Meditation - Your New Year's Resolution?

Happy New year to you!

Last year my Blog (see January 2017) commented on ‘how the New Year gives us time to reflect on our lives, and work out what we want to achieve and how we can go about it.  We can turn over a new leaf, start afresh.

Many people make resolutions about improving health or fitness.  Sometimes our spiritual health gets overlooked. 

I believe we need to take a holistic look at our lives and as well as working on our physical health, we also need to look at our emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing’.

The blog also went on to look at how choosing a crystal and sitting with it can help us spiritually, to find calm, give us healing and perhaps give us answers to questions.

This year I want to revisit the topic of meditation (see Blog February 2012). I regularly spend time meditating myself and feel that its helps my sanity! Having the time to calm my mind brings peace to my whole being.  It often also brings me clarity, new ideas and wisdom.

Meditation doesn’t have to time consuming (although you can spend time on it if you choose to!) Just focusing on your breathing for 5 minutes can bring calm to your body and mind.  Give it a try, focusing on slow deep breaths, breathing right in to the abdomen.

There are many different types of meditation  and these days there are lots of ways to experience them through apps, YouTube videos, CD’s etc.

I have recorded 3 Meditation CD’s  (Morning and Evening - CD 1, Calm -CD2 and Chakra Meditation -CD3).  This year I want to record an updated Chakra CD that works with the 12 Chakras, so watch this space.

I also very much enjoy running Meditation sessions for groups and individuals of all ages.  It is very gratifying to see how people grow spiritually during these sessions.

I felt privileged to run a session for two young girls just before Christmas.  During their session they did three meditations and found inner peace and got such great insights into their lives. Seeing them so refreshed and relaxed at the end of the session was truly special for me.

If you feel that Meditation would be beneficial to you, I urge you to give it a try.  Buy a CD, try and app, find a class.

I run classes from my home in the New Forest.

I will be holding a Meditation session on Friday 12th January from 10.30am - 12.30pm

During these monthly guided Meditation sessions we study and meditate with a different crystal/angel/topic each month.

The session on Friday 2nd February will be a Crystal Meditation session.

These cost £10 per session.  The cost includes refreshments.  For Crystal and Angel Meditation sessions, you will be given the crystal that you meditate with and a handout.

I also run bespoke meditation sessions for individuals and small groups run at mutually acceptable times.  I can tailor these sessions for specific requirements e.g. spiritual development/angel/crystal/dragon meditations or to help with relaxation, anxiety, depression, moving forward in your life etc.

Please contact me via the comments below for location details.

Intuition

We all have an inner knowing, a gut feeling.  Sometimes we listen to this intuition, sometimes we don’t!

Whilst working in my treatment room recently, my eyes kept getting drawn to a piece of unpolished Moonstone that was in the room.

This happened a few days before I was going to visit a friend and I had the feeling that I needed to take the Moonstone for my friend.

Sometimes in our busy lives, we don’t always listen to our intuition and I can be guilty of this.  However, on this occasion I did go along with my intuition, even though I was not sure why I needed to take Moonstone to my friend.

It turned out that my friend had a problem that Moonstone can help with!  I was so pleased that I had listened to my intuition and my friend was delighted with her piece of Moonstone.

So my message from this Blog is to trust your intuition and listen to that voice within, whether it be a thought, feeling, a gut instinct.

Below is some of the properties of Moonstone

 
• Aids Intuition
• The feminine stone
• Helps Premenstrual tension,
• Eases period pains
• Powerful effect upon the reproductive cycle
• Helps conception, pregnancy, childbirth breastfeeding and the menopause.
• Soothes, calms & balances emotions
• Connected to the moon
• Aids empathy
• Aids digestive system, assimilating nutrients and eliminating toxins
• Helps develop psychic abilities
• Balances fluid imbalances
• Attunes to biorhythmic clock
• A stone of new beginnings

If you would like to connect more with yourself holistically, I run regular meditation session in Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. 

The meditation sessions are either Crystal meditations, Angel meditations, ‘general’ meditations, or meditations for spiritual development

The sessions cost £10 and include refreshments.

I also sell Crystals mail order

Please contact me via the comments for further information.

New Year

Happy New year to you.

The New Year gives us time to reflect on our lives and work out what we want to achieve and how we can go about it.  We can turn over a new leaf, start afresh.

Many people make resolutions about improving health or fitness.  Sometimes our spiritual health gets overlooked. 

I believe we need to take a holistic look at our lives and as well as working on our physical health, we also need to look at our emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing.

Working with crystals can help with this holistic approach as they work on all levels of our being -physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

So why don’t you pick up a crystal now.  Do it by intuition or see blog 'Crystals for these Changing Times' January 2014 for some ideas.

Cleanse it in a way that resonates with you (see blog of Oct 2013)

Ask permission to work with it (see blog of June 2015)

Programme it to help you in some way (e.g. help you to relax, clear your mind, energise you etc)

Get yourself comfortable

Ask that you are grounded and protected

Take your awareness to your breathing. 

Take slow deep breaths, breathing out tension, worries, pain

Breathe in the energy from your crystal.  Let it fill your whole being

Listen to your intuition as you may get information, ideas, things you can work on

Enjoy this time for you.

When it is time to return to your everyday life, thank your crystal for working with you.

Feel your feet on the ground

Visualise a bubble of protective energy surrounding you.

When you are ready, return to your everyday life.

Remember you can do this any time!

If you would like to connect more with yourself holistically, I run regular meditation session in Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. 

The meditation sessions are either Crystal meditations, Angel meditations, ‘general’ meditations, or meditations for spiritual development

The sessions cost £10 and include refreshments.

Forthcoming dates for January meditation sessions are:-

Thursday 5th January starting at 10.30am

Monday 9th January - start time to be confirmed

Thursday 12th January starting at 10.30am

Monday 23rd January - start time to be confirmed

Thursday 26th January starting at 10.30am

Monday 30th January - start time to be confirmed

Please contact me via the comments for further information.

Peace

Each year since 1981, the United Nations have had an International Day of Peace.  This is observed on 21st September and has been declared as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and amongst all nations and people.

http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

World peace would be a fantastic thing, but how can each and every one of us contribute to this? 

Sometimes we have to look at ourselves and see what we can do to contribute towards world peace. 

The lyrics of Michael Jackson’s song “Man in the Mirror” spring to mind:-

I'm starting with the man in the mirror

I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and make a change

So I am going to look at a few ways we can work on ourselves and bring peace to our own lives.  If we are peaceful in body, mind and spirit then this peace can spread to those around us and create a ripple effect.

Focusing on our breathing in a mindful way can be a good starting point.  Try breathing in peace into your Solar Plexus chakra (between your heart and your navel) and then breathing out peace to the world.  Take time to sit quietly for a few minutes during your day, focusing on the in and out flow of the breath and peace going within and around you.

Meditation is a good way of bringing inner peace.  There are many different ways to meditate.  Try focusing on your breath to clear your mind (when your breathing is calm, your body, mind and spirit will follow suit) and then sit watching the flame of a candle and use this as a focal point to rid your mind of outside influences.  This takes practice, so don’t give up if this doesn’t work first time!.  If other things come into your mind you can either ask them to leave, saying that you will deal with them later, or if this doesn’t work, go with these thoughts and see what comes to mind;  perhaps solutions to problems or ways forward will materialise.

Or you could use a mantra.  After focusing on your breath to clear your mind, say a word  or short phrase repeatedly to yourself, such as “peace” or “I am peaceful in body, mind and spirit”.

Crystals are also a great way of bringing peace into your life. Here are a few crystal suggestions and how they can help :-

Amber – encourages peacefulness                                           

Angelite – brings peace and brotherhood

                                     Hematite – restores peace to the body                                                 

Kunzite – radiates peace

                                   Lapis lazuli – brings deep peace                                    

Magnesite – brings deep peace to meditation

                                     

Rose Quartz -  brings infinite peace and unconditional love                

Selenite – instills deep peace 

Crystals can be held or carried.  Try holding them during your breathing and meditation practice.  Or keep them on you in a pocket throughout the day. 

Regular readers to my blog will know that I am a great fan of making crystal elixirs.  Use some or all of the above crystals to make a crystal elixir that you can either drink or use in a spray bottle to make a room spray.  Instructions on how to make crystal elixirs can be found in my October 2011 blog at http://julie-bodyinbalance.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/crystal-elixirs-elixir-of-life.html

Don’t forget that crystals need cleansing, energising and programming prior to use (see blog October 2013 http://julie-bodyinbalance.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/cleansing-energising-and-programming.html)

Also, ask permission to work with them (June 2015  http://julie-bodyinbalance.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/asking-permission-to-work-with-crystals.html)

If possible, and especially on 21^st September, take a few moments and sit quietly.  Use one of the above ways, or a way of your own choosing and become peaceful.  Feel this peace filling your body, mind and spirit and send that peace out to the world. 

May peace and love be with you all.

Crystals for Christmas - Selenite

In the autumn of 2012 I posted a blog about the crystal Selenite and how it could help with the then forthcoming energy changes.

There are many things that Selenite can help with and I chose to study it with my Crystal Meditation groups this December as I felt it would be a good crystal to help us all cope over the Christmas period.

Although Christmas can be a magical time of year for many, it can also be a very busy time of planning and preparation and for some a fraught time of trying to keep the peace and instilling peace and good will to all men, women and children!

I find Selenite a wonderful, peaceful crystal and I recommend it to you at the time of year and even throughout the year

Selenite also has many other qualities, some of which I have summarised below:-

• Selenite is a very powerful crystal.
• Selenite is a calm stone that instils a deep peace.
• Placing a large piece of Selenite in the house ensures a peaceful atmosphere.
• Selenite prevents anything external from influencing the mind and promotes clarity of the mind.
• It expands ones awareness of the self and ones surroundings.
• Selenite is excellent for meditation or spiritual work.
• Selenite assists judgement and insight.
• Selenite is a powerful disperser and stabiliser of erratic emotions
• Mentally, Selenite clears confusion and aids seeing the deeper picture.  It brings about an understanding of what has occurred at a subconscious level.
• Selenite works deep and rids a person of heaviness of time.
• Selenite helps to align the spinal column and promotes flexibility.
• Selenite reverses the effects of “free radicals”.
• Selenite has the power to stimulate cellular regeneration and may even increase one’s life span.
• Translucent Selenite helps to access the angelic consciousness and higher guidance.
• Selenite wands can be used to detach unwanted “items” from the aura.
• Selenite pinpoints lessons and issues that are still being worked upon and shows how they can be best resolved.
• Selenite can be used to see into the future or ascertain what happened in the past.

 

Using Selenite

Hold Selenite for the greatest benefit.

Selenite can be used to form a protective grid around a house, creating a safe and quiet space that does not allow outside influences in.  Place a piece of Selenite in each internal corner of the house.

It makes a great tealight candle, spreading its peace throughout a room

Note

Selenite dissolves when wet.

I find Selenite a very peaceful and calming crystal and one I enjoy working with.

I hope you enjoy it too!

Wishing you peace, love and joy this Christmas and for 2016

The Twelve Fifth-Dimensional Chakras

In August 2013 I wrote a blog about the 12 chakras.  In this blog I aim to expand on this subject.

As this planet continues to ascend, we are moving from having seven 

third-dimensional chakras to having twelve fifth-dimensional chakras.

I have read that the Earth Star chakra, (which is 30cm below your feet), is one of the first to come in as we need to be grounded to help us at this time. 

The crystal Hematite can help with this as it is a very grounding crystal.

Grounding Exercise

• Choose a piece of Hematite to hold (or another grounding crystal such as Black Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz, etc).
• Ask permission to use the crystal and programme it to ground you.
• Sit comfortably with your feet in the ground.
• Focus on your breathing – nice slow deep breaths.  When your breathing is calm, the body and mind will follow.
• Visualise roots (like the roots of a plant or tree) growing out of the bottom of your feet.
• See them as lovely, thick roots.
• Visualise these roots going down through your Earth Star chakra, (which is 30cm below your feet) and going deep down into Mother Earth.
• As they go deep, deep down the roots find and tie around a beautiful piece of Hematite deep in Mother Earth.
• The Hematite and Mother Earth keep you grounded and strong.
• Keep that lovely strong grounded feeling with you as you bring your attention back to the here and now, ready to face your everyday life.

Keeping your chakras healthy is a vital part of keeping ourselves healthy.  Knowing how to balance your chakras can help. 

I am running a Chakra workshop on Friday 13^th November from 9.30am until 3.30pm

The workshop will look at:

·                  What are the Chakras

·                  The 12 major Chakras and their function

·                  How they link with our physical & emotional health

·                  How we can keep our chakras “healthy”

·                  Using Crystals to cleanse and balance the chakras

·                  Meditation to cleanse and energise your chakras

Cost £50 paid for in advance  (prior booking required). The price includes a set of 12 chakra crystals and a pouch to store them in.

Please contact me for further information.

Asking Permission to Work with Crystals

During my monthly Crystal Meditation group, one of the group members, Joanne, (Joanne O'Hare from Divine Life www.joanneohare.com) got the message from the crystal that crystals would like us to ask them for permission before we work with them.  It was also requested that the message is spread to other crystal users (hence this blog).

So next time you pick up a crystal, ask permission from the crystal for you to work with it and see if it makes a difference with your interaction with the crystal.

It is something that I now incorporate with my work with the lovely crystals and also something I ask people to do during crystal meditations etc.

Also remember to thank the crystal for working with afterwards.


So why don’t you pick up a crystal now.  Do it by intuition.
Cleanse it in a way that resonates with you (see blog of Oct 2013)
Ask permission to work with it
Programme it to help you in some way
(e.g. clear your mind, energise you etc)
Get yourself comfortable
Ask that you are grounded and protected
Take your awareness to your breathing. 
Take slow deep breaths, breathing out tension, worries, pain
Breathe in the energy from your crystal. 
Let it fill your whole being
Enjoy this time for you.
 When it is time to return to your everyday life, thank your crystal for working with you.
Feel your feet on the ground
Visualise a bubble of protective energy surrounding you.
When you are ready, return to your everyday life.
 
Remember you can do this any time!