The power of the Stone

I have been blessed to come to Sedona again, a sacred place; not just because of it's beauty, powerful rocks, the earth's energy and famous vortex; but also because of the wonderful people who live there or visit.
A couple of weeks ago, I helped my friend Lilou to interview a few of them.
A true journey of the heart, from the heart, in the heart of the Southwest!
Speaking about energy and rocks, I'd like to introduce to you a new teachings' series: the properties and power of gemstones.

Last year I told you about the Animal totems, how to use them and what they are teaching us. This year, I'll share with you in this newsletter the power and energies the stones, crystals and gems can give us. This is called: Lithotherapy.

The very first stone of this series is the Beautiful Turquoise.
It is a very typical stone of the Southwest. It was mined here, traded, and made into amazing jewelry.

I love this stone for its color and properties.

Navajo Turquoise, is a mixture of the turquoise stone and sard which forms the beautiful lines you see in the stones.

The combination of turquoise and sard, give you the love and connection energies from turquoise mixed with the attachments to family, home, and your roots which come from the sard. It is to help you stay in a place of love and connectedness with others so you can feel at "home" no matter where you are.

One of the main compounds of the turquoise stone is copper which gives it that amazing blue and green color. Turquoise itself is also wonderful for drawing out negative vibrations from a person. Placed by the feet, worn in a sock or shoe, turquoise draws the negativity out of the person and as it dissipates, allows the negativity to go back into the ground.
This beautiful stone can also be helpful in uplifting, bonding with your spiritual nature, and opening us up to giving and receiving.
One of the main compounds of the turquoise stone is copper which gives it that amazing blue and green color. Turquoise itself is also wonderful for drawing out negative vibrations from a person. Placed by the feet, worn in a sock or shoe, turquoise draws the negativity out of the person and as it dissipates, allows the negativity to go back into the ground.

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Our trip in Sedona, AZ

I'd like to share with you the beauty, magic and energy of Sedona, from our trip in April. Sedona is Always a Unique and empowering experience. You are in direct connection with Mother Earth, but it's also the Old west...with its abandoned mines...

Have you ever been to Sedona, AZ. What is your favorite experience there?

Sedona, Did you know?

Sedona was named after a pioneer. Sedona Schnebly

Sedona & Carl Schnebly arrived in Sedona in 1901. Carl saw the need for a mail Service and applied to the government in 1902 for a post office. He suggested naming it 'Schnebly Station', which was too long for a Stamp cancellation. His brother suggested using Carl's wife's first name: Sedona. The name stayed.
Before the town was named Sedona, the area was referring to as: Red Rock neighborhood.

Sedona, AZ, 1st most romantic place!

Sedona, one of the ten most romantic place, before Paris!! woow, read what the trip advisor as to say about it!

It looks like Sedona as it all: The energy, the spirituality, and the romantism!
Did you know that Sedona is the first name of a pionneer...I'll post the story soon!

Sedona, AZ

Sedona, is one of the jewel of the United States. The energy is something to be rediscover. The diversity of places and vortex helps us to play with the different energies.
Because of its great energy Sedona, is a place of great spirituality too. And during 5 days in April we will explore some deep spiritual place, Medicine wheel, Holly Cross Chapel, Buddhist Stupa.

Sedona, the red town, the spiritual town!

Sedona, red town, spiritual town....!

Located in central Arizona and about two hours south of the Grand Canyon, Sedona is one of the jewels of the United States. Travelers discovering this city for the first time are really amazed.

Sedona is nestled in Oak Creek Canyon. Its richness resides in the red landscapes and high energy of its vortexes.
The rock formations shift their color shades from red coral, pink, golden brown, and burgundy depending on the time of the day. Colors are striking due to iron in the sandstone and limestone rock.

Some rocks are named after their shape: Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock, Coffee Pot.

These extraordinary old red rocks, (1.8 billion years) are the result of sedimentation and erosion. Sedona has been completely covered by an ocean several times. It is not uncommon to find sea shells while hiking.

Some of these places are filled with a channeled and amplified energy. These sites are called 'vortexes'. These vortexes are said to enhance meditation, prayer, visualization, inspiration and creativity.

Bucskin gulch, trail -hike Az.

Buckskin gulch, Vermillon Cliffs, Az.

Buckskin Gulch is an area in Vermillon Cliffs, in North Arizona. We did this hike on a very nice day, it was around 90 degre temperature. Pretty hot. We got an incredible dark blue sky. But the most incredible was really the landscape, not very lush but stunning by the sandstone and the different tint and colors.
It was difficult to walk fast, beacause I wanted to photographed everything, and enjoy each different 'paysage', landscape, roch.




This hike is not a very difficult one, it takes about 3 hours to arrive to Paria/Wire Pass. It's very sandy, so you have to have good shoes to walk comfortably. and I really recommend you to wear pants! lots of spiny thistle, ouch!
After an hour, we just didn't pay to much attention but our legs looked like....hedgehog.

Before stopping for lunch we just took some time to take them off!




After a pretty long walk in the sun, we were really happy to reach the Paria Canyon and walked in the shade of the smooth beautiful rock.
It was slightly muddy, but nothing annoying.

This part of the hike was totally different from the beginning, and we like it as much!

We were happy to finally reach the crossing of paths, were we stop for lunch, and admired the petroglyphs




Petroglyphs were numerous in this area, include some more recent, with signature...










We didn't want to go back through the same way, so we took Wire Pass, which is much shorter, but again, amazing rocks and landscape!
This time, we even need to do some climbing because the paths between the canyon is extremely narrow, about shoulder width sometimes, and boulders are blocking the way. But nothing impossible!
Very pleasant hike.

And to finish the day we enjoyed our hotel, where we take some time enjoy the swimming pool and the Jacuzzi to relax our muscles, and be prepared for another hike the next day...

Vemillon Trip - Southwest- travel heart

Awesome trip in North Arizona! Vermillon Cliffs, north coyotte butte, the wave!
Talking about inspiration...wow! very few people there so we have been able to enjoy at the most.
And the south butte, well we were just our little group of 4! But I have to say that the wind was blowing at 35mph average....so rough condition, but stunning. Such a great trip!