Gemstones For February

Gemstones for February are Agate, Bloodstone and Onyx.

Agates – For centuries agates were known as powerful healing stones. The Native American Indians used them as power stones, and Hindu mystics believed that agates could help children to overcome their fears. Agates are said to enhance creativity which makes them an excellent stone for artists. Agates promote love, good luck, abundance, longevity, acceptance, courage, protection, balance, harmony, generosity, strength, and security. They also deepen our appreciation and our connection to nature.

Bloodstone is an excellent healing stone and helps one with direct union with the creator through contemplation, meditation, and love. It may also be used to awaken and balance the first four chakras. It is said to promote emotional balance and clarity. The Bloodstone in the photo above is one of my personal healing stones. I found it years ago and was so excited to have found one with such unusual markings. It is very small which made it difficult to take a good photo.

Onyx is a healing stone and a powerful stone of protection. Black onyx governs the root chakra and also helps drain off excessive energies. It is a wonderful grounding stone, valuable in helping us through difficult or confusing times in our lives, and also assists us in releasing past attachments to people, places, and things. It is used in India to ward off the evil eye.

All these stones belong to the Chalcedony family.

Gemstones For January

Gemstones for January are Emerald, Garnet and Rose Quartz.

Emerald enhances meditation, dream recall and deeper spiritual insight. It may be used to open and activate the heart chakra and helps in aligning our subtle bodies. It is an excellent stone for those who are in need of balance and healing.

Garnet is an ayurvedic birthstone, and was considered a January birthstone by the ancient Arabic, Hebrew, and Roman cultures. This stone balances and stimulates both the root and crown chakras allowing the development and movement of the Kundalini. It monitors and adjusts the flow of energy, providing for a balanced energy field. It is said to be a powerful energizing and regenerating stone, and has been used as a sacred stone by the Native American Indians, the Aztecs, and the Mayans. It enhances one’s creativity, love of life, and also helps one to cleanse and remove unwanted energies.The deep red color of this stone is mostly associated with the  first chakra, “Muladhara. It also aligns us with love and compassion.

Rose Quartz is associated with the fourth chakra, “Anahata” or heart chakra which governs the thymus, heart and lungs.It opens our hearts, encourages peace and gentleness and promotes tolerance and forgiveness.

Chakra Color Therapy

I needed a little pick me up today, so I created a homemade “Chakra Color Therapy” bottle with spring water and red food coloring. I placed it near the window, and loved the way the sun reflected the ruby red light into the room. It seemed to bring me out of my slump and I felt much better.

Color Therapy – Red – First Chakra

Here are some quick tips for Clearing and realigning your root chakra.

• Place a ruby, garnet, red jasper or bloodstone directly onto the root chakra area for fifteen minutes.
• Use red Color Therapy for this chakra.
• Apply root chakra oil to pulse points or chakras and the soles of your feet. Combine a couple of drops of sandalwood, a drop of juniper and hina flower to coconut oil or jojoba oil. Use sparingly.
• Burn incense of  sandalwood or ylang ylang.
• Chant the root chakra mantra in the key of C major; Lam – Om – Lam.

Color Therapy

Color Therapy

“The craving for colour is a natural necessity just as for water and fire. Colour is a raw material indispensable to life. At every era of his existence and his history, the human being has associated colour with his joys, his actions and his pleasures.”
— Frenand Leger, “On Monumentality and Color”, 1943.