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 As a remedy it can be used for after effects of shock, it can also be used for people who are numbed and withdrawn with a sense of loss or grief.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.'
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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 46/365 I have been sitting with this all mantra all day today. The sun shone, it was cold, but I sat on the bench immersed in a chink of sunlight, catching it just moving slowly behind the tree. In this sad situation I find myself in on this 46th day of the year, I sit down to let my tears flow into the water, colour and flower. I didn't know what would appear. Yet I knew I wanted PINK. Carmine is this watercolour ink by Winsor Newton - I am at the bottom of the bottle and had to add more water to the colour - it still held a beautiful pigment. This pink is where I can fall into. It is the contrast. Somehow I dig deep to find some more strength to see me through. The things that keep me going right now:-
Love x 'Art with Heart - Calm your Mind, Soothe your Soul.'
Dearest She I have been writing to you since you passed, picking up a pen to write is my go-to because I know we shared a love of writing and the written word. I feel close to you when I'm writing you letters. Are you near? I hope and pray that you're now running, skipping and dancing free, just like the 7 year old ballerina in the DVD from 1942. I am so very heart broken that you're no longer here physically - devastated - I know how tired your physical body was and it just couldn't go on. I was singing the other day to Edelweiss on the radio, we loved singing together and especially those harmonies as we did the washing up.. I want to curl up and hide away but right now I'm needed here, I'm tired and need to rest. It's Poetry Group tonight, the title you all chose back in August is still Somewhere Else, it seems so fitting now. We are all reconnecting around your table, to honour you. I had planned to join the poetry clan anyway when I returned, now I'm sitting in your chair. I hope I'll be okay. I have found the beginning of your poem that you began in August, after the last session. Who knew you wouldn't be there, things took a turn for the worst and here we are, without you. I have also written my poem. I do hope you are listening. I bought biscuits. Somewhere Else S uddenly living in a new place O n a bed of emotions and grief M issing the very woman I returned to love E ntering a twilight world W atching the world go by H ankering after missed opportunities E scaping when I can, not R eassuring my heart E verything will be okay E verything will settle L eaning in, to acceptance S urrendering to what is E volving into someone somewhere else Julia Harvey October 2019 and now for yours. Somewhere Else Where is somewhere else In your mind, in your soul In your hopes, in your dreams In your thought, in your days Mind going back to your childhood When your worries were inside Sheila Dolowitch August 2019. Post Poetry GroupDear She
It was a lovely night, everyone was so kind and pleased to be back, celebrating you. We talked of you and they shared their stories. Stories are everything. Memories are what I crave. They shared their own poems, of Somewhere Else, and also Poems written about you. How wonderful these words were, you would have been so humbled, tears would have fallen, just as they did for me. I hope you know you are and were, incredibly loved by all people you came into contact. I hope you hear. Love your Jules x |