Are There Simple Ways to Heal Complex Issues ?... Asparagus Every Day! Hope for Cancer Patients

ASPARAGUS & CANCER

There is much talk today about the importance of vegetables in our diet. People groan at the thought of 5 or more servings a day. But what if you could have the vegetables you really like, like asparagus??

This article was recently sent to me. And as an herbalist who deals with cancer patients, among many other conditions of the modern day world, I was delighted to find this hopeful report. There are many wonderful healing herbs that I use to assist people on their journeys. I always encourage a healthy diet full of veggies as part of the healing process as well.

Being able to tell people about this information on asparagus brings hope, which in itself, is healing. It is easy to recommend something as delicious as asparagus. Perhaps it is partly the glutathione or the protein histones, but it is likely the whole yummy vegetable, created perfectly as it is. And it isn't regulated by any agency, just a simple delicious vegetable! Perhaps it can help someone you love find health. Oh, and it is said to be good for kidney stones. I bet we will find many other health benefits along the way. Here's to health! I'm off to have asparagus with my dinner!

Upcoming Herbal Classes in NH: Open Up to the Natural World

Hello Folks,

May is an exciting month for herbs and learning opportunities!


I'll be presenting 4 Mini Workshops around the state:

~ Essential Oils and Flower Essences
at The Herbal Path
Dover May 4th at 6 pm

~ Essential Oils and Flower Essences
at The A Market
Manchester May 6th at 6 pm

~ Thryoid Health, a Wholistic Perspective
Understanding the Thyroid; Hormonal Imbalances, yes...but also more in-depth and rarely mentioned symptoms and solutions. The thyroid plays a major role in health and often fluctuates from a balanced to an imbalanced state more than realized and as a result, often goes undiagnosed. Is your Thyroid in balance? at The Common Man
Plymouth, NH May 18th at 6 pm

~ Thyroid Health, a Wholistic Perspective
Understanding the Thyroid; Hormonal Imbalances, yes...but also more in-depth and rarely mentioned symptoms and solutions. The thyroid plays a major role in health and often fluctuates from a balanced to an imbalanced state more than realized and as a result, often goes undiagnosed. Is your Thyroid in balance?
at the A Market
Manchester May 20th at 6pm

(The cost is $40 or 2 for $60, registration info below)

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And here at Journey Within, we are offering 2 classes:

OPEN TO THE NATURAL WORLD OF HERBOLOGY
Join Carolyn Kelley as she shares wisdom from the world’s oldest healing tradition now returning to its rightful place in today’s world:

HONORING HERBAL TRADITIONS
SATURDAY MAY 17th, 10-3

AND

DISCOVERING THE POWER OF FLOWER ESSENCES
SATURDAY MAY 24th, 10-3

$40 PER WORKSHOP OR 2 for $60.

Both personal and experiential, Carolyn's workshops will allow participants to open to their own inner KNOWING and DISCOVER FOR THEMSELVES the age old traditions of the Earth, AND HOW TO EMBRACE THEM TODAY.

JOURNEY WITHIN LEARNING AND WELLNESS CENTER NORTHFIELD, NH

To Register or for more info, Call (603) 286-4696
or email info@injoynow.com

THANK YOU for taking the time to read this email. I hope you have joy in your world today and everyday.

- Carolyn

The Wonder of Life, It Sounds Like Magic and In a Sense It Is.

Without thinking, we just assume that the world we live in is the world. However, there are many realities, many worlds, within this world. Reality is actually dependent on one's belief system. Whatever you believe will dictate you reality and your experiences.

For instance, if you feel fear, inside, even unconscious fear, you will find things in the outer world that substantiate your fears. The same with anger, lack, confusion, sadness.... On the other hand when you feel joy or love that too will manifest in the outer world!

This sounds like magic and in a sense it is.
It is how it works here on Planet Earth.

We are just coming to realize this as new science is substantiating the fact that thoughts, words and feelings actually create! This means that whatever you say, pay attention to, or feel, will increase.

Now, think about that when you watch the news. Be undaunted by it or it will keep you trapped in its reality and actually increase its power! You, yes you...we each individually, have power to change our reality. The more we focus on positive events in our lives and in the world, the more we promote harmony, peace, love...

What is your purpose? What is my purpose?

Find the Wonder of Life every day. Live in that space. Focus on what makes you happy, feel alive and well. Once you get this, really get it, you will no longer feel the need to fix anything, yourself or the world; or work on it, fret over it, or even understand it, all of which strengthens and prolongs the negative!!

Wow, what a thought.

It is very freeing. It is moving to the vibration where all is well. That is possible, even when the outer world will try to tell and show you differently. So turn within. Feel your own rhythm, feel the rhythm of the earth. Resonate with these vibrations, the essence of life. Focus on the wonder in the trees coming alive again in spring, the wonder of chocolate, the wonder of a loving embrace, the wonder of a child's laugh. Find the love, the peace, the stillness. Embrace the Wonder of Life. Affirm it, feel it, focus on it, live it. It will direct you toward positive action. It will change you life. It is where the magic happens, things beyond our wildest imaginations!!

InJoy,
Carolyn
inJoyNow.com

A Prosperity Blessing I Want to Pass On to You

A slightly different version of this blesssing was sent to me awhile ago. I read it often to myself and find it very soothing and uplifting. I give it to friends and clients when they come by, and now, I want to pass it on to YOU.

A Prosperity Blessing

May you be blessed with an amazingly abundant day today.

May the clouds break and the heavens pour down upon you more joy, more love, more laughter and more money than you could have ever dreamed of.

May the sun shine its golden light of prosperity and health through every cell of your extraordinary body.

May you be cleansed today of any resistance or feelings of unworthiness that you may be holding onto.

May your false illusions of doubt, fear, and scarsity gently fall away like soft white feathers on a gentle breeze.

May you be willing, simply willing to allow the Universe to shower you with miracles today.

May the Angels wrap you in their shining wings with gentle softness and peace.

May the fairies deliver you to their pots of gold at the end of a majestic rainbow.

May your eyes shine with the glorious truth of who you really are and may that truth uplift others in your presence to their own inner knowing.

May your ears hear the sound of perfection ringing in your soul.

May you taste the deliciousness of every precious bite of life as your day unfolds moment by moment with amazing bounty of magnificant grace, and heartfelt love.

As this day ends, may you slumber wrapped in an exquisite blanket of enduring peace and feel profound gratitude.

And may the last words you feel and speak today be Thank You!

HAPPY SPRING! Get YOUR Sap Running!

Can you feel it in the air?

The sap is running and Spring is here! Warmer weather, more daylight hours, feels good doesn't it? Can you feel your body responding? Wanting to move more? It is time to clean out the winter sludge, the kidney energy in Oriental medicine, and make way for the uprising energy of spring, the liver energy.

Here are some suggestions:
Eat more lightly and eat less heavy foods. For instance, eat lots of greens of all kinds, steamed and raw. Try new varieties like mustard greens steamed with swiss chard. Add some dandelion greens too. Add vinegar or coconut oil and Sea Shakes for a tasty treat. Drink more herbal teas and add lemon. You can even make fresh parsley tea.

Stay away from sweets, dairy, breads and heavy meats. Eat fresh ocean fish. Your body may already be craving these things. It is Nature's way of being in touch with the seasons.
Herbal Energetics offers 2 cleansing ideas. Both address the liver and the kidneys and lymph as well. It is really important to do both to cleanse the whole body.



Take Inner Scrub People Boost in the morning all spring to cleanse liver, gallbladder, kidneys, lymph, skin, and bowels and use Energy Burst People Boost during the day to increase your consumption of greens, which are both highly nutritive and cleansing. This combination will give you more energy and make you feel lighter and more alive! Another helpful way to cleanse is to use the Liver Cleanse Tea and the Kidney



Lymph Tea together, liver in the morning and kidney Lymph in the afternoon and evening during a designated time period. Perhaps on weekends during the spring or during a 2 week period. These suggestions will help especially if you are prone to allergies. Also keep Allerfree Extract with Flower Essences handy.



It is a very effective formula. Starting with it before symptoms appear can save a lot of grief.
And get outside. Breath in the wonderful fresh air. Walk, smell the spring. Celebrate the emerging of new life in the running streams and new shoots. Look for fiddleheads and bloodroot flowers,(pictured at the top of the page). They are one of the first spring flowers to greet us. Pure white, they open to the sun and come out before their bigger leaves appear as a blanket of protection from summer heat. Let your heart be gladdened by the renewal of life, feel it, be it.

Why I LOVE NOFA (Northeast Organic Farmers Association)

I again had the pleasure of connecting with this wonderful group of people at the NOFA NH Spring Conference on Saturday March 7th. They are down to earth real folks, light hearted, knowledgable, unassuming, dedicated, friendly, open, respectful, a delight to be with.

It is obvious that they love and respect the land and what they do.

You can see it in their faces; in their presence. There is a peace, an inner strength that sustains them. They focus more on what they are doing in the Natural World than the events of the manmade world.

Nature helps us do just that.
As more and more people begin gardening again (or farming or in some conscious way being out in Nature) perhaps for the very first time, they will experience the wonders of life and be sustained by that discovery not just physically, but also emotionally and spiritually.

As the sap begins to run and the plants are making their way to the light from under the earth, I feel it inside myself. Don't you? Our bodies, too, are getting ready for spring. We are all connected. We are the miracle of life and it continues!

In Joy,
Carolyn Kelley

The Magic of Herbs & The Wonders of Life...

Herbs are alive, real. They work with the body. Just think of the excitemnet of that! We are Alive Vibrant Beings. Our bodies respond to substances that are also alive.  Herbs actually respond to what we need.  They create different reactions depending on the individual needs of each person.

For instance, Hawthorne leaf and berry assist the heart, regulating blood pressure. If too high, it helps lower, if too low it helps bring it up.  How does it know how to do this?  This is one of the wonders of life. 

We have a choice....we can turn to drugs.   Drugs are designed to relieve symptoms.  The focus is not on curing imbalances or disease.  Or... we can choose to work with Nature and embrace healing naturally.  The more we learn about the wonders of natural remedies...herbs, flower essences, essential oils, even healthy foods...the more empowered we will be to take charge of our own health and well being.

It is a choice. Your choice.