Crystal Arts & Health: July 2010

Saturday 31 July 2010

Crystal Arts & Health Blog

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/

For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4

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 and 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

New squidoo lens about crystal healing and the chakra system http://www.squidoo.com/crystalartsandhealth

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

Lunar Crystals

The moon represents emotion and powerful instincts, patterns, ancestral and karmic inheritances. For all moon signs it is recommended to meditate with a bloodstone at the full moon to uncover hidden unfulfilled desires that are controlling your life.

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate healthy sources of nurturing.

Moon in Gemini

Apophyllite – links physical and spiritual realms, relieves stress, recognizing self-worth

Traits include excellent communicator, networking and strong intuition.

Herbalism

http://herbalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/herbal-remedies-for-frostbite-and-poor-circulation

Colds and Flu: Elder Flower, Peppermint, Yarrow and Ginger

Ear infections: St. John’s Wort Oil, warm oil of Mullein. (infuse oil with Mullein, then drain)

Hayfever: Ephedra, Golden Rod, Golden Seal and Eyebright

The Throat: Red Sage

The Eye: Eyebright (Euphrasio officinalis)

Helpful in acute and chronic inflammation, stinging and weeping eyes as well as oversensitivity to light. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 tsp of dried herb and infuse for 5-10 minutes drink x 3 a day. Compress: place a tsp of dried herb in half a litre of water and boil for 10 minutes, let cool slightly. Moisten a compress in the lukewarm liquid, wring out slightly and place over eyes.

Yoga

Abdominal lift

Positive affect on stomach, colon, intestines, liver, kidneys, gall bladder, pancreas, reproductive organs, glands.
Promotes peristaltic action relieving and preventing constipation
Reduces flabbiness in the waist, maintains resilience of the abdominal muscles, prevents abdomen from dropping

Exhale air from lungs. No air is to enter while the abdominal movement is being performed.
Place hands high on the thighs with finger of both hands pointing inward, knees are bent and body is in a slight squatting position.
Exhale all air from your lungs and hold it out and suck the abdomen inwards and upwards as if going through a deep breath.
Hold the lift for three seconds and attempt to snap the abdomen out using the abdominal muscles.
Repeat this movement without allowing the air to enter your lungs. Do 3 of these lifts with each exhalation.
When the movements are completed stand upright and breathe easily for a few moments. Go back into squatting movements and repeat. Do 15 movements in all (five sets of three). Add 1 movement each week, until reaching 5 movements during each exhalation. Do this 5 times, performing 25 movements in all.

Poetry

Sylvia Plath

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/plath/sylvia.html

Poppies in October

Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts.

Nor the woman in the ambulance
Whose red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly --

A gift, a love gift

Utterly unasked for
By a sky

Palely and flamily

Igniting its carbon monoxides, by eyes
Dulled to a halt under bowlers.

O my God, what am I

That these late mouths should cry open
In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers.

by Sylvia Plath

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training

http://www.mostentertaining.com/tutors/cara/

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-best-performance

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Aretha Franklin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi6dqhi8Ptw&feature=related

Natural Woman Aretha Franklin

Lookin' out on the mornin' rain I used to feel uninspired

And when I knew I had to face another day
Oh it made me feel so tired
Before the day I met you
Life was so unkind
But you're the key to my peace of mind

Cause you make me feel

You make me feel
You make me feel like a natural woman

When my soul was in the lost and found

You came along to claim it
And I didn't know just what was wrong with me
Oh till your kiss helped me name it
Now I'm no longer doubtful
Of what I'm livin' for
Cause if I make you happy I don't need to do more

chorus

Oh baby what you've done to me

You make me feel so good inside
And I just wanna be close to you
Because you make me feel so alive
You make me feel (X3)
Like a natural woman

Friday 23 July 2010

Crystal Arts & Health Blog

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/

For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4

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

Crystal Healing

New squidoo lens about crystal healing and the chakra system http://www.squidoo.com/crystalartsandhealth

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

Lunar Crystals

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate healthy sources of nurturing.

Moon in Taurus

Rutilated Quartz – earthy vitality, integrator of energy, lifts from the mundane, illuminates the soul, stimulates spiritual awareness.

Loyal, faithful and dependable, practical, endurance and strength- Peridot encourages the positive aspects of these moon’s qualities.

Herbalism

http://herbalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/herbal-remedies-for-frostbite-and-poor-circulation

Peptic ulcer

Marshmallow Root, Comfrey Root, Slippery Elm.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chamomile, Hops, Wild Yam, Fennel, Peppermint.

Liver and Pancreas
Milder hepatics, cholagogues and bitters help and support the action of the liver. Dandelion root, Vervain, Balmony and Milk Thistle.

Yoga

Alternative Nostril Breathing

Promotes sensation of tranquility, calmness in the body and mind.
Helps over come nervousness, anxiety and insomnia
Aid in relieving headaches

Close your right nostril by pressing it with your right thumb and exhale all air in your lungs through your left nostril.
Inhale slowly through your left nostril and attempt to fill your lungs in a count of 8 beats.
Press your left nostril closed with your ring finger so that both nostrils are now closed. Retain the air in your lungs for a count of 8 beats .
Open your right nostril gently releasing your thumb and attempt to exhale completely through your right nostril during a count of 8 beats.
Without pause, begin the next group of 8 beats and without moving our fingers began to inhale fully, this time though your right nostril.
Press the right nostril closed with your thumb so that both nostrils are now closed. Retain the air in your lungs during the next 8 beats.
Open your left nostril by gently releasing your ring finger and exhale through your left nostril during the next 8 beats. This is one complete round of this technique.
Without pause, begin the next round. Do 5 rounds.

Time for three parts

Inhalation: count of 8
Retention: count of 8
Exhalation: Count of 8

Poetry

Emily Bronte

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/bronte/sisters.html

The Night Is Darkening Round Me

The night is darkening round me,

The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.
Clouds beyond clouds above me,
Wastes beyond wastes below;
But nothing drear can move me:
I will not, cannot go.

by Emily Brontë

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training
http://www.mostentertaining.com/tutors/cara/

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-best-performance

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Mariah Carey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrkQGrOLosU&feature=related

Hero

Mariah Carey

There's a hero if you look inside your heart

You don't have to be afraid of what you are.
There's an answer if you reach into your soul
and the sorrow that you know will melt away

And then a hero comes along

with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone

look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you.

It's a long road when you face the world alone,

No one reaches out a hand for you to hold.
You can find love if you search within yourself
and the emptiness you felt will disappear.

And then a hero comes along

with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone

look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you.

oh, ohhh,Lord knows dreams are hard to follow,

But don't let anyone tear them away.
Hold on, there will be tomorrow,
In time you'll find the way

And then a hero comes along

with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone

look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you
that a hero lies in ... you
mmmm that a hero lies in.....you.

Saturday 17 July 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

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

Crystal Healing

Lunar Crystals

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate health sources of nurturing.

Snow Quartz – Positive energy amplification, helpful in reprogramming ingrained behavior patterns.

Ametrine – elevated spiritual vibrations and protection of amethyst, vibration of citrine.

Herbalism

Blood Pressure
Lime Blossom (Tilia europea) Has a reputation as a prophylactic against the development of arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 tsp of the blossoms and infuse for 10 minutes drink x 3 a day. For effect in fever, use 2-3 tsp. Wood betony will ease headaches due to high blood pressure. Garlic eaten raw daily will lower blood pressure.

Low blood pressure
Hyssops – balances both high and low blood pressure. Combine with cardiovascular tonic Hawthorn. Broom, Hawthorn Berries, Oats, Kola, Gentian and Wormwood.

Anaemia
Parsley, Nettles, Apricots and Pumpkin Seeds. Bitter herbs to aid the digestive process. Gentian, Condurango and Wormwood.

Yoga

Eye Exercises

Positive effect on optic nerve and muscles
Relieve tension and fatigue of eyes
Move eyes to 12 o’clock position without moving head.

Rest eyes on each number of clock till back up to twelve. Do 10 times, resting for a moment when reach 12 o’clock again.
When you have done 10 times, close eyes and rest several minutes. Do exercise counterclockwise 10 times.
When you have finished this movement 10 times, close eyes and rest several moments.

Poetry

Lewis Carroll

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/carroll/lewis.html

The Walrus And The Carpenter

"The sun was shining on the sea,

Shining with all his might:

He did his very best to make

The billows smooth and bright --

And this was odd, because it was

The middle of the night.

The moon was shining sulkily,

Because she thought the sun

Had got no business to be there

After the day was done --

"It's very rude of him," she said,

"To come and spoil the fun."

The sea was wet as wet could be,

The sands were dry as dry.

You could not see a cloud, because

No cloud was in the sky:

No birds were flying overhead --

There were no birds to fly.

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Were walking close at hand;

They wept like anything to see

Such quantities of sand:

`If this were only cleared away,'

They said, `it would be grand!'

`If seven maids with seven mops

Swept it for half a year,

Do you suppose,' the Walrus said,

`That they could get it clear?'

`I doubt it,' said the Carpenter,

And shed a bitter tear.

`O Oysters, come and walk with us!'

The Walrus did beseech.

`A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,

Along the briny beach:

We cannot do with more than four,

To give a hand to each.'

The eldest Oyster looked at him,

But never a word he said:

The eldest Oyster winked his eye,

And shook his heavy head --

Meaning to say he did not choose

To leave the oyster-bed.

But four young Oysters hurried up,

All eager for the treat:

Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,

Their shows were clean and neat --

And this was odd, because, you know,

They hadn't any feet.

Four other Oysters followed them,

And yet another four;

And thick and fast they came at last,

And more, and more, and more --

All hopping through the frothy waves,

And scrambling to the shore.

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Walked on a mile or so,

And then they rested on a rock

Conveniently low:

And all the little Oysters stood

And waited in a row.

`The time has come,' the Walrus said,

`To talk of many things:

Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing-wax --

Of cabbages -- and kings --

And why the sea is boiling hot --

And whether pigs have wings.'

`But wait a bit,' the Oysters cried,

`Before we have our chat;

For some of us are out of breath,

And all of us are fat!'

`No hurry!' said the Carpenter.

They thanked him much for that.

`A loaf of bread,' the Walrus said,

`Is what we chiefly need:

Pepper and vinegar besides

Are very good indeed --

Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,

We can begin to feed.'

`But not on us!' the Oysters cried,

Turning a little blue.

`After such kindness, that would be

A dismal thing to do!'

`The night is fine,' the Walrus said.

`Do you admire the view?

`It was so kind of you to come!

And you are very nice!'

The Carpenter said nothing but

`Cut us another slice:

I wish you were not quite so deaf --

I've had to ask you twice!'

It seems a shame,' the Walrus said,

`To play them such a trick,

After we've brought them out so far,

And made them trot so quick!'

The Carpenter said nothing but

`The butter's spread too thick!'

I weep for you,' the Walrus said:

`I deeply sympathize.'

With sobs and tears he sorted out

Those of the largest size,

Holding his pocket-handkerchief

Before his streaming eyes.

`O Oysters,' said the Carpenter,

`You've had a pleasant run!

Shall we be trotting home again?'

But answer came there none --

And this was scarcely odd, because

They'd eaten every one."

by Lewis Carroll

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training

http://www.mostentertaining.com/tutors/cara/

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-best-performance

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Shakira

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFdap8CM5EM

Song lyrics : Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira

You're a song

Written by the hands of God

Don't get me wrong

'Cause this might sound

To you a bit odd

But you own the place

Where all my thoughts

Go hiding

And right under your clothes

Is where I find them

Underneath your clothes

There's an endless story

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things

I deserve

For being such

A good girl honey

'Cause of you

I forgot the

Smart ways to lie

Because of you

I'm running out of

Reasons to cry

When the friends are gone

When the party's over

We will still belong

To each other

Underneath your clothes

There's an endless story

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things

I deserve

For being such

A good girl honey

Underneath your clothes

There's an endless story

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things

I deserve

For being such a good girl, for being such a aay aay aay aaaaayy ahhh

I love you more than all

That's on the planet

Movin' talkin' walkin' breathin'

You know it's true

Oh baby it's so funny

You almost don't believe it

As every voice is hanging from the silence

Lamps are hanging from the ceiling

Like a lady tied to her manners

I'm tied up to this feeling

Underneath your clothes

There's an endless story

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things

I deserve

For being such

A good girl honey

Underneath your clothes

Wah-oh oh oh oh

There's the man I chose

There's my territory

And all the things

I deserve

For being such

A good girl

For being such

A good girl

ye...h

Friday 9 July 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

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

Crystal Healing

New squidoo lens about crystal healing and the chakra system http://www.squidoo.com/crystalartsandhealth

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Lunar Crystals

It is possible to reprogram patterns of behavior and facilitate health sources of nurturing.

Moon in Scorpio

Smoky Quartz – promotes detoxification, fortifies, and strengthens during difficult times.

Moss Agate - heals bitterness of heart.

Herbalism

Stimulant

Herb that quickens and enlivens the physiological activity of the body. Example: Bayberry (Myrica cerifera)

Styptic

A herb that slows down the rate of bleeding, same as astringent.

Thymoleptic

Herbs that raise the mood and counteracts depression. Example: Damiana (Turnera aphrodisiaca)

Tonic

Herbs that strengthen and enliven a specific organ or the whole body. Example: Golden Seal (Hydrastis canadensis)

Vulnerary

Herb used for treating and healing wounds. Example: Marigold (Calendula officinalis)

Yoga

Shoulder Stand

Aids in the control of weight through thyroid gland
Helps to improve the blood circulation
Allows vital organs and glands to revert to their proper position
Relaxes legs and strained areas through relief of pressure

Lie flat on your back with arms at your side. Allow body to go limp, close eyes, breathe normally.
Turn palms downward so they press against floor, bring legs together and tense your leg and abdominal muscles.
Slowly raise your legs up into the air until at right angle with floor.
Keep your knees stiff, press hard on the floor with palms, swing your legs easily back over your head, support lumbar region with your hands. If you have difficulty lifting up legs upright. You can do this posture up against a wall and walk your legs up.
Slowly and carefully attempt to straighten yourself as far as you can into a vertical position, stop when posture becomes a strain. Hold your extreme position for 1 minute, working up to 3. Try to relax as much as possible.
To return your body to the floor, first bend your legs at the knees and bring knees as close as you can down towards your forehead, place hands on floor to support yourself. Roll forward and arch your neck so you can keep the back of your head and back on the floor.
When lower back is resting on the floor, extend your legs straight out into the air, slowly lower them to the floor.
Allow body to go completely limp and rest for at least one minute.

Poetry

Percy Bysshe Shelley

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/shelley/percy.html

Time Long Past

Like the ghost of a dear friend dead

Is Time long past.

A tone which is now forever fled,

A hope which is now forever past,

A love so sweet it could not last,

Was Time long past.

There were sweet dreams in the night

Of Time long past:

And, was it sadness or delight,

Each day a shadow onward cast

Which made us wish it yet might last--

That Time long past.

There is regret, almost remorse,

For Time long past.

'Tis like a child's belovèd corse

A father watches, till at last

Beauty is like remembrance, cast

From Time long past.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training

http://www.mostentertaining.com/tutors/cara/

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Des'ree – You gotta be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db7cc8YRWxU&feature=related

Des'ree-You Gotta Be

Artist : Des'ree

Title : You Gotta Be

Album : I Ain't Movin'

Listen as your day unfolds

Challenge what the future holds

Try and keep your head up to the sky

Lovers, they may cause you tears

Go ahead release your fears

Stand up and be counted

Don't be ashamed to cry

You gotta be...

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser

You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together

All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Herald what your mother said

Read the books your father read

Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time

Some may have more cash than you

Others take a different view

My oh my, yea, eh, eh

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser

You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together

All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Time ask no questions, it goes on without you

Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace

The world keeps on spinning

can't stop it, if you tried to

This best part is danger staring you in the face

(wo0o0o)

And then Listen as your day unfolds

Challenge what the future holds

Try and keep your head up to the sky

Lovers, they may cause you tears

Go ahead release your fears

My oh my, eh, eh, eh

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser

You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together

All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Yea, yea, yea

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser

You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together

All I know, all I know, love will save the day

Yea yea

Got to be bold

Got to be bad

Got to be wise

Do what others say

Got to be hard

Not too too hard

All I know is love will save the day

You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser

You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together

(fade)

Saturday 3 July 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

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

New squidoo lens about crystal healing and the chakra system http://www.squidoo.com/crystalartsandhealth

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Sun in Virgo August 23 – September 22

Sardonyx is the Virgo birthstone, strong and stable, supports search for meaningful existence, supplements willpower, enhances self-control, helps to find stable relationships and attracts good friends.

Peridot is Virgo’s co-birthstone, assists in letting go habits that block growth, releases negative patterns.

Herbalism

Laxative
Herbs that actively stimulate the bowels to promote movements. Example: Senna Pods (Cassia angustifolia).

Nervine
Herbs that have a beneficial effect upon the nervous system. Example: Oats (Avena sativa)

Pectoral
Herbs for chest or respiratory disorders. Example: Elecampane (Inula helenium)

Rubefacient
A herb that causes the skin to become red as a counterirritant. Example: Mustard (Brassica alba)

Sedative
Herb that calms the nervous system and reduces stress and nervousness throughout the body. Example: Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

Spasmolytic
An herb that controls muscle spasms. Same as antispasmodic.

Yoga

Complete Breathing

Helps purify and improve quality of blood
Increases resistance to colds and other respiratory diseases.
Expands chest cavity, develops diaphragm and improves general health and appearance
Strengthens nervous system and lends alertness and clarity to mind by increasing amount of life-force (prana)

Sit in a cross-legged posture, breathing normally. First movement is to use abdominal muscles to push your abdomen out as far as possible. This movement enable air to be taken into lower lungs during breathing.
Practice pulling in with the abdomen and pushing out first in the lower chest and then upper chest areas. Raise your shoulders, keeping your hands on your knees.
Slowly lower your shoulders and relax your chest and abdomen.
Practice to make step 1 flow easily into step 2.
Next, practice only the breathing. First exhale completely through your nose so that there is no air in your lung. Now inhale slowly, so it will take you 15 seconds to complete your inhalation. It may take a few attempts to slow down your breathing sufficiently so that you can do this inhalation in 15 seconds.
Retain air in lungs for 10 seconds.
Exhale through our nose during a count of 15 seconds.
Practice steps 5, 6, and 7 until the count of 15-10-15 is achieved.
Combine physical movements of steps 1, 2 and 3, with breathing steps of 5, 6, 7, push out the abdomen as you inhale during the first 5 seconds. Next pull in abdomen and push out chest area during the second group of 5 seconds. Hold the air for 10 seconds. Exhale through your nose slowly and return to normal position during a count of 15 seconds.

Inhale

5 seconds from the abdominal area
5 seconds from the chest area
5 seconds to lift the shoulders

Retain – 10 seconds

Exhale – 15 seconds

Start with 5 times; then work up to 10 times.

Poetry

Sylvia Plath

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/plath/sylvia.html

Insomniac

The night is only a sort of carbon paper,

Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars

Letting in the light, peephole after peephole . . .

A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things.

Under the eyes of the stars and the moon's rictus

He suffers his desert pillow, sleeplessness

Stretching its fine, irritating sand in all directions.

Over and over the old, granular movie

Exposes embarrassments--the mizzling days

Of childhood and adolescence, sticky with dreams,

Parental faces on tall stalks, alternately stern and tearful,

A garden of buggy rose that made him cry.

His forehead is bumpy as a sack of rocks.

Memories jostle each other for face-room like obsolete film stars.

He is immune to pills: red, purple, blue . . .

How they lit the tedium of the protracted evening!

Those sugary planets whose influence won for him

A life baptized in no-life for a while,

And the sweet, drugged waking of a forgetful baby.

Now the pills are worn-out and silly, like classical gods.

Their poppy-sleepy colors do him no good.

His head is a little interior of grey mirrors.

Each gesture flees immediately down an alley

Of diminishing perspectives, and its significance

Drains like water out the hole at the far end.

He lives without privacy in a lidless room,

The bald slots of his eyes stiffened wide-open

On the incessant heat-lightning flicker of situations.

Nightlong, in the granite yard, invisible cats

Have been howling like women, or damaged instruments.

Already he can feel daylight, his white disease,

Creeping up with her hatful of trivial repetitions.

The city is a map of cheerful twitters now,

And everywhere people, eyes mica-silver and blank,

Are riding to work in rows, as if recently brainwashed.

by Sylvia Plath

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Vocal training

http://www.mostentertaining.com/tutors/cara/

Cara E. Moore http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

Grammy 2004 performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daixgZaIR0w&feature=related

Beautiful Lyrics

Spoken]

Don't look at me

Every day is so wonderful

Then suddenly, it's hard to breathe

Now and then, I get insecure

From all the pain, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say

Words can't bring me down

I am beautiful in every single way

Yes, words can't bring me down

So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends, you're delirious

So consumed in all your doom

Trying hard to fill the emptiness

The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone

Is that the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say

Words can't bring you down

You are beautiful in every single way

Yes, words can't bring you down

Don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do

(no matter what we do)

No matter what we say

(no matter what we say)

We're the song inside the tune

Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go

(everywhere we go)

The sun will always shine

(sun will always shine)

And tomorrow we might wake on the other side

All the other times

We are beautiful in every single way

Yes, words can't bring us down

We are beautiful in every single way

Yes, words can't bring us down

Don't you bring me down today

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