Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & HealthTopics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/


My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. I am a Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"


Also see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, baby products and have lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags or stocking fillers.

Crystal Healing



Sodalite is a blue crystal associated with the Throat Chakra. It helps regulates the glands, the throat area and emotionally helps ease grief and helps with communication. When having to speak publically or when you want to express yourself with more focus, wear sodalite or lapis, another blue stone.


Herbalism

Eucalyptus
Latin: Eucalyptus globules
(fresh leaves of tree)
Strong, anti-microbial oil, inhalation, direct skin application for chicken pox, cold sores, shingles, insect repellent. Diuretic, muscular sprain, rheumatoid arthritis, applied as rub for respiratory infection. Very strong, use sparingly. Useful as air spray in sick rooms. Useful in bringing high temperatures down (cold compress) monitor carefully to prevent shock.

Sweet Fennel
Latin: Foeniculum vulgate
(Seed of plant)

Carminative, laxative, eases wind, hiccoughs, indigestion, colic, massage oil for cellulitis
Galactagogue, (improves milk flow) useful for menopause. Folklore, used to prevent evil eye, hung over doorway. Phototoxic, not to be used on sensitive skin. Useful for treating Gout, alcohol poisoning.

Expectorant, useful in massage rubs on abdomen. Lower back massage for flatulence and consitipation. Tea useful for diarrhea, colic, appetite stimulant.


Yoga


How to Meditate

Choose an area in your home to be used only for meditation. With regular practice, your meditation space will become charged with a powerful positive energy.

Set aside a specific time of day for meditation, most effective times are dawn and dusk.

Begin by sitting for meditation for 20 minutes daily, gradually increase your time to one hour.

Consciously regulate the breath, begin with a few minutes of deep breathing to bring a fresh supply of oxygen to the brain., inhale for 3 seconds and exhale for 3 seconds, this regulates the flow of prana within the body.

Focus your attention inwards, withdraw your attention from all outside objects.

Select a point of concentration within yourself, either a chakra point, Anja chakra, between the eyebrows (intellectual centre) or Anahata chakra, heart centre, for those of a more emotional nature. Do not change point of focus.

Focus the mind on a neutral or uplifting object or sound, such as a mantra, repeat it mentally as you breathe in and out.

Regular repetition of a mantra will purify the mind. After a time, the sound merges with thought.
With practice the duality of ego-consciousness disappears and the super conscious state of Samadhi is reached

In Samadhi, the knower, knowledge and the known becomes one and is the super conscious experience reached by mystics and saints.


Poetry


Go to http://www.poems.com/ to receive the newsletter Poetry Daily that lists upcoming poetry contests, news in the poetry world, as well as featured poetry.

Music


A week of Busking for Cancer Events will be starting in September, anyone interested in participating go to http://http://www.buskingcancer.co.uk/ To buy a t-shirt to support the event go to http://www.buskingcancer.co.uk/buytshirt.htm


Or to donate, go to their JustGiving address so that they can raise more funds for Cancer Research UK! http://www.justgiving.com/buskingcancer2009

For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ or Music, Poetry or Yoga http://www.caraemoore.co.uk/