By this time, February 2002, I’d realized that Inner Child Healing would be an essential part of our progress into another level of consciousness. If we don’t heal the crystalized hurts we took on as children then we will still be numbed in those areas and unable to either fully love ourselves or to feel for the needs of the new child in this area.

Most of us have only ever experienced very conditional love, it’s been the norm in our society.

• ‘I will love you if…’

• ‘I will love you when…’

• ‘I will love you on condition that….’

And sadly, we are also conditional with ourselves.

• ‘I will love myself when…..I’m perfect’

• ‘I will love myself when I’m healed’

• ‘I will love the ‘nice’ parts of myself’

• ‘I will love the ‘good’ part of myself’

Movement into this next level of consciousness demands that we integrate fully all parts of ourselves, which means that we learn to love every single bit of ourselves, the good, the bad and the ugly. And this is where Larimar & Rose Quartz comes in.

Larimar comes from the warm seas around the Caribbean, is the colour of the sky on a beautiful summer day and carries the warmest love from Mother Earth. This stone is known to help dissolve patterns of self sabotage and to restore serenity.

Rose Quartz is one of the most well known healing stones and for good reason. This abundant stone teaches unconditional love.The piece of Larimar that I used isn’t perfect, it’s cracked. Now combined with the energy of the wonderful stone of unconditional love, Rose Quartz, the message of this essence is that you can love and accept all parts of yourself. This essence also encourages you to be gentle with yourself and know that there is no such thing as ‘wrong’. Larimar & Rose Quartz will help you to find the love within yourself, for you.It is a wonderful essence to use at any stage of Inner Child Work, and most particularly after you’ve been though a major clearing when you might be feeling fragile. You can use Larimar & Rose Quartz like you would any other essence, by taking orally or putting in a spray but here are three ways I particularly like to use this essence:

• Put Larimar & Rose Quartz in your favourite cream, add a few drops of rose oil and massage yourself in any place where you feel pain and hurt.

• Add Larimar & Rose Quartz to your bath, and lie back and allow the water to carry the feelings of self loathing away

• Add drops of Larimar & Rose Quartz to your clothes and linen wash so that you are surrounded by this loving energy 24/7.

For children Larimar & Rose Quartz will help them to hold off the energies of conditional love that society tries to place on the child, it will help the child to stay whole and in love with him/herself.

And secondly, I know you get advice from every quarter - learn this, do that, change the other and THEN all will be well. Before you read this, I want you to give yourself a pat on the back and know that you are doing the best job you can do. Well done.

And thirdly, I want you to know that there is NO such thing as a perfect family. Parents of new kids sometimes look around and see families with children who seem so well behaved and polite and compliant….. well, behind closed doors there is often a different story. Your kids have just chosen to express their authentic selves wherever they are.

And finally….. don’t ever look back. You know what you know and you do the best that you can do in the moment.

Keeping the above in mind, I decided to add yet another tip to the pile you’ve already got. I’ve been inundated by parents looking for help with their kids and I feel that we’ve got to pool information about what works to help these high vibration kids feel comfortable on this planet while their parents stay sane (ish).

So here is today’s snippet. I’ll tell you a story first and then we can look at the details.

The story is that young, first time parents came to see me because their baby wouldn’t stop crying. I know a bit about crying babies, I did a disertation on the subject when I was studying homeopathy. So I went through the usual routine, asking questions, looking for problems. Nothing was obvious, they were both very intelligent (iq & eq), educated, healthy, spiritual, loving parents. And yet, the baby was crying and crying.

I sat there looking at the baby and suddenly something clicked. I asked the mom had anything happened to her when she was that age? ‘Oh’, she said, ‘What didn’t happen to me, I was in a SCU, lot of pain, in and out of hospital’ and, as she talked and cried …… the baby stopped crying.

So what happened ? The baby was reacting to the pain the mother held deep inside herself from when she herself was a little baby. As soon as the mother connected with that pain and began to release it, her little baby felt better.

Almost all adults hold crystalised pain inside themselves from trauma they experienced as children. Most of us go through life paying little attention to this pain until something happens to trigger it. Identifying and letting go of this pain is often called ‘Inner Child Work’.’ I’ve written about this process on the Indigo Essences web site so check it out if you’ve never heard of it before.

So, it looks like sensitive children will react intensely to their parents inner child pain. But why would they do that, what purpose does it serve? We need to take a step back and look at the job these kids came here to do.

Here’s the deal - planet earth and all her inhabitants are ready for an upgrade, scheduled to take place around 2012. The upgrade will shift us into another level of consciousness, much nicer, more loving, less full of fear and struggle. Sounds great and I’m so looking forward to it. The problem is that lots of us haven’t finished our lessons in the old level. Solution - send in some kids to lovingly provoke, prod and pester their parents into becoming conscious of what they need to let go off in order to graduate from the old level of consciousness.

Our problem is that we are ONLY just getting what their job is so it’s been a bit slow taking off. Now we’re all under time constraints, 2012 is meant to be graduation day and we haven’t finished our projects. So the kids are intensifying their efforts to get us on track.

So parents, and anyone dealing with kids, if your child is doing something that is really pushing your buttons - making you sad, angry, frustrated, upset etc. and you can’t see an obvious cause, look to yourself for a solution. In fact, even if there is an obvious cause (food, environment etc), if their behaviour can push your buttons, that shows you still have buttons to push. The buttons are the unresolved fears and wounds of your little inner child, they are what cause you to react sometimes with the emotional intelligence of a two year old.

Healing the inner child is a vital part of the work we all need to do to move up a level of consciousness. This healing unlocks our frozen and numbed feelings and sensitizes us to the needs of ourselves, our child and every child and this sensitivity will go on to create a world where every being is loved and cherished unconditionally.

And you know something parents - Inner Child healing will also fire you up with a renewed passion for your own life. It will reconnect you with the things you loved as a kid, with the feelings of joy and freedom that you once felt, with the way you were before you took on the responsibility of a family, mortage etc. It is SO worth it.

How to go about it ? If you’ve had an averagely traumatic life then you can probably do inner child work by yourself. If you’ve been through a lot as a child it is a good idea to give yourself the gift of working with a professional who can guide you through the process.

I’ve written a short bit about Inner Child Healing on the Indigo Essences Website and recommended some books that I’ve found useful.

Essences are really helpful to balance and stabilize you and help you move through things more quickly. The New Child Series and indeed the Combinations for Kids both work very well with the inner child. Browse the sets and choose the ones that shout out to you.

EFT (emotional freedom technique) is another really useful way to move through inner child healing in double quick time, I usually recommend that you do this and use essences as well to speed up the process.

The stone is a beautiful piece of Aquamarine set in Mica. While the essence was being made the essence making bowl was surrounded with pieces of Apophyllite and Peach Stillbite and Ruby.

Most of the essences I make take just a few hours, or even minutes, to come in but this one was cooking until the Solstice, 21.12.04.

Firstly, a look at the stones involved in making this essence. These stones all have many more qualities, I’m just listing the ones that I feel strongest:

Aquamarine - connection to higher consciousness, service to the world.

Mica - flexibility, self-reflection, growthand the helper stones.

Ruby - in this case, represents the birth canal, birthing these energies of higher consciousness and bringing them into the earth plane. I’m interested to read that Melody in her book Love is in the Earth says of Ruby ‘This mineral stimulates the heart chakra and assists one in the selection and attainment of ones ultimate values.’ This turned out to be central to the properties of this essence.

Apophyllite - this beautiful mineral is clear and very light and forms diamond shaped faces. A common representation of duality (male/female, ying/yang, heaven/earth) is the 6 pointed star, as in the Star of David, which is formed of two triangles. As we move out of duality and into unity consciousness, the triangles merge and form a diamond. Apophyllite helps us to connect the energies of heaven and earth.Stillbite (peach) represents a return to innocence and the colour peach represents the energy of heart and will working together.

I remember being amazed that the essence was taking so long to complete and then realised that it was making full use of the stargate that was open from the 12th to the 21st of December.

When the essence was finally ready to be sealed I picked up the bowl and heard the first few words of the song Cheek to Cheek by Irving Berlin ‘Heaven, I’m in Heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak’.

Wow, I thought, essence Prozac. The feeling was amazing. I felt like I was home, Paradise floated through my mind. A few days after the essence was sealed and bottled for the first time I made it into a spray with the addition of a few drops of organic rose oil. I remember making a label and sending some over to the ladies in Universal Essences as a present. They loved it and asked for some to sell immediately.

I loved the spray as well and sprayed myself compulsively until the bottle was almost empty. It was then I began to realise more about the qualities of this essence.

I realised that aligning with the energy of this essence does bring about a feeling of being in Heaven but it also shows me clearly where I am not aligned to my full self, where I am making decisions out of habit, out of fear, out of conditioning rather than out of love and trust.

A good friend and fellow essence maker said to me that using I’m in Heaven is like having an angel sitting on your shoulder who pokes you every time you are about to make a decision and asks ‘is this decision in alignment with your highest good right now?’

So I’m in Heaven can help when

you have decisions to make about your future

you find yourself repeatedly making fear based choices, for example I’d better take this job (even though I don’t like it) because I’m afraid to really step out and follow my dream

when you are feeling a bit fed up with your life and need reminding you that you need to change the decisions you are making.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY I’m In Heaven and thank you for coming into my life.

MAKE HOME

Most of you would say ‘Huh? we have a home, 4 walls, a roof, food on the table, what more do you want?’ I would say that most people provide the material goods that make up a home but don’t pay enough attention to the energy of the place.

Sensitive beings (adults and children) are acutely aware of energy. When these children are overloaded with other peoples’ worries they need to be able to return to an environment where they are able to discharge and clean themselves energetically. A child who comes home to a healing environment is much better able to discharge worry, heal and re-charge their energy and is therefore less likely to suffer from stress, anxiety, sleep disorders and illness.

Here is a condensed version of what to do to establish a healing home

STEP ONE

Aim to make your home a sanctuary that is physically and energetically clean, nourishing, healing, calm, safe and protected from outside intrusion.

First, take an ‘impressions’ audit. Before you start, go outside your front door and become conscious of everything you see, feel and smell. Then re-enter your house taking note of how it makes you feel, how does it smell, do you feel comfortable, welcome, warm, relaxed, friendly or is your house noisy, stressful, cluttered, dark, dirty, cold, unwelcoming, sterile?

Write down your impressions. It is a good idea to ask your children for their impressions too and involve them in re-setting the energy. Decide on the impressions that you want to change.

For instance, if you hallway is dark and unwelcoming, you could place a mirror facing the door to reflect light from the outside and make the space look and feel bigger. You could hang fairy lights to make the entrance feel more magical and light.

Pay attention to the furniture in your home. Is it sharp and angular? Angular furniture emits sharp vibes which make sensitive beings uncomfortable. Replace sharp edges with round edged tables and desks.

If you’d like to learn more about how to change the energy of your house check out some good books on Feng Shui. These books will help you to become aware of the movement of energy through your environment.

Also pay attention to the following:

• Nature

Children thrive in nature, it grounds them and allows them to discharge built up energy. They need access to nature for as long as possible every day. This is more difficult in winter so be sure to bring nature into your home by having plants in most rooms. Make sure all plants in your home are alive and vital. You’d be amazed how many people buy plants for their home, let them die and then live with the energy of dead, neglected plant!

• De clutter

Spend a weekend clearing all the old mess and clutter out of every room in the house. Throw out anything that is never used, gathering dust, cluttering up corners etc. Hoover every room, under every bed and in every corner, you’ll be amazed to feel how much lighter the energy is when you’ve finished.

• Electromagnetic stress

Do away with as many electric gizmos as you can. Only keep essential equipment. If you or your child are particularly sensitive, move your fridge/freezer to a different circuit and turn off the electric current at night. This gives your body an energetic holiday, really improves sleep quality and mimics the conditions of sleeping outdoors. If this is a step too far, then make sure that you at least turn off all non essential equipment as often as you can, particularly any wi fi equipment you might have such as broadband.

• Chemicals

Do away with all chemical cleaning aids, especially toxic air freshners. Use natural products and expose your home to sunlight and fresh air on a daily basis by opening curtains and windows for a few minutes every day, even in the coldest weather. It is important that there is an air flow so that discharged energies don’t get the chance to build up.

• Get an animal

Animals help children to discharge built up stress and can help sensitive children stay grounded.

• Create a chill room

Devote one room or at least part of a room to becoming a chill out zone. Remove bright lights and use fairy lights or candles to light the area. Candles are particularly good as their flickering light is very restful and quite magical. (check out the Settle Candle from Indigo Essences, specially good to light around 5 pm when everyone is having a melt down). Have warm fuzzy blankets and soft pillows, maybe create a canopy to shield the area and make it feel more womb like. Ban the use of pc’s, play stations etc in this area.

• Install a small water fountain

The sound of tinkling water is very restful and also helps to re ionize the air. You can add essences to the water to increase the healing effect. Some suggestions are Settle - to calm and settle the energy. See end of this article for a few more essence suggestions.

• Bake

The smell of fresh baking is very comforting and adds to the feeling of being nourished

STEP TWO

Ensure that you and any other adults in the house are aware of the stresses you are feeling. Children are not adversely affected by emotion as long as it is moving but they can be adversely affected by emotions that are suppressed or stuck. Be aware that your child can read you like a book and will know if you are upset. Become aware of your own feelings and needs and take steps to change or deal with anything that needs changing in your life. Seek help if you are under a lot of pressure and are not able to resolve it by yourself.

STEP THREE

Teach your child about their energy body and how to clean it.

Although all children are unconsciously aware of energy, they need to be taught how to clean and protect their own energy body.

• Talk to them about their energy ‘bubble’

Sit down with your children and talk to them about their energy body. Maybe ask them to draw the energy outside their body, at the very least bring their conscious attention to the fact that they have this bubble of energy.

• Teach them how to clean their energy bubble

There are many different ways to clean your energy, teach them your favourite method if you have one. If not, then use something simple, like the notion of having a shower of golden rain that cleans out anything that does not belong to them.

• Teach them how to protect their energy bubble

As before, use whatever method you personally prefer. If you don’t have a preference, ask them to imagine a golden egg surrounding them. Talk about how this egg will protect them from taking in any energy that doesn’t belong to them. Make sure they know that this egg will let in good energy, like the energy of your love for them. Ask them to draw what this egg would look like and to imagine it forming around them.

• Set a time every day to clean, clear and protect their energy bubble

This process must become part of your daily routine. Decide with your child when would be the best time to do this - morning time when brushing teeth, night time before bed? Choose a time, stick to it and make sure you do it every day.

• Use essences

Essences are a very useful tool and will help your child get to know the feeling of being grounded, safe, protected. There are many Indigo Essences to choose from but in general I would recommend essences from the Crystal Series.

• Software - a kind of spam filter, to filter out unwanted thoughts and feelings from others.
• Bubble - to protect from electromagnetic stress
• Safe - gives a feeling of groundedness and strength

Lee wants to put right the notion that Indigo Children are soft, sweet psychics. The truth is that many Indigo kids are having a really rough time and are resorting to drink and drugs to try and numb the pain of trying to live in a society they were sent to change. I haven’t seen the book yet, I hope it’s good and I hope it keeps the Indigo debate going. These kids are in trouble and we all need to take a look at what we can do to help them.

I’ve been talking with lots of kids recently about Barak Obama. These are kids who live here in Ireland, not in the US. Most of them are in their late teens, early 20’s. Just about voting age. None of them have ever been interested in a presidential election before. But all of them have been very affected by Obama. They are attracted to him, they love his energy, they love the way he talks to their hearts and souls. They love the fact that he’s talking about change. That’s the very reason the Indigos incarnated. To change the world.

The Indigos read energy, they see auras, they know when people are connected, engaged, telling the truth. Most of them don’t even like looking at politicians, not a pretty sight to watch someone lying, trying to convince. Waste of time.

I often wondered what it would take to motivate the Indigos en masse to get going with their system buster jobs. So many of them seemed to have lost the will to give it a go. They were so disillusioned and disenfranchised, they seemed to have given up. Many of the earlier system buster Indigo types had given up, some of them killed themselves. What’s the point. Same old. Same old. Over and over again.

So a lot of them dumbed down, took drugs, got into trouble, whiled away the time & tried to forget what their heart was pining for.

And then along came Obama.

Change…….YES WE CAN

He’s a generator and he suddenly powered them all up. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

so no excuses, dash out the bombard your local shop with orders