Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts And Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/
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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 Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products, colognes, perfumes and make-ups. There are also 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
Yule: Celtic Festival of Rebirth and Light http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79323.aspx
Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx
Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx Pagan Symbols & Meanings: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/95295.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.
The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.
Capricorn Ascendant
Wisdom, dignity, authority, leadership strength, self-discipline.
Garnet
Opens heart, self-confidence, dissolves patterns out out-dated behavior, provides creative methods to obstacles.
Herbalism
"These are the things I know: You always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder, plant rosemary at your gate, keep lavender for luck and fall in love whenever possible." ~Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic
Caraway (Carum carvi)
Aromatic, stimulant and carminative, expectorant, emmenagogue, galactagogue, astringent. Used for dyspepsia, pleasant stomachic. Used as a flavouring agents. For flatulent indigestion, use 1 to 4 drops of the essential oil of Caraway given on a lump of sugar, or in a teaspoonful of water. One ounce of the bruised seeds infused for 6 hours in a pint of cold water used as a Caraway julep for infants, from 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls being given for a dose. The powder of the seeds, made into a poultice, will also take away bruises. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoon of freshly crushed seeds; infuse 10 -15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.
Yoga
The two forces of mind and prana maintain the rhythm of life and consciousness. Everything in the universe is evolving. Matter in its ultimate form is energy. The goal of yoga is to turn the body into solid energy. – Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Dhyana
This meditation will take anywhere from five to 20 minutes. Steps 1 and 2 for one to two minutes each; in Step 3 for three to five minutes; and in Step 4 for five to 15 minutes.
Step by Step
Get into a comfortable, seated position, either in a chair with your legs uncrossed, or on the floor. Adjust your posture so that your spine is upright, yet your body feels relaxed. Rest your hands in your lap or on your thighs, with the palms facing up or down.
Close your eyes and bring your attention to your breathing. Take a few conscious and deep abdominal breaths. Let your exhalations carry out any tension or anxiety you're feeling now, and use them throughout your meditation to expel any tension or anxiety that comes up.
If it is helpful, you may use the affirmations—"I am" on the in-breath and "calm and relaxed" on the out-breath—to center yourself during this practice.
Bring your awareness to your heart. Allow your breaths to massage this area. Notice any specific feelings or thoughts you may have about yourself, people you know, or any particular event. Cultivate a detached and nonjudgmental attitude to anything that comes up for you.
Continue to focus on the heart area while doing the following:
- Cultivate a friendly and accepting attitude toward yourself and your friends.
- Develop feelings of compassion and understanding for all those who suffer.
- Be joyful in your thoughts about a particular person who's important to you or a saint or guru you hold in high esteem.
- Maintain feelings of indifference and equanimity to anyone who has harmed you or anyone else. Don't get sucked into their mean-spiritedness or harmful deeds.
Poetry
A Visit from St. Nicholas
Clement Clark Moore (1822)
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle,
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.”
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
Cara E. Moore
http://www.reverbnation.com/controller/audio_player/detachable_player/artist_487603?autoPlay=true Vocal Training
http://www.mostentertaining.com/tutors/cara/ Sony & Cher
http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/video/youtube/search/i+got+you+babe/video/BERd61bDY7k&feature=youtube_gdata_player I got you babe
HER: They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we growHIM: Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got youHIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babeI got you babe
HER: They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spentHIM: I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we gotHIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babeI got you babe
HIM: I got flowers in the spring
I got you to wear my ringHER: And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always aroundHER: Don't let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrongHIM: Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climbHIM: Babe
BOTH: I got you babeI got you babe
HIM: I got you to hold my hand
HER: I got you to understand
HIM: I got you to walk with me
HER: I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnightI got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babeI got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
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