Hydrosols and a great documentary

My neighbor has a crab apple tree, and gave me permission to pick as many as I wanted yesterday. I'm not too familiar with crab apples, but they were so beautiful and I felt like they would enjoy being used for something. I picked as many as I could reach, and came home and made a beautiful distillation (thanks again Liz!) of crab apple juice. I added 1 qt. of water to the middle section, and the entire process yielded 4 "wine bottles" full! The hydrosol dowses very high, and if anyone has any info. on the nutritional benefits of crab apple, I'd love to hear about them - there is not much on the Internet. Nonetheless, I sense it is loaded with at least Vit. C, and think that a dropperful (or more) a day would be a great addition to my juices. Today, I am going to do the same thing with rose hips, as my own tree is fully loaded this year! I love using this distiller, the process is so easy and fun.

I watched "Forks Over Knives" last night, a documentary featuring the work and studies of T. Collin Campbell (author of The China Study), among other great researchers and doctors.  It was really impressive, and beautifully summarizes the benefits (backed by irrefutable research) of whole-foods, plant based diets.

I'm so grateful I have a group to share my passions and interests with, thank you!

Gratitude to Liz

Thank you so much to Liz, who loaned me her distiller for a couple of days (and to Kylara for offering). I was able to make my first tonic on my own yesterday, and the process was amazingly easy and fast. I came up with 1  3/4 qt. of tonic, and my dowsing was really specific. It was an amazing process and, like Vicki and Michelle, I set mine out last night under the full moon. It froze, so I am just waiting for it to thaw out so that I can take my first dose! During the entire process, I felt very connected to the Chinese Masters and the Plant Spirits...I felt almost like I was in a little "bubble" - it was very nice.

One interesting thing is that I was guided to use 2 carrots in mine, as well as other fruit and berries. I also wanted to share that Lindsey made a strictly vegetable tonic a few weeks ago, and it was delicious! It tasted similar to the tomato/pepper juice Maggie made several times at White Sage.

How long is everyone steaming/boiling their tonics for? I did mine for 30-40 minutes, but wondered if I could have gone longer?

Great idea Vicki about keeping a log for your tonics...I am going to do the same thing, complete with notes on any observations I make regarding the tonics. It will be interesting to go over it a year from now and see how things have changed.

With Love, Rebecca

My Heart is Flowing Gratitude

Today I created the most beautiful heart pink tonic.  The time presented itself on this day of the full moon and after spending the morning with Chinese herbs, Flower Essences, Essential Oils, Fruits and the distiller, my first "on my own" tonic was created and now sits in the Medicine Wheel awaiting the shine from Grandmother Moon.

Shortly after I finished, I received a call from Michael that connected more dots to my healing and filled my heart with gratitude, joy and Love.

I am humbly grateful to ALL of you for our connection and for this knowledge.

I deeply Love you ALL,

Michelle Lynx

Created My Tonic :0)

Hello Everyone,

Today was a very exciting day for me as I was finally able to pull out the distiller and create my new vibrational remedy. It was interesting in that the portions of chinese herbs were way smaller then what I dowsed for at White Sage. They tended to be in the 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon range. Yet it feels absolutely perfect! My soul was SO excited to create my tonic - I could hardly wait for it to complete. :o) The flavor this time is similar to a real sweet cough syrup. With strawberries, cranberries, cherries, and dates combined with peppermint oil, neem, and a drop of rose otto - it's no surprise it taste's that way. Of course, there are additional essences and tinctures added as well.

I decided to create a log of everything I dowsed to put in, along with notes that I felt the herbs were working for. Every herb made sense and will support that which I have been having issues with. My intention is to track my progress for future reference. I was also guided to place the tincture in the copper pyramid for 1/2 an hour, and then place it outside for two nights to receive the energies of the full moon. And is she ever a beauty!!

Many Blessings to You All & Thank You for the added Support through the Blog!

Asheera (Vicki)

Mullein

Blog Issues

I have invited all of you again to the blog as some are having access issues.  I hope this fixes the issues and we are all able to view, comment and post.  Happy Tonics!!

Love,
Michelle

Enjoying the Blog

Hi Everyone,

I am finally home from a very long (and great) trip to Bethel, and am home for awhile now! I got online to order a distiller, only to find that the company is sold out until 2012 :( I can not wait to re-join you all in the tonic journey, and I think I will make myself some Kidney Renewal tonic to take until I can figure something else out.

I have been following everyone's posts while I was away (the e-mail notifications help tremendously!) and just wanted to get on and say hello. I'm so glad to be a part of this unique, amazing group.

Love, Rebecca