EBay customer question: ‘hi I need better rate and more Sugilite pls’
Alright, so he did say "pls" (an abbreviation of 'please') at the end there - in a nod to the formality of civil dialog - but notice, no introduction, no: "Hello...this is me, I'm from such-and-such...and I was hoping to converse with you about your item. Do...
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Crystal INTENTION Meditation
This Summer, I was reviewing my Meditation offerings in preparation for the Fall. So far, I'd been doing Crystal Theme Meditations and Crystal Healing Meditations. Each deserves its own Blog, so I won't get into them here. But a new concept came to me, it has to do...
read moreCrystal Class (Wed. 6/12)
Whether a novice or practitioner, you'll always learn something new at Kyle Russell's open Crystal Class. As founder of both Crystal Concentrics and the Portal Crystal Gallery, Kyle has a unique and clear perspective to share with you regarding both understanding and...
read moreFacebook Live on 3rd Eye/Vision Stones, with Kyle Russell (6/19)
Sign up free - get Live and Replay access - to see Crystal Concentrics' founder Kyle Russell introduce the Top 5 Third Eye / Vision Stones in this short interactive 20 minute online Q&A gathering. Crystal Concentrics also offers Customized Mail Order, Subscribe to...
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Lemurian Quartz demystified
"LEMURIA" A note about spelling: we are talking about LemUrians, NOT LuMERians. I want to invite you to please be mindful of your pronunciation. Sorry to say, spelling still matters! Wikipedia says "Lemuria is the name of a 'lost land' located either in the Indian or...
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“We’re not going in there, it’s too expensive.” Not! My pricing and philosophies on the topic…
I was writing my blog about lessons learned in the first 3 months since our new shop (Portal Crystal Gallery) opened, when a whole separate section started taking shape in its midst, regarding a surprise lesson I'd learned at the time. It started to feel like too...
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Things I didn’t expect (upon opening my new shop)
So it's been exactly 3 months - a quarter of a year - since we opened. I mean it literally: from 9/23 to 12/24. It's Christmas Eve as I write this, and I'm finally getting out of Dodge to be with family. So it's a perfect time to reflect on the Fall that was - and...
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The Body Issue – Crystal Wisdom & Wellness Gathering #4
Last time, it took me till days before our last Retreat to review the two previous ones (Jan + May). Spring through Fall were awash in changes: kids preparing for international travel and Spoken Word competitions; much-needed home repairs running into complications;...
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Crystal Wisdom & Wellness Gatherings 2 and 3 (Wonders of Quartz)
We had our last retreat 5 month ago - and we're having our next one this weekend. We (being my wife Nina Manolson and co-facilitator Linda Davis) had to push it forward a month, to October of this year. The reason for that was that since the May Gathering - opening an...
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Portal Opening (in 4 weeks)
NEWSFLASH: we open the Portal Crystal Gallery officially in 4 weekends ~ Saturday, Sept. 23 (from 10am till 7pm) ~ at 489 Massachusetts Avenue, in Arlington Center (MA, 02474). I've been working on this Blog for a few days - had hoped to bang it out on the exact...
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Crystal Placebo (dialog with a YouTube commenter)
I got my first challenging Comment just now - on YouTube - where I happen to be enjoying a bit of momentum. A number of unsolicited new Subscribers are signing up to my Channel...daily (thank you very much!). It's kind of cool - a sign that people are noticing me -...
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Open Crystal Meditation, a Case Study
I got a great message from a prospective attendee: "could you tell more about the event and how it is structured?" Let me clarify - what I mean by an Open Meditation - is that it's open to the general public (unlike my private, Inner Circle Meditations). For those...
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Crystal Wisdom & Wellness Gathering – “In their own words” – attendees’ share about their experiences
You can tell a lot about an event from what people say - in their own words - about their experience. It also really helps prospective attendees to understand what makes this type of event special, as they consider participating. We got a lot of great feedback - so...
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1st Crystal Wisdom & Wellness Gathering
STEPPING OUT It’s been just over 2 months now, since it happened. The 1st Crystal Wisdom & Wellness Conference is behind me / us now. Though I’ve already scheduled the next one, I want to look back, and take stock of what happened. The value of retrospection is...
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Apocalyptic Dreams – Turbulence in the Subconscious.
So last night was a good night. I dreamt of renting storage rooms at a warehouse - each about 10x10 (smallish), and devoted to separate Chakras - where I'd keep the appropriate stones (in each). But it was really hard to figure out how to get from one of the rooms to...
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My Experience of The Alchemy of Stones (Part Three): The Massage!
So now comes Part Three of my “Trilogy” review - “The Alchemy of Stones Experience” - all about the heart of the matter: the philosophies expounded by Robert Simmons (that is to say: what I heard of them)…and what they all meant to me. It's very intellectual - not so...
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Why Yoga? I’m a Crystal Guy!
So...every morning, with few exceptions - I devote 10 to 45 minutes to a semi-Yoga routine. I say "semi" because it's not exclusively Yoga, or borne out of a particular tradition. Rather, it's a hybrid, featuring some repetitions (sit-ups, push-ups, and toe-touches...
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My Experience of The Alchemy of Stones (Part Two): The Shop & Market(ing)
This is a continuation - a follow up to my Part One blog - about My Experience of The Alchemy of Stones workshop, which I attended in June of 2016. THE FRENCH SAYING - "A REFAIRE" - SOMETHING TO BE DONE AGAIN Somebody said this might be Robert Simmons' last workshop -...
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FAQ series: “Can I Get a Discount?” and “Do you sell Wholesale?” (aka Wholesale Respect)
QUESTION : "Do you sell Wholesale?" or "Do you only sell Retail?" What folks really mean is: "Can I get drastic discounts from you?" or "Can I not take your price tags seriously?" The ANSWERS are: Yes...and No. Why be so coy? Either you DO - and/or you will sell...
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My Experience at The Alchemy of Stones (Part One): The Setting
This weekend - looong weekend: it was three full days, and the morning of a fourth - I traveled to Burlington, VT for Robert Simmons' first intensive workshop in 6 years! I filled 25 pages in my steno book with notes - including quotes, paraphrases, personal...
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My (Fathers Day) Gift – from the Ages – to You…
In this Blog I explore a movie that made a huge impression on, indeed it’s informed my life path. It’s set in Sydney, Australia – where a supposedly vanished tribal presence leads to a mysterious death – but my goal is not to retell the tale. Rather, this piece explores The Dream Time; what it means to have “lost ones dreams;” the modern era in the context of our endless past; how we all are more than our veneer of color, class, or even creed. This experience reveals some of the key elements of my metaphysical understanding.
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connecting Practitioners
How can we work together? There must be something we can do for one another! It’s time to stop thinking of ourselves as “an island” – when truly, we’re all connected – remember the story about the starving people with long spoons, who simply couldn’t feed themselves? Once they figured out they could use those same spoons to feed one another, things got much better. So read on, and Reply with your own insight as to what you think we could do to support the Alternative Practitioner scene.
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the Big Apple: juicy (and sometimes rotten)…something for everyone!
I took a ground-breaking trip to NYC, bringing Crystal Readings & Wellness sessions to an Expo & a shop there, and got more than I bargained for – in a good way (the people, the shops I visited) – and in a bad way…with a “problem customer” who ended up teaching me about how to improve my own Service delivery. To read this entire Blog, click on the headline above. Also, please visit my other site (with For Sale items): PowerStoneCrystals.com
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Anatomy of a Meditation, what is Real? The Power of Metaphor (from Microcosm to Macrocosm)
In scrutinizing how it is that I conceive, prepare, and deliver my group events, I grapple with topics such as the Concrete vs. the Ephemeral; the Medical vs. Metaphysical Model of healing; having a mission vs. playing it by ear (Improvisation). To read this entire Blog, click on the headline above. Also, please visit my other site (with For Sale items): PowerStoneCrystals.com
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I’m sick, and I’m well (the Lessons and Gifts of Illness).
Although I work hard to live a healthy lifestyle – illness occasionally catches up to me – just like disease catches many of us off guard, and triggers a cascade of self-doubt and questioning. It’s hard to keep it all in perspective. I tackle a number of the issues presented by not being well, and intersperse pertinent Crystals into the conversation. To read this entire Blog, click on the headline above. Also, please visit my other site (with For Sale items): PowerStoneCrystals.com
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How to Work with Crystals?
A compliment to my webinar of the same name. It explores the 6 primary ways I’ve discovered, for working with crystals: from presentations to meditations & workshops (live and online), sales, readings, individual work (in person and long distance), charity, and things you do with them on your own. To read this entire Blog, click on the headline above. Also, please visit my other site (with For Sale items): PowerStoneCrystals.com
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The 3 Gateways – Mind, Heart, and Body
There are 3 gateways into ourselves: through the Mind, through the Heart, and through the Body. Crystals are experienced the same way - by touch (through the Body); how they make you feel (the Heart) - and via what you think about them (the Mind). I have identified 3...
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Expo/Festival madness – the view from across the table
What's it like for a vendor at the shows you go to? I thought you might like to know, since the minority of us are standing on "this side of the table." Most of you (readers) are on the other side of the table... browsing like bees - going from flower to flower -...
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What’s Love got to do with it? Crystals and the Heart.
Crystal & Healing are two words that tend to go together all the time. And surely most of us carry around a broken heart, or at least a wounded heart - from failed & troubled relationships - including messed up childhoods. This creates all kind of mixed...
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Crystal Healing Portal – “say a prayer for me!”
You're either gonna like this idea - or you're gonna hate it - but I'm opening up a new well in my practice...that of hearing people's prayers, and magnifying them through Crystal layouts and supplication...to try to have them answered, one way or another. I will...
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