soma earth PRODUCTS
Thieves Oil
$45 5 fl. oz./15 ml
soma earth Home Energetic Balancing
By Ingrid Cryns $15
EcoNest, Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw, and Timber
By Paula Baker-Laporte and Robert Laporte, Gibbs Smith, 2005 $25
Prescriptions for A Healthy House: A Practical Guide For Architects, Builders & Homeowners
By Paula Baker-Laporte, FAIA, John C. Banta, CAIH and Erica Elliott, MD $30
Thieves OIL
The Four Thieves Vinegar
Perfumers by day, robbers by night. Four men made a concoction of herbs and essential oils in a base of vinegar and would douse their body with this before they went our plundering! They had a pretty good track record of stealing riches until the King found out and captured them, forcing them to give up their secret weapon against the plague. The herbal ingredients were wormwood, meadowsweet, juniper berries, rosemary, camphor, sage, cinnamon and cloves in a base of white wine vinegar.
It's a very different environment that we live in today. The germs, bacteria and respiratory viruses that surround us have never been stronger or more antibiotic-resistant. The recent news about the Swine Flue 2009 epidemic that can stop a whole country in its tracks in a few weeks shows us the alarming increase of what is now happening in the entire world! We are offering this one unique essential oil blend because we use it ourselves and believe so strongly in its medicinal properties to protect you and the spaces that you live and work in.
Thieves essential oil blend is a proprietary blend of:
- Clove
- Lemon
- Cinnamon Bark
- Eucalyptus
- Rosemary
Perfect for personal use, but powerful enough for...
- plane flights
- hospitals
- hospices
- hotels
- schools
- stores & restaurants
- industrial safety applications
It's more important than ever to keep your body on alert against attacks to your immune system. Whether you're trying to battle the "bug" at the office, serious virus threats, or warding off household germs that family members leave behind, Thieves always delivers positive antiseptic benefits to cleanse, calm and sooth you're body and soul.
The proprietary essential oil blend of Thieves was created based on research into the concoction based on the documented history of four thieves during the 15th-century plague who used cloves, rosemary, and other aromatics to protect themselves while robbing plague victims. Thieves oil has anti-bacterial, anti-viral, antiseptic and anti-catarrhyal properties while stimulating the immune system, circulation and the respiratory system. In 1997, studies conducted at Weber State University showed it to have a 99.96% success rate against airborne bacteria. The bacteria cultures were sprayed in an enclosed area, and Thieves was diffused for a given amount of time.
Here is a link if you would like to make the combination oil yourself; Thieves Oil Recipe
Directions
- Diffuse for only short periods of time; 20-30 minutes or less at work or at home.
- Add 5-15 drops in a base of vinegar and spray over clothing, scarf over mouth, before going outdoors in a virus hostile environment (e.g. plane flights, hospitals, schools, etc.)
- When using as a supplement, dilute one drop in 4 fl. oz. of liquid such as goat's or rice milk.
- Use 1-2 drops of Thieves on the bottom of your feet and also at the nape of the neck. For a stimulating massage add under the arms and/or on the chest.
- Due to the cinnamon and clove, these essential oils can burn the skin if applied directly. Fair skinned, blue-eyed individuals, redheads and those who tend to sunburn easily need to heed and dilute Thieves in a carrier oil (such as almond) before applying to the skin.
- Do not use in a bath or in a sauna too intense!
Thieves is a registered trademark of Young Living Essential Oils for its proprietary essential oil blend, and is used by permission.
Books
soma earth Home Energetic Balancing
By Ingrid Cryns $15
Ingrid Cryns has recently published soma earth HOME ENERGETIC BALANCING (2009), a compilation of several years experience, learning how to heal and balance the invisible energies, in the spaces that she lives and works in(such as electromagnetic, electrical, geopathic, water courses, metaphysical, Feng Shui, space clearing, etc.). Ingrid also leads monthly shamanic journeying workshops, is an energy healer and can read and sense body energies. For more Bio. information about Ingrid, click here
The book is intended as a loose guide, kind of like a cook book, with 21 different possibilities that you can put together on your own of what might attract you to do for yourself. The intention is to empower people with more awareness of how their inner world is influenced and affected by their outer world environments. This is all part of the building SOUL mission that Ingrid' s blog is about as well.
Here is an excerpt from the book's Introduction;
"Your home is anywhere YOU are. It is the home within you and the home around you - in your sleeping place or your work place. Your energetic home is about how you interact with the many invisible layers of your reality and your outer environment. There are numerous methods and modalities that can balance the unseen energies in your home, office or even your land.
soma earth HOME ENERGETIC BALANCING helps you to live in harmony with your environment rather than unknowingly 'swimming' against it. My goal is to help you to create a different reality by cleansing and dissolving blocks that you may not even know about. Sometimes we don't need to actually know all those details, just knowing how to keep things clear and flowing is all that is necessary. You can enhance or shift your destiny or your physical condition if you know how to pay attention to your environment and the relationship that this has to your personal life, health and fortune. The purpose of this book is to show you a variety of choices and give you tools as well as the freedom of how to combine them in ways that match best in terms of who you are and what you prefer. The intention is as a continuously growing and living record of the methods that I have discovered on my own path and journey of healing my physical body, which in turn led me to an awareness of the need to heal and balance the spaces that I live and work in."
EcoNest, Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw, and Timber
By Paula Baker-Laporte and Robert Laporte, Gibbs Smith, 2005 $25
A bird builds its nest using the materials at hand to create a perfect shelter. It doesn't fly to the next state for twigs or build a bigger home that it needs. Instinctively, it creates an environment that is nurturing and non-toxic. Like the bird, humans desire shelter that is cozy and nurturing, that satisfies the soul, mind, and body. This is what you find when you step into an EcoNest.
Beginning with a timber frame structure and walls created with a mix of clay and straw, EcoNest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw and Timber describes a unique method of green building that avoids the typical problems involved with conventional building, such as industrial waste, excessive chemical usage, and inefficient synthetic insulation. Design details such as which direction a home is oriented, what kind of lighting illuminates each room, and whether or not there is a step-down entryway are a vital part of creating each EcoNest.
Meet the homeowners of ten different EcoNests around the country in regions as diverse as Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico and California who chose to build in appreciation of the harmony and beauty of nature, using nature's resources so as to consume less energy, create less waste, nurture their health and enrich their senses.
EcoNest invites you to experience a healthy and sustainable kind of building, avoid the pitfalls of modern homes and acute chemical sensitivity, and to live simply, in harmony with nature.
Prescriptions for A Healthy House:
A Practical Guide For Architects, Builders & Homeowners
By Paula Baker-Laporte, FAIA
John C. Banta, CAIH
and Erica Elliott, MD $30
Announcing the release of Prescriptions for A Healthy House, Third Edition - A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Home Owners.
This is the Healthy House bible revised, updated and expanded, including contributions from North America 's leading building biologists.
Although there is nothing complicated about constructing healthier homes, building for health is still not standard practice, and in fact, there are many aspects of conventional home construction that are detrimental to human wellbeing.
From foundation to rooftop, to home care and repair, Prescriptions for A Healthy House takes the mystery out of healthy-house building, renovation and maintenance by walking the owner/architect/builder team through the entire construction process.
Chapters include:
- Frame construction alternatives
- Thermal and moisture control
- Finishes
- Floorings
- Furnishings