Mental Health Mantra 56/365 I had an energising morning on the first day of the Level 1 Bach Flower Remedies course. Revisiting flowers, it seems that I brought in the flower course during February as I immersed myself in painting flowers, which got me thinking about the Law of Vibration and Frequency. I learnt some interesting things about Dr Edward Bach this morning, and want to study more about this very exceptional man of the early 20th century, up against the rise of the pharmaceuticals. So now to the flower mantra for today. I decided to paint Mimulus. I do not profess to being a botanical artist and I need to study this much more - I'm not that precise. Yet it felt lovely to focus on this bonny yellow flower and explore the emotional connection. The purpose of the flower remedies is to support our own dis-ease. Dr Bach felt that our emotions impeded our physical healing and vice versa. The main premise is that they can be used in preventative ways for many of us and Mimulus is a great example because this flower remedy helps to transform any negative emotion into a positive one, stimulating self healing. However we don't have to be physically ill to benefit. Mimulus can very much assist us at this moment in time. A fear of known things, of known causes, such as illness, death, a loss of job, friends, pain etc..... It counterbalances these fears by providing courage. I do love that with such a simple and gentle flower remedy we can be more aware of our own feelings and emotions, it encourages us to be reflective and contemplate what is going on in our own lives and the lives of our families and communities, including our pets and natural environment. I am looking forward to learning more and exploring the 38 Bach Flower Remedies. If any of this resonates with you, Mimulus may be calling you. Keep connecting to your intuition Star Seeds : ) Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
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Mental Health Mantra 55/365 Tomorrow I start Level 1 in Bach Flower Remedies - I have learnt so much about these remedies since the 90s when I was first introduced to them and began taking rescue remedy and others, whilst navigating and healing from M.E / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. As if by magic, this course dropped into my inbox, it is almost like I have magically drawn it in - 25 flowers later. For those who may not have heard of Bach Flower Remedies, they're named after Dr Edward Bach who discovered 28 remedies, each for a specific emotional and mental state plus a combination one of 5 remedies, which is designed for difficult and demanding situations, this he called Rescue Remedy. 37 of the 38 are based on single wild flowers and tree blossoms - the exception is Rock Water, which is made of the water from a natural spring with healing properties. I'll talk more about it but for now, this flower mantra is the Star of Bethlehem. As a remedy it can be used for after effects of shock, it can also be used for people who are numbed and withdrawn with a sense of loss or grief. Dr Bach described this remedy as 'the comforter and soother of pains and sorrows.' This helped me today with the mental health mantra - I feel comforted and soothed. It is like giving yourself a big hug - taking this remedy and repeating this mantra to yourself or writing it out 25 times. Keep shining starseeds. Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 53/365 I am pleased as punch that I am on Day 53. Now, I wake up and after making a cuppa, I settle at my studio table, it's waiting for me. In the quiet start of the day, I fill up fresh water in my two glasses. The solitude guides me ... what flower today? I then remember the photograph of the small pansies I took round the corner starting to show through the earth. It feels fitting that they are the flowers today for this flower mantra because.... Later on....my friend Melody Salad who has been right there by my side this past year, I am so grateful to be surrounded by friendships in my 100 acre wood, those that virtually sit round my table to eat cake and drink tea. Think of Winnie the Pooh and all his table mates - it's pretty much that. They are far flung and spread all over this earth. We chatted today about entering a new phase of moving, bringing this 18 month circle to a close. Melody Salad, like a gentle reminder calmly says to me: "Choose the path of least resistance Julia" She was spot on. I choose the path of least resistance. It felt so fitting to be paired with the pansies as they choose the path of least resistance to emerge into spring. A great mantra to keep close to my heart today (and tomorrow) as I navigate this ship. Maybe you too? Keep shining star seeds, know your intuitive thoughts are always there. Love x PS Thank you Melody Salad x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 51/365 It knows. It always knows. It's just we drown it out. I knew something wasn't right and my gut instinct was trying to let me know. My gut tells me and I will trust that gut. I knew something wasn't quite right. She was trying to tell me something. I sensed it. But others don't hear what I say, and think that perhaps, I am being highly sensitive. Yes that's right. I knew she was communicating to me that something needed to be explored. Today I got confirmation that my gut instinct knows. Listen / and act on your gut instinct. Keep listening sunbeams. Your gut instinct knows. Let go of all that is clouding it out. Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 50/365 I moved through this day in a complete haze - incredibly tired. Last night was such a long night and it felt like it went on for hours upon hours. I somehow managed to drop myself right in front of my studio table to start something, everything felt awful and yuk. Nothing seemed to flow, nothing was feeling like it was helping me. I decided to stop thinking about what I was doing and just immerse me, myself and my tiredness into the colours I chose. I started with yellow circles, and then added some green foliage. That seems to take enough of my attention and I could feel my heart rate falling. My nervous system was coming back to balance. I let it dry and returned, seeing different aspects and wanting to play with this lovely ultramarine blue. It felt cooling and soothing to me. The layers were drying and the background was hinting at what was underneath. I put it to one side and played on other blank pieces of paper, creating flower shapes, just generally enjoying the process of water, colour and paint brush. As this was dry, I picked it up and began to insert black ink, colouring in the leaves of my little daisy like flowers. The mantra appeared for me "Look Beyond". It really is never what it first appears. It reminds me to not judge the first thing I hear, see, taste, touch, smell. It reminds me to 'look beyond' for there is always a message hidden behind the front one. Reading behind the lines is another way of putting it. Keep trusting, keep shining. Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 49/365 This particular mantra has appeared in my life, many times, when I felt stuck. Today suddenly these words appeared. I find that as a mantra appears, I will get to know it in more details, I'll start by writing it out 25 times in my mantra journal, I'll repeat it in meditation, sometimes I will write out the words and colour them in. This colouring meditation can help to soothe what is currently challenging. Today whilst dealing with a specific situation that was making me apprehensive about the outcome, and worrying. I found myself sat at my studio table, using colour and water, making these circles above, watching the water and colour merge, it was very relaxing. After letting it dry thoroughly, I returned to the desk to find a wonderful sample of circles, just calling out for flowers and petals. Here's the bit I also enjoy, taking the black uni-pen and marking out, adding in white, coloured gel pens, it was methodical and calming, again I keep using the word, hypnotic. Trance-like. It is here as a reminder - This too shall pass. Every moment passes into the next moment. Whatever I am feeling in this moment, passes. A reminder to release. The situations are still there, the worry and the apprehension Yet this is a tool for moving it through me. Keep shining star seeds. Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 48/365 Tune in to Tune out.... ..... something I have done for a long, long, while. Turning everything off, stepping away from the external noise. Tuning in, going inside. Turning off what's creating too much static, that keep the radio waves clogged. In the tuning out, I began tune in. Now I know that I can Tune In, which in turn, Tunes out that which doesn't support me. It's a great Mantra to remember. Tune in to Tune out..... .....sometimes though we have to Tune out to Tune in. Either way, it's a great one for repetition today/ and the next and the next! These flowers are really meditative and hypnotic - I am really loving the process of sitting down and getting into the magic of Colour, Water and Brush. The flowing ink here is mesmerising. I may keep repeating myself, but that's what a journal is all about. To go back and check what is being repeated because these are the soul messages. Keep shining sunshine, connect to your gut instinct. Love x Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 47/365 I stumbled across this you tube channel of Samaneri Jayasara who is a Buddhist Nun. Listening to her channel soothes me and gives my meditation practices a sense of stillness. This particular video is her speaking selected verses and poems of Sufi Poet, Rumi. If you want to take some time out 32 minutes of time, plug in headphones, lie back, or sit straight and fall into this. Today this is what I needed. The crocuses for this flower mantra today remind me that what I seek is seeking me. Keep shining starseeds Love x Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 45/365 When I was first attuned to Reiki in 2001, it confirmed something to me that I had known from a child and later as a young woman, navigating ill health with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / ME >>>>> >>>>>> we are all connected, interwoven by energy. I travelled through the attunements, becoming a Reiki Master in 2006. It made complete sense to me that we were interconnected .... I could sense it when I interacted with other sentient beings. It is to Reiki I turn, every time. It is a tool that I have at my own disposal, I don't have to ask anyone. I always felt that if everyone was attuned to levels 1 and 2, then as a self healing tool I truly sensed that it could be a way for individuals to take back the reigns and calm their own nervous systems. I am navigating yet another very distressing time, it is when I lay my own hands on my body, chant the symbols to calm, soothe, and balance my nervous system. I then send this love and healing out to you and the whole planet earth. Imagine if every human being all did that? Keep shining starseeds. Follow your intuition. Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 44/365 There is so much happening right now. All I can do is grab snapshot of time to immerse myself in flower, colour, water and brush. These are 'whatever comes forward flowers' they are helping me navigate this time. Sleep is still what is needed. And a bunch of daffodils Also to stand back and observe, from the eagle eye's point of view. Trust my instinct and intuition. Know that everyone does what they need to do. Keep shining starseeds. Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 43/365 It has been a day and a half and my emotional tank is dry. The heating didn’t come on first thing so I had to navigate no heat and organise engineer, hot water, temporary heaters. It was 0 degrees here, very cold for Liverpool! Up since 3am with Luna who was really poorly with sickness and she is my baba and communicates it all with me. Ended up at the vets in the afternoon for check over. Some how, with many layers on I managed to sit down and complete this flower mantra for day 43 of 365. It is an interesting thing that I will ponder upon because it wasn’t early in the day like usual but when I could grab half an hour. Still, having done 42 images so far, it was so important to somehow grab some time to do it. I am going to take this mantra today and sing my way under the duvet *think of all you need is love* and hopefully I'll drift off listening to high frequency music. Sleep renews and reboots Love 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 42/365 If there's one thing that I try to do it is take one step at a time and not pro-ject into the future. It's a daily thing, I have to remind myself and reel myself back in, if I feel that I'm doing 'down that road.' ((picture a fishing line reeling back in, that's me.)) There are things coming up in the next few months that tempt me to fall into old ways of worrying about outcomes, worrying about the possibilities, I have to really tune out to tune in, it's like learning scales on a piano. Because, my job .... is to focus upon staying steady.... taking one step at a time one room at a time one cupboard at a time one item at a time one box at a time one form at a time one phone call at a time one email at a time one decision at a time Remembering to Stay Steady and remind myself of this mantra helps me - brings me back into that present moment. I am a work in progress, evolving and moving, shifting and changing, getting clear and becoming focused, H E A L I N G. Keep shining sunbeams, and remember your own intuition knows. Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 41/365 It is now becoming a practice to sit and play with colour and water first thing, soon after I wake early, after sorting the dogs and making tea for both of us, I head to my studio table, filling two new glasses full of water and sit down. There is something methodical and ritualistic about this - it helps my day. Today it was a bunch of flowers. I took inspiration from my A2 vision book, I check over there and see what is resonating. Through these 10 days of focusing on flowers, I have been thinking alot about the vibe flowers have. Each flower has a distinct energy of its own .... it has got me revisiting Bach Flower Remedies, something I was introduced to 32 years ago as I was navigating ill health and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Turning to the flower remedies can support our emotions - I have always tapped into them, you may be familiar with Bach Flower Rescue Remedy, made up of 6 flowers that can be used in emergency situations to calm nervous/ anxious times and in 'emergencies.' I really adore how they work and as I painted, I pondered. Since I began painting flowers on 1st February, a Bach Flower Level 1 course literally dropped into my inbox unexpectedly with an old mentor, I begin on Feb 25th. Really excited to learn more about how flower remedies can help soothe emotional systems. It works in tandem with our nervous system. I was going to call this Mental Health Mantra ..... Flowers Rock. Well, because they do. Who doesn't feel cheered by seeing flowers and we need cheering these days. Tune into the Flower Vibe and my very lovely friend Carolyn Flower is testimony to the gorgeous Power of Flowers. Happy New Moon Peeps, keep shining and raising your frequency. Stay centred and grounded, stand in your truth. Love x If you're interested in flower remedies, check out the Bach Flower Centre 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.' PIP (painting in progress).Mental Health Mantra 39/365 Trust. One short word with 5 letters. With a very big meaning. The practice for me to Trust. Trust. Keep trusting and keep shining your wonderful light and connecting to your intuitive intelligence. 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 38/365 Crying is OK. This kept coming up for me this week, there have been lots of tears and letting go. My Dad has been tested positive for Covid and is now on his 6th day of isolation in his room - extremely hard for an elderly person who has vascular dementia and doesn't quite understand why they can't sit with their friends. Today he's very sleepy and lethargic. I hope his immune system is forming a response - he is a tough cookie. Crying is OK. It's okay to cry and sob for people who have passed. The wave hits, it's okay to let the sob move through you. I sat and watched a memorial service last night of a wonderful woman in our community who suddenly and devastatingly passed away aged 63 a week ago, leaving her husband, 7 children and 17 grandchildren. She was a humorous and kind hearted soul, her community meant the world to her, as did all her family. I knew her via one of my oldest school friends and the family connection. The service was incredibly moving, with speeches given by her children and brothers. I sobbed my way through it. Feeling the feelings of loss and letting it move through me. Loss and what that means to me, with losing my Mum and all that's happening in the country and the world. Crying is Ok. Crying is energy in motion - why it's called e-motion. Today's Mental Health Mantra is a reminder that it's ok to cry. What I know as a holistic counsellor and spiritual life coach, if it feels more support is needed, reaching out and seeking help is a strength, releasing and talking about what's behind the tears is crucial so that these tears and sadness don't remain in the body where it generates stagnated energy and can cause dis-ease and inflammation. We can cry and be strong all at the same time. 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 35/365 I sold my Mum and Dad’s car yesterday. I was really happy to sell it to a Care Home Manager. Relieved to see it go to a good home mixed with tearful to see it go. The sale had been speedy. Not much time for lingering thoughts. Later in the day, I stepped into colour and water, I could feel the feelings of it all, the memories of them buying the car, the joy of it being automatic, easy to manoeuvre and get in and out of with disabilities. As I stared at the blank space, nothing seemed to be happening but I just sat and let that happen. I knew it was shades of blue I wanted to be immersed in et voila .... immersed in petals. The Affirmantra message coming through was Connect the Petals - a bit like connect the dots. I learnt a lot from selling the car, looking back I can connect the petals of how I got to that point. Sorry if that’s cryptic. In painting the petals, methodically in repetition, I found my heart rate soothe, my emotions calm, my mind became still - I fell into this wave like practice that was hypnotic. Sometimes we just need to Connect the Petals, Petal. 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 32/365 And so here we go, moving in to February with the first Mental Health Mantra. I wanted to let go this month for the next 28 days to step away from line drawing, to relax my hands and get into flow with the colour of water and the colour of paint. It is time to reconnect with Watercolours. I probably left it too late to sit down to this, as well as write a journal post here, but it felt lovely nonetheless. I used the inspiration of the roses my husband bought me at the weekend, they have opened up beautifully. I felt I wanted to keep loose and abstract and step into the feeling of what it would be like to immerse myself in the rose petals - dreamy~like. I picked up a white pen and very loosely went in. I am leaving this month open, I don't know what these are going to look like. I may focus on specific colours, flowers, leaves, abstract. I have no clear plan, I am going to be led by the movement of water, colour and the moment. Intuition is a subtle whisper. I saw this written quite a while ago, I can't recall where, I wrote it down in my journal of mantras. It felt beautiful for today because the whisper is there, yet often it is drowned out. We have to do our best to turn stuff off, so that we can hear the whisper of our soul quietly calling. I am going to feel my way through this month and stay in my truth. Keep shining starseeds and trust that intuitive intelligence. 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 31/365 I am pleased as punch that I made it through writing a journal entry every day in January. I can now subtract 31 from 365 = 334. Doing these have got me into a little flow-like pattern, which has helped me this month to navigate my husband's radioactive iodine ablation treatment.
This mantra came through in my morning meditation: You are stronger than you realise. In fact, it came through as I am stronger than I realise, but when I came to complete this, I knew it had to be YOU. Because you are stronger than you realise. There's an inner golden thread that keeps us upright, not falling in a heap on the ground, despite what is thrown out in our path. You are that strong. Feel it, say it, believe it. Tomorrow being the 1st of February, I am going to create 28 Flower Mantras for 365 Mental Health Mantras. I'm changing up the medium so will connect with watercolour, inks and dipping pen. Let the Mantras begin! PS f you're so called, let me know what affirmations/mantras are helping in the comments below. Take care sunshine, keep vibing and connect to your intuitive intelligence. 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Mental Health Mantra 29/365 This is where I am focusing right now. I trust my intuition and my intuitive intelligence. I know what feels wrong and what feels right. There is still so much more to do and my friend, in a text, sent me this. Be here and now as much as you can. It felt very apt for this to be the Mental Health Mantra for 29th of January. We have work to do, Lightworkers. Keep shining and connecting. "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
Mental Health Mantra 25/365 If there's one thing that has been the deepest learning curve these past 18 months, it is to stay in the moment, or as I heard today 'Take care of your current day.' I have to keep pulling my mind back in from the overwhelm of what is still to come... in the next 6 months. It can lead me down the garden path of pure apprehension and I have to just stick with what I have in this current moment. When I heard this, it resonated with me as my mental health mantra for today. Just take care of your current day. What is in this now moment. Be there. It's a daily challenge to keep a check on mindset and mind chatter. This is where transformation occurs, it is however, a daily practice. How can you take care of your current day? Keep shining :) "Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul."
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