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Friday Night Reiki

Beth Hansen-Buth — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:28:29 +0000

Tonight I went in to the Friday Night Reiki Clinic at Eye of Horus Metaphysical and I took a turn on the Reiki Table. I actually could have really used a longer session, but Maggie had expressed a desire to get on the table and it was her show after all. There was one client there, and another student of Maggie’s who uses singing bowls to do energy work. I love music, and sound really adds a dimension to energy work like no other. Maybe that’s why I play soft music while I meditate and do reiki.

I also had a chance to check out the new wind chimes that they just got into the store, they sound absolutely fabulous and look beautiful too. I have personally fallen in love with the Emperor Gong. Maybe I’ll get something like that for my birthday this June…I will have to start dropping hints I think.

Thinking of Roses

Beth Hansen-Buth — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:11:09 +0000

My husband took this picture on his walk to work, and I’m thinking of putting roses like these out in front of the house, climbing over an arbor at the end of our walk next Spring. They look like the standard Apothocary’s Rose, and I wasn’t sure we could grow them here in Minnesota because we are typically a Zone 4 around here, though Minneapolis has some Zone 5 areas. Actually, things are changing quite a bit as we have a family of red squirrels we see in our yard from time to time, when the cat isn’t outside.

The only problem I foresee in my plans for the gardens here at Applewood Cottage, is that I have a full-time job and websites, and cafepress stores to design. Time to garden? Not really. But I hope to manage it all somehow. We are still busy in the unpacking process, though we are nearing the end of painting. Still, the back garden is a mass of grasses, crab and otherwise that I need to get cleaned up before the snow flies. The dream is to have an herb & flower garden there and I’ve been doing some research about what will work. There are Lillies there now in a couple of spots, as well as a 4 foot high stump of a narrow tree that the boxelder bugs were feeding off of last month. We will have to trim it down, because it’s the tallest thing in the garden right now.

So much to do, so little time! But Fall gives me a chance to get some of the bed prepared for next year, and I’ll have all Winter to dream about what Spring will bring.

Garden of Serenity

Beth Hansen-Buth — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:02:22 +0000

“Garden of Serenity” by David & Steve Gordon is my latest favorite selection when I’m meditating at night. It combines music with the sound of running water, which is something that I’ve always found very soothing. Normally, I would be joining the team of Reiki Masters and Students at Eye of Horus tonight, but it was a long week and I needed to be alone with the cats for a while. Tonight my meditation was rather short, and I gave myself some Reiki as well, but what my body really needs is sleep. But there’s something about the picture of the beautiful rock garden on the cover of the CD which keeps calling me, so when I searched under the name of the title, up popped books on Japanese Gardens. Once upon a time I checked out a book on it from the library, and I remember pouring over the photos for hours. Now that I have a larger yard to play in, I was planning on planting a healing garden. My husband and I talked about it, but we had no idea where to start.

Now I know where I can begin, with Japanese Garden Design. I have all Winter to dream and study and make some plans, and with the internet at my fingertips I’m sure I’ll find all kinds of inspiration and practical help in getting started. When you Google Japanese Gardens all kinds of fun things pop up, like this page from The Helpful Gardener which gives some basics for my subconscious to chew on.

There is a certain calmness that comes to you as you view a well laid-out Japanese garden. While it is hard to define any one particular element as the source of this peaceful influence, I would suggest that it is the solid, anchored look that the stone features bring to the garden that do the most to impart that feeling of peace. This should come as no surprise as the Japanese gardener utilizes rock as the “bones” of the garden, with plants and ornaments as trimmings.

It’s a place to start, with the bones of the place. The flow and harmony of Yin Yang will be a conscious part of my garden design. And so my Reiki Adventure takes me down a new path, one that I will build with my own two hands to create an oasis of healing in my own backyard. I have lots to think about, there are current gardens, how to work with the buildings and existing plants, learning about the different styles of Japanese gardens…I’ll be keeping busy this Winter!