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.

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.

"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

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

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

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

Linda Ronstadt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceYjg1dy-h0

Blue Bayou

I feel so bad I got a worried mind

I'm so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind
On Blue Bayou

Saving nickles saving dimes

Working til the sun don't shine
Looking forward to happier times
On Blue Bayou

I'm going back someday

Come what may
To Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine
And the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
Where those fishing boats
With their sails afloat
If I could only see
That familiar sunrise
Through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be

Gonna see my baby again

Gonna be with some of my friends
Maybe I'll feel better again
On Blue Bayou

Saving nickles saving dimes

Working til the sun don't shine
Looking forward to happier times
On Blue Bayou

I'm going back someday

Oh that boy of mine

By my side
The silver moon
And the evening tide
Oh some sweet day
Gonna take away
This hurting inside
Well I'll never be blue
My dreams come true
On Blue Bayou

Friday, 26 November 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.

Virgo Ascendant

Sense of responsibility, love of truth, analytical, harmony, detached, flexible, organizational skills.

Blue Tourmaline – inspires compassion, tolerance, disperses negative thought patterns, facilitates creative solutions and speaking out when necessary.

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

Borage (Borago officinalis)

Reduces fever, coughs, sore throats, colds, decongestant for the lungs, expel poisons due to insect stings, itch, ringworms, scabs, sores, ulcers, a gargle for sores in the mouth and throat, loosens phlegm, used to restore vitality after illness. Externally, a poultice of leaves applied to inflamed swellings. Used in bath bombs to nurture skin.

Yoga

Uttankoormasana (stretching tortoise pose)

This asana should be performed on a blanket to protect the protruding back vertebrae.

Benefits:

Tones the nervous system, induces relaxation
Beneficial to people who suffer nervous disorders, are easily angered.
Regulates the adrenal glands, stimulates digestion, appetite.

Lie in shavasana. Bring knees up to the chest and do padmasana.
Push the right arm between the right calf muscle and thigh, up past the elbow, and the left arm between the left calf muscle and thigh, up past the elbow. This is also called garbhasana, the embryo pose.
In the final position breath will be shallow because the stomach and lungs are pressed tightly.
To come out of the position, first unclasp the hands, then unfold the legs and lie flat in shavasana for a few minutes.

Poetry

John Donne

Sonnet X “Death, be not proud”

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Might and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die, not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me,
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure – then, form thee much more must flow;
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones and soul’s delivery.
Thou’rt slave to fate, chance, kings and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better than thy stroke, Why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally.
And death shall be no more. Death, thou shalt die.

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

Al Stewart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6UVbz4QL4A

Year of the Cat

Al Stewart & Peter Wood

On a morning from a Bogart movie

In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime

She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running

Like a watercolour in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat

She doesn't give you time for questions

As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow 'till your sense of which direction
Completely disappears

By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
These days, she says, I feel my life
Just like a river running through
The year of the cat

Well, she looks at you so cooly

And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat

Well, morning comes and you're still with her

And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away the choice and lost your ticket
So you have to stay on

But the drum-beat strains of the night remain

In the rhythm of the new-born day
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat

Saturday, 20 November 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.

Leo Ascendant

Warm, generous, born performer.

Citrine brings out benevolence, increases wealth, openness to new experiences, energizes, attracts helpful friends and mentors. Enhances self-esteem, self-confidence, positive attitude, magnifies joy.

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

Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Used as a Diaphoretic, Febrifuge, Laxative, Stomachic, Stimulates appetite, anti-spasmodic, relaxes mucous membranes. Hepatic. Eases fevers, muscle aches of the flu; promotes sweating. Used in treatment of muscular rheumatism. Caution: Is toxic in large doses or if taken over a long period of time. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried herb, infuse 10 -15 minutes. During fevers, flu, drink every half hour.

Yoga

Natarajasana, Dancer's Pose

Benefits

Stretches Upper Body
Develops Balance

Stand with body facing straight ahead. Bend the right knee, lifting the foot until it is close to the buttock.
Grasp the ankle with the right hand. Hold the position. Inhale as you stretch the left arm up.
With the elbow straight, bring the arm alongside the left ear. Keep the eyes focused on the point in front of you to remain balance. Without releasing the hold on the ankle slowly begin to shift the line of the body breathing normally.
Stretch the right foot away from the buttock. Straighten and lift the right knee until the right thigh is parallel to the ground. Focus the eyes on the point on the floor just in front of the body.
Keep the left arm alongside the ear and slowly shift the weight forwards until the chest and arm are parallel to the ground. Hold this position.
Release and practice on the other side.

Poetry

The Bridge

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I stood on the bridge at midnight,

As the clocks were striking the hour,

And the moon rose o'er the city,

Behind the dark church-tower.

I saw her bright reflection

In the waters under me,

Like a golden goblet falling

And sinking into the sea.

And far in the hazy distance

Of that lovely night in June,

The blaze of the flaming furnace

Gleamed redder than the moon.

Among the long, black rafters

The wavering shadows lay,

And the current that came from the ocean

Seemed to lift and bear them away;

As, sweeping and eddying through them,

Rose the belated tide,

And, streaming into the moonlight,

The seaweed floated wide.

And like those waters rushing
Among the wooden piers,
A flood of thoughts came o'er me
That filled my eyes with tears.

How often, oh, how often,
In the days that had gone by,
I had stood on that bridge at midnight
And gazed on that wave and sky!

How often, oh, how often,
I had wished that the ebbing tide
Would bear me away on its bosom
O'er the ocean wild and wide!

For my heart was hot and restless,
And my life was full of care,
And the burden laid upon me
Seemed greater than I could bear.

But now it has fallen from me,
It is buried in the sea;
And only the sorrow of others
Throws its shadow over me

Yet whenever I cross the river
On its bridge with wooden piers,
Like the odor of brine from the ocean
Comes the thought of other years.

And I think how many thousands
Of care-encumbered men,
Each bearing his burden of sorrow,
Have crossed the bridge since then.

I see the long procession
Still passing to and fro,
The young heart hot and restless,
And the old subdued and slow!

And forever and forever,
As long as the river flows,
As long as the heart has passions,
As long as life has woes;

The moon and its broken reflection
And its shadows shall appear,
As the symbol of love in heaven,
And its wavering image here.

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

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

Tanya Tucker

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

Delta Dawn

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on,

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today,

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby".

An' all the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy,

'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand,

Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn.

Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.

Then a man of low degree stood by her side,

And promised her he'd take her for his bride.

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on,

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today,

To take you to his mansion in the sky?

(X4)

Saturday, 13 November 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

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

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.

Cancer Ascendant

Ambitious, tough front that hides inner vulnerable side. Nurturing, home-orientated. Sensitive, compassionate.

Moonstone allows showing of inner emotions in safety, provides comfort. Used on solar plexus to let go of the past.

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

Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) Uterine tonic, emmenagogue, anti-spasmodic, anti-rheumatic. Used in pregnancy when threat of miscarriage, eases false labour pains, Use just before birth, ensures an easy delivery. Used to bring on suppressed menstruation, anti-spasmodic for colic, Asthma, nervous coughs, eases rheumatic pain. Dosage: Put 1 tsp dried root in a cup of water, bring to boil, simmer 10 minutes drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

Dhanurasana (bow pose)

Regulates digestive, eliminatory and reproductive organs.
Massages the liver and pancreas, use for yogic management of diabetes.
Stimulates the kidneys and alimentary canal.
Useful in treatment of various chest ailments.
Stimulates and regulates the endocrine glands and induces production of cortisone.
Adjusts the vertebral column, straightens a hunched back and dropped shoulders.
Useful for treating rheumatism.
Helps regulate the menstral cycle and corrects female infertility.

Lie flat on the stomach with the forehead resting on the floor.
Bend the knees and hold both ankles.
Separate the knees.
Inhale while slightly raising the knees, head and chest at the same time pull the feet away from the hands and upwards. The whole body should move simultaneously into the posture.
Exhale whole lowering the body and relaxing on the floor.

Poetry

Robert Frost

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

Mending Wall

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,

That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbour know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line

And set the wall between us once again.

We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
"Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."

by Robert Frost

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

Nicole Kidman, Robbie Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nmz6RX9gUQ

Something Stupid

I know I stand in line

Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop

into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes

That you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day

to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait
until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right

Your perfume fills my head

The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...

Saturday, 6 November 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

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-depression-a297793

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

Gemini Ascendant – Fixer, Salesperson, multifaceted, curious, jack of all trades. Adapt to situations and make the best of them.

Kyanite helps reach to the core of being, promotes spiritual maturation and personal integrity.

Herbalism

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

Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculous) Anti-hypothyroid, anti-rheumatic. Used in treatment of underactive thyroid glands and goitre. Helpful in reducing weight. Provides relief for rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, internally, and externally when applied to inflamed joints. Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 2-3 tsp of dried herb, steep 10 minutes, drink x 3 a day.

Yoga

Bhadrasana (Gracious Pose)

Tones and alleviates symptoms in the reproductive organs

Sit in vajrasana and separate knees wide as possible.
Place the heals underneath the scrotum or sides of the vagina. Heels of the feet are kept together and the balls of the feet are under the buttocks.
When the sitting position is accomplished, hold the toes from behind the back and make the body steady.
Close the eyes and concentrate on the breath, a given symbol or mantra.

Poetry

Percy Shelley

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/shelley/percy.html

Ode to the West Wind

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: O thou,
Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed

The winged 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, oh hear!

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 aëry 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: oh hear!

Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams

The blue Mediterranean, where he lay,
Lull'd by the coil of his crystàlline 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 gray with fear,

And tremble and despoil themselves: oh hear!

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 seem'd 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 chain'd and bow'd

One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.

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 wither'd leaves to quicken a new birth!
And, by the incantation of this verse,

Scatter, as from an unextinguish'd hearth

Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawaken'd earth

The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

Liza Minnelli

http://www.nme.com/video/id/Zs6q_LLQDYk/search/minnelli

New York, New York

Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today

I want to be a part of it – New York, New York
These vagabond shoes are longing to stray
And step a round of heart of it – New York, New York

I want to wake up in that city, that doesn’t sleep,

To find ‘m king of the hill – top of the heap

My little town blues, are melting away

I’ll make a brand new start of it – in old New York
If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere
It’s up to you – New York, New York

New York, New York,

I want to wake up in that city that doesn’t sleep,
To find I’m a number 1, top of the list
King of the hill, a number 1

My little town blues are melting away

I’m gonna make a brand new start of it, in old New York
And – If I can make it there, I’m gonna make it anywhere
It’s up to you, New York – New York

Sunday, 31 October 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

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

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://www.suite101.com/content/herbal-remedies-for-depression-a297793

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

Taurus Ascendant – Practical, methodical, dislikes change. Boji stones – balance yin and yang energies. Promote earth vibrations that promote confidence, remove blockages and highlight self-defeating behavior.

Herbalism

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

Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)

Soothes stomach upsets, sore throats, and urinary infections. A mouthwash can be made for ulcers and throat inflammations. Used for conditions of the eye.

Yoga

Shavasana (Corpe Pose)

Useful for developing body awareness and pratyahara.
Useful in management of high blood pressure, peptic ulcer, anziety, hysteria, cancer, psychosomatic diseases and neuroses.
Useful for the practice dharana amd dhyana. Revitalizes entire system.

Lie flat on back.
Separate the feet slightly, place the hands by the sides of the body, about one foot away with the palms facing upwards.
Legs, back and head should be in alignment. Relax the whole body and keep the eyes and mouth closed. Breathe naturally through the nose.
Concentrate on natural breath and feel the body become looser and lighter with each exhalation. Keep the awareness on the breath and the physical body.

Poetry

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

It Was Not Death, For I Stood Up

It was not death, for I stood up,

And all the dead lie down.
It was not night, for all the bells
Put out their tongues for noon.

It was not frost, for on my flesh

I felt siroccos crawl,
Nor fire, for just my marble feet
Could keep a chancel cool.

And yet it tasted like them all,

The figures I have seen
Set orderly for burial
Reminded me of mine,

As if my life were shaven

And fitted to a frame
And could not breathe without a key,
And 'twas like midnight, some,

When everything that ticked has stopped

And space stares all around,
Or grisly frosts, first autumn morns,
Repeal the beating ground;

But most like chaos, stopless, cool,

Without a chance, or spar,
Or even a report of land
To justify despair.

by Emily Dickinson

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

Mary Blige

http://uk.truveo.com/search?query=mary+j+blige+no+more+drama#mary%20j%20blige%20no%20more%20drama%20

No More Drama

Written by James Harris III / Terry Lewis / Barry Devorzan / Perry Botkin Jr

So tired, tired of all this drama
You go your way and I'll go my way
(No more, no more)
I need to be free
I'm so tired, tired, tired from all this drama
Broken heart again
Another lesson learned
Better know your friends
Or else you will get burned
Gotta count on me
'Cos I can guarantee
That I'll be fine

(No more pain) No more pain

(No more pain) No more pain
(No drama) No more drama in my life
(No more in my life)

No one's gonna make me hurt again

Why'd I play the fool
Go through ups and downs
Knowing all the time
You wouldn't be around

But maybe I like the stress
'Cos I was young and restless
But that was long ago
I don't wanna cry no more

(No more pain) No more pain, no more pain

(No more games) No more games
Messin' with my mind
(No drama) No more drama in my life
(No more in my life)

No one's gonna make me hurt again, no more

(No more tears)
No more tears, I'm tired of crying every night
(No more fears)
No more fears, I really don't wanna fight
(No drama) No more drama in my life
I don't ever wanna hurt again

Wanna speak my mind, wanna speak my mind

Oh, It feels so good
When you let go of all the drama in your life
Now you're free from all the pain
Free from all the games
Free from all the pain
Free from all the stress
To find your happiness

I don't know

Only God knows where the story ends for me
But I know where the story begins
It's up to us to choose
Whether we win or lose
And I choose to win

(No more pain)

No more pain, no more pain, tired of hurting
(No more games)
Tired of your playin' games with my mind
(No drama) No more drama in my life
(No more in my life)

No more, no more, no more

No more, no more, no more
(No more tears)
No more tears, no more crying every night

(No more fears)

No more waking me up in the morning with your disturbing phone calls
(No drama) Leave me alone, go ahead
(No more in my life)

(No more pain) No more, I'm tired

(No more game)
No more games, I'm tired, I'm so tired
(No drama) No more, no more

(No more in my life)

No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
(No more drama)
I'm tired of all the drama
(No more drama)

Go 'head, go 'head

(No more drama)
Your demons gettin' out of my face
Goin' out my life
(No more drama)

I'm about to lose my mind

Lord help me, help me sing
No more drama
Oh help me sing
I need a piece of mind
A piece of mind, piece of mind
Well, I need
I need to know that you agree

Oh no, oh no

No more, no more, no more drama
No more drama in my, in my life
So tired, I'm so tired
So tired, tired of all this drama
Go ahead with all your drama

Saturday, 23 October 2010

Crystal Arts And Health

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

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://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

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

The Aries Ascendant - bold, brash and assertive, competitive.

Jasper instills patience, pacing, leadership. Ability to finish projects. Provides support dealing with problems honestly and assertively. Facilitates cooperation with others.

Tiger Iron which is a combination of Jasper, Hematite and Tiger’s Eye is a useful crystal for vitality and surfacing hidden talents.

Herbalism

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

Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

A body building grain good for wasting or debility, diuretic, mild relaxant for chest, barley water is used for kidney problems.

Recipe for Barley Water:

½ cup of whole barley
5 cups of water
¼ of a Cinnamon stick
Grated Ginger
Freshly squeezed lemon juice.

Place the whole barley, water, the cinnamon stick, some grated ginger in a pan and simmer for 20 minutes. After cooling, strain the mixture and add fresh lemon juice for extra flavour. Dosage: Drink 1-3 cups daily. http://www.herbs-hands-healing.co.uk/drinks/barleywater.html

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

Yoga

Jalandhara Bandha (throat lock)

Alleviates Throat ailments.

Sit comfortably in siddhasana/siddha yoni asana, padmasana, sukhasana or vajrasana.
Place the palms of the hands on the knees and allow the whole body to relax.
Inhale slowly and deeply and retain the breath. Lower the chin so that it touches the chest (collarbone). Straighten the elbows and raise the shoulders.
Hold for as long as is comfortable. Release this position slowly by raising the head and relaxing the shoulders. Exhale in a very slow and controlled manner.
Practice five rounds, breathing normally for a minute or two between each round.

Poetry

James Joyce

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/famous/joyce/james.html

She Weeps over Rahoon

Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling,

Where my dark lover lies.
Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling,
At grey moonrise.

Love, hear thou

How soft, how sad his voice is ever calling,
Ever unanswered, and the dark rain falling,
Then as now.

Dark too our hearts, O love, shall lie and cold

As his sad heart has lain
Under the moongrey nettles, the black mould
And muttering rain.

by James Joyce

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