Mucus by definition is a normal, slippery and stringy fluid substance produced by many lining tissues in the human body, YOUR body (nose, lung, throat, sinuses and digestive tract). It is essential for bodily functions and acts as a protective and moisturising layer to keep critical organs from drying out.

Reiki (pronounced ray-kee) is a form of energy healing that originated in Japan during the early 1900s. The word Reiki comes from a combination of the Japanese words Rei (meaning “free passage”) and Ki (meaning “universal life energy”). Therefore, Reiki aims to facilitate free universal energy during a healing session to balance bio-fields or energy fields that surround the person's body.

Ever wondered what comes out of your ear canal and eustachian tube? Check out the photos below, yes it is earwax, really! The white powder is condensation of the cotton inside the candle.

The ear candling process here at Stella's Light takes approximately 60mins, which means 30mins for each ear and 4 cuts are completed. This isn't a rushed process, ears are an important organ, and the candle does what it needs to do during this process which is slowly burn. During ear candling many of my clients state they can hear a mini "campfire in their ear", a gentle crackling and hissing as the flame burns the organic cotton material. Actually, most clients feel so chilled out that they fall asleep and need to be gently woken to switch ears.

Although ear candling is said to be an ancient practice, its origin and history are unclear as there's no fossil remains or ear candles found in a museum, but rather an oral tradition passed down through generations.
However, the manufacturer of Naturhelix ear candles, a Hungarian company, "have found surprising and undeniable evidence for the ancient use of ear candling as a health-promoting method: Hungarian ethnographers spent a long period of time in the ’90s with the ancient Siberian Khanty people and did ethnographic research on their lives" (CMA, UK). The researchers spent time with the Khanties, and had the opportunity to record, on film, a Khanty father treating his child with an ear candle made by himself (Youtube clip below). No one seems to know for certain, where the origins of ear candling began but many have questioned it.