April 22^nd is Earth Day.....let every step you take on that day be a blessing to the Earth....from your heart, through the soles of your feet, send Love to the Earth....uplift her with your Love. Be in prayer. Be conscious. "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Gandhi.

Last month we talked about how and why essential oils work. This month, we feature some surprising uses for essential oils you've probably never heard of! Visit our Online Store to see the many oils we have selected as our favorites, and can be shipped to you right away! Save $7 this month on the ‘Essential 7 Kit'! You can request a Young Living Product Catalog by emailing me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , and in the subject line, put "Send Young Living Catalog"....be sure to include your name and address to send the information.

The Essential Oil we're highlighting this month is: Release^TM , - combining uplifting, calming oils that stimulate a sense of peace and emotional well-being, which in turn facilitate the ability to release anger and frustration. Very much in line with the focus for the month, and April's Affirmation!

Focus for the Month:... "LETTING GO"

It was illuminating this week to listen to an old tape from a darshan I had attended in Hawaii given by my Guru some years back. In it, she talked about the meaning of true prosperity....and it is defined as how much you have let go of! In the letting go - of attachments, addictions, seductions, illusions, fears, doubts, judgments, and materialism, you are freed from the density of those vibrations, and free to embrace more of All That you Are. In the letting go, you open the space for creating more of what you truly desire

Affirmation for April:

Beloved Self, I Choose To Let Go Of All Attachments, Beliefs, Thoughts or Creations Not Aligned With Divine Truth, And Open Myself To Receiving The All Encompassing Light Of My I AM Presence.

So It Is.

I pray today for your Freedom....
Namaste'


This Month, We Recommend... Important enough that we to share it with you.....check it out now or later, then be sure to finish our newsletter!

>BeadforLife ....a non-profit organization that works to eradicate poverty by empowering women, and supporting community projects and development in the areas of health, education, employment, and housing in Uganda.

http://www.beadforlife.org/

>Alliance for Climate Protection...sign the petition to help stop global warming and call upon leaders around the world to support climate protection:

http://wecansolveit.org/page/ic/gnfc4nrrfrc5vg/SgRaWQoFCFcA

>Watch the winning :60 video - The Alliance for Climate Protection and Current TV challenged viewers to make provocative ecospots: short video messages to drive friends, community, and government to get involved in solving the climate crisis. The grand prize winner of the ":60 Seconds to Save the Earth" Ecospot Contest was Dave Schlafman for his video entitled Sky is Falling

http://www.wecansolveit.org/content/pages/82/

>Keeping all Tibetans and Chinese in the prayerful energy of the highest potential and highest outcome for ALL......and visit the Dalai Lama's personal home page... http://www.dalailama.com/

Recently I've been reading "The Path to Enlightenment" 1  by H.H. the Dalai Lama, a book that I've had for years and would pick up from time to time and flip through. It is a commentary by HH the Dalai Lama on The Essence of Refined Gold by the Third Dalai Lama of Tibet, Sonam Gyatso.

• Rubbing a drop of Lavender oil between your palms and inhaling deeply may help in alleviating the discomfort of air borne pollen and/or dust.
• To clean and increase the shelf life of fresh fruit, fill a bowl with cool water and 2-3 drops of Lemon oil. Drop your cleaned fruit into the water and stir. Be sure all surfaces of the fruit contact the lemon water.
• Inhaling Peppermint oil before and during a workout may help boost your mood and reduce fatigue.
• Rubbing two drops of Joy oil on areas of the body with poor circulation may improve blood flow.
• Applying PanAway oil topically may help soothe sore muscles after exercising.
• Diffusing Peace & Calming oil in the room may calm overactive or hard to manage children.
• While traveling, inhaling Purification oil during flights, may help in protecting yourself from pathogens found in the re-circulated air.

Find more information on essential oils in the Reference section of The12Keys.com

Happy Birthday Aries! Your keyword is "I Am", and your most recognizable trait? Courage. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and as such, we all feel a sense of renewed energy as the Sun enters Aries combined with the coming of spring. Aries people are impulsive, optimistic and activists - they get things done.

The New Moon occurs on the 5^th, and as I've said before, this phase is the right time to plant the seeds of your intentions for the coming month. Watch for a stunning crescent moon on the evening of the 8^th, when the moon can be seen in conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster! The Full Moon occurs on the 20^th, also the observance of Passover, in the sign of Scorpio.

In March, we witnessed a powerful alignment of five planets following the equinox. This month, from the 17^th to the 21^st, we see another harmonious alignment of several planets taking us into the energy of Taurus. A ‘Trine' is described as an angular relationship of 120 degrees between planets of congenial signs in the same element, and is viewed as the most harmonious aspect as the energies of these planetary bodies are blended. During this period of the full Moon and Passover, we will see the Sun trine Pluto and then Saturn, the Moon trine Jupiter, then Neptune, then Mars, then Uranus! Mercury also trines Pluto and then Saturn....all leading up to Earth Day on the 22^nd....when consciousness will be focused around the globe toward uplifting the planet. What a powerful time! Watch for the Lyrid Meteor Showers in the pre-dawn southern skies on the 22^nd, associated with the Thatcher Comet. The Sun officially enters Taurus on the 19^th, and we'll feel a bit of grounding of these heavenly energies into the earthy sign of The Bull.

What I really want to talk about is NASA's announcement of the beginning of a new solar cycle, #24, which was signaled by solar changes in January*. "New solar cycles always begin with a high-latitude, reversed polarity sunspot," explains David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center. "Reversed polarity" means a sunspot with opposite magnetic polarity compared to sunspots from the previous solar cycle. "High-latitude" refers to the sun's grid of latitude and longitude. Old cycle spots congregate near the sun's equator. New cycle spots appear higher, around 25 or 30 degrees latitude. Solar activity waxes and wanes in 11-year cycles. Lately, we've been experiencing the low ebb, "very few flares, sunspots, or activity of any kind," says Hathaway. According to www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080104_sunspot.html  , "A sunspot is an area of highly organized magnetic activity on the surface of the sun. The new 11-year cycle, called Solar Cycle 24, is expected to build gradually, with the number of sunspots and solar storms reaching a maximum by 2011 or 2012, though devastating storms can occur at any time.*

During a solar storm, highly charged material ejected from the sun may head toward Earth, where it can bring down power grids, disrupt critical communications, and threaten astronauts with harmful radiation. Storms can also knock out commercial communications satellites and swamp Global Positioning System signals. Routine activities such as talking on a cell phone or getting money from an atm. 

The onset of a new solar cycle is significant because of our increasingly space-based technological society. "Solar storms can disable satellites that we depend on for weather forecasts and GPS navigation," says Hathaway. Radio bursts from solar flares can directly interfere with cell phone reception while coronal mass ejections (CMEs) hitting Earth can cause electrical power outages. "The most famous example is the Quebec outage of 1989, which left some Canadians without power for as much as six days." Air travel can be affected, too.

"Solar storms have a big effect on polar regions of our planet," says Steve Hill of the Space Weather Prediction Center. "When airplanes fly over the poles during solar storms, they can experience radio blackouts, navigation errors and computer reboots all caused by space radiation." Avoiding the poles during solar storms solves the problem, but it costs extra time, money and fuel to "take the long way around."*

Now for the good news: More solar storms also means more auroras-"the greatest show on Earth." During the last solar maximum, Northern Lights were spotted as far south as Arizona, Florida and California. Not so long ago, only visitors to the Arctic regularly enjoyed auroras, but with increasing attention to space weather and constantly improving forecasts, millions of people at all latitudes will know when to go out and look.

Much of this is still years away. "Intense solar activity won't begin immediately," notes Hathaway. "Solar cycles usually take a few years to build from solar minimum (where we are now) to Solar Max, expected in 2011 or 2012." 

Right: The first auroras of the new solar cycle,  
photographed Jan. 4, 2008, by Calvin Hall of Palmer, Alaska.

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