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/  

Have a happy and blessed 2012.

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New Facebook page for Crystal Arts And Health http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crystal-Arts-And-Health/272894976093686

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, 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 Spring/Summer 2012 Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. For Winter we have Crystal Essence™ Amethyst and Lavender snowflake shaped soaps.  Snowflakes are a winter symbol of love and a lovely Crystal Essence™ Orange and carnelian rectangular white soap rectangular snowman.  There are also a collection of angels with Victorian cherub angels in Crystal Essence™ Chocolate & Gold Cherub of Courage and Protection and Crystal Essence™ Sandalwood and Clear quartz Cherub of Abundance and Prosperity and Crystal Essence™ Rose & Rose Quartz Cherub of Love and Harmony. 3-D cherub angels are also available in Crystal Essence™ Chocolate and Gold, Rose & Rose quartz and Clary Sage and Garnet.  Nature fairy scenes are available in Crystal Essence™ Amethyst and Lavender.

The latest addition is the new large Crystal shaped soaps like the wedding favour soaps in birthday month crystals.  January is Clary Sage and Garnet and the root chakra and February is Lavender & Amethyst and the brow chakra.  March is Bergamot & Aquamarine in a healing turquoise colour to strengthen and balance the thymus chakra for the immune system.  Lovely vintage Victorian and traditional patterned soaps are also now in stock under the Vintage Soaps section on the online shop.  These include a Crystal Essence™ Rose Quartz and Rose 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.  New Valentine soaps include a stunning winged cupid, a “For You” heart shaped soap, a delicate cameo shaped soap, a round rose soap, a heart shaped bunch of roses and a lovely square butterfly soap. 

For the new Spring/Summer 2012 catalogue a lovely bunch of Daffodils, the symbol of Wales, rectangular soap and a golden Triskele shaped hand-made soaps are available now in Crystal Essence™ Sandalwood & Clear Quartz.  Right and left facing 3-D white soap swans, a sacred bird of the Celts (and Swansea City Football fans, limited edition black right facing swans are also available) in Crystal Essence™ Carnelian and Orange. Crystal Essence™ Lavender motif rectangular bars and rectangular dragon embossed bars in Clary Sage and Garnet are also new. For the Year of the Water Dragon 2012 Crystal Essence™ Bergamot & Aquamarine rectangular embossed Dragon hand-made soaps are now available.  Naelyan (pronounced nail-yon) is the dragon lord of the waters.  This water drake is turquoise in colour and is associated with spells of compassion, peace, forgiveness, intuition and peace of mind.

Aromatherapy Ostara (20^th March 2012) beeswax melts feature a healing combination of rose, violet, frankincense and orange as well as the birthday Crystal Essence™ Crystal Shaped Handmade soaps for April to August. April is Herkimer Diamond & Sandalwood (Crown Chakra), May is Rose & Rose Quartz (Heart chakra), June is White Pearl & Neroli, (Solar Plexus Chakra) July is Ruby & Orange (Heart chakra) and August is Jade & Peppermint (Heart chakra).  Crystal Essence™ Olive embossed olive handmade soaps and adorable bee skep shaped honey soaps are featured in the Spring/Summer Catalogue.  Crystal Essence™ Peppermint and Jade Celtic Circular embossed Triquetra and Triskele shaped hand-made soaps are available for St. Patrick’s Day.

The Crystal Essence™ 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.  Crystal Essence 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 Golden Feng Shui 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.  Chinese New Year is the Year of The Dragon, which started the 23^rd of January.  For Spring a circular phoenix is also now available. The Dragon and Phoenix are often pictured together as a balance between the Dragon (Yang) and the Phoenix (Yin). 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. 3-D Crystal Essence™ Bunnys in White Orange & Carnelian and Chocolate & Gold as well as colourful Crystal Essence™ Egg shaped soaps will also will be available in Spring in time for Ostara and Easter. 

The latest category called aromatherapy oils and incense is available on the online shop with Litha oil (20^th June 2012), with Chamomile, Sandalwood, Rose and Lavender, the combination promotes health, love and prosperity. Hand blended Beltane (30^th April 2012) incense, used in handfasting rituals and house blessing incense are also available. Hand-made beeswax melts available in uplifting Bergamont and Orange, Calming Rose and Lavender and summer time Citronella.  A protective and motivating Imbolc (1^st of February) blend Wax melts with Myrrh, Basil and Cinnamon is also available. Heart shaped massage candles with Patchouli, Lavender and Eucalyptus are also available. These make a lovely valentine’s day gift.  Be sure to also check out the herbal teas available like Pleasant Dreams, Less Stress and the new “Lover’s Tea” a recipe by Witch Bree (Love Spells Deck 36 Spells for Romance and Passion) with Hibiscus flowers, rosehips, lemon balm, mint and meadow sweet under the Herbal Products section on the online shop.  Please note the Baldwins health notes pages for interactions with other medicines and conditions.

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  

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

http://cara-moore.suite101.com/imbolc-to-ostara-silver-and-tigers-eye-enhance-rituals-a375262

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.

Higher Heart Chakra (Thymus Chakra)

The sphere of compassion. 

Negative quality:  Neediness  Positive quality:  Unconditional love

Crystal Prescriptions, Judy Hall

Turquoise coloured stones like Turquoise and Aquamarine are used to strengthen and balance the thymus chakra.

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  

Milk thistle  (Carduus marianus)  Liver function stimulant, Detoxification, Gallstones, High cholesterol, Liver tonic.  Used to treat morning sickness, motion sickness, lessens varicose veins, haemorrhoids caused by poor circulation during pregnancy.  Encourages good milk production, calming.  Used in treatment of acne and psoriasis.  Dosage:  Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried herb and leave to infuse for 10-5 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

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/1675

Intense Side Stretch Pose

Parsvottanasana

(parsh-voh-tahn-AHS-anna) 
parsva = side, flank
ut = intense
tan = to stretch or extend (compare the Latin verb tendere, “to stretch or extend”)

Benefits:  Calms the brain, stretches the spine, shoulders and wrists (in the full pose), hips and hamstrings, strengthens the legs, stimulates the abdominal organs, improves posture and sense of balance, improves digestion

Contraindications and cautions:  If you have a back injury or high blood pressure, avoid the full forward bend; instead do Ardha Parsvottanasana (pronounced are-dah = half). Perform steps 1 and 2 as described above, a couple of feet from and facing a wall. With an exhalation lower your torso parallel to the floor and reach your hands out to the wall. Press your palms actively into the wall (preferably with your elbows fully extended), keeping your front torso longer than your back. 

1. Stand in Tadasana . With an exhalation, step or lightly jump your feet 3½ to 4 feet apart. Rest your hands on your hips. Turn your left foot in 45 to 60 degrees to the right and your right foot out to the right 90 degrees. Align the right heel with the left heel. Firm your thighs and turn your right thigh outward, so that the center of the right knee cap is in line with the center of the right ankle.
2. Exhale and rotate your torso to the right, squaring the front of your pelvis as much as possible with the front edge of your mat. As the left hip point turns forward, press the head of the left femur back to ground the back heel. Press your outer thighs inward, as if squeezing a block between your thighs. Firm your scapulas against your back torso, lengthen your coccyx toward the floor, and arch your upper torso back slightly.
3. With another exhalation, lean the torso forward from the groins over the right leg. Stop when the torso is parallel to the floor. Press your fingertips to the floor on either side of the right foot. If it isn’t possible for you to touch the floor, support your hands on a pair of blocks or the seat of a folding chair. Press the thighs back and lengthen the torso forward, lifting through the top of the sternum.
4. In this pose the front-leg hip tends to lift up toward the shoulder and swing out to the side, which shortens the front-leg side. Be sure to soften the front-leg hip toward the earth and away from the same-side shoulder while you continue squeezing the outer thighs. Press the base of the big toe and the inner heel of the front foot firmly into the floor, then lift the inner groin of the front leg deep into the pelvis.
5. Hold your torso and head parallel to the floor for a few breaths. Then, if you have the flexibility, bring the front torso closer to the top of the thigh, but don’t round forward from the waist to do this. Eventually the long front torso will rest down on the thigh. Hold your maximum position for 15 to 30 seconds, then come up with an inhalation by pressing actively through the back heel and dragging the coccyx first down and then into the pelvis. Then go to the left side. 

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

A Charm invests a face a poem by Emily Dickinson

A charm invest a face

Imperfectly beheld.

The lady dare not lift her vein

For fear it be dispelled.

But peers beyond her mesh,

And wishes and denies,

Lest interview annul a want

That image satisfies.

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

Corrs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-HU2Xh7PE

 

I Know My Love Lyrics

I know my love by his way of walking 
And I know my love by his way of talking 
And I know my love dressed in a suit of blue 
And if my love leaves me what will I do... 

And still she cried, "I love him the best 
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest" 
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few 
And if my love leaves me what will I do" 

There is a dance house in Maradyke 
And there my true love goes every night 
He takes a strange girl upon his knee 
Well now don't you think that that vexes me? 

And still she cried, "I love him the best 
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest" 
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few 
And if my love leaves me what will I do" 
If my love knew I can wash and wring 
If my love knew I can sew and spin 
I'd make a coat of the finest kind 
But the want of money sure leaves me behind 

And still she cried, "I love him the best 
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest" 
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few 
And if my love leaves me what will I do" 

I know my love is an arrant rover 
I know he'll wander the wild world over 
In dear old Ireland he'll no longer tarry 
An American girl he's sure to marry 

And still she cried, "I love him the best 
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest" 
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few 
And if my love leaves me what will I do" 

And still she cried, "I love him the best 
And a troubled mind sure can know no rest" 
And still she cried, "Bonny boys are few 
And if my love leaves me what will I do"