Journey to Healing

I sage my personal space weekly. But let’s talk about white sage. White sage is known to be sacred to Native Americans. This alone should show you that you should avoid buying it. Many Native Americans have spoken out about this issue that is increasingly becoming popular among non-native people. As an ally to all people, it is important to recognize cultural appropriation. It is just basic respect for that community. Along with white sage being sacred, although it is not yet listed on the endangered species list, Native Americans worry about its future harvest, therefore it is important to keep it just for them. If it is not your culture, don’t use it, it is just disrespect. It is okay to appreciate cultures, but because white sage is sacred, it is not okay for use. 

An update on the carnelian and green aventurine:

I cleansed these crystals once or twice a month, meditated, and set an intention for each one every time. 

I didn’t realize it at first, but the week after getting my carnelian and aventurine, I started to feel more outspoken and more confident in every little thing I did. I started speaking up more, started sewing again, and even started a private snapchat just with all girls just so I could post things that make me feel confident and happy without the validation or judgement of men. I was a bit startled with my sudden boost of confidence and wondered if I was just going through a crisis, but I realized it was the help of the crystals after my weekly saging. I overall just felt more positive with my life choices and confident in everything I did. I even started applying for jobs again after giving up in the beginning of the pandemic. I carried these with me to the job interview because I’m usually really bad at them and felt I needed a boost of confidence. I was able to secure the job! 

I have been searching for new crystals and were finally drawn to these two. After receiving my two new crystals, a carnelian agate palm stone and a green aventurine tower, I immediately cleansed them under the smoke of blue sage and set my intention. After staying in my room all week, I decided to go for a walk to the park to charge my new crystals under the sun and the energy from today’s upcoming harvest full moon. 

The carnelian agate promotes courage, motivation, creativity, and has many other healing properties. It protects against envy, rage, and resentment. The carnelian can help open and balance the sacral charka. The sacral chakra is located in your lower abdomen and when this is balanced, your relationship with the world and other people will be centered around harmonious exchange, pleasure, and nurturing. 

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@crystalsnhealing :

Don’t forget to have a healthy relationship with the sun. It can be so easy to stay in all day and let the shadows consume you. Open the windows, go outside, watch the sunset—just let your skin see light. Sun exposure will help increase your serotonin levels.

The sun has always had a deep relationship with our ancestors. There are many stories of the sun in folklore. In Hawaii there’s a story about Maui, a Hawaiian demigod, who slowed the sun. A long time ago, Te Ra, the sun, moved fast across the sky. The days were too short to get anything done. Maui decided to try to catch the sun in hopes of slowing it down. Everyone thought it was impossible, but Maui had a plan. Using flax, his brothers and sisters began making ropes. When they finished they started their trek toward the pit where the sun would rise. They built a wall around the pit to protect and hide themselves. As the sun rose, his brothers and sisters wrapped their ropes around the sun as Maui raised the magic jawbone of his grandfather and smashed it at the head of the sun, in hopes of slowing it down. The sun grew weak and tired and started moving slowly across the sky. They say the rays of the sun are the magic ropes that bind the sun to the earth.

Hello and welcome to my blog. This is just a little introduction for myself and what you expect to see here. As a college student living in this pandemic and this crazy election season, I am here to de-stress and let go of my negative emotions. I will be posting about my experience with self-reflection, chakras, healing crystals, and different ways to relieve stress. Some people (including my family) may think I’m crazy for even talking about crystals and healing but I truly do find comfort in these ideas and I do believe they have helped me grow as a person. I once also thought these ideas were insane and illogical but that was when I was more narrow-minded. I am now opening my eyes to new ideas. I realize that life may be bigger than me, but the most important thing in my life ultimately is me. I can’t make others happy if I am unhappy, and I can’t recognize my faults as a person without self-reflection, so here we are.