Crystal Arts &amp; Health

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

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

The moon represents emotion and powerful instincts, patterns, ancestral and karmic inheritances. For all moon signs it is recommended to meditate with a bloodstone at the full moon to uncover hidden unfulfilled desires that are controlling your life.

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

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Capricorn Ascendant

Wisdom, dignity, authority, leadership strength, self-discipline.

Garnet

Opens heart, self-confidence, dissolves patterns out out-dated behavior, provides creative methods to obstacles.

Herbalism

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

"These are the things I know: You always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder, plant rosemary at your gate, keep lavender for luck and fall in love whenever possible." ~Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

Caraway (Carum carvi)

Aromatic, stimulant and carminative, expectorant, emmenagogue, galactagogue, astringent. Used for dyspepsia, pleasant stomachic. Used as a flavouring agents. For flatulent indigestion, use 1 to 4 drops of the essential oil of Caraway given on a lump of sugar, or in a teaspoonful of water. One ounce of the bruised seeds infused for 6 hours in a pint of cold water used as a Caraway julep for infants, from 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls being given for a dose. The powder of the seeds, made into a poultice, will also take away bruises. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoon of freshly crushed seeds; infuse 10 -15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

The two forces of mind and prana maintain the rhythm of life and consciousness. Everything in the universe is evolving. Matter in its ultimate form is energy. The goal of yoga is to turn the body into solid energy. – Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Dhyana

This meditation will take anywhere from five to 20 minutes. Steps 1 and 2 for one to two minutes each; in Step 3 for three to five minutes; and in Step 4 for five to 15 minutes.

Step by Step

Get into a comfortable, seated position, either in a chair with your legs uncrossed, or on the floor. Adjust your posture so that your spine is upright, yet your body feels relaxed. Rest your hands in your lap or on your thighs, with the palms facing up or down.

Close your eyes and bring your attention to your breathing. Take a few conscious and deep abdominal breaths. Let your exhalations carry out any tension or anxiety you're feeling now, and use them throughout your meditation to expel any tension or anxiety that comes up.

If it is helpful, you may use the affirmations—"I am" on the in-breath and "calm and relaxed" on the out-breath—to center yourself during this practice.

Bring your awareness to your heart. Allow your breaths to massage this area. Notice any specific feelings or thoughts you may have about yourself, people you know, or any particular event. Cultivate a detached and nonjudgmental attitude to anything that comes up for you.

Continue to focus on the heart area while doing the following:

Cultivate a friendly and accepting attitude toward yourself and your friends.
Develop feelings of compassion and understanding for all those who suffer.
Be joyful in your thoughts about a particular person who's important to you or a saint or guru you hold in high esteem.
Maintain feelings of indifference and equanimity to anyone who has harmed you or anyone else. Don't get sucked into their mean-spiritedness or harmful deeds.

To complete your meditation, take three to five deep abdominal breaths. Open your eyes and slowly get up.

Poetry

A Visit from St. Nicholas

Clement Clark Moore (1822)

’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle,
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.”

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-plan-a-victorian-christmas-a274324

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Cara E. Moore

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

Vocal Training

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

Sony & Cher

http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/video/youtube/search/i+got+you+babe/video/BERd61bDY7k&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I got you babe

HER: They say we're young and we don't know

We won't find out until we grow

HIM: Well I don't know if all that's true

'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

HIM: Babe

BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HER: They say our love won't pay the rent

Before it's earned, our money's all been spent

HIM: I guess that's so, we don't have a pot

But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

HIM: Babe

BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got flowers in the spring

I got you to wear my ring

HER: And when I'm sad, you're a clown

And if I get scared, you're always around

HER: Don't let them say your hair's too long

'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong

HIM: Then put your little hand in mine

There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

HIM: Babe

BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

HIM: I got you to hold my hand

HER: I got you to understand

HIM: I got you to walk with me

HER: I got you to talk with me

I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so

BOTH: I got you babe

I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

Sunday, 19 December 2010

Crystal Arts And Health

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

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

Yule: Celtic Festival of Rebirth and Light http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79323.aspx

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

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

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

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Sagittarius Ascendant

Spontaneous, curious, likes to travel, meets new situations with enthusiasm.

Topaz

Fills life with joy, highlights goals, helps with state of being, increased confidence.

Herbalism

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

Caynenne Pepper (Capsicum minimum) Used extensively by Mayan and Aztec. Nourishes the heart, removes plaque from the arteries, help rebuild flesh destroyed or harmed by frostbite, heal hemorrhoids, re-build stomach tissue, heals stomach ulcers. Good for circulation, equalizes blood pressure, used for gall bladder. Antifungal. Used as a rubefacient for lumbago, rheumatic pains. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto ½ to 1 tsp of Cayenne, infuse for 10 minutes. A tablespoon of this infusion should be mixed with hot water and drunk when needed.

Yoga

Utkatasana, The Chair posture

Helps to stimulate the abdominal organs, diaphragm and the heart, helps proper digestion and immune system.
Strengthens gluteal, thigh, abdominal and back muscles. Strengthens the ankles and feet, while stretching the calve muscles.
Cautions include recent chronic injury to hip, injury to the knees, chronic headaches, insomnia should avoid this posture.

In Tadasana or Mountain pose, find equal weight on all corners of the feet. Inhale to bring the arms up overhead, moving the upper arm-bones up and back.
Turn the palms to face each other, or place the palms in prayer. Exhale to bend the knees as though sitting in a chair.
Track the knees over the toes and in line with the hips. Maintain a neutral spine by dropping the tailbone down and drawing the pubic bone towards the navel. The torso will be perpendicular to the thighs.
Stay for 5 deep breaths.
To come back to standing, inhale to straighten the legs and exhale to release the arms to the side of the body. Counter poses include Tadasana and Uttanasana.

Poetry

The Onset by Robert Frost

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Always the same, when on a fated night
At last the gathered snow lets down as white
As may be in dark woods, and with a song
It shall not make again all winter long
Of hissing on the yet uncovered ground,
I almost stumble looking up and round,
As one who overtaken by the end
Gives up his errand, and lets death descend
Upon him where he is, with nothing done
To evil, no important triumph won,
More than if life had never been begun.

Yet all the precedent is on my side:

I know that winter death has never tried
The earth but it has failed: the snow may heap
In long storms an undrifted four feet deep
As measured again maple, birch, and oak,
It cannot check the peeper's silver croak;
And I shall see the snow all go down hill
In water of a slender April rill
That flashes tail through last year's withered brake
And dead weeds, like a disappearing snake.
Nothing will be left white but here a birch,
And there a clup of houses with a church.

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-plan-a-victorian-christmas-a274324

Horizon’s Place And Time Meet by Cara E. Moore Chapbook

Poem from this collection http://www.gaias-garden.co.uk/library/ACheerfulCanvas.html

Amazon link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horizons-Place-Time-Meet-Collection/dp/0955539404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1272790461&sr=8-1-catcorr For Ebook download Direct Link: http://store.payloadz.com/go/?id=25453

Music

Cara E. Moore

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

Vocal Training

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

Barry Manilow

http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/video/youtube/search/Copacabana/video/qEqXtkDT9uM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Artist: Barry Manilow as sung on “Greatest Hits” Arista A2L 8601

-peak Billboard position # 8 in 1978
-Words and Music by Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, and J. Feldman

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)

The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....they fell in love

(Copa Copacabana)

His name was Rico, he wore a diamond

He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)

The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....she lost her love

(Copa. . Copacabana)

(Copa Copacabana) (Copacabana, ahh ahh ahh ahh)
(Ahh ahh ahh ahh Copa Copacabana)
(Talking Havana have a banana)
(Music and passion...always the fash--shun)

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl

But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind!

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)

The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....don't fall in love

(Copa) don't fall in love

Copacabana
Copacabana

Repeat till end.

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Crystal Arts And Health

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.

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

Yule: Celtic Festival of Rebirth and Light http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79323.aspx

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

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Scorpio Ascendant

Stubborn, determined, magnetic personality, intense, endurance.

Smoky Quartz – fortifies during difficult times, strengthens resolve, helps in letting go of past, grounding stone, facilitates link to the universe.

Herbalism

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

Burdock (Arctium lappa)

Alternative, diuretic, bitter. Treatment of dry and scaly skin, such as psoriasis, dry Eczema, rheumatic conditions, aids digestion, appetite. Anorexia Nervosa, aids kidney function, cystitis, removes imbalance of skin problems, dandruff. Used as a compress or poultice externally for wounds, ulcers. Dosage: Put 1 tsp of root in a cup of water, bring to boil, simmer 10-15 minutes. Drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

Benefits:

Strengthens the arm and shoulder muscles, gives sensation of levitation.

Sit in padmasana
Insert the right arm between the right thigh and calf muscle, and the left arm between the left thigh and the calf muscle.
Place the palms of the hands firmly on the ground with the fingers pointing forward.
Balance the weight of the body on the hands and raise the body off the ground. The arms and wrists will have to be strong to support the body. Inhale slowly as you raise the body.
Hold the breath in the final position or breathe normally.
Remain in the final pose for as long as is comfortable, keeping the head straight and the eyes fixed on a point in front.
Exhale while lowering the body to the ground.

Poetry

The Kitchen Chimney

Robert Frost

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Builder, in building the little house,

In every way you may please yourself;

But please please me in the kitchen chimney:

Don't build me a chimney upon a shelf.

However far you must go for bricks,

Whatever they cost a-piece or a pound,

Buy me enough for a full-length chimney,

And build the chimney clear from the ground.

It's not that I'm greatly afraid of fire,

But I never heard of a house that throve

(And I know of one that didn't thrive)

Where the chimney started above the stove.

And I dread the ominous stain of tar

That there always is on the papered walls,

And the smell of fire drowned in rain

That there always is when the chimney's false.

A shelf's for a clock or vase or picture,

But I don't see why it should have to bear

A chimney that only would serve to remind me

Of castles I used to build in air.

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-plan-a-victorian-christmas-a274324

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

Vocal training

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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q95rlezX96g

Beautiful Day

The heart is a bloom, shoots up through stony ground

But there's no room, no space to rent in this town

You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care,

The traffic is stuck and you're not moving anywhere.

You thought you’d found a friend to take you out of this place

Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace

It's a beautiful day,

the sky falls And you feel like

it's a beautiful day,

Don’t let it get away

You’re on the road but you’ve got no destination

You’re in the mud, in the maze of her imagination

You love this town even if that doesn’t ring true

You’ve been all over and it’s been all over you

It's a beautiful day,

Don't let it get away

It's a beautiful day,

Touch me, take me to that other place

Teach me love, I know I’m not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue

See China right in front of you

See the canyons broken by cloud

See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

See the bedouin fires at night

See the oil fields at first light

See the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the colours came out

It was a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

A beautiful day

Touch me, take me to that other place

Reach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don’t have you don’t need it now

What you don’t know you can feel it somehow

What you don’t have you don’t need it now

You don’t need it now

Friday, 3 December 2010

Crystal Arts And Health

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

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

Yule: Celtic Festival of Rebirth and Light http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79323.aspx

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

Wiccan Symbols, Spells And Rituals: http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/90540.aspx

Wiccan Prayers http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/94544.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

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

The Zodiac Ascendant is the mask of our personality.

Libra Ascendant

Gets on well with people, creates pleasing environment, harmonious, peace-making skills.

Rose Quartz – Brings out gentle disposition, supports relationships, attracts peace. Enhances self-acceptance, inner peace.

Herbalism

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

Broom (Sarothamnus scoparius)

Cardioactive diuretic, hypertensive, peripheral vasoconstrictor, astringent. Remedy for a weak heart and low blood pressure. Increases efficiency of each stroke of the heart, used where water retention occurs because of heart weakness and for heavy menstruation. Caution: Do not use Broom in pregnancy or hypertension. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoon of dried herb and infuse 10-15 minutes drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

Paschimottanasana (back stretching pose)

Benefits

• Digestive fire increases, abdomen become flat

• Strengthens digestive organs and tract when practiced on a regular daily basis.
• Stretches whole spinal column and central nervous system.
• Back, shoulder, arm and leg muscles are toned
• Visceral organs are massaged, useful for digestive disorders, diabetes, constipation, flatulence and loss of appetite.
• Helps to regulate the menstrual cycle.

Sit with the legs stretched out in front of the body, hands on the knees.
Inhale while raising the hands above the head and keeping the back straight.
Exhale while bending forward from the hips and keep the head between the shoulders so that the spinal column is stretched.
Clasp the big toes or ankles wit the hands and bring the head down to rest on the knees. If this is not possible, hold the calf muscles. The back should not curve or hunch.
In the final position you can hold the breath or breathe normally, concentration on the navel. When releasing the position inhale and raise the arms above the head while sitting up.
Exhale bring the hands down to the knees

Poetry

The Lady's Yes

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

"Yes," I answered you last night;

"No," this morning, Sir, I say.
Colours seen by candlelight,
Will not look the same by day.

When the violins played their best,

Lamps above, and laughs below--
Love me sounded like a jest,
Fit for Yes or fit for No.

Call me false, or call me free--

Vow, whatever light may shine,
No man on your face shall see
Any grief for change on mine.

Yet the sin is on us both--

Time to dance is not to woo--
Wooer light makes fickle troth--
Scorn of me recoils on you.

Learn to win a lady's faith

Nobly, as the thing is high;
Bravely, as for life and death--
With a loyal gravity.

Lead her from the festive boards,

Point her to the starry skies,
Guard her, by your truthful words,
Pure from courtship's flatteries.

By your truth she shall be true--

Ever true, as wives of yore--
And her Yes, once said to you,
SHALL be Yes for evermore.

http://www.suite101.com/content/how-to-plan-a-victorian-christmas-a274324

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

Vocal training