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Ildiko Berecz is an intuitive mentor, coach and holistic therapist who is passionate about sharing her inspiring personal stories from behind the mountains of Crete island, while being on the road, searching and experiencing, capturing, collecting, distilling, making herbal preparations, blending botanical perfume and more. She offers her insights of authentic approach and humble practices for better understanding and appreciation of nature, herbal remedies and awareness of trustworthy natural applications in our self-development and everyday life practices. More about Ildiko’s extensive life-changing work at ildikoberecz.com

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Greek Sage : The Wisdom of Clarity

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As palm trees are getting ready trimmed for the ne

As palm trees are getting ready trimmed for the new season, I have found and collected some fashionable outfit for my life-changers, medicine women and witch apprentices coming to Crete this year! Who wants to enhance abilities on a personal palm broom? 🌿🌿🌿 Most, hogy a pálmafák is készítik magukat a szezonra, a levetett gönceikből összeszedtem egy pár divatos kiegészítőt az idén Krétára érkező életmód-váltóknak, illatos kalandoroknak és leendő boszorkányoknak! Ki szeretne egy egyedi pálmaseprűt képességei csiszolgatásához?
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I have recently finished my next aromatic article

I have recently finished my next aromatic article that gives many insights into the life of an alchemist, from co-creating with natural farmers to distilling lemongrass in a beautiful copper alembic. Here is a shiny picture of the plant Cymbopogon citratus that is growing in my garden on Crete! Stay tuned until my exciting essay gets published in March. For my Hungarian readers, the article will be first featured at the spring issue of Aromatika Magazin. Have a lovely refreshing weekend!⁠ 🌿 And meanwhile, you may check out some distillation visuals on the blog. https://essentialreflections.com/lemongrass-a-drop-beyond-imagination/ 🌿
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On today's walk I got fascinated about these beaut

On today's walk I got fascinated about these beautiful fruits of the giant Platanus orientalis trees near the river. Here's their short story: plane trees are wind-pollinated and male flower-heads fall off after shedding their pollen... Oh well... the female flowers however, after being pollinated, become achenes that form these aggregate balls. So the whole fruit is a multiple of achenes, a masterpiece in itself, and the core of the ball is that fluffy soft pair of 'earrings' about 1 cm in diameter. Nature and its creatures!!! 💗💗💗
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🌺 ENG 🌺 HU Hello from my kitchen, where I ju

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Hello from my kitchen, where I just captured this moment... When there is an overflow of life with its finest toppings! Just keep cool and carry on trusting you get supported in your daily aspirations. After all, if we are playing with numbers, we can be millionaires appreciating billions of tiny accomplished steps (aka THE Journey) as accumulated drops of joy, versus keep day-dreaming (or just self-pitying) without doing little or nothing at all to reach the next destination. What do you think about that? Be true to yourselves... If you are ready for your change, I'm here to guide you! Get in touch for online sessions or a personal life-changing retreat on Crete! ☀️☀️☀️ Üdv a konyhámból, ahol éppen elcsíptem ezt a pillanatot... Túlcsordulóban a finom hab? Sebaj, jut is marad is, csak csináld a dolgod lelkiismeretesen, és bízzál benne, hogy napi törekvéseid támogatást kapnak. Végül is, ha például számokban gondolkodunk, akkor mindenképpen milliomosok lehetünk... ha a milliárdnyi megtett apró lépés (más néven Az ÚT maga) értékét és örömét összevetjük azzal a fajta álmodozással (gyakran tehetetlenségnek álcázott önsajnálattal), amikor vajmi keveset vagy egyáltalán semmit sem teszünk annak érdekében, hogy legalább egy következő mérföldkőig eljussunk. Mit gondolsz erről??? Őszintén... Ha készen állsz többet tenni magadért, örömmel segítek. Online személyesen konzultációim és egyéni vagy kiscsoportos elvonulásaim is ezt a célt szolgálják. Keress bizalommal! .
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One of my latest gifts to myself as a new selfcare

One of my latest gifts to myself as a new selfcare routine this year is going to an osteopath. Samaela is giving very special treatments combining many modalities where osteopathy is a core and helps amazingly to open my wings and re-gain a naturally aligned and defined posture. As you may know, physical changes are often coupled with mental/emotional/spiritual evolution... Oh, what's on the picture? A special orchid from the treatment room. Gorgeous, do you agree? Maybe you get to have a personal look at it when you come to Crete for one of my Holistic Approach To Life personal retreats. Thinking about it? Message me for more info and dates!
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🌿ENG 🌿HU There is just something about first

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There is just something about first encounters! And there are first encounters that keep repeating itself. That's the nature of renewal, and here is my first starflower, a playful, open-hearted, wondrous capture of the year with this beautiful blue borage (Borago officinalis) flower popping out from its huge bristly green leaves alongside a hidden pathway across our village in Crete. There are always many treats on my sessions and retreats. Self-discovery, plant spotting, beauty and learning with lots of firsts... Who else will be joining me this year to get forever lasting impressions on my holistic transformative journeys? By appointment, private arrangements and custom dates. Contact me for more info! 💗💗💗 Ismeritek az első találkozások semmihez sem fogható varázsát? És azt a fajtát, ami időtlen időkig megújúlva képes ismételni önmagát? Íme itt az első csillagvirágom, azzal a játékos, nyitott és rácsodálkozó jelenléttel, ahogy én is végigmegyek a kis krétai falunk eldugott gyalogútjain. Az első gyönyörű kék borágó (Borago officinalis) csillagalakú virággal, amely elém ugrott a hatalmas, zöld színű szőrös-szúrós levelei közül kibontakozva! Kíváncsi leszek, vajon idén még kinek tudom megmutatni mindazt a külső és belső szépséget, amelyre Kréta megtanít? Ki az, aki életútján vágyik egy olyan életszemlélet és életérzés állandósítására, amely felvértezi egy derűs és határozott életmód elérésére és megélésére? Ha szeretnél hozzám csatlakozni idén egy egyedi, holisztikus, lélekfrissítő utazásra, egyéni dátumok kialakításában állok rendelkezésedre. Részletekért keress mielőbb privátban!
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Today's sunset. The sky was really red above the W

Today's sunset. The sky was really red above the White Mountains and I couldn't really capture that... oh well, just a bit of impression. Love to all! And wishing a lovely weekend ahead! 💗
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In my conversations with people searching for the

In my conversations with people searching for the meaning of life, what comes up very often beyond looking for love and harmony, is to do something creative, something with their own hands. Indeed, it is a value in a prêt-à-porter world, where on the sake of time and convenience, we got used to and we expect to have stuff readily available. As a side-effect, we often need to re-learn about our own powerful abilities for creation too. Here is a bit of inspiration, how I have recycled some of my cards with my own photography on, and ribbons that I keep saving from gift packages and clothes. My Love & Harmony botanical oil perfume bottles just impelled me to contain them in a way that brings more beauty to their recipients. If all the joy I felt when making them is transpired to whom will be getting them, Love & Harmony will be their prize. 💗
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'Whenever I work with bay laurel and I show the es

'Whenever I work with bay laurel and I show the essential oil to my clients, they are surprised by its gorgeous sweet, warming, spicy smell. At first, many don’t even find it reminiscent to the greyish brown dried herb they perhaps use in cooking occasionally. As if bay leaf was Cinderella who got exiled to work unnoticed in the kitchen! What a shame for this beautiful humble servant…' The English version of my photographic essay written for Aromatika Magazin is now on my blog. 🌿🌿🌿 "Rendszerint, amikor babérral dolgozom és az illóolajat megmutatom ügyfeleimnek, gyakran meglepődnek gyönyörű, édeskés, meleg fűszeres illatán. Sokakat először még csak nem is emlékeztet arra a szárított szürkésbarna levélre, amelyet alkalmanként főzéshez használnak. Mintha a babér szürke Hamupipőkeként lenne száműzve a konyhába. Micsoda szégyen, ha e gyönyörűség csupán alázatos szolgaként, észrevétlenül teszi dolgát a homályban!" Ha kíváncsi vagy a konyhába száműzött szürke levélke értékességére, és a friss illatos babérral való aromatikus kalandjaimra, akkor keresd az Aromatika Magazinban, vagy olvasd angolul a blogomon most már megtalálható írásomat.
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