Crystals have been aiding humankind by providing spiritual power for thousands of years. Talismans for protection, love, and guidance, crystals have captured the vibrational energy of the earth and the universe within their mineral make up and can transfer their metaphysical powers to you. Any crystal expert will tell you, a crystal chooses its owner, not the other way around. You may be browsing a shop with an infinite number of crystals laid out before you, when one particu

More studies than ever reveal the actual health benefits of channeling and expressing gratitude on a daily basis, but it remains a difficult

Edy Pickens Levin has over 20 years of experience teaching art in the West Los Angeles area. To assist her own meditation journey, she began painting lotuses as she focused her energy on a particular chakra and its energy source. She is currently offering painting workshops to coach others through their own meditation-through-art experience. There are many parallels between the painting process and the path of transcendence through meditation. To many, a blank canvas can feel

Too often it seems that good things slip through our grasp, and we spend much of our time desperately grabbing for what we lost, or clawing for something new just out of our reach. In this mindset, we exist in a constant chase of our desires, and are unable to appreciate what we do have. As the end of the year approaches, many of us look back at our year’s regrets— resolutions unfulfilled and hopes dashed, but that is the unfortunate malaise of our modern world. In earlier ce

Chances are you have heard of the Chakras at least once before, and you've probably even seen an illustration of where they are located within the body. But you may still be wondering, what are they exactly? In this introductory piece, I hope to give you a basic overview of the Chakras and what each of their purposes are. Ultimately, the Chakras are an energy system that runs up the center of the body, beginning with the Root Chakra-- near the tail bone area-- and ending at