How To Use Your Chakra Bag:

Your Chakra Bag has been hand knitted by me to bring your crystals and you healing, peace and balance. Before I begin each bag, I hold the yarn, send it blessings and Reiki, putting each Reiki symbols into every skein of yarn. Each crystal comes with the following stones:

Jasper:

Jasper: A root Chakra stone. This is a stone of protection. Judy Hall in The Crystal Bible calls Jasper "the supreme nurturer." It releases negativity and helps us deal with conflicts. For Ancient Egyptians, it represented fertility, and for Native Americans, the red Jasper symbolized the blood of the earth and was a sacred stone for them. Because it's a protective stone, jasper enables you to confront prejudices, difficult people and conflicts in your life. It helps you get rid of energy vampires in your life because Jasper returns any negativity to its sender. Cassandra Eason in The Illustrated Directory of Healing Crystals recommends red Jasper for disabled children fighting prejudice in schools and for teenagers to help them resist peer pressure. Physically, Jasper aids circulation, helps with fertility issues, eases menstrual cramps and helps people convalescing to get better. Jasper is a root chakra stone and should be placed below the carnelian or at the base of the spine.

Carnelian:

Carnelian: The stone of courage. Ancient Egyptians would place a carnelian over the deceased's throat to give them courage as they passed into the next life. You should always keep a carnelian with your crystals as it works to cleanse any stones around it. Carnelian helps us to focus, to garner the energy for success, and to do so with courage. It's a wonderful stone for those still dealing with the aftereffects of abuse. It removes self-doubt and assists in decision-making as it helps you to become more independent. Eases aggression in children and animals. It's a good stone for realtors and builders. Carnelian is known to protect homes, so it works great in protective grids around property or just sprinkled in planters outside the front door. Physically, carnelian increases physical energy, cleanses the kidneys, increases fertility, eases impotence and frigidity and aids in diminishing back pain, arthritis and rheumatism. Carnelian is a second chakra stone and should be placed below the navel when meditating.

Citrine:

Citrine: The stone of success. Place it in a cash register or by your computer to bring in more business. Citrine is said to carry the energy of the sun, so it brings joy, warmth and confidence to its wearer. It’s one of the few stones that never needs to be cleansed. It’s a great stone for artists. And because it’s a stone of joyful communication, it’s especially helpful when placed in the home of blended families. Citrine helps us to learn how to hold on to our money and how to joyfully give and receive with equal ease. Citrine helps us to overcome fear, anger and phobias. Physically it aids digestive, spleen, gall bladder and liver issues. Used in an elixir, it helps reliever constipation and menstrual issues. Citrine is a third chakra stone and should be placed on the solar plexus when meditating (above the belly button).

Green Aventurine:

Green Aventurine: Stone of luck. Green aventurine is a nurturing stone and wonderful for healing heartache after a breakup. It assists plants in growing to their full potential and works well in a grid around a garden. Green aventurine brings us good luck and fortune. You should always carry a green aventurine in your wallet or coin purse to help you continually attract abundance. It’s very useful in a prosperity grid. Physically, green aventurine eases panic attacks and calms emotions. Green aventurine is a fifth chakra stone and should be placed on the heart center when meditating.

Blue Lace Agate:

Blue Lace Agate: Stone of Peace. It activates the throat chakra, enabling us to speak our truth. If your words, ideas and actions were suppressed in childhood, this is a nurturing stone that will help you to speak with confidence. If you need to do any public speaking, wear or carry a blue lace agate. Carry one in our pocket when you’re on a job interview or have to present at an important meeting. It releases mental stress and dissolved anger. Physically, it aids all throat and thyroid issues. It helps with lymphatic infections and lowers fevers. For a sore throat, place a blue lace agate in a bowl of water. Remove the stone and gargle with the water. Blue Lace Agate is associated with Mother Mary is therefore a great stone for mothers. Cassandra Eason recommends placing blue lace agate on maps of countries experiencing distress and visualizing peace there. If you’re having a gathering of people who don’t often get along – a work meeting, reunion or holiday dinner – soak blue lace agate in a pitcher of water for at least eight hours. Remove the stone(s) and serve the water to your guests to ensure peaceful words are spoken. Psychically, blue lace agate helps us develop our clairvoyance. Fifth Chakra Stone. Place on your throat.

Sodalite:

Sodalite: Stone of Wisdom. This stone stimulates the third eye and gently opens our clairvoyance. It helps us to make wise decisions and to focus when meditating. It helps older parents transition into the “empty nest” and eases the pain of mother animals when separated from their young. Sodalite enables many different types of people to work together, so place a large piece on your desk at work. Because it’s so calming and focusing, sodalite allows us to receive higher spiritual messages. It helps us to release our shadow side. Physically, sodalite helps with blood pressure and blood sugar issues. It treats throat, larynx and thyroid issues, and it helps with pituitary and lymphatic issues. Six chakra or third eye stone. Place on your third eye (center of forehead).

Amethyst:

Amethyst: The stone of Spirituality. Amethyst is a high vibrational stone that enables us to reach higher levels of thinking. It’s assists us in fighting addictions of any kind. The Greeks and Romans used to drink wine out of amethysts goblets to maintain sobriety. Because of its beautiful purple color, it’s often associated with royalty and purity. It’s also called the stone of the Buddha. Amethyst is one of the most spiritual stone as it works to combat anger, rage, fear, impatience and restlessness. It’s an all-purpose healer and is especially useful for healers. It helps the wearer to make decisions, increases selflessness and focuses the thoughts on higher, more spiritual pursuits. Physically, amethyst aids headaches, alleviates nightmares and reduces tensions. It rejects negativity from negative people around it. You should wear amethyst when possible and place amethyst geodes around your home and office. For children who can’t sleep, soak an amethyst in water for a day, remove the stone and give the child the water to ensure a restful sleep free of nightmares and worries. Amethyst is a seventh chakra stone and helps to stimulate our crown chakra. When meditating, place the amethyst at the crown of your head.

You can use your chakra bag to help you do a chakra meditation. Lay down and place each stone on its appropriate chakra. A simple chakra meditation involves simply laying quietly for twenty minutes and, starting at the root chakra, breathe in each color. Breathe in red and see it filling up your whole body from head to toe. Then breathe in orange and so on until you’ve gotten up to purple. For a more complete meditation, listen to a guided chakra meditation CD while wearing the stones on the appropriate chakra. If you’re a healer, place the stones on your client’s chakras while giving them reiki or at the end of a massage treatment.

You can sleep with the chakra bag under your pillow and ask the stones to work together to cleanse your aura as you sleep.

To Do A Crystal Reading:

The chakra bag is a great way to do readings as each stone has divinatory meaning while still allowing you to listen to your intuition. You can do a one question reading where you ask a question and pull one stone. Or you can do a three stone reading. Ask a questions and pull one stone, placing it to the left. Reach into the bag (without looking), pull another stone and place it in the center. Reach in a third time pulling out another stone, placing this one to the right. The stone on the left represents the past, the stone in the center signifies what’s occurring in the present, and the stone on the right tells you what’s coming to you in the future.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

You can also do a simple cross reading if you need guidance on a situation. Pull one stone to represent you and place this in the center. Then pull four more stones and place them in around the stone like this:

Crowning Issue

PAST YOU FUTURE

Root of the problem

The divinatory significance of the chakra stones is as follows:

Jasper:

JASPER: Release your worries. You can do this. It’s time to confront the bullies in your life. Have courage. Know that you’re being protected now by divine guidance. Relax and cast your cares to your higher power. Ask yourself, “Who’s draining my energy?” “Is there anyone in my life making me feel less than?” If so, choosing Jasper in a reading lets you know that it’s time to set some definitive boundaries and make it clear that you need to be treated better. If you’re battling constant worries from relationship or money problems, Jasper tells you that these are tests guiding your soul towards renewal, trust and faith as you release all doubt and worry.

Carnelian:

Carnelian: Birth – either literal or allegorical. You’re experiencing renewed passions. New opportunities are coming to you. Believe in yourself. Release doubt. Trust yourself and follow your heart, not someone else’s. Time to focus on your personal happiness and sense of fulfillment. If you believe in yourself and follow your dreams, you can achieve anything.

Green Aventurine:

Green Aventurine: Luck, money or healing is coming to you. Indicates an excellent time to start a new business venture. Success is yours for the taking, just make sure you release old hurts and unforgiveness to make way for the new. Choosing green aventurine tells you to work on healing your heart of any pain or sadness so you can make way for the good coming to you.

Blue Lace Agate:

Blue Lace Agate: It’s time to speak your truth. Writing or communication projects are coming to you now. If there’s someone you’re not being honest with, now is the time to come clean. If you’ve always wanted to start a writing project, get going now. Blue Lace Agate comes to you as a reminder that the truth will set us free.

Sodalite:

Sodalite: Your intuition is opening up now. It’s time to follow your inner guidance. Your hidden psychic abilities are coming to light now. You might be going back to school, taking a class or studying something of interest to you. It’s time to be more patient. If you’re feeling sluggish, get outside and exercise. Now is not the time to make rash decisions. Take things slowly and choose your words wisely.

Amethyst:

Amethyst: Your spirituality is increasing as you feel called to a more faith filled life. Divine guidance is acting all around you. Pay attention to synchronicity and coincidences in your life now. Choosing amethyst can also mean that it’s time to overcome an addiction. It’s often a call to pray and meditate more. Amethyst comes to you as a reminder that you’re a spiritual being who has a special purpose and place to fill in this life.