MINDFUL MOMENTS

Looking back over the past year I had an epiphany about why I like the New Year so much. In spite of the fact that I’m not a fan of the cold and that I have to lock my best friend (my motorcycle) up in the garage for 4months, still, I feel renewed and rejuvenated. I feel ready to dig in and redouble my efforts to learn and grow and to express more from spirit instead of from ego. In short, to be a better version of me.

What I realized is that in these cold months I become quieter and more thoughtful. I take more time for introspection, meditation and learning. I double down and work harder on my business but I also rest when my body and mind tell me that is what I need.

Then spring arrives! I rejoin the world. I get out in nature, see more of friends and family and take some trips. This is a time when anything seems possible. I am filled with the hope that something amazing could happen. A new best friend, some new interest that grabs me and excites my passion maybe even a new man to share my life with. It all seems possible as the world wakes up in the spring.

Summer brings, well summer!! I shine in the summer. I’m full of energy and am loving life. The Leo in me loves to feel the sun. Summer is followed by the beauty of fall in Ohio. Long walks in the woods and chilly rides on the motorcycle. Things are winding down.

As fall grows old and cold I start to feel let down. Another year gone and maybe that wonderful new something that would light up my life did not appear. Mind you, I am not ignorant to the fact that my life is blessed and if I just stay present wonderful things are happening all the time, just on a smaller scale.

However, this is how my mind goes along into early winter. I feel more and more let down and even a little resentful. This is not how I want to feel. We all go racing through the holidays good, bad or indifferent depending on your situation.

Then New Years day arrives! I am revitalized. I have a whole new year filled with 365 days of blank pages that I get to create my story on. I have new hope that maybe this year I will find the gift of staying present. I can learn this year to see all of the little experiences as amazing and all of the people I engage with as beautiful with something wonderful to offer. This is why I love this time of year so much!

May you find daily peace, unconditional love and a large serving of happiness in your life.

New Frankincense Study for Skin Cancer

A new study finds that Topical application of Frankincense cures basal cell skin cancer. A special thanks to Director of Clinical Education, Barb Picciano for passing along this information. In the study they used frankincense essential oil topically. Here is the conclusion:

Conclusion: Local application of frankincense essential oil may provide a non-surgical treatment alternative, with no or minimal side effect for carcinoma in situ, minimally invasive carcinoma and pre-cancerous conditions such as actinic keratosis. A study with larger number of patients with both squamous-cell carcinoma and BCC is required to confirm our current findings.

You can find the complete information on the study at:

http://www.oapublishinglondon.com/article/656#

Essential Oil Effect on Blood Pressure, Pub Med Study

This study looked at people with high blood pressure and pre high blood pressure. They inhaled a blend of lavender, ylang-ylang, marjoram, and neroli (20:15:10:2). "In conclusion, the inhalation of an essential oil had immediate and continuous effects on the home SBP, (sleep blood pressue), daytime BP, and stress reduction. Essential oils may have relaxation effects for controlling hypertension."

If you would like to try this blend we will put it together for you in a 5 ml bottle for $19.99. You can put a few drops on a tissue and inhale, put a few drops on the front of your shirt or blouse, in an aromatherapy necklace, or use a diffuser.

A DANGEROUS “SUPERBUG” FUNGUS OUTBREAK, CANDIDA AURIS

No Real Scary Stuff-Be Prepared - You may not have heard about this, but there is a new “Superbug” fungus that is resistant to anti-fungal prescriptions. I read about it first in Natural News. Barb Picciano, our Director of Clinical Education, forwarded me another article quoting the New York Times article. I’ve put the links to the articles below. Not only is this form of fungi drug resistant, it is very deadly with up to a 60% fatality rate! And hospitals and the CDC are making a conscious decision to keep it under wraps.

www.naturalnews.com/2019-04-07-hospitals-pumping-deadly-superbug-fungi-into-open-air-colonizing-population.html

www.salon.com/2019/04/08/experts-warn-about-new-superbug-candida-auris/

Or you can just Google candida auris.

If you work in a hospital, SNF, Hospice, school, or anyplace around a lot of people, please be careful.

To help combat this, we have formulated an antifungal roll-on and diffusing blend. We asked around the office for help in naming the new product, someone said Funginex, but that was already taken. Someone else suggested F-Bomb….ahhh no. So we are just calling it Anti-fungal roll-on and 5 ml Anti-fungal Diffusing Blend. Both are a blend of Cinnamon, Coriander, Spikenard, Tea Tree, and Lemongrass.