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Vibrational Medicine

05/03/2012 16:51:00

I have a love and passion for working with vibrational medicines as they are very safe and very effective. Vibrational Medicine is based on the scientific principles that all matter vibrates to a precise frequency and that by using resonant vibration, balance of matter can be restored.
Vibrational medicine is a term used to describe a wide variety of living remedies. Flowers, gem stones, colour therapy, music therapy Vibrational medicine incorporates the use of the energy within the above. Almost everything around us has a living pulse inside of it, which vibrates at it's own unique frequency. Vibrational Medicines work on the principle that like attracts like. When the G string of a guitar plucked, all the other octave strings of G begin to vibrate. They are in resonance with one another. The different parts of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being resonante to various frequencies of vibration.

Disharmony shows up in the energy field before it becomes a problem in the body. Animals suffer from the same emotional problems as people. They grieve, they get depressed and many more emotions. These cause imbalances, which if detected using science can be seen in the animals aura. If this is not addressed and the animal suffers grief from the loss of a loved one theoretically he/she may go on to develop for example a heart problem, tumour etc. All emotional problems vibrate at a lower frequency and each emotion vibrates at its own unique frequency. By using a vibrational medicine to address this emotional problem, it raises the vibration to treat the grief so the dis-ease can be avoided altogether. If the grief is never addressed and the tumour removed, it will grow back.

The different parts of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual being resonante to various frequencies of vibration. The Harmonic Scale of Emotion, as described by Robert Tennyson Stevens, indicates which emotions are high frequency and which ones are not. The highest frequency emotion is enthusiasm. Love and joy also fall into this category. This is followed by pain (emotional or physical) which is followed by anger. The next lower frequency emotion is fear, which is followed by grief. Below grief is apathy. Finally, the lowest frequency emotion is unconsciousness (meaning it is so awful we have completely blocked out those situations from our lives).

Vibrational medicine works beautifully with animals as they do not carry the baggage of life like we do. It works along side conventional medicine and holistic therapies. Animals have feeling's like us and deserve the chance to heal from any emotional problem as we do. For puppies or kittens who are taken away from their mum. Pink offers nurturing and comfort. Classical music lifts the heart and lowers blood pressure. It can relax stressed animals and would be very calming if played for dogs who are suffering from separation anxiety, whilst the owner is at work.

I suppose the reason for writing this blog is that I had a heart operation a few weeks ago and it got me thinking about my own life's trauma's. Having had an abusive first marraige and losing two members of my family to suicide. It makes perfect sense that my heart would be the part of me to have the most problems. Vibrational medicine has certainly helped me to put the past behind me. I have been able to let go of the grief and heart ache and now use my experience to help others. I have lots of empathy and understanding, as my students would happily tell you. Life is for living and being, I don't dwell on the past or see my self as a victim anymore. I Now look forward to the future with optimism and hope:-))

Finding quietness in a chaotic world

02/19/2012 12:59:00

As an Animal Holistic Guru, volunteering at Remus Horse Sanctuary in my spare time, Reiki teacher, working mother, wife, owner of two Springer Spaniels. Finding quietness can be impossible.

During the week I work in a very busy Pharmacy and spend my whole day focused on the task at hand making sure I get it right 100% of the time. No time to day dream or to think about what I will be having for dinner. I arrive home each evening, with sore feet, throbbing head. Opening my front door my two Springer Spaniels greet me with such joy and enthusiasm, jumping up and down with excitement, waiting for their walk. I am deafened by the noise of the TV. My husbands love affair of Liverpool Football team has meant evenings spent listening to the Liverpool TV channel, which plays a never ending loop. After walking the dogs, I then sit down and answer my e mails for about an hour and then chat with my son and husband about their day. This kind of day is repeated in my life most days and I am sure it happens in lots of houses all over the world. Finding silence, tranquility, serenity for me is very difficult and if I should wait for those moments, I would be waiting a very, very long time. Even as I write this, the TV is on in the back ground, shouting out the football results.

My meditations have been snatched in the early mornings and very late evening and occasionally when I am out walking with my dogs. They are special moments and always cherished.

It was Frans Steine of the International House of Reiki who said to me, that silence can be found in the noisiest of places. Actually finding silence in the chaos can be the most profound experience, as you are able to find that tranquility deep within yourself.

Having a week off at home with my family, I eagerly waited for a Reiki Relaxation CD, by Bronwen Steine of the International House of Reiki to arrive from the USA. It came in the post and plopped onto the floor, I ran down stairs in my PJ's. My son was asleep, my husband was reading the paper and my dogs lay at the end of my bed. A rare opportunity had arisen and I was going to take it. I lay on the bed, lit a candle and popped the CD into the player. Bronwen's beautiful voice swirled around me and I drifted into a deep relaxation. Unfortunately, almost at the same time, my phone started to ring, my dogs started barking to the ringing phone. My husband started shouting at me to hurry up and to answer the phone and my dear son turned the TV on. There was a remarkable thing that happened. Within this chaos, was the deepest silence I have ever had, a place of peacefulness, calmness and I was positively sedated.

Finding quietness in a chaotic world can be so amazing and has taught me that I can meditate at any time I want now. I can highly recommend the CD by Bronwen Steine and have given it 10 out of 10. If I can find silence, I certainly know that everyone else will definitely be able to.

Reiki Relaxation Guided Healing Meditations by Bronwen Steine. Available from Amazon and the International House of Reiki website

The positive side of not being well

10/24/2011 15:03:00

Who would have thought that I would have time to write a blog about being ill? Not being well does have some positives as it forces me

to stay in bed, when I would normally be rushing around. It has allowed me to stay in my PJ's which on some levels may seem strange to some people but to me it is bliss. I love being at home snuggled in my bed with my dogs, watching movies which usually I would normally feel are too indulgent. Using Facebook to talk about X Factor has been a real plus.

I have managed to catch up on my emails, write a 1500 word blog, booked a Spa day for my best friends birthday and also found out what the I Cloud is when even the man in the Apple shop could not explain it to me. I am all of a sudden all knowing in all things that are apple related. I can work on a document on my I phone, it transports it's self to the 'cloud' then I just switch on my laptop and hey presto it is there to add anything extra to. I have spoken to my friends and family catching up on their lives. What I am most impressed is that I have been able to do this all from my snuggly bed. I have coughed and spluttered and have lost my voice but have had a steely determination to function in the best way I can with my Laptop closely by my side. (which if any of you are wondering is pink and girly) I have texted, tweeted, Poked, updated, emailed, blogged, snotty tissues in hand, cough mixture by side and paracetamol in abundance.

OK? Why am I so positive? WellI see this whole episode as a Reiki Clearing, although not nice it has come to help me take stock, sit back and just 'be'. I was So lucky to have attended the International House of Reiki Shinpiden Workshop in the beautiful Cotswolds at the beginning of this month. The whole experience was something I will never ever forget. Spending 4 days completely immersed in Reiki. Meditating, listening practising the beautiful Japanese techniques. Being taught the Reiju and Attunements and the Precepts and understanding what it all means at it's purest level was so powerful. Practising these techniques on a daily basis, I feel is my body's way of working through it's physical, emotional issues. As it usually happens for me, I am ill on my work off but pleased I will be fit enough to return to work next week.

Surfacing this morning from my bed, making it to the kitchen where my husband had made me tea and chocolate toast. My hair sticking up and chocolate spread around my face; my husband said ' Yep! Only I could love you' Made me smile, first one for a while but it felt good.

Name Change to my Website

09/23/2011 12:42:00

Due to another 'Animal Healer' threatening to take me to court over the name of my website Animal Magic, I have had to change the name of my website to Hoof and Paw. Well until someone else trys to take me to court! I cannot afford to buy the name but felt that as my logo had Hoof and Paw it was a good time to change and not wanting to go to court helped too. Is everything about money? Surely not! Does simple kindness not exist anymore? I feel tired and very down trodden by the whole experience. If I had the 'ego' and could be bothered to find out, I am sure that the rights to Animal Magic are owned by the BBC!!

Out of this bad experience came something wonderful. I have had such support from my friends and family. They know the sort of person I am and feel so angry on my behalf. It has been so amazing to recieve such positive lovely words and actions. If I am honest this means more to me that anything.

I will keep plodding on with my passion to help animals, I know I have a kind heart and know the animals see this too. Karma has a way of putting everything in it's place, so in time all things will be seen.

I am so lucky to be part of the Holistic team at Remus Horse Sanctuary to help the Rescue animals who need it. I volunteer with some other amazing healers too who I am training (for free! - I know how can that be?) to help them be the best possibe Reiki animal Practitioners they can be, so they can they make a massive difference to the animals and themselves. This is what makes the difference and not a name of a website...Yes it is I who am blessed and grateful every single day<3

A Course in Aromatherapy oils and life

07/22/2011 13:59:00

I have just come back from a magical week in the Cotswolds, where I was able to complete my Continual Professional Development as part of being a qualified Animal PsychAromatica Practitioner. Yes! I qualified in April.... Yay! It is a qualification that I am very proud of, due to the hard work and length of time it took me. It has been a course which has been a journey about aromatherapy oils but it has also been a journey of discovery about myself. I am not the same nervous person who started on this course, I am now someone who is more confident and self assured.

CPD always sounds so boring and as a Senior Pharmacy Technician I have to say that it is but re-visiting my Animal Aromatherapy Course was a whole different matter.

I arrived at the same location I had been at two years before; Withybed Farm, which I have to say was in the middle of the deepest part of the Cotswolds, the sun was shining, and the energy of the farm was pure and loving, it brought back every happy memory that I had from my last visit, of which there were many.

I met up with Nayana, my wonderful tutor and Pauhla her assistant and spent the next week immersed in aromatherapy oils. The first time I had attended this course I had been very un-confident in my abilities. This time I was different, I had grown as a person as well as in knowledge over my two years of studying Animal PsychAromatica.This course had been a journey of the animals teaching me to be the best I can be and also having a tutor who truly believed in me. Courses are to gain knowledge but this course was for my soul too.

Being a returning student, it allowed me to sit back, enjoy, not worry, concentrating on issues that I needed further clearer guidance. Most of all I just loved arriving at class each day and smelling the beautiful aroma's that filled the room. It was such fun, listening to Nayana and being surrounded by animals and other students. I was also very fortunate to be there when Nayana Received the first printed copies of her first book, direct from the printers. It was so exciting, we had our very own book launch where we all purchased our very own signed copy. The book is amazing and is so beautifully written. I would recommend it for any budding aromatherapist who loves animals. I feel very blessed to have been there at this very important time in Nayana's life

Offering the oils to the animals, I was able to see in great depth and understand the subtle response's of what the animal was trying to say to me. I loved Nayana's connection to the animals and the way her energy was very calming and grounding, to a point of almost being hypnotic. I learnt so much about myself as I watched her interact with the animals, letting them guide her as both their energies connected.

When the final part of the workshop came, I realised that something very spiritual had happened over that week. My energy had shifted yet again, where I was able to leave behind in the beautiful Cotswolds a part of me which had been holding me back. I am ready to be the person I was meant to be and I am LOVING it.

Nayana Morag

For more information on how to be an Animal PsychAromatica Practitioner contact Nayana on www.essentialanimals.com

Healing my parents with Bach Flowers

06/17/2011 18:37:00

I have recently come back from a visit to my parents, who live in Ireland on a cliff near a beach, yes literally! It is a beautiful place with the most wonderful views. It gave me time to think and to reflect on my life, my future and my past. It was the first time I had visited my parents without my husband and boys, as my youngest had just turned 16, I felt I was able to leave my family to fend for themselves.

I am very blessed to have both of my parents still living. My father is 89 and my mother is 87, they are such an inspiration to not only myself but to other people who meet them. They live independently having my sisters visit them each day to see what they need. It is the perfect situation as they are supported by their family, yet are living the life that they want.

Arriving at their home,they welcomed me with open arms and I secretly felt so happy that I would have them to myself for the week. I could care for them and help in anyway I could, doing whatever they wanted me to do. We had a lovely routine, where I would cook them their dinner and at 4pm we would watch Mid-Summer murders, it was just perfect, I LOVED it. Over the week, listening and watching, I could just see how much they still loved each other and how attentive they were to each others needs. It was just so special, as the week passed I did notice that my father was rather obsessed with his ailments, which for his age are very few. It was not just that, it was also that he would be very demanding, which included waking my mum up in the middle of the night to discuss his problems. He would fall back to sleep and my mum would then lie awake for the rest of the night. She looked really tired and I felt she was shattered.

I obviously wanted to be able to leave them knowing that I had helped in anyway I could. I sensed that my father had so much time, he had began to worry and obsess about his health. At 89 he had lots of time to think and to reflect on each passing day. I decided to leave them with some Bach Flower remedies, which I have to say they were very open to.

I chose Mimulus to help my father not worry so much about what was wrong with him. Crab Apple for his obsessive behaviour and White Chestnut to quieten his mind, in the hope that he would sleep better and would not wake my mum up each night. I purchased the three bottles and asked my mum to put two drops of each in the jug of filtered water that my father drank from each day, it was that simple. Each time my father drank from the jug he got a dose of his remedy, it was easy for my mum to do as it did not involve anything complicated.

The beauty of the Bach Flowers is that they work really well with elderly people. They do not interact with medication, they do not cause drowsiness and they have no side effects. My father was transformed within a few days, he is noticably calmer, he has never mentioned his ailments since and he has not woken up during the night. The most rewarding thing for me is that my mum has been able to sleep through the whole night and is now less tired.

I really admire my parents for always being open and supporting me in everything I have done in my life. They are pround of me and actually let me practice my holistic stuff on them! They are still very much head of the family which considering their age, I think is amazing. I will be back again in August to give them Reiki and Crystal healing and best of all to listen to the beautiful stories they have to tell.

Something deeper than we understand!

05/08/2011 13:36:00

As an Animal Reiki healer, I cannot claim to have any special gifts, incites or profesies about the beautiful animals that I work with. Although in my honesty I do get a little bit wishful that I was gifted with more but isn't that the human reaction to many things in life? When you follow the Reiki path, you begin to learn a lot about yourself and grow to understand the person you really are.

My gift is 'healing' which I have to say is a VERY important gift, even though at times I have felt like a bit of a Psychic Potato. I have always been honest in my experiences and through my Reiki journey I have learnt to 'just' be, to let the animals take what ever Reiki they need, make no judgments and most importantly have no ego.

I always have amazing experiences, when I offer Reiki to the animals but something happened to me yesterday, which was so amazing that I felt I just had to 'Blog' about it. Whilst at Remus, with my friend Alison we offered Reiki to the Ruby, Star, Tango and Peggy who are horses with Laminitis, Laddie and Bella who are the donkey's who have lost a lot of their trust in the human race, due to abuse and then to Jack the goat who had recently lost his mate Aries. He is a goat who stays well clear of human contact.

All of the other animals let us into their space to either offer Reiki from a distance or to offer Reiki hands on. Jack stayed in the furthest part of the field. The sun was shining and we both sat on the grass, connected to Mother Earth offering Reiki to the animals in the surrounding fields. I have to say I felt deeply calm and very connected to nature. We sat there for about 20 minutes, which to passers by may have looked like we were sun bathing! Something told me to bring the the oil 'Violet Leaf' which comforts the heart, I only just decided to carry it with me before entering the field. We finished our Reiki and moved away to enter another field, which was at this point Jack came over to me. He let me touch him and tried to lick my hand, it was then that I offered him 'Violet leaf' mixed in sunflower oil. He licked it with great gusto out of my hand and when he had enough he moved on...... AMAZING!!

Somehow he had known that I had something that he needed, which would help heal his broken heart. I had not communicated anything to him but somehow Jack had known that I was able to help him. Jack had a deeper understanding of the whole situation, so much more than me!

Symbolism of a butterfly

04/15/2011 08:51:00

It's very early in the morning as I write this blog but I have had many things on my mind. Tossing and turning, in my bed last night, I have been trying to make sense of a couple of things. My sleep being interrupted by so many thoughts, I felt that by writing it down it may help me to understand.

How can God allow a baby to be born into this world, who then endures great suffering? What lessons can we learn from this and what is the point? How then can God justify a beautiful baby being put through all of trials and tribulations of first searching for a solution and then being told there is no solution to end to end their suffering?

I believe that we come into this world to learn lessons, we are faced with many obstacles and difficulties that at the time seem terrible. With reflection we often feel they have made us stronger or given us a greater understanding or empathy to the situation. Maybe it has helped us to help other people or maybe it has put us on the right spiritual path. The lessons at the time can feel painful and some have more than others to learn but there is a reason.

What lessons can a baby learn? See this is what puzzles me, if God is all loving why would be put a beautiful baby on this earth to suffer? Again what would be the point? It was my good friend who said to me " We are born to experience and suffering can be part of that experience" It then came to me that maybe it is they who are here to teach us, to show us what true courage and humility truly is.

My Niece's beautiful baby was buried yesterday, he was just over a year old. He was born with 10% brain and had spent the last year fighting the odds beyond anyones expectations. His love for his parents, I feel kept him on this earthly plane. They were told in January that there was nothing more that could be done for him, yet he showed great tenacity to say "Hey I am not ready to go yet" He brought them so much joy and happiness, even though their path was so difficult and hard. Watching their beautiful baby die when he clearly did not want to let go, is I am sure more than anyone could comprehend.

So what of the butterfly you may ask? With a church filled with 100's of people at the funeral, a beautiful butterfly flew gracefully into the church and landed on the small white coffin. It stayed for a while and then fluttered above the congregation, then flew back and sat on the coffin. I truly believe that this was a symbol of the spirit/soul being free. There are so many stories on the internet of butterflies turning up after a death, bringing hope to those who are grieving. Butterflies are beautiful and spiritual appearing to dance upon the flowers. They are symbols of change and joy, even when there is great saddness.

RIP Baby Kevin 13/04/2011

Dowsing for Tree Aura's

03/20/2011 13:13:00

I attended a dowsing course yesterday and one of the most enjoyable part of the day was to dowse for a tree's aura. It was such a simple thing to do, yet was so powerful in the way it made me feel.

Find a tree that you feel connected to, say hello and explain that you will not hurt it. Using dowsing rods, starting at the tree trunk walk forward and measure it's aura. Usually it has expanded to just below it's branch's. The tree is not quite yet able to open up to you, it still feels very protective. Again go back to the tree trunk and this time talk to the tree, hug the tree, stroke the tree, love the tree. Let your feelings expand out to the tree, spending time to show how much you care for the tree. This time again walk out from the tree trunk and measure it's aura. You will be so pleasantly surprised at how the aura now expands beyond it's branch's out into the field afar. I felt so connected to nature, it was such a simple way of showing how all of our actions, whether harsh words or actions, love and happiness, truly have an impact on the world we live in.