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The smell of trees

Lisa Jones Crowley — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:36 +0000

Wonder of wonders are essential oils, don’t you feel? You can get a magical bottle with the essential oil of cedarwood or sandalwood or cypress or eucalyptus and, come nightfall, pour a few drops of the oils in your lovely bath. Perfect ending for those days you aren’t privileged to spend among trees.

I love MountainRoseHerbs.com for essential oils of all varieties, along with their teas and tinctures. To me, everything this company does feels worshipful.

Sound Healing – Crystal Singing Bowls

Lisa Jones Crowley — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:26 +0000

This is quite an amazing album of sound recordings by Jonathan Goldman, sound healer, using luminous Crystal Tones singing bowls. I promise this will change the very nature of your day when you listen. Leave it playing on repeat and see if you suddenly realize you are in theta state.

Love or above

Lisa Jones Crowley — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:11:19 +0000

This woman, Christie Marie Sheldon, is doing amazing work in raising consciousness. Check out Love or Above, her toolkit with audio downloads of energetic tools to help you let go of your focus on energies like worry or fear and instead to focus on energies of love and joy and peace. There’s a choice, and it’s yours.

bloom: the creative process by artist suzanne l. vinson

Lisa Jones Crowley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:39:05 +0000

Suzanne Vinson is a wonder of love and vitality being expressed through creativity. To walk in to her studio in the Ginter Park Community Center in the north side of RVA is to walk in to a place where ALL THE LIGHTS ARE ON. I am grateful for her and people like her. Here’s a post from her blog: life in motherhood, ministry, and the arts: bloom :: the creative process.

Being Tree-like

Lisa Jones Crowley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:35:38 +0000

You may not seem to be doing anything much in the way of production, like clocking work hours or acquiring goods, or writing Pulitzer Prize winning books. Imagine, though, that there are qualities in you that are very tree-like. You stand with roots deep in the ground, soaking up water, soaking up earth energy, with your branches spread out and taking in light. You are producing oxygen that others need in order to take in life. Would you rather be going to an awkward awards dinner and accepting a prize? Or would you rather be scrubbing the bathroom? Or would you rather be planning your winter wardrobe? Or would you rather sew a button on your jacket? The thing is, my dear one, each of these is precious, and this is the thing we forget.
Everything in the world has something to say to us: that quiet tree no less than the bright billboard. Yes? Yes?

Things are changing, you know.