Love and romance are such sought-after prizes that even tales of the gods of old featured them chasing after it, sometimes unsuccessfully. To be loved, people have started wars and gone to unimaginable lengths. These days, it’s not really practical …
Dumortierite, what took me so long to discover you?
They say the teacher will appear when the student is ready. Well, that’s how I feel about this stone Dumortierite. Dumortierite just recently came into my awareness. It’s not that I didn’t know about this lovely blue stone. I’ve seen …
Balance your Chakras with Gemstones
Many of us love the way a gemstone looks or how the color of the stone makes us feel, and a great piece of jewelry can make an outfit! However, some believe gemstones also have healing energies, and that each …
The Birthstone for January is Garnet
Vibrant, rich, red. Those words describe January’s birthstone: Red Garnet Garnets are found in many colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, pink and colorless. The rarest of these is the blue Garnet. The Red Garnet is …
My New Year’s Crystal Ritual
I stopped making New Year’s resolutions years ago. They just don’t work well for me. We begin the New Year filled with hope and make resolutions we know we won’t or can’t keep. New Years resolutions have always felt more …
Crystal Healing for the Home: How To Build your Temple by Guest Blogger Brandy Gray
A family is made up of a group of people who equally participate in creating the dynamics of their own functioning system, each funneling their individual energy or resonance of their beingness into one channel or reservoir. Optimally creating a …
Crystal Healing With Carnelian & Hematite
In this Crystal Blog, I’m sharing with you an email one of my Crystal Students recently shared with me. This is the story of a Mother who is learning how to use crystals and stones in her everyday life with …
The healing vibration of Selenite
Selenite has become one of my favorite healing stones. I almost always use it in my Crystal Reiki Sessions as it can clear blocked energy making it very helpful for opening blocked chakras and cleansing the Aura. Its gift is …
Spring Cleansing Ceremony with Crystals and Gemstones
Spring is the perfect time to offer a clearing ceremony to purify and cleanse the energy in your home or office. Crystals and Gemstones can help clear and renew the energy of your home, create sacred space and help …
Get Some Sleep With The Gemstone Petalite
The holidays are fast approaching. The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas can be a time of celebration and fun, but it can also be a time of exhaustion. Traveling, parties, “on- the- go” can lead to sleep deprivation. Do you need …
How to cleanse crystals & gemstones
As part of my Crystal Awareness classes I discuss the many ways to energetically cleanse crystals and gemstones. Here are the methods I use to clear crystals, along with some of the most often asked questions about this subject. Why do …
Why do Yoga? Are you inspired?
This summer I re-charged my own yoga practice by going to two Yoga Festivals. (Hanuman and Wanderlust.) It was awesome to be in a roomful of 150 people of all ages and bodies types moving to the same asana. I was …
The Sacred Sound of OM
The sacred sound of OM Chances are you’ve heard the mantra OM. Maybe you’ve even chanted OM during a yoga class or before you meditate. So what is the meaning of OM? OM comes to us from ancient Sanskrit as …
Full Moon- how to cleanse your crystals
Full moon is a great time to energetically clear and cleanse your crystals and gemstones. Clear Quartz crystals amplify whatever energies that surround them. So it is a good idea to periodically clear and cleanse them of any unwanted energy- bad moods, negative …
Crystal Digging in Arkansas
Have you ever wanted to dig your very own quartz crystals? Digging for crystals is one of the highlights of my life. In fact the very first time I went crystal digging back in 1990 I was awe struck. There …
Crystals: Vehicles of Intention by Guest Blogger Brandy Gray
There is a lot of information available about crystals and their uses and truly, it is up to each individual to find out how crystals can be of use to them. Some people use crystals for jewelry and home décor …
My New Favorite Way to Cleanse and Display Crystals
Many of us are familiar with the wonderful scent of Lavender. Lavender is like a soothing breath of fresh air. The scent whether as a freshly plucked plant scenting the garden or the dried flower tops held in a sachet …
Auralite-23
Auralite 23 has been on my gem radar for about 4 years now, coming to us from the Boreal Forest of Northern Canada. These crystals boast 23 different minerals all coming together to form interesting shape crystals, resembling Amethyst. In …
Falling In Love With Yourself- A Heart Chakra Meditation
Over the past week I immersed myself in heart chakra stones as part of a weekly Chakra class I’m teaching. I wanted to put together a collection of Heart Chakra stones and jewelry as part of my class for people to experience. …
How to mend a broken heart- Rose Quartz
As Valentine’s Day approaches not everyone is feeling romantic. If you find yourself wishing you were in a wonderful relationship but are still feeling the wounds of a past love, seek out the heart soothing gemstone Rose Quartz. Rose Quartz …