June Facts

June is one of my favorite months. The weather is warm and the days long.

June Facts

• Birthstone – Pearl is known as the stone of wisdom. It helps elevate your spirits and self acceptance.
• Birth Flower – Rose –  Associated with healing, spirituality, love, protection and is believed to enhance ones psychic abilities.
• Summer Solstice is celebrated on June 21st.
• June was named after the Roman Goddess Juno.

Midsummer Eve was known as one of the three nights of the year when the veil between our World and the Otherworld grows thinner. It is said that faeries would join in the festivities, mingling with the human revelers on this special night.

So pull up a chair . . . relax . . . and enjoy this beautiful video.

“Where the water whispers mid the shadowy rowan – trees
I have heard the Hidden People like the hum of swarming bees:
And when the moon has risen and the brown burn glisters grey
I have seen the Green Host marching in laughing disarray”
– Fiona MacLeod

Monday

I’ve been out sick with an upper respiratory infection for about a week, which is why I have been away from this blog so long.

I’m still in the process of recovering and the rusty, creaking gears in my body and brain are slowly beginning to function again.

I’m sorry if it seems like I dropped off the face of the earth these past few days . . .

Here is a wonderful animation by a young animator, Carmen Bromfield Mason.

Here is a very powerful message we all need to take to heart.

Heart Beat of Mother Earth – (With A Beautiful Native American Chant)

Lyrics to Cherokee Morning Song:
“We n’ de ya ho, We n’ de ya ho,
We n’ de ya, We n’ de ya Ho ho ho ho,
He ya ho, He ya ho, Ya ya ya
Translation:
“We n’ de ya ho
Freely translated: “A we n'” (I am), “de” (of), “Yauh” –the– (Great Spirit), “Ho” (it is so).” – Robbie Robertson

Steven Halpern is an amazing artist who creates music which is specifically designed to promote relaxation and healing.

Here is a video featuring Steven Halpern with Silvia Nakkach in the Om Zone 2.0

So, take a deep breath . . . exhale slowly . . .  and relax.

“When Mozart was composing at the end of the eighteenth century, the city of Vienna was so quiet that fire alarms could be given verbally, by a shouting watchman mounted on top of St. Stefan’s Cathedral. In twentieth-century society, the noise level is such that it keeps knocking our bodies out of tune and out of their natural rhythms. This ever-increasing assault of sound upon our ears, minds, and bodies adds to the stress load of civilized beings trying to live in a highly complex environment.”  -Steven Halpern

Herbal Tea Thyme

I love making herbal teas. We have lavender, lemon balm, chocolate mint, and an assortment of other types of mint growing in our back yard. Today I went to the garden to get some herbs and found the lemon balm was taking over my beloved chocolate mint plants. Yikes!

Meanwhile, Back in the Kitchen . . .

To make this tea combine equal parts of chamomile, red clover blossoms, calendula, organic roses, rose hips, and stevia for sweetening. Use one tsp. of herbal tea mix per 8 oz cup of boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes, strain and drink.

If your looking for bulk organic herbs & spices. Visit  Mountain Rose Herbs

Happiness is . . . a fragrant cup of herbal tea.

One of my other favorite tea blends is 1 part Earl Grey loose tea leaves mixed with 1/2 to 1 part organic rose petals. It’s great for those days when you need a little pick me up. Delicious!