The power of this New Years Eve full moon/blue moon, can help us to get clear and focus on what we want to bring into our lives for the New Year.  What a great opportunity we have this Thursday. 

Full moon is a great time to energetically clear and cleanse your crystals and gemstones.The energy of the moonlight washes away anything that is no longer needed. I like to leave my stones out all night and into the next day so they can be charged by the light of the sun. The day before the full moon and the day after are also acceptable times to cleanse your stones. You can place them directly on the ground or put them on a soft cloth and lay them on a table where the moonlight will shine brightly onto the stones.  Even if you live in a cold climate, you can place you stones by a window so that they will get flooded with the glowing white light of Grandmother moon.
I often find that after I have placed my crystals in the moonlight, they have a brighter glow to them, shining, radiating and ready to be of service. All color gemstones can be cleansed by the moon too.

 

On New Years day take the stones and sit with them.  Just sit, breathe and reflect. See yourself anew, with a fresh start. Now bring your attention on what you would like to bring in for the New Year.

If you are having trouble focusing on what intentions you’d like to set for 2010, check to see if you have Hematite or any black stone in your collection.  Stones like Hematite are grounding stones and they can help you to focus your thoughts and desires. 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 begin to 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

 

Let 2010 be the year you focus on self awareness and well being.  While it’s nice to set intention on the outside world of needs and wants, its time to go deeper and look at our lifestyle choices.  Are you choosing a healthy life? Focus on setting intentions that will offer you well being.

 

 

If you’d like to bring a Meditation practice into your life, work with Amethyst

 

Make 2010 your year of Healing, choose a green stone like Aventurine

 

To bring more Abundance into your life, choose Citirne

 

Need help with your Exercise program, choose orange Carnelian. This gemstone can energize and stimulate you to get moving.

 

Is this the year to start that creative project? Choose a blue stone like Lapis or Sodalite, they open up expression and creativity.

 

For bringing in Love, choose Rose Quartz or any pink stone, to keep the heart open to love.

 

Connect to your Soul, inner guides and the Divine, choose the clear stones, like Quartz, Selenite, Apophyllite or Nirvana Quartz.

 

So whatever it is you’d like to bring into your life this New Year, there is a gemstone that can assist you in setting your intention.   All things are possible.

 

The New Year is a wonderful time to have a Crystal Reading.  Take a look at what 2010 may bring. For more information on Crystal Readings or to learn more on how crystals can help you in your life,

check out my web site. http://www.spiralsoflight.com/crystal-readings.html

During the holidays it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the parties, shopping and busy activities of the season. This year the best gift you can give your friends and loved ones is a healthy, relaxed YOU!  If you truly want to enjoy this special time of year, give yourself some self nurturing. 
Crystals and gemstones can help you stay calm, centered and focused during this stressful time of year.
Here are some ways to use Crystals & Gemstones to help you stay  in the holiday spirit of love, joy and happiness.

 

1. Stay focused.  We lose so much of our energy when we aren’t clear and focused on the project at hand.  Instead of multi-tasking, give yourself the joy of focused attention.  If you are having trouble staying focused, try using a Hematite or wear a Hematite necklace or bracelet.
Hematite is know as a grounding stone. Its also a stone to calm the mind. It can help us to sort things out and calm the racing mind. It helps with memory retention and is useful while writing. It also assists in dissolving negativity as it can transform the negative to a more pure state of love.
So, when you notice your mind racing around, reach for a Hematite and feel yourself grounded and focused.

 

2.  Ask for help.  Sometimes just simply letting others know you need assistance in all the preparations can relieve the pressure and feelings of doing too much.  If you are having trouble speaking up and asking for help, reach for a blue gemstone like Sodalite.  Sodalite can help you gently and calmly speak “your truth“, that is to come from you heart and express your needs to others, before frustration grabs a hold of you. No need to hit your melting point, speak up!

 

3. Rest.  Make sure you are getting the correct amount of sleep that your body needs. It’s easy to fall into erratic sleeping patterns with parties, travel, preparation, and other seasonal events. If you find it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep try sleeping with the gemstone Petalite. Petalite can take us to a dimension of rest and healing, to a space in which worries and concerns of this world are released.

 

4. Remember to Breath.  When you catch yourself holding your breath in stressful situations, remember to take a few deep breaths.  Breath in clean fresh air to rejuvenate  yourself, and exhale out stress. In stressful situations we have a tendency to breathe shallow. This can increase anxiety in our mind and body.
Choose a Quartz Crystal as a reminder to breath throughout the day.  Place it in your pocket, purse, near your desk, in the kitchen, wherever you will be. Every time you look at the crystal, stop and take a few deep breaths.  Remember to take it with you where ever you go throughout your day.  If you can, place several crystals in all the rooms of your house, car and office. Just breathe!

 

5. Nurture yourself.  Remember to take care of yourself with relaxing music, a evening bath, some quiet time. Use a Rose Quartz  as a reminder to love and nurture yourself. Rose Quartz is known as the “Stone of Love”.  Before we can love another, we must first learn to love ourselves.  Before we can give to others we must first take care of ourselves.

 

6. Stay cool, calm and collected with Fluorite.  Fluorite is my all time favorite stone for staying centered in stressful situations.  It has a cooling energy that helps us maintain our calm.  Reach for the cooling vibrations of Fluorite when you know you will be in situations that will challenge you.
 
7. Meditate.  It’s a known fact that meditation can help reduce stress, lower our heart rate and create peace within us.  Choose a purple Amethyst to assist you in meditation.  Amethyst is known as a stone of Spirituality and helps us to sit in meditation.  Give yourself the gift of meditation this holiday season and bring peace into your heart, mind and spirit.

 

May your holiday season be filled with fun, laughter, joy and RELAXATION!

 

For more information on the energy properties of Crystals and Gemstones go to http://www.spiralsoflight.com/gem-stones-crystals-properties.html or schedule a personal crystal consultation to learn how Gemstones can assist you in your everyday life.

 

 

Zincite has a very strange origin. Zincite comes from manufacturing facilities of zinc based paint in Poland. These crystals were discovered in vents of the smelters. Zincite is Zinc Oxide and Zinc that has become gaseous during the manufacturing process combined with oxygen and cooled forming brightly colored crystals of orange, red and green. These green Zincite crystals have an appearance of glass.

 

Their energy properties are quite special.  As I hold these stones I find myself quick to get lost in their unique characteristics and qualities.  They feel light yet dense in my hands. Some are like mini crystal  laser wands with an intense vibration that quickly moves up and around my body. 
I immediately wanted to arrange them into patterns and grids on my table, changing the layouts several times.  They seemed to open up a door of creativity for me.  Soon after holding the Zincite Crystals I went into my bead studio and began designing new necklaces with a flow and ease to the process of laying out and arranging the beads. 

While Zincite balances and brings energy to all the chakras, I felt these Green Zincites have a special connection to the heart. Opening the heart chakra so that whatever creative project you are involved in, you can come from a place of love in doing it.

 

When I come across rare stones like these I hesitate to sell them, because I’m never sure when I will be able to get more.  But these special Zincites have been boxed up for several years now and are waiting for new homes and new people to admire their beauty and uniqueness.

 

According to Robert Simmons author of “The Book of Stones“, Zincites are ideal stones for spiritual people who need to work on their lower chakras.  There is a tendency for spiritual people to focus on the higher vibrations of the non- physical domain and to neglect the material plane.  This can be revealed as low energy making it difficult for one to accomplish one’s goals.  Zincite can stimulate the three lower chakras thereby enhancing one’s life force, courage, passion, creativity, personal power and will. Once the lower chakras are activated Zincite’s energy moves on to the upper chakras carrying the awakened energies of the lower three.  This can feel like a  power surge to those unaccustomed to operating at their full energy level. Zincite can clear blockages and restore the flow of energy to the body.  Zincite’s energy can be very intense.  Most people who do not feel energy  can feel the energy of Zincite.

These rare Zincite Crystals are available for sale on my web site: http://www.spiralsoflight.com/gemstones-crystals-photo-gallery.html