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 training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=239922 or as a paperback.

My book, Herbal Primer, newly released, covers herbal action classification, herbal identification, herbal preparation and recipes, including herbal teas, incense and potpourri. Is available as an ebook from http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=796359 or soon as a paperback.

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 Spring/Summer 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 and wedding and event favours.

Crystal Healing

Pendulums are an ancient tool used in healing that taps into the “higher consciousness” of the mind. Before using, establish “yes” and “no” direction. Pendulums are used in Crystal Healing sessions to see what “state” the Chakra energy centres are in and what blockages might exist. Pendulums can also be used when establishing which crystals or aromatherapy treatment to use.

Pendulums serve a twofold purpose, as they are registering the energy levels they also repair at the same time and should be used several times during a healing session to monitor the effectiveness of the crystal treatments being used.

The British Society of Dowsers (www.britishdowsers.org.uk) publishes information on dowsing, provides workshops on the subject and has an online shop for the purchase of pendulums, dowsing equipment and books on related subjects. One such book is The Definitive Wee Book on Dowsing by Hamish Miller.

Herbalism

Herbal teas are an excellent way to take herbs internally as well as for external use.

Eczema Relief Tea

Red Clover, Chickweed, Brew for 15 minutes, strained, put in bath, can also be drunk x 3 a day, ¼ dose for children under 6, ½ dose for children ages 6-12 for internal doses.

Bronchial Congestion Tea

1 ½ oz Aniseed
1 oz Calendula flowers
3/4 oz Marshmallow root
1/3 oz Licorice root

Crush aniseeds and add to herbs. Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 tsp mixture; cover & steep 10 minutes.

Less Stress Tea

Relieves stress, relaxes low back and neck areas.

1 part chamomile
1 part mint
1 part calendula flowers

Place all herbs in a tea ball or bag, put in your nicest or most favorite cup or mug, and cover with boiling water. Steep for 10 minutes. Remove tea ball or bag, and add sugar, honey, sweetener, milk, cream or whatever, to taste.

Yoga

Mental benefits of meditation: new patterns of thinking come to the surface as we see a new view of the universe, a vision of unity, happiness, harmony and inner peace, negative habits disappear and the mind becomes more stable.

Meditation changes the vibratory make-up of both the body and the mind and can prevent or minimize senility.

When meditating, concentrate on a certain mantra to help still the mind and to focus it on something positive.

Poetry

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Anhinga Prize for Poetry — Deadline May 1, 2010 Anhinga Press invites you to submit a book-length manuscript to its contest. The Anhinga Prize has been offered since 1984. The winner receives book publication, $2000 prize, and a reading tour of Florida. For guidelines, visit our web site or send an SASE to Anhinga Press, P.O. Box 10595, Tallahassee, FL 32302.
Check out our newest titles, too—The Diamond Dog by Diane Wakoski and New and Selected Poems by Robert Dana.

Music

Bootsy Collins has announced on July 1st he will open thefunkuniversity.com, an online bass school featuring an "intense curriculum on the Web for intermediate to advanced funk disciples".
New online college for bass players

www.thefunkuniversity.com

Major Scale in Every Key

C = C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
D = D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D
E = E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - E
F = F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F
G = G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G
A = A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
B = B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B
C# = C# - D# - E# (=F) - F# - G# - A# - B# (=C) - C#
Db = Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - Db
Eb = Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D -Eb
F# = F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E# (=F) - F#
Gb = Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb (=B) - Db - Eb - F - Gb
Ab = Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - G - Ab
Bb = Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb