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

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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 an 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"

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, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags or stocking fillers.

Crystal Healing

Gold – Strengthens immune system, stabilizes subtle electrical system. Boosts wealth, health, abundance. Place on areas needing healing. Useful as a gem essence. Place on heart chakra surrounded by clear quartz points to amplify infusion of life energy. Enhances self-confidence.

Herbalism

Motherwort – (Leonurus cardiac) Aerial parts used. Actions: Sedative, emmenagogue, antispadomic, cardiac tonic. Useful for stimulation of delayed or suppressed menstruation, especially if caused by anxiety or tension. Useful relaxing tonic for aiding in menopausal changes. Excellent tonic for heart to strengthen without straining, specifically for over-rapid heart beat or palpitations. Dosage: pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried herb and leave to infuse for 10-15 minutes. Drink 3 times a day, tincture 1-4 ml three times a day.

Hawthorn Berries – (Crataegus oxyacanthoides), Ripe fruits used. Actions: Cardiac tonic, hypotensive Stabilizes heart, either by stimulating or depressing its activity whichever is needed in a gentle way. Useful for treating varicose veins and ulcers. For high blood pressure and circulatory system can be combined with Lime Blossom, Mistletoe, and Yarrow. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 2 teaspoons of the berries and infuse for 20 minutes. This should be drunk three times a day over a long period.

Yoga

The Forward Bend – Paschimothanasana Massages abdominal organs, tones digestive organs, relieves constipation, counteracts obesity and enlargement of spleen and liver, regulates pancreatic function, valuable for people with diabetes and hypoglycaemia, mobilizes joints, increases elasticity of lumbar spine, relieves compression of the spine and sciatica, strengthens and stretches hamstrings. Enhances concentration and mental endurance. Invigorates mind and controls many nervous complaints. Balances the prana and establishes “youth”.

Poetry

Poetry Gifts for Christmas

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“If literature is food for the mind, then a poem is a banquet, according to research by Scottish scientists which shows poetry is better for the brain than prose. Psychologists at Dundee and St Andrews universities claim the work of poets such as Lord Byron exercise the mind more than a novel by Jane Austen.

Music

Indie Band Survival Guide

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Festival Information

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