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Soothing Amethyst Meditation

2/10/2021

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Hey there! I've been needing to take time for calming the mind and want to share this soothing amethyst meditation with you. You can do this alone or with others but make sure the space is cleansed, relaxing, and you feel safe. If you have any Amethyst crystals or jewelry, bring them along with you. We are going to amplify the purple aura of Amethyst with this meditation. This requires you to tap into your imagination! 

First if you have not already, clear and cleanse your space with actual smoke from herbs or incense or imagine a cleansing smoke moving through all corners of the room. You could also imagine a soft rain or flowing creek to cleanse your space. The idea is to generally clear the air so you can make it your own and fill it with new energy. 

Once you've cleared your space, find where you're going to sit, lay or stretch during this meditation. Now repeat the same cleansing process with any crystals or jewelry you'll be working with. Move your gems through smoke or water. You can do this physically or in your mind, while affirming the clearing and cleansing of its energies.

To add another element of  calm to your senses during this meditation use Lavender. You can use lavender essential oil on yourself and crystals or steep some lavender tea to fill your space with a fresh cleansing scent. These little flowers are helpful in keeping pests away and smell incredible even just steeping in hot water or dried, added to a cloth bag and held close to the nose. Ahhhh, just imagining this is making me feel more relaxed.


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Now that your space and gems are cleared of any stagnate, old or trapped energies and vibrations it's time to ground yourself. Find your space in your room or area then get comfortable. You can sit, lay, stretch, or arrange yourself in any position that makes you feel calm. Present your gems before yourself, around you, or place on your body. Personally for Amethyst and most meditations I practice, I place gemstones on my forehead. You will begin to connect with your stones. The time is now. 

​Close your eyes. 
Begin by focusing on your breathing. 
In & Out. 
Relax all of your body, 
Release any tension within as you breathe.


When you feel focused - imagine a purple orb of light above your head, in your hands, or within your mind. 
Once your orb of purple light is strong imagine it inside your chest.
You can also place it with your hand.
Softly press your hand on your chest while imagining the purple light within. 

Once your chest is glowing with purple light imagine the light filling your head, heart, trunk, and legs all the way down to your feet. You are full of amethyst light and glowing through out your being. Rest here for a moment. Focus again on your breath. Inhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds, then exhale for four seconds and hold again for four seconds. Repeat this breathing pattern four times while focusing on your inner purple light and strengthening its glow. 

Allow the soothing energies of amethyst to calm and relax your being.
Pumping through your veins. 
Healing all your bones, organs, & being. 
You are enough. 

Now we are going to extend this purple light to our exterior.
Focus on your whole body glowing with purple light. 
Imagine another, new orb of purple light above your head or in your hands. 
Hold your orb. 
Slowly imagine your orb growing in size as you move your hands gradually more apart. 
When your hands and arms are fully extended your orb will be large enough for your being to fit inside.
Relax your arms while you remain within your purple aura. 

You are enough. 
Again focus on your breathing. 
Inhale for four seconds, hold for four, exhale for four seconds, then hold for four. 
Do this four times again while resting in your new purple home. 

Affirm: 
I am calm.
I am relaxed. 
I have plenty of time. 
I will accomplish my goals. 
I have a plan. 

I am safe in this space.
I am protected by my own light. 
I can calmly accomplish any task.
I am enough. 

​Add any affirmations here that you'd like to speak or think into existence. 
Focus on your breathing.
Open your eyes. 
Feel how you've filled the space with new energy. 
Feel free to light a candle and journal at this time. 

Peace to you! Be blessed. I hope this meditation brings you calm vibrations and soothing energy. 


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Crystal Care - To Heal & To Cleanse

2/5/2021

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I've always been drawn toward stones. When I was a little girl I'd scavenge shore lines for hours, entertained by all the colors while waters rushed over the surface. Being from Michigan and spending all summers on some kind of lake, I was particularly drawn toward agate and fossils which are quite abundant here. I had a sharp eye for petoskey stones too. I'd find them and bring them to my grand mother who always coveted the find. It's this inherent call toward nature and stones that guides me to make jewelry with gemstone beads as well as collect crystals well into my 20's. Who would've thought that childhood activity is so much more than a hobby. Rocks, crystals, gemstones..

they are my passion and I'll be the first in line to vouch for their effectiveness in healing humans. ​

There are plenty of studies PROVING that being in touch with nature improves our human lives. Don't believe me? Just search for scholarly articles about nature improving our metal health or simply the term 'Ecotherapy'. Take this one from Harvard for example. There is no one pill or activity that can just magically take your pain, trauma, sadness, anger, etc. away, BUT we, as conscious and highly intelligent beings, can put our best efforts into healing and growing stronger through these experiences and/or emotions. I say that crystals improve those healing abilities 10 fold.  Crystals, being part of nature and human cultures through the ages, even BEFORE Jesus was a thing, have quite the reputation for healing. For thousands of years people have used crystals for healing. There is no doubt in my mind as to the robust energy wells that can be tapped into through our connection with nature, mineral formations specifically. 

What do we do when we want to get better at something?

We focus on it. Similar to how we spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in college to study our favorite subjects, we have to put the time in to gain any experience, knowledge, emotional maturity, and credibility. So we need to put the time into ourselves to feel the benefits of crystals and study all the knowledge collected about them over the years. This is what I mean, We need to focus on it. Gemstones are a reminder of our connection between the earth and our beings: Body, Mind, Spirit, and Soul. Their colors, shapes, and intricacies inspire us and remind us of our inherent beauty. Their raw formations connected to the sacred geometry of life and our literal STEAM mathematics taught in school even through out college level courses. Their minerals comprised of the very same that we are made of, that we need to ingest to survive, and elements of that well known periodic table. So I say, let us connect with the stones. Allow them to remind us of our human powers. No we can't fly, but we can heal and grow and change and that is pretty fucking miraculous if you ask me. 

Using Crystals to Heal & To Cleanse

Healing ourselves and cleansing our spaces, physical and mental, takes time. It's hard work. It can be exhausting but improving your life is SO WORTH IT. When I tapped back into rocks, my life started getting better. It was the time I began questioning everything I was surrounded by. I reassessed my priorities. I wanted to change so I used gemstones and my business surrounding them to affirm my goals. 

I purchased a book called "The Book Of Stones" and dove right into reading about all my favorite stones which inevitably lead to meditating with them, shouting affirmations, and learning that gemstones have been part of humanity for thousands of years. Before many of the religions of modern day. There's something about gemstones that humans need. All we have to do is look within to find what we want to work on and apply ourselves to the change. 

If you don't know, for a while I was speaking very openly about sexual traumas from my younger years. I looked into stones that assist with healing from sexual trauma. There were multiple specimen known to help with that process. One particular stone is called Rhodochrosite, which I've been working with for several years.  It helped me so much, I purchased several more tumbled stones and cabochon to share with my friends and family. 

Healing is very personal. A lot of the work can only be done by you. Similar to our spiritualities. Everything we believe is very unique to our individual experiences. I can not tell you how to heal yourself but I can share with you a bit of what I did in this never ending process.

I believe that you are what you eat, down to the music to listen to and the people you surround yourself with. Even your thoughts are very powerful and can cause a great deal of motion in the world. I stopped listening to music that I felt degraded me and my mind. I stopped surrounding myself with people who took advantage of my kindness, generosity, and energy. 

I turned to gratitude for my life instead of always looking out into the world for validation. I remembered who I was as a little girl. Looking back at pictures of myself so young, adventurous, smiling with no fear... What happened to me? I'm still the same person but at some point I stopped wanting to wake up in the morning. I found the root of this depression and I've worked for several years to heal from it. I can say with confidence that my art, moving my body, and the loyalty of my family got me back to where I am today. With the help of gemstones, I feel the process was accelerated. 
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     Hi, My name is Citrine, I love to paint and make jewelry. I love gemstones, traveling, style, fine art, and making delicious food. I live by optimism and gratitude. My foundation is creative exploration, self portraiture, and photography. It is my destiny to inspire and create a sense of joy through entrepreneurship.

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