrients to help modern humans cope with the demands on their energy. What we consume is the key to gaining long term good health, overcoming short term illness and coping with everyday stresses we encounter. Most people will have at one time or another reached for a 'multi-vitamin' to do these things for them, or to assist in overall good health, or because a blood test revealed they were 'low' in a certain vitamin or mineral. Taking in vitamins and minerals as tablets may be beneficial, but there are other parameters to consider.

For example:
Why is your blood testing 'low' in any particular vitamin or mineral? What kind of health issues show up as depleted Iron, Magnesium, Zinc etc...?
What has your recent health 'history' got to tell you about the strength of your immune system?
Are you conscious about what you eat? or do you consume mindlessly?
Are you eating raw food often enough to gain the best possible quality of vitamins or minerals?
What is in your multi-vitamin broad spectrum supplement? Do they contain a colour, or flavour, or preservative?
Where have these minerals and vitamins come from? Are they sourced from animal byproducts?

When you consume nutrients as food you gain so much more because the 'whole food' contains a broad spectrum of constituents, like oils, acids and fibre, that assist you in absorbing those very nutrients. This is how the human body is 'set up' to receive nutrients,...its why our digestive systems are so complex and marvelous.

Getting the best quality food means getting the most nutrient dense food, which is organically grown without pesticides and herbicides, but also with soils that have been cultivated using organic nourishment. I often raise my eyebrows at that constant mainstream 'whine' that certified organic produce costs more,... because it will actually end up saving you money due to the nutrient density of the foods. Vitamin and mineral supplements can be an expensive alternative to just buying good quality food in the first place....and botanical sources are by far the cheapest way to get your nutrients in a way that your body finds easy to absorb and use.

There is one particular mineral that you can consume to help your overall health and have noticeable improvement in just a week or so, and that is Zinc. Zinc is like a 'building block' for cells, and imperative for good cell health, meaning that without it the whole building (our body) falls down. Its found in a variety of foods already covered in Part 1, but here's a list of Zinc rich foods you can eat in your everyday diet.
Pumpkin seed and flesh
Spinach and silverbeet
Asparagus
Peas
Brussel Sprouts
Seeds - Chia, Sunflower and Poppy
Seed and Nut paste - Tahini, ABC spread (almond, brazil and cashew)
Dried fruits - Figs, Currants and Bananas
Fresh fruits - Avocado, Apricots, Dates
Winter fruits - Blackberries and Blueberries
Oats (raw)

The absorption of Zinc can open up a pathway to good health because it assists absorption of other minerals and vitamins. Because it is a key to good cell health it enables the cell to firstly obtain good nutrients, expel waste, and know what to do with the other nutrients in your digestive system. Smart little blighters your cells aren't they? :)

Part 3 will conclude with beneficial oils, acids and probiotics from botanical sources. :)
Blessings
Jannette

7,3 combinations and being unco-ordinated...generally

In the monthly Flying Stars Forecast for October you will have noticed that the South has a 7,3 combination of influences, which is usually related to the 'loss' of something. 7 is associated with 'loss' and is called the 'Robbery' influence in traditional FS text.

Sometimes a 7 Star influence means people misplace things for the month (one of my sisters did this a few years ago when she had a 7 Monthly Star at her front door, but didn't really 'lose' anything permanently, it was just annoying for her) and the 3 Star influence means they may find that chatter increases with a competitive edge to it...
I get a little 'edgy' when I see a 7 Star in combo with a 3 or a 2, as these are generally unhelpful influences in tandem with the destructive aspect of the 7. When we have a 7,3 the 7 is Metal and wants to 'dominate' the 3 Wood influence. Literally 7 is a potentially destructive energy that if unfavourably activated can 'cut down' Ambitious energy, which is associated with Wood. 3 is also a commerce energy, so it likes to accumulate success in Growth. This is where a lot of the 'loss' interpretation comes from. 7 is called 'Pleasure and Destruction' and 3 is called 'Conflict and Competition'...so you have really 'bolshy' influences.
The 2,7 combo sees the 7 influence being 'nourished' by the Earth influence of the 2. 2 is associated with the gut (Stomach, Abdomen, Spleen) and we now know that there is a 'secondary brain' in the gut which we use to interpret what we consume. 2 is called 'The Sickness Star' because it can manifest ill-health as a message. With this kind of masochistic edge, I dislike having 'sickness and destruction' together...most people would.

7 is associated with the Mouth, Teeth, Thorax and Chest, so its all to do with speech and the production of speech and 'consumption' of information.

'Talking his way out of it...' by

Frits Ahlefeldt 

3 is associated with the Lower Legs, Feet, Throat, Neck and Liver, which is to do with the 'fire' of communication and more importantly the direction of information.

What's happened to me this month is I've got a 'double whammy' of the 7,3 from the South and the 7,2 from the SE combinations due to the Form of the block of units I live in, and the Position of my house as the middle unit. I've had a compulsion to talk, chat, speak, ramble, blabber....etc...so much more than usual...so I've been channeling it into blogging (in case you hadn't noticed) to 'use it up'. However, I've also been having a running problem with injuries to my mouth and feet! One small scar heals only to be replaced the very next day with some bump or bash (kicked a stick out of the way at the park and punctured my skin on the top of my toe)...and then the icing on the cake was a dog nipping my leg yesterday! Yes, right outside in the South sector, right where the 7,3 is doubled up, and the dog ran into the area from the SE...where the 2,7 is for October. I've also got that pesky and uncomfortable Star 5 in an open area to the SW...When something like that happens I go take a look at the floorplan again and have a look at Flying Stars for the month ;)

Basic layout of the block of units showing the Position of my house in the middle of the block...

I can put this down to a few things. One, the 'Water Metal' representation I usually have out here has been moved, and, Two, we've had to store the bins here for a couple of reasons, and...we are due to have them cleaned out thoroughly...so they aren't all sparkly and nice right now. Three, well, my bedroom is in the SE and South, so I'm sleeping on it. Makes you think of that advert from years ago for a dishwashing liquid where the actor playing a Manicurist raves to her client that "you're soaking in it!". Also, we haven't been using the garage door in the SW all year until last week, when the weather got warmer and we started to open it up for airflow. I feel the energy of movement and Human Chi has attracted Star 5 into the house.
My job for tomorrow is...tah-dah!...cleaning bins and putting the Water Metal representation back in place :)

I hope you have a better set of chores on the cards than I do ;)
Many Blessings
Jannette
:)