Over the years, I have had one question asked so many times

“Is it better to meditate at night, inside or outside? Early Morning?”

Look I have to tell you it does not matter when you meditate as long as you do it everyday.  However, on saying that many people like to meditate when there is a moon.  Others like to do an open eye meditation on a particular star.

I love meditating outside when the moon is up as it has particularly strong energies and influences us in many ways.

One of my acquaintances is a Naturopath and she tells all her clients whether they meditate or not to sit outside EVERY MONTH when the moon is full as its energies balance the Pituitary Gland.  So, if you’re not into meditation grab a cup

Of herbal tea and sit on chair where the moon can shine on you, sip quietly on your cuppa and JUST BE.

Genevieve Lewis Paulson has a great book called Meditation and Human Growth, and says in pages 55 & 56 the following about meditating when the moon is there in all its glory.

The Moon

The Moon has a particularly strong influence on us, its effects changes with each cycle.  As you learn to work with the Moon’s energies you will speed your efforts.

Full Moon

Full Moon energies help us to cleanse our three lower bodies, physical, emotional and mental.  People can become quite emotional during this period.  They can also become quite irrational which is a mental body dysfunction.  The physical body can be “out of sorts” or heavy.  If much of the cleansing is already done for these bodies, or if you give special time to use these energies to do what needs to be done, then the energy will become “pure”.  It can then be used quite productively in various ways.  It is free for your use.

Full Moon Meditation

Be in a comfortable position.  Open your mind to Full Moon energies.  Let them be balanced in your brain.  Bless any problems, which come to mind.

Release them for a moment and let your mind be peaceful for a while.

Alternately tighten and relax the belly area a few times.  Then with a relaxed belly (emotional) area, feel the Moon’s energies strengthening it.  Release any problems for the moment and let the belly area be peaceful.

Stretch your body, relax it, and then stretch again.  Release tensions and allow the energy to come in as strength.  Meditate on projects you would like to tackle.

She also says this about New Moon energies –

“New Moon energies are strongest about five days before and after the New Moon, when there is almost no Sun reflection from the Moon on us.  This allows the energies from the galaxy to reach us more powerfully, as the sun does not diffuse them.  These are called Galactic energies, and do not affect as heavily people who are not using their higher bodies in a concentrated manner.  These energies can bring in great strength.  Meditations on higher planes will be greatly enhanced during this period.  Insights from higher levels or planes are quite likely to come during this period.  Over meditating during this time can bring in too much galactic energy, which can leave you feeling like your mind is blown.

Yes, occasionally you will find me quoting some authors, I have read over the years.  Authors that I intuitively trust and have used in my own training.

(I have also added a meditation video from Doreen Virtue for a FULL MOON meditation at the end of this blog Post – Do it it is AWESOME!)

Have you a special meditation spot?

I live ½ way up a mountain on 1-½ acres.  I have a spot in my garden where I meditate, when I intuitively feel I need the influence of the energies outside the house. It has a Bench on a bed of small river pebbles, a bush rock wall in a semi circle with large trees around and a 270-degree vista.  Very Powerful energetically.  I always ask for Guardian Angels to constantly be on the North, South, East and West sides of my home and garden, also it is filled with Faeries, Elves and Nature Spirits.  It is something my partner and I have created with love and light.  You know we even find our 3 little dogs sitting on the bench in the meditation area!

The reason I am telling you this is because no matter where you are, you can make a special spot in your, home, home and garden, balcony  – where-ever takes your fancy for your meditation area.  Even if you don’t believe in meditation, create this spot as your “Quiet time” area.  Tell others when you are in this place you need space for about 30-45 minutes.  I guarantee you will feel the benefits.

Until next time,

Love and Light

Maggie

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I believe Everyone falls in love with Gemstones from the Mineral Kingdom.

They have such wonderful metaphysical properties that can help us in all ways.

I very much believe in Vibrational medicine and regularly use Flower Essences and Crystal Elixirs in conjunction with my other practices.

Making Crystal Elixirs is very easy and well worth doing with powerful results.

Most crystals can be used to make powerful elixirs.

So what is a Crystal Elixir?

It is a preparation of mineral water infused with the energies of the crystal with which it is fortified.

Before preparation of the Crystal Elixir, I choose my crystal and then consciously program the crystal to facilitate enhanced transfer of the energies desired, For Example a “winter tonic” for daily use, or de-stress, no more aches and pains.  What-ever you desire.

Without programming all the energies would be transmitted but with no specific direction for them.

You may also use several programmed crystals to make a “Multi” Crystal Elixir.

Another thing you can do and I do often is to Infuse Carrier Oils used for Massage with programmed Crystals, thus creating a very powerful blend when Essential Oils are added.

So now for the instructions on “How” –

You require; your selected cleansed and programmed Crystal/s, Mineral water or distilled water, a glass Jar or glass bowl.  How big? Depends on the size of your crystal/s.

NO METAL BOWLS OR LIDS PLEASE – this is very important.

The Crystal/s are then placed in the water within the glass jar or bowl. You place it outside a full 24 hours so it captures the sun during this time.  To make your Elixir even more powerful is to make batches when you know the moon if full.  So you would leave each batch a full 24 hours, capturing the sun and the moon energies.

Once a full 24 hours is up you then take the Crystals out and bottle the elixir, it can then be consumed as you wish.  I drink this like I would water, or add it fruit jellies when I make them.

An Alternative Method is to place the water in a large glass bowl and the Crystal in a Glass and add then add it to the water.  This method can stop the water being contaminated by anything in or on the crystal.

The lesson below will teach you how to make an Enhanced “Mother Elixir” a little more involved, but well worth doing and powerful beyond measure!

It involves the following:

Place the crystal or crystals (You can make a Powerful Elixir using several crystals) of your choice in a CLEAN glass container with distilled water (use no other water please). Making sure it is the day of either the Full Moon or New Moon place the container outside in the sun (cover with a glass top).

Leave for a full 7 days to allow for the complete energy transfer.  Once this time has elapsed you then bring the container inside and place it in a very dark cupboard for another 7 days, with the crystal or crystals of which the gem elixir is being prepared surrounding and pointing towards the centre of the elixir.  You must use 7 crystals.

Note: If you haven’t 7 of the same crystals, substitute with Quartz Crystals.

After this process (14 days = 7 outside, 7 in a dark cupboard) mix in

one once of good quality brandy.  This stabilizes and maintains the frequencies of the energies contained in the elixir.

This mother Elixir should be stored in a Dark brown bottle in a Dark cool location.

Consumption: 2-3 drops under the tongue twice daily.

I have made Gem (Crystal) Elixirs and “Mother” Elixirs for a long time and learnt how to do this by attending a fabulous workshop in 1995 (Yes, I still have my notes), so that says how many years ago!  (Gulp, where has all the time gone!)

During the month, please try making a batch of Elixir.  It is fun; if you have children, let them help.  The results are a powerful energetic way to help keep healthy, relieve stress or whatever you programmed the crystal for!

That is all I have for you today on Making Gem (Crystal) Elixirs – please let me know how you go.

Love and Light

Maggie

Pendulum dowsing has also been called “divining” for its ability to provide information and predict the future. Pendulum dowsing is a method of divination that is rarely requested by clients, and is highly underrated. Dowsing offers you the access to an inner wisdom; it can be a fun and simple way to begin to measure energy fields and is an excellent way of speaking directly with our intuition. It is a very ancient art and is said to date back well over 6 thousands years.

The term “pendulum dowsing” is often used to refer to the search for specific targets, while the term “pendulum divining” is most often used in reference to seeking precise information. Plus… … just to confuse you more (ha-ha) there are also those who study “Cosmopathy” which is study and experimentation using pendulum dowsing, pyramid energy, and cosmic rays. There are also some New Age believers who use pendulum dowsing as a communication tool with their Spiritual Guides.

However, today, we are concentrating on something that is so simple and accurate; once you get started you will be using it all the time – ‘Pendulum Dowsing”.

So what can be used for a Pendulum?

Well anything can be used that you can hang on a string or chain or even the chain itself. I find that I don’t just use one thing; I use one of my gold chain bracelets or necklaces, even my very old gold cross. You will find once you start dowsing, you will get a feel for what works for you. I have even used my bunch of keys on my key ring, when in a Supermarket to ask a question as I had forgotten to wear my gold chain.

You know when I first started dowsing, I thought I had to follow hard and fast rules, but I have since come to the conclusion that seeing Pendulum dowsing is an ancient art of accessing information not available to us through the use of our senses there are no hard and fast rules.

I use pendulum dowsing all the time for –

Answers to questions I am not sure about – (You know the ones – the biggies!)

• To find something,
• Compatibility with another person,
• Suitability for a career,
• General health-related questions,
• Whether a food or food group is good for me
• Where to plant various plants in the garden to achieve maximum success
• And much more.

I have also asked my pendulum whether I can ask a question for another person or regarding another person, sometimes it will say ‘Yes” another time it will say “No”

So how do you do this, well I hold what-ever I am using between my thumb and forefinger and have my arm to my elbow close to my body so the pendulum is hanging, then I ask it a yes or no question.

Now I know what ways my pendulum will swing for me – meaning I know when it says ‘Yes” or “No.” If you are new to this, you have to work out what ways the pendulum will swing for those 2 commands. So all you do is ask “Show me Yes” and wait for it to swing in a direction – remember which way, then ask again “Show me No” and watch as it shows you the direction of know.

I find for me the Yes command is a circle around and around, and a no command is swinging back and forth – But as I said before, each one of us is an individual, so you much work out which way the pendulum swings for you.

Pendulum dowsing is much more than asking yes and no questions, but this is the basic dowsing that you need to learn and get really good at first.

Once you get used to the basics and incorporate it into your daily life, you can start to get more in depth if you wish, such as over maps and charts, to find ley lines, or finding lost objects or persons in relation to a map or chart, finding water and minerals just to name a few. If you want to find water, I have been told a diamond pendulum is ideal.

There are a few other fantastic crystals you can use -

A rose quartz dowsing pendulum is very good for chakra healing and for dowsing on emotional matters.

Bloodstone when dowsing for answers concerning money, financial or legal outcomes.

Moonstone dowsing pendulum is very good when you want to connect with higher level beings and for issues dealing with emotions and relationships.

Smoky Quartz dowsing pendulum to find answers dealing with depression (cause or treatment) and other emotional issues.

Before I close today I want to remind you of one thing – ALWAYS say thanks for the answers you are given. Gratitude and a thankful heart is one way to make your energetic connection stronger.

That’s all I have for you today. I look forward to your comments and questions.

Love and Light

Over time I have had many discussions with people on Alternative Therapies as I am a complete convert. Today this post as been written as so many of you have written asking some quite interesting questions which I just love reading, and hope this post sets you thinking. A lot more posts on Alternative Therapies will come out over time.

Alternative therapy encompasses a variety of disciplines that range from diet and exercise to mental conditioning and lifestyle changes. Alternative therapy and complimentary medicine mark the earliest and probably the most sustained efforts of humanity to combat diseases and ailments.

Alternative therapy (or alternative medication) is sometimes described as a non-conventional approach to healing, but alternative health therapies include things like energy healing, holistic therapy, massage, acupuncture, meditation, crystals, and many other approaches to health and wellbeing matters practiced by cultures who are still here today to tell the tale. After thousands of years of fruitful survival of these peoples including American Indians, Australian Aboriginals, The Chinese Empires, etc I would ask that You be the judge and consider history’s incontrovertible messages. Why? Because scientifically-validated practices have yet to be subjected to the ultimate test……………TIME.

Alternative/ Complementary

Alternative medicine means treatments that you use instead of standard ones. Alternative Therapy or Complementary Medicine (CAM) constitutes that stream of medicine which is prevalent in society but which is not recognized or authorized by the mainstream medical fraternity due to its want of scientific explanations.

Alternative therapies are traditionally those scientifically unproven therapies, which are used to treat pathological ailments that mainstream medical science is unable to treat. Research by Tindle,Davis, Phillips, & Eisenberg in the year 2005 have revealed that on an average seventy two million Americans have switched over to alternative therapies.

The times they are a changing, these treatments to mainstream medicine in the Western world has come of age in the new millennium and become more than just another answer to health problems, and practices include the use of herbal and vitamin supplements, meditation, massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, biofeedback, energy work, yoga, Ayurvedic medicine, and homeopathic treatment.

Alternative therapies are also much more focused on prevention which tends to get people more involved with their care. This adds up to hope for so many people, as alternative health therapies examine complaints holistically, healing and balancing the mind, body, and soul. . Complementary therapy usually serves to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life. They are intended to either complement Western medicine or as an alternative form of treatment, these therapies take a holistic approach to achieving a balanced body and typically will involve several modalities which differs from the isolated approach common in western medicine.

Massage

Massage also stimulates the nervous and digestive systems, and can relieve chronic pain and improve skin function. The term “massage therapy” covers a group of practices and techniques. Massage has the basic purpose of bringing about a relaxation of muscles, stimulating natural healing processes. Healing by touch is based on the idea that illness or injury located in one area of the body can affect all parts of the body.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is often used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for the treatment of insomnia. It involves the insertion of extremely fine needles into pressure points at clearly defined locations on the skin claimed to be energy points in order to improve the balance and flow of factors referred to as Yin, Yang, Qi and Blood. . Acupuncture is among the oldest forms of healing practice in the world, and is said to stimulate the body’s immune and healing systems.

Herbal

Herbal Remedies have been around as long as human kind. These, and folk medicines are those treatments for illness and injury that have been passed down from one family to the next over many generations, and are still in daily use amongst indigenous peoples around the world. Also, treatments involving essential oil etc, are growing in popularity amongst western cultures in the form of Aromatherapy blends.

Research

Researchers are working to better understand the value and benefit of complementary medicine in breast cancer, and just about anything else that ails you Researching alternative health therapies online can be most helpful in finding the treatment which will help your condition. Research on the internet can open up a world of possibilities and potential cures.

Alternative health therapies have the capacity for providing better health, improving the quality of life, giving a sense of well-being and imparting an overall sense of control over oneself. All of these practices come with a guarantee of having been tried by many, many times before. If they didn’t work would they have survived this long?
The final question could be, what else is out there that has been lost over time? What could be waiting to be rediscovered?

Love and Light

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and

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Ask me to write a list of things I use every day, the list would long however, on it will be Candles and Crystals!

For thousands of years man has been using candles for therapy. Plus
candle use has been practiced by nearly every religion.

Candle therapy unites the power of mind, body, and spirit.

From ancient times to the present, candles appear to have shone         their light through every transition from celebrations and                   ceremonies to proclamations and processions!

I believe the candle’s flame has always been a “metaphor” for the
soul!

Why?

Well, if you really sit and study the flame I find It possesses a  tranquil and almost hypnotic atmosphere to those who allow its power to  take them to an extremely special place..   I think it burns as a reminder and symbol of our desires because sometimes we feel we have to hand our dreams over to a force more powerful than us because we feel small and insignificant                                           .

Many meditation groups place candles and selected cleansed and programmed crystals in the center of the group.  By programming the crystals, for specifics chosen by the group ensure that the entire group is of the same intent. The Crystals allow one to reach higher spiritual levels during the meditation. The crystal magnifies one’s personal energy by aligningand connecting with universal power. The candle can center and align by concentrating on it’s flame.

Used together, these two enlightening tools make for a great
combination in any kind of energy work.  I am a qualified Reiki practitioner when I used to practice I combined candles, crystals and burn essential oils when working on others.

So how do you use Candles and Crystals together during a meditation session either alone or in a group?

Easy!

For a Group: place the candle and the programmed crystals in the centre of the group and focus your thoughts on the candle or get each group member to hold a crystal in their hands and focus on the flame.  I would try both ways and see which way really resonates with the group.

Alone:  Hold the programmed crystal in your hand and focus on the candle flame.

POWERFUL!

Remember, you are an extremely beautiful and loving spiritual being.  After the meditation please give thanks to the crystals, the candles and all our unseen friends.

Love and Light

Smokey Quartz Healing Crystal is an extremely grounding Crystal.  The Energies work well with the Solar Plexus Chakra and the Chakras located in the hands and feet.

Occurring in masses the colors of Smokey Quartz Healing Crystals can range from light to dark Smokey grey to black.

This wonderful Healing Crystal dissolves emotional blockages and negative energies thus allowing positive energies to enter.

A wonderful Crystal to hold when you are worried and need thinking time as it clears the mental channels allowing clarity of thought.

Balancing the Yin and Yang energies, Smokey Quartz Healing Crystal can also help ground you by helping you give attention to the NOW moment.

When used in meditation it tends to refine the vibratory energies allowing for clarity of thought.  It also can be used to initiate a powerful force field, which absorbs many forms of negativity both from within oneself and outer sources.

This Healing Crystal has long been used in Tribal ceremonies to protect from unwanted and detrimental forces in the ethereal realm.

The presence of sodium in clear quartz is said to produce the varying colors of a Smokey Quartz Healing Crystal so therefore can be used to help regulate the fluids within your body, plus aid in congestion from the physical organs and glands around the solar plexus area. It can also help with disorders of the hands and feet.

Vibrating to numbers 2 and 8, Star Signs Capricorn and Sagittarius.

Love your Healing Crystals as they Love you!

That is all I have for you today regarding the Smokey Quartz Healing Crystal.

Love and Light

A gorgeous Rose Quartz Ball

Many people ask me why I love Rose Quartz so much, so I thought I would tell you all about this “Stone of Gentle Love”.

The colours of this amazing Healing Crystal can range from soft pink to golden white.  It is usually found in granular structures, grains, and masses very rarely as lovely Crystal Structures.

Working on ALL of the Chakras it emits a calming, cooling energy that gently removes negativity replacing it with the loving gentle forces of self-love (very important – as we all need to love ourselves).

The awesome Rose Quartz Healing Crystal gives us the message that there is no need to hurry in any situation, that calmness, clarity of thought is the only way to go thus bringing harmony to our emotions especially if one has been living a chaotic life or is in a crisis situation.

The Rose Quartz healing Crystal balances the Yin and Yang energy and can attune each chakra to vibrate at the correct frequency.

What I love about Rose Quartz is that it is especially helpful to the heart and crown chakras.  The Energy is soft and silky and produces gentleness from without and within the user.

An amazing Healing Crystal the Rose Quartz brings peacefulness and calm to relationships, thus earning it the nickname “The Stone of Gentle Love”, promoting receptiveness to the beauty of art, music, the written words, stimulating the imagination and emitting the feeling of a fresh warm love.

Rose Quartz does not stop there; this healing crystal keeps on giving! It rejuvenates both the physical body and the emotional body.

On a physical level, it can be used to clear fluids in the cells of the body thus promoting the releasing of impurities, it can help with the kidneys and adrenal glands.

It can also be used to help ease the effects of burns and blistering due to heat.  If placed on the Thymus area it can help with coughs as well as the bronchial and lung area of the body.  Plus because it works so well on Heart Chakra area, it also helps with the proper functioning of the heart.

But it does not stop there!  Made into a Gem (Crystal) Elixir, it helps to clear the skin, reduce wrinkles and give a much softer complexion.

Now onto the Emotional Level, what can one say accept AMAZING!

Rose Quartz is the Healing crystal to use for stress relief and healing current and old emotional wounds, as it works so well with upper 4 Chakras, The Heart, The Throat, the Brow and The Crown.

It vibrates with the number 7, and Astrological Signs of Libra and Taurus.

No wonder I love this Healing Crystal.

Love and Light

Have you ever wondered what all the fuss is about in regards to Crystal Healing?

I know I did before I started to collect, use and educate myself about them.

So what is Crystal Healing?

Crystal healing is an alternative medicine technique that employs stones and crystals as Healing tools, it is a holistic form of therapy and vibrational healing suitable for all ages and conditions.

It is also non-invasive and gentle as well as being an ancient and extremely powerful art.

Crystals have the ability to absorb, store, project and focus subtle energies much like a rechargeable battery. They are said to direct the flow of energy to the person in a particular part of the body and bring about balance within the energy field.

Holding the purest form of vibration due to their molecular makeup, crystals can change the vibrational rate of ones aura and along with gemstones and minerals can be a powerful tool in teaching us how to heal ourselves

Crystal healers claim that every living organism has a “vibrational energy system.” Which includes chakras, subtle bodies and energy meridians (energetic pathways within the body). Crystal healing is a process of bringing our energy fields into perfect alignment and is not only a form of ongoing healing, it also opens a psychic link for channelled energy from the psychic to the person via their crystal, anywhere they may be on the planet.

When you have a Crystal Healing Session the Programmed stones are placed on specific energy vortexes of the body for example the chakras, plus specific crystals are also placed in various patterns around the body thus enabling healing. The human body is composed of many crystalline substances; the bones; the blood and DNA are crystalline in structure as well as the liquid crystal-colloidal structure of the brain. The result is to speed up or trigger a healing response within the body.

You know your Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health is an all-important aspect of being a whole and healthy person.

By Simply bringing the energy system back to balance, will in turn allow the body to release old patterns and revert back to its natural harmonious function, helping physical problems.

So many people over time have found that when used correctly Crystal healing is a very powerful tool to develop spiritual awareness as these wonderful gems all have their individual metaphysical healing qualities and meanings.

I like to think that the Present day interest in crystal healing is simply a continuation of mankind’s fascination with gemstones and minerals down through the ages.

We have a wealth of information in the pages of our site– why not grab a cuppa and learn more.

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Love and Light

Maggie

A big hearty welcome to THE CRYSTAL HEALING STORE,

We have many and varied things in the pages attached for you to look at, learn and add to your library and your crystal collection.

So I invite you grab a cuppa, sit back and take your time going through our site. ENJOY!

Love and Light

Maggie