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GARDEN OF SOULS BLOOMING & BLOSSOMING

Spring is a dance of the elements, earth, water, warmth and air bringing forth the ether of beauty, greening and renewal. I sit in the garden dreaming of the new cycle of students and classes for this spring session and imagine the harvest of advanced students during their learning growing healing experiences at our annual Naturopathy retreat in July and Clinical Training in August.

This year we feature two Herbal Medicine immersions, one in July and one in August, the optimum time to commune with plants.

I enjoy the fragrance of lilac, bird song, blossoming trees and spring flowers as I prepare to welcome the garden of souls, the bright spirits of young students who will walk the path into their evolutionary self healing.

The garden waits in fullness for the laughter and sharing of students. April builds a new patio under two blossoming back garden trees, better for the shade - I shop for a wooden table and benches.

Enrollment blossoms. So many inquiries and students coming to visit. Charlie Angelo joins Reflexology I today.

New students, Joanna and Dani, rave about their recent experiences at Herbal Medicine I with SNM graduate  Heidi Jarvis ND MIr MH in her gardens, greenhouses and pharmacy dispensary.

Reflexology I is totally full with 8 students, and there are spaces in upcoming classes in Essential Oils, Healing Diets, Flower Essences, Iridology and Naturopathy for those who wish to participate in the spring session.

SNM GRAD CREATES FLOWER ESSENCE COMPANY

Noella Roselena was a delightful creative and heart song presence in the School of Natural Medicine Flower Essence and Essential oils trainings in 2006 and attended the advanced SNM Naturopathy Purification Regeneration Retreat led by Farida Sharan at the Wigmore Institute in Puerto Rico. During her time at SNM, she grounded her amazing sensitivity to plants and flowers into creating her Synergy Essences company. Enjoy her website at Roselena Alchemy.

Noella grew up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California, and is blessed with many siblings and a family tree with many branches.  Her papa, Leo Baldonado, inspired her connection with nature at a young age through camping, hiking and swimming in the mountains. Her mama, Ellen Jasmer, CNM, influenced and inspired Noella by using natural medicine in her midwifery practice and everyday life.

Noella had her first powerful experience with flower essences as a teenager.  Years later she rediscovered essences, and their subtle yet powerful healing ways, from Patricia Gleason, of Patricia’s Transitions, in Hilo, Hawaii.  Patricia mentored Noella, encouraged her to make essences and  Noella began listening to the Nature Spirits guiding her to make the essences that are now called Synergy Essences.

In 2006 Noella moved to Boulder, Colorado and studied in the School of Natural Medicine Naturopathy progam and became certified as a Flower Essence Practitioner and Essential Oil Therapist. She also worked with one of the SNM herbal teachers, Marco Lam developing Earthstar Farm Flower Essences.

Noella writes songs, sings, plays the guitar and other instruments, under the name of “Shaela Noella” that encompasses the sound of the ocean water meeting the sandy earth, a name given to her by the spirit of Hawaii. Noella often brought her guitar to classes and everyone enjoyed her beautiful voice and original lyrics.

Noella recently returned to the West Coast of California and plans Synergy Essence workshops and musical performance tours. Well done Noella for diving so deeply into self healing personal evolution and manifesting the creativity of your divine purpose! You will always represent the sincere effort, gift and achievement of a truly loving and passionate student and master of her own life potential. Here she is at the Boulder Market in the summer, above she is dancing the fire dance and singing by the ocean in Hawaii.

 

SNM GRAD SELF-HEALS SHINGLES NATURALLY

My Dear Farida, I have been very ill this past week from Shingles. This is caused by the chicken-pox with a rash and nerve pain under my right jaw, ear and side of my occipital area. Being so ill, I just worked 2 days. Because of severe pain, I had to take the rest of the week off. I am back to normal now. Thank you, Farida, for teaching me to become a Holistic practitioner.
 
First, of course, I went to see a Doctor who prescribed antiviral medications along with meds for nerve pain. I took them and felt so drowsy and sleepy, but I still could feel the pain.
 
I decided to use my knowledge from taking your classes and I said to myself: " Why am I not using  a natural remedies?" Why were my old patterns overwhelming my mind?
 
I made a Cinnamon tea with Lemon and honey and started drinking that tea (I couldn't chew due to pain). Then I start using my Young Living Essential oils and put Cinnamon oil with Clove oil on my rash and around rash I put the Wintergreen oil with Peppermint oil to reduce inflammation and pain.
 
I start taking Vitamin B complex and had Vit B12 injection, knowing all those Vitamins are good to re-store nerve inflammation and damage.
 
I read that the cold compresses are good for rash, but for me personally cold was triggering pain, so I used the warm heating pads made with rice and Valerian Root, St. John's Wort, Chamomile and other herbs. I was drinking our School of Natural Medicine Herbs of Grace Detox tea and Liver Cleanse tea as well as other herb teas. I used a ginger poultice, ate green energy soup and drinks and took probiotics too. This complex of treatment helped me to recover from this illness in one week as usually it takes weeks for  recovery.
 
The combination of all these treatments relieved the pain and stopped the rash. I couldn't find Melaluca oil that is also good for Herpes Zoster Shingles, but the rest of oils worked perfectly well. I am back to normal now and wanted to share my experience of going through this horrible disease and taking care of it with all Natural remedies in such a short time.
 
Thank you Farida for teaching me to become a Holistic practitioner. Love you always.

ESSENTIAL OILS DEEPEN SELF HEALING EXPLORATION OF THE ENNEAGRAM, SPIRAL DYNAMICS, TRAUMA, EMOTIONAL HEALING, VAUGS NERVE THERAPEUTIC ANOINTING & NEROAURICULAR THERAPY

APRIL: “Essential Oils II class carries you deep into yourself. Farida’s teaching style never ceases to amaze me as we learn by experience and feeling, rather than lineal, mental means. I learned how stubborn and often forgotten emotional scars can be released from the depths of spirit and brought to the surface to be healing by light. I learned how to recognize common personality types and imbalances that reside in each of us, and the causes for those imbalances. We learned how to release feelings and energies locked inside our cells with the assistance of Young Living essential oils. I left the class with much excitement.” Boulder, Colorado

JENNIFER: “Essential Oils II opened my heart and mind and allowed me to give and receive energy healing. It has been almost unbelievable what I have learned. I had dreams of forgiveness and my mind opened to the possibilities and potential healing essential oils provide. I have a deeper understanding of myself and my emotional being. My spirit is alive and willing to heal now. I am excited about this path as I now truly understand myself, my fears, my desires and what drives me as the oils affect our being by deep states of relaxation affecting our subconscious self. I am receptive to change and ready to grow and walk my path.” Colorado Springs, Colorado

GRETCHEN: “I have never had such an emotional release from essential oils as in these past few days. The oils we used in the heart self healing process affected me deeply and I processed a few major things in my life through the weekend. The Young Living oils are powerful and the Vagus therapeutic anointing treatment was wonderful. I especially enjoyed the time we took to experience each oil, because it allowed my body to process them effectively.” Boulder, Colorado

JESSICA: “Looking into your past to see who you are today is amazingly effective. It was hard to think about all the stuff that happened but good too, because some things needed to be said out loud and felt all the way. It made me proud of myself that I made the best of it and turned any ‘bad’ into a positive. I am thankful for my past because of my bright and fulfilled future that is coming.” Denver, Colorado

DAKOTA: “I learned to understand the powers of being human as an immaculate perfect creation capable of doing so many wonderful things. I feel I can now know, not just understand, the truth about energy and oneness, and let go of fear, pain and the feeling of being alone.”

DEATH DYING, TRANSFORMATION, ANOINTING, RAINDROP THERAPY - FACING OURSELVES, UPLIFTING OURSELVES, LOVING OURSELVES

BETH: “Essential Oils I – What an absolutely beautiful and natural experience! The discussions about death and dying were spiritual, accepting and even releasing. The oils were incredible, even life-changing, giving me so much joy, even release. They enabled me to bring a previous trauma to the surface, experience it and release it to the Universe, and neck pain disappeared! I work with Hospice and I look forward to bringing the oils to my patients and their families. I can’t say enough about this class, the oils, the Raindrop Technique, Farida, and my fellow classmates. Words really cannot describe the gratitude, the love, the experience. A true blessing!”

JENNA: “The journey into the world of essential oils brought me incredible insights. I saw how many walls I had built around the idea of death and the dying process, and without judging, I was able to reach a place of compassionate understanding. While talking about death, I didn’t find myself fussing over the future, worrying about the details of my entire life, and how to live it. Instead, I found my inner voice gently checking in, asking, ‘in this moment, how am I? Am I nurtured? Am I complete? I felt in my heart that all is as it should be, feeling the fullness of this moment. The beautiful thing is that I was brought to awareness that there are always more ways that we can grow. We have been given a life, and it is our opportunity to expand and nourish the gifts. Thank you, Farida, for this beautiful experience of the depths of compassion and of our amazing potential.”

ROSIE: “It was unusually comfortable talking about death and dying! It is such a healthy topic but out culture does not often speak of the beauty of death. I learned that life is preparation for death and the transition into whatever comes next. I really enjoyed the video on death and dying as it opened my eyes to the process and how I hope I transition, and I hope my loved ones will do the same. Giving and receiving Raindrop was wonderful as the slow deep motions were soothing, thorough and very relaxing. I love the Young Living oils, as they feel and smell beautiful.”

GRETCHEN: “This knowledge will be infinitely useful. Going over death, dying, release and transformation was great knowledge to receive before using the oils, because so much can transform within a person. I will be using Raindrop Therapy in my practice. “

DAKOTA: “Death, dying, and trauma – three important aspects of life we cannot avoid.  I have thought about death and dying a lot in my life and it used to scare me, but I have come through and for the most part I am sometimes excited at the thought of leaving this dimension. I understand death and time are illusions. I have dealt with a lot of trauma but I love everyone who ‘hurt’ me because I am who I am with the help of those people. Raindrop Therapy YAY!!! I absolutely love the immediate reactions when putting the Young Living oils on people.”

FULL MOON - 2 FT OF SNOW - BACH FLOWER REMEDIES – 7 SOUL BRIGHT STUDENTS EXPLORING DEPTHS OF BEING

APRIL: “Flower Essence I class was incredibly profound. It was fascinating learning about different personalities because I never realized it was possible to address personality excesses or weaknesses so clearly. I am excited to use flower essences in my practice!”

JENNA: “Flower essences opened my mind and my heart in ways that are still slowly revealing themselves – only time will show now liberating and powerful that process is going to be. I recognized my own conditioning and personality as well as the conditioning of others, and this was extremely humbling and by the time we finished the exploration of the remedies I felt refreshingly human and motivated to learn more so I can honestly release what no longer serves me. I feel as if a weight has been lifted, that I have let go of something that was never mine. I would recommend this class to anyone ready to view their world through new eyes and embrace their true nature of compassion for others and themselves. Thank you Farida for this life shifting journey.”


ROSIE: “I learned how important it is to be conscious and aware when you notice feelings and the importance of observing and asking the right questions when someone is in need. FE I helped me understand different types of personalities and how you can help keep them in healthy balance and taught me about my own mind and body as well as helped me get in touch and aware of the places I need balance – finding the root of the problem is key!”

JEN: “I learned so much in just a few days about myself and my emotions. I am so excited for the next class. Thank you, Farida! You are an amazing and inspiring teacher.”


GRETCHEN: “I am noticing the transformation within myself and am so grateful it is a part of my self-healing program because of the support it provides. The class was extremely informative and in-depth.”

NATALIA: “The Bach flower remedies help me to be more aware of all the different emotions and feelings and do something about the ones I am not comfortable with. They help with the process of shifting awareness and brining more balance to moods. I really enjoyed the class and can’t wait to start working with the remedies.”

DAKOTA: “The class was really inspiring because I feel it is helpful to myself and to others to bring nature into healing. The information made a lot of sense because of the descriptions of the personality types. It was beautiful seeing how the flowers looked and unfolded on the Bach Center DVD’s. The world never ceases to amaze me.”

Three days of exploring the Bach Flower Remedies at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado with Farida Sharan, who visited the Bach Center in England in 1976, and spent a day with Nora Weeks. Imagine seven soul bright young women, diving deep into the roots of fear underneath each remedy as each remedy is processed through the life of every student. We complete with Tibetan bowls and acutonics with our guest teacher, Diane Dula. Fantastic brave students coming out in 2 feet of snow!

ESSENTIAL OILS I - AFTER THE RAINDROP - BLISS!! - AFTER EXPLORING DEATH, DYING, & TRAUMA – TRANSFORMATION

ESSENTIAL OILS I offers a thorough exploration of questions, dialogue, inquiry and processes around death, dying, trauma, release and transformationt through the kaleidoscope of each student's being is followed by two days of giving and receiving fragrant therapeutic anointing with Young Living Essential Oils in a much improved Raindrop Technique based on slow deep connection and a more complete inclusion of the entire back, sacram, hips, neck, shoulders and arms. Students share their experience at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado.

DEATH, DYING, RELEASE & TRANSFORMATION
“When we first started talking about death, I felt sad. Why would we be talking about a depressing subject in our positive happy school? Answer - simply it is not a sad subject. I know now it is a part of our time on this physical earth and something we must face because it is a reality and I have seen the beauty in it –the simplicity of passing from one world to the next.”

“I felt happy, perhaps happier than I have felt in a long while in the Essential Oils I class. The death, dying, trauma discussion allowed an unleashing of thoughts and emotions I certainly had not discussed before, and as a result, it became comfortable to discuss death and present an outlook about that that is like a celebration in nature, like a rebirth as opposed to ‘the end.’”

“When we talked about death it was hugely thought provoking. I have been thinking about it since then as it made me realize I have a lot of exploring to be fully where I want to be with it. I also want to explore my faith more deeply and in a realistic practice, in other words, embrace the parts of death that I choose.”

“Talking about death was really interesting and profound. I am still thinking about it.”

“Talking about death makes me feel better. I used to not even be able to think about it, now I can feel comfortable with the idea, but that does not mean I am ready yet!!”

“I enjoyed the exploration around Death a& Dying. It allowed me to contemplate how ‘ok’ I am with the death of my body, and ask myself how connected I truly feel to God and trust in the Divine orchestra of Life.”

RECEIVING RAINDROP THERAPY: “Receiving the feathering layering of the essential oils one after the other feels like an opening and anointing of my spinal cord.” “I felt I was being taken care of and a letting go.” “When the oils dropped on my body, it felt differently depending on the oil. Some felt very cooling, some warming, some calming, some energizing – but always soft and totally relaxed.” “Receiving the feathering was gentle, like a soft wind blowing over my body – soothing, nourishing, supportive.”


GIVING RAINDROP THERAPY: “Giving the feathering of the oils feels like a dance of the flower of life, opening and caressing.” “It felt nurturing to give Raindrop and nurturing to receive.” “When feathering the oils on to my partner’s back, I like the feeling of my hands going so deep.” “Giving was a challenge at first to slow movement down, but after adjusting the speed, the touch was like spreading wings kissing fragrant beauty over the body.”

EFFECT OF RAINDROP THERAPY: “My body felt very different from the usual massage as my parasympathetic nervous system was both sedated and soothed, while my spinal cord felt alive and awakened.” “After receiving my body felt energized and I could feel the oils penetrating my body as I went into a deeply relaxing zone...deep rest where thoughts disappeared.” “I felt relaxed and loose but my back was energized and warm -– fantastic!!” “After receiving Raindrop my body and mind felt transported to another dimension where all my sensations slowed down and my thinking completely stopped. I felt completely embodied in the most relaxed way.”

MIND MAPS: “The Mind Map flowed gracefully from my hands – a true picture drawn by my soul showing a perfect representation of my new outlook of death and passing.” “Mind Maps felt intimidating at first because I am hung up on direction, so it was good to open up to thoughts and creativity.”

FLOWER OF LIFE: “The Flower of Life process allowed me to express my happiness as a form of color, drawing of flower and gratitude for life itself.”

ESSENTIAL OILS, A BLACK STALLION NAMED "BEAUTY" & HEALING

Our beloved, Louise Harvey, School of Natural Medicine graduate Naturopath, Master Herbalist and Master Iridologist graduate who was the Iridologist at Gary Young's Utah clinic for two years, plus being an amazing master of essential oils teacher and practitioner, reports on an amazing healing experience with a beautiful black stallion using essential oils.

"Ten days ago on a Sunday afternoon, one of my distributors called with great concern for his big black stallion "Beauty" - who had been chased by two other horses into the corner of a fenced pasture - AND Beauty went through the barbed wire fence - including the big sturdy post!!  Josh was unable to reach any of the many vets listed in the phone book, so called me.  I grabbed my suitcase and was there in 10 minutes.

Beauty's right leg was ripped bare to the flesh above the knee- a wound about 6inches by 8 inches with skin hanging down. Then I saw the left leg - a wound above the knee and up onto his shoulder ripped bare about 12 inches by 16 inches with lots of skin hanging down. AND a hole in the center of his chest just above the legs about 4 inches by 4 inches. I need to say I'm not real good with bloody things! And he was bleeding and he was in shock - quivering.  Fortunately he was in a pen with shade as it was 95 degrees.

I felt like David and Goliath with my little bottles of YL essential oils, but we had to do something, so put 3 ounces of organic olive oil, 40 drops of MELROSE, 20 drops of LAVENDER and 10 drops of HELICHRYSM into the spray bottle and squirted it onto the bare, bleeding areas. Also put the MELROSE in my hand and held it under his nose, told him how sorry I was to have him have to experience this and prayed! He looked at me with his big brown eyes and came right to my hand and was licking the air around it so he could get more. After the 2nd bottle, most of the bleeding stopped as did his shaking.

Then we did a 3rd bottle and added PANAWAY and TRAUMA LIFE - about 5 drops of each on top of the other oils. He continued to calm, the wounds began to seal up and amazingly the flies never came around - guess they don't like the oils. Soon, he dropped his head to eat some hay and we got him some water and put Lavender in it.  

The vet showed up at 11:00 the next morning - and following the cleaning of the wounds again with his protocol,  and removing the excess skin  Beauty went into shock again, so Josh sprayed everything down again and he calmed down. The vet then wrapped what he could in gauze, left some anti-biotics and returned a couple of days later to clean it out and change the wrapping. Josh has been doing it ever since. He is taking photos of the progress. Beauty now goes out into the pasture and eats and returns to the shade.

I share this  because it is my first REAL experience with the oils and a horse and not to profess to be an expert, but to remind you to have Melrose, Lavender, and Helichrysum on hand as a first aid for any sort of injury or wound.  Beauty is going to be OK - and it will be a long year for him, but we are very grateful!" Many Fragrant Blessings to you all, Louise Harvey - Scents of Wellness - Missoula, Montana

We have Essential OIls classes coming up this autumn in Boulder - 4 day trainings - beginning Sept 23 and again November 4. Contact School of Natural Medicine to inquire or enroll.

TRAUMA IS A CLOUD THAT SEEDS A BIRD THAT LEARNS TO FLY

This amazing Mind Map drawn by Ana in Essential Oils during our two days of self-healing processes on Fear, Release, Death, Dying and Transformation, shows clearly her experience of how the dark cloud of trauma holds her in chains until it releases a tear from a tumult that seeds the hearts of self-soul-love. Out of this trauma tumult tear womb flies a bird of the heart flying toward the sun of the soul.

As we understand the mystery of our own life, we release the chains of the past and free ourselves for the journey of our true heart, life purpose and divine soul communion. How beautiful that one Mind Map can reveal so much of the life journey of a uniqely loving young woman.

ESSENTIAL OILS CLEAN CELL RECEPTORS & TRANSFORM DNA - FEATHERING FRAGRANT WINGS WITH THERAPEUTIC ANOINTING

Although science proves that medicinal grade essential oils clean cell receptors, and reprogram DNA, I don't believe it unless I see it happening to my students using essential oils in our classes. Year after year, I am privileged to watch miracles of healing, consciousness and transformation happen before my eyes – one of the perks of having a wonderful School of Natural Medicine here in extraordinary Boulder, Colorado.

Molecules of Emotion, a wonderful book by Candice Pert, reveals some of the science behind the understanding of the body-mind connection and cell receptors.

With Essential Oils I, the class of last week, students explored, Death, Dying, Release, Fear, Truma and Transformation, while experiencing the oils, sharing their history and creating Mind Maps during self healing processes. Then they experienced two days giving and receiving Raindrop Technique body work therapeutic anointing sessions with Young Living essential oils.

ANA. "EOI has been an incredibly opening and challenging yet rewarding experience. During the first two days of the class, I experienced a tremendous release when we began to explore death, dying and especially trauma. Opening the eye of the soul and transformation means allowing oneself to pry open the door of shadows and deep wounds, then acknowledging, accepting, exploring and especially loving the traumatic experiences that have shaped our many lives.

The next two days were beautiful as we gave and received a therapeutic raindrop treatment directly from this opening heartspace. I felt a shift in my energy field once I reached a certain level of love from my own traumatic experiences that put me into an open and sensitive space of deep levels of understanding and connection. The medicinal Young Living oils provided a unique and hamonious presence to the treatment. I was amazed at the nourishing effect it had on me, not only as receiver, but it was just as deeply powerful during the time I was giving the treatment as well."

GABRIEL. "Drop Drop. Drop go the oils. Space fills, movement flows. Senses fire. Breath quiets. I go inward and outward all at once. I become my body. Each movment gives subtle clues to my state of being. I feel laughter, joy, emotional pain, lightness, heaviness. I smell colors, see a cypress tree alone in a field of basil plants. They are dancing. The experience is other worldly. My nose clogs up. My foot cramps and still the fragrance and bliss permeate all.

Now I am giving... I slow down, slow down, and slow down some more. I become my hands - hands that read a body, listen to the body and sense the body. My intention is my gift. As my intention strengthens, my presence grounds.The body is my canvas, the oils my paints. I feather wings on the body with every oil. I am an artist. What a calling. Thank you!."

AVERY: "Flowing, nurturing depth - the intention of goind deep, now with pressure but with the essence of the oils was new and intense in both giving and receiving. I had a profound experience receiving, and feel so deeply cared for, cleanses and activated - a true experience I am eager to share with others. As a massage therapist, I enjoyed learning new techniques and the reasons why we use them. Raindrop requires deeper focus, unlike my professional treatments, rather than deeper pressure. Sending the oils deep into the system is more than energy work. It is palpable if you are present with attention."

Our next Essential Oils class, September 23. Meantime read a great book called Healing Oils of the Bible by David Stewart

NIGHT TERRORS ENDED BY REFLEXOLOGY, FLOWER ESSENCES & ESSENTIAL OILS SESSION

No night terrors left! Thank you so much! We thoroughly enjoyed our reflexology treatment.

The students were amazingly professional, caring, and knowledgeable. They made us feel so relaxed and we really felt a strong connection to the energy within our bodies.

It was a great experience to stop the noise and chaos of daily life and to reconnect with ourselves and our environment. Thank you so much!!!  D & B"

D is a new student who along with her partner, received reflexology sessions from our advanced students last week. As it turned out she was experiencing severe night terrors for several nights, and had injured herself leaping out of bed.

She received a deeply relaxing session with Young Living Essential oils that included Trauma Life and Peace and Calming, and went away with a Bach Flower Essence of Mimulus and Red Chestnut. I am happy to know the session was so successful.

Thank you Jennifer, Julia and Sharon for giving such incredible sessions.

RAINDROP ESSENTIAL OILS TREATMENT- A SACRED GIVING & RECEIVING

"Raindrop Essential Oils treatment is a sacred experience that incorporates medicinal grade Young Living essential oils into bodywork. During the treatment, breath deepens, tension melts away and a profound connection is made, linking mind, body and spirit." Kathryn, Denver, Colorado - her first SNM class! beautiful to watch a magnificent dancer dance with essential oils and sacred touch!

"As long as I have been part of School of Natural Medicine (September 09), I have heard of the elusive Raindrop treatment. What is this therapy? How do you give it? Receive it? I now know the answer is With No Mind, and a love of love and respect!" See the relaxed renewed blissed out after photo!

"What a thorough and special therapeutic session - a mixture of potent medicinal oils combat viral, inflammatory, bacterial, fungal conditions with deep spinal, shoulder, neck and sacrum applications. The polarity and energetic touches make the Raindrop wonderful. I am glad I finally did this course and am ready to step out and share this with others. I LOVE oils and I LVOE energy work and I LOVE massage - to excellent to put the 3 together. Heavenly!" Jennifer, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia

"Raindrop massage is the remedy for body and mind stress as it calms the psyche and melts away whatever is weighing you down. At some point, thinking stops and sensation is all that is left. It is both relaxing and rejuvenating - you feel like a new person!" Maggie, Texas

OILS OF JOY AND GLADNESS RELEASE TRAUMA GENTLY SWEETLY COMPASSIONATELY

Our School of Natural Medicine Essential Oils I class journey through deep processes, mind maps, sacred anointing and gentle bodywork models offers refined, exquisite, potent skills for guiding clients through transformation. All trauma is blocked, held and charged energy that offers the potential for evolutionary growth and embodiment learning. Jennifer, Maggie, Rosa and Julia report:

"Tonight after my session, I have a sensation of something heavy leaving my right hip like I had been carrying a heavy weight that could finally let go. I feel so relaxed, like I could sleep. It is like putting ice on a hot surface. I feel to scream with relief." Rosa, Boston

"The trauma we have been addressing has not been traumatic. In fact, facing our past and all of the events that have shaped us has been refreshing - like a spring clearning of our souls, making room for new nourishing encounters. The oils have accompanied our journey, allowing us to dig deeper to the root of our traumas. The relaxing effect allows us to be safely guided through a once emotionally overwhelming situation. The fragrance, the atmosphere and the release have altered my view of who I am and re-defined the path of where I am going." Julia, Colorado

"Essential oils (Young Living Medicinal OIls) allows a deep pathway to emotions and stored memories - both fresh and long-held. It is a joy and a blessing to give and to receive an oils treatment. Nurturing, caring, healing, compassionate energy emanated from my partner and her treatment was tender and open-hearted. Giving her a treatment felt like a true connection to a beautiful human. Essential oils are a therapy for mind, body and soul." Maggie, Connecticut

"Working with essential oils is a true gift to humanity. What potent helpers! especially where there is trauma. The feelings of safety and nurturing the oils provide makes coaxing trauma out of the body possible and even pleasant at times. Trauma can be our teacher and can always bring growth. As we become more whole, we get more brave to see and feel ouir traumas. Thank you potent oils for being with me in my life." Jennifer, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia Canada

TRAUMA HEALING IN ESSENTIAL OILS I TRAINING

Trauma is the key to compassion, connection and co-creating loving community! Why? Because exploring our own trauma and discovering the place of reaction, defense, projection, and excessive emotion opens the portal of healing and the human sensations of feeling another's life journey with respect.

For three days we explore trauma - the latest studies brought home into the life of each student so that they can find their way through self healing processes to their unique responsibility to transform trauma into compassion.

Life is trauma, whether birthing, growing up, being in a family, going to school let alone major events like deaths, accidents, abuse, loss, moving, surgery and more. Trauma that collects and hold affects how we process life. When we transform trauma we are released to become fully embodied in the present with skills of orienting in life for authentic experience.

Enjoy these mind maps made at the end of the three days - a creative exploration of Kim's and Dila's unique process of approaching the trauma that they hold at the center of their being, that trauma knot already unwinding with trembling, tears and body sensation - gently and slowly in a container of loving caring safety. Thank you beloved students for being willing to take this journey.

Today, only after all this personal work and exploration, will we begin the experience of giving and receiving Raindrop spinal layering of medicinal grade Young Living essential oils from this attitude of compassion, respect so that our therapeutic anointing will offer the sacred touch of depth connection - one life to another.

Enrollments are beginning for new classes in January and February. Contact www.purehealth.com and faridasharan@purehealth.com for details. Only 8 students per class. I invited you to begin the new year with personal self healing and evolutionary transformation in the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado. Classes also held in Cambridge, England.  Farida Sharan

FRAGRANT PASSAGE - HOME FUNERAL CONFERENCE

Creating my presentation for the National Home Funeral Alliance Conference at Unity Church in Boulder this past Saturday brought up deep memories and past experiences of the illnesses, passings and funerals of family, friends and clients.

When my beloved grandmother passed when I was six years old, my destiny was set for a life of caring and natural healing processes. My parents and relatives wouldn't let me in her room when she was slowly passing from leukemia, but I kept sneaking in to hold her hand, talk to her though she couldn't respond, and curl up beside her. I wanted to comfort her but everyone said, "don't bother her," and I didn't believe it. Something in me knew she wanted to be touched. And after she passed and I cried so deeply with the loss, they wouldnt let me come to the funeral, so I hid in the car with a blanket over me, but they found me and insisted I go to school. From that time, my relationship with the sufferings of others in illness and death, has always touched me deeply, and eventually led to my life work as a natural physician and educator. Even though my grandmother passed, I have always felt her gracious and loving presence with me.

Years later, when my father was hospitalized, I woke up around 3 am in Palm Springs, and felt his presence and knew he had passed. I called my mother, and told her to call the hospital, and sure enough, he had passed a few minutes before. I flew to Canada, and felt his presence until we had our own natural funeral in his favorite place, his garden, planting a tree over his ashes. I remember saying, Father, go towards the light!", and then I felt him leave.

When my mother passed, I was in Hawaii, and also feeling her presence, I gathered flowers and created leis and offered them to the ocean with dance and song. It seems I have a natural gift for relationship with the invisible worlds and a sensitivity to soul passings.

Over the years, I have participated in reducing pain and easing clients in their last days toward their passing and in our Essential OIls and other classes address the emotional resistances to change, release, death, dying and transformation. I so appreciated the opportunity to dive deep into my personal experience and share it with the good and caring attendees at this conference. Reading at the end of my presentation of personal experience, and inspiration for essential oils and pain reduction, selected passages from my new book, The Old Man and His Soul, was the perfect completion.

BLESSINGS FALL LIKE RAINDROPS

“This class has taught me how to receive and let go, die and be reborn, and understand the importance of transition and now these states can be eased and initiated through the use of Young Living essential oils. There is something magical about incorporating the essences of the earth and the spirits of the plants into your life. The oils can induce spiritual awakening and emotional heart - mind consciousness. Farida creates a safe atmosphere for learning, expressing, and conscious growth. There is no limitation to these sacred teachings and blessed experiences. Infinite love and light, Megan”

“I loved this class truly. Farida is a master of going deep into things, but this time she really managed to bring us to the truth of what life is really about. Asking us questions that stir up the inside and remodels the way we will emotionally, spiritually and mentally. It is like a shake in the skaker. Then we learned about the beautiful Raindrop Therapy, which like the Reflexology, made me feel like a body bodyworker / healer, because when I am working on a person I use my whole being instead of just my physical self. Thank you for a magnificent school, Farida. Love you, Eva”

 “I appreciate the hands on training in the essential oils class. I have experienced a deep connection with the oils, learning the sense of smell and natural touch. It has been amazing to share the breakthrough of emotions with myself and my classmates exploring the oils on a deeper level. Farida is an amazing teacher and I am so grateful to find this school. Sheba”

“There is a harmonious method to these teachings. Every student shares and participates through connections made by verbal interaction and physical touch connection. There doesn’t seem to be any barrier between teacher and student. We all learn from one another, release, and grow. The oils and Farida enhance the experience, but I feel that these last four days have been much more than ‘what are essential oils’. These teachings will surely prepare us for the emotional healing involved in wholistic healing.”

“The essential oils course has allowed me to face my deep fears and bring out the inner strength I knew I always had. The questions and problems that have been resonating within my being have been brought to the front of my mind and answered due to the oils, self healing and stillness of this practice. A deep level of relaxation is unfolding, allowing me to connect to my true joys and inspiration. I now know that each event is a chance to use that strength and enjoy, embrace and allow change.” Julia.

“Today was the most relaxing day. If the heavens exist, I went there today. I don’t know how to express my feelings. Excellent. Excellent. Rosa”

“Fragrance is the essence of our being. To smell, to touch, to taste, to see, to hear, to connect with all of the beautiful souls in this class has been a blessing in disguise. Healing as one, we are able to inform our friends and families of our learning and thus heal our world of all the wounds it has endured. Love is life! Monika”

STUDENTS FLOWERING INTO EVOLUTIONARY LIFE

I love this essential oils healing process that I created for the Essential Oils Therapist training, as the radiance on everyone's face displays the depth inquiry combined with pens, crayons and essential oils that create higher consciousness in the School of Natural Medicine Essential Oils training in Boulder, Colorado.

The photos tell it all, and after they each described their experiences, one student said, "I wish we had filmed it so I could listen again."

Learning how to describe inner process is an important aspect of personal evolution into professional expertise. Communication, language, making the invisible inner world real, is a valuable reality of self healing.

We begin with a flower of life, the six circles around the center in sacred geometry represent our spiritual self, our present self, and our body temple, Our right hand circles respresent our past life as it is and what we need to forgive and change. The  left ones represent the future that is coming and how to forgive ourselves so that we can receive what is optimum for our personal self healing and evolution. The amazing and beautiful art creations, also include Young Living oils for anointing to inspire our inner work such as Release, Forgiveness, Highest Potential, Inner Child blends. The room fills with fragrance and our garden of souls radiate inner light. We are flowering!

 

ESSENTIAL OILS AWAKEN RECEPTIVITY TO TRANSFORMATION

Essential Oils cleanse receptor cells, erase negative and toxic influences and reprogram and evolve DNA say the textbooks and these are just words but when School of Natural Medicine students report on their experience in the Essential Oils training, this is what they say:

"All I knew when I signed up for the Essential Oils class was that I wanted to learn how to blend fragrances for my clients. Four days later I 'd learned how to blend the cosmic with the earth, the magical with the mundane, and best of all, my senses to my soul.

Farida is a master teacher, distilling the wisdom of the ages within the glistening walls of her nurturing goddess cocoon of a classroom."

"The essential oils class has been a divine delight combining self healing therapy, meditation and professional skills. Farida is a joy to work with, sharing her vast knowledge and expertise in oils and all areas of life. The class has put me on a new path towards self cleansing and higher consciousness. I am so excited to get out in the world and help, using my skills to heal others. My eyes have been opened and the possibilities seem endless.

The class is like a sweet sacred soul soothing song serenading my ears and inviting me to dance into the days of this new natural knowledge of a life of nourishment."

"The class takes you deep into the effect individual oils, or combinations of oils, have on your state of mind. By cleansing your mind and truly meditating with each oil presented, you are allowing yourself to delve deep into yourself and enjoy the intoxicating aromas of each oil. This course feels like a true gift to me! Highly recommended!"

"I love the small classes because you are able to get the personal hands on training. The way that Farida teaches in unique. The small group makes the interaction with the students personal, with each one sharing knowledge with their own life experiences. Throughout each day the students are evolving and transforming from their inner self."

"The essential oils class has opened my Heart and shifted my awareness to new dimensions. I feel clearer and more grounded in my own Being. For me, this is only the beginning of a beautiful and radiant journey of Natural Healing. Infinite Love and Transformation..."

GOLDEN GLOW BY DAY AND GOLDEN RED GLOW BY NIGHT

    The Essential Oils class at the School of Natural Medicine in Boulder, Colorado is enhanced by the golden red glow of the teaching room in the evening. The soft luminous quality of the light eases participants into the fragrant explorations. The blending of golden spirit with red earth color awakens integration and facilities embodiment of study with experience. What a delight to explore evolutionary self healing and learn professional skills in such a beautiful environment.

SNM UK STUDENT HEALS CANCER DRUG PROMOTORS

Michelle, our dynamic and passionate School of Natural Medicine UK naturopathy and herbal student is helping cancer drug promoters present their products at conferences in South America and soon on to Singapore as one of her fields of expertise is creating powerpoint and other presentation media. She has been quietly asking them why they aren't interested in prevention and true cure, however her email this morning shows her potent healing presence in another virtual reality.

"Have to tell you that one of the drug monitors that was speaking at conference had really bad throat on his arrival to the hotel and before his rehearsal that night I gave him the Young Living Thieves to spray in his throat and then caught him the next morning before he went on stage. After the day's event he came over and said.."Michelle whatever you gave me its worked a treat my sore throat has vanished." I had two more takers that day that were suffering with sore throats from the flights and hotel aircon...don't you just love it. Biggest hug and blessings to you my teacher. Michelle"

Here she is with her magnificent iris mandala from her Iridology class . Students like Michelle are a treasure to any teacher as their enthusiasm, receptivity and respect makes it possible to teach fully with joy. You know all you are giving is being embodied and will benefit their life work and influence in the world.

MEDICINAL OILS RELIEVE TEETH & GUM ABCESS PAIN

A week ago I woke up with pain in my right lower jaw, couldn't chew, swollen, sensitive to the touch. It was an OH! NO! moment, then I switched to an OH! BOY! moment. I can test the oils. My last nerve dying experience was a few years ago, perhaps 8 or 9 and I was just getting into the Young Living Oils and began my protocol after things had swollen and developed a lot and even then I was able to reduce and follow the nerve dying process  with good results. And here I could start at the beginning. To purchase YLO oils go to www.purehealth.com and click on the top right icon that says Essential Oils & choose How to Order from the drop down menu and follow the instructions.

This is my true experience - Farida Sharan: Immediately on rising I got my waterpik going and did a thorough session with Thieves oil agitated into the water, then did a session with Himalayan sea salt. Then I rubbed Thieves oil into the gum area, followed a little while later with PanAway and through the day kept rubbing those in as well as my dearly all time favorite must have Frankincense - all time tested and true medicinal quality Young Living oils. I got immediate reduction of pain results and that night after another water pik session decided to soak a piece of 100% pure unbleached cotton puff or wool (depending on which country you are from) in a combo of Frankincense, Palo Santo & PanAway. As i drifted off to sleep I found myself loving the taste, and so for the next three days, now pain free on waking the second day, I continued with the cotton puff in my mouth day and night. It was so small as it was only directly on the lower gum just where the root of the tooth was, you couldn't see any bulge or swelling on my face - yeah! a new regimen that works, gets immediate results, and I love going through things pain free.

On the second day I got in touch with the glands around my neck and side of the face and realized they were swollen and the muscles were tight and painful, so I massaged them with PanAway and Palo Santo, and also did Bemer sessions while lying on my black ball (or tennis ball will do) on the neck muscles, further tracking that tension down my spine, realizing I had a sense of unease in a muscle for a few days before the tooth became painful. Oh it is proven every time my body is well advised long before things come to my attention. Even though I had worked on the spinal muscle daily I hadn't connected with the cause in my neck until the tooth.

So here I am less than a week later after a completely painless process. Tooth pain free. Gum abcess free and not swollen or painful. Neck released. Still working on a muscle in my spine and that is freeing up. A meridian journey I believe. Amazingly enough there was even a bump on my reflexology right foot in the face tooth area. What an incredible body we have. So dear students of life and body - we learn all this in this wonderful School of Natural Medicine. Cannot recommend enough the oils with healing processes as an important part of your self healing and as support for your and your family and friends. As side benefit of this little cotton gum poultice was it took away my hunger and I was easily able to support the healing with a light diet and healthy herbs.

Consider how much people suffer in this world and how much they pay doctors and dentists and how much they spend on treatments and products why more are not more students of life and health interested to take some classes and learn about themselves and how to become independently healthy. Mystifying!

BONNY'S BEAUTEOUS BATHS FOR DIVINE HEALING SOAKING

Our School of Natural Medicine UK Director, Bonny White ND MH MIr, offers some divine recipes for beauteous healing soaking. Enjoy. Use quality medicinal grade essential aromatherapy oils. Always make sure you drop the oils into epsom salts before adding to the bath and then agitate the water for complete dispersal. Do this at that last moment so you can receive the full benefit of oils and then light a candle, get in the bath and go to healing heaven.

DETOX BATH
After a salt scrub with sea salt or epsom salts, honey and carrier oil. Do not rinse off. Soak in a bath of 1 cup sea salt or Epsom salts and 11 oz apple cider vinegar. Then add 4 drops Juniper oil, 6 drops Geranium oil, 6 drops Roman Chamomile oil mixed with a small handful of epsom salts and agitate the water to disperse the oils. Add ¼ cup baking soda + a Linen bag with ½ cup green tea leaves.

WATERBALANCE BATH
First massage the kidney areas 6 drops of Juniper oil mixed with 1 tablespoon of carrier oil then apply a Ginger poultice wrapped with stretch bandage onto the kidney/adrenal area. Relax for 5 to 10 minutes and then enter the bath. This poultice remains on the kidneys during the bath. Then soak in a hot bath with 6 drops Grapefruit oil, 8 drops Juniper oil, 8 drops Lemongrass oil mixed into a handful of epsom salts then swished in the bath.

SORE MUSCLES BATH
First Massage 12 drops of Marjoram oil mixed with pure almond oil on to sore muscles. Then soak in a hot bath with 2 cups Epsom salts in which you have added 4 drops Douglas Fir or Balsam Fir oil, 6 drops Basil oil, 6 drops Geranium oil  and ¼ cup mustard powder (creates heat in the body).

LUXURY SENSUALITY AROMATHERAPY
Add oils to 1 cup coconut milk (blended milk and pulp of one coconut) + put a linen bag with one cup oatmeal in the bath with you. Blend: 6 drops Jasmine oil, 6 drops Bergamot oil, 6 drops Rose oil, 6 drops Ylang Ylang oil, 4 drops Geranium oil then scatter rose and flower petals.

TWO NEW ESSENTIAL OILS THERAPIST GRADUATES

School of Natural Medicine International offers certification in Essential Oils for the Americas, Europe and other countries. The two classes in June and July in Vancouver BC attended by Rebecca Pruitt from Yakima, Washington and Nannette Powell (already a Reflexology graduate from my class in Boulder last October and who has already achieved a booming practice in Denver with reflexology and essential oils) from Colorado offered the opportunity for both students to graduate as Essential Oils Therapists.

Here are their comments and also those of the students who have only attended the Level II so far, as it was a most divine class in terms of healing, transformation and loving kinship.

“The teachers, oils, and interconnectedness with these concepts and group interactions helped me to see new dimensions in reality. By relating and exchanging energy, thoughts, touch, I feel a greater understanding in my perceptions. The opportunity is priceless and has helped me to grow in beautiful ways that will broaden my capabilities of interaction and human relationships. I love these classes and am grateful for these truths and shared wisdom.” Bekka

“Taking the Oils I & II classes has been very rewarding and very emotionally changing. I’ve learned how to look within myself to identify issues where they started, where they manifested, and how to begin to release and heal. There is such an amazing process to healing that so many people are unaware of and I’m thankful that this class has helped me to see things differently.”” Nannette

“It’s not often I find people who share some of the same perceptions on life, health and healing as me. I feel at home when I am around my fellow classmates. We might be just a few individuals but they remind me of the lighthouses that dot Vancouver’s coastline. Far, few and in between, but they have light and are grounded and share that light for others to be guided. Elizabeth.”

“What I am learning in this school is the pure essence of life, the fundamentals to become and be a healthy person emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. In these classes I am being taught EQ instead of IQ, and what can we really do with our abilities not like regular schools where they wasted our beautiful childhoods and giving us stress with all the pressures.

I enjoyed every second of every minute, I cold not get enough of all the TRUTH coming out of Farida’s words and I could listen to her for hours and hours. I have in the past years in my life tried to live in a equilibrium of healthy mind, body and emotional state, and here I am being reminded of all I have forgotten and being taught about new things I didn’t know about myself. Finally I have been given a chance to learn how to try to master my life so in the future I can help others. But one important thing, I always like to keep in mind is, no matter how healthy food we eat, how much we exercise every day and meditate if we emotionally torture ourselves when we are in a conscious state. Healthy thinking will eventually lead to a healthy life and that is where I am heading.

Thank you for everything especially for your passion and love. I am grateful to have found you as my teacher. With lots of blessings forever Farida, & lots of love, Eva.

BELIEFS, CHANGE, PAIN & OILS OF JOY & GLADNESS

School of Natural Medicine Oils Level II class in Vancouver, BC, Canada this week for a five day training are exploring deep levels of emotional healing, change, and relationship with pain as we study medicinal therapeutic essential oils.

Chris, a long time naturopathy student, who works in a government agency in Washington DC, and who is graduating this visit; Eva from Minnesota, Elizabeth from Saudi Arabia, Nannette from Denver, Colorado and Bekka from Yakima, Washington are the dedicated and passionate students for this class. Eva and Bekka are returning in the autumn for reflexology and iridology along with a new student, Disa, from Tajikistan and Robert who runs the Gaia Herbal Pharmacy in Vancouver. Other students are also in the process of signing up so it will be another full group.

Using healing processes each student personalizes emotional healing so that information is grounded in experience and embodied wisdom. Self Healing continues in each class so that information attaches with ease in the brain.

The first day focused on emotional healing and the second day today explored basic beliefs, theories of change, resistance to change, and where we hold wounds and store uncompleted memories in our body. Tomorrow we move ahead to internal use of oils and chronic conditions, as well as family usage. The last two days the students learn auricular and neuro-auricular skills and continue with healing processes.

It is truly beautiful to watch how faces change and hear the reports of students as to the changes in their life and improvements in well being and life skills. Enjoy the group picture. I chose this one because of the bliss closed eyes students balanced by the radiant opened eyed students.

OILS TRAINING - INFORMATION, SKILLS, HEALING PROCESSES

School of Natural Medicine Essential Oils Therapist training with Farida Sharan last week in Vancouver, BC was a joy of fragrance, skills and healing processes - an experience beyond most workshops or seminars.

When students process their fears, traumas and symptoms and explore their historical, physical, emotional, social, mental and spiritual landscapes, the oils take on another life.

Did you know that oils speak directly to our brain becoming part of our instinctive and emotional brains, but not our logical brain? With the oils we go deeper, entering safely and respectfully into the field of being and allowing change, healing, transformation and evolution.

Skills in this five day training in Vancouver focused on an evolved Raindrop Training with emphasis on deep slow connected touch that transforms the YLO idea of a Raindrop session into a profoundly more satisfying experience. Students return for another oils training the 24th of July for another five days, with new students joining the group, Washington DC, Minnesota, Denver and Saudi Arabia.

The next training focuses on skills for Auricular and Neuro Auricular work with increased emphasis on oils, reflexology and master touch connection awareness abilities. In every class emphasis is placed on self healing and students continue to learn how to focus inwardly, sense, feel, know, and become alive in their inner world. Healing process work deepens into releasing individual trauma and co-dependence as students face the realitis of family relationships, unresolved emotions, fears of change and other potential raw material for transformation into evolved being.