Also known as Bolivianite, Trystine, Amethyst-Citrine, or as Citrine-Amethyst. This stone is a combination of Amethyst and Citrine found in the same stone.

A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Ametrine: "Allow yourself to be playful, open-minded, and curious as you explore the mineral kingdom on this amazing crystal journey!"

 

Common Healing Properties of Ametrine:

Enhances lucidity

Aids in decision-making

Increases knowledge and wisdom

Protects you against outside energies

Enhances motivation & creativity

Promotes positive dreams and aids in their interpretation

Assists with emotional balance

Aids in receiving and interpreting Divine guidance

Helps you become open to your intuition and psychic abilities

Enhances meditation & facilitates a connection with the spirit

Helps you to manifest abundance, wealth, and prosperity

Encourages sharing

Promotes happiness and joy

Encourages a positive attitude

Enhances concentration

Helps you to overcome your fears

Increases communication

Balances your emotions

Instills inner-strength, power, self-esteem, and confidence

 

 

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Colors: violet with gold

Associated Chakras: Solar Plexus Chakra, Third Eye Chakra, Crown Chakra

Zodiac Signs: Aquarius, Leo, Virgo

Elements: Air, Fire

Companion Flowers: Crocus

Companion Essential Oil: Lavender

Companion Stone: Prehnite

Common Origins: Bolivia, Brazil

Notes: Also known as Bolivianite, Trystine, Amethyst-Citrine, or as Citrine-Amethyst. This stone is a combination of Amethyst and Citrine found in the same stone. This combination is due to uneven heating during the crystal’s formation. Therefore, it also embodies the properties of both of these stones.

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The staff at my new age shop, Mimosa Books & Gifts, had this to share:

Ametrine is a naturally occurring combination of amethyst and citrine. Both minerals have the same chemical composition, but when exposed to high heat purple Amethyst transforms into golden citrine. In ametrine, that transformation was only partially finished, creating a beautiful golden-to-violet range of color, uniquely combined in each individual piece. The combination makes it an interesting crystal metaphysically, connecting the solar plexus with the higher chakras, connecting physical and mental planes. In fact, it’s a wonderful crystal for communication, especially when connecting with the spiritual realm. Most pieces on the market are heat-treated amethyst since naturally occurring ametrine is uncommon. In fact, it was unknown in Europe until Spaniards brought some back from South America to the Queen of Spain.

Ametrine Lore:

There’s a legend that goes along with this origin story, saying that the ametrine mine was a wedding gift to a soldier marrying the daughter of the chief of the Ayoreo tribe. But soon it was time for the soldier, Don Felipe, to go back to Spain. His bride Anahi was torn between her husband and her tribe, but in the end, decided to go back to Spain with Don Felipe. The tribe didn’t want to lose her, though, and some of them conspired to kill Don Felipe.

Anahi warned her husband of the plot in time to save him, but was herself accidentally injured in the attack. As she lay dying, she gave Don Felipe a piece of ametrine, telling him the two colors represented her divided loyalty. He took some of the precious stone back to Spain, along with a broken heart. There’s still an Anahi Mine named after the young woman in Bolivia, where the stone comes from.

One Way to Work with Ametrine:

If there’s someone on the other side you want to communicate with, you can use ametrine to help make that connection. Find some small thing that belonged to them, or a photograph of them, or if that’s not possible simply write their name on a piece of paper. Place the ametrine on top of this, and cover the ametrine with both your hands. Be very focused on the person you want to communicate with. You may feel a message coming from them, and/or feel called to deliver a message to them. This technique also works for connecting with animal archetypes, guides, angels, etc.

 

The varieties Amethyst crystals are as diverse as they are beautiful, and becoming familiar with the differences and similarities in these treasured stones can be really helpful. That’s why, in my Amethyst Crystals from Around the World Course, I’ve shared information about the different energetic qualities of 12 different types of Amethysts from around the globe – because intimately understanding the unique characteristics of these crystals deepens our understanding of the mineral kingdom as a whole!

You’ll learn key information about Amethyst, like…

An introduction to Amethyst crystals including what makes an Amethyst, a brief history of the stones, and a tour of some examples of the stones from Ashley’s collection

An in-depth look at 12 different types of Amethyst stones including Brandberg, Chevron, Citrine-Headed, Green, Indian, Oaxacamer, Uruguayan, Vera Cruz, & more including their origin/locality, healing properties, identifiable features, etc.

A discussion about other Amethyst-containing minerals like Ametrine, Super Seven, and Auralite-23

As crystal healers, it’s important for us to be able to identify and differentiate lots of different crystal types as well as to understand the similarities and subtle differences between the stones we work with for healing. You’ll learn more about all of this when you sign-up for my Amethyst Crystals from Around the World Course!

 

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Hi, everyone, and welcome. Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing the amazing Kimberly Snyder. I you haven't heard of her, you must be living under a rock, she's amazing!

 

Kimberly is the founder of Solluna and the Feel Good Movement. She's also a multi-time New York Times bestselling author of the Beauty Detox book series and Radical Beauty, co-written with Deepak Chopra. Not to forget, she's also a nutritionist, renowned speaker, meditation teacher, certified yoga instructor, and holistic wellness expert. Basically the long and short of it, is Kimberly does it all. So Kimberly, thank you for being here today!

Kimberly Snyder: Oh Ashley, thank you so much for having me. I am so thrilled to be here today.

Ashley: Now, I am really excited to be chatting with you, because you have a new book out. It's called Recipes for Your Perfectly Imperfect Life. Last time you and I were chatting, you told me a little bit about why this project was so important to you and how this came to be. 

Could you share a little bit about the journey that this project took you on?

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Kimberly: Yes. So this book actually feels very, very different than my other books. I went through a lot personally around the writing of this book. Last year, my Mom ended up passing away really suddenly within six weeks. She passed within a few days of my son turning one. So it was one of those moments in our lives where we just had what I can only describe as an awakening. I felt like I had a Durga sword cut right to my heart. And it cut through all these layers. I started to feel this really deep clarity, I was looking at things in a different way.

I have worked in wellness now for over 10 years. When I look around, I can still see so much suffering, so much perfectionism and comparison within Instagram, all contributing to this deep feeling of not enough-ness, feeling like we're still not enough or not doing enough or not skinny enough. We don't know enough. We haven't got enough time by a certain age or whatever it is. So this book really came out of that. I was healing myself, and I was writing this book in that period. It's written with the intention, with the mission of helping women and everyone feel better, feel good, feel connected to ourselves.

Ultimately, this book was created to help us find more peace in our perfectly imperfect lives.

When I say feel good in our Feel Good Movement, it doesn't mean, oh, we're up and elated and happy all the time. It means we're connected to ourselves, to our guidance, to that inner wisdom. Through the ups and downs of life we go through so many cycles. Solluna, the name of my brand, means the sun and the moon. So it's in the dark period when seeds are planted. New beginnings come out of the darkness. So we certainly don't want to shy away from the darkness. It's then that we can feel connected to ourselves more and more. Again, find peace. It's not like, oh, we have to be happy once we lose 10 pounds or once we get that new job or we get the boyfriend or the wife or whatever it is. We can actually find it now.

The other thing I'll say is, the title Perfectly Imperfect comes from me being a recovering perfectionist and having eating disorders. I was bulimarexic. And I think that's why I was drawn to becoming a Nutritionist in the first place -- I was healing myself.

I think we teach what we need to heal in ourselves, what we want to learn.

Ashley: So true.

Kimberly: So, it was both. And I talked about this in the book... Our value really comes from us simply existing and being alive. We have these unique souls,

Hi crystal lovers, this week I'm so excited to be here with The Crystal Healer, Philip Permutt, author of the Crystal Healer series of Books.

 

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Ashley Leavy: Hello and welcome crystal lovers. Today I am interviewing the amazing Philip Permutt, of course, the crystal healer, as many of you know him by. I am Ashley Leavy of the Love and Light School of Crystal Therapy. Philip, I am so excited to be here at the Tucson Gem Show with you.

Philip Permutt: It’s absolutely lovely. I love it every year, yeah. Wonderful.

Ashley: Yeah, it's a great experience, and you've brought some things to share with us that I'm really excited about. So, today we're going to be talking a little bit about a special stone that you found, and that, kind of, works a little differently than most crystals.

Philip: Yes, this is--

Ashley: Thank you.

Philip: This is known as Doctors Stone, but it’s technically, Black Botryoidal Banded Agate. Black Banded Botryoidal Agate. Botryoidal Black Banded Agate.

Ashley: All of those things, right?

Philip: And, it comes from a place, Medicine Bow in Wyoming, which is a sacred Native American site. And it’s literally given up by the Earth. So, it comes from swampland. And the swamps just dry out in the summer, just for a few months, and they go and they literally collect them, so they take them all. And they use them in their own ceremonies, sacred ceremonies, and for healing. And the most amazing thing, one of the reasons why it's called the Doctors Stone, is because it affects everyone differently.

Ashley: Okay.

Philip: So, everyone...I know that we will play around with it just before, and you were holding it, and it went to your feet.

Ashley: My feet.

Philip: That's right. And your throat.

Ashley: And my throat.

Philip: And for me, it doesn't. For me, it just goes around my stomach. And today, my shoulders, which is probably to do with whatever I was carrying yesterday.

Ashley: Yes

Philip: That’s one of the problems with Tucson isn’t it?

Ashley: Yes, always. So, these stones are kind of born of the earth, in this swamp environment and they rise to the surface.

Philip: Yeah.

Ashley: And people go and collect just what's there.

Philip: Just what's on the surface, there's no digging.  Nothing.

Ashley: That's pretty amazing. I mean, if you want to talk about ethically mined crystals, these couldn't even be called mined, they could be called collected.

Philip: Yes, found.

Ashley: Found, yeah. And they have such a beautiful appearance. If you're familiar with Botryoidal Hematite, they almost remind me a little of that in appearance because of the color and formation, but they're so lightweight because of the Agate material itself. And they just have this way of when you hold, them feeling, I just feel this soothing, comforting warmth in those areas of my body that need that. And just holding it here, just for a few moments, I feel so calm and centered and positive.

Philip: And I've done this with literally hundreds of people who held the stone, and everyone just feels it where they need it. And it doesn’t matter if it’s something that’s physical-- especially physical...it just picks out those physical things. If you've got an old injury or something, it just goes straight to it. Is those weeks spots... you know the phrase, “stress goes the weakest spot in the body?”

Ashley: Yes.

Philip: And it's those spots it just picks out without being stressed.

Ashley: Yeah.

Philip: So even if you're not thinking about it, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't ache, it’ll just find and work on those areas. And it just releases that stress. And it's wonderful, but also for emotional stress, anything at all. So yeah, it really is unique in that way.

Would you say that this would be a good stone for people to work with who, perhaps, have a difficult time feeling crystal energy, because this comes through so clearly.

Philip: Yeah. I think one of the problems some people have is knowing...is recognizing what they're feeling.

Ashley: Yes.

Philip: So it's not whether we feel it or not, it's just recognizing we do feel something. And that can be difficult when you start working with crystals because it's just a different type of energy and it's not something most people are used to on the day-to-day. Right? And because these just go for this stuff that you do feel, you recognize it. And it doesn't matter what you call it or how you describe it, because everyone describes it differently. Like I was telling you actually if you took-- if you gave everyone a crystal in their right hand to hold, half the people would say their right hand felt something, and the other half would say their left hand felt something.

Ashley: Very true.

Philip: It’s that, sort of, balance thing. And it's a bit like if you took a sample of people for an opinion poll, and you took, whatever it is they do these days...I think in the UK it’s like 2004 people we now to answer the question. And, you get everyone to put their right hand into a bowl of warm water. And half people say they’re right hand is warm, and the other half will say they’re left hand’s cold. But actually, they’re all wrong. Their right hand’s wet and their left hand’s dry.

So, how we actually describe what we're feeling is irrelevant. It’s totally unique to each person. And I think what happens is our brain, sort of, goes, “Ooh! This...when I hold this crystal, this feels a little bit like when I was a kid and I got a little bit too close to the fire and, Oh! It’s hot.”

Ashley: Yeah.

Philip: And the brain’s doing that and trying to explain what this totally new unique feeling that you’re feeling actually means.

Ashley: And that's interesting because, in a lot of ways, the way that crystals work, we don't need the conscious understanding of exactly what's taking place, especially with a stone like the Doctors Stone, that's just doing the work that it needs to do. And this is, it’s just it's so lovely, I mean, obviously you would consider this to be relatively rare?

Philip: Very rare. Yeah, rarer than Diamonds.

Ashley: Yeah, because there are only so many that are birthed each year. But, luckily for everyone watching, you'll have this available for sale on your website.

Philip: I will do by the time we get back.

Ashley: Lovely. So of course, the crystalhealer.co.uk is where you'll be able to find this. And you've brought some other things today that I'm really excited to see. This is amazing. This has been one of the highlights of my trip, to actually get to hold this, because we’ve chatted about it in a previous interview. But you've brought some of your favorite personal crystals for travel.

Philip: Okay, yes these are, sort of, the traveling collection. Some of them are with me the whole time, and some specifically wanted to come with me on this trip.

Ashley: Okay.

Philip: So there’s some difference between them. So there are a few...this guy here, I don’t really know how close you can get to it.

Ashley: Let's see.

Philip: This actually is a skull carved from Green Tourmaline by the amazing Leandro De Souza, who’s one of the best carvers in Brazil.

Ashley: And if you can imagine, this is just an average sized Green Tourmaline crystal, but it has been so delicately carved into a little skull.

Philip: The detail is so amazing.

Ashley: With little teeth and all.

Philip: Yeah, and also growing out of a Quartz crystal.

Ashley: Just at the end there. And what is it that you--

Philip: Tourmaline, basically, is my go-to crystal for protection.

Ashley: Yeah.

Philip: So, just lots and lots of other things, but for protection, it really is my number one go-to crystal. And just the idea of this style, the skull, and the energy from the skull, and the protective idea of the skull. Also, the Buddhist idea of non-attachment, and just, we are just basically a skull or a skeleton.

Ashley: Yeah.

Philip: The rest is just dressing.

Ashley: Yeah. That’s true!

Philip: So yeah, he's always there and the other one that always comes with me on my travel is this guy, who’s actually a piece of Turquoise. And he comes from Whitewater Mine which is almost in America.

Ashley: Yes. Well, just about.

Philip: So, the Whitewater Mine is an amazing place, because it's on the border of Mexico and the US. And the entrance is in Mexico, but quite a lot of the mine is actually under the US.

Ashley: Oh interesting.

Philip: Yeah, so it is actually the same typical Navajo Turquoise basically, but for half the price - don’t tell anybody.

Ashley: And what's really great about this stone is you find so much stabilized Turquoise, and so a lot of what comes out of the American Southwest is still in it's very natural state.

Philip: Yes, absolutely, yes. And this is just literally tumbled. The thing about Turquoise is it’s also protective, specifically protective, for travelers.  And the American Indians like to use it for the idea of connection to the blue road. So you’ve got the blue road up here, and the red road which is the one we’re walking on. And the blue road is, sort of, your spiritual path, so it’s protection very, very much on that level.

Ashley: I love that.

Philip: And the other one, as well, that’s for protection is this cute little double-terminated, Smoky Quartz crystal. And Smoky Quartz is a really useful crystal because people that are around...you know some people don’t feel kindly to you all the time, and there are some jealous people, some unkind people, whatever...and Smoky Quartz crystals have the ability to send stuff back to where it came from. So,

Hi crystal lovers, this week I'm so excited to be here with the amazing Heather Askinosie of Energy Muse and co-author of Crystal Muse. So, thank you so much for being here with me.

 

 

Heather Askinosie: Thank you for having me. I love coming and talking about crystals.

Ashley: Well, it's our pleasure to have you. And you know, a lot of people are getting more and more into crystals now. But it just seems like sometimes people feel a little overwhelmed by all the different things that they can do with them. And one thing that I love about your book, the Crystal Muse, is that you make working with crystals so accessible.

Heather: Well, thank you.

Ashley: Yes. I mean, you make it something that anyone can do. It's not intimidating, you give great instructions. It's like my go-to reference now, and a book I always recommend to our students. There are some things that you talk about in there that I think are so important for keeping your energy body aligned and keeping your energy field clear. 

Could you tell us a few of your favorite things that you do with crystals to keep your field clear and aligned?

Heather: Well, I think that the fastest way to clear your energy field is to use Selenite because it is, in my opinion, one of the most high vibe crystals that exists on the planet. When I feel a little out of sorts, I'll go lay down on my bed and I'll just lay there with the Selenite on my chest. I kind of let selenite do the work.

Sometimes, I might add a thought of, “Please clear my energy and help realign me into my body, into my own inner power.” But it's almost as if light, a column of light, really infuses my body. 

I really like the wands, but I also love working with larger pieces of Selenite too. Sometimes it's as simple as just having something to hold on to, you know? I think it's easy to forget that.

Crystals are our tools, and Selenite is a really, really powerful tool.

So I feel like if you're going to have something in your crystal tool chest, Selenite would be my top recommendation.

Ashley: Yes, yes.

Heather: So, do you think that too?

Ashley: Oh, absolutely. This is one of my favorite tools to work with. I love the larger pieces too. And you know what? I don't always think the size matters so much. But there's something that just-- it's just that physical heft of it, that weight of it that just really gets into your body and gets connected.

Heather: I agree.

How much do you think intention plays a role in this work?

You said that you like to place the Selenite on your body and just say to yourself that you're intending to be more aligned. How much do you think that plays a role in what's happening for someone? Because you said on the other hand, you just allow the crystal to do the work.

Heather: Yes. I think it's a dance, and sometimes there's times where I'm at a place where I can really go there and be like, you know what, it's time to get centered and it's time to be aligned. And then there's other times where I'm not at that place, when it's been one of those days and I've had whatever with my family or with work or what-- just life. It's just a journey. Those days, I'm just like, I've got to just put it on and be like, “Help me.”

So, some days I definitely think intention plays an amazing role in our lives, because where intention goes and where our thoughts go is where energy goes. But there are times where I just need a crystal friend to lay on me and just help me get back to that point.

Ashley: So true.

Heather: So, that's how I work with them.

Ashley: You've mentioned that you have days that are a little bit rough where you just have to have a crystal do the work and help you out. I know that from personal experience and from working with people all over the world, that we tend to all have those days. Most people agree that it's because there are these energetic cords that are attached to us, and they drain us. This is a concept that's familiar to most people who are in our little metaphysical community.

What are some of your favorite ways to clear those cords so they can feel restored and rejuvenated?

Heather: Well, I actually did this last night. I do it a lot. What's so great about when you start working with crystals or you're in this community that we're so lucky to be part of, is that we are more in tune with when we're off-kilter, whereas with other people it might not be as noticeable. So for me, I will use my crystals or even just my hand if I don't have my crystals around. I take a look at my body and I do a lot of clearing around the spleen area.

For me, I always feel like I carry a lot of cords around my abdomen, or if somebody is energetically attached to me those cords will obviously be at my heart. But last night, I felt for me there was a lot of cords around my eyes, in my third eye area.

I use a really simple technique for dis-cording. You could even use the same piece of Selenite -- it's so multi-use.

So I will scan my body and somebody will pop into my head. And when I dis-cord, it’s not that I'm saying, “You're not part of my life.” It's not that. It's just that I have to have my energy field and you have to have your energy field. So it's not like we're not friends anymore or whatnot. It's just like you have your space, I have my space.

I visualize this cord, maybe connecting to another person, maybe not. And I cut it using the Selenite, but I will plug the cord into something else. I'll plug it into something with a high vibration, whether that's a mountain or if I know that they are more of a religious person, I will plug them into a nearby church, or whatever the frequency is.

After I've cut cords, what I'll do is I will lay, once again, this stone over me and then I will ask that any holes or any energy that's been released be filled with the energy of white light.

I think this de-cording process is so important. It is amazing what one minute of time investment can do.

I want to say again, de-cording is not a bad thing. For example I will cut the cords with my children too. I'm doing it for them and for me too, because everybody has their own space. It's more empowering for everybody. And it definitely makes a difference -- you can feel it.

Ashley: You know, you bring up such a good point. That's one thing that many people are worried about. They think, but I love this person, I'm connected to this person. I don't want to sever the relationship. But you're right, that's not what it's about at all. It's about setting healthy, energetic boundaries.

I also love the way that you're doing it where you're actually plugging them into something else. I think that's such an act of compassion, because if they're connected to you, I find that usually it's when someone needs a little support. When they need that kind of nourishing energy.

Heather: Yes.

Ashley: And so you're saying, I want to give that to you, but it can't be from me, because we all have these boundaries. When you connect them to the earth, you're doing such a compassionate act. And then there's this whole other aspect involved, where by cutting the cord it can sometimes leave that little energetic imprint, So you fill those areas with white lights. You're really doing this kind of deep level repair on yourself.

Heather: Absolutely.

Ashley: I think that that is such a powerful thing. So thank you so much for sharing that. I really appreciate it.

Heather: It's so super simple.

You don't even have to have done it before, but you'll feel it the first time you try it -- it renders such powerful awards. 

Ashley: And of course, if you're looking for these great energy tools, you can find that at energymuse.com. Thank you so much again, Heather, for being here with us.

Heather: Thank you so much. It was an honor.

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A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Brown Aragonite: "I am a master multitasker and I clearly see the best way forward."

 

Common Healing Properties of Brown Aragonite:

Helps you to solve your problems by enhancing your multi-tasking abilities and encourages you to consider many different options at once

Assists you in releasing the fear of water or drowning

Aids in personal growth and transformation (physical, emotional, and spiritual)

Helps you to become a more well-rounded person

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Colors: Peachy brown to earthy, red-brown

Associated Chakras: 1st (Root), 2nd (Sacral)

Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

Elements: Earth

Companion Flowers: Pincushion Flower

Companion Essential Oil: Cassia

Companion Stone: Hematite

Common Origins: Morocco, Spain, Peru

Notes: Also known as Iron Bloom. Aragonite comes in a variety of formations and colors including, blue, white, and purple.

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Mimosa's staff had this to share:

Aragonite is a form of calcium carbonate, the same material as calcite but in a different structure. It is the same material that makes up seashells. We often see it in two main color patterns: a brown/golden/white variety, which sometimes appears striped; and an eye-catching robin’s egg blue. The little brown-sugar colored clusters called “sputniks” are especially popular, maybe because they give off such a friendly vibe — sort of like a little mineral pet. Rarer forms of aragonite appear as clusters of colorless spikes or needles or blue coral-like masses. This abundant mineral is found all over the world. It’s great for grounding, and even for grounding other crystals.

Care and caution: Some forms of aragonite may contain lead or other dangerous elements, so do not use aragonite directly to make elixirs.

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Yes...you totally read that right. Once, a few summers ago, Robert Downey Jr. (known most recently for his roles as Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, although he’s had an enduring acting career) visited my crystal shop, Mimosa Books & Gifts.

 

The visit was a little bittersweet for me personally, as I wasn’t there that day. However, I heard all about it from my swooning staff members. When I heard, I was absolutely thrilled that he stopped in during a visit to Madison, Wisconsin.

My staff tells me he stocked up on incense and essential oils, was super polite and friendly, and then went on his way (but not before my husband, a HUGE Iron Man fan, got to briefly chat with him about his role in Marvel’s Civil War movie). And in case you were wondering, my staff assures me he’s even more attractive in real life.  ;)

However, RDJ isn’t the only celeb that is into crystals. Other Hollywood stars are working with the healing energy of crystals too. In this week’s blog, a guest post by CrystalAge.com, we’re talking about some A-list celebrities and their love of crystal healing.

Celebs Who Love Crystals

Sparkling, magnificent and enchanting, it’s no wonder celebrities love crystals. Known for their extravagant dress sense, which catches onlookers’ attention, you don’t have to wait too long before a celebrity is snapped draped in stunning crystal jewelry. Not only do many of our favourite celebs have a penchant for crystal jewelry, but it’s also not unusual for many a famous name to be associated with alternative medicine, including crystal healing. Don’t believe us? Have a look at the following celebrities who, by all intents and purposes, appear to love crystals.

The Beckham’s Back Black Tourmaline

With its chic, modern and highly polished look, the most stylish among us are seen wearing a stunning Black Tourmaline necklace or a shiny Black Tourmaline ring. What’s more, this mystifying crystal is used for protection against negativity and is said to exude a relaxed and safe environment.

World-renowned trend-setters Victoria and David Beckham are reportedly big fans of Black Tourmaline. “We’ve both been into crystals since moving to LA,” said David. Whilst his designer wife spoke of her love of Black Tourmaline and Pink Quartz. “We both like crystals, as in crystal energy. I have lots of Pink Quartz and Black Tourmaline in my bathroom. It’s quite spiritual out here in Los Angeles, all very positive,” Mrs Beckham has said.

Angelina Jolie and Crystal Healing

According to several sources, Angelina Jolie is also a big believer in crystal healing. The online American magazine, Entertainment Wise, states that Angelina has been collecting crystals for years. Furthermore, she is a firm advocate of their healing power. “[Ms Jolie] believes [crystals] hold sacred, ancient energy and she wants that around her. She’s spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on them,” a friend of Angelina’s told the online magazine.

Kate Hudson Adores Rose Quartz

Rose quartz is the stone of love, protection, confidence, self worth and peace. As well as this, it is utterly gorgeous to look at. It’s no wonder then that rose quartz is adorned by thousands, including a long line of celebs. Nicole Ritchie, Britney Spears and Kate Hudson are often seen wearing a rose quartz pendant, ring,

A Crystal Message about the Healing Properties of Himalayan Salt: "Release that which is not serving your physical body. Cleanse your energy field by removing energetic debris that is dulling your light."

 

 

Common Healing Properties of Himalayan Salt:

Removes psychic debris from your energy body

Assists you in releasing that which no longer serves you

Promotes energetic cleansing and purification

Enhances feelings of peace and calming

Increases feelings of happiness

Encourages rest and relaxation

Colors: pale peach to deep orange

Associated Chakras: All

Zodiac Signs: Aquarius, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio

Elements: Earth, Fire

Companion Flowers: Falling Stars

Companion Essential Oil: Bay Laurel

Companion Stone: Blue Hemimorphite

Common Origins: Himalayan Mountain region of Pakistan

Notes: A form of Halite (Rock Salt). Himalayan salt comes in various shades of pink, from peachy to dark salmon, colors that indicate the presence of the many minerals mixed in with the basic halite. The health benefits of Himalayan Salt are hotly debated, but no definitive scientific evidence has been found to support the claims that items like Salt Lamps or Spa Salt Caves have any proven effect on wellness.

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The staff at my new age shop, Mimosa Books & Gifts, had this to share:

Himalayan Salt (also called Tibetan salt)  is a fossilized sea salt that formed from marine deposits over 250 million years ago. In its most prized form, this salt is hand-mined and unrefined, and still contains some remnants of ancient sea life. This pink salt is mostly sold on the gourmet and health food markets, valued for the trace minerals that give it that rosy color. Most of the pink salt we see comes from the Himalayan foothills in Pakistan. Himalayan salt has a tradition of metaphysical use as well, though it’s all either very general or recent. All salts are used in purification, and many people like to use the Himalayan kind as a bath salt or massage stone.

Salts are protective, too, with different types varying in their “specialty.” Himalayan pink salt is especially suitable for protecting the home and family. Beyond these basic properties, though, there’s little tradition of using this salt in its region of origin. In Tibet and India, it is black salt that has a long tradition in medicine, as everything from an ingredient in healing yak butter tea to a component of Ayurvedic medicine.

Some Tibetan black salt looks dark red, but it is volcanic in origin, and so has a different range of trace minerals than the lighter salt. Of course, we can enjoy using pink salt for protection, massage, in lamps and candle holders, and in small amounts on food. But when most of the properties associated with something are very recent, it’s a good idea to take what you hear with a grain of — sorry — salt. Some excessive and far-fetched claims have been made about this product.

Metaphysical Uses of Himalayan Salt:

Use for general cleansing and purification, peace and calming, and goodwill. This mineral combines the energies of the sun, the earth, the stars, and the primordial sea.

 

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About Himalayan Salt Lamps:

Himalayan Salt Lamps use an ancient form of salt and are said to protect against positive ions in our indoor spaces (from electronic devices). Positive ions have been associated with low energy levels and depression in humans.

The idea behind using salt lamps to combat these ions is that the salt attracts moisture, which the warm bulb or candle inside transforms into negative ions that neutralize the positive (unhealthy) ones. But some basic research has us concluding that most credible sources agree that salt lamps don’t actually release a large enough number of negative ions to make this claim plausible. However, the warm colors and natural glow of the lamps can be a natural mood enhancer.

 

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Hi everyone! This week I am so thrilled to be interviewing Nicolette Sowder from Wilder Child. If you don't know Nicolette, you really should get familiar with her and her community...

 

Nicolette leads an amazing community for those who are really passionate about raising a wilder child and getting back to nature with their children.

So Nicolette, hi! And thank you so much for being here.

Nicolette Sowder: Hi, thank you so much for having me on, I'm so excited.

Ashley: So, Nicolette...

Could you start by telling our listeners a little bit about yourself and your mission and how you got started with Wilder Child?

Nicolette: Sure, so right now, I live with my husband and my two little girls and we're wild schooling on sixty acres in Michigan. We actually run a pastured farm, but we weren't always here. We were on a trip five and a half years ago... the time's gone so fast... but so much has been packed into such a small amount of time. So we moved from Northwest Indiana -- it was really like a satellite suburb outside Chicago -- so we did have a little bit of property, but once we moved here, I mean, we are now just surrounded by nature.

I always grew up appreciating nature with my parents, so that really instilled some key values within me. This was all enhanced when I got here, just us being dominated by nature. It was all around us, and I was able to form such a close relationship with our animals. At that time I had my one year old, my daughter who now is almost six (which I can't believe!), but when we came here she was one. It just had such a profound impact on me being in this environment with her. I felt like I really had to start writing about it.

I think that's how a lot of bloggers start, with trying to express this totally transformational experience that you're having with your children.

This was all enhanced with us being really with mother nature as well. I like to think of her now as the third parent. So this whole experience was mind-blowing, I thought I had to write about it. Then it became so much bigger than me. It just felt like there were so many parents who just wanted to talk about it, talk about how to reintegrate and heal that bond with nature from a parenting perspective.

I feel like at that time, there was a lot of nature-based educational information, although there wasn't that much in the parenting context. That's really where Wilder Child has moved and really, really speaks. That's my passion, it's working with parents, working with families.

Ashley: You know, I think this is such an interesting story because you had this experience growing up yourself as a child who was very connected to nature. It's not just something that you're interested in on your own, but that your parents really encouraged. Then when you became a parent yourself, it sounds like it was almost not only about  creating this connection for your own child but also in some ways, it was maybe a reconnection for yourself and learning to understand the natural world in a different way, through a parent's eyes.

Nicolette: Oh my gosh, that's exactly what it was like.

The role of nature and how it fits into your parenting life is a very special and very different thing to just nature on its own when you're growing up.

There's a completely different energy when you're growing up, and I think you tend to miss a few things. It's still immersive when you're a child and it's so instinctual, that connection with nature, it almost goes unacknowledged. I don't mean that in a bad way, it just is. Mother nature should've always been with you, then and now. It's just that now, mother nature has become much more of a support system for me, one that I am fully able to appreciate and acknowledge.

Everyday, I'm more and more thankful, more and more aware of the role that Mother Nature is playing in my life.

Ashley: Sure, that's so beautiful. I'm not a parent myself but I remember spending so many days as a kid. It just used to be a little different, I think, for many people. I can remember making little mud pies in the backyard and picking little clovers out of the grass and tying them together in little chains so I could wear them as a necklace or a little crown on my head. I remember learning about  wild flowers with my grandfather.

Honestly, I do think those things are missing for so many kids today, and I just wanna say I'm so thankful and grateful that you have created a community and a space for parents to come together and learn from one another. You've created a place where they can share and support each other, reconnect with nature and help their children to find this important connection.

I know for a fact, nature is one of the things that really, truly, inspired and shaped the person that I am today.

I think that many people who have that connection as children take it into their adolescence and well into adulthood. They maintain the lessons that they learn during that time, so I just have to give you a big round of applause and a lot of gratitude for what you're doing.

Nicolette: Well, it's the community, it's unbelievable. I mean, it's only gotten that way because of them. I'm holding the space but the community is just filling it with life. So, it's been incredible to reconnect to something, because I think sometimes we get nature fed up to us. I think it's almost done by accident, it's like a comodification of nature.

So you're always talking about the benefits and what it can do for you and all these images, like consumption... what's the best trail and all that. It's valid, and I understand, I've talked about mother nature that way too. But there's this other dimension to it. It's like the relationship that you're talking about when you were little and making the daisy chains, and then your relationship matures and grows, just like a real relationship.  I think that's something that Wilder Child and Wild Schooling is trying to get back to. It's an ancient thing, this isn't anything new, it's just that that mindset can be so difficult to break.

Ashley: That's so true.

I love how you are shifting that modern view away from treating nature like a commodity and always thinking about what we can get from it.

You're looking at ways we can teach kids to live in harmony with nature. I also love that you refer to nature as the third parent. I think that's a really innovative and exciting way to approach this relationship.

So, for everyone listening, they know that most times on this podcast we tend to talk about crystals, but we always like to frame these things in a new and exciting way. I was so happy to get to talk to you because we really haven't gotten to touch on working with crystals with our children. And so, I wanted to know from your point of view, given that you have this really beautiful perspective...

Why do you think it's so important for kids to connect with different aspects of nature, like crystals and the moon? And why is this so important for their development, their relationship with the natural world, and for who they become?

Nicolette: Well, I think we have a tendency to really keep our kids in the human world. So when we talk about their friends, we're always talking about their human friends. When we're talking about the places they like to go, we're often talking about the places that humans have developed and designed and created. Basically, what we're doing is keeping them and ourselves inside of a human paradigm, which really is so limiting.

When you go out into nature, the diversity is astounding. You're having children learn from wisdom that is billions of years old. I mean, you're getting that kind of information and that kind of education that I can't believe we leave out almost completely from conventional education.

So for children, if we hold the space and we know how to service and guide the stones, the trees, the animals, and the plants that the children are encountering, those bonds -- although we often cannot see it because we, as adults, do not remember or have never experienced having this kind of connection -- those are their peers, their friends. They are learning just as much from the signature of each of those things as with anything in our human world. So, to answer your question, I feel like we're denying them diversity if we don't teach them this way. It is so important for kids to have that connection with nature, crystals and the moon.

I can see parents everywhere saying we want our children to have a rich, diverse life. One that's actually connected to their biology, nature, crystals and the moon.

Those are all facets of mother nature that the children are designed to learn from and grow from.

Ashley: Yeah. Let me ask you then a little more specifically...

What are some of your favorite ways to help kids get more connected with crystals? How can we really introduce crystal healing or a connection to stones as companions to kids?

Nicolette:  Well, I think they naturally have it -- I always did. I have always been drawn to so many kits, stones, rocks, and crystals. I would keep them in my pockets, keep them everywhere. My kids do the same thing. So it's about, I think, having a level of awareness and just nurturing that and again, holding a space for that.

We do that through a couple of different ways, for example through nature tables. If anybody out there doesn't know what a nature table is, it's just exactly what it sounds like. It's just like a little area of your house, it doesn't have to be big, just a little window sill or a little shelf or a little table that changes with the season. So for us, actually the fairies come the night before the solstices and the equinoxes and they actually change the nature table.

For a nature table, we get little things from outside, things from that season, and we'll bring them in to put together a collection.

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Melanie Beckler. She's the founder of the popular site, ask-angels.com, as well as the author of Let your Light Shine, Angel Messages, Ascension Angel Messages, and Experience Angels. I'm sure you're probably familiar with at least one of those wonderful titles.

 

Melanie's an angel channel, a light being, and a volunteer soul here to serve in elevating the vibration of the collective consciousness on earth. She's an internationally acclaimed author, ascension guide and clear channel of the light who's passionate about sharing the empowering messages and the elevated frequencies of the archangels and spirit guides. Her work revolves around helping others to remember the truth of their magnificent light and infinite personal power they carry within their open heart. Melanie, I am so excited to have you today. Thank you so much for joining us.

Melanie Beckler: Absolutely. Thank you. I'm excited to get to talk with you today.

Ashley: So, I'm wondering if we can kick things off because I haven't quite had a guest that does exactly what you do on the podcast before. I'm really excited about this because I find that so many people are waking up to the intuitive skills that they have. 

Can you can tell us a little bit about your work and what exactly an angel channel is and does?

Melanie: Absolutely, great question. So, I think the easiest way to explain what I do is by starting off with the basic understanding that in every moment, we're all surrounded by an entire ocean of spiritual beings. And we have angels and guides and spirits that are always influencing us, guiding us, supporting us in our life. What I do, is I've learned to open some of my senses of psychic perception in order to be able to specifically tune into that angelic realm and to the messages, love and frequency of the angels.

So I essentially go inside, open my heart, open my mind, my third eye and my crown and link with the highest angels of Christ light -- the highest angels of love who conserve in the moment. And then one word at a time, while simultaneously broadcasting an incredible love frequency, the Angels deliver their message through me. So, another way of looking at it is that I'm essentially a translator for the messages of the angels, which are always around us.

I have opened up the ability to tune into the angels around us and convey them in specific words through an angel message.

Ashley: Wow, this is super interesting to me. While you were just speaking, all these thoughts were going through my head because I find this so fascinating. So, when you were talking about how you just learned to kind of tune in to that specific frequency of the angelic realm, it made me think of someone turning a radio dial to find the exact station. Like, you're looking for that message -- you know it's there. Is that kind of what it's like for you?

Melanie: Yes, absolutely. I think that's a great analogy and it's one that I've totally used myself. It really is a lot like that. Like I said, angels are around everyone. Everyone has at least their guardian angel who is guiding, supporting, and loving them in every moment. But as human beings, we're so accustomed to just focusing on the physical world, on the physical plane. We've incarnated into the earth through this veil of illusion, so that we, by default, are tuning out the higher realms of spirit. However, as you said, we live in this incredible awakening time.

More and more people are starting to wake up to the fact that there's so much more going on than we've been led to believe about physical reality.

This awakening process happens differently for everyone and unfolds in a number of different ways. But very commonly, what happens in awakening is we are attuning our frequency to the higher realms, so we're tuning into those messages. Specifically, there' s different ways of perception, different energy centers of perception. When we open those, our frequency naturally attunes and we can start to receive that level of guidance.

So, in addition to transmitting angel messages, which I love, each of those messages actually acts like a guidance system for people to help unlock their innate gifts and abilities and psychic perception. We all have the ability to connect with angels. I'm definitely not special in that way. And so, I love helping to unlock people to tune into that level of frequency as well.

Ashley: One thing you said earlier was that you kind of do this tuning in with your heart and your mind. I find that really fascinating too, because thinking about it in that kind of physical way that we all tend to do, and that strangely logical way, our heart and our brain are the parts of our body with the most electrical impulses. So, if we're thinking about like tuning into a radio station, it makes sense that those would be the antennas.

I have to know, how exactly does this tuning process work for you? Is it a little bit different for each person that does it?

Melanie: I do believe that there are different methods for channeling angels. But essentially, the way that it works for me -- and I would invite you as the listener to go ahead and join in -- is by just shifting my awareness within. So, focus your attention on your heart center, which is actually the center of your entire multidimensional being.

Where your attention focuses, your energy follows. So, focus on your heart, allowing your heart to open, allowing your heart to fill with golden divine light, which is opening up the direct passageway to the higher angelic divine realms. Quiet your mind. Open your heart and mind. Then I like to ask: I now ask that we each be surrounded with a hundred thousand angels of divine love, light, and healing frequency in this present time. Connect with us as individuals through our open hearts.

Then I like to call in the highest, most loving possible channeling guide of the highest Christ of light to step in and channel through me.

You can also ask your angels to connect with you now. You can call in your guardian angel to connect with you. Then with your heart open, with your mind open, tuning in, visualizing light at the center of your being, that column of light that runs along your spine, anchoring you all the way down to the crystalline core of Gaia Mother Earth and all the way up to the infinite light of source divine, feel that energy flow between source and between the crystalline core of the earth. Relax. Be open.

Keep your mind quiet. Find the space between your thoughts. And when you're in that still place of peace, calm, direct access to the infinite, to the light of the divine, that is where you become attuned. That's where you tune into that frequency of the angelic realms and then can receive their guidance, which at first, will likely be so simple. You might even just feel loved. A sense of warmth or a simple, we're here for you, we love you. Or you may receive something more.

I think the key is to let go of expectation. Try to let go of anticipating anything happening and just allow yourself to be present.

Being relaxed is so key because when you're relaxed, you allow that higher light in, which is a key component of that process, allowing the higher light to lift your vibration. So you, yourself in the moment, are actually becoming more angelic, more filled with light and that light flowing through your being opens your subtle senses of perception and allows you to link in with the angelic realm and with the guardian angels and guides that are always with you, always guiding you, just waiting for you to attune your perception to receive that guidance.

Ashley: That is such a beautiful process, Melanie. So, what's the next step then? What happens? After we've made this connection, how do we bring those messages to a place in our conscious mind where we can kind of make sense of what's going on? Like you said at first, it may be just a feeling.

For you, how did those messages come through to a place where you could share them with other people? What's that next step?

Melanie: So for me as a channel, I receive the messages in a couple of different ways. One is I will literally receive one word at a time. This is like tapping into this river of angelic energy and just one word at a time, the message start to come through. So that's where in being a channel an incredible amount of willingness is required. Being willing to speak that angel's message without knowing what they're actually going to say or where they're going. There's a lot of trust and willingness.

The other way that the message comes through is what I call spiritual downloads, which is like a lightning strike of information where all of a sudden you receive this entire concept, this entire zipped up file of guidance. Then, you can go in through meditation to ask what guidance is available and kind of unpack that big download that comes in. I do want to point out however that this is just me. I'm a firm believer that everyone accesses guidance in their own unique way. So, this is where I really feel one of the biggest areas is to practice awareness and observation. It is important to allow yourself to shift out of the mind.

The more you're able to quiet your mind, find the space between your thoughts, tune into that peace and calm and just observe, the more you're going to be able to start tuning into the higher frequency of the angels.

Also, I think it's important to practice persistence continually. Returning to that vibration of peace and calm has a way of opening angelic experience. There are also other things that you can do to support yourself and tune into that higher guidance. I think one thing that listeners of your podcast will be super interested in is that crystals are actually a great ally in opening up your direct perception of the angelic realm.

Looking at it from one perspective,

Hi everyone! This week, I am so ecstatic to be interviewing the amazing Ethony. Ethony helps Tarot professionals build successful heart-centered businesses through Business Coaching and Tarot Certification, which is one of the reasons I really wanted to interview her today.

 

I feel like Ethony and I are really kindred spirits in our missions and the type of work that we are here to do on this earth. Ethony is a mother, a practicing eclectic witch, and the creator of many popular Tarot and Oracle Card Decks -- including the Bad Bitches Tarot, which you may have heard of. She's also the Headmistress of the Tarot Readers Academy and has so many more amazing accomplishments. So Ethony, thank you so much for being here with us today.

Ethony: Thank you so much for having me.

Ashley: Now, I've listened to a number of interviews with you before and I know that you kind of get asked this question a lot, But...

How did everything start for you with Tarot?

Ethony: I found Tarot through my practicing the craft. So I found Witchcraft, Paganism, and Wicca when I was in high school. I was 15. And I'm aging myself here, but The Craft was very popular. I love that movie still. I was actually doing research for an English paper and I came across this book called The Learned Arts of Witches & Wizards -- a book that I still have. It talked about nature and the connection with the natural rhythms of the moon and the sun and the seasons and the mystical arts. I'd always been absolutely fascinated by all of those things. I just felt like I'd come home; I found home. I loved how accepting and open that practice is.

After this, I started to build my tools. The Tarot was one that I found while I was also working in a shop that sold cards. It was a language that clicked because Tarot really is a language. It's the most amazing thing that connects me to my higher self, with my spirit guides. Yes, it claps back at me at times. I mean it’s been keeping me out of too much trouble. But I found that through my spirituality first. Since then, it has become the main tool that I use throughout my life.

Ashley: You know that really brings us to my next question actually. Because the way you're describing it is that it started for you just on this path of spiritual self-discovery and Tarot was one of the tools that you discovered along the way.

How can the rest of us as modern mystics, as seekers of spirit, really incorporate Tarot as part of our spiritual practice?

Ethony: Tarot, Oracle cards -- any form of using cards in any way -- I really find to be a beautiful conversation, a beautiful exchange. So one thing that I find is very helpful, if you're working on a goal or you have something you're trying to achieve or an energy you want to set for yourself for the day, grab your favorite deck. You don't have to know it very well. It doesn't have to be one that is super popular. Just grab the deck that you feel the most connected to.

In the morning, give that deck a shuffle. Ask yourself, ask the cards, take some deep breaths, and say, "What action can get me further towards my goal?" Or, "What next action should I take?" Or, "What energy am I being asked to focus on today?" And pull just one card. In that way, you are actually becoming a partner with the universe, with your higher self, with your spirit guides, all to move yourself forwards. You're becoming an active participant in your own spiritual awakening and journey. I've found that has led to so many breakthroughs.

Every little, small step adds up to a big step towards making massive change happen.

Ashley: That is so true. And to those of you listening, I just have to say from personal experience, I've found this to be a really transformative way to work with cards in my own spiritual practice and in my own just kind of day-to-day routine.