A Breath of Fresh Air to Let Go of Self Guilt & Feel Self Love
Welcome to December, winter is soon to be completely upon us in the Northern hemisphere. The days are shorter and colder. Undoubtedly we feel the shift of the earth and I wonder what this transition creates in your body and soul.
This season I hope brings us back to the essentials in our lives, we feel more vulnerable sometimes in the cold and so it is a historic time to cultivate gratitude for ourselves, communities and resources.
These times are dense in emotions and experiences, we may be navigating grief, joy, sorrow and gratitude this coming month. Therefore, I want to offer you the gift of the Pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) this month.
The Pine tree is a conifer, commonly called an “evergreen” as it doesn’t shed its needles in the winter months when most plants are hibernating or disappear from the surface. Conifers were the first plants to flower and develop other means of reproduction different from the vegetative means of algae, ferns, equisetum (horsetail) and mosses. Conifers are the class called Gymnosperms in botanical classification literally meaning “naked seed”, as their seeds are not enclosed in an ovary and are in fact open to the air and light of the world. They teach us vulnerability and trust in our interactions with the exterior world. The Pine tree stays green throughout the year and is a “pioneer” essence in the forest, meaning when an open space is evolving to become a forest, the pine trees arrive and drive the movement towards the sky, they grow fast and tall, always reaching for the light. When they settle in the new forest, they make room for other forest essences which need better soil or shade to grow and thrive.
Patricia Kaminski writes: “The entire gesture of Pine is one of skyward vertical lines of ascent – a vivid counterpoint to the downward, darkened and dormant forces of winter. The Pine Tree easily sheds its older branches as it rises to sublime heights. Even the needle leaves of the Pine Tree are a reflection of its whole form; their linear extensions richly saturated in silica, the most light-bearing of all minerals.”
These particularities of the Pine essence, make it a beautiful reference, archetype and tool to work with as we navigate the what can be difficult winter months.
Pine essential oil: a breath of fresh air
This essential oil holds the forest ambiance in a bottle, you can inhale it whenever you’re feeling ungrounded, strung out, disconnected, or weak in your body and mind.
Pinus sylvestris essential oils’ constituents have cortisone-like actions that are indicated for inflammations, allergic reactions, respiratory problems, and infections. Its main constituents alpha and beta-pinene create its strong aroma which opens the lungs and clears out the bronchioles. Especially useful in the winter, for those sensitive to the cold and prone to viral and bacterial infections. Pine essential oil activates the immune system and gives the mental and emotional strength and willpower to recharge oneself.
Get a Sneak Peak of our Aromatherapy Certification Program Coaching Calls and learn more about Pine Essential Oil presented by Andrea Tweed-Bailey, PA and Clinical Aromatherapy Student, and How to Blend with Pine Essential Oil by Lorrie Hargis, RA.
December 5th at 1:00 PM EST
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Pine flower essence: Warm and melt away melancholy and self-sabotage
The Pine personality is prone to self-blame and self-reducing thoughts, clouds of doom seem to waver over their heads and lead their feelings to pessimistic thoughts. Pine personality is cold and aloof, finding it hard to welcome loving warmth from others, it may also present cold physical conditions which stop the ebb and flow of life such as rheumatisms, chronic inflammation, etc.
Pine’s healing qualities are that of transformation, ascension, and liberation from the weight of failure and blame, as the tree itself lets go of its branches from one season to the next, allowing not even its own path to weigh itself down.
To learn more about how to use Pine flower essence and let go of the Past, Guilt, & Pride, join our Common Scents Community Live workshop next Tuesday, December 3rd, on How to Balance the Lung Meridian with Flower Essences & Acupressure to allow yourself to breathe fully and freely!
We will be working with other flower essences as well!
You will learn:
- What is the Lung Meridian in (TCM)?
- What Chinese Element Season & Time of Day are connected to Lung Meridian
- Where are the Energetic Meridians of the Lung located on the Body?
- Video – Lung Meridian
The Body & Mind Connection for the Lung Meridian - What Emotions Directly Affect the Lung Meridian?
- What is a Flower Essence?
- What is Acupressure?
- Which Flower Essences Can Help the Emotions that Affect the Lung Meridian?
- How to Apply the Flower Essences with Acupressure to the Lung Meridian for optimal benefit?
- How often and how long should these Flower Essence be Applied?
- Please bring Honeysuckle, Water Violet, and Pine Bach Flower Remedies.
Three small bowls of water and six cotton balls.
Master Class – Embrace the Light and Illuminate Your Heart and Soul with the Transformative Power of Pine Flower Essence.
Wednesday, Dec 11th at 1:00 PM EST
Explore the transformative power of the Pine Flower as it guides you in illuminating the depths of your heart and soul. This delicate yet potent flower offers a profound journey, helping you confront and release feelings of self-shame that may have held you back. By addressing the internal struggles you face, including the tendency to engage in the blame game, the Pine Flower encourages you to cultivate forgiveness for yourself. As you navigate this healing process, you create space for the energy of love to flow freely within you, nurturing a deeper connection to your true essence. Embrace this opportunity to heal and awaken a sense of peace and acceptance in your life.
The sensory memory of coniferous forests has long served as a cultural touchstone for renewal, where the sharp clarity of pine-scented air evokes not merely olfactory pleasure but a deeper association with respiratory vitality and mental recalibration. Historical traditions across northern climates wove pine resin and needles into seasonal rituals precisely during periods of environmental constriction, recognizing an intuitive correspondence between aromatic openness and physiological resilience without claiming mechanistic causation. Modern analytical chemistry has identified pinene compounds within Pinus sylvestris that interact with biological systems in complex ways, yet this knowledge exists alongside rather than replacing the plant's enduring symbolic role in human narratives of grounding and reorientation. Contemporary individuals navigating health decisions encounter an intricate informational ecosystem where ancestral plant wisdom intersects with digital accessibility, sometimes leading them to encounters such as when one might find reliable source information about Champix online purchases without prescription through our verified platform while researching broader questions of personal autonomy. This confluence of botanical heritage and technological mediation underscores the persistent solitude of individual judgment when confronting matters where environmental, physiological, and psychological dimensions intertwine without yielding to universal prescriptions. The enduring appeal of forest essences thus reflects not a search for cure but a perennial human inclination toward symbolic anchors during periods of perceived fragmentation or depletion.