My First Saguaro Floral Essence By Kathy Koziol, SWIHA Yoga Therapist Graduate
With the saguaro cacti in bloom, I am reminded of the very first floral essence I created. It was a memorable experience that produced a potent brew! I’d love to share my story with you: First of all, I am a Cactus Whisperer. I have had a connection with plants my entire life. It’s a gift that was given to me by my mother. Since I love plants so much, I took the Flower Essence Course at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts in July of 2014. I loved the class and bemoaned the fact that I would have to wait almost a year to create a flower essence from my favorite of all cacti, the saguaro, since their blooming season is in the April-May time frame. Before I continue with my story, you might be wondering what a flower essence is. A lot of people mistakenly believe that flower … Read More
Gisele Marasca-Vargas: Starting From Scratch to Starting a Business
In 2010, Gisele Marasca-Vargas had to close her graphic design and publishing company and file for bankruptcy (mostly due to the 2008 economic crisis). She lost her home in the process and had to practically start from scratch. She got a temporary job at the U.S. Census Bureau and went through a phase when she was feeling lost and confused about her next steps. At a certain point, she realized that she needed to reinvent herself. During her years as a graphic designer and publisher, she had worked on the side as an “energy healer”. She felt that the challenges she had gone through were a sign from the Universe that it was time to change the course of her life — to find her true path. Gisele decided that her “on the side” work was going to become her main career and life path. “That’s when I started researching … Read More
Flower Essences: How to Get Started – Guest Post by Alise Holland
As a recent Great Graduate from the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA), I was a bit nervous about getting my first client for a flower essence session. It all started when a client learned about my services online and wanted a spiritual reading. As the reading began to unfold, Spirit shared some spiritual visions and insights that wowed the client. It was very clear that she was a ‘Lightworker’ who had gotten out of touch with her true spiritual self. I asked her if she had ever heard of flower essence and she said “no, however, I’m open and willing to try them.” It was the perfect opportunity to explain what flower essence was and how it worked. Therefore, I mailed her flower essence brochure to share with her all about flower essence, how it worked, and the type of flower essence services we offered at our healing center. … Read More
10 Signs That Indicate YOU are An Empath – by SWIHA Graduate Laura Wilkinson
You are highly sensitive to the emotions of other people. You have the ability to feel the energies of people, places and objects. You experience feelings of anxiousness associated with social situations. You experience general feelings of anxiousness. You experience general feelings of sadness. Being around negative people is overwhelming or unbearable for you. You experience exhaustion, or feel mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually depleted after being around certain people. You frequently experience heightened senses or feelings of sensory overload. Your emotions and thoughts are easily influenced by music, tv and/or movies. You feel things that you just can’t explain and which you can’t pinpoint the source of where it comes from. The number one skill to becoming an Empath Master is: to first know yourself. This might sound like an obvious answer to an obvious problem, after all how can you know the difference between what feelings come from … Read More