What Are Tissue Salts?

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Tissue Salts are the 12 Essential Minerals that are found in every cell.  Tissue Salts have been used successfully by millions of people worldwide for over a century. These essential minerals support overall wellbeing and vitality, and are really benefitted from when taken consistently over several months. 

At the same time, due to the quick absorption and fast action of Tissue Salts, they also make an excellent choice for first aid situations.  For example, I always keep Ferr Phos close by in the kitchen for burns and cuts.

Where does the name come from?  Tissue, because they make up all our body cells which join together to form tissues and the term Salt in chemistry is when an acidic substance and a basic substance have formed a bond and is now a neutral substance. For example, the mineral salt Mag Phos is created from the bonding between Magnesium which is an alkaline mineral and Phosphorous which is very acidic.  Mag Phos is found in all of the muscle cells in the body.

Tissue Salts are a collection of twelve essential inorganic minerals which were identified by Dr. Schuessler in the late 1870’s. These minerals are universal and can be found everywhere from the soils and rocks, to the cells of all humans, animals and plants. Dr. Schuessler, a German MD recognized these minerals as critical for balancing cellular activity and maintaining overall health. Dr. Schuessler analyzed the ashes of human cremations and found these minerals remaining.  Schuessler analyzed each tissue for their mineral composition and was able to identify which minerals supported the different tissues, as well as the primary actions of the minerals. Dr. Schuessler was a busy practitioner with a large practice and he made many notes of the ailments each individual was afflicted with during their lifetime, and also the cause of death, and then looked at the mineral makeup of the ashes. 

By completing this type of analysis and keeping pristine records he was able to note patterns and identify which minerals were deficient in which dis-ease states. For example, when we are experiencing cramps and spasms, it is one of our body’s ways of letting us know that our cells are low in magnesia of phosphate.

These observastions led him to develop the treatment of illness and imbalance with the 12 tissue salt minerals.  His work has proven itself over and over again and his gentle way of restoring harmony to the body termed Biochemistry has been practiced globally by many health practitioners.

As we know, minerals can often be difficult to break down and fully absorb, they are rocks afterall!   Dr. Schussler overcame this by preparing the 12 minerals in a homeopathic manner. The minerals are broken down by hand grinding them with a mortar and pestle to reduce their size, and then diluted in solution. This method of preparation ensures the tissue salts become rapidly and easily assimilated.

Typically, tissue salts are prepared to a 6X potency….now for a bit of science class… A 1X potency is arrived at by adding one part mineral ground into a powder to 9 parts of a lactose base, one that is commonly used as a base for homeopathic remedies and tissue salts. Why 6X?  This is how the minerals are found in our cells.  Some are also common in 3X and 12X dilutions.  Microscopic amounts of minerals operate inside our microscopic cells.  

When we chew the tissue salt tabs, they are absorbed right away through the mucous membranes in the mouth and they start to act immediately. A mineral supplement or even a food rich in minerals must go through the digestive tract and be broken down by the system before it is in a form where it can enter the bloodstream and be carried to where it is needed. These actions depend on a lot of factors being in place, our digestive systems must absorb, assimilate and deliver the minerals to where they need to go and sometimes there are obstructions to these processes.  This is where the addition of a Tissue Salt can assist the body to balance the flow of minerals. 

It is not always more that is needed, it may be simply we need to optimize what we already have. 

By adding in a microscopic dose of a mineral that the cells readily recognize and utilize can assist the overall cell metabolism and instead of Calcium hanging out in the blood, the tissue salts create a more favourable environment for the Calcium to enter the bone cells.

What do these minerals do for our cells? The tissue salts enable and restore equilibrium, supporting healthy cellular metabolism, they balance the flow of the minerals from within to without and they provide the food for our cells to build, and support, move and regenerate, and join together in the harmonious dance of life.

What Are Tissue Salts?

Tissue Salts are the 12 Essential Minerals that are found in every cell.  Where does the name come from?  Tissue, because they make up all our body cells which join together to form tissues and the term Salt in chemistry is when an acidic substance and a basic substance have formed a bond and is now a neutral substance. For example, the mineral salt Mag Phos is created from the bonding between Magnesium which is an alkaline mineral and Phosphorous which is very acidic.  Mag Phos is found in all of the muscle cells in the body.

Tissue Salts are a collection of twelve essential inorganic minerals which were identified by Dr.Schuessler in the late 1870’s. These minerals are universal and can be found everywhere from the soils and rocks, to the cells of all humans, animals and plants. Dr. Schuessler, a German MD recognized these minerals as critical for balancing cellular activity and maintaining overall health.

Dr. Schuessler analyzed the ashes of human cremations and found these minerals remaining.  Schuessler analyzed each tissue for their mineral composition and was able to identify which minerals supported the different tissues, as well as the primary actions of the minerals. Dr. Schuessler was a busy practitioner with a large practice and he made many notes of the ailments each individual was afflicted with during their lifetime, and also the cause of death, and then looked at the mineral makeup of the ashes.  By doing this type of analysis and keeping pristine records he was able to note patterns and identify which minerals were deficient in which disease states. For example, when we are experiencing cramps and spasms, it is one of our body’s ways of letting us know that our cells are low in magnesia of phosphate. These observastions led him to develop the treatment of illness and imbalance with the 12 tissue salt minerals.

Minerals can often be difficult to break down and fully absorb, and so Dr. Schuessler prepared the 12 minerals in a homeopathic manner. The minerals are broken down by hand grinding them with a mortar and pestle to reduce their size, and then diluted in solution. This method of preparation ensures the tissue salts become rapidly and easily assimilated.

Typically, tissue salts are prepared to a 6X potency. A 1X potency is arrived at by adding one part mineral to 9 parts of a lactose base, a rather benign base that is commonly used as a base for homeopathic remedies and tissue salts. The 6X dilution still contains physical properties, and so in essence, Tissue Salts are easy to absorb micro-dose minerals.

When we chew the tissue salt tabs, they are absorbed right away through the mucous membranes in the mouth and they start to act immediately. A mineral supplement or even a food rich in minerals must go through the digestive tract and be broken down by the system before it is in a form where it can enter the bloodstream and be carried to where it is needed. These actions depend on a lot of factors being in place, our digestive systems must absorb, assimilate and deliver the minerals to where they need to go and sometimes there are obstructions to these processes.  This is where the addition of a Tissue Salt can assist the body to balance the flow of minerals. 

It is not always more that is needed, it may be simply we need to optimize what we already have. 

By adding in a microscopic dose of a mineral that the cells readily recognize and utilize can assist the overall cell metabolism and instead of Calcium hanging out in the blood, the tissue salts create a more favourable environment for the Calcium to enter the bones.

What do these minerals do for our cells? The tissue salts enable and restore equilibrium, supporting healthy cellular metabolism, they balance the flow of the minerals from within to without.  Tissue Salts have been used successfully by millions of people worldwide for over a century.  The collection of 12  Salts have proven to be helpful in balancing many conditions in the body, and can be taken safely for chronic or acute situations.   These essential minerals support overall wellbeing and vitality, and are really benefitted from when taken over several months.  They can safely and effectively be combined with any health regime. The quick absorption and fast action of Tissue Salts also makes them an excellent choice for first aid conditions.  For example, I always keep Ferr Phos close by in the kitchen for burns and cuts.

Self-Care=Cell-Care

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Want to take better care of yourself?  Start by caring for your cells!  Already have a self-care routine? upgrade your feel-good juicy cells with the 12 essential minerals. 

The trillion and one or two cells that combine to make up your beautiful self need love and attention, everyday.  Give your cells love and light by sending loving thoughts, sounds, and  images to each and every one and thank your cells for all they do.

Now that we have expressed our gratitude lets take a moment to consider how and why you are able to read and comprehend these words while drinking a tea ? 

The many co-ordinated actions of your muscles, neurons, and sensory receptors are all taking place simultaneously and the transference of information is dependent on the presence and activity of certain minerals, vitamins, and a balance of the macro nutrients.  As does the Calcium in the bones, minerals lay the framework upon which everything else operates.  Minerals are the building blocks for our foundations.   Minerals are also the messengers and the bridges from inside and outside of the cells.   

How can we practice self care and self love? One way is by slowing down long enough to listen to ourselves and exactly what we need for our wholeness and fulfillment. ( and then attracting that into our life.)   How can we care for our cells?  By noticing their messages and answering their call for water or sleep or a good laugh, you are strengthening a loving relationship built on trust and following your instincts, your real gut instincts.

Your body, my body, our bodies are magnificent and powerful and they know how to heal.  While the chef knows how to prepare a feast, they will require certain ingredients to be combined in just the right ratios for the magic to happen!  We do not need to act alone; we can call on the elements.  Our cells know what we need to feel good in our skin, to be present, loving, and free to move, experience, create as we divine.  It is our right to be healthy.  It is our right to feel good.

Our cells are in constant communication, with each other and the outside world.  We are signalled when we are hungry, thirsty, tired, hot, in pain, etc.   And we respond to those signals by satisfying that need to the best of our current knowledge and  (avail)ability.  There are also more subtle messages we can tune into and the more we listen the better we get at understanding what it is we need to best support our cells / selves.  For example, when we are experiencing cramps and spasms, it is one of our body’s ways of letting us know that our cells are not in alignment with the flow of magnesium.  

Why are minerals essential? Because we are not able to make minerals, we must attain them from food, water and/or supplementation.  And we must be able to absorb and assimilate the minerals so that the cells can do their work.

Here are 3 easy ways to optimize your well being and self care routine with Schuessler Tissue Salts:

*We all know how important it is that are cells are hydrated, and drinking water is just part of the equation.  We need the correct balance of minerals to hold the water and absorb the water into the cells.  Specifically, the mineral Natrum Muriaticum (Sodium Chloride) is essential for us to distribute the water in our bodies.   Consider his mineral if you are drinking lots of water but it is just being eliminated quickly, you are experiencing dry eyes, dry skin, dry mouth.

*The freedom to move our bodies joyously and exercise is a gift. Give gratitude and support to your bones, joints and muscles with the minerals found in Combination U .

*Sleep plays a major role in our overall wellbeing as it is the time of repair and renewal for our cells,  Rest is equally important for both development and vitality.  This principle is practiced by top athletes, spiritual seekers, and plants alike.  The dark hours are equally important. 

We may experience difficulty to either fall asleep or stay asleep. If your calves or toes are cramping, you are feeling restless and tense, consider the Mineral salt Magnesium Phosphate, which can be taken daily or enjoyed as a hot beverage before bed. 

If sleep is eluding you due to a restless mind or negative thoughts, consider Kalium Phosphoricum, the main constituent of the nervous system.

Here is to the beginning a re-imagined beautifully supportive long-term relationship with your cells/self.                                                          

******Tissue Salts have been used successfully by millions of people worldwide for over a century. Tissue Salts have proven to be helpful in restoring the proper flow and balance of minerals, and can be taken safely for chronic or acute situations. Tissue Salts support overall wellbeing and vitality and are a wonderful compliment  with any health regime. The quick absorption and fast action of Tissue Salts also makes them an excellent choice for first aid conditions.*******

Want more information on how you can optimize your cell care?  Book your own Love Your Cells consult today with Dana Green at Akasha’s Den ( virtual also available)

*Disclaimer-  This information is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical conditions.    

It is Better for Our Spirit to Start the Upward Spin Sooner Than Later

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By Christine Miokovic

It’s true that when we start to spiral downward, we can easily continue spiraling. A difficult day at work; someone taking our parking spot; a friend cancelling an outing we looked forward to; a surprise expense spoils our budget… any number of events can affect how we respond to life. Even picking an unwanted angel card can make us close up our energies to the good intentions of the message and behave as if the universe doesn’t care about us. Yet, it is our response to the occurrence that is most telling about how we move forward, not the event itself. We have the ability to consciously choose the energetic vibration we emit in our thoughts, words, behaviours, and emotions and improve what the world reflects back to us.

Easier said than done? Here are some simple ways to quickly and easily elevate your state of being.

Express gratitude for the wonderful things that come onto your path. Be in awe of life. Be excited by it, and you will attract more of what’s wonderful.

Angels can only approach us when we ask them for assistance. Practise asking for your needs to be met, then be aware of the small shifts that occur around you. Even knowing you aren’t alone can help lift your spirits. What if you don’t believe the angels love you? Pretend they do. Act as if you are of the most precious essence to them. In cultivating an attitude that you are lovable, you impact the way positive energy flows to you.

Make time for self-nurturing, a self-loving act. Treating yourself as worthy of love will, in turn, attract more love to you.

Consider the possibility that each occurrence in your life is both relevant to your soul’s growth at this time, as well as a reflection of how you engage in the world. If it is not what you wanted or expected, can you find the lesson, or blessing, inherent in it? For example, if someone cancelled an outing, were you meant to be at home to support someone in need? Did redirection to another parking spot lead you to positively something you were already holding in your thoughts or needed to experience? Could a surprise expense somehow teach you to reflect on the abundance that already surrounds you? Was work difficult because you were focused on others’ energies and not on grounding yourself?Life is what you make of it. Every bump in the road provides an opportunity to learn something more about yourself.  We always have choice, including the choice of how we interpret anything and also how we respond. Each time you respond in a way that is more fully aligned with your true, loving nature, the more your soul continues to evolve. And being in the frequency of love feeds our Spirit and connects us with one another.

Make it a daily practice to check in with your energy level. If it is sluggish or vibrationally low, determine how you may be negatively interpreting something, then consciously choose to approach it differently. Look, too, for lower energies you may have absorbed from others. This can show up as just not feeling like yourself. If this is the case, consider doing any of the following:

  • Take a long bath. You might add pink Himalayan salt. Soaking in water draws our own energies in closer to our bodies, again, and helps release that which isn’t serving us.
  • Call on Archangel Metatron to align your chakras. He has the ability rebalance our energies with his sacred cube.
  • Ask Archangel Michael to release all lower energies that have accumulated in us. Envision Michael placing a huge vacuum over your crown chakra that draws out toxins, unwanted vibes, negative remarks, and proclamations of being undeserving. Next, see your body filling with a cooling blue light, then thank Archangel Michael for clearing and cleansing your body so you are more closely connected to your true self.
  • When you catch yourself feeling affected in any negative way, sweep your hand in front of our body and say, “Cancel, clear, delete.” This action releases the hold of any negative thoughts.

You can stop what you do not want in yourself. Check in with yourself frequently throughout the day to strengthen your awareness. Stop the downward spiral and choose to elevate your energy upward. As you practise this, the more easily you can identify when your energy is out-of-balance. The sooner you do that, the sooner you can choose to turn things around by altering your thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviours. And when you align with the higher, positive vibrations, the more closely you’ll align with the higher frequencies of the universal realm, attracting more love, light, and joy into your life.

Christine is a Spiritual Teacher at the Den and facilitates the Angel Circle of Love Meditation gatherings, as well as the Intimacy With the Angels workshop. She also offers Angel Guidance and Illumination by appointment.

Life – An Escentual Experience

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“Can you smell that?”

“What, Dad? Smell what?”

“Rain’s coming.”

Turning in the direction my father was facing, west, I breathed in deeply and, yes, I could smell a very distinct scent in the air.  This was the scent of rain.

Being raised on a dairy farm in rural Ontario, scents and smells were an essential part of growing up and in many ways, our survival depended on it. My father was my guide and Mother Nature was the workshop.  Your senses become quite heightened living in the country.  Spring and summer were the most scentual!

“Springs coming,” he’d say, and I would breathe in, the sweet warmth of Spring filling my lungs; the wet, earthy scent of newly turned soil being readied for the spring planting of oats.  Sweet clover flowering in the fields told Dad it was time to cut the hay that fed our cows over winter.  I think that was my one of my favourite smells, fresh cut clover.

There was also the very distinctive, more pungent scent of our farm animals.  “She smells off,” Dad would say, and I could smell that something was wrong with one of our cows – she was sick.  Or the unmistakable soft, sweet, almost candy-like smell of a newborn calf.  Or my sisters and I going through the hay mow ‘smelling out’ where there might be a new batch of kittens or puppies.

There were other smells – very distinctive smells that weren’t quite so sweet.  To this day, I can still distinguish the difference between cow, horse, chicken, pig, or sheep s**t, and the most overwhelming of them all, SKUNK!  However, if you can smell skunk, you’re safe…someone or something else may not have been so lucky.

The experience of scent as a child impressed and impacted the natural, human part of my soul, but the sacred was awakened when I first breathed in deeply – (by now breathing a new scent was like opening a present, excited anticipation) –  frankincense.  I had no idea what this smell was, but in that moment, I felt the sacred, a communion with the Divine.  A quietness and calm enveloped me. It was my first Holy Communion – the Christian ceremony when first receiving the Holy Eucharist.

Inez Kelly celebrates her first Holy Communion as a young girl.

There was nothing in my 8-year-old experience that would have informed or given me that mystical, sacred moment.  However, the ancient scent of frankincense, I discovered years later in my aromatherapy research, has been used in sacred ritual for thousands of years.  Was this a ‘scent imprint’ in my DNA?   I don’t know, but I do know that that moment has shaped my spiritual experience of scent ever since.

Fast forward 25+ years to 1992. I found myself exploring aromatherapy massage as a possible new career direction. The childhood scentual and sacred had taken a back seat to school, marriage, family and extensive volunteer work in international development. And then, I found myself a divorced, single mother of two extraordinary sons AND completely disenchanted with the 9-5, keep-bread-on-the-table work experience. I needed guidance.

“Okay, God, I need a sign to let me know if I should leave my job and go in the aromatherapy direction.  And it would be great, God, if you could let me know by 2:00 today”.

I had a job review that afternoon, and I knew I wasn’t happy with the work I was doing.  Well, didn’t I then turn on the radio to the CBC on the way to work and the first thing the announcer said was, “Isn’t is amazing how popular aromatherapy is becoming in North America?”

I burst out laughing and shouted, “God, I’m impressed!  Thank you!”  This was my sign.  I handed in my notice that afternoon. I was now, officially, a self-employed aromatherapist.

Aromatherapy was an up-and-coming anomaly, I was to discover.  The first few years were toting my massage table and essential oils to client’s homes until an opportunity to work in a spa arose.  It was there, in the spa environment, that scent and sacred were reawakened.  Blending essential oils, the gentle touch of massage, and listening to hearts and souls of each client gave rise to a whole new understanding of how scent affects us.

As I continued to unravel the mysteries of the healing qualities of the essential oils, how they impact the limbic brain—our emotion and memory centre—I could feel how the blends where reawakening in me that beautiful childhood dance with the Divine.  And here it was, occurring with my clients. The willingness to share childhood traumas when the soft, calming, heart-opening scent of lavender was used.  The stresses, joys, heartbreaks, the delight of birth and new life, as well as healing when mourning death. Frankincense, peppermint, clary sage, cedar…essential oils and their unwitting, gentle nudge to heal, to open up and unite with the body, soul, the Divine…our selves.

Thousands of one-on-one, deeply intimate conversations during the spa days carved upon my soul the unquestionable impact and power of scent and essential oils.

Then another new directional turn.  A client informed me that a new shop had opened up in town.

“It’s called Akasha’s Den, and they have all sorts of New Age type stuff.”

How exciting!  I checked them out the next day.

I wandered over to their display of essential oils and noticed they were carrying what one might call scented oils.  A beaming, long blonde-haired ‘nature girl’—Mary Wileichuk, the owner—and I got chatting about essential oils and their properties when she announced, “The day you decide to start your own line of essential oils, I’ll carry them here.”  Well, didn’t that hit a nerve AND another career turn.  Seven months later, I launched ‘Nature Makes Scents – Essential Oils, Blends and Custom Blending’ with Akasha’s Den and a new private massage practice after 15 years with the spa industry.

Mary and her extraordinary partner, Alex Terrier, were instrumental in supporting the direction of my work.  A classic example, “Inez, could you create a smudge spray?  Some of our clients have difficulties with the traditional sage smudge.”

“Sure!”

Essential oils were already coming to mind, but the clincher was the soft, dreamlike guiding voice that came in the wee hours of the morning whispering, “You’re to call it Pax Protection, and these are the oils to use: cedar, sage, hyssop and myrrh”.  And that was that.  Pax, Latin for peace, was my initiation into blending in communion with the Divine.

Through the years with Akasha’s Den, I’ve discovered that the blends clients gravitate towards have been those rooted in Divine collaboration: Pax Protection, The Archangel Collection, Miracle of the Christmas Rose, Heaven Scent and there’s more to come. (Heaven Scent was fun. I received the completed scent in the early morning, and it was up to me to figure out what was in it!)

What came next?  Sharing the experience of essential oils; the powerful and sublime effect they can have in our lives, and what better way than in a workshop, Essential Oil Blending For the Soul – The Intuitive Way.

In this workshop, we start with the basic understanding of how essential oils work. We explore the many levels on which they work…mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Participants also learn how to cultivate one of their most powerful senses…scent! We examine a brief history of the oils, scent’s multi-faceted effect on us, their healing properties, and the pièce de résistance, the spiritual aspects of the essential oils.

Participant experience fifteen oils, breathing them in as they’re passed around the group. They are guided to feel deep within their intuitive bodies which of the essential oils calls to them.  From here, the fun and the adventure of scent begins.  We create our own blend from our chosen oils. I think of it as you’re choosing the oils AND the oils are choosing you.  This intuitively and divinely-guided blend can be used in meditation and prayer or whenever you feel called to use your sacred blend…before dreamtime at night; as sacred support before an important meeting; or whenever you want to take a moment to connect with soul and the sacred.

Essential oils and all their beautiful, divine properties have been an integral part of my life for over 25 years and shall continue to be.

What’s next in my Escentual Blog? With each posting, we’ll continue to cultivate and re-educate our sense of smell with fun adventures and escapades in the world of scent.  Scents of the city and country will be the first romp in our scentual experience. We’ll also explore individual essential oils and some of their properties…focusing more on their spiritual properties and how to use them in blends for specific intentions: relationships (family, friends partnerships, romance) career, dream-work, personal aspirations, and much more!

I look forward to ushering everyone who wants to play into a whole new world of Life – An Escentual Experience.

Pax, Inez
Nature Makes Scents

The Verb ‘to be’

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English is a strange and complicated language. For every rule we have, there is an exception. We update our dictionaries regularly to reflect common usage, eventually accepting that our language is dynamically evolving.

And what of our verbs? We have first person, second person, third person; singular and plural. Our verbs allows us to declare our presence, our intentions, our perceptions.

God, Goddess, All That Is…whatever name you give that which is more than each of us individually…has also been called the Great I Am. In the Bible for example, Exodus 3:14 reads: And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

So what’s with the verb ‘to be’? It follows no standard rules like I be, you be, we bees. No. It is I am, you are, he is, she is, we are.  In a world that reminds us we’re spending too much time doing and would benefit by spending more time being; in recognizing the Divine spark within us all…If I will just rest in being, in the verb ‘to be’, I can recognize, “I am“.