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16 Aroma-Energetic Wellness Tips, by Margaret Ann Lembo

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

We all strive for more health, happiness, and hope in our lives. This enhanced well-being can be as simple as integrating any number of aroma-energetic practices into your life; these practices combine the powerful effects of aromatherapy and energy for a more powerful result. Margaret Ann Lembo, author of Chakra Awakening; The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals, and Stones; and the new Essential Guide to Aromatherapy and Vibrational Healing, provides 16 aroma-energetic wellness tips to integrate into your life.

1. Use positive affirmations daily.
   Everything is energy. All energy vibrates. Thoughts are energy. Therefore, everything we think about—every day, all day long—is energy. That energy in the form of thoughts broadcasts intentions and desires. Think about it–what thoughts are rolling around in your consciousness? Take the time to be mindful of what you are thinking, and change those thoughts to reflect what you DO want instead of what you don't want. Pair the thought with a gemstone or an essential oil to help you maintain your focus all day long.
2. Practice gratitude.
   Thoughts of gratitude and actions that reflect gratitude go a very long way to making everything better. Yes, a kind word or a compliment can make a person's day, or perhaps be the tipping point to their personal self-worth in that moment. The practice combines thoughts, words, feelings, and actions in all aspects of life. For example, when I'm making a meal I send the energy of thanks to all the people, places, and situations that were involved in bringing the ingredients to my kitchen–from the farm to the workers to the truck driver to the grocery store clerk. Similarly, I engage this practice when I blend essential oils for a formula with the intention that love and well-being will be the resulting effect for anyone who uses it or smells it. How will you incorporate this practice of gratitude?
3. Make friends with a rock.
   Crystals and gemstones amplify the sparkle and shine in your life. It doesn't take much effort to carry a rock in your pocket to help you maintain a focus on good thoughts in your heart. It's easy to become friends with a rock. Find one that makes you feel happy or looks pretty to you. Match a positive thought or affirmation to amplify your intention. There are probably plenty of gems in your jewelry box. Yes, the crystals embedded in your jewelry are equally as effective to use as a tool to design your reality! A box of crystals or a box of jewelry can become your toolbox for happiness and prosperity. Decide what you want, then match the positive intention with the crystal or jewelry that you will wear for the day. Every time you touch it, look at it, or think about it, use it as a reminder to focus on what you are creating in your life.
4. Take note of the color of the day.
   Have you noticed that there are days where you see the same color more predominantly as others? We joke around at work, The Crystal Garden, when we all show up in the same color combination or the same color shirt and say, "I see we all got the memo!" When you take note of a color that seems repetitive, take time to think about or research what that color means. What is the message to that color as it relates to your life? Throughout all my books, this information is available to you. Here is a short list on some meanings of colors:
   • White: Purity, clarity, spiritual connection
   • Purple: Transformation, protection, alignment with spirit guides
   • Blue: Communication, inner peace, listen to the messages
   • Green: Love, maintain focus on love, healing
   • Pink: Love, awareness of the blessings
   • Yellow: Self-confidence, ability to digest life, joy, happiness, enthusiasm
   • Orange: Creativity, motivation, take action!
   • Red: Vitality, prosperity, grounding, focus
5. Find love in your daily interactions.
   

   "You are love. Your true essence is love. Be aware that you are love in all you do, say, think, feel, smell, taste, or know, and you will be happy and healthy all the days of your life."
   —Excerpt from chapter five of Chakra Awakening

   To find love, be love. Focus on your heart center, and make it your goal that all you do is with the underlying intention to energetically radiate love and well-being. It is a daily practice that transforms your life into bliss. The word practice is key to finding and being love; it is just that—a practice. Just as you practice any activity to become better at it, similarly each one of us can make the choice to practice love.

   Some days I use lavender or a blend of essential oils to help me maintain focus. Other days I'll use a combination of Gemstone Essence of rose quartz, kunzite, pink opal, pink calcite, emerald, and green aventurine integrated into a heart chakra blend of oils, like grapefruit, hyacinth, lavender, rosewood, spruce, and sweet marjoram. Combining Gemstone Essences with essential oils adds another layer of assistance.

6. Connect with Archangels and Ascended Masters.
   Archangels and Ascended Masters are available to everyone! Upon your request, they create and maintain the energy of love, light, and well-being. Anything that is not aligned with loving energy is thereby forbidden in your sacred space. I consider them my personal entourage. Call upon specific Archangels and Ascended Masters for positive vibrations, to protect your space, and to encourage the actualization of specific intentions. Get in touch with some of their "jobs" and what they can do for you. For example, Archangel Haniel is helpful for garnering determination and alignment with your soul's purpose. Match the intention and Haniel with palmarosa or geranium to move toward your goal. Did you know you can pair your connection with Archangel Zadkiel and St. Germain with grapefruit, lavender, and wintergreen to transform your reality? The Easy Reference Guides in the back of The Essential Guide to Aromatherapy and Vibrational Healing make it easy for your to learn and work with Archangels, Ascended Masters, and essential oils in combination.
7. Bond with a power animal.
   Power animals, or animal totems, are allies for you. You can petition them to help on an energetic level for life situations. Connection with animal totems brings a deeper understanding of the gifts of nature. Similar to spirit guides, animal totems energetically travel with you to enhance your efforts in spiritual pursuits and practices as well as all levels of self-improvement. The energy of totem offers insight and amplifies the benefits of a given essential oil. This is the vibrational aspect of the healing of aromatherapy. For example, butterfly is a totem for transformation and an ally for the next chapter of life. Match the essential oil of peppermint to amplify the ease of the journey for clarity. Cat as a totem can represent many things, and one of them is comfort. Therefore, an adult cat matches up with chamomile while kittens match up with lavender—both essential oils provide comfort and calm, much like the animal medicine cats and kittens provide.
8. Align with the cycles of the sun, moon, and planets.
   The cycles of our lives have a direct correlation to the movement of the sun, the moon, and the planets. Astrological aficionados already relate to this understanding. The zodiac, the movement of the luminaries, as well as the planets, offer another level of self-understanding and tools for exploration of this earth walk. Each one holds a vibration and is symbolic, and therefore there is a correlation to the energetic vibration of essential oils and all life. Take cedarwood as an example. Cedarwood is a grounding essential oil. It helps you maintain focus, and it is also a stabilizer for essential oil blends. (Essential oils are volatile, and there are specific oils that will stabilize the scent to make it more evident for a longer period of time.) Capricorn is the astrological match for cedarwood, and the Earth and Saturn are the planets with which to align with for a deeper understanding of the gifts of cedarwood.

There are so many things you can do to enhance your wellness each and every day with aromatherapy and energy. Below are seven more easy steps to take each day to enhance your wellbeing:

• Take notice of number repetitions.
• Spend time in nature and listen to the flowers and plants.
• Make and use your own holy water and gemstone tinctures.
• Clear your space and put well-being in its place.
• Pay attention to the messages of Divine guidance.
• Read a book.
• Integrate essential oils into your daily life for health and well-being.
• Remember your true nature—love.

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2016. All rights reserved.

I have recurring dreams about my current home. I am always alone and am aware of an evil entity in the house. The house itself proves to be haunted. I never see the entity but I know it is there in the shadows. I can't leave the house in my dreams. What does this mean?

Susyn:

Upsetting dreams about a house usually indicate problems in one's personal life. The house you live in is probably not haunted, but there is something or someone haunting you that you can't seem to shake. The fact that you can't leave your house in the dream implies that whatever is bothering you has quite a strong hold on you.

You mention that you never see the entity but know it is there in the shadows. Shadows represent the subconscious. That you are having this dream repeatedly suggests that there is an issue in your life that needs to be addressed. That you are always alone in these dreams implies that it is something within you that needs to be resolved so you can release it. Until you confront this problem, these dreams will continue.

First you must determine if this evil entity represents an actual person, an event from childhood, or a deeply buried fear that you carry. If it is a person, they will typically show up in the dream; since this is an entity, you will have to do more research.

I recommend you do some journaling to get more information about this dream. First write out the dream as you remember it, and then note what was happening at the times you had it. If you see a pattern in this information, you may discover what is triggering it. As you describe the dream, be sure to list your reactions within the dream. Did you feel scared? Worried? Angry? Our emotions are rich with insights, so pay close attention to them.

Next, consider how things are in your life currently. What fears are you carrying? How are your finances, your personal relationships and your health? Do you have spiritual practices you use to maintain your connection with a higher power? If everything is in order in these areas of your life, it's time to do some historical investigation.

Depending on how long you have been having these dreams, this could indicate troubles from childhood or even a past life that have suddenly risen up for your attention. You may want to try a guided meditation to see if you can recall what this entity looks like. Once you have it in your mind, you may discover it looks like someone from your past that you have some issues with.

If there was an evil spirit in your home, you would have experienced trouble not only during your dreams but in your waking experience as well. To identify the source of these dreams, you will therefore have to look within. Once you discover what's causing these upsetting dreams, you will be able to work through the issues behind them and eventually eliminate them for good.

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Mata:

The most obvious interpretation of these dreams is a literal one: There is a metaphysical being close to you and your instincts or spirit guides are trying to make you aware of its presence. Unless you are highly psychic, your dreams may be the only way your inner being can communicate something like this to you.

If you dream that your house is haunted because there is a metaphysical entity nearby, it's important not to make assumptions about the nature of the entity. While evil beings do exist, most hauntings are caused by beings who are much like the living people we know and love. The way to determine an entity's nature is by evaluating how the entity feels to you. You say you sense something evil in this case; I encourage you to always trust your intuitive senses.

All of this being said, I don't feel that this dream is trying to tell you that your house is literally haunted: I'm just saying that when dreams like this occur, it is wise to rule out a literal interpretation, for when there is a metaphysical being trying to communicate with us or having some sort of influence on us, it's common for this information to come to us via our dreams.

My sense is that these dreams are symbolic, and that YOU are the one who is haunted. This is not by some spirit or entity but by your own past. We are all profoundly impacted by the traumatic events that happened to us in the past both in this life and in other lifetimes, so much so that many people are haunted by those events.

To begin exploring this idea, ask yourself some questions: Do you have any phobias? Do you have any major issues you're currently struggling with or actively working on healing? Do you suffer from anxiety or depression? If you answered yes to any of of these questions, it's most likely that these dreams are trying to make you more aware of how the past is influencing you today.

The fastest way to get some real answers about what is going on is to see a hypnotherapist. You should choose someone who is experienced in both regression and spirit releasement therapy so that they are sure to be able to handle whatever comes up. This therapist will guide you into a deep trance where communication with your higher self is possible, and then ask what these dreams are about.

If there is an entity involved, it can then be released. If instead, you have some event from long ago that is still haunting you and affecting how you feel, it can be healed and cleared much as you would release an unhappy ghost so that you can enjoy a more peaceful, blessed existence.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.