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December 08, 2004
Flower essences & salt glows
I missed the first hour of class this morning. Doh! Shannon came by and knocked on my door. Luckily, I didn't miss any material, but I did miss hearing Amy speak about our list of issues and solution ideas. Next time.
We did the neck and shoulder sequence today... I didn't have a very easy time of it. Grr, Swedish!
Afterward, we held a circle in order to create a Flower Essence spritz to use in the room. We spoke our intentions, and then Amy divined the Essences to use. Jana provided a very nice cobalt blue spritz bottle.
Into the bottle went Wild Rose (apathy), Aspen (over-worry), Cherry Plum (high stress), Gentian (discouragement), and Impatiens (argumentative/rushed). Two fear flowers, a depression flower, an anger flower, and a rigidity flower. Nice mix, eh?
We passed it around the circle and spritzed ourselves, then I spritzed the room.
During lunch I got new Essences for myself: Chestnut Bud (stuckness), Holly (cultivating unconditional love and compassion), Mustard (depression that comes and goes), Walnut (transitions), Wild Oat (putting my talents to use), and White Chestnut (getting to sleep).
Hydrotherapy rocked, as usual. First we did full body salt glows. I had never had one before; it was both invigorating and yet strangely relaxing. And then I traipsed on down to the sauna area in my little white CK briefs. So I'm standing there in the warm water, showering naked outside in the cold rain, looking out over the mountains and trees; I see a deer bounding up a hill, and I touch joy.
Then I run back to class wet and cold in my towel. :)
Afterward, we did castor oil packs, only for 20 minutes or so. To be effective, they are applied for 1 to 8 hours!
Dinner was African! And it was awesome: groundnut soup, cous cous, a yummy sauce.
Afterward was Cupping Review. Only three of us showed up, but a very enthusiastic volunteer "table angel" (as some call them) really made it worth it. I did re-learn some things I had forgotten, and finally got my cups applied successfully. I also got to receive, so hopefully that helps my cough/cold thing that's still hanging on (running around wet and naked probably doesn't help, though).
Posted by Josh A. at December 8, 2004 10:22 PM