Crystal Arts &amp; Health

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

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.

Moon in Capricorn

Snow Quartz – Supports and encourages letting go of burdens and emotional baggage. Links to inner wisdom. Gives insight to areas of over compensation due to feelings of inadequacy.

Positive qualities – Diligent, responsible person who does what is right, garnet helps foster these traits, solid and dependable. Quests towards the spiritual.

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

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

Arnica (Arnica Montana)

Been used for centuries for oedema (fluid retention) and swelling, bruises, cuts, arthritis, sore muscles and joints, sore throats, swollen insect bites, and phlebitis. Has been approved by the European Commission for fever and colds, inflammation of the skin, cough/bronchitis, inflammation of the mouth and Pharynx, Rheumatism, common cold, blunt injuries and to prevent infection. Caution: Do not take internally or put on open wounds.

Yoga

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

Shavasana (corpse pose)

Pose of relaxation.
Benefits of this pose is that it develops the awareness of the body.
Useful in management of blood pressure, peptic ulcer, anxiety, cancer, psychosomatic diseases and neuroses.
Revitalizes entire system.

Lie flat on the back. Separate feet slightly, place hands by the side of the body with palms facing upwards. Legs back and head should be in alignment.
Relax whole body, keep eyes and mouth closed. Breathe naturally through the nose.
Feel the body becoming looser and lighter with each exhalation. Keep awareness on the breath and physical body.

Poetry

John Keats
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/keats/john.html

Ode to a Nightingale

John Keats

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:
'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,
But being too happy in thy happiness,--
That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot
Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,
Singest of summer in full-throated ease.

O for a draught of vintage, that hath been

Cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth,
Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provencal song, and sun-burnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth;
That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,
And with thee fade away into the forest dim:

Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget
What thou among the leaves hast never known,
The weariness, the fever, and the fret
Here, where men sit and hear each other groan;
Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last gray hairs,
Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;
Where but to think is to be full of sorrow
And leaden-eyed despairs;
Where beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,
Or new love pine at them beyond tomorrow.

Away! away! for I will fly to thee,

Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
But on the viewless wings of Poesy,
Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:
Already with thee! tender is the night,
And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne,
Clustered around by all her starry fays;
But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.

I cannot see what flowers are at my feet,

Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs,
But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet
Wherewith the seasonable month endows
The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild;
White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine;
Fast-fading violets covered up in leaves;
And mid-May's eldest child,
The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine,
The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.

Darkling I listen; and for many a time

I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad
In such an ecstasy!
Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain--
To thy high requiem become a sod

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!

No hungry generations tread thee down;
The voice I hear this passing night was heard
In ancient days by emperor and clown:
Perhaps the self-same song that found a path
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn;
The same that oft-times hath
Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam
Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.

Forlorn! the very word is like a bell

To toll me back from thee to my sole self!
Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so well
As she is famed to do, deceiving elf.
Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades
Past the near meadows, over the still stream,
Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep
In the next valley-glades:
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:--do I wake or sleep?

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

Patsy Cline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Cline

http://www.patsyclinemuseum.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA7rxBWBxsY&feature=fvw

You Belong To Me

Written by Pee Wee King, Chilton Price and Redd Stewart

(As recorded by Jim Reeves, 6/25/57)

See the pyramids along the Nile

Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember darlin' all the while
You belong to me

See the market place in Old Algiers

Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me

I'll be so alone without you

Maybe you'll be lonesome too, and blue

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

(Repeat last verse)

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

Crystal Healing

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

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

Samhain: Honouring the Ancestors http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/79124.aspx

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

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

Lunar Crystals

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

Moon in Sagittarius

Apoplyllite – recognition of true self, bridge between physical and spiritual words, astral travel.

Blue Lace Agate – reconnect to emotions in balance.

Herbalism

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

Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum)

Expectorant, anti-spasmodic, carminative, parasiticide, aromatic intestinal colic, and flatulence, expectorant and anti-spasmodic used in bronchitis with irritable coughing, whooping cough, externally oil is used in treatment of scabies and to control and eradicate lice, used for flavouring. Dosage: Pour one cup of boiling water over 1-2 tsp of seeds, let stand covered for 5 -10 minutes, take one cup x 3 a day, tea should be drunk slowly before meals to prevent flatulence. If taking oil one drop oil taken internally by mixing with half a teaspoon of honey.

Yoga

Head Stand (Called the master of all poses)

Restores vitality and activates nerve centres in brain
Improves faculties of the brain, maintains alertness of the mind
Helps to prevent and stop falling hair
Improves vision and hearing.

Sit on heels to begin backward bend. Keep knees together on the floor.
Interlace fingers and place our clasped hands and forearms on the floor in front of you.
Place the top of your head on the floor and hold back of head with clasped hands.
Raise yurt run and knees from the floor so that you are on your toes and forming an arch.
Walk forward on your toes until you have brought your knees as close to your chest as possible.
Now push off from the floor lightly with toes and transfer the weight so it is evenly distributed between head and forearms. Keep legs folded and close to the chest. Hold for 30 seconds and work up to three minutes over the course of a few weeks. Return feet lightly to the floor.

Once this position has been mastered to complete the head stand go from step 6 and slowly straighten your legs until body is in a vertical position. Hold.

To come out of the posture, fold your legs at the knees so you return slowly to the floor exactly reverse to the manner of going up. Always keep the knees close to the body. Rest on the floor with head down for at least a minute; slowly sit up into the lotus or cross-legged posture

Poetry

Emily Dickinson

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/dickinson/emily.html

The Bustle in a House

The bustle in a house

The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth.

The sweeping up the heart

And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.

by Emily Dickinson

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

ttp://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

Amy Winehouse

http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/video/youtube/search/Valerie/video/qPnQrNF0-zk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Lyrics to Valerie :

Well Sometimes I Go Out, By Myself,

And I Look Across The Water.

And I Think Of All The Things,

Of What You're Doing,

And in my head I Paint A Picture.

Since I've Come Home,

Well My Body's Been A Mess,
And I Miss Your Ginger Hair,
And The Way You Like To Dress.

Oh Wont You Come On Over,

Stop Making A Fool Out Of Me,

Why Dont You Come On Over,

Valerie.

Valerie

Valerie
Valerie

Did You Have To Go To Jail,

Put Your House Out Up For Sale,

Did You Get A Good Lawyer.

I Hope You Didn’t Catch A Tan,

I Hope You Find The Right Man,

Who'll Fix It For You.

Are You Shopping Anywhere,

Change The Color Of Your Hair,
And Are You Busy.

Did You Have To Pay That Fine,

That You Were Dodging All The Time,

Are You Still Dizzy.

Well Since I Come Home,

Well My Body's Been A Mess,

And I Miss Your Ginger Hair,

And The Way You Like To Dress.

Oh Wont You Come On Over,

Stop Making A Fool Out Of Me,
Oh Why Dont You Come On Over,
Valerie.

Valerie

Valerie
Valerie

Well Sometimes I Go Out,

By Myself, And I Look Across The Water.
And I Think Of All The Things,

What You're Doing,

And In My Head I Paint A Picture.

Since I've Come Home,

Well My Body's Been A Mess,

And I Miss Your Ginger Hair,

And The Way You Like To Dress.

Oh Won’t You Come On Over,

Stop Making A Fool Out Of Me,

Oh Why Dont You Come On Over,

Valerie

Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie

Why Don't You Come On Over Valerie...

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts And Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/

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

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.

Crystal Healing

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

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

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

Moon in Scorpio

Smoky Quartz – promotes detoxification, elimination of the unneeded, fortifies resolve, strength through difficult times.

Positive traits – healer, self-transformation, survival.

Labradorite – protective, mystical stone, raises consciousness, transforms perception.

Herbalism

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

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

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

Angelica (Angelica archangelica)

Carminative, anti-spasmodic, expectorant, diuretic, diaphoretic. Expectorant for coughs, bronchitis and pleurisy, especially with fever, colds or influenza, used as a compress in inflammations of the chest, carminative for intestinal colic and flatulence, digestive stimulate used in treatment of anorexia nervosa, rheumatic inflammations, for cystitis as urinary antiseptic. Dosage: 1 tsp cut root in a cup of water, bring to boil and simmer for two minutes, let stand 15 minutes, take one cup x 3 a day.

Yoga

Complete Leg Pull

Provides elasticity for the spine
Tones back with concave stretching movement
Strengthens the entire leg and makes skin taut and firm.

Follows the plough position.

From the reclined position, slowly raise your trunk to a sitting position, extend the arms straight out before you.
Slowly bend your trunk forward and extend hands, grasp the farthermost area of your legs that you can hold.
Bend your elbows outward, allow neck to go limp, close your eyes. Breathe slowly and slowly pull your trunk forward and downward. Lower your forehead and rest as close to your knees as possible. Keep back of knees on the floor and legs together. Hold this extreme position for 25 seconds working up to 30 seconds over the course of a few weeks. The ultimate position is with the elbows touching the floor and hands holding the feet.
Release your legs and slowly return to the sitting position.

Poetry

Robert Frost

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/frost/robert.html

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

by Robert Frost

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

Shakira

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_LkjpYx8do&ob=av2e

Song lyrics : Whenever, Wherever - Shakira

Lucky you were born that far away so

We could both make fun of distance
Lucky that I love a foreign land for
The lucky fact of your existence

Baby I would climb Andes solely

To count the freckles on you body
Never could imagine there were only
Ten million ways to love somebody

Le re lo le lo le, Le re lo le lo le

Can't you see
I'm at your feet

Whenever, Wherever

We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, Hereunder

You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But that's the deal my dear

Lucky that my lips not only mumble

They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
Lucky that I have strong legs like my mother
To run to cover when I need it
And these two eyes that for no other
The day you leave will cry a river

Le re lo le lo le , Le re lo le lo le

At your feet
I'm at your feet

Whenever, Wherever

We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, Hereunder

You'll never have to wonder
We can always play by ear
But,that's the deal my dear

Le re lo le lo le, Le re lo le lo le

Think out loud
Say it again

Le re lo le lo le lo le

Tell me one more time
That you'll live
Lost in my eyes

Whenever, Wherever

We're meant to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, Hereunder

You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel

Whenever, Wherever

We're meant together
I'll be there and you'll be near
And that's the deal my dear

Thereover, Hereunder

You've got me head over heels
There's nothing left to fear
If you really feel the way I feel

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts And Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/

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

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.

Crystal Healing

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

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

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

Moon in Libra

Rose Quartz – gentle, loving energy, relationship-oriented. Attracts love, promotes beauty, peace and harmony.

Positive traits - Co-operation, diplomacy, desire for tranquil life.

Aquamarine - promotes harmony.

Herbalism

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.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/tennyson/lord.html

Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis)

Aloe vera extracts have antibacterial and antifungal properties, used as a moisturizer and for burn treatment. Internal intake of Aloe vera has been linked with improved blood glucose levels in diabetics, and with lower blood lipids in hyperlipidaemic patients and those with acute hepatitis (liver disease). Oral Aloe vera gel may reduce symptoms and inflammation in patients with ulcerative colitis. Used topically and internally for treatment of skin conditions such as eczema.

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

The Plough

Develops elasticity in the spine
Strengthens and relieves tension in the back, abdomen and neck
Helps reduce weigh in and firms muscles and skin in the legs, thighs, hips and abdomen.

Lie flat on back with arms at the side. Allow body to go limp, close eyes, breathe normally.
Turn palms downward so they press against floor, bring legs together and tense leg and abdominal muscles.
Slowly raise your legs up into the air until they are at a right angle with the floor.
Keep your knees stiff, press down hard on the floor with your palms and swing your legs back over your head.
Continue to push down on the floor with your hands and keep your knees straight. Slowly lower your legs behind you towards the floor as far as possible. Stop when this movement becomes a strain and hold in the extreme position for 20 seconds. Work over the next few weeks so your legs reach the floor which is the ultimate position and hold this position for 30 seconds.
To come out of this posture, bend your legs at the knees and bring the knees close to your head. Roll forward and arch your neck so that you can keep the back of your head and upper back on the floor.
When your back is resting on the floor, extend your legs straight out into the air and slowly lower them to the floor.
Allow your body to go completely limp and rest for at least 1 minute.

Poetry

Alfred Tennyson

A Farewell

Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,

Thy tribute wave deliver:

No more by thee my steps shall be,

For ever and for ever.

Flow, softly flow, by lawn and lea,

A rivulet then a river;

No where by thee my steps shall be,

For ever and for ever.

But here will sigh thine alder tree,

And here thine aspen shiver;

And here by thee will hum the bee,

For ever and for ever.

A thousand suns will stream on thee,

A thousand moons will quiver;

But not by thee my steps shall be,

For ever and for ever.

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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

Barbara Streisand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwppplxq0yo&feature=related

People,

People who need people,

Are the luckiest people in the world

We're children, needing other children

And yet letting a grown-up pride

Hide all the need inside

Acting more like children than children

Lovers are very special people

They're the luckiest people in the world

With one person one very special person

A feeling deep in your soul

Says you were half now you're whole

No more hunger and thirst

But first be a person who needs people

People who need people

Are the luckiest people in the world

With one person one very special person

No more hunger and thirst

But first be a person who needs people

People who need people

Are the luckiest people in the world...

"People" Song Lyrics

(Performed by Barbara Streisand)

Monday, 23 August 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts And Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/

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

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.

Crystal Healing

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

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

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

Moon in Virgo

Okenite – supports the conscious manifestation of higher energies on the earth. Reinforces cyclic nature, nothing stays the same. Positive traits – altruistic, caring, excellent memory, practical, ability to organize. Blue Topaz balances the need to be of service with own needs. Amethyst helps to set realistic goals.

Herbalism

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

Alkanet Root (Alkana tinctoria)

Root used as a dye.

Recipe for lip gloss: from Herbmoonhollow

Luscious Lips

2tsp alkanet root

8oz almond or grapeseed oil
2oz beeswax
1 tbsp honey
Orange essential oil

Simmer alkanet in oil for about 15-20 minutes, or until the oil has turned a deep red/black colour. The deeper the colour the redder the oil will be when strained and bottled. Strain, add beeswax, honey & essential oil.

Yoga

Alternate Leg Pull

Stretches and strengthens the tendons, ligaments and muscles of the legs and feet..
Reduces and prevents flabbiness in the abdomen and thighs

Develops the back in the lumbar and shoulder areas
Sit on the floor with legs extended straight out in front of you with feet together and back of knees touching the floor.
Bend your right leg at the knee and bring the foot toward you so that you can take hold of it with both hands.
Place the sole of your right foot against the upper inside of yor left thigh, wit right heel drawn as close to your groin as is possible.
In slow-motion, bend forward and take hold of the most extreme part of your leg that you can hold comfortable. (may be knee, calf, ankle or foot)
Bend your elbows outward slightly and hold onto your leg with your hands, pull gently and slowly forward, lowering your forehead as close you to your left knee as possible without strain. Make sure the back of your left knee is touching the floor. Breath slowly and close your eyes. Remain without motion for 20 seconds working up to 30 seconds over a couple of weeks.
When you have completed with your left leg, slowly extend the right leg straight out before you. Now bend the left leg at the knee and bring it toward you so that you can take hold of your left foot with both hands. Repeat movements for this side. Do once on each side.

Poetry

Samuel Daniel

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/daniel/samuel.html

But Love Whilst That Thou Mayst Be Loved Again

But love whilst that thou mayst be loved again,

Now whilst thy May hath filled thy lap with flowers,
Now whilst thy beauty bears without a stain;
Now use the summer smiles ere winter lours.
And whilst thou spread'st unto the rising sun
The fairest flower that ever saw the light,
Now joy thy time before thy sweet be done;
And, Delia, think thy morning must have night,
And that thy brightness sets at length to west,
When thou wilt close up that which now thou show'st,
And think the same becomes thy fading best,
Which then shall most inveil and shadow most.
Men do not weigh the stalk for that it was,
When once they find her flower, her glory, pass.

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

Mariah Carey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0habxsuXW4g&feature=related

We Belong Together Lyrics

Artist (Band) :Mariah Carey

I didn't mean it

When I said I didn't love you so
I should have held on tight
I never should've let you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid
I was foolish
I was lying to myself
I couldn't have fathomed that I would ever
Be without your love
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself

'Guess I didn't know you

'Guess I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt
The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't
Hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
'Cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here, 'cause baby

[Chorus:]

When you left

I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby please, 'cause
We belong together
Who else am I gonna lean on
When times get rough?
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up?
Who's gonna take your place?
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Singing to me
'If you think you're lonely now'
Wait a minute
This is too deep, too deep
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial
Trying to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
I only think of you
And it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
But I'm falling apart
I'm feeling all out of my element
I'm throwing things
Crying
Trying to figure out
Where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song
Ain't even half of what
I'm feeling inside
I need you
Need you back in my life (in my life, in my life), baby

[Chorus]

Baby!

[Repeat chorus]

When you left

I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back, baby, please, 'cause
We belong together
Who am I gonna lean on
When times get rough?
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up?
Who's gonna take your place?
There ain't nobody better.
Oh baby, baby
We belong together

Saturday, 14 August 2010

Crystal Arts And Health Blog

Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts And Health http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/

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

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Autumn/Winter Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.

Crystal Healing

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

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

Moon in Leo

Hiddenite – provides encouragement in difficult times, can be worn constantly to rejuvenate energies. Positive traits – generous, affectionate and warm hearted, loyal, charismatic, confident, creative. Ametrine transforms loyalty to positive situations. Rhodochrosite helps with nurturing yourself and expression.

Herbalism

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

http://www.squidoo.com/Herbalprimer

Alfalfa is rich in many nutrients which includes calcium, potassium, iron and vitamins C, D, E and K. Restores strength to the sick and weak. Used to treat digestive weaknesses. Alfalfa seed sprouts have cooling properties used for disorders related to heat and inflammation. Used for treatment for cystitis, lowering fevers and lowering cholesterol, diabetes, ulcers, arthritis and rheumatic problems and lower back ache.

Yoga

Relieves tension and develops the entire back through a convex stretching movement.
Develops chest and bust.
Helps to reduce weight in the abdomen, hips and thighs.
Aids in improving and maintaining a correct posture.

The Bow is the counter movement to the Locust.

When the locust is finished, lie on your abdomen with your cheek resting on the floor and arms at sides.
Turn your head to rest your chin on the floor.
Slowly bend your legs at your knees and bring your feet up toward your back.
Reach back with arms and carefully take hold of both feet. Grasp one foot and then the other if it is easier. Once you are able to hold your feet, make sure your chin is on the floor.
Breathe normally. Raise first your knees and then your trunk from the floor as far as possible without strain. Keep head back and bring knees together. Hold for 10 seconds. (working up to 15 seconds over the course of a couple weeks)
Slowly come out of the posture by lowering your knees to touch the floor, then allow chin to touch the floor. Then release your feet and return them slowly to the floor. Rest your arms back at your sides.
Rest your cheek on the floor and relax.

Do three rounds following the locust position each time.

Poetry

William Butler Yeats
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/yeats/william.html

The Ragged Wood

O, hurry, where by water, among the trees,

The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh,
When they have looked upon their images
Would none had ever loved but you and I!

Or have you heard that sliding silver-shoed

Pale silver-proud queen-woman of the sky,
When the sun looked out of his golden hood?
O, that none ever loved but you and I!

O hurry to the ragged wood, for there

I will drive all those lovers out and cry
O, my share of the world, O, yellow hair!
No one has ever loved but you and I.

by William Butler Yeats

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

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=vZPmZ64m3_4&feature=player_embedded

Mama Cass (Cass Elliot)

http://www.casselliot.com/index.htm

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
(Kahn-Schwandt-Andre)

Stars shining bright above you

Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
Birds singin' in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me

Say nighty-night and kiss me

Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
While I'm alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading but I linger on dear

Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you

Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

------ piano ------

Stars fading but I linger on dear

Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you

Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me

Saturday, 7 August 2010

Crystal Arts & Health Blog

New Online training courses in Crystal Healing and Herbalism are available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop

See http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ for the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and for the new products in the e-shop. We have started making shaving soaps, solid shampoo soaps, and baby products and there are lots of new fun shapes for soaps, perfect for gift bags and wedding and event favours.

Crystal Healing

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

Using Crystals and Yoga Meditation to Detox Stress http://chakrayoga.suite101.com/article.cfm/using-crystals-and-yoga-meditation-to-heal-and-detox-stress

Summer Solstice to Mabon http://www.brighthub.com/society/religion-spirituality/articles/78877.aspx

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

Lunar Crystals

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

Moon in Cancer

Anhydrite

Controls fluid balance, oedema. Releases attachments to the past, fosters connection to the divine.

Positive traits of this moon, caring and nurturing, strong family focus and loyalty, meeting emotional needs. Intuition crystal is Moonstone, Chalcedony, nurturing. Carnelian helps let go of the past. Jade provides protection for the home.

Herbalism

Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)

Astringent, tonic,diuretic, vulnerary, cholagogue. A bitter tonic of the digestive system and liver, used in treatment of diarrhoea for children and mucous colitis. Traditional used as a “Spring Tonic” to wake up the digestive system. Used for urinary incontinence and cystitis. As a gargle for sore throats, Laryngitis, ointment for healing wounds and bruises. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of the dried herb and infuse 10-15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

Develops and strengthens the abdomen, legs, buttocks and arms.
Improves the blood circulation.
Helps reduce weight in the thighs and hops and makes skin taut and firm.
Stimulates the thyroid, liver, intestines, kidneys and reproductive organs and glands.

The Locust is a counter movement of the Cobra and Neck Movements.

When you have finished the Neck movements and are again lying on your abdomen with checks resting on the floor and arms at your sides.

Turn your head and rest your chin on the floor.
Make fists with both hands and place them thumbs down near your sides.
Inhale so that your lungs are about half full and chest is slightly expanded. Retain the air in your lungs.
Holding the air, push down with your fists and lift your legs as far from the floor as you can with your knees held as straight as possible. Throw the weight of your legs up towards and your chin and balance yourself with your chin and both fists. Hold for 5 seconds.
Slowly return your legs to the floor and exhale through your nose. Control this movement and do not allow the air to rush out.
Rest your check on the floor and relax.
Repeat Cobra and Neck Movements and the lotus for a set of three times. Work up to 10 second holds over the course of weeks.

Poetry

E. E. Cummings

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/cummings/ee.html

o sweet spontaneous

o sweet spontaneous

earth how often have
the
doting
fingers of
prurient philosophers pinched
and
poked
thee, has the naughty thumb
of science prodded
thy beauty.
how often have religions taken
thee upon their scraggy knees
squeezing and

buffeting thee that thou mightest conceive gods

(but true to the incomparable
couch of death thy
rhythmic
lover
thou answerest
them only with spring)

by E. E. Cummings

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