Brecciated Jasper Baoding Balls on Display Stand

Brecciated Jasper Baoding Balls

There are many varieties of Jasper and all of them are beautiful in their own way. Brecciated Jasper contains Hematite and is usually a deep red color, often veined or patterned with black, brown or beige. It has very strong grounding energies and is prized for its ability to confer the qualities of emotional stability and courage on the user during times of crisis or conflict.

Metaphysical Applications of Brecciated Jasper
The Earth energies of Jasper bring strength in a gradual and cumulative way during times of recuperation from illness. Use or carry Jasper if you are suffering from stress and in need of some calm and tranquility in your life. It has a cleansing effect on the etheric body and will help to repair any rents or tears in your protective aura, protecting you from the invasion of further negative energies or entities. Jasper makes an ideal rubbing stone, and placed beneath the pillow it will banish nightmares or harmful thoughts that my interrupt restful sleep.
Jasper is an excellent diet stone because of its ability to strengthen the will and lend emotional support to the user. It helps to promote self-discipline, which can help if you wish to cut down or quit smoking and/or using alcohol. It has a slow, steady vibration that is immensely reassuring and very helpful if you feel overwhelmed by either temptation or simply the weight of your circumstances at any time.

Jasper is believed to increase fertility and is favored by expectant mothers in order to bring happiness and acceptance during the latter, more taxing, stages of pregnancy. It may also encourage the production of healthy, viable sperm in males.

Feng Shui and Brecciated Jasper
Red, black or brecciated Jasper is aligned with the energy of fire in Chinese five element theory. This means that is confers the qualities of passion, enthusiasm, dynamism and illumination on the areas of the home in which it is placed. It is Yang in nature, making it powerful and dynamic, so avoid placing it in areas where you wish to create a peaceful atmosphere. Instead, place it in the south to increase your confidence, and your reputation within the family and the community.

Using Brecciated Jasper to Enhance Spiritual Awareness
When you wish to enhance your spiritual awareness, and strengthen your connection to the metaphysical and etheric worlds, use Jasper to connect you to Mother Nature and the spirit of the Earth. It amplifies the vibration of wisdom that comes through from the devic and natural kingdoms and encourages us to celebrate the beauty that can be found in nature at all times, no matter the weather or the season, or your location. If you are city-bound, use jasper to connect you to the beauty of the ever changing skies, the power of the wind and the greenery that dwells within even the most concrete of jungles.

Through dream work and meditation, jasper can allow you to access the Ancient past and to retrieve spiritual knowledge for use in the present.
The “serpent” that lies coiled at the base of the spine, or Kundalini Energy as it is known in Yogic practice is responsible for activating the chakras and jasper will help you to awaken this energy and increase your spiritual energies and capacities.

Bloodstone baoding balls on a bamboo stand

Bloodstone Baoding Balls

Bloodstone is particularly beautiful member of the jasper family being of a deep earthy green shot through with carnelian and crimson veins or spots. Often called the Sunstone or Heliotrope, from the Greek, its energy is attuned to the vibrancy of the sun and carries attributes of vitality, rebirth, passion and courage. The virtues of bloodstone are both magical and mystical and it is a protective, nurturing stone for all.

Metaphysical Applications of Bloodstone
Bloodstone can be held when the wearer needs protection from bullying or undue pressures from figures of authority. It brings strength when facing a change of circumstances or starting a new job.

Bloodstone brings mental clarity and is a great aid in decision making. It will heighten and enhance your natural intuitive abilities and help you to make decisions that are of the greatest benefit to all involved. It can revitalize the body and mind during times of stress induced exhaustion as well as increasing our capacities for creativity in all areas of our lives. If you are trying to see a project through from inception to final manifestation Bloodstone is a very useful friend.

Bloodstone has strong connections with the Mother Goddess and is useful as a mediator is tense or difficult situations involving individuals who have different points of view. It is especially useful for any situation that needs resolving between mothers and their offspring.

Feng Shui and Bloodstone
Bloodstone utilizes wood energy in terms of feng shui, which means that it is closely aligned to growth, both physical and emotional, new beginnings, health and nourishment. Use bloodstone in the areas of the southeast and east in home or workplace, especially in the places where you may be starting a new project. Bloodstone helps to attract prosperity and abundance to your family and helps to maintain good health and a positive mental attitude in the home.

Using Bloodstone to Enhance Spiritual Awareness
Bloodstone is a useful grounding stone and is helpful if you are working on creating or enhancing a connection to the higher realms. It was known as the “Christ Stone” in ancient times and is believed to help those who wish to increase their Christ consciousness in spiritual terms. It helps to bring one’s spirituality into everyday life as well as amplifying our ability to access other worldly wisdom and spiritual truths during meditation.

Bloodstone and Healing
Bloodstone is also known as Heliotrope, because of its strong connection to the life-giving Sun. Its connection to healing many conditions of the blood and the detoxification of the system dates back thousands of years to Mesopotamia, an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean.

It helps with the coagulation of the blood following a wound or injury and for this reason was often carried into by warriors into battle. It was also believed to cure the putrefaction of wounds or abscesses within a day. Ground into a powder and mixed with honey it proves to be a very effective antiseptic and has astringent qualities that prevent infection entering damaged areas of the body such as the skin or the throat. It is also thought to be a very effective protector of the immune system, guarding against disease and infection.

Bloodstone is also thought to be a great ally for women during childbearing years and has a supportive and beneficial effect on the endocrine and hormonal systems.

Black obsidian baoding balls on a bamboo display stand

Black Obsidian Baoding Balls

Obsidian is most often found in its glossy jet black form, although there are many varieties of this popular and powerful stone. It is also referred to as volcano glass as it is formed from molten lava in the last stages of a volcanic eruption.

Metaphysical Applications of Back Obsidian
Obsidian has many metaphysical properties that can prove useful in your everyday life, as well as shamanic and ritual applications. It is considered to be a very personal stone and it is best to buy and use your own stone as it will very quickly absorb your unique vibration and energetic blueprint. It is a great rescue remedy for shock and trauma and will ground you very effectively if placed between the feet during times of turmoil.

It is a powerful stone of protection against the intrusions of others into your energy field. If you are a sensitive soul and prone to absorb the problems and stresses of others to your own detriment, wear a necklace of other form of obsidian jewelry to protect and shield you when you feel vulnerable to this kind of influence. If you are experiencing bullying of any kind keep obsidian with you, preferably on show, until the unwanted behavior stops.

Nothing is hidden from Obsidian, so be wary of you are not yet ready to address your own shadow side! It is the talisman of those who dare to truly see into the heart of things and will facilitate any ritual or exercise concerned with revealing your issues or demons. It helps to clear energetic blockages and to bring everything out into the light so that it can be transmuted and healed.

Obsidian has long been prized by shamans and wise women in all cultures, and it can be brutal in its effect. However, this quality also makes it an excellent stone for achieving catharsis and deep soul healing.

It will block geopathic stress and is an excellent stone for soaking up environmental pollution, making it a favorite talisman for eco warriors and environmental activists.

Feng Shui and Black Obsidian
Even though Obsidian is born of fire in the heart of the volcano, it utilizes water energy in feng shui terms. This is the energy of purification, stillness and quiet strength. It is also the energy of the will and of ceaseless drive. The water element embodies the energy of the circle of life and the power of regeneration.

Water is associated with the north area of the home, so place Obsidian in the north to attract the vibrations of repose, reflection, meditation and prayer. The north corner is associated with career and life path and the flowing energy of Obsidian ensures balance and harmony as your life and work unfold and move forward.

Using Black Obsidian to Enhance Spiritual Awareness
Obsidian draws you inward spiritually, to the place of truth at the center of your being. It is a stone of integrity and deep soul cleansing and will stimulate the integration of the body with mind and spirit. It is excellent for removing blockages and detritus from past lives and past experiences in this life. It will activate any unknown abilities you may be holding in your etheric body, and is also highly effective for expanding the consciousness during meditation.

All forms of the stone stimulate the healing of the emotions and will help you if you feel you have lost your power to another. If your spirit has been wounded Obsidian will mend the tears or rifts that cause distress arising from a loss of connection with both the Higher realms and one’s own soul.

It is the best stone of all for connecting with the Spirit of the Earth, Mother Gaia. It strengthens and supports the base chakra and forms a bridge between this center and the earth star chakra which lies beneath the feet. The earth star holds the soul into incarnation and creates a strong connection to the planet, acting as a conduit for the egress of all excess and imbalanced energies so that they flow out of the body and into the earth for transmutation.

Healing with Back Obsidian
Physically, Obsidian is thought to relieve tension in the muscles of the upper back, spine and neck. It helps to combat stress, improves circulation and arterial blood flow in particular. It enhances the immune system, accelerates the healing of wounds, aids digestion and promotes strength in both the physical body and the mind or emotions.

Red yin yang baoding balls

Healing Philosophy of Chinese Health Balls

To understand how Baoding Balls keep the body healthy, a person would need to have some understanding of the Yin and Yang philosophy.  The Yin and Yang are symbols of two forces kept in balance by the flow of your internal energy.  This energy is your Qi (“chi”) which is the energy of life that guides and controls everything.

Yin and Yang are best compared to as active and passive principles.  The Yin represents the passive, dark, cold, and negative aspects.  The Yang represents the active, bright, warm and positive aspects.  They are on opposite poles in conflict with each other but always connected to each other.  A metaphor would be the Sun to the Moon and Light to Dark.  

In a healthy and balanced person, the Yin and Yang energy interact in harmony so that a person’s emotions, body, spirit, and mind are all in balance with each other.  In Chinese medicine, when a person is unhealthy, it is believed that the person’s internal energy is imbalanced and requires specific treatment to correct it.  

Chinese medicine practitioners believe that the body’s Qi (“chi”) flows through pathways known as meridians.  There are 12 meridians in the body and each is related to a particular organ.  For thousands of years, acupuncture doctors would use needles inserted into a person’s meridian to affect the flow of the internal energy.  The acupuncture doctors have studied which organs are connected to Yin energy or to Yang energy and what points of the body they must stimulate to treat the condition.  By the same theory, using pressure (Acupressure) can also stimulate the meridians through massage.  

In your hand, there are several meridians and acupressure points connected to your organs.  By using Baoding Balls in your hands, these points can be stimulated to affect the energy flow of your organs.  To increase Yang energy, the balls should be rotated quickly to increase the temperature and in a clockwise direction.  To increase Yin energy, they should be rotated slowly and in a counter-clockwise direction. 

Using Baoding Balls in this way to affect the body’s energy has given them the name of Chinese Health Balls.  However, practice with these balls has health benefits in addition to balancing the flow of Qi.  Regular use of the health balls will improve and stimulate the circulation of the fingers.  The exercise will also strengthen the muscles of your hands and fingers.

If you are suffering from the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome or feel the onset of the condition, using baoding balls can help manage your condition.  Rotating the balls will stretch out the tendons and warm up the hands and wrist.  Regularly performing short warming up exercises  for the wrist before engaging in activities with intensive or long periods of wrist activity can prevent and avoid the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.  

Green aventurine baoding balls on a display stand

Aventurine Baoding Balls

Green aventurine is thought to be the luckiest of all crystals, especially in the manifestation of wealth and abundance. It has a winning energy, making it a good talisman to have about you when engaging in games of chance, going on a first date or an interview for a job or promotion.  

It is also a beautiful stone, with a deep, fresh, vibrant green hue reminiscent of the lush new growth of spring. This makes it ideal for wearing as jewelry in rings, earrings, bracelets or pendants. Green aventurine is not merely a bringer of luck however, it works by aligning conditions in such a way as to bring opportunities for the wearer to embrace and make use of in order to generate their desired outcome. To an outsider this may seem to be “luck”, whereas the reality is that the crystal is effective in releasing old patterns or behavior or thought that may have held the wearer back from achieving their true potential.  

Metaphysical Applications of Green Aventurine

If you are feeling weary or in despair over life in general this crystal will help you to rediscover your zest for life and your natural optimism. It releases old, disabling thought patterns and beliefs and injects a new energy into your auric field, one that embraces change and allows you to move forward with confidence and a sense of joyful wonder. 

It carries a very strong connection to the earth and the devic kingdom, providing a better relationship with the natural world and the soothing, healthful vibrations that such a connection brings to the human body and soul. 

Green aventurine is very useful in combating the draining effects of electromagnetic waves and emanations and can be taped to a cell phone to combat the negative effects that over-use of these devices can cause to our emotional and physical bodies. 

As a diffuser of domestic tensions green aventurine is a beneficial stone to have around as it will soothe quick or brutal tempers. 

Feng Shui and Green Aventurine

Green aventurine is aligned with wood energy in the Chinese five element theory and carries the vibrations of growth, expansion, nourishment, health and new beginnings. It enhances the energy of spaces used for eating and for studying within the home or workplace. Wood energy is traditionally associated with the east and southeast areas and can be an attractive addition to these corners of the home if carved into ornaments or statues. It helps to bring an abundance of wealth, health and happiness into the atmosphere, whilst at the same time dissipating any buildup of negative or “sick” chi. 

Using Green Aventurine to Enhance Spiritual Awareness

The beautiful spring green color of this stone aligns with the heart chakra and brings with it the joyfulness associated with birth, new beginnings and the peaceful, abundant energy of the natural world. 

Use this crystal in any mediations you engage in to connect with the Devas of the Earth, the spirits of wood, landscape and mountains and also beings from the higher realms who are dedicated to the nurturing of Mother Earth. It will help you to connect with Gaia, both for your own spiritual healing and for the healing of the environment. 

It will open your heart if used with intent, and allow you to forgive both yourself and others who may have wronged you. It helps in the release of anger, bitterness and resentment and clears the way for more loving, positive and supportive energies to come through to your heart and mind. 

Healing with Green Aventurine 

Using green aventurine to heal physical issues and conditions is a gentle and effective way to take care of yourself. It is particularly supportive of the heart and is excellent for those recovering from surgery or illness connected with this region, including the blood circulatory system. It may support the lowering of cholesterol and aid in the prevention of arteriosclerosis and heart attack. 

Green aventurine is also prized for its beneficial effects on the brain, especially for those suffering from the frustrations that often accompany conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and autism. 

Green aventurine enhances the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies and is especially soothing for skin conditions such as eczema, rosacea, acne and hives. 

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