Monthly Archives: July 2014

Crystal Personalities |Green Calcite | Green Garnet

FlouriteJokeIt is sometimes mind-boggling when a person learns that minerals have a voice. It is fascinating when they learn that those voices can be dramatic and a dead give away of the crystal’s personality and how they are working on the planet at this time.

In my experience all of the crystals are little tiny beings with their own particular missions on the planet. For example all of rose quartz may have the same basic feel of soft loving energy and the same basic mission of helping us love ourselves and others and of bringing forgiveness to our lives, but each individual piece is so much more than that.

Some of them will like to be on the window sill. Some will want to sleep with you. Some will want to travel around with out and others will want to be jewellery. Still some will want to go to another person or back to the Earth, and some beyond that will want to be grouped with other crystals to help facilitate a certain function.

Some are really loud and obnoxious. Like a piece of black onyx set in a wand I met a couple of weekends ago. As soon as we met he was yelling from across the room (he was on the altar), “I need to be cleaned in rice. Not water. Rice.” I mentally acknowledged him, and he was quiet for a bit, before he started up again, saying the same thing over and over like a mantra: “Clean me with rice, not water. I need to be cleaned with rice, not water. Clean me…”. I felt I had to approach the Keeper of this crystal and let him know of the message being beamed out so loudly from the black onyx.

One of the most memorable moments of reading crystal came when I met a big chunk of green calcite. The chunk was probably a little bigger than a baseball. He been brought with a party goer at my house and immediately when I came into the room I was given him go great. Well, he was the great cuddler! All he wanted to do and talk about was how he loved to cuddle and help humanity release all their great stresses, and the little ones too. He wanted to be pet, and held, and cuddled.

Another memorable moment came when I was getting to know how different crystals worked with different people and the kind of information they focused on. I had a friend hold onto the green garnet, and then I took it to read. We were both surprised when his words came out looooooooooongggggggggg…….. deeeeeeeeeepppppppp……… aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddddddddddd………. eeeeeeeeevvvvvvveeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr………….. soooooooooooooooooo……………. slooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwllllllyyyyyyyyyyy……..

I haven’t read him for others since then because it took us a good five minutes to get his message.

As you can see they all have their own style  and way of communicating. Some will make you laugh like the Aqua Aura Quartz I have who speaks fast and high and is all about joy in the world. Others will make you roll your eyes like a quartz piece I have who is always very direct, to the point and correct (I swear he would say I told you so if given the chance!).

What are some of your most ah-ha or funny moments connecting to your crystals?

Your Crystal Has a Voice! Can You Hear It?

anadaraAll crystals and minerals have a voice.

Each one of them has a personality.

And they all have opinions.

Each of your minerals is unique, conscious, and working hard.

Every mineral has a mission just like each of us has a mission.

Sometimes, they come to play with us for a time before they head on out the door.

Other times, their mission aligns with ours they are a power crystal and with us for life.

Some of them have a lot to say.

And some of them nothing.

Nothing doesn’t mean they aren’t doing anything.

Those who say nothing share with us by sharing energy with us, the energetic imprints of their wisdom into our aura.

This is my job. I listen to the minerals and tell their Guardians or Keepers what they are saying when they are unable to hear them. Sometimes I meet minerals who have a lot to say and just need someone to listen to ensure they accomplish their mission. And sometimes I walk around and a mineral is like “hey, you, I need this!”. Other times they have nothing to say at all because they are happily playing and working away.

They are here to serve, just like the trees serve, the plants and animals are serving, and we are here to serve in some capacity.

You Can Hear Your Crystals

It’s easy to hear your crystals. It gets easier and easier as you practice the meditation below.

Pick a mineral or crystal you want to connect to. Get comfy somewhere you won’t be disturbed for about ten minutes. Take your mineral in the palm of one of your hands and place your other hand over the mineral. If this is uncomfortable for you ensure the mineral is in one of the palms of your hands with the fingers closed over it. The mineral is connected to your heart chakra when it is in this position.

Set your intention to connect with your mineral.

Next take a few minutes to breathe deeply, connecting to the mineral in your hand(s). Just witness as you breathe deeply with your focus on the mineral in your hand.

After a few minutes begin to go through the five sense mentally. Ask yourself, “What do I feel?”

Take a moment here to note what it is you feel.

Then ask, “What do I see?” and take a moment to note what you see.

Continue through the rest of the senses: What do I hear? What do I smell? What do I taste? What do I know?

When you are complete, ask the mineral if there are any other messages for you.

After you receive them, thank the mineral and come out of the meditation.

This meditation is one that I have done for years and one of the major reasons I connect so well to the mineral kingdom. With practice it gets easier and more vibrant.

Enjoy! <3

Sleep Paralysis, Trauma, and Entities | Spiritual Emergency Symptom

The other night a friend of mine told me a story. She told me others found it hard to believe what she was telling me. She told me of sleep paralysis and experiencing black figures in the room. She found out later, looking back, that she was experiencing a spiritual emergency and it was a way for her to process trauma within her own life.

As I listened to her story it sounds remarkably like my own story. I’ve had several instances that terrify me so badly I purposely keep myself awake for a night or two after the experience. I never knew someone else had experienced it, too! The experiences always seem to happen randomly, but after hearing my friends story, I began to wonder if it happened when I was working through trauma like she was.

It always happens the same. I go to bed as per usual. Suddenly I wake up, wide awake, but  I can’t move my body. I am frozen and can’t make a noise no matter how hard I try to scream. There are one or more black figures in the room, usually on top of me. I can feel them and sometimes I can see them. They are always silent and they always have an intent to hurt me. One time I felt one pressing against my throat so I couldn’t breathe. Another time I felt it wanted to rape me.

The best way I’ve figured out how to handle these experiences is to close my eyes, and start to breathe deeply with a goal to get back into my body. I begin to will with all my might my fingers or toes to move because if I can get a body part to move I am instantly back in my body. 

After I usually turn on all of the lights and my body is shaking. I won’t sleep for the rest of that night.

I remember to times specifically when I was working through trauma I experienced this including one this past year. While I was practising Kirtan Kriya it was a little bit different than the previous experiences in the sense that there was a Being at the foot of my bed who projected the image of a heart into my mind while my body felt like it had electricity running through it. It didn’t try to kill me but I was still didn’t sleep for two nights after.

Another time was when I first moved to the West Coast and was volunteering at Hollyhock on Cortes Island. I had a wonderful place to stay. My time there was a vortex – the house I shared was with nine other healers. All we did in our spare time was trade sessions. We woke up at six am and meditated before breakfast. We counselled each other. It was a life changing place in more than one way, and I remember in the middle of the night one time, experiencing the sleep paralysis with a black being on top of me ready to rape me.

No one really knew what to make of the experience, including myself, but I had begun to wonder about these black shapes. I know and recognize the mind is a powerful tool that needs to be respected and that I need to learn how to use properly. I began to wonder if these black beings were apparitions created by the mind of my worst fears. I began to wonder if maybe they were thought forms I had created somehow. 

Looking back in my life I see that these experiences came often when I was in the middle of a big emotional shift and doing a lot of work and personal healing on myself. It seems to be a sign that I am undergoing something big in my life and to pay attention. I also noticed I learned how to calmly respond to the situation even though it terrifies me.

It taught me the power of my breath and of being inside my body. It taught me about my will power because I have to connect to my will in order to move my fingers or toes when this happens. It taught me to be courageous. It taught me not to believe what my mind creates. It taught me that fears can truly have power over me if I let them.

I still have fears from the traumas experienced and I have a general lack of trust in the world because of those experiences but I have also spent a long time shifting those things.

Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis like this before? How do you work through or cope with your fears from trauma?

Research/Links
Spirituality and Trauma
Spiritual Sleep Paralysis
Sleep Paralysis and Spirits
Spiritual Emergence Network

P.S. When I was searching for a picture for this post I opened up the one in it now and noticed beside me a spider the size of a penny making his way toward me ON MY BED. I kicked him out (not kill him) and decided to use this butterfly picture.

Company Updates & Patreon Account

This post is just to update you to some changes.

REFERRAL GIFTS!

As of today there is a new policy in place for all my customers. If you refer a client who makes a purchase of over $50, you will receive $20 towards your next purchase at Willow’s Lavender. Yay!

TEN PERCENT

As of June 01, 2014 I began to implement what I’ve always wanted to implement: ten percent of all company proceeds are gifted back to the community in form of a donation to a charitable organization. The donations will be gifted out in $250 chunks for now.

The donations will be going to the following at this moment in time: Bridges for Women (Victoria Location), and Karma Teachers.

PATREON ACCOUNT 

To support my creative side I’ve created a Patreon Account. Much of what I perceive to be my lifes work intermingle together. Your donation to the Patreon Campaign will allow me to create video Crystal Forecasts again, start creating video Crystal Bytes for you to learn about crystals, will support me creating an online crystal course, and more!

Check out the campaign here! 

Embodying the Priestess | Canada Day Magic

Artist: Katia Honour

Artist: Katia Honour

On Canada Day I was very excited to be working a high-end party in Downtown Vancouver. I was hired to do readings for two hours. It was the perfect opportunity for me to dress up and embody the Priestess that I am. The Priestesses work is varied and often Priestesses have a particular skill or ability that they enjoy doing and specialize in. In Indian Culture there are 64 Arts Priestesses used to be trained in that range from dancing, singing, and flower arranging to carpentry, architecture, and word crafting. If anything every happened the Priestess would be prepared to take care of herself and she would be a valued member of society.

The Priestess in my opinion is a representative of the Divine Feminine. When she is doing her work she is literally a conduit of that energy and a perfect representation of Source energy. It is why she is accurate and potent in her work and how she can be so “tapped in”. When I work at a party  like this, it is one of my favourite things, because I get to dress up and be that representative of the Divine and hold space in a way I don’t get to often do. It is a sacred space, and I open myself to allow the perfection of Divine Flow to work through me when I am in this space.

As per the Divine Flow I broke my phone on my way to the party rendering it inoperable. It was dropped as my friend tied my dress for the party. I worked for two hours, reading after reading non-stop, due to the line up of clients. On the last reading I did my dress broke, a signal to me that there would be no more readings that day. I changed into the extra dress I had brought (thank god for intuition!) and was surprised how much my energy changed just based on the dress I wore.

It took me a few hours to come back into my body fully, and when I did, I came back with joy and gratitude for this beautiful experience and opportunity to embody the Priestess, something that I love, and hope to do more of as I continue my studies and practice.  Such gratitude. <3

P.S. I was talking with a Priestess friend of mine and we have both agreed that there needs to be a clothing line of Priestess wear for ceremonial use. I am starting to collect ideas as I’d love to make this line a reality in the future, within the next five to ten years, but I have a lot to learn by then. I would love to hear if you have any Priestess clothing links to stores and jewellery people!