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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New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

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

Leopard Skin Jasper - Balancing, nurturing, protection when travelling, doing Shamic work. “Stone of happiness and harmony”.

Herbalism

Damiana (Tunera aphrodisiaca) Dried leaves and stems. Action: nerve tonic, anti-depressant, urinary antiseptic, laxative. Strengthens nervous system. Traditional aphrodisiac, tonic for central and hormonal system. Useful anti-depressant, for anxiety, strengthens male system. Dosage: Pour one cup boiling water onto 1 teaspoonful of dried leaves, infuse 10-15 minutes x 3 a day.

Mugwort (Artemisia vugaris) Leaves or root. Action Bitter tonic, stimulant, nervine tonic, emmenagogue (aids normal menstrual flow). Digestive stimulant, aids in depression, eases tension. Dosage: pour cup of boiling water onto 1-2 teaspoons onto dried herb and leave, infuse 10-15 minutes in a covered container x 3 a day. Is used to flavour aperitive drinks. Tinctures 1-4 ml x 3 a day.

Yoga

The Locust Salabhasana

Counterpose to the Shoulder Stand, the Plough, and the Forward Bend

Brings blood supply to the spine, tones nerves and muscles in neck and shoulders, regulates intestinal function, strengthen abdominal walls, helps sluggish digestion, expands chest, helps sufferers of Asthma, respiratory problems, strengthens shoulder, arm, and back muscles, relieves back pains and sciatica. Enhances concentration and perseverance. Increases pranic flow in the lung, stomach, spleen, heart, liver, small intestine, pericardium, bladder meridians, helps to maximize nutrients in digestion, produces body heat.

Poetry

“Haiku is an unrhymed, syllabic form adapted from the Japanese: three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables. Because it is so brief, a haiku is necessarily imagistic, concrete and pithy, capturing a single moment in a very few words.” (poetry.com)

Cat Haiku (available Ebooks.com)
Coates, Deborah, Grand Central Publishing, $9.99
“This humorous collection of 150 haikus captures the psyche of cats, and distills the essence of kitty behavior in the five-seven-five scheme of classic Japanese poetry. The poems are accompanied by line drawings.”

Music

Music news from around the world.
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The final deadline for submissions to the John Lennon Songwriting Contest is less than two weeks away, on December 15th. You don't need a professional recording. Entries will be judged on originality, melody, composition, and lyrics (when applicable). Your songs may be entered in any of the following categories: Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, World, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop, Gospel/Inspirational, Latin, Electronic, Folk, and Children's.

Judges

Al Jarreau, Bob Weir, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, D12, Jesse Harris, Teairra Mari, The Black Eyed Peas, The Bacon Brothers, Ken Komisar, The Veronicas and John Legend are some of the members on the JLSC Executive Committee of Judges

Enter the John Lennon Songwriting Contest

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