Crystals, Meditation and Family Time

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We've had a very busy week, with Luke doing extra hours at dancing, preparing for the next show in two weeks and Dylan training hard at taekwondo as he is grading in a few weeks, then competing in Holland at the end of May.  We've also managed to meet up with friends this week too, which was lovely.

 We did, however, have one day where we had no plans at all, and it happened to be the sunniest day of the week.

 I manged to find the time to take my green juice, yoga mat and crystals out into the garden for some crystal meditation.


I love to meditate outdoors and i've really missed it during the winter, and very snowy spring, so I was happy to have the chance to get in the garden again for some time on my mat.  Sitting there, with the sun shining on me, listening to the birds singing was a lovely experience.

Meditating with my crystals makes it even more sacred.  The energy from them is so calming, and they really help me to focus and relax.  Here I am using my two rose quartz, two of my favourite crystals which I take everywhere with me.  Rose quartz are associated with the heart chakra, and are very good for helping with self-love, something i've been working on quite a lot recently.  They are also very balancing and I always feel very protected when I hold them.

After a lovely, peaceful half an hour, Luke ran outside and asked me to play with his Nerf guns with him.  Not quite so peaceful, but very good fun.



We ran around together playing, whilst Dylan played some football on the driveway.

It was good fun, and apparently I made a very good medic.

Then we came inside where Dylan and I had a game of chess, and, as usual, he won.  

It was really lovely to have a day to relax and enjoy spending time outdoors together, creating lovely memories.


Comments

  1. Rose14 April 2013 at 11:57

    I haven't meditated outside for a long old while but had a lovely sit this morning indoors with a lovely self blessing meditation I found in the book The Invitation by Oriah Mountain dreamer ... and as is always the way the card reading I did just before said I needed just that. Love when things fall into place. Been using aquamarine recently to still my mind some, gets so crazy up there! Much love X

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  2. Kelly14 April 2013 at 12:54

    That sounds lovely Rose. I've not heard of that book, i'll have to look it up. I love doing card readings too, I have lots of oracle cards. Crystals are really great for calming and focusing the mind, much needed with the stresses of everyday life! xx

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