Beads, beads & more beads
I am shopping. Shopping for gems, beads and jewelry at the Gem and Lapidary wholesale show in Orlando, FL. I visited table after table covered with all different shapes, sizes and textures of beads. Everything from A-Z is here. I found some really nice Lapis from Afghanistan, in shapes I hadn’t had before. I came across some citrine ovals. They will be used in an abundance necklace, I have been wanting to create. Because I bought many strands I was able to get them at a good price, which will make the abundance necklace very affordable. That is what makes going to a gem show so much fun, you never know what you will find, and sometimes you find real bargains.
Not only did I find beads, I found some exceptional pendants to create into necklaces. A Wonderful carved Quan Yin made from orange Carnelian and a Buddha carved from Nephrite Jade. From a Tibetan dealer I purchased some beautiful handmade Tibetan beads made with old Tibetan Turquoise.
With February just around the corner, I stocked up on hearts in a variety of gemstones, and bought pounds of rough Rose quartz, the stone of love. I am going to place some around the entrance to my home, creating a vortex of healing love energy.
I am going home with new treasures, I can’t wait to sit down at my work table and begin creating with these new gems. Inspired and ready to begin the new year with new ideas and creativity.
I received a massage yesterday. As I was laying on the massage table, feeling all the tight and tense spots my therapist was hitting I started remembering all the busyness I have been involved in over the past 2 months. Wow, it all came rushing past my mind. All the activity, all the doing, it was exhausting. This wasn’t what I wanted to be thinking about during my massage! Working with my breath to get past the soreness in my body, I began to relax more and more. I stayed focused on my breathing the same way I do during meditation, letting all the busyness float through my mind, instead of re- living it. Towards the end of the massage I really could feel a sense of peace within my body and my mind was much calmer. It felt so delicious. As I climbed off the massage table I felt the urge to find a gemstone that would offer me this same calm, peaceful feeling. Later that night, after dinner I started looking through some necklaces I had created over the last several months. My “show” necklaces. These are pieces of jewelry that are not yet on my web site, but are displayed when am I at art shows, and metaphysical shows. As soon as I came upon two Larimar necklaces I stopped. Picking them up I instantly began to connect to the peaceful feeling I had during my massage. I love the soft blue colors of Larimar and have always felt its peaceful and serene energies. I describe Larimar as the “stone of peace” because it offers such a peaceful vibration. You know the feeling, like when you are laying down on the ground, looking up at the sky, just watching the clouds pass you by. Watching the clouds drift and form and re-form shapes, some recognizable others abstract. No where to go, just laying back and cloud watching. That is the feeling I get from Larimar. Placing one of the necklaces around my neck, I was instantly brought back to my massage earlier in the day. I can’t take the necklace off, even today, it offers me the calm and peace I want to feel after a busy Holiday season. Peaceful Larimar, so calming. I might just have to go off to the beach and watch some clouds…..
I’ve been giving many crystal readings this last week. The beginning of a New Year is a fantastic time to get a reading. One of the things I see coming up in these recent readings is the need for people to be grounded. When we are grounded we are able to focus our thoughts, desires, dreams and intentions. There is great power in our ability to create when we are focused. If you have set yourself a New Year’s resolution, but already feel it slipping past you, maybe you need to be more grounded and focused on your resolution/intention. Using the gemstone Hematite will offer you this grounding energy. When we’re not grounded we tend to be spacey, we can’t concentrate or focus attention for very long. One thought after another swirls in our mind. This will prevent us from creating the very thing we are wanting. Holding a Hematite stone will help you find the mental clarity and focus you need to achieve your desires. While holding the stone, begin to think of what it is you are wanting, continue to feel the stone in your hand and visualize what your desired outcome will be. Stay with this for 5-10 minutes, always coming back to the stone in your hand when your mind begins to stray. I find it helpful to write down the intention, using as much description as I can, getting clearer and clearer in my desire while holding the hematite. Connect to the emotion of the desire. I also wear my “Power & Vitaltiy” Chakra Bracelet. This bracelet uses Hematite and Garnet to help connect to the grounding energies.
End of the year Crystal ritual:
Happy Solstice!
I feel like one of Santa’s Elves,spending these December days in my work studio creating jewelry just as fast as I can, filling all the wonderful orders I am getting through my web site.
Spirals of Light is a gemstone jewelry company that I started in 1994. We specialize in Chakra jewelry, Yoga jewelry, Healing jewelry and sell high quality Crystals and Gemstones. I also teach classes on how to use crystals and gemstones in everyday life as well as offer consultations and crystal readings. Working with stones has been my passion for the past 20 years. I developed my chakra and yoga jewelry lines as a way to help me maintain my own yoga and meditation practice. I started this blog as a way to continue my exploration into the world of Crystals, Gemstones, Chakras, Yoga, Meditation & Spiritual Awakening. I hope you will join me in this discovery.