Even Just Five Minutes Counts

Even Just Five Minutes Counts

Today I couldn't fit a full-length yoga practice into my day, but sometimes you have to get it in where you can fit it in. Still I haven't missed a day of yoga yet and I don't plan to start even if I am getting over an upper respiratory tract viral infection. "I went to the doctor and guess what he told me" to quote Sinead O'Connor in the late Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U". Well his advice certainly wasn't about having fun. He told me to rest and that is exactly what I'm going to do. Sip some tea. Study. Read a book. "Watch a thing," as Jay says. I'm going to chill out. So goodnight people. 👍

Busy Day

Busy Day

Today was a crazy day where nothing went according to planned except cuddling in Jay's arm and telling him all about it. That was the best part of an otherwise dismal day. I was clutching my mostly green rainbow flourite crystal by the end of it all and taking deep breaths. And then there were taxes and a doctors appointment to make, along with woes. Tomorrow is another day.

One Step Forward And...

One Step Forward And...

Well you know how it goes sometimes, the one step forward and the whole "two steps" dilemma can screw things up sometimes -- turn them on their heads. I spent a lovely lazy Sunday with Jay and we went to the gaming party Open Battlestar and from there my energy levels took a dive again. I'm going to get it all checked out tomorrow so stay posted. Finger's crossed that everything's A-OK. See you on the flip side people.

Healing Energy

Healing Energy

Talk about healing energy! Today was all about it. I could feel my own coming back so much stronger. I have been working with the frequencies of colors both in meditation, chakra healing and in invocation of color energy as well. Today I called upon the spiritual, mind-body-soul connection of the healing purple ray. I've been drawn to it a lot, which has led me to work with lavender essential oil, amethyst crystal, Archangel Uriel and the calming, gentle nature of restoration that it brings with it. I am feeling blessed and grateful.

Crystal Madness

Crystal Madness

So lately I've been pretty engrossed in working with crystal energy. I am exploring the metaphysical properties of shungite and flourite and dreaming up crystal layouts and recipes for crystal elixers. Not surprisingly, I want to create a few for energizing the body and fortifying stamina. I also have ones in mind for immunity and health and vitality. When I create some, I'll post a few layouts and recipes on my blog. It should be a fun summer project to dream up recipes and various crystal healing formations. This is gonna be great fun!

Thoughts On Drishti

Thoughts On Drishti

In yoga we hear a lot about focusing your drishti. I recently read an online article in Yoga Journal's Yoga 101 section of their website that illuminated the phrase that you hear a lot of yoga class quite simply and elegantly and gave me much food for thought, as I contemplated just how and where I focused my eyes while practicing my asanas. https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/the-eye-of-the-beholder. The article made me realize that sometimes my constantly wandering mind (especially susceptible to roaming because of my chronic anxiety) could be stilled by concentrating on my drishti. I see drishti as a way of seeing and also a way of disengaging your monkey mind and tuning into your third eye to access that inner knowing that only each and everyone of use knows is our truest council. Practicing where I place my dristhi ( point of focus) in my daily yoga practice will enhance my energetic flow, soothe my racing thoughts and clear my 6th chakra, the anja point. This is just what I need right now. Clarity.

Working With Crystals

Working With Crystals

I've been working in meditation with crystals a lot. I've been particularly drawn to amethyst, selenite, fluorite and moldavite recently and lately I've been working with the energies of shungite. Shungite is a stone that is reputed for opening up your whole being to receive high vibrations of light body currents to facilitate a healing on the deepest of levels. I had lost a simple shungite pendant suspended from a piece a rope that I purchased recently. I'm hazarding a guess based on working with crystals that I've lost in the past and that have turned up out of the blue when I needed them most, that this time is no different. Shungite's innate intelligence for cleaning the energy field, together with the fluorite crystal I've been working with have had a synergistic effect on my well-being. Maybe the gentler frequencies of the fluorite were needed to work on my energy body for a while before shungite's energetic scrubbers  could go to work -- clearing my aura after a long illness. Once again my crystal allies have come valiantly to my rescue!