Thursday 27 January 2011

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/

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, 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

http://www.suite101.com/content/recycled-glass-art-a297478

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

http://www.brighthub.com/members/caramoore.aspx

Imbolc to Ostara http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79505.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

What is Druidism: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/103181.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.

Aegirine – Sincerity, promotes self-respect, helps with relationships, and grief. Physical uses backaches, pains, nerves, muscles, bones and hormone glands.

Herbalism

http://www.suite101.com/content/building-a-diy-log-home-a337519

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-build-a-diy-sunroom-a335376

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/104373.aspx

http://www.suite101.com/content/bread-and-cheese-recipes-for-the-self-reliant-a335563

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/102909.aspx

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-backne-a331312

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-make-a-year-plan-for-self-reliance-a326528

http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/100830.aspx

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-heart-ailments-a306407

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-cancer-a306056

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-depression-a297793

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-headaches-and-migraines-a297763

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-pregnancy-and-childbirth-a297020

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-fertility-and-menopause-a296647

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-the-digestion-system-a294272

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-sensuality-and-reproductive-systems-a293986

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

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-stress-and-sleep-a274726

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-hayfever-and-colds-a274380

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-dandruff-and-eczema-a291431

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-arthritis-and-rheumatism-a292050

http://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-flu-and-viruses-a292081

http://www.squidoo.com/Herbalprimer

"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

Cinnamon Powder (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) Eases stomach pains, colds, flu & digestive problems, athlete’s foot. Strong antiseptic. Caution: Avoid taking large amounts during pregnancy. The German Commission E monograph suggests 1/2 -3/4 (2-4 grams of the powder per day). A tea can be prepared from the powdered herb by boiling 1/2 tsp (2-4 grams of the powder) for ten to fifteen minutes, cooling and then drinking.

Yoga

http://hatha-yoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/yoga-practice-routine-for-office-workers

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

Namaste means "the divinity within me salutes the divinity within you."

Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center was founded in 1959 by Swami Vishnu-devananda, a disciple of Swami Sivananda. There are now close to 80 locations worldwide, including several ashram retreats. Sivananda yoga is based upon five principles:

1. Proper exercise (Asana, focusing on 12 poses in particular)

2. Proper breathing (Pranayama)

3. Proper relaxation (Savasana)

4. Proper diet (Vegetarian)

5. Positive thinking (Vedanta) and meditation (Dhyana)

Poetry

To Daffodils

Robert Herrick

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Fair Daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon;
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attain'd his noon.

Stay, stay,
Until the hasting day
Has run
But to the even-song;
And, having pray'd together, we
Will go with you along.

We have short time to stay, as you,
We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth to meet decay,
As you, or anything.
We die
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer's rain;
Or as the pearls of morning's dew,
Ne'er to be found again.

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

http://shootingpeople.org/cards/caraemoore

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

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

Avril Lavigne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wi_kVGb5cw

My Happy Ending
Avril Lavigne

So much for my happy ending
oh oh, oh oh
Oh Oh, Ohhh

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something you said?

Don't leave me hangin'
In a city so dead
Held up so high
On such a breakable thread
You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

Chorus
You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
How could the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

Oh Oh,so much for my happy ending Oh Oh
Oh Oh,

You've got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you Im difficult
but so are they
But they don't know me
Do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do, (All the shit that you do)
You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

chorus
You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
How could the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

It's nice to know that you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done

He was everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
How could the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending.

You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
How could the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending.

Oh Oh,so much for my happy ending Oh Oh
oh oh,so much for my happy ending oh oh
Oh Oh,Oh Oh,Ohhhhh





Friday 21 January 2011

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

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/

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 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





Pagan Symbols & Meanings: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/95295.aspx

What is Druidism: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/103181.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.

Actinolite - Straightforwardness, promotes self-esteem and inner balance. Physical uses - stimulates liver and kidneys.

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

Chickweed Herb (Stellaria media)

Anti-rheumatic, vulnerary, emollient. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 2 tsp dried herbs, infuse 5 minutes. Drink x 3 a day. Chickweed may be made into an ointment, or used as a poultice. A strong infusion can be made and put into bath water. If being used for children for eczema internally, ¼ dose for children under 6, 1/2 dose for children 6-12.

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

Namaste means "the divinity within me salutes the divinity within you."

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)

Contraditons and cautions:
  • Back injury
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Headache
  • Pregnancy
Preparatory Poses

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
  1. Lie prone on the floor. Stretch your legs back, tops of the feet on the floor. Spread your hands on the floor under your shoulders. Hug the elbows back into your body.
  2. Press the tops of the feet and thighs and the pubis firmly into the floor.
  3. On an inhalation, begin to straighten the arms to lift the chest off the floor, going only to the height at which you can maintain a connection through your pubis to your legs. Press the tailbone toward the pubis and lift the pubis toward the navel. Narrow the hip points. Firm but don't harden the buttocks.
  4. Firm the shoulder blades against the back, puffing the side ribs forward. Lift through the top of the sternum but avoid pushing the front ribs forward, which only hardens the lower back. Distribute the backbend evenly throughout the entire spine.
  5. Hold the pose anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds, breathing easily. Release back to the floor with an exhalation.
Poetry

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook
Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html


Dedication

Robert Louis Stevenson

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

My first gift and my last, to you
I dedicate this fascicle of songs -
The only wealth I have:
Just as they are, to you.

I speak the truth in soberness, and say
I had rather bring a light to your clear eyes,
Had rather hear you praise
This bosomful of songs

Than that the whole, hard world with one consent,
In one continuous chorus of applause
Poured forth for me and mine
The homage of ripe praise.

I write the finis here against my love,
This is my love's last epitaph and tomb.
Here the road forks, and I
Go my way, far from yours.

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/


Enrique Iglesias
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQJaXwGPlg&ob=av2el

Escape

You can run, you can hide, but you can't escape my love
You can run, you can hide, but you can't escape my love

Here's how it goes
You and me, up and down
But MAYBE this time we'll get it right
Worth a fight
'Cause love is something you cant SHARE
When it breaks (When it breaks)
All it takes is some tryin'

If you feel like leaving
I'm not gonna BEG YOU TO stay
'Cause soon you'll be finding
You can run, you can hide
But you can't escape my love
You can run, you can hide
But you can't escape my love

So, if you go
You should know (you should know)
It's hard to just forget the past
So fast
It was good (it was good)
It was bad but it was real
And that's all you have
In the end our love matters (Oh no no no yeah)

If you feel like leaving
I'm not gonna BEG YOU TO (I won't BEG YOU TO stay)
Cuz soon you'll be finding
You can run, you can hide
But you can't escape my love
You can run, you can hide
But you can't escape my love

(You can run, you can run)
(You can hide, you can hide)
But you can't escape my love (my love)

You can run (you can run)
You can hide (you can hide)
But you can't escape my love

Here's how it goes
All it takes is some tryin' (Baby you can run)

If you feel like leavin'
I'm not gonna beg you to stay (I won't beg you to stay)
Cuz soon you'll be finding (you'll be finding)
You can run, you can hide
But you can't escape my love (Can't escape my love)

 If you feel like leavin'
I'm not gonna beg you to stay (You can't escape my love)
Cuz soon you'll be finding
You can run, you can hide,
But you can't escape my love

You can run
You can run
You can run (Baby you can run, baby you can hide)
You can run (But you can't escape my love)
You can run (Baby you can run, baby you can hide)
You can run (But you can't escape my love)
You can run (Baby you can run, baby you can hide)
You can run (But you can't escape my love)
You can run
You can run

You can run, you can hide
But you can't escape my love
You can run, you can hide
But you can't escape my love







Friday 14 January 2011

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

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/

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 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






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.

Abalone (Paua shell, Mother of Pearl)

Cheerfulness, security, protection, helps with despair, insecurity, physical uses inflammation of skin, mucous membranes.

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

Celery Seed (Apium graveolens)

Traditional remedy for nervous stomach, diuretic, carminative, mild tranquillizer used to relieve arthritic pain. Caution: Can cause increased risk of sunburn in people who take prescription ACE inhibitors to control high blood pressure.

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

Namaste means "the divinity within me salutes the divinity within you."

Bakasana, Crane Pose
  • Strengthens arms and wrists
  • Stretches the upper back
  • Strengthens the abdominal muscles  
  • Opens the groins
  • Tones the abdominal organs
Contraindications and Cautions
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome 
  •  Pregnancy
  1. Squat down from Tadasana with your inner feet a few inches apart. If it isn't possible to keep your heels on the floor, support them on a thickly folded blanket. Separate your knees wider than your hips and lean the torso forward, between the inner thighs. Stretch your arms forward, then bend your elbows, place your hands on the floor and the backs of the upper arms against the shins.
  2. Snuggle your inner thighs against the sides of your torso, and your shins into your armpits, and slide the upper arms down as low onto the shins as possible. Lift up onto the balls of your feet and lean forward even more, taking the weight of your torso onto the backs of the upper arms. In Bakasana you consciously attempt to contract your front torso and round your back completely. To help yourself do this, keep your tailbone as close to your heels as possible.
  3. With an exhalation, lean forward even more onto the backs of your upper arms, to the point where the balls of your feet leave the floor. Now your torso and legs are balanced on the backs of your upper arms. As a beginner at this pose, you might want to stop here, perched securely on the bent arms.
  4. But if you are ready to go further, squeeze the legs against the arms, press the inner hands firmly to the floor and (with an inhalation) straighten the elbows. Seen from the side the arms are angled slightly forward relative to the floor. The inner knees should be glued to the outer arms, high up near the armpits. Keep the head in a neutral position with your eyes looking at the floor, or lift the head slightly, without compressing the back of the neck, and look forward.
  5. Stay in the pose anywhere from 20 seconds to 1 minute. To release, exhale and slowly lower your feet to the floor, back into a squat.  
Poetry

The Weakest Thing
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Which is the weakest thing of all
Mine heart can ponder?
The sun, a little cloud can pall
With darkness yonder?
The cloud, a little wind can move
Where'er it listeth?
The wind, a little leaf above,
Though sere, resisteth?

What time that yellow leaf was green,
My days were gladder;
But now, whatever Spring may mean,
I must grow sadder.
Ah me! a leaf with sighs can wring
My lips asunder -
Then is mine heart the weakest thing
Itself can ponder.

Yet, Heart, when sun and cloud are pined
And drop together,
And at a blast, which is not wind,
The forests wither,
Thou, from the darkening deathly curse
To glory breakest, -
The Strongest of the universe
Guarding the weakest!

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook
Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html


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/


Alison Moyet


That Ole Devil Called Love

It's that ole devil called love again
Gets behind me and keeps giving me that shove again
Putting rain in my eyes
tears in my dreams
and rocks in my heart.

It's that sly old son of a gun again
He keeps telling me that I'm the lucky one again
But I still have that rain
still have those tears
And those rocks in my heart.

S'pose I didn't stay, ran away, wouldn't play
The devil, what a potion he would brew?

He'd follow me around, build me up, tear me down
Till I'd be so bewildered
I wouldn't know what to do.

Might as well give up that fight again
I know darn well he'll convince me that he's right again.
When he sings that sorry song I'm just gonna tag along
With that ole devil called love.

He'd follow me around, build me up, tear me down
Till I'd be so bewildered
I wouldn't know what to do.

Might as well give up that fight again
I know darn well he'll convince me that he's right again.
When he sings that sorry song I'm just gonna tag along
With that ole devil called love.
With that ole devil called love.





Friday 7 January 2011

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

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/

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 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






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.

Pisces Ascendant

Adaptable, imaginative, compassionate, empathic.

Amethyst

Protection, boosts perception, focus, calms emotions.

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

Chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus)

Known as a remedy used by women for hormone imbalance and menopause. Agnus castus is usually taken as a single dose first thing in the morning for both PMT (PMS) and menopause. Tonic for reproductive organs. Dosage: Pour cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoon of ripe berries, 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

Namaste means "the divinity within me salutes the divinity within you."

Happy Baby Pose, Ananda Balasana
  • Gently stretches the inner groins and the back spine
  • Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and fatigue
  1. Lie on your back. With an exhale, bend your knees into your belly.
  2. Inhale, grip the outsides of your feet with your hands (if you have difficulty holding the feet directly with your hands, hold onto a belt looped over each sole.) Open your knees slightly wider than your torso, then bring them up toward your armpits.
  3. Position each ankle directly over the knee, so your shins are perpendicular to the floor. Flex through the heels. Gently push your feet up into your hands (or the belts) as you pull your hands down to create a resistance.
  4. Coax the thighs in toward your torso and down toward the floor as you lengthen the spine, release your tail bone toward the floor and lengthen the base of your skull away from the back of your neck.
  5. Hold the pose steadily for 30 seconds to one minute. Then release the feet back to the floor with an exhale and rest for a few breaths.
 Poetry

The Two Trees

William Butler Yeats

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start,
And all the trembling flowers they bear.
The changing colours of its fruit
Have dowered the stars with metry light;
The surety of its hidden root
Has planted quiet in the night;
The shaking of its leafy head
Has given the waves their melody,
And made my lips and music wed,
Murmuring a wizard song for thee.
There the Joves a circle go,
The flaming circle of our days,
Gyring, spiring to and fro
In those great ignorant leafy ways;
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the winged sandals dart,
Thine eyes grow full of tender care:
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.
Gaze no more in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile.
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while;
For there a fatal image grows
That the stormy night receives,
Roots half hidden under snows,
Broken boughs and blackened leaves.
For ill things turn to barrenness
In the dim glass the demons hold,
The glass of outer weariness,
Made when God slept in times of old.
There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought;
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and sniff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings; alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind:
Gaze no more in the bitter glass.

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook
Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html


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/


Eagles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7tTkJVY7M&feature=related

Witchy Woman

Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her finger tips
Echoed voices in the night
Shes a restless spirit on an endless flight

Wooo hooo witchy woman, see how
High she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman she got
The moon in her eye

She held me spellbound in the night
Dancing shadows and firelight
Crazy laughter in another
Room and she drove herself to madness
With a silver spoon
Woo hoo witchy woman see how high she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman she got the moon in her eye

Well I know you want a lover,
Let me tell your brother, she’s been sleeping
In the devil’s bed.
And there’s some rumors going round
Someones underground
She can rock you in the nighttime
til your skin turns red
Woo hoo witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye