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by Ann Callaghan, producer of Indigo Essences
More than 20 years ago, while I was studying to become a homeopath, I read a book that talked about the coming of a huge evolutionary leap in consciousness. The book said that this change in consciousness would be facilitated by the birth of enlightened beings who were the forerunners of a new type of human. I was fascinated and read the book cover to cover without stopping. I knew that this was something I would be part of and determined from that day onwards that I would specialize in the treatment of children in my homeopathic practice.
I graduated, set up practice and waited for the baby buddhas to show up.
I noticed children getting brighter in their energy but I didn't see any enlightened children. What I saw were more and more children with behavioural problems, some had diagnoses like ADHD & Dyslexia, others had Autistic Spectrum disorders and food sensitivities. At first I thought my job was to fix them so that they would be the same as everyone else.
Slowly I realised that these were the children of transition, the ones whose job it is to break down the old systems so that the new can emerge. These children are born to be different and to teach us how to be in a very different world.
The change of consciousness I read about is sometimes referred to as the Shift of Ages and has been foretold by many ancient prophecies. The shift entails a monumental change from a world ruled by fear to a world ruled by love.
Most of us don't realise how fear has come to rule and limit our lives. We stay in jobs, relationships, homes and endless other situations because we are afraid to do any different. We are greedy, self-serving and aggressive because we're afraid that there isn't enough to go around and unwittingly, we try and pass our fears onto our children.
The children of this time of transition, now commonly called Indigo and Crystal Children, have come to help us rid ourselves of our fear based limiting beliefs and will kick and scream any time we try and shackle them with a fear.
Their behaviours & syndromes are not a random collection of symptoms but rather signposts for the changes we need to make to improve life on planet earth.
The children are asking us to change.
They want us to be free, to let go of fear, to be real, to be in integrity, to have fun, to go with the flow, to be sensitive to energy, to have faith in them, to respect them, to listen to them and above all, to love them and ourselves, unconditionally.
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Be Real. Be Authentic. Be Fearless. Be in your Power.
That's the thing I didn't get at the beginning, that if you want to help your child, you got to help yourself as well. I didn't realise how involved we all are. In the old paradigm, parents would expect a therapist to fix their child and return it to them ready to be 'good' again. In the new paradigm, there is a realisation that we are all one, that we are all in this together, that no one is separate and we all need to take responsibility for ourselves.
So what does helping ourselves mean? It means learning to truly, absolutely and completely love and accept every part of ourselves. Yup, the good, the bad and the very ugly. If you have any doubts about what those parts of you are, your children will show them to you.
Part of their job is helping us to identify the parts of us that are still limited and fearful, the parts of us that we hate and reject. Many of us are still operating out of beliefs that we took on as children. If you ever find yourself reacting irrationally to something that is going on in your life it is quite likely that this episode has triggered a feeling or wound that you took on as a child. These wounds, usually unconsciously, rule the way we are in the world as adults. These wounds are behind most of our day-to-day fears, anxieties and behaviours and will remain in place until we recognize them and release them. Then we gradually become lighter and more care free. We also become very sensitized to the needs of every child. We become quick to recognize what a particular child needs. Learning to love and listen to your own inner child is one of the very best things you can do to improve your own interactions with your children. I've written a bit more about Inner Child Work here.
A new child will often push you into inner child wounds by displaying certain behaviours that trigger your unconscious or undealt with fears. For example, a really common situation is where the parent holds a very strong belief that you have to graduate from school in order to survive in the world. The new child can trigger this old fear based belief by dropping out of school, or by developing some learning disorder that prevents them from ever even completing their schooling.
The child in this instance is asking you to let go of that belief, to love them unconditionally, whether or not they excel at school, to love yourself unconditionally, and to love and trust in the life process.
Change the way you relate to children - when you learn to communicate clearly , then children react differently and communicate back. There are lots of really good parenting books around which can help. This is our favourite, it doesn't lecture or bore. The cartoon illustrations of parenting problems (and their solutions) will make you laugh out loud and heavens knows, you need a good laugh.
"How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk,"
Change the way you relate to yourself. Parenting is a difficult job. Pat yourself on the back, you're doing great. Take a break , take time out for yourself and your partner.
Read a great book like this one by ex rock chic and current Radio 2 DJ Janey Lee Grace, it's full of practical advice, great ideas and will reassure you that you're not alone.
"Imperfectly Natural Baby and Todler" Inner Child Work
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| | Use systems of medicine which are gentle, non invasive, enhance the immune system and help to keep mind, body and spirit balanced such as homeopathy, cranio sacral osteopathy, naturopathy, herbalism, EFT, aromatherapy etc.
Think very carefully before you vaccinate your child. Vaccination supplies a huge dose of material toxins directly into your child's blood stream and can stress the immune system of a sensitive being into a pattern of chronic disease. Read ' Vaccinations: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows That Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault in the Immune System by Viera Scheibner
Food can have a HUGE effect not only on your child's physical body but also on their behaviour. Sensitive children are often unable to handle some foods, especially certain carbohydrates. They quite literally drive them mad.
If your child is in the Autistic Spectrum/ADHD or has psychological problems then read Dr Natasha Campbell McBride's book Gut and Psychology Syndrome.
She has had great success treating her own autistic child with diet.
Environment - check out the Feng Shui of your house and clear out all your old clutter. Throw out all your old chemical cleaners, open the windows wide and use envirommentally sound cleaners (check out this web site for eco friendly cleaning things www.lillysecoluv.com
The great outdoors - make sure your children get outdoors as often as possible and for as long as possible.
Being outside calms children down. It helps them to ground and bring their energy down into their physical body. Sensitive children love trees, especially big deciduous trees like oaks, chestnuts and beech. Trees protect them and make them feel safe so bring your children to places where there are big trees as often as you can. Build a tree house for them if you have a tree in your garden. Let them sit in a tree for as long as they want - guaranteed they'll be in better form when they come back in.
Walking helps to co-ordinate the left and right hand sides of the brain and is the perfect preparation for a period of study - so walk your children to school if you can. Walking also helps your child to move energy throughout their body instead of concentrating it in their head. Many new children are extremely intelligent with very active brains. The challenge with these children is to help them achieve balance and walking is a good place to start.
Make home for yourself and your children. We all need a safe place to retire to every day. Spend time at home, make your home friendly and warm, bake things, make nice smells, have fuzzy rugs.
Tell your children often that they are always loved and will always be safe.
Get together with other parents of new children to have a laugh and help you share the burden.
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| | ...and, of course, USE ESSENCES. They do work ! Essences can be used to help everyone in the house stay balanced, centred and rational as we go through the ups and downs of daily life. They can act like an energetic air conditioner which keeps energies moving and clearing, look under how to use essences to balance the whole house for info on how to do this.
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| | “I have broken a pattern with my lovely daughter who at 9 years still couldn't go to bed alone. She said there were people in her room who would get her, she said we didn't understand her and how she felt. We sprayed sleep easy, had a cuddle, I told her she was safe and loved so much and for the first time in years she went to sleep alone, woke once re-sprayed and went back to sleep. The next night she got into bed alone gave me a big hug and kiss and said she would be ok. This is such a relief for all of us as I was becoming increasingly agitated at spending the evening staying with her.
WP
UK
“ My daughter has responded really well to them (Indigo Essences). She is having fewer tantrums and the outbursts that she does have seem to be less intense. So thank you very much - I'll certainly be ordering some more of your products.”
FK
UK
“When he opened the box he went "oh how lovely “and sighed, I said that he could pick out the essences he felt he needed so he did, then I put them all back in the box and said choose again, so he did exactly the same ones 3 in all, No fear, Happy and Sleep Easy, then this morning he got them out and said he wanted happy, and he picked happy straight out of the box. He is sleeping better as well, much more relaxed which is great.
S.F.
Ireland
“Just to let you know that your Settle has proved marvellous for D who had been bed wetting quite regularly. After taking drops for a few weeks I now leave the bottle under his pillow and he sleeps dry and soundly!!”
SS
Ireland
“.............Her little boy became fearful of death when he became 3 years. He became very insular and quiet. He was given No Fear 5 drops in water for a week. The changes happened in a week.
He is now giggling in class and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
She also used the No Fear spray one hour before a performance of the Xmas concert (which he didn't want to do). Instead he volunteered to come out in front of everybody and then stayed in beat playing the drum; decorated the tree with the vicar, and then even took a bow in front of everyone (which he would never have done before).
At swimming he wanted his arm bands off. His mum has been amazed. “
JC
UK
“.....I suggested to the kids that they help me make a bowl of essences. They were amazing. It was as if they automatically knew what we as a family needed in that bowl. All I instructed them to do was to choose essences for us to help all of us living within the house. Then Jessica my eight year old, said "You have to choose these with your heart not your head". ... Since then she regularly dowses with the pendulum or uses kinesiology to check if she needs the kids essences. She takes a variety and often likes to go to sleep with "love" sprayed around her room. ....”
MC
UK
“My son started school in September and was finding it all a bit overwhelming. Playtimes were difficult, trying to join established friendship groups and learning ways of engaging other children.
He was beginning to act in an unusually silly way and was rapidly losing confidence. We advised and monitored the situation, hoping that things would fall into place.
About three weeks ago I took him to choose from your essences: he picked Invisible Friend and I selected Shine. I have made these into a cream which he rubs on his tummy and any sore places each morning and before parties etc. We have seen the return of our quietly confident child, who can be himself instead of a whizzy, silly, lonely child. He is getting to know the other children in a relaxed and gradual way, and is filled with enthusiasm and interest at school.
The essences have helped him to feel safe and confident whilst he finds his feet and have taken the panic out of trying to fit in.
Many thanks from us both!
S and R
UK
“The most obvious change was with my daughter. She is 8 years old and had been feeling uncomfortable, scared, and having a sense of incompleteness. We combined several different essences and added them to water in a small spray bottle. She keeps it by her bed and sprays her pillow and around her bed each night. She goes to bed now with confidence, peace and love! Thank you for being out there,”
-M D
California, US
“...I gave the Sleep Easy to a 9 year old boy who is ADHD. His mother said that he hadn't slept for 5 years as he as terrified that monsters would get him. He would get into bed with his sister and sleep against the wall so that the monsters would get his sister first!
I discussed the essence with him and told him that it was his to use anytime he felt like it, etc. Meanwhile I was treating his ADHD homoeopathically.
When he came back for a follow-up his mother said that he is now sleeping for the first time in 5 years! He still takes a while to go to sleep but once asleep stays asleep. As a result he is coping better as school as he is not so tired and his mother is also coping better as she is not so tired.
Great isn't it?!”
and
“......as an interim measure while treating him for his autism I asked him to choose a bottle. His mother said that he couldn't read and I explained that I didn't want him to read and guess which bottle he chose - amazing - Settle! As a result he did settle down soon after having the drops and now he doesn't really ask for them but knows that they are there if he wants them.”
MS, UK
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| | |  "How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk," by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlich.
This book changed the way I related to kids. It is set out as a workbook with lots of exercises and very funny cartoons. I worked through it with a group of parents when I was in college training to be a homoeopath. I felt that I was turning out like a carbon copy of my mother - horror. On the surface and when things were fine I was very cool and a "good listener" or so I thought. But once under stress - out it came. All the old patterns - the threats, the putdowns, the shouting. We may be dealing with a new breed of kid but they still need parenting and boundaries. If you feel you are endlessly nagging your kids and are having a hard time getting through to them - then read this book.
See also
 “Siblings without Rivalry” by the Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlich
 "The Third Millennium : Living in the Post historic World" by Ken Carey.
There is a particularly beautiful piece on the new children - inspiring to read.
 "The Indigo Children," by Lee Carroll /Jan Tober.
This is a useful book and particularly good to give to sceptics. It contains articles from many different sources including some from older indigo kids. Excuse my vagueness here - I haven't currently got a copy of the book to refer to because as soon as I get one I end up lending it to someone - that's a good recommendation in itself!!
see also
 “An Indigo Celebration” by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober
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| | |  "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron
Another work or Plurk book. Very good inner child stuff. Helps you to become aware of what blocked your creativity and release those blockages. After I worked through this book I started to wear colourful clothes or even bits of material worn like sarongs - and I didn't care. Highly recommended if you feel stuck in a rut - or that your Inner Child is about to leave if you don't pay her/him some attention.
 Excuse me your life is waiting” by Lynn Grabhorn
 “Excuse me your life is waiting playbook” by Lynn Grabhorn
Great books to help you realise that your creative energy comes from your passion.
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by Ann Callaghan, producer of Indigo Essences
More than 20 years ago, while I was studying to become a homeopath, I read a book that talked about the coming of a huge evolutionary leap in consciousness. The book said that this change in consciousness would be facilitated by the birth of enlightened beings who were the forerunners of a new type of human. I was fascinated and read the book cover to cover without stopping. I knew that this was something I would be part of and determined from that day onwards that I would specialize in the treatment of children in my homeopathic practice.
I graduated, set up practice and waited for the baby buddhas to show up.
I noticed children getting brighter in their energy but I didn't see any enlightened children. What I saw were more and more children with behavioural problems, some had diagnoses like ADHD & Dyslexia, others had Autistic Spectrum disorders and food sensitivities. At first I thought my job was to fix them so that they would be the same as everyone else.
Slowly I realised that these were the children of transition, the ones whose job it is to break down the old systems so that the new can emerge. These children are born to be different and to teach us how to be in a very different world.
The change of consciousness I read about is sometimes referred to as the Shift of Ages and has been foretold by many ancient prophecies. The shift entails a monumental change from a world ruled by fear to a world ruled by love.
Most of us don't realise how fear has come to rule and limit our lives. We stay in jobs, relationships, homes and endless other situations because we are afraid to do any different. We are greedy, self-serving and aggressive because we're afraid that there isn't enough to go around and unwittingly, we try and pass our fears onto our children.
The children of this time of transition, now commonly called Indigo and Crystal Children, have come to help us rid ourselves of our fear based limiting beliefs and will kick and scream any time we try and shackle them with a fear.
Their behaviours & syndromes are not a random collection of symptoms but rather signposts for the changes we need to make to improve life on planet earth.
The children are asking us to change.
They want us to be free, to let go of fear, to be real, to be in integrity, to have fun, to go with the flow, to be sensitive to energy, to have faith in them, to respect them, to listen to them and above all, to love them and ourselves, unconditionally.
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