Butterfly Energy

Happy Weekend Everyone!

I wanted to give you all an update on acupuncture. I am loving it! I went for my third session on Friday and it gets better and better every time. I am getting use too falling into a deep meditative state while I lay there with 20 needles in me. Next time I am sure I will have the whole thing down and I will be able to get to that place right away. My acupuncturist showed me how to give myself an Ampuku Massage on my stomach. She did it to me with some lovely lemongrass massage oil and it felt heavenly. She said she was massaging the organs in my stomach. I told her a few "issues" I have been having and she said I have low Chi. So she worked on that, along with my stomach and kidneys (which are filled with yucky toxins from all the meds I have taken in the past and present). But my skin is extremely clear from the 3 sessions, so she said my kidneys are working better. She also mentioned that next week she is going to have a small list of herbs she wants to start me on. I had been wondering about this, and I was going to ask her this week, but she beat me too it!

Someone had asked in a previous post about the ginger water my acupuncturist told me to drink. First thing in the morning (after lunch and at night) I boil water and pour it over some fresh sliced ginger, I add stevia (she said honey or a natural sweetener would be fine), and I drink it up. The ginger is naturally warming and along with the hot water it brings warmth to my stomach. My new morning ritual is that I do this then take down about 3 ounces of aloe vera gel (inner leaf) and a tablespoon of Udo's DHA oil. It's rather lovely first thing in the morning!

Anyway, sorry for the lack of posts this week. My diet isn't very exciting right now, so I didn't want to bore you with the same meals over and over.

Earlier in the week I made this dish of mustard greens with long grain brown rice. I have never had mustard greens before and I must say, they are delicious! They taste like mustard and brussel sprouts. Mmm, brussel sprouts are my favorite (since I was a wee little one!).
I also made some yummy healing soup. I put everything I had left in the fridge in the pot and cooked away. This soup had veggie stock, garlic, turmeric, ginger, kale, carrots, celery, broccoli and mushrooms in it. Very tasty!

On Saturday, T and I walked around our town and hit up a few little boutique stores. I bought two adorable pairs of earrings from a interesting store called The Farmhouse. The pair on the left are made of natural wood (they aren't painted or anything), and the ones on the right are laser cut, they are extremely light and beautiful. The prices for both were very reasonable, which came as a huge surprise.

We also went to our favorite spiritual store, Success Express. This is the kind of store that you walk into and the smell of incense hypnotizes you. They have some of the neatest things, including, essential oils, incense, angel and fairy statues, religious things, stones, feng sui crystals (which I have hanging in my car), and these beautiful butterflies, that I had to have. Not sure if I have ever mentioned this, but I adore butterflies! The box came with 6 and I hung one in my car and the rest around my house. This little one is hanging out on my kitchen window. Gorgeous right? They are NOT made of real butterflies, just synthetic materials. I would not have dead butterflies hanging around, talk about bad energy.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!!