We've Moved!

Earth Lodge has a totally new and re-designed site, complete with its very own news blog page. Improvements are still being made, but it's almost finished, and the blog is live.

Check us out at:

www.earthlodgeherbals.com

New Flower Essence Combination Formulas & Single Flower Remedies

EASE & FLOW

This combination remedy has been specially formulated with the guidance of our flower devas to help foster feelings of harmony, peace and ease in your daily life here on earth. Using the powerful vibrations of 10 flowers, Ease and Flow counteracts feelings of fear, stress, anger, depression and worry. It raises your overall vibration while protecting you from negative influences and geopathic stress so that you can function at your highest levels of joy and flow easily with life. Contains: barberry, burr cucumber, foxglove, gaillardia, gladiolus, hollyhock, northern bush honeysuckle, lady's mantle, mountain laurel, and yucca flower essences. 

SAFE TO BE

This remedy was made especially with our rescue animals and trauma victims in mind. Release fear, guilt and blame with this remedy. Embrace happiness and let go of any residual anger or sadness while the angels and flower fairies support and nourish the soul. This remedy creates a cushion of love and security for the fearful, and helps unlock and dissolve karmic debts, especially those related to violence or anger. Contains: Astilbe, Bleeding Heart, Indigo Hydrangea, Jewelweed, Rose of Sharon, Unakite, Wood Sorrel  

SLEEP TIGHT

Here's the remedy you need if you can't sleep, for whatever reason. Insomnia got hold of you? Children waking at all hours of the night? Stress keeping you up? Strange dreams? Nightmares or darkness frightening the kids? Use this on yourself and your household and experience heightened, blissful levels of deep relaxing sleep that leaves you well-rested and relaxed when you wake up. Contains: Bee-Balm, Chickweed, Pink Hydrangea, Moonstone, Squash Blossom, Tamarack  

Chickweed is a small and humble plant that nourishes the soul on a basic level by bringing in more source energy through your root chakra. It is helpful to those who have trouble sleeping through the night, fear the dark and the
unknown.

Evening Primrose balances the male and female aspects of the self, and also fosters easier relationships between the sexes. It encourages openness and honesty, truth and trust. Good for those who have a hard time entering relationships, as well as animals involved in breeding or mixed-sex packs. Evening primrose helps create a strong, dependable foundation to support the lightness of beauty of joy with ease.

"Who are we of the Gaillardia Aristata clan? We are the small yet hearty, the rugged beauty of the American wastelands and deserts brought into your garden to spread laughter and amusement. We bring you strength, courage, fearlessness. We help those in times of need, in times of trouble, to find their center. We ground you, increasing energy and stamina, while cleansing your aura with light. Behold us, and laugh! Behold us and be at ease!"

Northern Bush Honeysuckle heals RNA and DNA just as all honeysuckle do, while realigning mass consciousness with the earth and all new, higher energies on this physical plane of existence. It allows for full ascension progression and pulls in the help and healing powers of all the angels and nature devas.

Indigo Hydrangeas were given to us at a wedding party, beautifully potted in groups of three on each table. All three on our table came home with us, and bloom violently radiant on our property each year in natural hues of indigo and violet. They are, quite simply, the most stunningly colored hydrangeas that we have ever seen in our county, where most plants are a pale light blue. Say our plants "Speak to us. Give us your worries, your fears. Let us transmute them. Let us soothe you. You simply need to reconnect to your highest good, your highest self, your most natural and beneficial state of being. Let us repaint your aura with the vibrant tones of light that are most natural to you. Let us help you reconnect with your spiritual birthright. Insecure? We can help. Bullied? Fearful? Shy? We are here for you."

One Pink Hydrangea sits right next to our Indigo Hydrangea, blooming in an entirely different hue, a sweet pink that lightens the heart. It came with the property, growing sparsely in a shady corner, and when we received the others we placed them all on a back interspersed with lilacs in part-sun. Says our pink hydrangea "We all, the hydrangeas, lighten the heart. We are all loving, giving energies that re-light the aura and re-ignite soul connections. When we are pink, as I am, we tend to direct more of our love and healing to your heart center, as opposed to our blue and violet friends who focus more on the state of your mind. We look after matters of the heart. Let us heal you. Let us connect you to love, to pure source energy, that which so many of you call Christ Consciousness. We are here for you."

Orange Jewelweed releases guilt and blame. It travels with Poison Ivy for this very reason: for poison ivy grows to remind us of the dangers of violence against other living beings, jewelweed is here to help us aleviate any deep-seated guilt or anger we may feel from violent events, whether from this lifetime or another. Expect great shifts in consciousness when you use this remedy!

"We, the Magenta Petunias, are a most unusual color and energy among the plants. We hold incredible vitality. We are fire and water blended most harmoniously. We are here to boost your ability to perform when you feel constrained, to do everything you are wanting no matter the odds. Do you feel like your life, your work, your situation "stinks"? Use us to work within the establishment, shift your reality, allow the world to see and rejoice in your full vitality and power. Use us and see how wonderful life can be with just a few small, simple shifts. Be FULL-filled. Be blessed."  

"The fruit which San Marzano Tomatoes bear nourishes you, so many of you, but so few take the time to notice or appreciate our little flowers. Thank you. Thank you! We are happiness, we are clarity. We would share it with you. The health of our fruits is debated and praised by many, but what you need to see is that they are healthful only when you appreciate the entire plant, the entire process that created us. So it is with all plants that create food. If you see only the result, and do not appreciate the entire energy of the plant, you are missing so much! So we have come to you as a flower essence to help you connect to this process, to the energies of tomatoes especially, but also ALL food plants, so that you may better assimilate nutrients and benefit your health with every bite you eat. Our essence will make you more naturally appreciative and blessing of all your food. So be it."

Wood-Sorrel clears debris from your past and your present path so that you can see you way clearly. It returns you to a state of child-like perfection and anticipation. Particularly good for abuse and neglect victims, so that they can become happy, self-empowered fulfilled individuals.

http://www.earthlodgeherbals.com/flowers.htm

Shamanic Group is POSTPONED

Due to the strange timing of this month's second thursday, and the hectic nature of early Septembers for most people, we are postponing Shamanic Group to NEXT week. We will meet Thursday, Sept 15th, at 6pm at Earth Lodge. 

Hope everyone can make it!

2011 Master Remedy List and Our 50th Elixir!

Yucca Filamentosa, also known as Adam's Needle, is a perennial hardy yucca that grows wild and joyfully free on the Earth Lodge properties. Yucca encourages you to reach for your inner heights of being, to easily become the best that you can be, spiritually and emotionally. Yucca will help you dispel anger and stress by illuminating your safety of being at its very core. Nothing can harm you. You are invulnerable, safe, and inviolable.

 

http://www.earthlodgeherbals.com/flowers.htm

We are also excited to present you with an easier way to browse our crystal and flower elixirs: we have created a simplified, searchable Master Remedy List in PDF format
that can be downloaded and printed from our website. Enjoy!

Bleeding Heart, No More Drama

Bleeding Heart stops the drama. It stops the pain, it stops the fear. It takes you into your heart center to see right where changes really need to be made. Do you have a hard time saying no? Hard time saying yes? This will help you either way. Stops you from making yourdelf a victim or a martyr and lets the truth flow straight from source to you, to the world. Let the sun shine in! Bleeding heart stops the cycles of pain and sadness, helps you release traumas and hurts, and opens up the pathways to bigger and greater love. 

Available at www.earthlodgeherbals.com

Tamarack Flower Essence, Build Your Strength

Tamarack will toughen you up. It helps to strengthen the whole body and tone your mental faculties so you can do what you need to do. It helps you align with the new earth energies and balance the any excess kinetic energy in the physical body. Use it to combat geopathic stress and target a weak spleen or liver, or to help boost confidence and overall stamina. 

Available at www.earthlodgeherbals.com/flowers.htm

Bug's Bane, the newest herbal supplement from Earth Lodge for Horses and Ruminants

This nutritional supplement contains herbs that have known to be effective against a variety of biting insects, including flies, ticks and mosquitoes. Rich in B vitamins and sulfur, this nutritional supplement bolsters the body’s natural defenses, while making your horse smell and taste less palatable to insects. Meanwhile, healing herbs ensure that bites heal quickly, also making your horse less attractive to flies. Optimal results occur after the supplement has had time to build up in the body, so be sure and order yours before the bugs come out in full force, and feed 1-2 heaping tablespoons daily. 

Contains: Garlic, Peppermint, Lemongrass, Stinging Nettle, Nutritional Yeast, Calendula.

Mystical Reiki-Charged Incense

Live the Life You Were Meant to Lead

We are excited to introduce our newest product line: beautifully scented, hand-dipped incense with a burn time of around 30 minutes.  Our incense is designed to improve your physical and spiritual reality. Each set of 10 sticks has been reiki-charged for extra vibrational potency and comes packaged in a green 2” x 12” ziplock bag to help preserve the fragrance of your incense between uses. 

AVAILABLE AT WWW.EARTHLODGEHERBALS.COM

Archangel Raphael, Mystical Reik-Charged Incense, $3.50

Call in the beloved healing energies of Archangel Raphael with  this light, enchanting fragrance. 

Loving Reality, Mystical Reik-Charged Incense, $3.50

Call in all kinds of love, whether you are looking for romance or simply seeking a little bit more love and joy in your daily reality. A pleasing citrus and floral blend. 

Courageous, Mystical Reik-Charged Incense, $3.50

Transmute and release fear, tap into your natural courage and strengths. Live the life you were meant to lead! A pleasing woodland fragrance. 

Be Prosperous, Mystical Reik-Charged Incense, $3.50

Encourage your natural spiritual tendency to be a prosperous being, blessed with abundance. This is a powerful incense to bring in the big, big bucks! An energizing fragrance that taps right into the earth through your root chakra.

Spiritual Shopping Club

Members receive 25% off thousands of items!

We have created a new buying club for pagan and spiritual supplies. Members will receive 25% off regular retail prices on thousands of supplies for a low annual fee of $15.00. This price includes catalogs and club mailings. The buying club features supplies spanning a variety of faiths, from Buddhist and Christian to Norse, Wiccan , Druidic and other Earth-Based Spiritualities.

Each member receives seasonal catalogs packed with over 7000 items including:

Incense, Smudge Sticks, and Oils

Crystals, Pendulums and Scrying materials

Books, CDs and DVDs

Tarot Cards Divination Supplies

Spiritual Jewelry, Amulets and Talismans

Bumper Stickers, Magnets and Pins

Altar Clothes, Cloaks and Altar Supplies

Statues, Windchimes & Decorative Items

Candles of all sizes and varieties

AND much more!

Orders are placed through Earth Lodge once per month as a group, so that members get to split the low shipping costs between them.
Don't want to wait, want your items right when you want them?
You can also place orders whenever you want with Maya for $9.00 Shipping & Handling.

If you are interested in joining our Spiritual Shopping Club, email Maya at info@earthlodgeherbals.com or call (860) 237 8801.

Winter Classes & Services At Earth Lodge

Monthly Classes & Events:

Crystalline Club
Each month’s Crystalline Club brings a new experience and shifts your reality to a different level. We have a guided meditation to show you how to “speak” with your stone’s inner spirit, you will receive a new stone to work with and enjoy, and we’ll talk about our experiences with the previous month’s stone, what happened over the month and discuss how it worked with us. Stones will tend to be the more rare and unusual gemstones, stones that most people haven’t heard of or worked with. Some stones that we have worked with include Eudialyte, Indicolite, Fire Agate, and Larimar.
$25, 1st Wednesday at 6:30 pm, 1 hour

Writing Circle

Writing is a creative release for the mind and an activity that strengthens the spirit. Guided by writer and intuitive Rachel Andrews, learn to write poetry and short stories to heal from the past and preserve your cherished moments. Each week will feature a lesson and time for individual projects.

$15 - 2nd Tuesday at 7 pm, beginning in February, 1.5 hours

Shamanic Journey Circle
This circle is led by shamanic energy healer and author Maya Cointreau. Commune with your guardian spirits and power animals, journey to power places of wisdom and healing, and experience new levels of Spirit. Shamanic journeys are meditative visualizations, or miniature vision quests, that allow you to access divine wisdom through your subconscious mind. At each open circle we drum, journey twice, and share our experiences. Bring a drum or rattle, pen and paper, something to lie on and an eye mask. Beginners welcome.

$15 - 2nd Thursday at 6 pm, 2-3 hours

Translating for Jesus

Jesus left an undeniable legacy on this planet and is still accessible for guidance. No religious affiliation is necessary to benefit from his advice. Each person will be able to ask questions and receive a reply in the form of, most usually, a few words and a description of the picture he shows. Translating done by intuitive medium Rachel Andrews.

$15 - 3rd Tuesday at 7 pm, beginning in February, 1 hour

Full Moon Drum Circle
Drum Circle is back! Sandra’s dogs had 14 puppies this summer (see them at www.sandracointreau.com), and all are healthy and well, making her ready and looking forward to leading drum circle once again. Come join us for some Native American-style drumming next month — drumming is free for all ages!

FREE - On or near the full moon at 7pm, 1 hour

Oracle Night

Enjoy an intimate evening with intuitive medium Rachel Andrews. Sit and chat informally with her as she answers questions and passes on information from angels and spirit guides.

$30 - 4th Tuesday at 7 pm, beginning in February, 1.5 hours

Reiki Share
This share  is open to all Reiki practitioners, whether you are a Master or just beginning. Everyone who comes gives and receives, building their Reiki as well as new friendships. The share begins with 2-4 people working on a person on the table for at least 10 minutes, then sharing views of what they felt. Then we move on to the next person, until all at each table have experienced the healing. We find the sharing of perceptions provides useful learning and affirmation on our intuitive physical and ethereal scanning.

$10 - Every other Friday at 11am, 2-3 hours. Weekend reiki shares resuming soon — please call to express interest.

Drummaking Workshop
Make your very own one-sided native-American style drum in this workshop led by Maya Cointreau. We will be using deer and elk hides and natural wood frames purchased directly from reservation hunters and artisans. Learn how to bless your drum and go home with a wonderful creation perfect for drum circles, meditation and daily, joyful drumming!

$100 12-inch drum

$120 14-inch drum

$150 18-inch drum

Sunday, February 27, 3pm (1-2 hours) Pre-registration and payment for this class is required by February 6th

Email us at info@earthlodgeherbals.com or call (860) 237 8801

to sign up for classes or book a healing today!

Services By Appointment:

Custom Herbal Healing Formulations
Feeling under the weather, experiencing chronic pain, or having a hard time falling asleep?  Need help lowering your blood pressure or fighting off the remnants of Lyme disease? Maya Cointreau is an herbalist with over 15 years of experience. One of her favorite things to do is help people like you improve their physical condition using herbs and flower essences to support the body’s natural healing processes. She is happy to make custom herbal and flower essence formulas to suit any purpose. Consultations can be done over the phone or via email, and formulas can be picked-up, dropped off, or shipped at your convenience (shipping and/or drop-off may incur small handling fees)
2 oz custom formulas, $20
4 oz custom formulas, $30

Reiki Session  
Experience Reiki Healing with our certified Reiki Masters, Sandra Cointreau and Maya Cointreau. Reiki is a Japanese hands-on healing technique that promotes stress reduction and relaxation. The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words: Rei which means "God's Wisdom or the Higher Power" and Ki which is "life force energy". So Reiki is actually "spiritually guided life force energy." A treatment feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that flows through and around you. Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of peace, security and wellbeing. Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use no matter what their religious beliefs or affiliations. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.
$65 for 45 minutes

Shamanic Healing
Maya Cointreau has been a practicing contemporary shaman for 15 years, and is a Reiki Master. Shamanic healing
couples shamanic journeywork practices with Reiki and other energy healing techniques. During her healing work she works with a pantheon of guides, including Spirit Animals, Goddesses, Archangels, Nature Spirits, Ancestors, and other
non-physical entities working with the light. Shamanic healings focus primarily upon bringing the soul and divine energy matrix of the spirit body into balance, which in turn balances and benefits the physical body. This kind of energy work is particularly well-suited for healing emotional trauma, through a practice called "soul retrieval" that re-integrates
fragments of the soul which are sometimes lost during a traumatic experience. This, in turn, allows the soul a fully
harmonized earth experience, and helps remove fear and sorrow from the emotional body.
$125, 1.5-2 hours

Lymphatic Drainage
Kathy is skilled at lymphatic drainage using a gentle hands-on technique to massage, activate and clear your lymphatic system of toxins and debris. This enables your immune system to work at an optimal level, and encourages proper detoxification in the body.
$90

Polarity Therapy
Kathy Lalonde help the body to work with optimum efficiency on all levels, returning the balance of yin and yang,
removing excess unbalanced energy, aligning the chakras and healing dysfunctional patterns. Polarity Therapy is a gentle, holistic method of treatment, applicable to many health problems and also useful in maintaining health. It could be said that there is only one disease, the disturbance of the energetic system, with different outcomes depending on the nature of the disturbance, and where it occurs. To overcome these problems Polarity therapy uses a system of gentle bodywork
supported by a specific set of exercises (Polarity Yoga), advice on diet and nutrition, and counseling. It is this energetic approach which differentiates Polarity Therapy from many other forms of bodywork.
$90 initial visit
$75 follow-up

Home & Property Clearings
$150 initial visit
$50 follow-up (if needed)
Our mobile team of house "cleaners" are ready to rid your home or property of negative entities or energies. We work with the elements and our own spirit guides and helpful spiritual "cleaners" to realign Ley lines and grid patterns around and under your home, and help any present spirits or out-of-place beings move on to the next realm. This sort of work can be particularly helpful in moving stuck, stagnant energy from a property and help with property sales, or just help create the peaceful energy you've been longing for in your home.

Animal Reiki
Reiki is a wonderful form of healing for animals large and small, who always enjoy its gentle energy and are receptive and open to the act of healing. Bring in your animals for a healing or schedule a Home Visit for your larger animals.
$45 (Small Animal)
$80 (Large Animal)
$125 (Large Animal, Home Visit)

Usui and Karuna Reiki Training & Certifications: I, II, III/Master
Available by appointment. All classes taught by Usui Reiki Master Maya Cointreau or Karuna/Usui Reiki Master Sandra Cointreau. Reiki I begins at $150.

Tarot Reading  
Maya has been reading tarot for 23 years with a variety of decks. She is skilled at allowing the answers to your questions flow straight from Source to you through her readings in a straightforward manner. She is also available for bookings at public events.
$30

Personal Oracle Sessions
Using her various skills Rachel Andrews can assist you in developing your intuition to help you live a more authentic and rewarding life. She will help you identify and clear energetic blocks to gain clarity and personal empowerment.
$75 for 1 hour

Aura Energy Reading & Drawing
Rachel Andrews can see, draw and read energy patterns. Her aura readings can focus on your current aura, your birth aura, or the energetic pattern and aura of any situation. Receive insight into energy that surrounds you and walk away with some beautiful drawings!
$75

Channeled Psychic Readings
Eden is a group of non-physical angelic beings, spirit guides and higher selves who are dedicated to helping elevate mass consiousness through their connection to Source Energy and Information. They are channeled in writing by Maya, and are happy to answer any and all questions. Ask one specific question for $20, or ask multiple questions and receive personal readings for $80. To receive a reading from Eden visit www.edenisnow.com.

December and January Classes at Earth Lodge

Drum Circle (FREE)
(12/21, 1/19, 2/18, 3/18, 4/18)
Come join us for some Native American-style drumming  — drumming is free for all ages! We have extra drums and rattles, so come whether you have a drum or not. DON'T MISS our special Yule Solstice Drum Circle this December -- Yule, Solstice, Full Moon, and Full Lunar Eclipse, all on one day! It's a special time, and it'll be a special evening with warm teas, treats and a blazing yule fire in the hearth as we drum. Upcoming drum circles for 2011 will be held on or near the full moon at 7pm. 

 

The Crystalline Club
1st Wednesday of each month, 6:30 - 8 PM
(12/1, 1/5)
Each month’s Crystalline Club brings a new experience and shifts your reality to a different level. We have a guided meditation to show you how to “speak” with your stone’s inner spirit, you will receive a new stone to work with and enjoy, and we’ll talk about our experiences with the previous month’s stone, what happened over the month and discuss how it worked with us. Stones will tend to be the more rare and unusual gemstones, stones that most people haven’t heard of or worked with. Some stones that we have worked with include Indicolite, Eudialyte, Epidote, Fire Agate, Larimar and Alexandrite.
Pre-registration is required so that we can have a stone available for you.
Club fee: $25 (includes stone)
Please note: if you would like to work with the stones but can not attend our meetings, just let us know and we will have the stone and that month’s handouts available for you for $15. Or wait a month, and work with the stone as a crystal essence, available for purchase here on our website. 

 

Shamanic Journey Circle
This circle meets on the second Thursday of each month from 6-8 PM (9/9, 10/14) and is led by shamanic energy healer and author Maya Cointreau. Commune with your guardian spirits and power animals, journey to power places of wisdom and healing, and experience new levels of Spirit. Shamanic journeys are meditative visualizations, or miniature vision quests, that allow you to access divine wisdom through your subconscious mind. At each open circle we drum, journey twice, and share our experiences. Bring a drum or rattle, pen and paper, something to lie on and an eye mask. Beginners welcome. $15 

Reiki Share
(12/3, 12/17, 12/31, 1/14, 1/28)
This community-inspired Reiki Share meets every other Friday from 11am-1pm. Saturday reiki shares will resume in the new year. It is open to all Reiki practitioners, whether you are a Master or just beginning. Everyone who comes gives and receives, building their Reiki as well as new friendships. The share often begins with 2-4 people working on a person on the table for at least 10 minutes, then sharing views of what they felt. Then we move on to the next person, until all at each table have experienced the healing for 10 minutes. We find the sharing of perceptions provides useful learning and affirmation on our intuitive physical and ethereal scanning. $10 Donation for use of the space, which is regularly cleared, empowered and blessed by the healers at Earth Lodge.

Usui and Karuna Reiki Training & Certifications: I, II, III/Master
Available by appointment. All classes taught by Usui Reiki Master Maya Cointreau or Karuna/Usui Reiki Master Sandra Cointreau

Usui REIKI I: Level One teaches and attunes you to do hands-on healing work. introducing one to the basics of Reiki Healing and all the benefits that can be realized you are a Reiki Practitioner after this first class. Receive four attunements and your first sacred symbol. Experience a guided meditation to your Reiki Healing Guides, and exchange Reiki treatments also. Cost: $150
Usui REIKI II: Level Two teaches you to do distance/absent healing and karmic work. You will receive distance healing attunements and other sacred symbols, and instruction on how to use them. Cost: $150
Usui REIKI III/Master: Level III/Master brings in the final master symbol and attunement, as well as sacred symbols from other Reiki traditions, and teaches you how to pass on Reiki attunements. Cost: $350

Karuna Reiki I: Karuna Reiki is the next step up from being an Usui Reiki Master, bringing in significantly stronger symbols and healing methods inspired by the Reiki Masters of Japan and further improved over many years here in America by the International Reiki Center to raise the vibration of one's healing potential. Students must be certified Usui Reiki Masters with at least 6 months practice following certification. Registered Karuna Reiki® brings in healing energies that are noticeably stronger and more able to heal a wide range of challenges. The Level I Practitioner brings in use of 4 new symbols. $300
Karuna Reiki II: Only for Registered Karuna Reiki I® Practioners. Level II brings in use of 4 new symbols. $300.
Karuna Reiki Master: Receive Karuna Reiki Master training. Prerequisite: Karuna Reiki II. Registered Karuna Reiki Master students will be required to sign a code of ethics, developed by the International Reiki Center and will receive a training manual developed by the Center. Special training will also be provided on animal healing; and an Earth Lodge Animal Healing Level I Practitioner certificate will be awarded. $450.

New Teas from Earth Lodge for YOU!

We are pleased to announce three new loose teas, sold in three ounce bags, made just for you!

Rescue Me + Tea, for calming and immunity boosting.
Healing Thyme + Tea, a nutritive supplement to help you release the pain and stresses of the day.
Gentle Detox + Tea, a gentle tonic to benefit your liver, heart and kidneys.

Check them out today at www.earthlodgeherbals.com.

New and Improved Herbal Formulas for Horses and Other Animals!

Earth Lodge is proud to announce that we are introducing all new improved formulas for our Animal Herbals. After years of focused research and trials, the majority of our herbal supplements are benefitting from significant reformulations and your animals will enjoy better results from their formulas for the same great price. 8 of our current formulas have been improved with the addition of carefully chosen, even more effective herbs: for example, our calming formula will now incorporate calming passionflower and our digestion formula is benefitting from fennel.

We are also introducing a NEW formula, Anti-Viral Immunity Boosting Support in herbal form, using ginseng, elderberry, elderflower and astragalus to help fight illnesses and encourage speedy recoveries. 

For more information, visit www.earthlodgeherbals.com
or give us a call (860) 237 8801

Earth Lodge Books on Sale!

Buy any Earth Lodge book directly from our printer at lulu.com, and recieve a 10-20% discount this fall! Our books make the perfect present for any animal lover or person interested in natural health and relaxation.

Natural Animal Healing
Energy Healing for Animals & Their Owners
To The Temples: 14 Guided Meditations
Equine Herbs and Healing
Grounding and Clearing: Being Present in the New Age

Full Moon Drumming tonight, Reiki Shares this weekend!

Drum Circle is back! Join us tonight at 7pm for an hour of joyful Native American-style drumming — drumming is free for all ages! Upcoming drum circles for 2010 will be held on or near the full moon at 7pm. Check our newsletter or website for dates.

REIKI SHARES
(9/24, 9/25, 10/8, 10/22, 10/30)

Our community-inspired Reiki Share meets every other Friday from 11am-1pm, and on the last Saturday of each month from 11am-1pm. It is open to all Reiki practitioners, whether you are a Master or just beginning. Everyone who comes gives and receives, building their Reiki as well as new friendships. The share often begins with 2-4 people working on a person on the table for at least 10 minutes, then sharing views of what they felt. Then we move on to the next person, until all at each table have experienced the healing for 10 minutes. We find the sharing of perceptions provides useful learning and affirmation on our intuitive physical and ethereal scanning. $10 Donation for use of the space, which is regularly cleared, empowered and blessed by the healers at Earth Lodge.

Holly Flower Essence: Hurricane Holly #9

Hurricane Holly #9 was made during the buildup of a significant East Coast Hurricane, with two Holly flowers, a four-petaled flower and a five-petaled flower, and with 9 quartz crystals surrounding it. This Holly essence empowers and balances all the forces of nature and the five elements within you to create the strongest clearing effects possible. Parasites, miasms, dark beings and genetic disturbances scurry and flee before it. Damaged cells are purged and you are left feeling clean and clear. If you suffer any de-tox symptoms while taking this essence, drink an 8-ounce glass of water with ¼ teaspoon salt (the higher-vibration the salt, the better: Himalayan, Pure Sea Salt, etc) up to three times a day. Traditionally, holly essence is used to heal and expand the heart chakra, and to alleviate anger and envy while generating acceptance.

Available at www.earthlodgeherbals.com

Tasty Toning Tea from the Wood

This year I have been really enjoying the wild harvests of my yard -- stinging nettles cooked up like spinach, chive pancakes, daylily flower pods, and garlic mustard pestos. To accompany my foraged finds, I have been drinking Eastern White Pine tea, simply taking a handful of needles still attached to small branches which are freshly fallen to the ground and steeping them in boiling water for 15 minutes with a dash of honey or agave. The tea is delicious, nutritious, and not at all like pine-sol, I promise!

White Pine Bark is an old and trusted remedy for colds and flu. It loosens and expels phlegm from the respiratory tract, easing bronchitis and lung congestion, and its warming qualities stimulate circulation, which may ward off colds and flu before they settle in. The high content of nature's most powerful antioxidants (proanthocyanidins/PCSs/OPCs) in White Pine Bark have made it the focus of much attention in the area of combating free radicals, arteriosclerosis and strokes.

White Pine Bark is an excellent expectorant and is used to loosen and expel phlegm and mucous excretions from the respiratory system. The inner bark has been a longtime standard herbal remedy for coughs, whooping cough, croup, bronchitis, laryngitis and chest congestion due to colds.

As a warming and aromatic stimulant, White Pine Bark is said to increase circulation and further help to overcome or prevent the onset of colds and flu by raising circulatory action.

White Pine Bark contains the second highest source (the first is Grapeseed) of nature's most potent antioxidants, tannin compounds, called proanthocyanidins (also called OPCs for oligomeric procyanidins or PCOs for procyanidolic oligomers) that provide a high degree of antioxidant capacity, which fight free radical damage in the body. These compounds allow the body's cells to absorb vitamin C, which is helpful in protecting cells from the free radicals that can bind to and destroy cellular compounds. These qualities may be helpful in building the immune system and fighting invasive material and other infections. They are classified as flavonols, and the way in which these versatile healing compounds are distinct from flavonoids is their simple chemical structure, which allows them to be readily absorbed into the bloodstream. They work actively against fat-soluble and water-soluble oxidants, thus protecting the cells from damage, and their antioxidant activity is thought to have great potential in combating cellular damage caused by foreign infectious attack.

White Pine Bark's OPCs, which may also be derived from Grapeseed, Red Wine, Hops, Pomegranate and various other fruits, nuts and beans are believed to contribute to a lowered incidence of arteriosclerosis and coronary heart problems. White Pine Bark is also a source of resveratrol, which is thought to raise the levels of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs or “good” cholesterol) in the blood, while decreasing the low-density lipoproteins (LDLs, or “bad” cholesterol) and thereby possibly helping to prevent heart attacks and strokes. It is also said to prevent fat in the bloodstream from sticking together and clogging the arteries, which is thought to promote better circulation of blood throughout the body, especially to the heart.

The inner bark of White Pine Bark (cambium) is the source of resveratrol, a polyphenolic phytoalexin, which is produced in plants that is reputed to have antifungal properties.

According to recent research (2008) from Peninsula Medical School, England, the resveratrol found in Pine Bark, Grape Skin and Red Wine can protect against cellular damage to blood vessels caused by high production of glucose in diabetes, claiming resveratrol's antioxidant effects are well documented. But the new research establishes the link between high levels of glucose, its damaging effect on cell structure and the ability of resveratrol to protect against and mend that damage. Moreover, resveratrol could be used to block the damaging effect of glucose, which, in turn, might fight the often life threatening complications that accompany diabetes. It could well be the basis of effective diet-based therapies for the prevention of vascular damage caused by hyperglycemia in the future.

White Pine Bark is considered a diuretic, and as such, encourages the flow of urine, which is said to be very helpful in cases of urinary tract infections and kidney problems.

Please note: Pregnant Women should probably avoid or limit their intake of White Pine, just to be safe.

(White Pine information found on herbalextractsplus.com)