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Parsley adores the crystal room and often goes in there when the P.A. is next door in the craft room. She has often found him purrched atop the big amethyst geodes; he relishes in the soothing and calming energies.
If mew're feeling a bit stressed, purrhaps get a piece of amethyst, and when mew feel the need, just hold it gently and let the subtle vibrations work with your aura to help restore balance and harmony.
Pandora also loves the BBHQ Crystal Room.
We hope mew've all had a totally epic weekend, and that mew're ready for the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now... but if mew've forgotten, stop what mew're doing for a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.
Don't mew feel better already? I know we do!
All the mandalas featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.
Here's this week's mandala.
Right-click the image to save and/or print the mandala.
Here's our finished version; this week we thought the jewel-toned palette wurked really well, and we think the pink bits loosely remind us of the Eiffel Tower, what do mew think?
Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - Pomegranate.
Don't forget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.
So on that note, we hope your Om's are on, your Zen Harmonies are happening, and we'll see mew on Wednesday when we'll be here sharing this week's News and Gossip, coming straight to mew live from BBHQ! Until then Keep Calm and Colour OM! Supurr purrs Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
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Welcome to the start of another fun-packed week at BBHQ, and today we're continuing our crystal journey today, and this week, we've got a lovely gemstone to share as Sally asked us; what is Sunstone good for?
Crystal of The Week
&
What is sunstone good for?
Sunstone is a beautiful crystal in varying tones of yellows, oranges and browns. It can be an opaque or a translucent stone, and is usually filled with little white iridescent flashes as mew move it in the light; similar to labradorite stones, although no quite as showy.
They come in polished tumbled stones or raw unpolished specimens, either are lovely.
We have a beautiful large palm stone and a couple of smaller polished tumbles at BBHQ, and Melvyn did make us laugh as it was quite a cold day when we took this picture and he said, "If it's a sunstone, then it must be warm so I'll just snuggle in bed with it and stay warm." And that's the last we saw of it for a while! MOL
Anyhoo, let's hop right in and tell mew a little about the gem lore surrounding these stunning crystals. These crystals have a lovely energy to them and supposedly bring more joy into your life, so the name is really fitting, as when the sun shines we all feel better.
It is purrportedly a crystal that assists in heightening intuition and aids in allowing the true self to shine brightly. So if mew're in need of a little confidence boost, this may help.
Sunstone as its name suggests is said to be a great facilitator to connect to all things light and spiritual; including being a supurr cleanser of the light body and aura, it is suggested that it can clear all the chakra's, so can be placed on all chakra points with equal success. And if mew're looking for a specific chakra point; the solar plexus would be a great one to start with, and that's found between the ribcage and belly button.
In other texts we've read, it said it's a really good stone for facilitating self-empowerment and adding strength and self-sufficiency to your life. So if mew feel these are areas that mew need to wurk on, this could be the stone for mew.
Another supposedly beneficial attribute is that it can aid in lifting a low mood, especially during the winter months, when sunlight is in short supply and can encourage a more pawstive or optimistic approach to things, increasing interest or enthusiasm where there's a lack.
All in all this a superb crystal for bringing a lightness, vitality and feel-good factor into your home and purrsonal space, and if mew're looking for a great crystal to meditate with, this is one of them.
Mew can also get lovely jewellery made from sunstone; the P.A. did purchase a couple of unset sunstones on one of her trips to Peru, and she had them set into earrings. She's been meaning to buy some faceted beads as she'd like to make a bracelet.
If mew're looking for an uplifting stone to add to your collection, this would be a purrfect addition.
Many thanks for emailing us Sally, and we hope that answered your question.
If mew have any crystal questions; email us, DM us or ask us in the comments below.
To check out last weeks Crystal of the Week, click the link: Spirit Quartz.
(disclaimer; we are not health or medical practitioners, all crystal info is purely for entertainment purposes only.)
Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now... but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.
Don't mew feel better already? I know we do!
All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.
Here's this weeks mandala.
Right-click the image to save and/or print the mandala.
And here's our finished version... we really liked the aqua tones, paired with the pinky-berry shades. We think it looks purretty cool.
Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - warm stones.
Don't furget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.
On that note, we'll say bye for now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we're here with Part 6 of our ultra thrilling, action-adventure; Fast, Furry & Dangerous, and if mew've missed any episodes so far, click here.
Also, it was Smooch's 10th birthday on Caturday, there's a pawty still raging in the bunker, so if mew want to go and join in and/or enter the giveaway, just click the link. So we hope to see mew on Wednesday, until then... Keep Calm and Colour OM! Epically chilled purrs Wing Commander Basil & The B Team xox
Free Lockdown Activities
And don't furget while we're all on
lockdown, we The B Team have got your six and can entertain mew fur weeks;
there are oodles of colouring pages to download and not furgetting the colouring books too. There's a page full
of crafting projects to keep your mittens making stuff,
and if books are your thing, check our Amber's Book Reviews fur your next pawesome
read!
There are some epically exciting adventure
stories too, so read our thrilling tales episode by epic episode.
We've also added some new Brain Training posts, just to keep your little grey cells in tip-top condition. And we’ll
be adding extra jigsaw puzzles to the puzzle page.
If mew want to see more of what's been happening
at BBHQ, check out ourInstagram feedwhere
mew can see exclusive pics and videos that we don't put here on the
blog.
Don't furget to subscribe and never miss another mandala!
Parsley adores the crystal room and often goes in there when the P.A. is next door in the craft room. She has often found him purrched atop the big amethyst geodes; he seems to really relish in the soothing and calming energies.
If mew're feeling a stressed, purrhaps get a piece amethyst, and when mew feel the need just hold it gently and let the subtle vibrations wurk with your aura to help restore balance and harmony.
If mew would like to know more about crystals; how to cleanse them, how to programme them, how to choose them, different crystals to have, etc... let us know in the comments as we have a veritable wealth of information to share from the P.A.'s 3 decades of study and our paws-on experience.
Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now... but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.
Don't mew feel better already? I know we do!
All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.
Here's this weeks mandala.
Right-click image to save and/or print the mandala.
Here's our finished version; this week we thought the jewel-toned palette wurked really well, and we think the pink bits loosely remind us of the Eiffel Tower, what do mew think?
Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - Pomegranate.
Don't furget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.
So on that note, we'll say bye fur now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we'll be here sharing this week's Pet Parade Blog Hop, and if mew haven't joined in last weeks yet, click here to join in as there's still time! Until then Keep Calm and Colour OM! Supurr purrs Wing Commander Basil & The B Team xox
Free Lockdown Activities
And don't furget while we're all on
lockdown, we The B Team have got your six and can entertain mew fur weeks;
there are oodles of colouring pages to download and not furgetting the colouring books too. There's a page full
of crafting projects to keep your mittens making stuff,
and if books are your thing, check our Amber's Book Reviews fur your next pawesome
read!
There are some epically exciting adventure
stories too, so read our thrilling tales episode by epic episode.
We've also added some new BrainTraining posts, just to keep your little grey cells in tip-top condition. And we’ll
be adding extra jigsaw puzzles to the puzzle page.
If mew want to see more of what's been happening
at BBHQ since the lockdown began, check out ourInstagram feedwhere
mew can see our daily diary and exclusive videos that we don't put here on the
blog.
Don't furget to subscribe to our blog and never miss another post.
