Message from Dr. Emoto – images of water crystals

For all kind people around the world

15 March, 2011　Masaru Emoto

Firstly, we thank you deeply for sending your kind prayers and warm wishes with positive energy to Japan and its people. As you know, everyone in Japan is going through such a difficult time, and we are trying the best we can to overcome this catastrophe. Though the truth is that we are so shocked and so very sorry for the victims and their families and friends.

Masaru Emoto and his staff would like to help them in the best manner we can. We will send water of Love and Thanks – water that will improve immunity – to people who live in the areas of nuclear plants and where people are suffering after earthquakes and tsunami as well as other necessary things for them.

Please see the crystal photos below:

– This crystal photo was taken three days after the nuclear accident in Tokaimura in September, 1999. The water was taken from a well of 400 meters away from the accident site. You can see the obvious effect of the radiation here. –

– This was taken after Immunity Hado (Hado of Love and Gratitude) was transmitted to the water of the accident site. –

We would like to ask you PLEASE help us and donate any amount of money you can by Pay Pal or by arranging the money transfer to the bank account of the EMOTO PEACE PROJECT as stated below. We would like to bring the love-money that we collect from each of you to the disaster areas as well as using the money to donate water to people. We appreciate you very much for your utmost thoughtfulness. Thank you very much.

Donation by Pay Pal: info@emotoproject.org
Bank Information:
EMOTO PEACE PROJECT
Payee: EMOTO Project
Bank: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Branch: Asakusabashi
Account number: 0941063
Bank Code: 0005
Swift Code: BOTKJPJT
Again and again, thank you very much for your kindest support. We are very sorry that we will never be able to thank you enough, but we will always remember your warmness and will appreciate you more than ever and forever.
With much love and gratitude,
Masaru Emoto
President
EMOTO PEACE PROJECT

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Great review on our SLEEP spray!

Skeptical Investigation
Sleep in Mist Form

Innocent until proven guilty, sure, we’ll agree to that. But sometimes we hear about things that seem too good to be true. In the most intriguing of these situations, an investigation is warranted. Hence, “Skeptical Investigations.” Today’s entry:Nectar Essences Sleep Spray.  THE CLAIM So we heard about this elixir. This spray. A mist called a “nectar essence therapy aid” meant to help you get to sleep faster and get a better night’s rest. Something about using plants to stimulate the limbic system (that part of your brain that makes you relax). Okay. Since we did just lose an hour of sleep yesterday, a little plant essence can’t hurt either way… THE INVESTIGATION We were told that right before getting into bed, the idea was to spray two to five pumps (there’s about 200 pumps per bottle) in front of us, then walk into the mist, inhaling deeply. We added a few spritzes onto our pillow for extra insurance. THE VERDICT The spray, while not as satisfying as tossing back a tot of whiskey, was equally as effective in terms of putting us to sleep. The morning was when it all turned around for us. We got up feeling rested. Fresh. Mentally, it was as if we’d just spent 10 days vacationing in a glass-bottom cottage in Tahiti. So until someone puts that into spray form…

VITALS Nectar Essences Sleep Spray available at Clary Sage Organics 2241 Fillmore St (at Clay) San Francisco, CA 94115 415-673-7300 official website

Read more: http://www.urbandaddy.com/articles/print/12740#ixzz1GmUkd3Zx

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Support California’s Family Farmers

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Join CAFF and support California’s family farmers year-round.We’re so glad you could join us last month for the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Fest in Emeryville. We had a great time at the event and hope you did too (contra dancing = really, really fun!). Just wanted to say thank-you, and remind you that you can still join the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) at a special low rate! CAFF has been growing food system change since 1978, through innovation and advocacy in the field, the market, the classroom, and the statehouse. Our Biological Agriculture program works directly with growers in the field to implement ecological management practices. Our Local Food Systems program connects communities with the people who grow their food and each year inspires hundreds of thousands of California eaters to “Buy Fresh Buy Local.” Our Farm to School program teaches tomorrow’s leaders about good food and reinforces this lesson by bringing fresh, local food into school cafeterias. All of this work is bolstered by CAFF’s 30 years of advocacy on important policy issues related to sustainable family farming in California. If you’re already a CAFF member: THANK YOU! We couldn’t do it without your support. For the rest of you, consider joining CAFF for the special low rate of $30 per year. Just click here and put “WSEFF rocks!” in the donation dedication line. Or consider giving as much or as little as you’re able. Help us help California’s family farmers. Become a CAFF member today!

5 Best Ways of Using Essential Oils for Health and Healing

1) Inhalations – choose your favorite method

a) Create Your Own Spray – Add 15 drops essential oil to 2 ounces of water in a spray bottle. Mist oils into air and inhale. Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes.

b) Direct Palm Inhalation
Apply 1-2 drops of oil to the palms, rub together gently and inhale deeply. This is an excellent method of use for a quick and easy exposure to the anti-microbial and other therapeutic uses of essential oils. Caution: This method of use should only be done with oils that can be safely applied to the skin (see the toxicology and safety section below).

c) Facial steam
1 – 5 drops on hot water in a pot, cover head with a towel, steam face. Excellent for opening sinuses, headaches, skin treatment.
This is the use of essential oils on hot compress, using diffusers, or onto hot water for inhalation. Standard dose is 10 drops. Best for respiratory and sinus, headaches. Caution: prolonged inhalation of concentrated essential oils can cause headaches, vertigo, dizziness, nausea, and lethargy.

d) Nebulizing Diffuser

I recommend cool air nebulizing diffusers – A system that uses air pressure generated by a compressing unit to vaporize the essential oils. A glass nebulizing bulb serves as a condenser, allowing only the finest particles of the essential oil to escape into the air.

Advantages: strong diffusion maximizes therapeutic benefits in respiratory conditions.
Disadvantages: diffusers need to be cleaned regularly, and tend to clog. More viscous oils cannot be diffused (such as sandalwood oil or ylang ylang oil).

2) Baths

The best way to use essential oils in the bath is to mix them first with salts or an emulsifier such as milk or sesame oil. Aromatic bath salts disperse the oils safely into the water, and milk and sesame oil emulsify the essential oil so that it disperses. Without salts or an emulsifier, drops of essential oils will float on the water and then get directly on the skin. Combined with the heat of the water, this can cause dermotoxicity, especially if the oils are of a heating nature.

Oils that should be avoided in the bath include spicy oils such as cinnamon oil, oregano oil,thyme oil, and tulsi; phototoxic oils such as citruses, especially bergamot oil; and those with specific irritant potential such as lemongrass oil.

The oils that are generally considered mild and safe for bath are lavender oil, clary sage oil,rose oil, geranium oil, frankincense oil, sandalwood oil, eucalyptus oil, and conifers such as cedar oil,fir oil, pine oil, pinon pine essential oil, spruce oil, and juniper oil to name a few.

A generally safe dose is 5 – 10 drops, mixed with 1/2 to 1 cup of salt or emulsifier.

Aromatic baths are excellent for skin problems, circulatory problems, respiratory symptoms, stress and nervous tension, insomnia, muscular and menstrual pains.

Caution: overuse of essential oils in the bath can cause irritation. Use only mild, non-irritating oils for bath, such as lavender oil and clary sage oil.

3) Compresses
10 drops oil in 4 oz hot water, soak cloth, wrap. Good for bruises, wounds, muscular aches and pains, dysmenorrhea, skin problems.

5) Massage

Pure essential oils are about 70 times more concentrated than the whole plant.
Dilutions are typically 2% – 10%. For adults, a 2.5% dilution is recommended for most purposes. For children under 12, 1% is generally safe.

A 2.5% blend for a 1 ounce bottle of carrier oil is 15 drops of essential oil.
1% blend =  6 drops per oz
2% blend = 12 drops per oz
3% blend = 18 drops per oz
5% blend = 30 drops per oz
10%  blend = 60 drops per oz

This information is adapted from Floracopeia.com

Bergamot Caramel Flan – my aromatherapy obsession has seeped into my kitchen

I’ve been in the lab blending some perfumes with citrus flowers, and Bergamot has been a stand out favorite.  It’s funny how we go through phases with particular aromas. The essence of the Bergamot (Citrus aurantium subsp. bergamia) which is a small, somewhat pear-shaped orange lifts the spirits and is a great oil for Seasonal Affect Disorder and the occasional blues.

No wonder I’ve been addicted to the stuff. I feel so cheerful and sunshiny amidst the foggy San Francisco weather. Learn more about the healing benefits of bergamot here.

I’ve adapted a recipe to create Bergamot flavored caramel Flan. The recipe has been solid for me and I hope you enjoy it!

Bergamot Caramel Flan

(Bergamot is said to be a cross between a pear lemon and Seville orange and grapefruit. I think it is a cross between neroli and heaven. You probably know it as the delicious orangy scent you your Earl Grey tea.)

• 1 cup organic evaporated cane sugar, divided
• 1/4 cup water + 1 Tblsp water
• 2 decaffeinated Earl Grey Tea Bags
• 2 cups whole organic milk
• 4 large organic eggs
• 1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
• Pinch of pink Himalayan salt

preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F. Boil water. Seep tea bags for 45 seconds and remove. Add 1/2 cup sugar to tea. Stir in heavy small saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber color, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally, about 10 minutes. Divide caramel among six 3/4-cup custard cups. Working quickly, tilt cups, coating bottoms and part of sides. (Be careful! The sugar is hot!)

Stir milk and 1/2 cup sugar in medium saucepan over low heat just until sugar dissolves (milk will be lukewarm). Whisk eggs in medium bowl until blended. Slowly whisk in milk mixture. Whisk in vanilla and salt. Strain custard into prepared cups.

Arrange cups in 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Pour enough hot water into baking pan to come halfway up sides of cups. Bake flans until just set in center, about 50 minutes. Remove cups from water and let stand 30 minutes. Chill until cold, at least 4 hours and up to 1 day. Cut around sides of each cup to loosen flan; turn out onto plate.

Recipe adapted from Epicurious.com’s classic flan recipe.  http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Classic-Flan-241128

Thank you Friends for your love and support!

Wow – It’s been 2 1/2 years and some days I am surprised that Nectar Essences is still around (after having started the company in one of the hardest economic periods ever known to man). It’s been a phenomenal ride – full of twists and turns and miracle after miracle.

I often answer the phone to someone looking for the “Marketing Director” or the ” person in charge of Advertising” or the CEO and I answer, ” That would be me!” I tell people, I am the President, the Graphic Designer and the cheap chinese labour (I can say that because I am Chinese and yes, my labor is cheaper than cheap!)

Nectar Essences looks like it’s a pretty big company from the outside…but the company has continued to grow through lean times…I still handcraft the products, deliver them in San Francisco, make sales calls and ship out orders. I think sometimes customers are very surprised to receive phone calls and emails from me.

The company looks big because I have a team of friends and family who have been helping me on every level. I couldn’t have done it alone. And I am so grateful  - to the  customers who love the product, friends, family and my vendors, my teachers to the sunshine, rain, soil and flowers. Thank you – sending you big love.

Words are not enough to express my gratitude. You have all been instrumental and integral in my personal as well as professional growth :

Tina – big sis, thank you for believing in me, for the business advice, for always being there. I am so fortunate.  Rob – thank you for the legal advice, trademarking Nectar Essences and for loving our family as your own. Mom and Dad – ty for always encouraging me to follow my dreams, for supporting my study of holistic medicine. I love walking my spiritual purpose with you. Michelle Pao – ty for making me laugh and for understanding the energetics and subtleties that make me who I am. Alexis Moran -thank you for the beautiful and soothing graphic arts behind NE. I am so grateful for your talented artwork. Thank you for your help during the most challenging time of my life. Christopher Corgiat – web designer extraordinaire and kind soul. Thank you for your enthusiasm and for shooting absolutely stunning photographs of NE on your Christmas break.  Nicole DeMeo – oh geez. chocolate rivers and lollipop trees. thank you for being you, your deep wisdom and your amazing ability to communicate the magic of NE. thank you dear nic, you are a complete inspiration to me.  Retailers and Customers - thank you to all of our retailers and customers for your support and love. I am so honored to provide you with organic remedies for well-being. Thank you Patti Cazatto - for letting me know I could ask for a f— break. Haha. That changed my life. I really treasure our friendship. I could have done it without you, but I would have gone crazy without your guidance and generosity. Stef – THANKS sis. You’ve had my back for 3 years in every way. Your light and lightness has kept me going and it really means the world to me. thanks for believing in the power of 3. Ori Tzvielli - funny how we’ve never met in person, yet I feel like we’ve known each other for a long time. thank you Ori for your impeccable service and kindness. I must be blessed because I found your posting on craigslist and you have been the best webdesigner and SEO consultant! Joanna - thank you thank you thank you. i heart your vision. i heart your creativity. i heart the beautiful photos of Nectar Essences you’ve styled, produced, shot and edited. you’re amazing. Omgosh I have so many more people to thank…Gary Ornstein , Christopher Willits, Sylvia Sanchez, my biggest fans Charlotte and Charlie, the list goes on and on.

The College Care Package – The smell of home

I remember my freshman year like it was yesterday. My parents dropped me off in my dorm room with the mint gum colored walls and stood around as I arranged posters and unpacked my favorite things. To this day, whenever I move into a new home, I have the same ritual. I hang artwork and unpack my favorite items to help me feel “at home.”

On that August day, I clearly remember my dad motioning to my mom that it was time to go. She stood in front of my desk, looking at a picture of me and crying. I was her home and she was my home and we would be apart of the first time.

The first care packaged arrived and it was filled with vitamins, snacks and letters. My mom was a working mom so she didn’t bake cookies, but I held that box close to my nose and inhaled. Yep. It smelled like home and I felt comforted.  Those care packages continued to follow me thoughout college even into my junior year in Central America and whenever I received one, I would capture the scent of home by breathing in deeply.

Those care packages were sweet emotional soothers and today as I look around, it seems as if more and more people are away from home like college freshman; business people who travel constantly, our service men and women who are abroad protecting our country, displaced people due to war and natural disasters to mention a few.

As a healer, I know how important emotional well-being is to health. All people long for home, connection and community. When it isn’t there, it can really upset a person’s emotional balance. Smell is a potent reminder of home. My aromatic and homeopathic remedy, AT HOME, is scented with the smells associated with the hearth; silver fir, ginger, lemon and jasmine. And beyond smell, AT HOME is embued with Sequoia Essence. Just imagine you are a Sequoia, rooted in the earth and growing tall and majestic. Sequoia helps people feel grounded and strong -it’s a great 1st chakra balancer.

More about our Favorite inclusion in a College Care Package :

At Home - “Silver Fir, Ginger, Jasmine, Petitgrain” – for feeling homesick and missing home. This remedy is great for people who feel off center during times of change. As directions note, spray and inhale deeply to feel comforted. This scent is a favorite amongst men, don’t be shy to send this to your boys!

Also great for all stressors related to travel : jet-lag, fear of flying, nausea, car-sickness.

Got a College Freshman who needs other forms of Emotional, Mental Support?

Awake - ” Neroli, Grapefruit, Lemon” – for mental alertness. Great for concentration and cramming. A natural mood lifter for the occasional blues.
Sleep - ” Lavender, Jasmine, Neroli” – Our most popular remedy is still a great choice for helping your college freshman sleep deeply. Great for final times!

Click here for  some great advice for parents and freshman from PsychDigest on how to navigate the Freshman year.

Radio Interview on ALIVE with Ali Berlin

This Saturday I was interviewed by Ali Berlin, relationship coach, writer and the radio host of Alive with Ali Berlin. Ali was a wonderful host and asked a lot of thought provoking questions about flower essences, aromatherapy and energy healing.

Click here to listen to the interview.

I also shared the interview with Yosh Han, a perfumer who infuses her creative scents with healing intent. It was fascinating to hear Yosh talk about her relationship with aroma. Although Yosh, Ali and I all live in San Francisco, we have yet to meet in person. We are all looking forward to getting together soon!

More about Ali :

For almost 15 years, Ali has been a coach, mentor, teacher and friend to hundreds of private clients and audiences who use her insightful wisdom to revolutionize their lives. Ali is known and loved for her disarming personal transparency and relentless commitment to the truth. Drawing on the obstacles she has personally overcome and some she is still facing, Ali masterfully guides others from pain and frustration to love and satisfaction.

The founder and creative director of www.aliberlin.com and One Life, LLC., Ali holds a Masters Degree and coaching certification from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and a Bachelors Degree from Penn State University. She has lectured at Stanford University, Penn State University, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and has been a featured guest on Montel Williams’ show, Woman’s Day Magazine radio, The New York Times Weddings, InStyle Weddings Celebrity Weddings, Daily Worth, Mike Robbins’ radio, KTLA’s Pacesetters, Personal Life Media and more. Originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Ali lives in San Francisco with her husband Ryan and their Cocker Spaniel Bixby Hugs. She is available for specialized coaching programs, media features and public appearances upon request.

Meditation for a better nights sleep

Try these meditations along with 2 sprays of SLEEP aromatic spray for a blissful nights rest.