Friday 19 October 2012

My crystal super heroes


Following on from last time’s blog post, I must admit I looove my black tourmaline.  My home sanctuary has been undergoing a renovation and I was beginning to feel far too negative.  Within two days of carrying BT round with me I was feeling much more . . . well happy, positive me again. 

I’m going to continue to use BT (along with some others, keep reading for details) for the next two weeks as I have a couple of challenging weeks where I’m going to need all of my calming, soothing and un-conditional love qualities. 



So, talking about un-conditional love I’m going to blog about how I’m going to use my crystal super heroes.  Firstly, I’m going to use Rose Quartz as it exudes a very gentle and soothing energy.   It encourages forgiveness and helps to let go of anger, resentment and jealousy and promotes love, self-love, friendships, deep inner healing and feelings of peace.  Oh my gosh, just reading this I KNOW this crystal is going to help me. 

BT is next on my list along with Smokey Quartz to help ‘bounce’ off any negativity.  Finally I’m adding Amethyst for its calming and balancing properties and clear quartz to amplify all this wonderfulness. 



I’m so excited about using my stones during this testing period.  I’m going to create (using both direct and non-direct methods) a crystal elixir to sip on at regular intervals.  Using the same crystal elixir, possibly with some lavender essential oil dropped in, as a room spray and I’m going to carry these wonderful crystals on me in a gorgeous little organza bag for the majority of time. 

Kapow – negativity be gone and replaced with unconditional love. 

Come back next time to find out how my next two weeks have fared.

As always, thanks for reading and any questions or comments, I’d love to hear from you below.

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Friday 5 October 2012

Tourmaline

I’m often found sitting in front of a PC screen and recently I’ve found myself trying to multi-task too much and stress is beginning to creep in.  So I’ve decided to take a dose of my own medicine and research which crystal(s) may help.

After some research, Tourmaline fits the bill (especially the black variety).  There are many varieties of tourmaline including colourless (achrotie), dark brown/black (buergerite), brown (dravite), blue (indicolite), red/violet/pink (rubellite), green (verdelite) and black (schori).  It is therefore no surprise that tourmaline’s name is derived from the Singhalese word tourmali, meaning ‘mixed coloured stones’. 

Tourmaline is a naturally occurring mineral widely used as a semi-precious gemstone, and it has unique electric properties responsible for many beneficial health effects.

From the scientific point of view, tourmaline is known to generate a weak electric current, producing far infrared rays and converting moisture in the air to negative ions.

Unlike mechanically produced negative ions, those generated by tourmaline are completely natural and safe and have no negative side effects. In fact, many of the beneficial effects of tourmaline are thought to be brought about by the negative ions it emits.

It is also known to be helpful for improving circulation, relieving stress, increasing mental alertness and strengthening the immune system function. (Niwa Institute for Immunology, Japan. Int J. Biometeorol 1993 Sep; 37(3) 133-8).

Black tourmaline is an excellent grounding stone and helps to balance those who feel ‘spaced out’.  (This certainly applies to me at the moment with so many thoughts spinning around in my head).  In recent years, tourmaline has been closely investigated for its potential to counteract the effects of electromagnetic fields, which are thought to be harmful. Researchers suspect that the weak electric current generated by tourmaline suppresses electromagnetic fields immediate environment (so I’m finding my largest chunk of black tourmaline and placing in front of my computer screens where my IPhone also resides) 



We all know that we often encounter individuals or situations that emanate negative vibes and black tourmaline is ideal for clearing oneself and one’s surroundings of negativity and disharmony.

Come back in two weeks for an update.

Please don’t use tourmaline for making direct essences as it contains aluminium.

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