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/

Happy Advent and preparation for Yule.

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New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop (Accredited by World Metaphysical Association)

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 http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2273371/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=140x240  Also available for iPad/iPhone through Blurb.

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 as a paperback http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2298804/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=140x240  Also available for iPad/iPhone through Blurb.

I am an Herbalism 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 Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. For Christmas and Yule we have Christmas tree shaped soaps in peppermint and jade and amethyst and lavender snowflake shaped soaps. There are a collection of angels with Victorian cherub angels in chocolate & gold and sandalwood and clear quartz. 3-D cherub angels are available in chocolate and gold, rose & rose quartz and clary sage and garnet. Nature fairy scenes are available in amethyst and lavender.

The latest addition is the new large Crystal shaped soaps like the wedding favour soaps in birthday month crystals. November is Citrine and Neroli and the solar plexus charka, November is Citrine & Neroli and the solar plexus chakra, December is Sodalite & Chamomile and throat chakra, January is Clary Sage and Garnet and the root chakra and February is Amethyst and Lavender and the brow chakra. Lovely vintage Victorian patterned soaps are also now in stock. These include a heart shaped soap, a bed of flowers rectangular soap, a circular happy birthday soap with flowers and an oval lucky pig with a feng shui coin. These are all available in Crystal Essence TM Rose Quartz and Rose.

The Crystal Essence TM range also include shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products, colognes, perfumes including the new Crystal Essence ™ Everlasting Rose Quartz perfume including gift card size perfume cards and make-ups. There are also lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours. 3-D Swan Soaps using a white soap base are now available in right and left facing poses. Crystal Essence ™ Chrysanthemum shaped handmade soaps makes a nice house warming or host/hostess gift. In Feng Shui Chrysanthemum brings laughter and happiness into the home. We also have a good luck 3-D kitty in Sandalwood and clear quartz. Dragon soaps include a clary sage and garnet super-sized Welsh Dragon rectangular soap and a circular Chinese dragon embossed soap. The herbal Gardening Soap is a year-round favourite, with white maize, pumice and clay it gets hands super clean and moisturizers at the same time with a lovely orange essential oil scent.

The latest category called aromatherapy oils and incense is available on the online shop with Litha oil, with chamomile, sandalwood, rose and lavender, the combination promotes health, love and prosperity. Hand blended Beltane incense, used in handfasting rituals and house blessing incense are also available. Also new are hand-made beeswax melts available in uplifting Bergamont and Orange, Calming Rose and Lavender and summer time Citronella. An uplifting Yule blend of Cinnamon, Clove, Frankincense, Myrrh and Orange is also available.

Check out the 10% off paycodes coupon for paypal purchases. Code is t2e6g When using online shop basket when the total amount is known, go to paycode link, put in code, click general unless ebay purchase, the amount due and shipping and then you will be redirected to paypal checkout where the 10% will be taken off purchase price

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.suite101.com/profile.cfm/caraemoore

http://cara-moore.suite101.com/yule-rituals-are-aided-by-garnet-jade-and-moonstones-a375260

http://cara-moore.suite101.com/how-to-have-a-country-christmas-a297440

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.

Emerald

Promotes harmony and justice, recuperation and regeneration. Supports seeking and realizing objectives. Helps with sinusitis, headaches, epilepsy and diseases of the eyes, heart and intestine.

Healing Crystals, Michael Gienger

Herbalism

Article on Radiation

http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Surviving_Radiation.htm

http://www.squidoo.com/Herbalprimer

Herbal Articles by Cara E Moore

http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/caraemoore

"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 http://www.alicehoffman.com/hoffman-bio.htm

Useful herb resource for vitamin and herb interactions:

http://www.baldwins.co.uk/perl/go.pl/healthnotes.html?%2fuk%2fassets%2fa-z-index%2fa-to-z-index-of-vitamin-and-herb-interactions%2f%7edefault

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)

Anti-spasmodic, expectorant, diaphoretic, sedative, carminative. Coughs, bronchitis, chronic catarrh, common cold, nervine, anxiety, petit mal (epilepsy). Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto-1 - 2 tsp of dried herb, leave to infuse for 10-15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Herbal Primer, Cara E. Moore

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."

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/article/biological-significance-piezoelectricity-relation-acupuncture-hatha-yoga-osteopathic-medicin

Yoga

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/489

Full Boat Pose (Paripurna Navasana)

Anatomical Focus: Thyroid

Benefits: Strengthens the abdomen, hip flexors, and spine, Stimulates the kidneys, thyroid and prostate glands, and intestines , helps relieve stress, improves digestion

Contraindications and Cautions: Asthma, Diarrhea, Headache, Heart Problems, Insomnia, Low blood pressure, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Neck injury: Sit with your back near a wall to perform this pose. As you tilt your torso back rest the back of your head on the wall.  

1. Sit on the floor with your legs straight in front of you. Press your hands on the floor a little behind your hips, fingers pointing toward the feet, and strengthen the arms. Lift through the top of the sternum and lean back slightly. As you do this make sure your back doesn't round; continue to lengthen the front of your torso between the pubis and top sternum. Sit on the "tripod" of your two sitting bones and tailbone.
2. Exhale and bend your knees, then lift your feet off the floor, so that the thighs are angled about 45-50 degrees relative to the floor. Lengthen your tailbone into the floor and lift your pubis toward your navel. If possible, slowly straighten your knees, raising the tips of your toes slightly above the level of your eyes. If this isn't possible remain with your knees bent, perhaps lifting the shins parallel to the floor.
3. Stretch your arms alongside the legs, parallel to each other and the floor. Spread the shoulder blades across your back and reach strongly out through the fingers. If this isn't possible, keep the hands on the floor beside your hips or hold on to the backs of your thighs.
4. While the lower belly should be firm, it shouldn't get hard and thick. Try to keep the lower belly relatively flat. Press the heads of the thigh bones toward the floor to help anchor the pose and lift the top sternum. Breathe easily. Tip the chin slightly toward the sternum so the base of the skull lifts lightly away from the back of the neck.
5. At first stay in the pose for 10-20 seconds. Gradually increase the time of your stay to 1 minute. Release the legs with an exhalation and sit upright on an inhalation.

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

Paperback version of Horizon’s Place And Time Meet: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2011093/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=140x240  Also available now in iPad/iPhone version

Amazon link http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-%20Collection/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

When I am dead

a poem by Christina Rossetti

When I am dead, my dearest,

Sing no sad songs for me:
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.

I shall not see the shadows,

I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain;
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

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

Mariah Carey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY  

All I Want For Christmas lyrics

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true...
All I want for christmas
Is you...

I don't want a lot for christmas

There is just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree

I don't need to hang my stockings

There upon the fireplace

Santa Clause won't keep me happy

With a toy on christmas day

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you...

You baby

I won't ask for much this Christmas

I won't even wish for snow

I'm just gonna keep on waiting

Underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it

To the north pole for Saint nick

I won't even stay awake to

Hear those magic reindeer click

'Cause I just want you here tonight

Holding on to me so tight

What more can I do

Baby all I want for christmas is you

You...

All the lights are shining

So brightly everywhere

And the sound of childrens

Laughter fills the air

And everyone is singing

I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need

Won't you please bring my baby to me...

Oh I don't want a lot for christmas

This is all I'm asking for

I just want to see my baby

Standing right outside my door

Oh I just want him for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

Baby all I want for Christmas is

You