Why Crystals?

A crystal power dial 

Crystals are a major part of my life for anyone that knows me. I have tons scattered around my house. I am constantly wearing at least one crystal on me. I make crystal jewellery for others to enjoy. I use them to not only heal myself but also others. But because I am constantly surrounded by crystals I do often get asked ( by friends, strangers, family, etc); why crystals, what is it about them, what do they give you, do you truly believe in the power of them? And my answer YES, yes I do!!

My very first memories of loving rocks, stones and crystals comes from my childhood. Growing up my Dad used to work in the coulees of Southern Alberta in a gravel pit. Now here is a tidbit for those of you not familiar with that area...it is literally loaded with magical stones, rocks, and crystals and is also home for a lot ancient healers! Anyway, my Dad would always take home the cool ones, the most beautiful, sometimes even fossils! He would set them up around the house and tell us about them and what they were, or where he had found them.  I would always think to myself, how cool would it be to work with this beautiful things, like seriously?!

 I would always think to myself, how cool would it be to work with this beautiful things, like seriously?!


My second major memory come from the first time I was actually gifted my very first healing stone, from my Aunt none the less. She was all about natural healing, energy healing, and ancient healing practices. For one of my younger birthday's, I am clueless to which one, she gifted me a rose quartz pendant necklace. I was so in love with it, I hardly went a day without wearing it and the few times it broke I would always get my Mom or Dad to fix it so I could continue to wear it! I felt like it was a part of me, like the stone its self was giving me everything I needed and I was giving it everything it needed back.

Absorbing energy in a pool of crystals

So in hindsight I was always in love with these beautiful gifts that Mother Earth has blessed us with! Now the big question...Why? And do I truly believe in their gifts?


I was always in love with these beautiful gifts


My belief and love with crystals I do believe comes from two things. The first is that through a past life regression, I learned that I was a faerie, actually a pixie to be exact, in a past life! These creatures are very in tune and in love with Mother Earth and all her gifts, they are gifted with the job of helping to take care of this beautiful world and teach us more about the gifts of it. Faeries and pixies are very drawn especially to crystals and stones as they believe that they are gifts from Gaia (the Mother Earth Goddess) for all the work and help that they do. All that being said, me being naturally drawn to them comes from this past life that I have carried forth. I actually must add it was carried forth to this life in such a way that before I even started studying or learning names or properties of crystals I actually knew them; there was instances where I would be in a store with a friend and I would know exactly which stone she needed without actually knowing anything about the stone or even the name of it before I walked in.


There was instances where I would be in a store with a friend and I would know exactly which stone she needed without actually knowing anything about the stone or even the name of it before I walked in

My first piece of Kyanite

The second reason why is because I have been very very blessed to feel and see what they can do, how they heal, and the amazing energy that they possesses. About three and a half years ago I was coming out of very very dark place, think depression, lost love (a soul sister and the man I thought was the one at the time), a major shake up in friends, career changers, and lost hope. It was at this time a friend of mine had been made a custom crystal necklace by a beautiful amazing healer, and now today I must say friend, Beth Katherine, or back then she was known as Waves of Fire. I was so drawn to this healer and all the beautiful stones she was working with that I decided to try it out. I met with Beth for an interview, or guidance session, and then in two weeks was gifted with a very beautiful Kyanite healing necklace. I will not go into specifics of Kyanite but basically this necklace was made to help me listen to my heart, heal my hearts pain and ache, see both sides of a situation, and connect with my true intuition.


I would also like to note that a few days before I recieved my necklace I went to a crystal store with a friend looking for something for myself, which I never did back then, and my eye and heart first came accross a lovely piece of Kyanite that I still have to this day!

The moment I put on this amazing Kyanite necklace I remember feeling this surge of energy, this rush, and the knowing that this was the moment my life was going to change, and it did. I can literally pinpoint the change in my life, and how I have gotten to this point to that moment and that point in time.


A surge of energy, this rush, and the knowing that this was the moment my life was going to change

Vitton healing on Amethyst

Now do not get me wrong I do believe that one has to still do some work, it is not like a crystal is merely going to come into your life, your going to sit back, and everything will magically be better. What I do believe is that these amazing beautiful, powerful stones have the ability to spark something with in us, align with our chakras and start the first stages of healing. I believe that they make us want to do the things to in our life, feel things, and just make it different than what it is. And yepperz sometimes I do believe that they do just magically fix things, I have a little piece of benoite that if I have a headache I just literally place it on and my headache is gone. I have also seen my Prince Vitton using my crystals when he is feeling ill, like we took him to the pet emergency ill, and he placed his little head on one of my amethysts and was acting more like himself afterwards.


Powerful stones have the ability to spark something with in us, align with our chakras and start the first stages of healing


Crystals have the ability to do so much wonder, good, and healing in our lives. They are literally the gifts that the earth have given us to help us heal, learn, and change. This is a huge reason why I work with them. The reason why I am studying to become a Certified Crystal Healer. The reason why I am make beautiful crystal jewellery, both custom and pre made stuff sold on the link here. The reason why I never leave home with out at least one of my friends (yes to me they are my friends) by my side. The reason why I want to share the gifts and healing that they possess with the world around me. Crystal healing and the power of the crystals are what got me here today, in one piece, and enjoying more love and healing than I could ever imagine.

One of the beauties I created

Yes, yes I believe in the healing, the power, the magnificence, the beauty, and the over all change that these beautiful beings have.

xoxo my lovelies! 

Get Grounding the Autumn Way

Not so sad face having to wear warmer clothes!

So the last couple of weeks have been cool and rainy here in Vancouver! I must say it has officially reached the season of autumn here, which I am totally fine with because it is my favourite of all the seasons! I just love to wear cozy clothes, scarves, boots, hats, make soups and chili's, and also I get to happily up my consumption of tea <3 Sooo in honour of this lovely season I would like to share with you a couple of my FAVOURITE recipes for this time of year!

With autumn being here, and winter coming soon after, I start to want food with more substance, that is nice and hot, and also comforting! I have also really been trying to make sure what I am putting in my body is benefiting it in many ways. I want to make sure that my food is nourishing my body, my soul, and helping out all my chakras!

Autumn colour flowers <3

 Eating for your chakras is actually a very important thing that a lot of people do not think about. When we eat for our chakra's its not only helping us to balance them but can also improve their functionality, and their power. A lot of people whom do chakra work (I believe everyone should do some sort of chakra work) usually only focus on the energy work of cleansing, repairing, and opening them. When we combine eating for our chakra's and doing energy work with them we help them to work at their optimal level.

One way to make sure that you are eating for your chakra's is to eat what is in season! This not only helps your chakras ground into the coming weather and changes in your body; but also is better for the environment, and your wallet; eating in season is more economical and cheaper than eating out of season. We can also eat for our chakras in another way; by colour. If you are trying to work on a particular chakra then eating fruits, veggies, natural organic meats, and dairy that are associated with the colour of that chakra helps with the work you are doing, it is similar to colour therapy. For example I have been trying to do a lot of work on my root, sacral, and solar plexus chakras....or in other words my lower chakras :) The colours for these are red, orange, and yellow...hmmm kind of like autumn colours....THAT being said I have been including lots red, orange, and yellow foods; think pumpkins, spaghetti squash, peppers, peaches, turmeric, curry and ginger.

Now with all that being said I am now, FINALLY, going to share with you some recipes to ground you into this new season upon us and get you all cozy and comfort fooded up!!!

Pumpkin Sage Soup

This recipe has an amazing food that is not used enough, pumpkins! Pumpkins contain vitamins; A, C, E, B5, along with zinc, magnesium, potassium, and iron. Pumpkins also have a butt load of antioxidants and dietary fibre! Also they are in season right now and so they helps us ground in while benefiting our sacral chakra.

Then there is the sage, oh yeah baby sage! We all have heard of smudging with sage as a way to cleanse, clear and remove toxic energy, BUT did you know that ingesting it does the same thing but to your whole being (think body, mind, and soul). Also it helps to create a calm within your body, probably due to all that gross, icky negativity and toxic energy being gone. It also leads to better brain functioning and has tons of antioxidants in it!

Finished bowl of Pumpkin Sage Soup

Ingredients:
6 lbs weight worth of Sugar Pumpkin or Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin
1 Tbsp of butter or olive oil if going dairy free (I have used both and prefer the olive oil myself)
2 Shallots chopped, or about 3/4 cup
4 cloves of chopped garlic
4 cups of veggie stock
2 Tbsp of fresh chopped sage, and more for garnish
Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Heat your oven to 400 degrees and cut pumpkin or pumpkins in half. Scoop out the seeds and place to roast for 1 hour to 1 1/2 hour, or until soft enough to scoop out the meat. Take out of the oven let cool then scoop out the meat from the inside.
2. In a large pot over medium heat add butter (or oil) and shallots and sauté until clear. Then add in garlic and sauté for another minute. Then add in veggie stock, roasted pumpkin, sage, and s&p. Bring to a boil.
3. After it has reached a boil empty into a blender, food processor, or immersion blend all ingredients together. Heat for another 2-3 minutes afterwards back in pot.
5. Pour into a bowl and enjoy! This soup is really great when you add pumpkin seeds and a little bit of organic sour cream to the top.


Peanut Butter Cup Squares

Peanut Butter Cup Squares fresh out of the freezer!

Now this recipe is just a favourite of mine because at this time of year I really want sweets and this gives me the feeling of having something sweet without the processed sugar and also adding good for you ingredients. This recipe uses organic real maple syrup which is a natural sugar that us actually good for you and also adds a little bit of sweetness. The recipe also calls for raw cacao which is very good for  your body and mind. Raw cacao has the highest amount of magnesium, iron, and zinc in a food known to man kind! Also when raw cacao is ingested it helps with PMS, acne, and headaches! Note I am saying RAW CACAO, not cocoa, or chocolate powder; those things are processed and have lots of the good for things in them TAKEN OUT!

Ingredients By Layer:

Bottom Layer:
3/4 cup ground almonds or almond meal
2 Tbsp raw cacao powder
2 Tbsp real maple syrup
1 Tbsp melted coconut oil
pinch of sea salt

Middle Layer:
1/2 cup natural organic peanut butter
3 Tbsp of real maple syrup
1 Tbsp of melted coconut oil
pinch of sea salt, or to taste for this layer only

Top Layer:
1/4 cup raw cacao powder
1/4 cup melted coconut oil
3 Tbsp of real maple syrup

1. Combine all the bottom layer ingredients in a bowl until it reaches a dough like consistancy. Then press into a loaf pan evenly. Place in freezer to set.
2. Combine middle layer ingredients in a bowl until smooth. Remove pan from freezer and use a spatula to even smooth the middle layer over the bottom one. Place back in freezer.
3. Using a whisk, whisk the top layer ingredients in a bowl. Remove pan from freezer and spread evenly over the top of the two other layers. Then place in freezer for 2 hours.
4. Remove from freezer and cut into squares and eat them all!!! You can store these in the freezer or fridge in an air tight container for 2 weeks, mine have never lasted that long, I have usually eaten them all by the 4th day.


I hope you enjoy these goodies and get your grounding into autumn the healthy way!! Much Love, Light, and Gratitude to all my lovelies!

To New Light, Crystals, and of Course Food

Meditating Ocean Style

You may have noticed I have been doormat for some time now, well for almost 10 months anyway. Truth be told back in January I was unsure as to whether or not I would blog again, but here I am writing another blog post.



Like I do every year, I spent some time in January and December contemplating on what I wanted out of the next year. I thought about things I'd like to achieve, things I wanted to do, and of course things that I needed to let go of. I meditated with my guides and angels and asked them to help guide me to remove things that were no longer serving me and to help me bring the things into my life that would help me on my next step on my journey.



In the weeks before that I had noticed that my writing was slowing down, and I was blogging less. I had no idea why but I just rode it out. Then in January while working on releasing in one of my meditations I heard a clear voice tell me to release my blog from my life, for the moment. I really did not understand this at all, I liked writing, loved my blog, so why. But instead of dwelling on it and questioning it I let it go, I released it.



Then February came and with it a new moon came. I remember this clearly because I was with my roommate talking about the up coming new moon when I saw a jewellery creation store and we decided to go in. Immediately I was in love, so much creativity around me, and there was crystals and stones, and just so much good energy. Of course at this moment my angels whispered to me a little creative idea to create for a dear friend...and thats how it all started.

Celestine Necklace

I started making a few pieces for myself, a few for friends, and then before I knew it I was creating pieces daily and feeling more alive than ever. I had always loved crystals and stones and had played a few times making myself a necklace or two; but never had I ever imagined that I would create something so wonderful out of my love for crystals. In just 10 short months I went from just loving and playing with crystals to creating beautiful pieces of art with them and working on a Certified Crystal Healing Course.



It was not until recently, while I was meditating, that it dawned on me what this all had to do with my writing and blogging...my angels and guides were simply guiding me to make  room for this new crystal adventure by slowing down on the writing. They wanted me to focus my creative energy on something new, something bigger, something that would open me up even more to my life's purpose and journey.

Sunset on Sept 9 Supermoon 

During the last Super Full Moon of the year, September 9, while sitting on a beach watching the sunset with my love I heard a familiar voice speak to me. This voice was that of my guides and they were telling me it was now time to weave all that I have been working on with all that I had been working on  before I stopped writing. Immediately my soul, my heart, and my body handed to me so many images and ideas for more creation. I started just blurting them out to my love while he listened patiently waiting for me to stop, which did not happen for a very long time that night.

Indian Agate Mala 

So here is to new adventures, listening to your angels & guides, yoga, holistic eating, crystal creations, and of course   tons of writing <333

Practicing in the Light of Perfection

Ocean views <3

Perfection is a funny thing in todays society. We all want it, we all crave it, we all need it and we will do anything to achieve it even if it makes us unhappy in the process. We force ourselves to have visions of always having to be bigger, better, and more shiny than what we are. But what happens when leave the idea of perfection behind? Let me tell you how I learned what is truly perfection and how to achieve it just by meditating.

When I was younger I used to strive to be perfect and achieve perfection all the time in everything I did.  I wanted to be the perfect daughter, sister, friend, student, family member, and member of society. All of this want to be perfect and feeling like I had to be perfect followed me through out the majority of my life. When I started dating seriously I wanted to be the best girlfriend ever and would beat myself up if I made even the smallest mistake. During college I wanted to prove I could be the perfect student as well as the perfect employee so I worked 40 plus hours and would not sleep to achieve my 3.8 average.  Then when I started meditating, yoga, and working towards a healthier lifestyle for myself and the strive and want for perfection followed me onwards. I would beat myself up for simple little slips, I would condemn myself saying I was not doing things properly or to the best of my ability, but worst of all I would stop doing things I knew made me a happier healthier person because "I could not achieve them to the extent of perfection". All of this tore me to pieces and literally almost killed me. All the pressure for perfection I put on myself to live such a happy healthy amazing life was the thing that almost put my life in danger of almost not existing at all.

Since then, over the last two years I have worked towards letting go of that need to strive for perfection and controlling my life to be a perfect story. Slowly I started to realize that I did not need to be perfect I just need to be me, no matter how messy or chaotic I was. I was perfection I did not need to search or strive to achieve it. I still struggled with wanting to be more perfect and held on to certain ideals of what perfection was until I was handed what perfection really was.

My Very Own Meditation Corner

I really started to learn how to let go of my ideals of perfection when I started to look at my meditation practice, or what I viewed at the time as a "lack of meditation practice", a few months ago. I was becoming frustrated with myself for my lack of sitting down, and doing my "ritualistic" meditation daily. When I would sit down to do this ritualized meditation practice my thoughts would often interfere, or I would feel chaotic and unfocused. I would often leave meditations feeling more angry or upset than happy and joyful because I did not achieve the perfect mediation.

One day while I was running by the sea I realized how joyous I was feeling and how my run was more meditative than my ritualistic meditation was. I started to take more consideration in how I was feeling during certain activities; baths, walking, yoga, cooking, reading, all the like. Each day it changed for me, somedays sitting in silence was the meditation my body and mind needed, other days it was a relaxing candle lit bath, or a run through nature or by the sea. This is when it hit me; just like other things in life meditation is a practice it is not perfection as it is perfection in its self no matter the meditation.

Candle Lit Bath :D

Meditation is always what it is supposed to be in that exact moment no matter what the activity is that brings it on; whatever it is it is always joyful peace, calm, and love. Meditation is about releasing negative emotion, attachment and energy and how can we do that if we are constantly wanting to achieve a "perfect meditation"? Life is quite the same in the fact that when we focus on doing everything "perfectly", instead of realizing how the things we are doing are quite perfect in themselves, we will never truly live a happy well adjusted life. When we focus on perfection it takes our sight off of the beauty in that moment and takes it to futuristic things that we may never achieve because we cannot see the current beauty. Does that mean I never sit down and take part in my ritualistic meditation practice, no; all it means is that I take that meditation for what it is no matter what happens, because no matter what it is perfect in that moment.

Meditation is always perfection no matter how chatty your mind is, no matter what activity you are doing to achieve that stillness and joyful enlightenment, and no matter where you are. Life is quite the same in the fact that no matter what it is perfect, you just need to look at it for what it truly is and instead of what it is not. Meditation has taught me to let go of perfection almost completely in my life just because meditation is not perfect it can sometimes be a chaotic mess, just like all aspects of life, but it is beautiful just the same. Truth, beauty, and rawness is perfection and everything is truth, beauty and rawness when we open our eyes to it. 

Magical Forest Truths 

The forest may have rotting leaves and logs, have insects that fly and buzz around, animal poop, and mud on the ground but we never condemn it for being anything less than perfect and magical. Now use those same eyes to look at your own life and meditation, because they are both the same as the grungy, dirty forest that we all see as perfection. We all have ability to achieve perfection we just need to change the eyes we view it with.