Whole Living Today

Imagination and dreaming are the catalysts for creativity, creation and manifestation. We shouldn’t limit our imagination or discount our dreams. We need to change our beliefs and limited ways of thinking to allow our perception of reality to change. Believing that something isn’t possible is the quickest way to make it impossible. If we haven’t personally experienced something to be true or possible, how do we know? Daydreaming & dreaming allow us to escape our limited belief of reality. Imagine the possibilities…

What if you slept?
And what if,
In your sleep
You dreamed?
And what if,
In your dream,
You went to heaven
And there plucked
A strange and
Beautiful flower?
And what if,
When you awoke,
You had the flower
In your hand?

~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Take the time to watch a seagull in flight. Some days, depending on the weather, they appear to just float, soar and really enjoy themselves. Watch again on a windy day, they have to work a little harder to get where they’re going. Notice how when the weather gets stormy, they land and just hang out for a while. Here’s a quote from “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach:

“Seagulls, as you know, never falter, never stall. To stall in the air is for them disgrace and it is dishonor. But Jonathan Livingston Seagull, unashamed, stretching his wings again in the trembling hard curve – slowing, slowing, and stalling once more – was no ordinary bird.”

Next time you get to a stormy day, read this book again as an adult. Everyday brings something new; learn to notice something new each day. Life will always be filled with challenges, make the best of them. Enjoy life, be happy. Go with the flow.

This is an excerpt from my article “Dance Like No One is Watching“.

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

~Robert Frost

Reflection - Validate your own life, don’t follow the path of others, let your inner ‘knowing’ lead the way.

Well, I guess that I should start this blog off with who I am & what this blog will grow into.

On this blog, I will be incorporating herbal information, recipes, healthy tips, some spirituality, quotes & poems, lessons I’ve learned & whatever else I feel like passing on.

Here’s my bio:
I started the Secret Garden Healing Oasis as a natural progression of Mystic Naturals. It is my intention to provide a place for guidence, education and healing so that we may all find and empower our true Self.

I am owner of Mystic Naturals, now in it’s 7th year, which offers quality herbal products for bath, body and relaxation to enrich the soul. All of the products are made from only the finest, natural ingredients available.

I have taught workshops in herbal & natural healing and have been a guest speaker for the Rotary Club, Mystic Chamber of Commerce, and local garden clubs.

I am a member of United Plant Savers and the Mystic Chamber of Commerce. I am also a Reiki Master/Teacher and Practitioner.

My life’s journey is in helping others to discover pieces of who they are, to notice the beauty in the small things, to be thankful for the challenges and lessons which allow for their personal growth, and to always be true to themself; all which promote a state of well-being, health and wholeness. I come from a line of healers, my great grandmother was the healer of her village in Poland and it continued with her relocation to Pennsylvania. I grew up taking long walks with my great grandfather pointing out all the various local plants and their medicinal uses. And continued with her grandmother’s gardening and folklore knowledge.