Weed Wise Recipes... Moonwater by Adelheid Ohlig

Excerpt from Luna Yoga

Moonwater strengthens female power, whether used by men or women.

The art of preparing Moonwater is ancient; its origins are lost to the darkness of matriarchal history. But the recipe is simple, and as easily done today as by any women who lived thousands of years ago.

Begin by making a careful choice of your container, which could be the same for all the different signs and phases of the moon, or which could vary as the moon does - sometimes large and sometimes small, sometimes bright and sometimes dark. You might even have twelve different ones corresponding to the astrological signs.

Your container needs to be able to hold as much water as you would use up in a month, drinking one sip a day. And, you need to be able to close it tightly, so your moonwater won't evaporate.

On the eve of the full moon, fill the container with fresh water. If you like, add a piece of jewelry or a stone that corresponds to the moon's sign. (I don't have any rules for this, but freely associate what the different signs symbolize.) During the full moon, the moon's sign is opposite the Sun's sign.

Expose your filled container to the full moon for the entire night. Place it outside and in the open where the full moon can shine into it for as many hours as possible. Next morning, take your first sip of moon water. This water that has gathered the moon's energy will be the first thing we consume every day from now until the next full moon. Each morning, on an empty stomach, one more sip is consumed, and we strengthen ourselves with the properties of full moon: creativity, abandon, imagination, wildness, strength, brightness.

I wish you much joy with the water of the moon!Moonwater is an excerpt from Luna Yoga by Adelheid Ohlig.

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Luna Yoga - Vital Fertility and Sexuality - Adelheid Ohlig, Ash Tree Publishing, PO Box 64, Woodstock, NY 12498; 1994; paperback, 192 pages; $11.95 Order at: www.ashtreepublishing.com

Adelheid has refined a system of yoga that is specific for restoring and maintaining female reproductive health. It brings together classical yoga and the calisthenics of Israeli Yoga teacher Aviva Steiner for female reproductive health, along with healing sequences, herbal teas, meditations, and dreams that will stimulate, inspire and nourish, that will awaken vitality and curiosity, and lead to healing of body and soul. Luna Yoga is for you if you want to: End infertility problems without hi-tech intervention, increase sexual pleasure, alleviate menstrual and menopausal distresses, heal gynecological illness, be more alive, healthy and beautiful. Wise woman secrets from many cultures help you take control of your fertility, increase your sexual pleasure, and relieve reproductive problems.

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