(Makes ½ cup, enough for two, small, 2-ounce jars)

¼  cup dried lavender flowers
5 to 7 drops lavender essential oil
2 tablespoons beeswax pellets
½ cup virgin olive oil

Tools

Heavy saucepan
Glass liquid measuring cup
Clean jars for finished salve (I use 2 ounce jars)
cheesecloth
Rubber band
tea towels

Pour the oil into a heavy saucepan.

Add lavender flowers. Stir to combine.

Warm slowly over low heat. Once warm, turn off heat and let sit for 20 minutes.

Place cheesecloth over measuring cup and secure with a rubber band

Strain lavender/oil mixture through cheesecloth Once most of the oil has dripped through, remove rubber band and pull the cheesecloth around the lavender. Squeeze any excess oil into the measuring cup. (Have a towel nearby; your hands are going to be oily!)

Put a few inches of water into pan, place cup (with olive oil) into pan. Warm slowly over low heat until the water is simmering.

While the water is warming, add  2 tablespoons of beeswax to the olive oil.

Let this mixture sit in simmering water and stir occasionally until the beeswax has melted. This takes about 10 minutes.

Once melted, add the 5 drops of lavender essential oil and pour into clean jars.

Allow to cool completely before putting the lid on.

Keeps for 6 months to a year.

• 8 ounces Sugar
  

• 1 ounce Fractionated Coconut Oil

• 1 ounce Vegetable Glycerin

• 1 ounce Liquid Castille Soap

• 1/2 tsp. The Vitamin E Oil

• 1/4 tsp. Essential Oil

• 2/3 cup oil  Grapeseed oil
  Note: It is nice to use a variety of oils to make up the 1 cup. Such as jojoba oil, emu oil because it is good for: dry skin, stretch marks, under-eye puffiness, age spots, wrinkles, cuticles and nails. Grapeseed oil, or  almond oil.
  

• 1/3 cup Wheat Germ Oil
  

• 6 drops lavender essential oil

• Scant 1/8 tsp Vitamin E oil (or 10 drops)

Pour all ingredients into a bottle, cap and shake to blend.

1/3 cup virgin coconut oil, melted over low heat.
2 cups sugar
20 drops lime essential oil
3-5 drops lemon essential oil
3 drops orange essential oil
3 drops bergamot essential oil
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

(May substitute Safflower, Jojoba or Avocado oil.

Or make a mix of a few of these to add up to ½ cup)

Method

1. Mix all ingredients, except for olive oil, in a large bowl.

2. Gradually add olive until you reach the desired consistency.

3. Put in a pretty jar! And add a label.

A cancerous body has lost the ability to turnover 30 billion cells daily. Which means old and dead cells build up over time. These dead cells begin to ferment, creating an acidic environment. The living cells around this area start being starved of nutrients, and they also die and add to the metabolic waste build up. An acidic environment means there's no oxygen getting to any of these cells.

So now what we have is an environment where normal healthy cells cannot survive, the build up will continue to spread unless the cancer patient makes some different lifestyle changes. The body is very good at cleaning up toxic mess, we just need to give it the right tools to do so, high quality natural foods, fresh air, sunlight, hydration, trying to manage stress, getting out and doing fun things, exercising.... yes all of these things help the body flush out the crap and begin repairing and nourishing.
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OK, so back to this nasty environment.... all cells around the area of the metabolic waste are dying, the blockage is slowly building. Do we all understand that if this continues ALL cells die which = death, right? The person would no longer be living...... BUT the body can do some remarkable "last resort" things. It realizes that if it doesn't do something soon this body will perish, so instead of normal cells dying, some begin to mutate into CANCER cells. Cancer cells are the only cells that are able to live off this waste. Remember that any living cell in the body is better than no living cell. The cancer cell begins to feed off the acidic environment and metabolic waste. More cells think "hey that's a good idea, I'm going to mutate too"... eventually we have a gathering of cancer cells. Yes, they live off sugar, yes they live off waste... but what other option do they have? There's no more oxygen, fats or nutrient in this environment.

Finally a tumor is formed, the reason why it grows is because it sucks in A LOT of the metabolic waste, the body knows that if the acidic environment spreads to the organs the the body really will kick the bucket. Here we can see that cancer cells and tumors are more of a clean up crew, they've been thrown into a disgusting and gross situation. Cancer cells are a SYMPTOM of the main problem. THE PROBLEM is not being healthy enough to turn over 30 billion cells a day, remember?

Now, lets look at western medicine. As usual they have a symptom-orientated approach, it's never going to fix the problem, but hey... lets nuke the cancer cells and take out the tumors anyway. Sure, lets get rid of the clean up crew. So the clean up crew is now gone, yet the problem is still growing, and soon enough the cancer either comes back or there's a "secondary cancer" that shows up for the same reason the first one did.

Does it seem dumb to anyone else that to treat a toxic body, they put more toxic substances into it? LUNACY!!!! Why is there never any talk about natural methods to heal and nourish the body? The body has the ability to make and get rid of cancer cells everyday. Once the body is nourished properly, it no longer has a need for cancer cells and they get turned over with the rest of the 30 billion cells.

FYI: if you get sick often, this is a cry for help, your toxins are slowly building up. Sickness is the first sign of your body struggling to get rid of old cells. Bacteria and infections can only feed off dead cells... if you've got a cold or flu, then you've got build up of dead cells, the body is trying to rid itself of these dead cells - yet we do everything we can to stop it from doing so.

So, in knowing all of this, treating cancer should simply be natural. But hang on a sec. Nothing natural can be patented by pharmaceutical companies - no profit will be made from this. Did you know it's illegal for cancer researchers to look into natural treatments? The pharmaceutical company PAYS scientists to study a drug that will make profit for the company. The American Cancer Council is the RICHEST not for profit company in the world. The cancer industry makes billions of dollars off every new cancer drug they send out. Our donations are pocket money. If funding was helping then why is the prevalence of cancer getting worse, why is it affecting younger and younger people? Why doesn't western medicine have a higher success rate of survivors? Why is there no prevention, only treatment?
10 years ago I didn't know anyone who had cancer, today I know at least 15.

Instead of donating your hard earned cash to cancer (and being part of the problem) start researching and educating friends and family instead. Start learning how to nourish your bodies - it's not magic.

In ancient medicine, Rhodiola was used for pain, headache, scurvy, hemorrhoids, as a stimulant, an anti-inflammatory, to enhance fertility, and for the treatment of cold and flu.

Current medical and pharmacological tests indicate benefits in relieving fatigue, increasing attention span, improving memory, and boosting work productivity in healthy individuals.

General benefits include heartbeat regulation, preventing stress-induced cardiac damage, improved sexual function, increased physical work capacity with dramatically shortened recovery periods, menopausal-related disorders, and depression.

It’s never too late to address unexpressed emotion stored in the body as pain, tightness, and discomfort.

When we look at the language we use to talk about emotional reactions, there is often a physical sensation associated as well: a lump in the throat, butterflies in our stomachs, a gut feeling, the weight of the world on our shoulders. This isn’t coincidental! Those visceral reactions are messages from our body.

We hear this referred to as “the mind-body connection.” It’s often associated with using the mind or positivity to help boost the immune system or physically feel better. While that is certainly a helpful boost, we shouldn’t ignore what our bodies can do to help heal our emotions.

Most of us can recall a time growing up where we were discouraged from releasing a painful emotion by well-meaning adults. Parents tell little boys to “be a tough guy” or “shake it off” when they get hurt, while women are encouraged and socialized to discuss their feelings. Our bodies hang on to what happens with our emotions—even if we’ve “talked ourselves out of it.” The physical and emotional impact of unexpressed pain is one that lasts. Unexpressed pain sticks around.

Below are some typical patterns of stored emotion in the body as recognized within the bodywork community. Each person has their own patterns as well, but these are some common patterns :

Our bodies are aware of the things that our minds would like to push aside. The things that we have forgotten at a conscious level are still present all the time in our bodies. The good news is that it’s never too late to address these issues, and that the results can help with both physical and emotional pain.

 A few steps we can take to release unresolved emotion: 

1. Find a daily physical practice you enjoy. Notice I didn’t say “exercise.” Caring about our health and fitness is important, but the intention here is a physical activity that we love. It helps to choose an activity that quiets your mind a bit. For me, this is yoga. Many people find running to have a meditative quality. It could be as simple as a ten minute quiet walk where you pay attention to your breathing and the sensations in your body.

2. Receive regular bodywork. Therapeutic massage and bodywork are some of the most effective ways I’ve seen (and experienced) for releasing stored emotion. When someone works on those knots in your shoulders you have from long held anger or stress, sometimes emotions will come up. I’ve had clients cry on my table—and sometimes they’ve known and shared why; other times, the pain is old and just hanging on in the muscles, waiting to be released. It’s important to remember that a massage therapist is a facilitator for these things—not a psychotherapist. Through bodywork, we can tap into these stored emotions and begin to process them ourselves, or if needed, with another professional.

3. Make touch a part of your primary relationships. This sounds simple, obvious even. Unfortunately, we have become a very hands-off culture. Fewer and fewer of our daily interactions involve touch. As we rely on social media and smart phones for the bulk of our communication, our relationships often involve less physical contact than we need. Make a point of touching people on the arm or shoulder as you speak with them. Greet friends with a hug. Play a pick-up game of basketball instead of just watching the game. When we begin to remember that we are not just minds stuck inside a body, but body and mind working in concert, we can begin to heal old hurts in a deeper and lasting way.

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Essential oils are relevant to energy work because energetic imbalances tend to eventfully manifest in the physical body. Because of this, essential oils and aromatherapy can be said to be inherently multi-dimensional and in essence integrated. For me, this makes them a wonderful bridge between subtle  (energetic) and biochemical (clinical) modalities that promote healing, balance and wellness.

• Heals infectious wounds, insect bites and pimples
• Calms symptoms of rashes
• Reduces inflammatory skin conditions
• Encourages healing from burns
• Reduces itching, inflammation, blistering and peeling

• Relives itchiness & pain from burns
• Scent reduces migraines and insomnia
• Heals insect bites
• Calms eczema and skin problems
• Scent reduces stress and tension

• Cleans and disinfects wounds
• Reduces inflammation and swelling
• Promotes faster healing of wounds and bruises