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Thoughts For Winter
Anaflora Flower Essences Winter Suggestions
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Sadira in the first snow for 2009
Thoughts For Winter
Winter:
Winter can be a time depending on the area in which you live, where you will be spending more time inside and not as much time outside in the fresh air, experiencing the touch of nature like you would normally during warmer seasons. It can also mean if you have to work outside, or your animals live outside, the physical body will need extra protection against the elements. Most other species of animals, (let’s not forget humans are animals too), accept the changes of nature’s seasons and know how to adapt accordingly. The animals in their natural environment know instinctively what foods they need to eat and what changes they need to make within and outside themselves in order to survive. They know what areas within their environment where they can find the best food and protection as they have learned to work with nature and follow her guidance as the seasons change.
Accepting the counsel of the natural world by observing the ebb and flow of its cycles, involves adopting a more harmonious approach to life, having an awareness and a respect for the influences acting upon us.
By watching, listening and feeling nature and the animals, they can teach us to open our awareness to the changes that are all around us. That is their gift to us.
Remember winter is a time when nature is hiding within her roots, gathering and storing energy to be re-born and blossom again in spring. If we have connected to nature and the animals, we will know instinctively that we should do the same thing by observing our own body’s needs for more sleep and relaxation.
Winter diets should be warming and substantial with more whole grains, less fruit and lots of steamed and or baked vegetables. Hardy vegetable soups are wonderful during the winter accompanied with yummy wholegrain, homemade breads with their wonderful mouth watering aromas drifting throughout the home.
Water is a very important element in winter just as it is in summer. All species tend to eat more food and foods that are heavier in fiber during the winter to increase body warmth. We need to balance what we eat with equal amounts of clean, fresh water to help with proper digestion and to prevent dehydration.
Winter is a time when we have a responsibility to the animals that we have domesticated, keeping in mind that we have brought them from their environment into ours, where they are no longer able to roam and forage following their natural instincts to nourish their bodies with natures natural food sources. So we need to be mother nature’s assistants, making sure the animals that are in our care are receiving the proper nutrients, vitamins and minerals that are appreciate for each individual, the way God and nature intended.
A wonderful way to bring nature back to our animal companions and ourselves is through the use of flower essences. Below you will find a list of suggested Anaflora Flower Essences that will help us stay in touch with nature through one of Gods most precious gifts of nature, The Flowers.
Flower Essences Recommended for Winter:
Digest Aid:
Assists in the maintenance of a healthy digestive system. Sooths nervousness and anxiety that may lead to digestive distress. During the winter months we tend not to get as much exercise and sometimes that slows our digestive functions. Digest Aid helps with giving the body digestive systems a boost in its everyday functions.
Emotional Balancing & Healing:
This formula was developed from the reports of customers using Anaflora’s “Return to Joy” and Recovery Formulas together with wonderful, calming results.
It contains ingredients found in Anaflora’s “Return to Joy”, Recovery Formulas plus extra healing water from sacred sites around the world make up this incredible formula, know to some as “Angel Spray.”
Ingredients: Alfalfa, Arnica, Bleeding Heart, Castle Lake Azalea, Clematis, Comfrey, Echinacea, Heat’s Ease, Hyssop, Lady’s Slipper, Morning glory, Red Clover, St. John’s Wort, Self Heal, Shasta Lily, Shooting Star and Wild Rose. Holy water from Chalice Well at Glastonbury, England, sacred water from India and sacred spring water from Panther Spring and Squaw Spring on Mt. Shasta in Northern California.
Recommended in highly stressful situations to be taken by the animal and their caretaker together, helping to remove anxiety and stress between you to allow balance to be restored.
Recommended Uses and Directions:
-can be applied lightly to wounds, cuts, abrasions, rashes other injuries and emotional upsets of all kinds..
-spray around the head and heart for clearing emotional shock and trauma.
-mist inside crates, carriers, horse trailers, animal bedding, bird cages and in the car when travelling.
-an easy to use all purpose emergency spray made especially for animals also great for children & adults too.
Essence of Nature:
For the animal kept indoors, or any creature confined to an artificial environment. An animal that has adequate companionship, but suffers from “nature deprivation.” It brings the “essence of nature” indoors. Wonderful for humans who spend long periods indoors too.
Immune Boost:
Aids in the maintenance of a healthy immune system. Stabilizes emotional fluctuations and creates equipoise. As with human beings, animals in this time of world unrest and uncertainty are experiencing increased immune depletion. This formula is made from tree essences. Tree essences in general strengthen the system, creating health, balance, stability and endurance. Each essences in this formula was chosen for its stabilizing effect on the overall system. Winter can be very challenging for the immune system especially when we are subjected to severe weather conditions.
Special Stress:
Suffering from situations that are misunderstood such as the well intentions of humans not knowing how to fulfill an animal’s natural needs creates stress. Living in close contact with humans where animals have had to adapt to our environment or forced to live in situations that are un-natural and many times cruel and inhumane. Humans that exhibit unbalanced emotions such as anger and worry are frightening and disturbing, especially to the animals. In such situations humans are usually not aware of how they are effecting others within their environment. Winter can be a difficult time for most species as the days shorten and become colder and most inside animals are restricted from being outside with nature unable to use their natural instincts to their full potential. When we have to spend more time indoors, we are subjected to each others emotions and energies more then we would otherwise. If those emotions and energies are unbalanced, others within out space will be effected with undo stress. Many humans not knowing an animal’s natural psychology, become puzzled and upset at behaviors they do not understand. A good reason for both animals and humans to take this formula together.
Tranquility:
Excellent for the animal that is hyper-sensitive to its environment and easily over-stimulated. Calms and soothes everyday nervousness. Great to use when we have to spend more time indoors with others.
Harmony:
A wonderful calming formula that helps sooth the soul. Great for homes with multi animals and humans.
