My friend and student, Sonal and I had a video call. She'd arrived in India to visit her parents a few days earlier, and somewhere along her journey, she'd caught a really bad head and chest cold. Symptoms: eyes swollen and streaming, nose running and sinuses congested, throat a little hoarse, but not sore, and a completely dry cough that was painful. She looked and sounded awful! So, I dowsed her for some essential oils. I made it very clear that I wanted Sylvie (my dowser) to pick out essential oils that Sonal had with her in India, I had no idea what she might or might not have. Out came Patchouli, Spanish Marjoram and Rose Geranium. Sylie sorted the dosage, application, frequency and length of time she needed to use the blend, what I call D.A.F.T. Sonal had all the oils and followed Sylvie's "instructions". I also added that she should use some Rose Hydrosol for her eyes. I popped her a message on Thursday morning to see how she was doing, we ended up on another video call. Sonal was blown away! In less than 48 hours ALL her symptoms had pretty much cleared up! Eyes and voice were back to normal, sinuses clear, and dry cough gone! She just felt a little tired. Even though Sonal has learnt to dowse with me, in this case it was better that a "3rd party", myself in this case, dowsed her. Rather like a GP not diagnosing and treating their own family. What had really blown her away was, not just that the blend had sorted her out so quickly, but distance dowsing worked! She's never tried that for her clients who might be further afield and not face to face. *PLEASE NOTE: this blend was specific for Sonal, it will not work for anyone else who has same or similar symptoms. Also, two of the essential oils have contraindications, but they didn't apply to Sonal. ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL.

Treating the Sciatic and 12 Cranial Nerves with Reflexology: 24th November. If you are a practicing Reflexologist then you need to add this training to your repertoire! Besides learning how to identify where sciatica is originating from, very often it is NOT in the back/spine, you will also learn where and how to locate and treat the 12 cranial nerves in the feet and hands. Particularly useful to treat eye disorders, tinnitus, vertigo, balance issues, loss of smell, loss of taste, facial paralysis such as Bell's Palsy, neck and shoulder muscular tension and not least the Vagus Nerve which controls our breathing, heart rate and digestive processes. This will also improve your client’s posture! This is a full day's course on Tuesday 24th November at my home in Ledbury and as such places will be limited, or you can join via zoom, but you will need a body to work on so I can monitor you. I have delivered this class succesfully via zoom for qualified Reflexologists who are further afield e.g., USA. Cost: £220 Please get in touch direct if you would like to register your place, or would like further info.

Local to me is a fairly new business and charity funded business called Into the Woods Ledbury. They help adults and children with anxiety, grief, and other mental and emotional issues. In the first instance, people are referred by their GP and under the CIC terms each individual gets 6 sessions for free. Yesterday, I went along and gave them a presentation on various tree oils. The woods are majority conifers. The group of ladies asked a lot of interesting questions including wanting to understand how our sense of smell works on our emotions and mind sets. I was prepped and ready to dowse each participant for their own personal sniffy stick, but sadly we ran out of time so I was only able to dowse one lady as a demonstration of what it entailed and made up her sniffy for her. I went in completely blind knowing nothing about her. What Syllvie picked for her blew her away when I interpreted the oil for her. Needless to say, they want me back as do the organisers.

Write below in comments, as much information that you know about Cabreuva to include any contraindications, emotional, mental, physical and even spiritual, and if there's enough info there, I'll send you my profile on Cabreuva, which will also include its personality and how we apply that to our relationships. My Maverick students obviously don't need to enter as they have already got the handout, or will do next Spring as part of their studies. 😊

This class is suitable for the lay person and professional alike. Winter is a time that can lower our moods, we can feel a little miserable, down, lethargic or fed up. This in turn lowers our immune system and makes us more susceptible to bugs and viruses. There’s more you can do than just supplement with Vitamin D, the ‘sunshine vitamin’ as it is called. This is a live online class via zoom, on Monday 9th November, at 7pm GMT, where we will be looking at 28 Essential Oils which are best suited to banish those winter blues and as a result, help maintain good physical health through a more robust immune system. We will cover just PAIRS of oils in various blends to combat specific problems: #1 “Healing past trauma and emotional wounds”, which can drag us down in the dark winter months. #2 “A bridge to allow us to go with the flow of life”. #3 “Emotional, mental and physical calm and tranquillity”. #4 “Love yourself first!” #5 “Major burst of sunshine!” #6 “Bring your ‘Spring’ self into the now.” #7 “Major bug busters!” #8 “I want to be alone”. #9 “Know Thyself”. #10 “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.” #11. "Just get on with it." #12. "Clear the mental and emotional clutter." #13. "Get up and go!" #14. "Emotional, mental and physical equilibrium." #15. "Let it all go!" #16. "Let's hear it for the inner child." #17. "Spread the laughter." The oils we will be looking at specifically are Basil, Bergamot, Black Pepper, Black Spruce, Cypress, Dill, Frankincense, Galangal, Geranium, Grapefruit, Hemlock Spruce, Hyacinth, Karanj Seed, Lavender, Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Marjoram, May Chang, Myrtle, Neroli, Rosewood, Sweet Orange, Tangerine, Thyme, Vetiver, Violet Leaf and Yuzu. This year I'm also adding alternative "pairs" of EO's from a further 31 essential oils! They are: African Bluegrass, Anethi, Arina, Birch Tar, Bog Myrtle, Cape Verbena, Clementine, Damiana, Davana, Fir Needle, Fragonia, Galbanum, Gurjun Balsam, Hakka, Hinoki, Katafray, Lemon Myrtle, Linden Blossom, Mimosa, Opopanax, Peru Balsam, Pimento Berry, Plai, Rhododendron, Rosalina, Ruh Khus, Saro, Schinus Molle, Siam Wood, Tulsi and Turmeric.