Spirit Writer

Here are the latest in my crystal articles at HubPages which is part of my self-challenge to complete 30 articles in 30 days.  I'm a little behind, so am not sure if I'll make it with other plans I have coming up but this sort of challenge is always worth the effort to get creative juices flowing.  It's also a bonus to get me working with crystals again. Metaphysical and healing properties of: Amber Amethyst Sugilite My goal is to write a couple more articles about purple stones and then write a combination purple stone directory and informational article on the purple ray and it's properties. © Trish Deneen

I'm still plugging away at my personal writing challenge at HubPages.  I looked back at my past work with Reiki and decided to write articles on an experiment I tried when I was younger and how I incorporated Reiki into other bodywork.  I also share one way I clear crystals.  None of these are written in stone but are shared as guidelines for people to develop their own practice. Here are the Reiki articles I've written so far: A Reiki Experiment to Send Healing to Your Past Self How to Use Reiki to Clear and Program Crystals How to Add Reiki to a Massage Therapy Session © Trish Deneen

I've given myself a challenge of completing 30 articles in 30 days at HubPages on the topics of metaphysical and healing properties of crystals and energy work.  In my search for a more personally authentic spirituality, I've gone back to my roots you might say, no not to my evangelical Christian background (sorry mom) but to some of what I explored early on in my spiritual path. Along the way, I let some of this go as new-age woo woo stuff, but sometimes, the things that you're drawn to early on as a seeker come back into your life for a reason.  During our seeking, many of us discover we have certain gifts.  The ones that came naturally to me were healing and sensing vibrations of objects, mainly stones.  I spent 10 years as a massage therapist but I was attuned to Reiki before I went to massage school.  Even with powerful healers telling me I had a gift, my low self-esteem at the time resulted in me keeping energy work a hush-hush part of my practice and something I di