Nov. 2021 Blog "Gratitude" with spotlight on Danburite

“Sound is the link between science and spirituality. No amount of medicine or talking can reach the deepest, darkest places of the human soul. Sound takes you in those places.” Jeralyn Glass 

The theme for November is Gratitude & Appreciation. During this past 19 months we can forget that there is so much to be grateful for.  I am appreciative for so many things but most especially all of you - my clients, friends and followers.

I am so excited to be offering in person Sound Healing Meditations again on select Saturdays at Rose Healing Center.   A few upcoming dates are 11/13 & 12/4 and 12/18.  This sound healing meditation will be with the Quartzophone – the Pure Crystal Harp.  This is a deeply transformative experience that I hope you can find the time to join us for. Maximum 5 Participants per event. Advance sign up required. Past participants report feeling residual tension and stress melting away from their body, mind and spirit as the soothing tones & vibrations gently penetrate their field. 

The month opens with “All Saints Day/All Souls Day” (in many Christian traditions) and the “Day of the Dead” (Mexico).  Coming fresh off of Halloween (10/31) and in the ancient Celtic tradition of Samhain where the division of the year into the lighter half (summer) and the darker half (winter) means that the division between this world and the other world are at its thinnest, allowing spirits to connect to us.   

Then of course we have 11/2 is Election Day.  As I think we have all figured out in the past few years - politics is not a spectator sport. PLEASE Vote. Our ancestors fought hard for the right to vote. Use your voice.

“The day will come when man will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race. ”

— Susan B. Anthony

November is always a month to embrace gratitude with the arrival of Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.   Several of my friends and family have served in the military and each year on 11/11 we honor the veterans of America and their service to this country. Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In numerology 11:11 is a powerful number.

Each year at this time I choose to deeply honor this season. Sensing the “turning of the wheel” and appreciate each moment a little bit more deeply.  This week as I went for walks along the Hudson River, I was able to appreciate the beauty a bit more with the realization that soon enough this will all be covered with snow and ice. So in these final weeks of fall, I am breathing in deeper and appreciating the sun and wind on my face, listening to the river and really allowing myself to be immersed in the natural world around me. This is what it means to experience the ‘present moment’.   

Thanksgiving Message: As I think about the many things I am grateful for this Thanksgiving season, near the top of the list is the incredible opportunity I have been given to share my healing gifts with all of you through Rose Healing Center. As we enter our 9th year in business, I am deeply appreciative of you - my clients, students, and followers.  I wish you and your families and a season of abundance, gratitude and love.

Blessings to you and your families.

Crystal Healing:  Danburite

One of the highest vibration minerals currently found, Danburite “connects the heart of the mind with the mind of the heart".  Highly spiritual and sought after for its metaphysical properties, Danburite is a powerful Heart Chakra stone, relieving emotional pain and increasing acceptance of one’s self and of others.  The pure love energy of Danburite brings serenity and peace. Gentle yet powerful, Danburite also works with the Third Eye and Crown Chakras.  Danburite stimulates the Higher Crown Chakras, connecting the Heart to these Higher Chakras, and aids in communication with Angels and Guides.   Danburite is a good stone to have around during times of extreme change, and eases the transition of those leaving the physical human form. 

A piece of Danburite in your pocket can ease stress and bring calm in difficult situations.  It is a good choice for anyone who is highly focused in the mental body (like academics and engineers), opening the heart and easing re-connection and balance with the emotional body. On an emotional level – it is comforting, love, patience, peace, stress reducing.

Rose Healing Center is here to help you manifest what you wish to bring in to your life whether it be peace, health, creativity or something else. We offer a variety of services (either virtually or in person) including intuitive guidance, sound healing and body work.

October 2021 Blog - "Letting Go" & Crystal is Aquamarine

“Respect for the rights of others is peace”. ~Benito Juarez”

October gets its name from “Octo” meaning 8. In the old calendar, October was the 8th month.  At this time of year harvest festivals continue including my favorite Holiday – Halloween.  Halloween in the old tradition was called Samhain (pronounced saah-ween) – it is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter. All around us now nature shows us the cycle of death and rebirth.  It is a time of great transition where the light wanes and the temperatures drop.   October is a time for clearing away the old unnecessary things or habits that no longer serve us.  We are invited to notice the trees effortlessly letting go of their leaves.  It is a message for us to also let go of that which no longer serves us.

In the old traditions, it was a time celebrate ancestors and those who have passed from this lifetime.  We are invited to acknowledge the gifts those who have passed brought us when they were here on earth.   I perform a personal ritual at this time of year honoring all those who are no longer with me on this planet and expressing gratitude for what they gave me when they were here.

GROUP SOUND HEALING IN PERSON AT ROSE HEALING

Attend Group Sound Healing In person

I am excited to announce the return of in person Group Sound Healings with the Crystal Harp.  First one will be 10/16 and they will continue on select Saturday’s at 11:00 AM throughout the Fall/Winter. Maximum 4 participants – first come first serve.  Advance sign up on line.  Looking forward to seeing you again for sound healing.   

Halloween like many holidays marks the passage of time. We may notice that vegetation dies back with the arrival of killing frosts. This maybe where the ancient notion that the veil between the worlds is thin around this time.  In other words, some believe this time of year is when it is easiest to communicate with those who have died.

In more current times Halloween is the holiday where children (and others) don masks and costumes and go trick or treating.   I have tried to figure out over the years why I love Halloween so much. I think because even as a child, I knew this holiday speaks to a sense of fantasy, community and generosity.  On what other holiday do we seem to trust our neighbors so deeply – knock on doors, are greeted with a smile and a treat?  On what other day of the year are we encouraged to pretend to be someone else even and engage our imagination for just a few hours?    From memories of the early days of my childhood in the 1960 and 70’s going door to door with my father and sister to trick or treat, to later going with gangs of friends, or college parties filled with crazy costumes, to adulthood when my husband and I became the ones answering the door and giving out the treats, Halloween has always made me happy. 

October invites us to experience the often difficult process of letting go of old beliefs, wounds, possessions, llusions, identities, dreams and attachments. We are releasing on a deep level . This is the month where the new story begins to form in our consciousness and we begin to really understand what it will take to manifest.

Explore how nature shows to us the experience the cycle of death and rebirth .   Visit a cemetery where some of your ancestors lie in their final resting place.    Since it is also a time of letting go, consider going through your closets and giving away that which you no longer need or use.  This exercise of clearing away things from our household also encourages a “clearing away” on other levels.

This is a time of year is for contemplation and rest.  A time to re-calibrate. Think about what works, what doesn’t.   That could be re-organizing your home or your life. Be gentle with yourself during this time of the return of the dark.

Our crystal of the month is AQUAMARINE

Color Blue Chakra: Throat

One of the best stones to encourage letting go. Aquamarine with its exquisite blue color, is believed to be a soothing stone that can support you to let go and move past difficult emotions and find detachment from loss.

Rose Healing Center is here to help you manifest what you wish to bring in to your life whether it be peace, health, creativity or something else. We offer a variety of services (either virtually or in person) including intuitive guidance, sound healing and body work.

September 2021 Blog Theme is Remembrance and Crystal is Prasiolite

As we give up the last energy of summer and move towards the return the school, harvest celebrations and the fall equinox, take time to check in on where you are at.  What were the gifts of summer this year? What did you wish you had done?  Or what do you wish you had done more of?  Now is the time to write in your calendar for next May or June some reminders about this.   Summer goes by so very swiftly. It makes me think of the quote from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day off:

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. ”

— Ferris Bueller

September is the time of learning. It is in our DNA to have that return to school feeling even if we are adults.  All around us nature is changing with the seasons, as we exchange lawn mowers for rakes, bring in the final part of the harvest and thank Mother Earth for all her gifts.  We are reminded that September is a wonderful time to reap what we sow.  What were the seeds you planted in spring in your spiritual life and have they come to fruition?  

This is also a month during which the outward-directed energy of summer begins to shift inward in preparation for the 6 months to be spent in the darkness of Mother Earth’s womb.  We become more aware that the light is shifting and it is getting darker earlier.  It is a time for listening for our inner spiritual guidance.  It is a month filled with possibility for that which we want to manifest in our lives. It is a highly creative time for new ideas.  

September bring many dates of note including two major Jewish holidays Rosh Hashanah 9/6-9/8 and Yom Kippur 9/15-9/16.  In the Jewish tradition Rosh Hashanah welcomes the new year with celebration.  Yom Kippur is the holiest of days and is a time for fasting, reflection and atonement.   

This year is the 20th anniversary of 9/11.  On this solemn anniversary we remember those who we lost on that tragic day.  September is the month we honor those who lost their lives on 9/11/01.  If you are not familiar with the amazing charity known as the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.  I encourage you to learn more by visiting their website: https://tunnel2towers.org/ 

This is also the month of the Autumn Equinox – 9/22.

The word “equinox” comes from Latin meaning “equal night.” On the equinox, day and night are roughly equal in terms of length. During the equinox, the Sun crosses what we call the “celestial equator”—an imaginary extension into space of Earth’s equator line. The equinox occurs precisely when the Sun’s center passes through this line. When the Sun crosses the equator from north to south, this marks the autumnal equinox; when it crosses from south to north, this marks the vernal equinox.  Source: Farmer’s Almanac 

Craniosacral Therapy

One of the foundational principles of craniosacral therapy is to work with the body’s ability to heal itself.  Rather than fixing the client’s issues, my intention as craniosacral therapist is to amplify the client’s health so that their nervous system is deeply relaxed enough to address issues on its own.    I love this particular passage from Dr. Michael Kern’s book, “Wisdom in the Body: A Craniosacral Approach to Essential Health.”

 “Whatever therapeutic approaches we use, health cannot be imposed from the outside. Ultimately, there is no wonder drug or wonder cure other than the intrinsic forces of nature. Healing is thus the prerogative of each individual. Therapies themselves cannot cure, but they can trigger and support a process of inner change. My work as a therapist is simply to create the conditions for the inherent potency of the patient to get to work; the rest is up to nature.  

Each of us should feel encouraged to take responsibility for our own health.

However, from an early each we are taught that our bodies are like specialized pieces of machinery that we are not qualified to deal with. In many ways, we have become dis-empowered, giving all our responsibilities to the doctor or other medical professional to make us better.  Consequently, we may have forgotten how to listen to our bodies and follow its intrinsic wisdom. The process of taking responsibility may involve some re-education, in its literal sense, for both patients and practitioners” 

This passage underscores the principle that the body’s “intrinsic wisdom” is what does the healing, rather than outside forces. The role of the craniosacral practitioner isn’t to heal the client but rather is to help create the conditions for the client’s inner healing to unfold. If you would like to learn more please visit my page: https://rosehealingcenter.com/craniosacral-therapy/

Crystal of the Month is Prasiolite or Green Amethyst.

Prasiolite is a heat-treated form of amethyst and is closely related to citrine. It acts as a bridge between the solar plexus chakra the heart chakra, and the third eye and crown chakras. This makes it ideal for aligning the body, mind, and spirit into an integrated whole. Prasiolite can help translate your spiritual growth into real life peace & connection by activating the heart as the leader of both your thoughts and actions.

Ultimately Prasiolite (green amethyst) helps to awaken the heart to its rightful place as the center of your human experience and enables your “heart vision”: being able to see through human flaws and failings to the perfection of the Spirit within each person. This is the deep compassion of healers. I was fortunate to be gifted a piece of jewelry by a dear friend of mine with this amazing stone just recently and have really enjoyed exploring its benefits.

Rose Healing Center is here to help you manifest what you wish to bring in to your life now whether it be peace, health, creativity or something else.  We offer a variety of services (either virtually or in person) including intuitive guidance, sound healing and body work.

August 2021 BLOG – Theme is Energetic Influences & the Crystal is Fluorite

“We live in a blue planet that circles around a ball of fire next to a moon that moves the sea, and you don’t believe in miracles?”

— Unknown

The more experience I have with being in touch with energy, the more aware I have become over the years of certain larger energetic influences on myself and my world.  I have always followed astrology –not every day, but certainly monthly and I have always been deeply curious about the sun, moon and stars and their influence on us.

Intuitively it makes sense if the sun and the moon can have such deep impacts on our oceans, imagine the impacts it can have on our bodies.  According to H.H. Mitchell of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones are watery: 31%.    So of course, we have to feel it on some level – even more so if we are aware and in touch with it.

Some of the themes that are coming up in August around the celestial energy include the opportunity to have a deeper dialogue between our heart and head (or personality and soul). An invitation to have a real dialogue with yourself about how you interact with the world around you. 

All of us are on a journey and each of us is being invited during August to examine our stuff.  The good news is we can do that examination outside in nature.  August is still summer and we are being encouraged to go outside and listen while also going within.  Rose Healing is here to help you stay connected to your higher self.  One of our many tools for assisting our clients in doing that is the Sound Healing Instrument the Crystal Pyramid.

They Crystal Pyramid Sound Healing Instrument

 The pyramid form is a statement of perfection and balance.  It is one of the highest geometrical shapes found on the physical plane.  It represents conscious connection with the infinite source of energy at the apex, and complete grounding and physical stability at the base.  They are symbolic of the ultimate balance that each soul must achieve to complete its evolutionary process.

Using our sacred Geometry Pyramid can multiply the therapeutic outcome of a session by placing it above the field of the body.  The spinning motion can focus the sound energy where it is needed.  The enhanced energy field created by pyramids has become a popular field of study in recent decades as a powerful tool added to sound healing.  Many people report feeling revitalized, with sense-perceptions sharpened, after spending time underneath a crystal pyramid. The experience an internal tingling with the sound of the the pyramid shape focuses on releases and beneficial vibrations. Benefits of the Crystal Pyramid include:

Sound Healing Instrument - Crystal Pyramid at Rose Healing Center

• DNA activation balancing our energy field

• Researchers noted significant difference in the growth rate of plants beneath pyramids. Why not the internal growth of human consciousness.

• Spending time underneath a crystal sounding pyramid altered alpha waves to become much stronger and meditation is enhanced.

• The pyramid enhances and expands positive energy within you

The common feelings of experiencing Crystal sounding Pyramid is of calmness, peace, harmony and relaxation, as well as mild euphoria, feelings of being "charged" with renewed energy, and a sense of detachment from our everyday concerns. Sound healing (with any instrument) can induce deep cellular healing within the meditation state. Crystal vibrations reduce stress, reconnects us to our higher spirit, massages the body, and also helps to restore balance, and align our mind-heart-cosmic connection. If you would like to experience the crystal pyramid please contact us for a session.  

Crystal of the Month:  FLUORITE 

Fluorite is an excellent Crystal for balancing and grounding energies, bringing tranquility within. It allows for negative and lower vibrations to be transmuted into positive, higher vibrations. My friends at LoveLight Illuminations are hosting a Crystal workshop is LIVE online on August 13th at 2pm! Crystal Experience Workshop, exploring a different crystal every month in how their energy is evolving in these transformative times. Learn how to work with all different kinds of crystals in a high vibration To register www.lovelightilluminations.com

July 2021 Theme Independence

NYC Fireworks 2018

Our theme for July of “Independence” is timely because of course in July we celebrate American Independence day on July 4th.   That got me to thinking about my own personal independence. There is so much we can sometimes take for granted living in this great and complicated USA.

“Independence is happiness.” Susan B. Anthony

What does it mean to be personally independent?

A true feeling of independence starts with an energy, a force that fuels and permeates the human spirit.   But here is what I quickly conclude.  A sense of independence is also recognizing that freedom is a state of mind.  Of course it help to have that “state of mind” in the USA.  But it also means having awareness of connection, gratitude, awareness, self-reliance, sovereignty, and safety.

• A Sense of Connection – fostering healthy relationships

• A Sense of Gratitude – nurturing an attitude of gratitude for all that you have

• A Sense of Awareness – being awake to the moment

• A Sense of Self-Reliance – knowing you can do it

• A Sense of Dominion – owning your personal space

• A Sense of Home – no matter where you are at any time, “home” is within

Personal independence is non-negotiable; a commodity that no one can ever take from you, because it has nothing to do with external stuff. Your personal sovereignty is where you reign.

Clear Quartz Crystal is our Crystal of the Month.

“Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune in to. —WAYNE DYER"

Clear quartz is the most iconic of the quartz family. One of the most abundant minerals in the world, clear quartz is found on every continent. For this reason, quartz is tied into the lore of many ancient cultures from around the world. The term “quartz” comes from the Greek word for “ice”.  For Crystal Healing therapy it is considered the “master healer”. Quartz has a hardness score of 7. That makes it extremely durable, and apt for a wide range of uses especially in our electronics driven world. Quartz is in our cell phones, computers and more.

The hexagonal structured system of the crystal is made up of silicon dioxide. Just as the human body is comprised of silicon dioxide, the earth’s crust consists of 12% silicon dioxide. Many believe that this similarity in cellular composition accounts for the interactive communication between gemstones like quartz and the human body. 

Quartz is an amplifier. It can be programmed to manifest intentions. To program the quartz with your intentions, hold it in the palm of your hand, and focus on what you want to transfer into the crystal. The crystal’s memory will download your intentions, and help to manifest those goals through its ability to amplify in the same way it does in technological devices. However, quartz healing properties will amplify any energy surrounding or being put into it, so making sure to occasionally cleanse the stone is important in order to maintain a positive energy. 

Quartz can help open up the mind and elevate negative perspectives to more enlightened point of view. Its metaphysical purposes are vast, from helping to expand consciousness to facilitating open communication and stimulating the chakras. For those needing clarity of mind, clear quartz healing properties will eliminate energy blockages and allow energy to flow smoothly throughout the body.  You can cleanse and energize your Quartz by running it under water, placing it in the moonlight, or on a bed of Himalayan salt.

July is traditionally a month of vacation, it is also a month where we are invited to slow down, relax and allow contemplation. Keep your vibration as high as you can and navigate it well. Know that we are here at Rose Healing to support you.

June 2021 Blog Theme is Community

It has been almost 16 months since the Pandemic began, and as I contemplated my theme for this month, I decided to choose community because honestly that is what helped me navigate these past months.  So many aspects of the community of the light.   There are the friends and neighbors around me right in my little walkable hamlet, my larger Town and the even more expanded virtual community of the light. 

My Hudson River Valley NY town is a patchwork of small hamlets, villages and zip codes that combine into “Cortlandt Manor, NY” about 50 miles north of Manhattan.  There have been countless people across a variety of professions who have worked the hardest they have ever worked in their lives during the pandemic. My friends who are physicians, nurses, food service workers, government employees, sanitation and highway employees to just name a few.   Since the pandemic began a few of my very good friends have led massive efforts to help out our local community and I would like to share a little bit about them right now. 

Kacey and Maria created Let It Shine Inc, a non-profit dedicated to women helping women.  During the last 16 months they started a Food Pantry, a Farmers Market and the Let It Shine Again Boutique as well as several amazing free giveaways – some that were “drive by events” during the most dark times.   Many others got involved and volunteered countless hours to making their community better through Let it Shine.    To learn more about Let It Shine https://gatheringlove.org/the-pantry

Then there is my friend Clare who normally oversee the Nutrition Department of the local school district. Clare and her team knew there was food insecurity within some families in the district and they immediately set about providing thousands and thousands of lunches to anyone who needed food.   They did this day in and day out from the parking lot behind the high school through every type of weather imaginable.   On top of that every day Clare, who happens to also head the school Theatre Program recorded a Facebook Live Video complete with different costumes to let the  people in the community know not only what was on the lunch menu each day but also that they were supported through this time. That none of us were alone.    She dubbed her video’s “Lunch Lady Live”. People starting following those video’s from across the country just to get their daily dose of Clare helping people to laugh even through a Global Pandemic.   Article “70,000 Meals Served out of a Parking Lot - Local Hero”

Then there is the virtual community of the light that included people like my fellow healers and therapists, Yogis, Sound Healers and the Circle of Women on Facebook and Zoom.  Many virtual zoom group hugs with family members clients, and friends.  All people supporting each other. Thank God for the helpers. Learn more about the Circle of Women on Facebook.

“When I was a boy I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping”

— Fred Rogers

I can already sense myself forgetting just how heavy and difficult the past 16 months were. Before we move on to whatever the new normal will be, I really wanted to reflect on how fortunate I was to be surrounded by so many loving resilient people who were able lead others to get involved and support their community.  Kacey, Maria, Clare and Kathleen are just a few incredible examples from my neck of the woods. These incredible selfless acts of courage, community and love took place all over our country.

Often, I find myself referring to “last year when we _____fill in the blank” and then realizing that what I am referring to actually 2019.  You know the year before the Pandemic. Like I am trying to just skip 2020.  It was like the year that wasn’t. But it so very much was and it required so much from so many.

As we emerge into this new post-Pandemic world, we can be impatient with ourselves and others, and we can be stubborn as we hold on to past attachments and expectations. Consider all the structures that have been forced to be flexible during the pandemic. We are being offered an opportunity to go inward, and to reevaluate our attachments and do some work to actively release them. 

We also have the opportunity to embrace and accept change as it shows up individually for each of us. Be open to right timing and accept circumstances just the way they are. Being present, neutral, and available is the best way to manage and navigate these times as there are many unknowns and nothing is predictable except change itself. 

June is the month to get outdoors!  It is a time of year that is filled with celebrations – Pride month, graduations, weddings, Father’s Day to just name a few.    June 21st is the Summer Solstice and one of my most favorite days as it is always energetically powerful. This is also a month where adaptability, transformation and transition are the energetic themes. Keep your vibration as high as you can and navigate it well. Know that we are here at Rose Healing to support you.