January 2012
9 tags
Chakra Healing: Solar Plexus
Sanscrit name: Manipura ( lustrous gem )
Location: Solar plexus, below the diaphragm
Symbol: A circle surrounded by ten lotus petals, and inside it a triangle
Central issue: Power, self-esteem, self-image, energy, will, responsibility
Color: Yellow
Essential Oils: Juniper, lavender, bergamot, rosemary
Crystals and Stones: Citrine, amber, tiger’s eye, peridot„ yellow tourmaline,...
Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that...
– Terence Mckenna (via sweetlotus)
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Chakra Healing: Sacral
Sanscrit name: Svadhisthana (sweetness)
Location: Lower abdomen
Symbol: A circle surrounded by five or six lotus petals.
Central issue: Sexuality, emotions, financial, creativity,
codes of honour and ethics
Color: Orange
Essential Oils: Rosemary, juniper, sandalwood, jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang
Crystals and Stones: Amber, Citrine, Topaz, Moonstone, Fire Agate, Orange Spinel, Fire Opal;
...
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Chakra Healing: Root
Sanscrit name: Muladhara (root)
Location: Base of spine, at the seat of Kundalini
Symbol: A circle surrounded by four lotus petals, with a square inside it.
Central issue: Survival, stability, acceptance, self-preservation, deep-rootedness, perception, grounding, fear and safety
Color: Red
Essential oils: Patchouli, cedarwood, sandalwood
Crystals and Stones: Garnet, Ruby, Agate, Onyx,...
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To A Child
The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.
Still young enough to be a part Of Nature’s great impulsive heart, Born comrade of bird, beast, and tree And unselfconscious as the bee- And yet with lovely reason skilled Each day new paradise to build; Elate explorer of each sense, Without dismay, without...
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Pay no attention to critics. No one ever erected a statue to a critic.
– Werner Ehrhar
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also...
– C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (via warriorsrise)
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We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them...
– June Jordan - Old Stories : New Lives (via prrayerroftherreffugee)
june and after: What happens if you fall in love... →
karenfelloutofbedagain:
Lots of things might happen. That’s the thing about writers. They’re unpredictable. They might bring you eggs in bed for breakfast, or they might all but ignore you for days. They might bring you eggs in bed at three in the morning. Or they might wake you up for sex at three in the morning. Or make love at four in the afternoon. They might not sleep at all. Or they might...
I
finally
understand
that
I
do
not
write,
I
leak.
– Tyler Knott Gregson, Leak (via juneandafter)
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Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are...
– Anneli Rufus (via suzywire)
Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air...
– Walt Whitman (via fernsandmoss)
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the...
– Helen Keller (via thelittlephilosopher)