Happy Friday! Can you believe it’s already day 19 of June? Today I tell the story of energy healing, and crystals to mark the launch of my bracelet collection.
Today’s post is all about energy, healing, and crystals. These three intertwine in unique ways, my goal is to explain how they intertwine and why it’s important to you!
My Energy Healing Journey
We all know the idea of energy. Energy is all around us, and within us. Sometimes we say I need more energy or consider it a resource for powering technology. The idea of energy is also seen in the equation Albert Einstein came up with e=mc2.
I’d like to try something new in this post, and tell my personal energy healing story in a way that explains more of this idea to you.
It all began, the day I was born… no, that’s not right, it began the day my mom decided she wanted another child. The idea of me was born before I was. That’s a little more abstract than I intended, so let’s get to the most recent story.
It was July 2018 and I was unemployed, after quitting a shitty job I couldn’t handle because of my social anxiety. I kept telling myself that I would find a job, but every time I went to apply I’d second guess myself because of my lack of experience and close the application. My best friend at the time just had a baby girl. Her and her husband were having a Christening for her and so I decided to go and visit her. I booked the train, and told my friend, she said I could stay with her. After a 5-hour train ride to Ottawa – one of falling asleep or binging Murdock Mysteries – I finally arrived. She picked me up from the train station, and I noticed this heavy feeling of frustration lingering in myself.
It’s one thing to go away to see a friend, but a whole other when that friend’s life is entirely different from yours. Something inside me was frustrated and jealous of her ability to have a family, house, cars, and an entirely different experience than me.
As a trained philosopher, I know that writing about experiences is a powerful tool and so I’d spend a lot of time writing by myself, but I’d often find the negative voice coming out more. Every attempt to understand where this frustration came from ended up in more negative self-talk.
At lunch with my friend’s mom, and her new baby, the conversation about jobs and the future came up. I said proudly I have an interview for a part-time position, it’s only a low amount of money per hour, and I feel as though my education entitles me to earn more. My friend reacted to this statement and said that I should take what I can get. Though I agreed that I needed a job and experience more than I needed to entitle myself to more money as an excuse to wait for something else, I didn’t understand why she reacted so harshly.
My friend’s mom drove us back to the house, the moment my friend and I walked into the house, she said: “You need to leave, I’m sorry but you can no longer stay here.” Confused, hurt, and horrified, I reacted emotionally. I reacted as if this friend was my whole life and got angry, sad, and anxious. After packing my stuff I went to say bye to her dogs, and she got even more mad at me. “You need to leave now, get out!” These were the last words she ever said to me.
I ordered a ride to the closest hotel, I cried when the driver started asking me how my day was and I said “it was horrible, my best friend of 7 years just kicked me out, I don’t even know why!” The driver, a younger black woman, sweetly said, “it will get better, it’s not the end of the world. Friends come and go”.
Everyone has a trigger moment. I call mine a kick in the ass to get me on the right path. Being unwelcome in your best friends house is an experience that shook me up to my core. What does it mean to have friends then? What was I doing so horribly wrong that someone would stop caring about me? What’s wrong with me?
All of these ideas about friendship and lack of self worth came rushing up.
I ended up taking that job, I worked 5 days a week for 9 months. In April 2019, my mom found an energy healer offering courses in Reiki. I’d never heard of Reiki before, but I was open to learning more about energy healing. Within 6 months I was a Reiki Master, which means my Crown chakra opened 3x to Life Force energy; also called Source energy, or Holy Spirit energy.
Healing Gem-stone bracelets
Over the years, my love for bracelets has grown. It’s the only accessory I have multiples of, and I tend to wear the same jewelry and have a couple of pieces that I wear on special occasions. Over the past couple of months, I’ve noticed a huge shift in myself when wearing semi-precious gemstone bracelets after setting an intention before putting on the bracelets.
Why?
Because every single time I look at my wrist, I am reminded of the intention I set. For the month of May, I set the intention to show up fully. I set an intention with Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Aquamarine, and Citrine stone beads and put it on my wrist. Each of these stones represents a part of me that I’m bringing to the full surface.
The variations of stones and their healing properties are determined by colour. That’s why rose quartz, you guessed it, is a universal love stone! We can also coordinate stones by colour and relate it to the Chakra energy centres. It’s a rainbow from the top of your head down to the base of your spine. These are the basic 7 chakras and do not include the true expansiveness of your energy field.
Remember…
Now that we’ve covered the basics of energy, healing, and crystals, as well as a personal story and discussion of energy healing, I invite you to leave a response to this question in the comments.
Pick a number and a colour. That’s it! Numbers and colours also go together, but we’ll get to numerology later.
Thanks for reading! With so much love, and light, have a blessed day.
~~~ stay true stay weird ~~~
xo kristi