Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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
Crystal Uses
Head and Eye: Azurite, Amethyst, Fluorite, Sugilite, Diamond
Ears, nose, throat and neck: Amazonite, Aquamarine, Blue lace agate, Celestite, Lapis lazuli, Kunzite, Preseli bluestone
Herbalism
Resources
Index of conditions and herbal remedies
www.plant-medicine.com
Royal Horticulture Society
www.rhs.org.uk
Also have a volunteer program.
Digestive System
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
Anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, stomachic, antacid, antemetic, astringent
Protects and soothes digestive tract, reduces excess acidity, eases nausea. Used in treatment of heartburn, hyperactivity, gastritis, peptic ulceration. Useful in treating diarrhea in children (1/4 dosage used), reduces fever, relieves pain of rheumatism in muscles and joints.
Dosage: Pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 teaspoonfuls of dried herb, leave to infuse for 10 -15 minutes, drink three times a day as needed. Tincture take 1-4 ml of tincture three times a day.
Yoga
Purification techniques
Abdominal Churning – Nauli
Massages and invigorates all the internal organs, brings concentration of prana to solar plexus region, powerful tonic for gastro-intestinal disorder. Stand legs apart, knees slightly bent, hands resting on thighs. Take a deep breathe, exhale fully, pushing on thighs, when lungs are empty draw diaphragm upwards. Without taking a breathe, contract the central band of muscles in the abdomen and push ir forwards, forming a ridge down centre of abdomen. Draw muscles in and out.
This practice improves posture, strengthens muscles used for breathing, elimination
Poetry
I Cannot Live With You
Emily Dickinson
By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide
I cannot live with you,
It would be life,
And life is over there
Behind the shelf
The sexton keeps the key to,
Putting up Our life,
his porcelain,
Like a cup
Discarded of the housewife,
Quaint or broken;
A newer Sevres pleases,
Old ones crack.
I could not die with you,
For one must wait
To shut the other's gaze down,
You could not.
And I, could I stand by
And see you freeze,
Without my right of frost,
Death's privilege?
Nor could I rise with you,
Because your face
Would put out Jesus'.
That new grace
Glow plain and foreign
On my homesick eye,
Except that you,
than he Shone closer by.
They'd judge us - how?
For you served Heaven, you know
Or sought to;
I could not,
Because you saturated sight,
And I had no more eyes
For sordid excellence
As Paradise.
And were you lost, I would be,
Though my name
Rang loudest
On the heavenly fame.
And were you saved,
And I condemned to be
Where you were not,
That self were hell to me.
So we must keep apart,
You there, I here,
With just the door ajar
That oceans are,
And prayer,
And that pale sustenance,
Despair!
Music
http://www.cajunradio.org/earlysongs.html
Song for Mardi Gras
Jolie Blonde
Pretty blonde, look at what you've done
You left me to go
To go with another than me
What hope and what future can I have?
Pretty blonde, you left me all alone
To go back to your family
If you hadn't listened to the advice of the others
You'd be here with me today.
Pretty blonde, you thought you were the only one
You're not the only one in the world for me to love
I will find another pretty blonde
God knows, that I love so much.
Pretty blonde, to die would be nothing
It's just staying in the ground for a long time
I don't know what I'll do if you don't come back, baby
Come back to me in Louisiana.
JOLIE BLONDE
Traditional
Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait
Tu m'as quitte' pour t'en aller
Pour t'en aller avec un autre, oui, que moi
Quel espoir et quel av'nir mais moi je peux avoir?
Jolie blonde, tu m'as laisse' moi tout seul
Pour t'en aller chez ta famille
Si t'aurais pas ecoute' tous les conseils de les autres
Tu serais ici avec moi aujourd'hui.
Jolie blonde, tu croyais il y avait juste toi
Il y'a pas juste toi dans le pays pour moi aimer
Je va's trouver juste une autre jolie blonde
Bon Dieu sait, moi, j'aime tant.
Jolie blonde, mourir, ca serait pas rien
C'est de rester dans la terre aussi longtemps
Moi j'vois pas quoi faire si tu reviens pas, be'be'
T'en revenir avec moi dans la Louisiane.
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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
Zoisite – Powerful healer, detoxifier, stimulates healing, enhances creativity, individuality, helps fertility, helps recovery after illness.
Herbalism
Star Anise (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Latin Name -Illicium Verum
Health benefits: Used as an antidepressant, aids digestion; drink tea for memory. Magically used to protect and for safety during travel.
Comfrey Root (Symphytum officinale) (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Actions: Vulnerary, demulcent, astringent, expectortant
Recipe: Comfrey Baby Oil: 4 oz Sweet Almond Oil, 2 Tbs comfrey 1 drop lavender oil. Pour oil over the comfrey. Leave in a dark warm place for 2 days, strain and add lavender oil. Shake well . Can be used as a moisturizer.
Dosage: Put 1-3 tsp of dried herb in a cup of water, brings to boil, simmer 10- 15 minutes, drink x 3 a day (especially for gastric and duodenal ulcers, soothes bronchitis, irritating cough, internal bleeding. For external applications, can be used in ointment, poultice or compress. Caution: don’t use for deep wounds, will cause wounds to heal up too quickly causing a risk of abscess.
Yoga
Purity – Sattva
Sattvic Foods – “The foods which increase life, purity, strength, health, joy, and cheerfulness, which are savory and oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are dear to sattvic people.” Bhagavad Gita 17-8
Foods that are pure, wholesome, naturally delicious, without preservatives or artificial flavourings. Include fresh and dried fruits and berries, pure fruit juices, raw or lightly cooked vegetables, salads, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole meal breads, honey, fresh herbs, herbal teas, dairy products such as milk and butter. This diet will help eliminate fatigue. Yogis believe that people’s food preference reflect their level of mental purity, and will alter as they develop spiritually.
Poetry
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe (About.com Guide)
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
The triolet is a very brief, tightly rhymed poem takes part of its structure from the repetition of entire lines. A triolet is eight lines, as follows:
1st line A
2nd line B
3rd line a (rhymes with A)
4th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
5th line a (rhymes with A)
6th line b (rhymes with B)
7th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
8th line B (entire 2nd line repeated)
Each line is usually iambic tetrameter, but modern poets have varied the line length and often make subtle changes in the repeated lines, whose meanings evolve as a reader moves through the poem.
Triolets were originally written in the French of the Middle Ages. The first triolets in English were prayers written by Patrick Carey, a Benedictine monk of the 17th century. Robert Bridges, an English poet and critic who later was named Poet Laureate and saw to the publication of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems, reintroduced the triolet into English at the end of the 19th century. Since its brief vogue back then, only a few poets have written triolets—most contemporary poets shy away from its extreme repetition and limited rhymes.
Example of triolet
How Great My Grief
Thomas Hardy (1901)
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!—
Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Nor memory shaped old times anew,
Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee?
Music
Medieval music resources
http://www.medieval.org/
http://www.stanford.edu/~jrdx/medieval.html
Medieval composers
Hildegard von Bingen
http://www.hildegard.org/music/music.html
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, http://www.caraemoore.co.uk/
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals. I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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
Zoisite – Powerful healer, detoxifier, stimulates healing, enhances creativity, individuality, helps fertility, helps recovery after illness.
Herbalism
Star Anise (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Latin Name -Illicium Verum
Health benefits: Used as an antidepressant, aids digestion; drink tea for memory. Magically used to protect and for safety during travel.
Comfrey Root (Symphytum officinale) (http://www.herbmoonhollow.com/)
Actions: Vulnerary, demulcent, astringent, expectortant
Recipe: Comfrey Baby Oil: 4 oz Sweet Almond Oil, 2 Tbs comfrey 1 drop lavender oil. Pour oil over the comfrey. Leave in a dark warm place for 2 days, strain and add lavender oil. Shake well . Can be used as a moisturizer.
Dosage: Put 1-3 tsp of dried herb in a cup of water, brings to boil, simmer 10- 15 minutes, drink x 3 a day (especially for gastric and duodenal ulcers, soothes bronchitis, irritating cough, internal bleeding. For external applications, can be used in ointment, poultice or compress. Caution: don’t use for deep wounds, will cause wounds to heal up too quickly causing a risk of abscess.
Yoga
Purity – Sattva
Sattvic Foods – “The foods which increase life, purity, strength, health, joy, and cheerfulness, which are savory and oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are dear to sattvic people.” Bhagavad Gita 17-8
Foods that are pure, wholesome, naturally delicious, without preservatives or artificial flavourings. Include fresh and dried fruits and berries, pure fruit juices, raw or lightly cooked vegetables, salads, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, whole meal breads, honey, fresh herbs, herbal teas, dairy products such as milk and butter. This diet will help eliminate fatigue. Yogis believe that people’s food preference reflect their level of mental purity, and will alter as they develop spiritually.
Poetry
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe (About.com Guide)
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
The triolet is a very brief, tightly rhymed poem takes part of its structure from the repetition of entire lines. A triolet is eight lines, as follows:
1st line A
2nd line B
3rd line a (rhymes with A)
4th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
5th line a (rhymes with A)
6th line b (rhymes with B)
7th line A (entire 1st line repeated)
8th line B (entire 2nd line repeated)
Each line is usually iambic tetrameter, but modern poets have varied the line length and often make subtle changes in the repeated lines, whose meanings evolve as a reader moves through the poem.
Triolets were originally written in the French of the Middle Ages. The first triolets in English were prayers written by Patrick Carey, a Benedictine monk of the 17th century. Robert Bridges, an English poet and critic who later was named Poet Laureate and saw to the publication of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poems, reintroduced the triolet into English at the end of the 19th century. Since its brief vogue back then, only a few poets have written triolets—most contemporary poets shy away from its extreme repetition and limited rhymes.
Example of triolet
How Great My Grief
Thomas Hardy (1901)
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee!—
Have the slow years not brought to view
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Nor memory shaped old times anew,
Nor loving-kindness helped to show thee
How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee?
Music
Medieval music resources
http://www.medieval.org/
http://www.stanford.edu/~jrdx/medieval.html
Medieval composers
Hildegard von Bingen
http://www.hildegard.org/music/music.html
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, http://www.caraemoore.co.uk/
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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
Moldavite – Amplifies properties of other stones, strengthen immune system, encourages innovation, true potential, transforming. Blends earthly and cosmic energies.
HerbalismNutmeg – (Myristica Fragrans) (herbmoonhollow.com)
Soothes stomach pains, improves appetite & digestion. A small amount of nutmeg, about the size of a pea, can be taken once daily over a long period (6 months to a year) to relieve chronic nervous problems, as well as heart problems stemming from poor circulation.
Added to milk, and baked fruits and desserts, it aids in digestion, and relieves nausea. Large doses can be poisonous, and may cause miscarriage for pregnant women
Yerba Mate (Also known as Mate, Paraguay Tea, Jesuit's tea, Yerba)
Health properties: stimulates the nervous system, treats headaches, migraines, fatigue & mild depression, boosts the immune system.
Compress for Aching Joints and bones
Meadowsweet, Yerba Mate and Wormwood herb
Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1/4 oz each herb. When cool enough to use, make a compress (soak a natural fiber cloth in the fluid) and apply to the aching part.
Yoga
Relaxation poses:
Corpse pose (Sarvasana)
Lie flat on back, legs 2 ft apart, place arms at angle of about 45 degrees to the body, focus the mind on the breath, feel the abdomen rise as you inhale and sink as you exhale.
Child Pose
Sit on the heels with knees and feet together, forehead on ground, rest the hands on the ground, palms up, by the feet. Breathe gently through the nose, sink down into the position.
Poetry
Quotations on love
Buddha
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Les Miserables
To love another person is to see the face of God.
Acquainted With the Night
Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
Music
Biography of Billie Holiday
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/BillieHoliday.htm
Biography Ella Fitzgerald
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/EllaFitzgerald.htm
Jazz resource
http://jazz.about.com/new.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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
Moldavite – Amplifies properties of other stones, strengthen immune system, encourages innovation, true potential, transforming. Blends earthly and cosmic energies.
HerbalismNutmeg – (Myristica Fragrans) (herbmoonhollow.com)
Soothes stomach pains, improves appetite & digestion. A small amount of nutmeg, about the size of a pea, can be taken once daily over a long period (6 months to a year) to relieve chronic nervous problems, as well as heart problems stemming from poor circulation.
Added to milk, and baked fruits and desserts, it aids in digestion, and relieves nausea. Large doses can be poisonous, and may cause miscarriage for pregnant women
Yerba Mate (Also known as Mate, Paraguay Tea, Jesuit's tea, Yerba)
Health properties: stimulates the nervous system, treats headaches, migraines, fatigue & mild depression, boosts the immune system.
Compress for Aching Joints and bones
Meadowsweet, Yerba Mate and Wormwood herb
Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1/4 oz each herb. When cool enough to use, make a compress (soak a natural fiber cloth in the fluid) and apply to the aching part.
Yoga
Relaxation poses:
Corpse pose (Sarvasana)
Lie flat on back, legs 2 ft apart, place arms at angle of about 45 degrees to the body, focus the mind on the breath, feel the abdomen rise as you inhale and sink as you exhale.
Child Pose
Sit on the heels with knees and feet together, forehead on ground, rest the hands on the ground, palms up, by the feet. Breathe gently through the nose, sink down into the position.
Poetry
Quotations on love
Buddha
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Les Miserables
To love another person is to see the face of God.
Acquainted With the Night
Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
Music
Biography of Billie Holiday
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/BillieHoliday.htm
Biography Ella Fitzgerald
http://jazz.about.com/od/classicjazzartists/p/EllaFitzgerald.htm
Jazz resource
http://jazz.about.com/new.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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
Sunstone – Uplifting. Happiness stone, self-expression, artistic, warming, energizing, energy of sun, useful in meditation.
Herbalism
Emollient – remedies that soften, soothe and protect skin.
Plantain Greater (Plantago major) Parts used: leaves or aerial parts.
Actions: Expectorant, demulcent, astringent, diuretic
Ideal for coughs, mild bronchitis, (gentle expectorant, soothes sore membranes) aids in diarrhea, hemorrhoids, (ointment can be made for treatment of hemorrhoids and cuts) cystitis with bleeding.
Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum)
Part used: ripe seeds
Actions: demulcent, anti-tussive, laxative, emollient
Useful for chest infections, especially with catarrh, (combines well with mustard) poultice in pleurisy, boils, carbuncles, shingles, psoriasis (combines well with marshmallow root and slippery elm)
To make a poultice (plant material is used for a poultice, a compress uses gauze soaked in a hot infusion) with dried herbs, mix with hot water or apple cider vinegar to make into paste, put a covering of olive oil onto skin if applying directly to skin or put mixture into a piece of muslin, a hot water bottle can be placed on poultice to keep it warm.
As a purgative it relieves constipation.
Yoga
Relaxation Techniques
Relaxing in silence – it will soothe nerves and relieve stresses of daily life and recharge the senses.
Quiet Time
For mental and physical well being it is important to set aside time each day when you are able to sit peacefully by yourself, read, listen to inspirational music, use the mind in a focused, but relaxing activity.
Poetry
Old and New Year Ditties
Christina Rossetti (1862)
1
New Year met me somewhat sad:
Old Year leaves me tired,
Stripped of favourite things I had
Baulked of much desired:
Yet farther on my road to-dayGod willing,
farther on my way.
New Year coming on apace
What have you to give me?
Bring you scathe, or bring you grace,
Face me with an honest face;
You shall not deceive me:
Be it good or ill, be it what you will,
It needs shall help me on my road,
My rugged way to heaven, please God.
2
Watch with me, men, women, and children dear,
You whom I love, for whom I hope and fear,
Watch with me this last vigil of the year.
Some hug their business, some their pleasure-scheme;
Some seize the vacant hour to sleep or dream;
Heart locked in heart some kneel and watch apart.
Watch with me blessèd spirits, who delight
All through the holy night to walk in white,
Or take your ease after the long-drawn fight.
I know not if they watch with me: I know
They count this eve of resurrection slow,
And cry, “How long?” with urgent utterance strong.
Watch with me Jesus, in my loneliness:
Though others say me nay, yet say Thou yes;
Though others pass me by, stop Thou to bless.Yea,
Thou dost stop with me this vigil night;
To-night of pain, to-morrow of delight:
I, Love, am Thine; Thou, Lord my God, art mine.
3
Passing away, saith the World, passing away:
Chances, beauty and youth sapped day by day:
Thy life never continueth in one stay.
Is the eye waxen dim, is the dark hair changing to grey
That hath won neither laurel nor bay?
I shall clothe myself in Spring and bud in May:
Thou, root-stricken, shalt not rebuild thy decay
On my bosom for aye.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my Soul, passing away:
With its burden of fear and hope, of labour and play;
Hearken what the past doth witness and say:
Rust in thy gold, a moth is in thine array,
A canker is in thy bud, thy leaf must decay.
At midnight, at cockcrow, at morning, one certain day
Lo, the Bridegroom shall come and shall not delay:
Watch thou and pray.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my God, passing away:
Winter passeth after the long delay:
New grapes on the vine, new figs on the tender spray,
Turtle calleth turtle in Heaven’s May.
Though I tarry wait for Me, trust Me, watch and pray:
Arise, come away, night is past and lo it is day,
My love, My sister, My spouse, thou shalt hear Me say.
Then I answered: Yea.
About.com:Quotations has a service to send a daily poem by email called “Classic Poem Daily”
http://quotations.about.com
Music
Folk Music (taken from article from about.com:folkmusic)
“Scarborough Fair" (purchase/download), popularized in America by Simon and Garfunkel, is an English folk song about a trade fair that took place in the resort town of Scarborough during the medieval times. The fair peaked in the late 14th century, but continued to operate until the end of the 1700s.
"Scarborough Fair" Lyrics
The lyrics for "Scarborough Fair" talk about unrequited love. A young man requests impossible tasks from his lover, saying that if she can perform them, he will take her back. In return, she requests impossible things of him, saying she will perform her tasks when he performs his.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
The use of the herbs "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," has been debated and discussed. Herbalists will tell you of the many symbolisms and functions of herbs in healing and health maintenance. There's also a possibility that these meanings were intended as the song evolved (parsley to remove bitterness, sage to cleanse, thyme for courage, rosemary for love). There's some speculation that these four herbs were used in a tonic of some sort, to remove curses.
Simon and Garfunkel's Version
“Paul Simon learned the song in 1965 while visiting Martin Carthy in London. Art Garfunkel adapted the arrangement, integrating elements of another song Paul Simon had written called "The Side of a Hill," and the pair added some anti-war lyrics. They recorded the song and didn't give credit to the traditional arrangement and lyrics.”
Useful resource for songwriting
http://musiced.about.com/od/songwriting101/Songwriting_101.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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
Sunstone – Uplifting. Happiness stone, self-expression, artistic, warming, energizing, energy of sun, useful in meditation.
Herbalism
Emollient – remedies that soften, soothe and protect skin.
Plantain Greater (Plantago major) Parts used: leaves or aerial parts.
Actions: Expectorant, demulcent, astringent, diuretic
Ideal for coughs, mild bronchitis, (gentle expectorant, soothes sore membranes) aids in diarrhea, hemorrhoids, (ointment can be made for treatment of hemorrhoids and cuts) cystitis with bleeding.
Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum)
Part used: ripe seeds
Actions: demulcent, anti-tussive, laxative, emollient
Useful for chest infections, especially with catarrh, (combines well with mustard) poultice in pleurisy, boils, carbuncles, shingles, psoriasis (combines well with marshmallow root and slippery elm)
To make a poultice (plant material is used for a poultice, a compress uses gauze soaked in a hot infusion) with dried herbs, mix with hot water or apple cider vinegar to make into paste, put a covering of olive oil onto skin if applying directly to skin or put mixture into a piece of muslin, a hot water bottle can be placed on poultice to keep it warm.
As a purgative it relieves constipation.
Yoga
Relaxation Techniques
Relaxing in silence – it will soothe nerves and relieve stresses of daily life and recharge the senses.
Quiet Time
For mental and physical well being it is important to set aside time each day when you are able to sit peacefully by yourself, read, listen to inspirational music, use the mind in a focused, but relaxing activity.
Poetry
Old and New Year Ditties
Christina Rossetti (1862)
1
New Year met me somewhat sad:
Old Year leaves me tired,
Stripped of favourite things I had
Baulked of much desired:
Yet farther on my road to-dayGod willing,
farther on my way.
New Year coming on apace
What have you to give me?
Bring you scathe, or bring you grace,
Face me with an honest face;
You shall not deceive me:
Be it good or ill, be it what you will,
It needs shall help me on my road,
My rugged way to heaven, please God.
2
Watch with me, men, women, and children dear,
You whom I love, for whom I hope and fear,
Watch with me this last vigil of the year.
Some hug their business, some their pleasure-scheme;
Some seize the vacant hour to sleep or dream;
Heart locked in heart some kneel and watch apart.
Watch with me blessèd spirits, who delight
All through the holy night to walk in white,
Or take your ease after the long-drawn fight.
I know not if they watch with me: I know
They count this eve of resurrection slow,
And cry, “How long?” with urgent utterance strong.
Watch with me Jesus, in my loneliness:
Though others say me nay, yet say Thou yes;
Though others pass me by, stop Thou to bless.Yea,
Thou dost stop with me this vigil night;
To-night of pain, to-morrow of delight:
I, Love, am Thine; Thou, Lord my God, art mine.
3
Passing away, saith the World, passing away:
Chances, beauty and youth sapped day by day:
Thy life never continueth in one stay.
Is the eye waxen dim, is the dark hair changing to grey
That hath won neither laurel nor bay?
I shall clothe myself in Spring and bud in May:
Thou, root-stricken, shalt not rebuild thy decay
On my bosom for aye.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my Soul, passing away:
With its burden of fear and hope, of labour and play;
Hearken what the past doth witness and say:
Rust in thy gold, a moth is in thine array,
A canker is in thy bud, thy leaf must decay.
At midnight, at cockcrow, at morning, one certain day
Lo, the Bridegroom shall come and shall not delay:
Watch thou and pray.Then I answered: Yea.
Passing away, saith my God, passing away:
Winter passeth after the long delay:
New grapes on the vine, new figs on the tender spray,
Turtle calleth turtle in Heaven’s May.
Though I tarry wait for Me, trust Me, watch and pray:
Arise, come away, night is past and lo it is day,
My love, My sister, My spouse, thou shalt hear Me say.
Then I answered: Yea.
About.com:Quotations has a service to send a daily poem by email called “Classic Poem Daily”
http://quotations.about.com
Music
Folk Music (taken from article from about.com:folkmusic)
“Scarborough Fair" (purchase/download), popularized in America by Simon and Garfunkel, is an English folk song about a trade fair that took place in the resort town of Scarborough during the medieval times. The fair peaked in the late 14th century, but continued to operate until the end of the 1700s.
"Scarborough Fair" Lyrics
The lyrics for "Scarborough Fair" talk about unrequited love. A young man requests impossible tasks from his lover, saying that if she can perform them, he will take her back. In return, she requests impossible things of him, saying she will perform her tasks when he performs his.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
The use of the herbs "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," has been debated and discussed. Herbalists will tell you of the many symbolisms and functions of herbs in healing and health maintenance. There's also a possibility that these meanings were intended as the song evolved (parsley to remove bitterness, sage to cleanse, thyme for courage, rosemary for love). There's some speculation that these four herbs were used in a tonic of some sort, to remove curses.
Simon and Garfunkel's Version
“Paul Simon learned the song in 1965 while visiting Martin Carthy in London. Art Garfunkel adapted the arrangement, integrating elements of another song Paul Simon had written called "The Side of a Hill," and the pair added some anti-war lyrics. They recorded the song and didn't give credit to the traditional arrangement and lyrics.”
Useful resource for songwriting
http://musiced.about.com/od/songwriting101/Songwriting_101.htm
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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 or stocking fillers.
Crystal Healing
Herkimer Diamond – Powerful Detoxifier, wear over pancreas for Diabetes. Good for meditation. Found in Herkimer County, New York state. Amplifier used by healers. Dispels darkness, balances energy flows.
Herbalism
Pectoral – remedy for the lungs
Elecampane (Inula helenium)
Actions: Expectorant, anti-tussive, diaphoretic, stomachic, anti-bacterial
Tonic for the lung, especially useful for bronchitis or emphysema, useful also in asthma and bronchitic asthma, bitter principle useful for stimulate for digestion and appetite.
Combines well with White Horehound, Coltsfoot, Mullein, Yarrow for respiratory problems.
Dosage: Pour a cup of cold water onto 1 tsp. shredded root, let stand 8-10 hours, heat up and take hot three times a day. Tincture: Take 1-2 ml x 3 a day.
Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Action: Expectorant, anti-spasmodic, emetic, cathartic, antiseptic, cardio-active, topical irritant.
Main use in treatment of bronchitis, asthma, croup and laryngitis.
Dosage: put 1 tsp of rhizome in a cup of cold water, bring to boil and leave to infuse for 10 minutes x 3 a day. Tincture: Take 2-4 ml of the tincture three times a day.
Yoga
Yogis believe purity of body encourages purity of mind. Below are listed two “Shad Kriyas” (Cleansing Techniques)
Steady Gazing – Tratak
Place candle at arm’s length away at eye level, gaze at the flame without blinking for 1-3 minutes. Eyes will water clearing eyes and tear ducts. Close eyes and picture flame at a point between eyebrows. Tratak improves eyesight and concentration, useful as a preliminary exercise for meditation.
Nasal Cleansing – Neti
Neti cleanses the nose, nasal passages, sinus cavities. This technique helps to counteract effects of pollution, dust and pollen. Beneficial to people with Asthma, allergies and respiratory problems. Use neti jug, add ½ teaspoon of sea salt in a cup of lukewarm tap water.
Poetry
Poetry Resource Page
www.theotherpages.org/poems
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/
Music
Guitar tabs for Auld Lang Syne
http://guitar.about.com/od/christmasguitartab/a/hub_auld_lang.htm
Music Profiles
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tom-brumpton
Happy New Year!
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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 or stocking fillers.
Crystal Healing
Herkimer Diamond – Powerful Detoxifier, wear over pancreas for Diabetes. Good for meditation. Found in Herkimer County, New York state. Amplifier used by healers. Dispels darkness, balances energy flows.
Herbalism
Pectoral – remedy for the lungs
Elecampane (Inula helenium)
Actions: Expectorant, anti-tussive, diaphoretic, stomachic, anti-bacterial
Tonic for the lung, especially useful for bronchitis or emphysema, useful also in asthma and bronchitic asthma, bitter principle useful for stimulate for digestion and appetite.
Combines well with White Horehound, Coltsfoot, Mullein, Yarrow for respiratory problems.
Dosage: Pour a cup of cold water onto 1 tsp. shredded root, let stand 8-10 hours, heat up and take hot three times a day. Tincture: Take 1-2 ml x 3 a day.
Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Action: Expectorant, anti-spasmodic, emetic, cathartic, antiseptic, cardio-active, topical irritant.
Main use in treatment of bronchitis, asthma, croup and laryngitis.
Dosage: put 1 tsp of rhizome in a cup of cold water, bring to boil and leave to infuse for 10 minutes x 3 a day. Tincture: Take 2-4 ml of the tincture three times a day.
Yoga
Yogis believe purity of body encourages purity of mind. Below are listed two “Shad Kriyas” (Cleansing Techniques)
Steady Gazing – Tratak
Place candle at arm’s length away at eye level, gaze at the flame without blinking for 1-3 minutes. Eyes will water clearing eyes and tear ducts. Close eyes and picture flame at a point between eyebrows. Tratak improves eyesight and concentration, useful as a preliminary exercise for meditation.
Nasal Cleansing – Neti
Neti cleanses the nose, nasal passages, sinus cavities. This technique helps to counteract effects of pollution, dust and pollen. Beneficial to people with Asthma, allergies and respiratory problems. Use neti jug, add ½ teaspoon of sea salt in a cup of lukewarm tap water.
Poetry
Poetry Resource Page
www.theotherpages.org/poems
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/
Music
Guitar tabs for Auld Lang Syne
http://guitar.about.com/od/christmasguitartab/a/hub_auld_lang.htm
Music Profiles
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tom-brumpton
Happy New Year!
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
Monday, 21 December 2009
21st December Crystal Arts & Health Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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 or stocking fillers.
Crystal Healing
Peridot – Cleansing, Refreshing, Invigorating, removes toxins from body. Combats negative train of thought. Strengthens personal identity, helps let go of past. Enhances natural healing processes, use with a grounding stone base of throat, one by heart, one near each kidney. Releases stress.
Herbalism
Lady’s mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris)
Actions: Astringent, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, vulnerary. Long tradition of use for “women’s complaints”, eases period pains and excessive bleeding, also aides in the changes of the menopause, can be used internally in diarrhea, and externally for cuts and wounds. Dosage: 2 teaspoons to a cup of water, steep 10-15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.
False Unicorn Root (Chamaelirium luteum)
Action: Uterine tonic, diuretic, anthelmintic, emetic. Tonic and strengthener of reproductive system. Also beneficial for men. normalizes hormones. Helpful to prevent miscarriage, (can be drunk in larger quantities for this purpose) eases vomiting in pregnancy. (Caution: large doses can cause vomiting). Dosage put 1-2 teaspoons of root in a cup of water, simmer gently, 10 to 15 minutes. Drink x 3 a day. Tincture take 2-4 ml of tincture x 3 a day.
Yoga
The Crow (Kakasana)
Strengthens the arms, wrists, and shoulders. Increases flexibility. Stretches, and lubricates joints, tendons, ligaments of the upper body. Expands the chest and increases breathing capacity. Revitalizes nerves and muscles of hands, wrists, and forearms. Prepares chest and arms for any kind of strenuous work. Develops power of concentration, nourishes mental poise and awareness. Encourages feeling of inner balance. Prepares the mind for meditation.
Poetry
A Visit from St. Nicholas
Attributed to Clement Clark Moore (1822)
More probably written by Major Henry Livingston, Jr. (1808)
’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, I
n 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.”
Music
Recruiting musicians
http://www.mostentertaining.com/
Music Industry tool
http://www.bandcentral.com/
Happy Winter Solstice and Happy Christmas and New Year!
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shop
My book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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 or stocking fillers.
Crystal Healing
Peridot – Cleansing, Refreshing, Invigorating, removes toxins from body. Combats negative train of thought. Strengthens personal identity, helps let go of past. Enhances natural healing processes, use with a grounding stone base of throat, one by heart, one near each kidney. Releases stress.
Herbalism
Lady’s mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris)
Actions: Astringent, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, vulnerary. Long tradition of use for “women’s complaints”, eases period pains and excessive bleeding, also aides in the changes of the menopause, can be used internally in diarrhea, and externally for cuts and wounds. Dosage: 2 teaspoons to a cup of water, steep 10-15 minutes, drink x 3 a day.
False Unicorn Root (Chamaelirium luteum)
Action: Uterine tonic, diuretic, anthelmintic, emetic. Tonic and strengthener of reproductive system. Also beneficial for men. normalizes hormones. Helpful to prevent miscarriage, (can be drunk in larger quantities for this purpose) eases vomiting in pregnancy. (Caution: large doses can cause vomiting). Dosage put 1-2 teaspoons of root in a cup of water, simmer gently, 10 to 15 minutes. Drink x 3 a day. Tincture take 2-4 ml of tincture x 3 a day.
Yoga
The Crow (Kakasana)
Strengthens the arms, wrists, and shoulders. Increases flexibility. Stretches, and lubricates joints, tendons, ligaments of the upper body. Expands the chest and increases breathing capacity. Revitalizes nerves and muscles of hands, wrists, and forearms. Prepares chest and arms for any kind of strenuous work. Develops power of concentration, nourishes mental poise and awareness. Encourages feeling of inner balance. Prepares the mind for meditation.
Poetry
A Visit from St. Nicholas
Attributed to Clement Clark Moore (1822)
More probably written by Major Henry Livingston, Jr. (1808)
’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, I
n 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.”
Music
Recruiting musicians
http://www.mostentertaining.com/
Music Industry tool
http://www.bandcentral.com/
Happy Winter Solstice and Happy Christmas and New Year!
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Crystal Arts & Health 13th December 2009 Blog
Welcome everyone to the blog of Crystal Arts & Health Topics that will be covered are Crystal Healing, Herbalism, Yoga, Music, Poetry, The Arts and activities of Crystal Arts & 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 Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shopMy book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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 or stocking fillers.
Healing
Pearl – Regulates glandular functions, assimilation of nutrients, balances emotions, increases tolerance, energizes sacral chakra, reduces, worry, anxiety, frustration, helps focus on who we are. To ease lower back pain, place pearl at sacral chakra, black tourmaline above head, below feet, lodestone at the base of neck. To release stress worry, or overcome addiction place pearl at solar plexus, clear quartz above head, smoky quartz or other grounding stone at feet.
Herbalism
Lime Blossom (Tilia europea)
Nervine, anti-spasmodic, diaphoretic, diuretic, mild astringent.
Renowned prophylactic against development against arteriosclerosis, hypertension, relaxing properties useful in treatment of some migraines, feverish colds and flu. Combines with hops for nervous tension, mistletoe and hawthorn for raised blood pressure and with elderflower in the common cold.
Dosage: pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoonful of blossoms and leave to infuse for 10 minutes three times a day.
Bad Circulation
Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Astringent, circulatory tonic. Increases strength and tone of veins. Can be used internally and externally.
Dosage pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried fruit, infuse 10 to 15 minutes, drink x 3 a day or use as a lotion.
Yoga
The Spinal Twist
Ardha Matsyendrasana
Keeps spine elastic, relieves muscular problems in the back and hips, removes adhesion in the joints caused by rheumatism, increases synovial fluid of joints, tones roots of spinal nerves, and sympathetic nervous system, massages the abdominal muscles, relieves digestive problems, benefits gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, liver and bowels. Brings peace of mind, relieves disorders of nervous system. Pranic benefits includes removing numerous diseases.
Poetry
Christmas Poem
A Christmas Carol
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1799)
The shepherds went their hasty way,
And found the lowly stable-shed
Where the Virgin-Mother lay:
And now they checked their eager tread,
For to the Babe, that at her bosom clung,
A Mother’s song the Virgin-Mother sung.
They told her how a glorious light,
Streaming from a heavenly throng,
Around them shone, suspending night!
While sweeter than a mother’s song,
Blest Angels heralded the Saviour’s birth,
Glory to God on high! and Peace on Earth.
She listened to the tale divine,
And closer still the Babe she pressed;
And while she cried, the Babe is mine!
The milk rushed faster to her breast:
Joy rose within her, like a summer’s morn;
Peace, Peace on Earth! the Prince of Peace is born.
Thou Mother of the Prince of Peace,
Poor, simple, and of low estate!
That strife should vanish, battle cease,
O why should this thy soul elate?
Sweet Music’s loudest note, the Poet’s story, —
Didst thou ne’er love to hear of fame and glory?
And is not War a youthful king,
A stately Hero clad in mail?
Beneath his footsteps laurels spring;
Him Earth’s majestic monarchs hail
Their friend, their playmate! and his bold bright eye
Compels the maiden’s love-confessing sigh.
“Tell this in some more courtly scene,
To maids and youths in robes of state!
I am a woman poor and mean,
And therefore is my soul elate.
War is a ruffian, all with guilt defiled,
That from the agéd father tears his child!
A murderous fiend, by fiends adored,
He kills the sire and starves the son;
The husband kills, and from her board
Steals all his widow’s toil had won;
Plunders God’s world of beauty; rends away
All safety from the night, all comfort from the day.
Then wisely is my soul elate,
That strife should vanish, battle cease:
I’m poor and of a low estate,
The Mother of the Prince of Peace.
Joy rises in me, like a summer’s morn:
Peace, Peace on Earth! the Prince of Peace is born.”
Music
Music Websitehttp://pitchfork.com/
Christmas music history (from music education site at about.com)
Title of the Song: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788), younger brother of John Wesley. Charles was a hymn writer and a poet, also known as one of the poeple who began the Methodist movement in the Church of England. The said song appeared in 1739 in a book called Hymns and Sacred Poems.
Interesting Fact: To celebrate the invention of the printing press, Felix Mendelssohn composed a cantata in 1840 called Festgesang or "Festival Song". The melody of Mendelssohn's cantata was then used by William H. Cummings and adapted it to the lyrics of Wesley's "Hark the Herald Angels Sing".
Lyrics (Excerpt):
Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled"
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
For those with a Kindle this blog can be located at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FQJHC4
New Online Crystal Healing training course is available at http://crystalartsandhealth.coggno.com/shopMy book Crystal Healing & The Chakra System has recently been published. It covers the Chakra system, Crystal identification and uses, making crystal essences and meditation with crystals.
I am an Herbalist and Crystal Healing Practitioner and have a line of products Crystal Essence TM that combine, aromatherapy, herbal products and crystal essences for "Holistic Wellbeing for Auric & Physical Body"
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 or stocking fillers.
Healing
Pearl – Regulates glandular functions, assimilation of nutrients, balances emotions, increases tolerance, energizes sacral chakra, reduces, worry, anxiety, frustration, helps focus on who we are. To ease lower back pain, place pearl at sacral chakra, black tourmaline above head, below feet, lodestone at the base of neck. To release stress worry, or overcome addiction place pearl at solar plexus, clear quartz above head, smoky quartz or other grounding stone at feet.
Herbalism
Lime Blossom (Tilia europea)
Nervine, anti-spasmodic, diaphoretic, diuretic, mild astringent.
Renowned prophylactic against development against arteriosclerosis, hypertension, relaxing properties useful in treatment of some migraines, feverish colds and flu. Combines with hops for nervous tension, mistletoe and hawthorn for raised blood pressure and with elderflower in the common cold.
Dosage: pour a cup of boiling water onto 1 teaspoonful of blossoms and leave to infuse for 10 minutes three times a day.
Bad Circulation
Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Astringent, circulatory tonic. Increases strength and tone of veins. Can be used internally and externally.
Dosage pour a cup of boiling water onto 1-2 tsp of dried fruit, infuse 10 to 15 minutes, drink x 3 a day or use as a lotion.
Yoga
The Spinal Twist
Ardha Matsyendrasana
Keeps spine elastic, relieves muscular problems in the back and hips, removes adhesion in the joints caused by rheumatism, increases synovial fluid of joints, tones roots of spinal nerves, and sympathetic nervous system, massages the abdominal muscles, relieves digestive problems, benefits gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, liver and bowels. Brings peace of mind, relieves disorders of nervous system. Pranic benefits includes removing numerous diseases.
Poetry
Christmas Poem
A Christmas Carol
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1799)
The shepherds went their hasty way,
And found the lowly stable-shed
Where the Virgin-Mother lay:
And now they checked their eager tread,
For to the Babe, that at her bosom clung,
A Mother’s song the Virgin-Mother sung.
They told her how a glorious light,
Streaming from a heavenly throng,
Around them shone, suspending night!
While sweeter than a mother’s song,
Blest Angels heralded the Saviour’s birth,
Glory to God on high! and Peace on Earth.
She listened to the tale divine,
And closer still the Babe she pressed;
And while she cried, the Babe is mine!
The milk rushed faster to her breast:
Joy rose within her, like a summer’s morn;
Peace, Peace on Earth! the Prince of Peace is born.
Thou Mother of the Prince of Peace,
Poor, simple, and of low estate!
That strife should vanish, battle cease,
O why should this thy soul elate?
Sweet Music’s loudest note, the Poet’s story, —
Didst thou ne’er love to hear of fame and glory?
And is not War a youthful king,
A stately Hero clad in mail?
Beneath his footsteps laurels spring;
Him Earth’s majestic monarchs hail
Their friend, their playmate! and his bold bright eye
Compels the maiden’s love-confessing sigh.
“Tell this in some more courtly scene,
To maids and youths in robes of state!
I am a woman poor and mean,
And therefore is my soul elate.
War is a ruffian, all with guilt defiled,
That from the agéd father tears his child!
A murderous fiend, by fiends adored,
He kills the sire and starves the son;
The husband kills, and from her board
Steals all his widow’s toil had won;
Plunders God’s world of beauty; rends away
All safety from the night, all comfort from the day.
Then wisely is my soul elate,
That strife should vanish, battle cease:
I’m poor and of a low estate,
The Mother of the Prince of Peace.
Joy rises in me, like a summer’s morn:
Peace, Peace on Earth! the Prince of Peace is born.”
Music
Music Websitehttp://pitchfork.com/
Christmas music history (from music education site at about.com)
Title of the Song: Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788), younger brother of John Wesley. Charles was a hymn writer and a poet, also known as one of the poeple who began the Methodist movement in the Church of England. The said song appeared in 1739 in a book called Hymns and Sacred Poems.
Interesting Fact: To celebrate the invention of the printing press, Felix Mendelssohn composed a cantata in 1840 called Festgesang or "Festival Song". The melody of Mendelssohn's cantata was then used by William H. Cummings and adapted it to the lyrics of Wesley's "Hark the Herald Angels Sing".
Lyrics (Excerpt):
Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled"
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
For more information on Crystal Healing or Herbalism, see http://www.crystalartsandhealth.org.uk/ Theatre, Music, Yoga, Poetry, www.caraemoore.co.uk
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