LETTERS FROM READERS

Sneezing
Which stone would be suitable for respiratory problems of lungs and also morning sneezes? - Archana
Try Aventurine for lungs strengthening and green Fluorite to de-congest the lungs. For sneezing, try to slow the system down, to provide a calming effect – use Sodalite with fuzzy white veins through the dark blue stone.

Stressed Out
A friend of mine has long office hours and has been suffering from lower back muscle and stiff neck pain for a year as he has a sitting job. Due to long hours of work he gets quite stressed out as well. Which would be the best stone for him to relax his back and neck muscles and deal with his stress? - Archana
For your friends’ stiff neck, he would need something to relax muscles and produce a calming effect. I suggest he try Hematite !!! It relieves muscular pain and helps circulation in the legs/back. Hematite is known as the anti-stress stone. It is shiny metallic-gray stone when polished. Your friend can put one in each pant pockets. When he comes home from the end of the working day, he can put a large Rose Quartz crystal on his Heart Chakra or Solar Plexus for 15 minutes to unwind/relax from the day’s emotional tension. If he has two Clear Quartz crystals, he can hold these in his hands too, with the tip pointing away from his body to help remove unwanted negative energies. 

Cleansing and Wearing Crysals 
If I wear a crystal for 24 hrs a day for the 21 days for the cleaning process, can I remove the crystal while showering/bathing plus when I am exercising - Carolina
Hi Carolina. Yes, you can remove the crystal for up to 1 hour, or longer if you feel o.k. without it, but not longer than 7 hours. If you leave it off for several days, you may need to start all over. It's up to you and how you feel...use your intuition. You are building up energy, like exercising a muscle. There is a definite re-shaping of the old energy structure when you work with crystals. Your own aura will begin to hold the shape of the new energy structure and if you leave it too soon, you will not get the full structure stabilized. If you feel desperate and need to put your crystals back on after only a few minutes, you are not even close to stabilizing the energy changes. If you are able to go for a few days without your crystals, but then notice you are slipping back into your old ways, consider wearing your crystals for another week or more. As you develop deeper sensitivity for crystal energy, you may decide to keep the crystals on much longer, or only wear then as you need to maintain the energy level. 

Also is there a particular day of the Moon that I need to begin this process ? - Carolina
Not really, but starting any project on the NEW MOON is favoured by Native Americans, or you can numerologically begin on the 1st, 10th or other day of the months that equal "10" such as the 28th.

Will healing with crystals effect my life style with my work/home with family and friends. - Carolina
Some of the changes you may feel physically are caused by throwing off toxins and negative energies during the cleansing process, which continues throughout the cycle of healing. The more you are cleansed of these heavier energies, the less the physical effect. Other psychological, social and psycho-spiritual changes will affect your life style considerably, and probably, favorably unless your family resents you making changes for the better !!

Does this mean not to use the crystals as a security blanket ? – Carolina
Yes, you are getting the idea, but also use your intuition. Experiment with other crystals, as they will also help your development in other areas. I used to HATE Hematite, then one day decided to wear it regardless and see what would happen. It moved a lot of negative energy for me which I otherwise would not have done !!

Do I also need to remove my crystal jewelry and place the crystals in sunlight for energy ? – Carolina.
Yes, remove the crystals to re-charge them. I would also suggest that if you are using your crystals and jewelry a lot, that you can cleanse them in salt water overnight, minimum 7 hour-soaking. This will remove any negativity they have picked up. Once a month is fine. Put them all into a plastic 1 litre bowl fill with water and add a handful of sea salt over the crystals and jewelry. Drain carefully (do not touch the water otherwise you will take on the negative energies) and rinse in water in the morning. Be careful your jewelry is not sensitive to salt !! 

Using Crystals for the First Time
Your website is great and I learnt a lot from it. I heard from people and experience it myself that when you wear crystals for the first time, you might get sick or things like that. I haven't got my period for months, after wearing the crystal ,it came! Is this the effect of crystals? - Giane
Giane ! How wonderful for you ! You really have experienced the power of crystals ! Repressed or suppressed energies become freed-up when you work with crystals either consciously or unconsciously. Can you imagine what might happen next ?? Your dreams can be intensified, your thinking is fast and clear, your health increases, you even have fewer wrinkles !! 

Improving Relatrionships
I just bought an amethyst crystal as I was told that it might help in my love relationship. How does this work? - Katherine
Hi Katherine. I suggest you use your Amethyst at your Heart Centre (Heart Chakra). This crystal will help to transmute any negative energies that are preventing you from attracting a loving, accepting, compassionate relationship with a significant other. If you find an equal sized Rose Quartz, use the two together (wear them in the same pouch) and you will truly find a partner more challenging and stable for you over the long run. I sense your relationships have not exactly run a true course and your partners (if any) have not been around for long. In other words, your relationships are short-lived. I suggest there is some work that you could do on yourself to bring out more of your inner qualities (which are more genuine than who you pretend to be now). You do not need to be afraid to become who you really are. I wish you all the best !

How does it work ?
I have many questions regarding healing stones...although I read many books and understand the purpose of them....for some reason I don't feel they work...or maybe I just not using them the way I suppose to....I like your input. - Linda 
Sorry to hear you haven't made the connection to crystals yet, Linda. Don't give up ! Let me tell you a little about what's happening when you make contact with a crystal. First, the crystal is working on your consciousness matrix, to open you up to higher vibrational levels. It's like removing some of the "duhhhh" from your system, obstacles, blockages of energies so that you can understand more at a higher level of consciousness. Second, when the crystal energy finds it way into your energy, it begins to re-pattern your matrix, repair broken lines of energy, rebuild energy centers destroyed through various traumas. The more you have repressed yourself and the darker the trauma, the stronger the re-routing takes. Third, the crystal will create a connector to Source Energy and the healing and teaching at deeper levels begins. You must be patient and have faith. It took me weeks to get attuned, but I just knew it was right. I had little help to tell me what it was all about, though I apprenticed through a Crystal Master. I hope I have been able to help. Use the crystal every night by taping it over your Heart Center with surgical tape. Also, you may not be using the correct crystal, so please contact me again and let me know what you are using and doing with the crystals you have.

Belly Dancing Jewels
I was wondering if there’s a type of gem that is worn in the navel? Because I see the belly dancers with them and I find it interesting. Do the ones that belly dancers wear have a meaning ? And what if your navel is too shallow for a gem? - Emma
What an interesting question, Emma. Try this: Typically, we see belly dancing romanticized by Hollywood. The dancers are often shown wearing a red jewel which is probably a RUBY. This makes a lot of sense, because ruby attracts wealth which is very highly thought of in the Middle East. Now, if you wanted to attract sexuality, the other sexy red stone is GARNET. If garnet were placed in the navel, the woman's energy would be nicely stimulated and as it is so near the reproductive organs, they would also be stimulated and hence fertility would increase. Now, if you were really different and could afford it, a green stone, like EMERALD would do nicely there too. It proves you have the money for expensive tastes and will attract a wealthy man ! So, I think you could probably wear ANY stone which would attract a man's eye. I used to sell some plastic red gems because the plastic stuck better to the skin than a cool hard smooth jewel and certainly looked more impressive. I suggest you go to a sewing store or an arts/crafts place and look around. Then find some eye-lash adhesive for gluing the jewel into your navel, or use double-sided sticky carpet tape. Who knows ? Maybe it will work !

Increasing Breast Size 
How can I with help of reiki or crystal stimulate my breast to grow a little bit? I wish to have more breast, because I "do not have any" and I want to do with help of nature, or reiki or crystals. Sorry, my English. I hope you will understand, what I mean - Bojana
Of course Bojana, I suggest you seek competent medical attention for your problem. If you think of the breast as a signal to males for reproductive purposes, any crystal which enhances femininity will help ! Rose Quartz, Garnet, Moonstone are some of the crystals which come to mind ! I've heard Emerald will enlarge the breast and generally increase body weight. If you find a smooth crystal, I suggest you just relax, put some oil on the breast and glide the crystal over the breast, and work with it very gently and evenly for about 5 minutes several times a week. Breasts will swell with the stimulation, and also increase in weight from circulation of hormonal fluids and sexual energy. You could also try warm compresses to the breast, and wearing a smaller bra. Some also say that if you stay near a fire (the heat warms the chest, you know) that breasts get bigger. Also eating oats is said to be very helpful and increases lactation in nursing mothers. Good Luck !

Doggy Stone
I have found your articles helpful with the knowledge and since I copied the articles I have made a quick reference book which I keep handy. One question which you may be able to assist me on. I have 3 large dogs. My female is 3 years old doberman. She is so hyper. I realize this is part of her nature to be active, but I have had other dobies and she is very high strung. Do you have any suggestions to help her quiet down? - April
As for your hyper Doberman, I have just what she needs, April. Even as I write this I am getting a flash of the crystal in my 3rd Eye and in my Centre of Knowingness.....SODALITE !!! It is a Stone of Peace. It calms buzzy brains and give focus during distractions. I think your dog may be attention deficit. Perhaps you can try some things out on her that you would do with children with attention deficiency. I know someone who took a small change purse and clipped it onto the dog’s collar so that it could hold the crystal under the neck. I suggest you get a small sodalite crystal (about 1/2 inch) at first. Dogs can be very sensitive and you do not want to over do it. Introduce it slowly, maybe for 1 hour at a time (2X a day) until you notice your dog calming down. Then let her wear it more often as she stabilizes the energy. Rose Quartz can also be tucked inside her bed to help her rest during the day and at night.

URGENT! LIFE OR DEATH FOR MY CAT!
Dear Karen; I am beside myself, trying to get my 13 yr. cat Garfield, back on his feet, and to his loving self. As of July 22nd, he has been hanging in there, to weak to stand for long. He has had blood work, (which came back GOOD for a cat his age), xray, ekg, ultra sound, heart is in good shape also. He is holding on for dear life for me. I want to help him get strong. I know I'm babbling on, but I can't stand the thought of losing him....I know nothing about crystals, other then they are beautiful!!!! I have stores that sell them here (in Florida), but I don't now how to use them, or which ones to buy.....can you please help me... - Marty
How amazing that you would want to reach out via the Net at this time of your despair. I have a few things to tell you at this time. Please understand that I am not dispensing medical or veterinary advice and that I advise you to seek competent medical attention for your cat. Should you use any of the following information, you are strictly on your own !!!!
One of the first signs of death is a withdrawal of food and water. This is all sort of like going to sleep. We do not usually become thirsty or hungry before we are going to rest. We also lose our sense of hearing and sight, eventually losing our consciousness to the darkness of sleep. Your kitty may be in his final days after all. Give Garfield some water through an eye-dropper, to keep his mouth moist. Let him take what he needs. Here are some crystals you can use too:
Amethyst clusters - 4" wide at least. Let him approach the crystals. He will move away from it when he's had enough. It may be too intense and you must be gentle, understanding that he could go into a healing crisis which may be too much for him to process at this time. So, use caution. Amethyst is a Master Healer and can be held for 3-4 minutes a few inches over areas of affliction. 
Rose Quartz - soothing, gentle loving energy that will help harmonize imbalances on the emotional level. Also good for healing scar tissues. I doubt this would be too intense - Get a peice about 2-3" wide and leave it in his bed.

Clear Quartz crystals - I have used about 4-6 crystals about 2" in length, pointing away from a kitty in heat. Kitty was lying down and I made a small semi-circle of crystals about 2-3 inches apart around the back end in order to remove excessive heat. Your kitty is needing more energy to heal himself, so you can point the crystals IN towards kitty.
Marty, please bear with me as I tell you to forgive yourself for any faults and to make it o.k. for Garfield to pass on in peace if that is his desire. Animals belong to the animal realms but can hear you still for a few days after their death. Most are reborn very quickly, as the same or other similar animal, usually to similar circumstances they have experienced in their most current lifetime. So, if Garfield leaves his body you can continue to talk to his spirit. For 7 days after his death, continue to put out a dish of water, put some fresh flowers out by his eating area and if you feel like lighting incense or burning a candle, then this will help too. This will send positive energy and feelings of peace and love to your deceased pet which will protect him in his spirit form until his rebirth. You can put some crystals around a photo of him too.
I hope this helps. You do not have much time. Should you kitty pass on, get yourself the Rose Quartz, as big as you can, open your heart and grieve for ALL the things in life that you have had to let go of. Love the process, despite the sadness and know that you and your kitty share a karmic bond. Perhaps you will meet again some day.
 

Thanks to All Readers for sending in their Questions !