Asters

Flowers
Written By Paula R Winters

As the summer sun fades come late summer/early fall in New England, it is time for the Asters to bloom. It is their time to scatter themselves throughout sun-drenched fields and gardens and add a beautiful deep purple color to the fading amber woods. And in the fading light of the autumn days, butterflies and bees are busy collecting the last pollen and nectar of the season.

There is a slowness now, a lull, a quietude that comes with the Asters. I sometimes feel like I am in between breaths in their presence. They offer a stillness and patience for us to ease through the cycles of life. They tell us it is safe to let go. They want us to listen to the wise ones, the ones who remember all the beginnings and endings. The partings and the sweet sorrows. The cycles of life.

They soothe my longing for the wildness of summer where the sun was high and bright and vibrant and there was freedom in the long days and gentle sweetness in the quiet mornings and in the anticipation of each flower coming to life and each bird teaching its young. They ease the feeling of these loves lost.

Asters are about transformation and about soothing transformation, the changes that are welcome and those that are not. They are about offering us a hand to hold. Ever patient. Ever tolerant. Ever kind. And best of all for me… Ever unruffled.

Paula R Winters

I came to energy work in 2001 at a time in my life where I was shattered. I had lost myself. There were too many endings and there was no clear path forward that I could see. But as doors closed all around me, I was guided onto a Reiki table. Here I found safety in my body, finally …and an amazing new reality in an unseen world. I worked hard to look at all parts of me as they were offered up. And… I went into total remission and off all meds after 30 years and 7 surgeries for Crohn’s Disease.

All forms of energy work then became my passion. I studied Reiki, flower essences, crystals, essential oils and tarot. I studied with Shaman here and in Peru and climbed high in the Andes mountains. I cleared houses and businesses of unwanted energies. I did Soul Retrievals for my clients. I sat with the dying, helping them in their last moments. I co-taught Medicine Wheel and Advanced Medicine Wheel. I officiated weddings. I had dogs and cats as clients. I studied with Gabrielle Roth, learning 5-rhythm dance. But most of all, this journey brought me to a place where I fell head over heels in love with the healing power of the flowers.

And now I invite you to remember the wisdom Mother Earth offers us.

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