Blog — heart chakra

Thanksgiving from the heart chakra. While we associate Thanksgiving with feasting, merriment and family, the spirit of Thanksgiving comes from the heart.   It is a commemoration of the kindness of Native Americans, who shared their knowledge of living off the land, sharing their food and survival skills with the starving white skinned people so woefully inept at living in nature. As we celebrate this Thanksgiving holiday, we need to remember that it is not what we eat, but the gratitude of having enough to eat, the humility of realizing how fortunate we are and the love for humanity, not just our families...

Dragon Blood Jasper The story behind Dragon Blood Jasper is one of the most interesting I've come across and perfect for Halloween.  The stone, which has a mossy yellow green background is shot with veins of deep red.  It is thought that the stone is the fossilized remains of ancient dragons.  The green is the skin of the beast, while the red veins are the blood. Oddly enough, I was working with some dragon blood jasper recently and came across three pieces that had striking veins of red running through them in such a way, that when I lined them...

  NEW GEMSTONES include: Black Labradorite - These are wonderful large rectangular stones with good flashes of blue.  A nice combination of root and third eye chakras. Leopard Skin Jasper - This new stone shows fabulous patterns of black, gray and pinky beige.  Looks like strands of black yarn that meander across a light colored background.  Each piece has it's own unique character.  Good for root chakra. Carnelian - Very large and polished to a gleaming, smooth surface, these natural carnelian tubes are paired with turquoise.  A winning combination for sacral, heart and throat chakras. BACK IN STOCK Aquamarine - This...

ie, Orbicular Jasper   This amazing stone from Mother Earth reminds me of microbes one might see under a microscope.  It is a kind of jasper and agate mix that displays a unique pattern of colored circles and dots that appear to float across a deep green background. As you can see in the photos, it's very organic and alive looking.   Found only along the northwest shoreline of Madagascar, the mine has been exhausted as of this writing.  Although other locations have been explored, another source for this fabulous material has not been found.  Named for the bubbling surf that washes against the...

JASPER FOR FALL   As fall peeks around the corner, nature gives it her all before the frost. Leaves of green become bright red, orange and yellow, and while the spring and summer flowers have begun to fade, fall colors come with the bountiful harvest.  In celebration of Mother Nature's brilliant show of force, I've put together a group of JASPERS for fall that specifically energize the first, second and third chakras.  These chakras are represented by red, orange and yellow and play to our sense of belonging to the earth, allowing pleasure into our lives and feeling confident and self directed in our...