Hi Chickpeas, This week I have a few thoughts to share with you - firstly, I am enrolled in a fun crystal healing class at Hibiscus Moon and my homework this week was to create a crystal grid - essentially a crystal layout which can be charged with intentions. It amplifies your magick 💝
The concept of programming crystal grids to send healing is right up my alley. In Reiki classes we learn to program crystals for energy balancing - there are lots of ways to work with them. One of my favorites, in the context of a reiki session, is to incorporate them when the client’s energy is so stuck that I’d have to spend a lot more time on each hand position (Byosen Levels 4-5*). We also learned how to program grids for distant healing in the Reiki Master classes.
One of my Reiki teachers set up a grid - actually four - and placed them at the North Pole, South Pole, Jerusalem and Hawaii to cover the four corners of the Earth (that is William Rand). Reiki practitioners all over the world have a picture of it and we use that image to send Reiki to the World Peace Grid, and through it, to the world.
Below you will find a grid that I set up to transmute household stress during quarantine. It has one of my favorite stones, Black Tourmaline - great for stress relief and transmuting negative energy, and Blue Apatite to dispel confusion. It may or may not be a coincidence, but the stress felt with my quarantine buddies went down substantially after setting up the grid this weekend.
This morning I switched the intention for this grid to send peace and grounding to the whole world. Feel free to take a picture of the grid and visualize it radiating light to you.
An Astrology-Inspired Meditation
Beyond that I would also like to share an energy healing meditation with you. A lot of what we are experiencing now can be explained by looking at the planets, especially Pluto and Jupiter in Capricorn - both of which can create quite a bit of upheaval. When Capricorn shakes we tend to feel insecure or scared and in my case, meditating with Black Tourmaline has done a lot to calm my nerves. Please try the meditation below to transmute the feelings of stress and uncertainty.
Capricorn is an Earth sign, concerned with financial issues and the stability we enjoy in the material world. It also relates to authority and governments, which are all being shaken up at the moment. Pluto pushes us towards transformation and it would be much easier for all of us if necessary changes happen with love and proactivity, and not from a place of reactivity or fear. Pluto transits through Capricorn every 250 years. It has been in Capricorn since 2008 and will leave in 2024. In 2020 the effect was multiplied by Jupiter's 12-13 month transit through this sign, and Saturn having just exited it (a lot of weight in one sign). As well as pushing us to find new footing, upheavals in Capricorn bring up a shadow of fear and uncertainty.
Meditating with Black Tourmaline crystals has helped me a lot - especially the past few years as I have a key planet in Capricorn and had been feeling anxious even before this. Those of you who are into Bach Flowers Remedies may want to try Mimulus Remedy as it is said to help calm fears related to Capricorn, acting on the emotional body. As always, energy healing and vibrational remedies are complementary to medical care, not alternative.
Below you will find a grid that I set up to transmute household stress during quarantine. It has one of my favorite stones, Black Tourmaline - great for stress relief and transmuting negative energy, and Blue Apatite to dispel confusion. It may or may not be a coincidence, but the stress felt with my quarantine buddies went down substantially after setting up the grid this weekend.
This morning I switched the intention for this grid to send peace and grounding to the whole world. Feel free to take a picture of the grid and visualize it radiating light to you.
An Astrology-Inspired Meditation
Beyond that I would also like to share an energy healing meditation with you. A lot of what we are experiencing now can be explained by looking at the planets, especially Pluto and Jupiter in Capricorn - both of which can create quite a bit of upheaval. When Capricorn shakes we tend to feel insecure or scared and in my case, meditating with Black Tourmaline has done a lot to calm my nerves. Please try the meditation below to transmute the feelings of stress and uncertainty.
Capricorn is an Earth sign, concerned with financial issues and the stability we enjoy in the material world. It also relates to authority and governments, which are all being shaken up at the moment. Pluto pushes us towards transformation and it would be much easier for all of us if necessary changes happen with love and proactivity, and not from a place of reactivity or fear. Pluto transits through Capricorn every 250 years. It has been in Capricorn since 2008 and will leave in 2024. In 2020 the effect was multiplied by Jupiter's 12-13 month transit through this sign, and Saturn having just exited it (a lot of weight in one sign). As well as pushing us to find new footing, upheavals in Capricorn bring up a shadow of fear and uncertainty.
Meditating with Black Tourmaline crystals has helped me a lot - especially the past few years as I have a key planet in Capricorn and had been feeling anxious even before this. Those of you who are into Bach Flowers Remedies may want to try Mimulus Remedy as it is said to help calm fears related to Capricorn, acting on the emotional body. As always, energy healing and vibrational remedies are complementary to medical care, not alternative.
Reiki FOOTNOTE
* For those of you who are unfamiliar with Reiki, practitioners feel a range of sensations on their palms while giving Reiki. This is how we know that Reiki is flowing, and how we sense or perceive the energy field. At the lower end of the Byosen scale, we feel practically nothing or absolutely nothing; that is meant to be a signal NOT to keep your hands there and to move to a different part of the body/aura.
In the mid levels, the Reiki practitioner feels tingling, hot, cold, or pulsations and at level 5, it’s super uncomfortable and often painful. It doesn't happen often. The stronger the sensation, the more time you are supposed to stay at that location. I incorporate crystals at levels 4 & 5 to let the crystal give reiki, instead of keeping my hands there. Other times it's just a feeling that tells you where to go and what to do. If you don't know what to do, follow the hand positions.
When I was starting out, I perceived a lot more in the energy field (either clairvoyantly or through physical sensations). Over time, the clairvoyance has taken a back seat. I think it’s my own curiosity going down, and practicality taking the lead with sessions.
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