Crystal Arts &amp; Health

http://cara-moore.suite101.com/beltane-ritual-crystals-include-ruby-pearl-silver-and-jade-a375265

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.

Pain release and organ healer

Place one of the pain release or organ crystals over the site of the pain or organ for as long as possible. If the problem lies within one of the organs od the body, place the appropriate stone directly over the organs of the body, place the appropriate stone directly over the organ or on the chakra associated with it.

Crystal Prescriptions, Judy Hall

Pain relief crystals: Amber, Amethyst, Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Lodestone, Sugilite, Obsidian, Smoky quartz, Rose Quartz, Tourmaline

Herbalism

Article on Radiation

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

Herbal Articles by Cara E Moore

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

"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:

Oat Straw (Avena sativa)

Used to treat nervous exhaustion and insomnia, rheumatic conditions, water retention, tobacco withdrawal, anxiety, and in the bath for skin conditions such as burns and eczema. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried herb, infuse for 10-15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Herbal Primer by 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/783

Benefits: Strengthens the arms, belly, and legs, Stretches and strengthens the wrists, Stretches the backs of the legs (in the full version described below) Improves sense of balance

Contraindications and Cautions: Students with serious wrist, elbow, or shoulder injuries should avoid this pose.

Side Plank Pose

Vasisthasana

The full version of Vasisthasana, as taught by BKS Iyengar, with the top leg raised perpendicular to the floor, is beyond the capacity of most beginners. The pose described here is a modified version suitable for all levels of students.

(vah-sish-TAHS-anna)

Vasistha = literally means “most excellent, best, richest.” Vasistha is the name of several well-known sages in the yoga tradition. There’s a Vasistha numbered among the seven (sometimes 10 or 12) seers (rishis) or lords of creation (prajapatis), and a Vasistha who’s author of a number of Vedic hymns. He’s also said to be the owner of the fabulous “cow of plenty,” Nandini (“delight”), which grants his every wish and accounts for his infinite wealth.

Perform Adho Mukha Svanasana . Shift onto the outside edge of your left foot, and stack your right foot on top of the left. Now swing your right hand onto your right hip, turn your torso to the right as you do, and support the weight of your body on the outer left foot and left hand.
Make sure that the supporting hand isn’t directly below its shoulder; position the hand slightly in front of its shoulder, so the supporting arm is angled a bit relative to the floor. Straighten the arm by firming the triceps muscle, and press the base of the index finger firmly against the floor.
Firm the scapulas and sacrum against the back torso. Strengthen the thighs, and press through the heels toward the floor. Align your entire body into one long diagonal line from the heels to the crown.
If you'd like you can stretch the top arm toward the ceiling, parallel to the line of the shoulders. Keep the head in a neutral position, or turn it to gaze up at the top hand.
Stay in this position for 15 to 30 seconds. Come back to Adho Mukha Svanasana, take a few breaths, and repeat to the right side for the same length of time. Then return to Adho Mukha Svanasana for a few more breaths, and finally release into Balasana .

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

Music When Soft Voices Die by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Music when soft voices die,

Vibrates in the memory,
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved’s bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.

Music

Cara E. Moore

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

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-%20best-performance

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

Cyndi Lauper

True Colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPn0KFlbqX8

You would have said
Don't be discouraged, you will realise it
I don't take courage
in a world, for people, you can lose that all
And the darkness inside you
will make you feel so small

(Chorus)

But I see your true colours, shining through
I see your true colours, and that's why I love you
So don't be afraid, to let them show
Your true colours, true colours
Are beautiful, like a rainbow

Show me a smile, don't be unhappy
I can't remember when i last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy and
you take in all you can bare
You call me up- because you know I'll be there

(Chorus x1)

I can't remember when I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
and you take in all you can bare
You call me up- because you know I'll be there

And I see your true colours, shining through
I see your true colours and thats why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colours, true colours,
True colours, are shining through
I see your true colours and that's why i love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colours, true colours
Are beautiful, like a rainbow

Friday 23 March 2012

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

Have a happy and blessed 2012.

Happy Ostara (20th March 2012)

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

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™ 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. 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 with hearts angels and Facing Cherubs hand-made soaps are 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.

New large Crystal shaped soaps like the wedding favour soaps in birthday month crystals. March is Bergamot & Aquamarine in a healing turquoise colour and is associated with the thymus chakra for the immune system. April is Sandalwood & Herkimer Diamond (Crown Chakra) and May is Rose & Rose Quartz (Heart Chakra). 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 Crystal Essence™ Rose & Rose Quartz love 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 as well as a golden Ankh shaped hand-made soap. The Ankh was referred to as the Key of Life, or even the cross of life, because of its creative power. The loop of the ankh is considered to be the feminine, whilst the T shape is considered to be the masculine staff. Together, these symbols reflect a continued existence. The Ankh is the Hieroglyphic sign of life.

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 an oval Faith flowers motif hand-made soap are also available new for Spring.

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. Fire Drake Crystal Essence™ hand-made soaps include Clary Sage and Garnet and Crystal Essence™ and Orange and Carnelian. Fire Drakes assist in spells of protection, passion, prosperity, manifestations of goals and transformation. A green dragon Crystal Essence™ Jade and Peppermint is also now available. Green Earth Dragons are associated with rituals of peace, fertility, money, prosperity, business activity, stability and growth. A Crystal Essence™ Clary Sage and Garnet and Crystal Essence™ Welsh Dragon motif hand-made soap. The above Crystal Essence™ Fire, Water and Earth Dragon range is also now available in a stunning Dragon with a pearl of knowledge figurine hand-made soap.

Aromatherapy Ostara (20th March 2012) beeswax melts feature a healing combination of rose, violet, frankincense and orange. 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 as well as a stunning rectangular Tree of Life Soap. Celtic crosses are now available in Crystal Essence™ Sandalwood & Clear Quartz. Traditionally this Celtic symbol has represented the bridge or passage between heaven and earth. The four arms represent the four elements of fire, earth, air, water. The ring in the center of the Celtic cross is a Celtic symbol of infinite love, specifically, the endlessness of God's love.

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 2 ml 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. 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 gardening soap is also available in a lovely rectangular gardening motif shape with a watering can, dragon fly and daisies. 3-D Crystal Essence™ Bunnys in White Orange & Carnelian and Chocolate & Gold as well as colourful Crystal Essence™ Egg shaped soaps are also available in Spring for Ostara and Easter.

The latest category called aromatherapy oils and incense is available on the online shop with Litha oil (20th June 2012), with Chamomile, Sandalwood, Rose and Lavender, the combination promotes health, love and prosperity. Hand blended Beltane (30th 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 (1st of February) blend Wax melts with Myrrh, Basil and Cinnamon is also available. Heart shaped massage candles with Patchouli, Lavender and Eucalyptus are available. These make a lovely gift for special occasions. Be sure to also check out the herbal teas available like Pleasant Dreams, Less Stress and an especially suitable for a Beltaine treat “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 meadowsweet 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.

Past life chakras (three fingers breadth behind ears, just above the bony ridge)

The sphere of memory and hereditary issues. Imbalances mean that you are stuck in the past and cannot move forward and may well be repeating your own past life patterns or ancestral patterns that have passed down through your family. This is also a point where people from the past can attach and control you.

Negative quality: dependence. Positive quality: self-directed

Tie-cutting from past lives: Sunstone, Petalite, Wulfenite, Green Obsidian, Rainbow Obsidian

Wound imprints in etheric body, Selenite, Smoky Quartz

Crystal Prescription, Judy Hall

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

Neem (Azadirachta indica)

Anthelmintic (parasites and worms), Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Emmenagogue. Used to treat, Arthritis, Bronchitis, Cough, Diabetes, Diuretic, Eczema, Erysipelas, Fever Jaundice, Leukorrhea, Lice. Malaria, Nausea, Obesity, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Skin diseases, Syphilis, Tetanus, Tumors, Urticaria, Vomiting. Caution: Pregnant and nursing mothers should not take Neem. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried herb, infuse for 10-15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Herbal Primer by 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/2443

Cross-Heart Kirtan Kriya Meditation

Dhyana

Sit in Sukhasana (Easy Pose) with a straight spine. Close your eyes and then open them just a little bit. Stare at the tip of your nose. Meditating here will help still a noisy mind.

Cross the forearms below the wrists, in front of the chest. Prepare to work with the mantra Sa-Ta-Na-Ma.

Saa - Infinity

Taa - Life

Naa - Transformation

Maa - Rebirth

Begin to chant, Saa - taa - naa - maa as you play the fingers by touching the thumb tip to the fingertips in the following fashion:

Saa - touch the tip of the thumbs to the index fingers

Taa - touch the tip of the thumbs to the middle fingers

Naa - touch the tip of the thumbs to the ring fingers

Maa - touch the tip of the thumbs to the pinkie fingers

Continue for 11 minutes. To end, inhale, hold, close the eyes, and become completely still. Relax. The hemispheres will balance; a new sense of peace will ensue.

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

Ode To The West Wind

Percy Bysshe Shelley

I

O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,

Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
Pestilence-stricken multitudes: 0 thou,
Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed

The wingèd seeds, where they lie cold and low,
Each like a corpse within its grave,until
Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow

Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill
(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)
With living hues and odours plain and hill:

Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;
Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!

II

Thou on whose stream, 'mid the steep sky's commotion,
Loose clouds like Earth's decaying leaves are shed,
Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean,

Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread
On the blue surface of thine airy surge,
Like the bright hair uplifted from the head

Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge
Of the horizon to the zenith's height,
The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge

Of the dying year, to which this closing night
Will be the dome of a vast sepulchre
Vaulted with all thy congregated might

Of vapours, from whose solid atmosphere
Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst: O hear!

III

Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams
The blue Mediterranean, where he lay,
Lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams,

Beside a pumice isle in Baiae's bay,
And saw in sleep old palaces and towers
Quivering within the wave's intenser day,

All overgrown with azure moss and flowers
So sweet, the sense faints picturing them! Thou
For whose path the Atlantic's level powers

Cleave themselves into chasms, while far below
The sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wear
The sapless foliage of the ocean, know

Thy voice, and suddenly grow grey with fear,
And tremble and despoil themselves: O hear!

IV

If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear;
If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee;
A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share

The impulse of thy strength, only less free
Than thou, O Uncontrollable! If even
I were as in my boyhood, and could be

The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven,
As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed
Scarce seemed a vision; I would ne'er have striven

As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need.
Oh! lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!
I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!

A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed
One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.

V

Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is:
What if my leaves are falling like its own!
The tumult of thy mighty harmonies

Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone,
Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce,
My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one!

Drive my dead thoughts over the universe
Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth!
And, by the incantation of this verse,

Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawakened Earth

The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

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-%20best-performance

Cyndi Lauper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU&feature=related

Time After Time

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick,
And think of you
Caught up in circles confusion--
Is nothing new
Flashback--warm nights--
Almost left behind
Suitcases of memories,
Time after--

Sometimes you picture me--
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear
What you've said--
Then you say--go slow--
I fall behind--
The second hand unwinds

[Chorus:]

If you're lost you can look--and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
Time after time

After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows--you're wondering
If I'm OK

Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time--

[Chorus:]

You said go slow--
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds--

[Chorus:]

Time after time...
Time after time...
Time after time...
Time after time...

Saturday 17 March 2012

Crystal Arts And Health

Have a happy and blessed 2012.

Sláinte Mhaith (Good Health) Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day (18th March, UK)

Happy Ostara (20th March 2012)

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

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)

I am an Herbalism and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence™ 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. 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 with hearts angels and Facing Cherubs hand-made soaps are 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.

Aromatherapy Ostara (20th March 2012) beeswax melts feature a healing combination of rose, violet, frankincense and orange. 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 as well as a stunning rectangular Tree of Life Soap. Celtic Crosses will also soon be available.

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 2 ml 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. 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 gardening soap is also available in a lovely rectangular gardening motif shape with a watering can, dragon fly and daisies. 3-D Crystal Essence™ Bunnys in White Orange & Carnelian and Chocolate & Gold as well as colourful Crystal Essence™ Egg shaped soaps are also 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 (20th June 2012), with Chamomile, Sandalwood, Rose and Lavender, the combination promotes health, love and prosperity. Hand blended Beltane (30th 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 (1st of February) blend Wax melts with Myrrh, Basil and Cinnamon is also available. Heart shaped massage candles with Patchouli, Lavender and Eucalyptus are available. These make a lovely gift for special occasions. Be sure to also check out the herbal teas available like Pleasant Dreams, Less Stress and an especially suitable for a Beltaine treat “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 meadowsweet 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.

Spleen Chakra (below left armpit)

The sphere os assertion and empowerment. If this chakra is imbalanced you will have anger issues or suffer constant irritation with your body turing in to attack itself. If this chakra is too open other people can draw on your energy leaving you feeling depleted, especially at the immune level.

Negative quality: aggression. Positive quality: self-assertive and empowered.

Aventurine is associated with the spleen Chakra.

Crystal Prescriptions, Judy Hall

Herbalism

Article on Radiation
http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Surviving_Radiation.htm

Herbal Articles by Cara E Moore

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

Useful herb resource for vitamin and herb interactions:

Myrrh (Commiphora molmol) Anti-microbial, astringent, carminative, anti-catarrhal, expectorant, vulnerary. Used in treatment of mouth ulcers, gingivitis, pyorrhoea, Pharyngitis, sinusitis, laryngitis, respiratory complaints, used to treat boils, glandular fever, brucellosis, common cold, externally for wounds and abrasions. Dosage: Powder and pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of powder and infuse 10-15 minutes drink x 3 a day.

Herbal Primer by Cara E. Moore

Yoga

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

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

http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/471

Cobra Pose

Bhujangasana

(boo-jang-GAHS-anna)

bhujanga = serpent, snake

Benefits: Strengthens the spine, Stretches chest and lungs, shoulders, and abdomen

Firms the buttocks, Stimulates abdominal organs, Helps relieve stress and fatigue, Opens the

heart and lungs, Soothes sciatica, Therapeutic for asthma, Traditional texts say that

Bhujangasana increases body heat, destroys disease, and awakens kundalini.

Contraindications and Cautions: Back injury, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Headache, Pregnancy

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.
Press the tops of the feet and thighs and the pubis firmly into the floor.
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.
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.
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

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

Believe Me, If all Those Endearing Young Charms

By Thomas Moore

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away,
Thou wouldst still be adored, at this moment thou art,

Let thy loveliness fade as it will,

And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still.

It is not while beauty and youth are thine own,

And thy cheeks unprofaned by a teat

That the fervor and faith of a soul can be known,

To which time will make thee more dear;

No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets,

But as truly loves on to the close,

As the sunflower turns on her god, when he sets,

The same look which she turned when he rose.

Music

Cara E. Moore

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

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

Vocal Training

http://musicaltheatre.suite101.com/article.cfm/vocal-training-posture-and-warm-ups-key-to-%20best-performance

The Corrs

Runaway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5eP5OZiPME&feature=related

Songwriters: Andrea Corr, Caroline Corr, James Corr, Sharon Corr

Say it's true
There's nothing like me and you
I'm not alone
Tell me you feel it too

And I would runaway

I would runaway

Yea, yea

I would runaway

With you

'Cause I have

Have fallen in love, love, love

With you

No never have

I'm never gonna stop fallin' in love

With you

Close the door

Lay down upon the floor

And by candlelight

Make love to me through the night

(Through the night)

'Cause I have runaway

I have runaway

Yea, yea

I have runaway

Runaway

I have runaway

With you

'Cause I have

Have fallen in love, love, love

(Fallen in love)

With you

No never ohh, ohh

I'm never gonna stop fallin' in love

With you

And I would runaway

I would runaway

Yea, yea

I would runaway

(Hey)

With you

'Cause I have

Have fallen in love, love, love

(Fallen in love)

With you

No never ohh, ohh

I'm never gonna stop fallin' in love

With you

(Aaa, haa, haa)

Fallen in love, love, love

(Fallen in love)

With you

No never have

I'm never gonna stop fallin' in love

With you

My love

With you

Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa

Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Taa, raa
(With you)
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Taa, raa
(With you)
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
(With you)
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa
Yaa, raa, yaa, ree, raa, raa, raa

Saturday 10 March 2012

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.

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

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)

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 an oval Faith flowers motif hand-made soap are also available new for Spring.

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. Fire Drake Crystal Essence™ Hand-made soaps include Clary Sage and Garnet and Crystal Essence™ and Orange and Carnelian. Fire Drakes assist in spells of protection, passion, prosperity, manifestations of goals and transformation. A green dragon Crystal Essence™ Jade and Peppermint is also now available. Green Earth Dragons are associated with rituals of peace, fertility, money, prosperity, business activity, stability and growth. A Crystal Essence™ Clary Sage and Garnet and Crystal Essence™ Welsh Dragon motif hand-made soap is also just newly available.

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. 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 gardening soap is also available in a lovely rectangular gardening motif shape with a watering can, dragon fly and daisies. 3-D Crystal Essence™ Bunnys in White Orange & Carnelian and Chocolate & Gold as well as colourful Crystal Essence™ Egg shaped soaps will also available in Spring in time for Ostara and Easter.

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

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

Higher crown Chakras

The sphere of service and spiritual enlightenment. If stuck open, spaced out, open to delusion. Influence from other realms of being and entity attachment is possible.

Negative quality: spiritually untrustworthy. Positive Quality: Enlightenment.

White stones, Petalite, and Selenite are associated with the higher crown chakras.

Crystal Prescriptions, Judy Hall

Herbalism

Article on Radiation

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

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

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:

Mustard (Sinapis alba)

Mustard plaster recipe : 4 tablespoons flour, 1 tablespoon dry mustard, add hot water and make into a dry paste. Apply onto a cloth, fold over twice and place on chest or sore area for 15 minutes, then remove. Used for aches, sprains, and eliminating mucus from the lungs. Heals watery, oozing and chronic sores and boils.

Herbal Primer by Cara E. Moore

Yoga

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

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/477

Seated Forward Bend

Paschimottanasana

(POSH-ee-moh-tan-AHS-anna)

paschimottana = intense stretch of the west (pashima = west

uttana = intense stretch)

Contraindications and Cautions: Asthma, Diarrhea, Back injury: Only perform this pose under the supervision of an experienced teacher.

Modifications and Props

Most students should sit up on a folded blanket in this pose, and most beginners need to hold a strap around the feet. Extremely stiff students can place a rolled up blanket under their knees.

Sit on the floor with your buttocks supported on a folded blanket and your legs straight in front of you. Press actively through your heels. Rock slightly onto your left buttock, and pull your right sitting bone away from the heel with your right hand. Repeat on the other side. Turn the top thighs in slightly and press them down into the floor. Press through your palms or finger tips on the floor beside your hips and lift the top of the sternum toward the ceiling as the top thighs descend.
Draw the inner groins deep into the pelvis. Inhale, and keeping the front torso long, lean forward from the hip joints, not the waist. Lengthen the tailbone away from the back of your pelvis. If possible take the sides of the feet with your hands, thumbs on the soles, elbows fully extended; if this isn't possible, loop a strap around the foot soles, and hold the strap firmly. Be sure your elbows are straight, not bent.
When you are ready to go further, don't forcefully pull yourself into the forward bend, whether your hands are on the feet or holding the strap. Always lengthen the front torso into the pose, keeping your head raised. If you are holding the feet, bend the elbows out to the sides and lift them away from the floor; if holding the strap, lighten your grip and walk the hands forward, keeping the arms long. The lower belly should touch the thighs first, then the upper belly, then the ribs, and the head last.
With each inhalation, lift and lengthen the front torso just slightly; with each exhalation release a little more fully into the forward bend. In this way the torso oscillates and lengthens almost imperceptibly with the breath. Eventually you may be able to stretch the arms out beyond the feet on the floor.
Stay in the pose anywhere from 1 to 3 minutes. To come up, first lift the torso away from the thighs and straighten the elbows again if they are bent. Then inhale and lift the torso up by pulling the tailbone down and into the pelvis.

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

The Undertaking by John Donne

I have done one braver thing
Than all the Worthies did ;
And yet a braver thence doth spring,
Which is, to keep that hid.

It were but madness now to impart

The skill of specular stone,
When he, which can have learn'd the art
To cut it, can find none.

So, if I now should utter this,

Others—because no more
Such stuff to work upon, there is—
Would love but as before.

But he who loveliness within

Hath found, all outward loathes,
For he who color loves, and skin,
Loves but their oldest clothes.

If, as I have, you also do

Virtue in woman see,
And dare love that, and say so too,
And forget the He and She ;

And if this love, though placèd so,

From profane men you hide,
Which will no faith on this bestow,
Or, if they do, deride ;

Then you have done a braver thing

Than all the Worthies did ;
And a braver thence will spring,
Which is, to keep that hid.

Music

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

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

Vocal Training

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

Liza Minelli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwDRK3cA4sI&feature=related

All that Jazz

Come on babe, why don't we paint the town, and all that Jazz

I'm gonna rouge my knees and roll my stockin's down
And all that Jazz

Start the car, I know a whoopee spot

Where the gin is cold but the piano's hot
It's just a noisy hall, where there's a nightly brawl
And all - a-that - Ja-yazz

Slick your hair and wear your buckle shoes, and all that jazz

I hear that Father Dip is gonna blow the blues, and all that jazz
Hold on hon, we're gonna bunny-hug
I bought some aspirin down at United Drug
In case we shake apart and want a brand new start
To do - a-that - Ja-yazz

Oh, you're gonna see your sheba shimmy-shake, and all that jazz
Oh, I'm gonna shimmy till my garters break, and all that jazz
Show me where to park my girdle, oh, my mother's blood'd curdle
If she'd hear her baby's queer
For all - that - Ja-yazz

Find the flask we're playin' fast and loose

(Oh, you're gonna see a shiver-shimmy-shake)
And all that jazz, and all that jazz
Right up here is where I store the juice
(Oh I'm gonna shimmy till my garters break)
And all that jazz, and all that jazz

Come on babe we're gonna brush the sky
(Show me where to park my girdle)
I bet you lucky Lindy never flew so high
(Oh, my mother's blood'd girdle)
'Cause in the stratosphere, how could he lend an ear
(If she'd hear her baby's queer)
To all that ja-yazz

No I'm no-one's wife, but oh I love my life
And all... that... Ja-yazz..., that Jazz

Friday 2 March 2012

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

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

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)

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 are also available new for Spring.

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. Fire Drake Crystal Essence™ Hand-made soaps include Clary Sage and Garnet and Crystal Essence™ and Orange and Carnelian. Fire Drakes assist in spells of protection, passion, prosperity, manifestations of goals and transformation. A green dragon Crystal Essence™ Jade and Peppermint is also now available. Green Earth Dragons are associated with rituals of peace, fertility, money, prosperity, business activity, stability and growth. A Clary Sage and Garnet and Crystal Essence™ Welsh Dragon motif hand-made soap is also just newly available.

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. 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 gardening soap is also available in a lovely rectangular gardening motif shape with a watering can, dragonfly and daisies. 3-D Crystal Essence™ Bunnys in White Orange & Carnelian and Chocolate & Gold as well as colourful Crystal Essence™ Egg shaped soaps will also 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 (20th June 2012), with Chamomile, Sandalwood, Rose and Lavender, the combination promotes health, love and prosperity. Hand blended Beltane (30th 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 (1st of February) blend Wax melts with Myrrh, Basil and Cinnamon is also available. Heart shaped massage candles with Patchouli, Lavender and Eucalyptus are available. These make a lovely gift for special occasions. Be sure to also check out the herbal teas available like Pleasant Dreams, Less Stress and an especially suitable for a Beltaine treat “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.

Crystal Healing

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

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

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

Lunar Crystals

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

Crown Chakra (top of head)

Sphere of spiritual communication and awareness. If blocked attempting to control others is common, if too open obsession and openness to spiritual interference can result.

Negative qualities: arrogance Positive qualities: Spirituality

Crystal Prescriptions, Judy Hall

Clear crystals such as diamond, clear quartz and purple stones such as amethyst are associated with the crown chakra.

Herbalism

Article on Radiation

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

Herbal Articles by Cara E Moore

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

Useful herb resource for vitamin and herb interactions:

Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

Expectorant, demulcent, mild diuretic, mild sedative, vulnerary. Respiratory remedy, tones mucous membranes, reduces inflammation, and facilitates expectoration. Tones and normalizes chest. Bronchitis, anti-inflammatory, used in inflammation of the trachea. Externally used in olive oil to sooth and heal inflamed skin. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried leaves or flowers, infuse for 10-15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Herbal Primer by Cara E. Moore

Yoga

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

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/2449

Practice Enlightenment Meditation

Dhyana

This practice is adapted from the Vijana Bhairava, an ancient and very powerful Sanskrit meditation text.

Sitting quietly, begin to become aware of the part of you that is aware. Something in you knows that you're alive, that you're breathing, that you're thinking. It's subtle and hidden, but that witnessing part of you is the basis of everything you experience.
Next, think of a loved one. Bring to mind someone to whom you feel close and think to yourself, "With all of our differences of personality and history, we both share consciousness. At the most fundamental level, the level of awareness, we are one." If that seems too abstract, consider, "Like me, this person seeks happiness. This person too feels pain." The more you can identify yourself with awareness, and recognize the awareness in the other person, the more deeply you will feel kinship.
Now think of an acquaintance. Bring to mind someone about whom you feel neutral, and have the same recognition: that there is one consciousness in both of you.
Think of an enemy. Bring to mind someone you dislike, perhaps someone you regard as an enemy, or a public figure you hold in low esteem. Remind yourself, "Different as we may be, the same consciousness dwells in that person as in me. On the level of awareness, we are one."
Feel the energy. Expand this idea to include the physical world, and allow yourself to contemplate the fact that a single energy underlies everything in the universe. On the level of subatomic particles, everything you see and feel is part of one great energy soup. With that in mind, look around and say to yourself, "All that I see, all that I touch, all that I imagine, is made of one single conscious energy."
Hold that thought. Questions will come up—and they're worth exploring. However, there is great power in simply holding the thought, "All this is one consciousness," as a mantra, and then trying to see the world that way. See how the thought of oneness softens the edges of your judging mind. Find out whether it eases feelings of frustration, anxiety, and fear. Notice how it tends to bring up feelings of peace.
After you've practiced this contemplation a few times, try taking it into your world. Look at the angry driver in the lane next to you, or the sad woman on the bus, and think, "The same consciousness is in that person as in me." Or see the person on TV whose politics you disagree with and think, "The same consciousness is in that person as in me."
As these practices become part of your life, look for different ways to recognize that kinship of consciousness—be recognizing the light in the eyes of an animal, or the living sap in a tree. As you do, keep observing the effect it has on you. When you notice that you're feeling more connected or more open, honor those feelings. Know that you are experiencing some of the qualities of the enlightened state of being.

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

Xanadu

Kubla Khan

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted

Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail:
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!

The shadow of the dome of pleasure

Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

A damsel with a dulcimer

In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight 'twould win me
That with music loud and long
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed
And drunk the milk of Paradise.

Music

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