Crystals and Stones - Programming your Stone

Hey there Crystal Lovers!

Once again, I’m so glad that you’re here and you’re open and willing to explore the subtle realms of working with stones. Today we’re going to dive right into programming our stones.

First of all, what does that even mean?

When we program a stone, we’re basically dedicating a specific stone to aid us in manifesting a specific intention.

When I first started working with stones, programming always sounded like this big thing, I expected it to be a complicated process, I was almost disappointed at how simple it was.

The thing is, sometimes, we don’t give things the credit they deserve just because of their simplicity. We don’t realize that even if something is simple, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s easy.

How do you do it?

STEP 1 - SET YOUR INTENTION

This is the most important step. In general, it’s really beneficial to be crystal clear about what we’re working towards, what we want, what we need. When we’re working with our stones, we really want to work with a sense of clarity. It might be helpful to journal or take a walk and ponder what it is that you want to align yourself with. This step can easily be overlooked when we’re used to living our lives on “autopilot” and just rolling with whatever is going on. Being mindful of our intentions is a pretty big thing so I just want to remind you to be kind with yourself if this step isn’t as easy as it seems.

Here are just a few examples of intentions to get you started:

• Attracting love
• Finding a new job
• Physical, mental or emotional healing
• Cultivating acceptance/forgiveness/optimism/gratitude/etc.
• Sticking to a goal
• Attracting luck or abundance

STEP 2 - CHOOSE YOUR STONE

If you have a few different stones, you’ll want to choose one to work with. Keep in mind, there is no right or wrong here. You can use any stone you want as long as it feels good and right. However, if you’re not sure which stone to chose, here are a few methods you could try:

• Use your intuition - Simply choose the stone you’re drawn to and trust your choice.
   
• Make an informed decision - Look up the attributes of your different stones and choose the one that seems most relevant to your intention. For example Rose Quartz could be a great stone to work with when your intention is attracting love.
   
• Choose by shape or structure of the stone - For example, if your intention is to cultivate acceptance or wholeness, using a sphere shaped stone could be a good idea. Or, if you want to heal a relationship, a heart shaped stone might feel right.
   
• Choose by color/chakra - If you’re into working with Chakras, choose a stone that corresponds with the color of the chakra your intention is influenced by. For example, if I want a stone to help me express myself more clearly, I could chose a blue stone, as blue corresponds with the throat chakra.

STEP 3 - CLEANSE YOUR STONE

I've covered this topic in a previous post.   

STEP 4 - PROGRAM YOUR STONE

Before I get into this step, I'll start by saying once again, that there is no right or wrong here. You could potentially make it all up as you go. If what you do feels right to you - you’re doing it. We can get very attached to there being a”right” way, but, when working with energy, it’s all about the actual practice and not so much about the information. We each have our own personal way of interacting with subtlety.

Having said that, I’m sharing here what works for me:

1. Find a comfortable sitting position (either in a chair or on a cushion)
2. Hold the stone in your left hand. (Our left side corresponds with the feminine and receptive aspect of ourselves.)
3. Try to feel the energy of the stone. This can be a bit challenging, as it requires us to settle down, get quiet and listen. If you’re not used to meditating and get fidgety very easily try to focus on the feeling of the stone physically resting in the palm of your hand, feel the stone touching your skin. That might be all you’ll feel and that’s perfectly fine!
4. Say “Hi”. Remember, these stones are our friends we want to treat them with respect.
5. Move the stone into your right hand. (Masculine outgoing side)
6. State your intention (either silently or out loud).
7. Ask your stone to please help and aid in manifesting this intention
8. Imagine the intention merging with and infusing the stone. Take at least a minute or two (but you could go as long as you like) with the stone in your hand and your intention in your heart. If you are a visual person you could imagine the energy of the intention moving from your heart into your arm and all the way down to your hand and infusing the stone. You could also hold the stone close to your mouth and say your intention over and over and imagine the sound waves resonating with your stone. Again, use your imagination and intuition, there is no right or wrong.
    

Now your stone is programmed and ready to aid in manifesting your intentions!

For tomorrow’s new moon, you might want to try this out and program one of your stones to help release something you’re ready to release, or to attract something new and exciting into your life!

This is where I’m going to stop for now. Next time I’ll share some fun ways we can work with our programmed stones! Until then, have a wonderful day, take the time to sniff a flower and marvel at a stone.

Thanks for reading and blessings to you and your stones,

Inbal

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Crystals and Stones - The Magical Connection

Hello my crystal lovin’ friends!

Again we meet on this magical journey into the world of crystals!
I’m so glad that you’re here!

In last week's post I went over what we have to offer our stone friends, I mentioned that whenever I get a new stone, I like to have a heart to heart chat with it and let it know that I'm here to support its journey just as much as its supporting mine. I tell my stones to let me know what they want, and if I don't get it, to bare with me and tell me again and again until I pick up on its message. I always promise to do the best I can to be of aid.

One thing that I’ve always found fascinating is how we come to our stones and how they come to us. It’s almost like meeting a new friend or lover. Everything magically aligns and BAM - a connection is made.

This week I thought I’d share a personal experience I’ve had with giving one of my favorite stones away and receiving one of my most sacred stones.

Gifting one of my faves

I had just gotten this beautiful tumbled black tourmaline stone and I loved it. I loved how it felt in my hand, the shape of it and it’s shiny black color, I was really into it!

A few days after I had purchased the stone, I had a Reiki client come over for a treatment. During the treatment I felt a strong urge to place the stone in her right hand, when I did I felt strong energetic pulses going up her arm. It almost felt like I had just placed a puzzle piece in the exact right spot.  

After the treatment, my client told me that the stone in her hand felt amazing. I had a hunch that I should give her that stone, but, I didn’t want to give the stone away, so I ignored it. Then she said it felt like a missing piece to her puzzle and the second it touched her hand she felt whole. Right then I knew I had to give it to her. I just knew that the stone was asking to go home with her, so, I gifted it to her.

A couple weeks later she reached out to me and let me know that she took the stone with her when she went traveling to see her husband’s family. She was very concerned about this trip because she usually doesn’t get along with her father in law, she gets very tense and combative around him. But, this time was different, she felt grounded, safe and calm and it was a good visit!

It felt great to know that she benefited from the stone, and that the stone got to fulfill it’s purpose.

Receiving one of my faves

Last year I went to Burning Man (woo!), my husband and I go with a camp each year and we LOVE it. One night we were out and walking around with a group of friends from our camp and wandered from one art installation to another.

At one point we came to a pretty simple, no thrills installation. It looked like a tree house on wooden poles. I climbed up and it was a little meditation nook. It had windows in it and on each window was a huge crystal. I of course got really excited, but the gang that I was with wasn’t really into crystals and wanted to move on and keep exploring. As we walked away I started chatting with one of my camp-mates about how much I LOVE crystals and how subtle yet powerful their energies are.

Two days later, I went back to the little crystal tree house with my tarot cards and some of my crystals and gifted readings to whoever climbed up. It was a magical afternoon and I had so much fun! When I arrived back at my camp, my camp-mate got really excited and told me to stay put and that he has something for me. He came back with an amazing crystal wrapped up in a protective cloth. He gave it to me and said “this is for you!”.

This is the stone that I was gifted!

I was stunned and he was amused. He told me that the night before he was hanging out with some friends and they were standing around when all of a sudden a guy rides his bike right up to him, stops his bike and hands him the wrapped up crystal. The only thing he said was “This is for you” and then he rode away. When he realized that he was just handed a crystal he immediately knew that he wanted to give it to me. So he did! And let me tell you… it was LOVE at first sight! I was so giddy and couldn’t stop admiring my new crystal!

I’ve now had this crystal for over a year and I’m still obsessed with it! I use it in almost every Reiki session I have with clients and I meditate with it almost everyday! I feel like it opens a door to whole different dimension and is just so magical!

So, I guess what I’d like to encourage here is to be open and generous with your stones. If you feel like it’s time for a stone to move on, let it!

Keep you channels open, after all, who knows what stone will magically find its way to you!

That’s where we’ll stop for now and next week we’ll dive into some ways to meditate with your stones!

Thanks again for being here and blessings to you,

Inbal
 

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Crystals and Stones - The Give and Take

Hey there Crystal Keepers!

I’m glad you’re joining me on this journey into the world of Crystals and Stones.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably like me, and just can’t get enough of these beauties and want to learn how to work with them, how to use them and how to tap into their magic.

Last week I wrote about the first steps to take with your new stone and how to welcome it into your world and let it know what you would like to use it for. I also mentioned that you have some things to offer your stone as well.

Let’s look into that: What do you have to give?

Our relationships to our stones are like friendships, they’re much better when they’re mutual. In the same way that we wouldn’t just demand things from our friends (hopefully none of us are doing that) we don’t want to just show up with a list of “wants” when we engage with our crystals. I’ll also mention that I don’t see crystals as objects to possess, rather they’re companions, allies, they have an energy to them, it’s almost like they’re alive in a way.

PURPOSE

Everything in this world has an essential function, a dharma. Your stone has one as well. The way I see it, the cosmos brought us together with that specific stone so that we can aid each other in aligning with our dharma. The stone has qualities that can aid us as we fulfill our function. By helping us the stone is fulfilling its function, it’s utilizing it’s highest potential.

LISTEN TO YOUR STONE

We want to help the stone work with us. Since these stones can’t talk (or can they?) we need to learn to listen and trust our own intuition. If you’re feeling that your stone should be placed in a certain spot, or used for a specific function, go for it, even if that wasn’t your original intention.

For example, I once bought an Amethyst globe, with the intention of meditating with it. However, it ended up sitting right smack in the middle of my home in a pot of soil with some other crystals and a succulent plant. That’s not what I intended, but I really felt that that’s where that stone needed to be. Many guests that have come to my home, have commented about that stone, I feel like it wanted to be seen, to be a source of inspiration to people who see it.  

MOBILITY

I once heard on a talk about stones (I don’t remember who the speaker was) that stones help us access other dimensions and realms that aren’t as straightforward as the consensus reality that we live in. BUT, these stones aren’t mobile. They can’t really get around in this world without our help. So again, we need to listen. If you get the feeling that we should take our stone with us to the park or a camping trip - do it! It might want to recharge its energy or absorb the energy of that location or just need an energetic refresh. Take your stones to different places and move them around in your house. Give them the gift of mobility!

LOVING YOUR STONE    

Who doesn’t want to be seen and loved? Put your stones out so that you can see them. Every now and then, they might catch the sunlight from a certain angle and sparkle at you. When you look at your stones they feel it! Love up on them, tell them that they’re beautiful!

GIFTING YOUR STONE

This one can be tricky. If you get the feeling that you should give your stone to someone, do it. It can be hard and we might not want to let them go,  but, sometimes it just feels like your stone belongs with someone else. Listen to that feeling. Stones have a way of coming in and out of our lives. We don’t want to treat them as property, they are our allies and friends. If your stone is asking to go home with someone else - let it. Remember, this helping your stone fulfill it’s purpose, it’s essential function.

I’m going to stop here for now and let you marinate with these thoughts. Next week I’ll share a personal story about gifting a stone and magically receiving a stone!

Until then, have a wonderful day, take the time to sniff a flower and marvel at a stone.

Thanks for reading and blessings to you,

Inbal
 

I’d love to hear from you, what do you give to your stones? Do you feel like your stones are your allies and friends? Do you have questions? Are there any specific topics you’d like me to cover?

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