Crystals are a beautiful mystery

For the last few years as my sister has been training in various therapies I was lucky enough that she wanted to practice on me.  She started doing a course in Crystal Therapy and from then on every time she gave me a therapy I would have to pick a crystal out of may be 20 she had.  All small, smooth, shiny and various colours and shapes.  I was to pick a crystal that I was drawn to so having no idea what she meant by 'pick a crystal you are drawn to' I would smile and nod and say 'that one' she would then give me the crystal and read from the Crystal bible what the crystal meant and how it was going to help me - again I would smile and nod and the crystal would be added to the gathering pile from previous sessions.

Now don't get me wrong I always knew that crystals had healing properties and their own vibrations but since I couldn't really feel anything that I could explain and I didn't really understand I dismissed them as something beyond me.  In 2009 in a Crystal shop in Kathmandu this all changed!

I was in Nepal on a 10 day retreat with my sister learning Reiki with 9 other women that we didn't know and one day we were all being taken to a Crystal shop by our Reiki teacher - so off we all trekked into this tiny shop all 11 of us.  I hate being in small spaces like that and since I had really only a passing interest in Crystals I went and found myself a stool to sit on while the other ladies including my sister ooooh'd and aaaaaah'd at big rocks.

Who would have thought that 5 minutes later I could be sucked in and ooohing and aaaahing with the rest of them!

Emma one of the ladies on the trip (and now a very good friend of mine) had the same thoughts on Crystals as me but she was in amongst it all and had been handed a crystal - I think it was Brown Tourmaline - she experienced this incredible sensation while holding the crystal so had seen me sitting off on my own day dreaming and came up and said you have to try this and she drops the Crystal into my hand..... oh my f***ing God or should I say Buddha!  I had pins and needle like sensations shooting up my arm and I could feel this deep throbbing in my hand.  Of course that was the very start of an addiction!  I jumped off the stool and pushed my way through the lovely ladies using my elbows where necessary (sorry ladies!) until I got to the counter where all the Crystals were - I started to hold and feel all the different Crystals and started to feel all these different kinds of sensations - HOW AMAZING!  Who would have thought it.  I then went on to buy a Brown Tourmaline and an Aquamarine that reminded me of my little sister when I held it.

Who knows what opened up for me on that trip that allowed me to suddenly feel and understand what Crystals could do to help me and also how they could help animals (as is always my way of thinking - animals before humans!!) but whatever happened I am so grateful that the Universe opened this portal to me.

I now cannot leave the house unless I am wearing a Crystal in some form - Tigers Eye was my favourite for such a long time but that then changed to Amethyst but this week on Tibetan New Years Day I was drawn to wear my Tibetan Torquise without realising at that time what day it was.

Today I have a quite a selection of Crystals bracelets round my wrists - Black Tourmaline because I feel I need some help with grounding, Tigers Eye as it always seems to give me strength to push through difficult times, Amethyst because I like its connection to my higher self and also my Spirit Guides - I seem to be able to communicate better with my Guides if I have Amethyst closeby and lastly I am wearing 2 Hematite rings to banish negative energy - the last one broke in two on a bad job where I was surrounded by negative energy and idiots!

I still don't know a lot about Crystals as its probably a life time of learning to know which is which and what they all do but I now do know what I am drawn too which is amazing.

So please don't dismiss the amazing world of Crystals even if you don't feel anything or understand them - that will come when the time is right for you.

suz
xxx