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  • Top 5 Gifts For Your Spiritual Someone Special

    Top 5 Gifts For Your Spiritual Someone Special

     

    If they meditate, talk about space and astrology, have a crystal collection, alter, candles, or incense--you may have a spiritual bae on your hands. Do you wanna step up your gift game on holidays or just to show a little extra love and want to go above and beyond for your spiritual SOS-- but don’t know where to start? Here are the top 5 gift ideas for someone spiritual. 

    Positive Affirmation Cards

    In a lot of ways, we spiritual partners are pretty easy to please. We often experience gratitude no matter what and can appreciate the deeper meaning of gift-giving. But if you come through with something that enhances our spiritual practice or personal development--wow.

    Daily positive affirmation cards are a great place to start. Your spiritual partner loves to start their day with a little dose of sunshine that can come in the form of perfectly written affirmations. 

    Vision Board Material

    You’ve probably seen them create or at least talk about wanting to make a vision board that isn’t Pinterest. Take the initiative to get them everything they need and insist they finally get to it! 

    These materials will include

    • Corkboard with wooden frame/ poster board
    • Scissors
    • Glue stick
    • Magazines
    • Colored Paper
    • Markers, crayons, pen, pencils
    • Images and text from artwork, old books, computer printouts, quotes

    You can’t imagine how special this would be to them. It’s such a selfless gift that shows you want to support them and their endless evolution into their best self.

    Manifestation Journal

    Speaking of growth, the spiritual crew loves learning and practicing the ability to manifest anything and everything we want. And like a vision board, visualization is important but journaling or writing it down always comes first.

    A manifestation journal can be labeled as such or it could be something personalized or in the style they love and when you give it to them mention its purpose. Be sure to include a few quality pens and stickers!

    A Good Book

    Does your spiritual SOS have a pretty hefty bookshelf or Kindle library? Even so, it’s never enough. There’s so much delicious information out there that hungry minds can’t wait to consume. 

    Want to get them a book that’s right up their alley? Choose from these topics--just make sure they don’t already have it!

    • Yoga
    • Crystals
    • Chakras
    • Enlightenment
    • Being Present
    • Mindfulness
    • Meditation
    • Positivity

    A few good authors include Eckhart Tolle, Don Miguel Ruiz, Deepak Chopra, Michael Alan Singer, Thich Nhat Hanh, and many others. Follow what speaks to you. They’ll love it.

    Crystals

    Ah, crystals. My specialty. And even if your spiritual bae seems to have a bursting collection of crystals--trust me there’s always room for more. Some of the best crystals to give to a lover include:

    Rose Quartz for love

    Amethyst for spiritual transformation

    Selenite for cleansing energy

    Quartz for power and clarity

    Chrysocolla for communication and femininity

    Labradorite for healing and direction

    Citrine for abundance and optimism

    Truthfully, you can’t go wrong when picking out a crystal for someone you love. They’ll be even more impressed if you express why you choose the one you do.


    So now you’re covered for birthdays, holidays, and beyond. Swoon and support your spiritual someone special with these 5 meaningful gift ideas.

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  • Energize Your Space: Where To Place Crystals In Your Home

    Energize Your Space: Where To Place Crystals In Your Home
    Crystals have been used for centuries for their healing properties, and now they are becoming increasingly popular as a way to enhance the energy in our homes. This article will explore the best places to put crystals in your home to maximize their benefits. From the living room to the bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, and office, you'll learn about specific crystals that can be used to improve the energy in each room of your house.
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  • A Beginner’s Guide to Meditating With Crystals (Step-by-Step)

    A Beginner’s Guide to Meditating With Crystals (Step-by-Step)

    Meditating with crystals starts as a simple practice that can quickly turn into a 4th-dimensional experience.

    If you’re wanting to vibe higher, invite better frequencies into your life, open up and align with your purpose, and renew your energy--there really is nothing quite as effective as meditating with crystals.

    In this brief beginner’s guide, I’ll walk you through the first and most essential 6 steps that will pave your journey toward soul elevation and activation using your breath, intentions, and Earth’s precious gems.

    Step #1 Choose Your Crystals

    Until you’re energetically familiar with crystals and how you respond to them, just feel your way through the selection process. Don’t get caught up in the “oohs and ahhs” of a shiny crystal. Rather drop into your heart-center when looking at a picture or holding a crystal before taking it home.

    Some may feel heavy, for example, when holding Hematite you may feel extremely grounded (which is exactly what it does). But if you’re looking for energy, inspiration, and creativity, you may be drawn to the almighty Citrine crystal

    It also doesn’t take much to do a little research on the story, meaning, and benefits of crystals beforehand. Either way, once the gem is yours, the experience with it becomes very personal.

    Step #2 Making Space

    When meditating with crystals, the space you choose for your practice is almost as important as selecting the crystals you’re working with. You want to go somewhere you’re most comfortable, where the energy’s clear, and there aren’t distractions.

    I like going out in nature, by the beach, near a pond, or my meditation room. Learn how to create your very own sacred space, here.

    Step #3 Set Intention

    With your crystals in hand and the perfect place for your practice, it’s time to set your intentions. Keeping a journal specifically for meditating with crystals is a great way to align your practice with your intentions and be able to track your manifestation and spiritual development journey.

    If you’re not into journaling, simply focusing on your intentions or even praying are great ways to get into the emotional and spiritual space of allowing.

    Intentions are extremely personal but can look something like this:

    My intentions for the next 15 minutes is to align with the energy of this Rose Quartz to heal from heartbreak, realign with myself, and welcome in all opportunities to feel and be loved.

    Step #4 Stay Open

    Clear and specific intentions are the perfect way to sink into your meditative practice, but staying open is key to allowing the universe into your experience.

    Detach from your expectations when meditating with crystals and be open to the thoughts, emotions, and guidance that may arise.

    There are times you set aside 10 minutes to meditate with Citrine with the intention of unlocking your creativity to perform better at work only to be tearing up 20 minutes later because the universe has drawn your attention to the abundance blocks that have hindered your inspiration for years.

     

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    You just never know, but the opportunity to heal and ascend is greater when you remain curious about what each practice may bring day-to-day. 

    Step #5 Breathe + Observe

    After you’ve set your intentions, then what? Just sit there?

    Well, yes! Oh, and breathe...it’s good to breathe.

    When meditating with crystals you become a passive participant in your life. It’s the ego that wants to go, go, go, and take action until something is achieved. However, in a spiritual practice like this, magic is found in stillness.

    Thoughts are going to arise and distract you from being a still passenger of the present moment. Don’t fight them. They don’t go away. Simply notice them and let them continue to pass by like clouds in the sky. No need to attach to thoughts and run with them.

    Observe, breathe, remember your intentions, and listen for the quiet whisper of the higher self. It’s there within, beyond the noise of thoughts.

    Step #6 Commit 

    Finally, the last and most influential step is to commit to meditating with crystals daily. Multiple times a day if you can. The emotional, physical, and spiritual benefits of re-centering with your favorite precious stone are best achieved when you do it regularly. 

    Meditating with crystals is an act of self-love and self-care that is worth the tiniest fragment of your day, every day.

    Not sure which crystals to meditate with? Discover Mother Earth’s divine meditation tools with these other guides.

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    We wish you a love-filled journey as you begin meditating with crystals, aligning with your highest self, and experiencing life more abundantly.





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