The Crystal Companion by Judy Hall is packed full of goodness. It is the perfect tool for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Judy’s work is collected into an informative guide as well as an engaging and practical workbook.

Insightful, knowledgeable, and thorough. The layout of the book makes it easy to skim through and find something specific but is written in a way that invites you to read cover to cover. Judy navigates the characteristics of each crystal in relation to how it can best bolster your personal energy field back into balance. This book offers insight on how to select, clean, charge, and apply the crystals to components of your life that need healing energy. Each crystal is categorized in detail with its qualities, source, vibration, chakra, physiology and cleansing methods. Exercises of clearing are detailed with images of placement for the crystals, both in relation to your body as well as crystal grids. The practices are inviting, and each accompanied with a step-by-step guide to optimal healing.

From the first few pages I was jotting down notes, following the prompts, collecting my crystals and tuning in. The individual imagery of each crystal is mesmerizing, while the placement of images and text is clean and simple. This book creates a healing experience simply by reading and is the perfect complement to any seeking complete wellness.

— S&H Staff

We’Moon is the perfect calendar for women desiring connection. The 2019 edition “Fanning the Flame” is full of guidance in astrology, lunar phases, tarot, holy days all based on natural lunar cycle. Personal touches, contemplations, and planetary cycles make this calendar unique and inviting.

The front offers a detailed description of how to best make use of the calendar while the back offers charts and graphs to explore further. I love the ample space provided for planning in the week layout. The strong source of women empowerment is felt throughout the calendar with vibrant illustrations and the poetry keeps me tuned in as I turn through each page.

I’ve recently started to wonder what every day would be like if we treated each moment as sacred, this daily guide for natural rhythms compliments my journey of discovery perfectly.

— S&H Staff

This beautifully detailed calendar is filled with inspiration, from the weekly centering quotes from Paramahansa Yogananda and the art of global landscapes and mystical worlds.

The pages are a perfect size to fit your daily events and keep track of your weekly to-dos, and the quality cardstock helps enforce the durability. In the corner of each week the current and following month can be found making it easy to plan in advance, and I love that each month has the moon phase included!

I use Auromere Dosha Balancing Incense when I need a cleansing, renewing scent in my environment. I'm hesitant to try new incense as many brands smell artificial and can trigger my allergies and give me headaches, but Auromere has created a high-quality traditional incense that I love. The smells remind me of India. They are so rich but don't feel overpowering in my home. I’ve even found these incense sticks are mild enough to burn with my son in the room. Perfect for a yoga class, too!

What I particularly liked about this gift set is that Ayurvedic balancing qualities were very noticeable. I use patchouli when needing to uplift too much Kapha stagnation, and sandalwood when needing to calm my Pitta. This bundle also comes with a complimentary burner! Burning Auromere incense is one simple, beautiful way I've found to remain centered and balanced no matter what my day brings.

— S&H Staff

Peter Loffredo’s book Full Permission Living is an interesting account of the journey from 3^rd to 5^th dimensional consciousness. From the preface: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that linear time, impenetrable matter, separation, limitation, aging, illness, and death are all illusions, that there are no coincidences, only synchronicities, that you create your own reality from your beliefs, that you exist, you always have and you always will, we are all one…” He goes on to say that love is the basis of “All That Is” and every line of reality you can imagine exists.

This play on the Declaration of Independence summarizes the book’s sentiment throughout. FPL is a guide book for self-improvement great for anybody in a therapist role working with clients, but it is also great for those individuals who are seekers. If you want to change towards happiness, this book will help you do so. But you have to work at it.

Written from the perspective of a psychotherapist, this book delves into aspects of psychology that might appeal to the individual learner. He discusses five character structures: schizoid, oral, masochistic, psychopathic, and rigid, and their psychological functions and therapeutic approaches along with more interesting information. If you like learning about psychology, and definitely different perspectives on it, give this book a read.

Among the different topics of the book is a part of the book called “The Run Up to 5D.” Loffredo gives us an analogy of a plane taking off to describe the third, fourth, and fifth dimensions. The plane sitting there before it takes off is the third dimension, but when the plane starts moving really fast just before take-off, that is the run-up to 5D or the fourth dimension. The fifth dimension is the plane flying in the air, where we will reach full consciousness.

Loffredo on 5D: “Spontaneous remission of illness? Miraculous healing of a disease overnight? Regrowth of tissue and limbs? No longer even experiencing illness or disease or dismemberment in the first place?...” He goes on: “This is not fantasy, folks. This is the way that many, many entities, races and species, humanoid and not, in physical form and not, already live throughout our galaxy and the universe.”

With topics such as character structures, gut feelings, and the placebo effect, this will appeal to the learner. With topics devoted to consciousness and the fifth dimension, the spiritual seeker will definitely also learn from this book. In addition, the psychotherapist can learn about Loffredo’s approach to breaking character structures and finding happiness and consciousness.

— S&H Staff

I have been smudging spaces for 10 years, to clear the energy in my environment. As my spiritual practice has evolved, smudging has become an integral part of my practice. Whenever I’ve moved into new spaces, had a difficult conversation with loved ones, or even when I’ve purchased a new car, I have cleared the space through smudging. Smudging has provided a ritual reset every time I enter a new phase of my journey.

The Bodhi Tree Smudge Kit is beautiful. When you open the box you first discover a note that gives an overview on smudging, as well as step by step instructions on how to use the kit. It would make a beautiful gift for a beginner, as well as someone who has been burning sage for a long time. Removing each item from the box feels special, much like each item is a separate gift. Within the box you’ll find a smudge bundle, palo santo stick, turkey feather, vial of sand, and abalone shell. Each of the elements is represented in this ethically harvested kit- earth, wind, water and fire- which makes it feel extra special. A percentage of all proceeds go to support Native Americans, making it a beautiful gift for any occasion.

— S&H Staff

This manifestation tool comes packaged with a self assembly board, right away making this board fun and interactive. After quick assembly there are four colors to help determine the categories for what it is you desire. Happiness (Blue) for Health and Relationships, Wealth (Green) for Money and Environment, Purpose (Red) for Politics and Spirituality, and Adventure (Yellow) Life Experiences and Events. A step by step guide distills your wish as you write it down is it sent out into the Universe. Your request is then placed on the ICHIWAH board that will further guide your dreams towards manifesting into reality.

Step by step filled with purpose. Your request will move from the sphere of energy into sphere of entangled energy. With the energy on your side, be ready to witness Random Bits of Luck or RBL. These will occur instantaneously around you. Be prepared to use these to your advantage and not let them pass by. The card of your desire is captured by the disc of continuous cosmic energy, this then is channeled up and into the celestial orb, it passes through energy enhancing influence of the power pyramid, continues down the golden string, it is further enhanced with crystalline frequency oscillations of the power crystal. At this point four pegs that are placed around the board are rotated through daily coordinates. These coordinates then encourage you to make daily contact with your board. Infusing your personal energy with the ICHIWAH energy cycle charging your request. Each step in this cycle optimizes the movement of energy.

Every component of the ICHIWAH is charged with symbolism, forces such as Zen-like strength, protective shields, abundance, M-theory of Modern Physics and much more. “The question is not, "How can you tell my future?" The question is: "What do I want my future to be?"” ICHIWAH invites your childlike play into manifesting your real life’s intentions. Interactive, well thought, and purposeful.

Finding our own path and discovering our place in existence are journeys that transcend time, gender, status, and belief. Guided by their guardian angel, Grace, and her spirit representative, Aelfraed, four incarnations explore their selves, their spirits, and their universes in Kasey Claytor’s The Light of Grace: Journeys of an Angel. First is Mumbie, a clever prehistoric female with a heightened connection to the Great Spirit, leaving her feeling like an outsider as she struggles to fit in with her clan. Next is Garth, a 14^th century farmer struggling to make sense of Christianity in a war-torn, plague-filled Europe. The third incarnation is Arnina, a woman struggling with stress and anxiety who often turns to self-destructive ways to cope with her issues. Finally, we meet Alistair, an enlightened 26^th century man who seeks the means to aid others in achieving his own level of consciousness.

Claytor, a wealth coach, author, and meditation instructor, has an extraordinary way of tying in diverse settings, characters, and time periods by explaining the characters’ inter-connectedness not only to their own physical worlds, but to the spiritual world, carefully minded by their angel, Grace. The author’s understanding of the personal nature of spirituality is highlighted through her own creativity and insight. Through the lives of these distinct characters, readers are encouraged to explore the ways in which we create our own realities: “We filter through what we perceive and experience what we believe.” Diverse religious beliefs and spiritual practices are connected rather than pitted against each other throughout the novel, highlighting an essential point of spiritual life: “Recognize that you have access to this greater part of you. You have access to this knowledge, this wisdom, this knowing, and this love.” The characters’ recognition of such admittance assists them in recognizing their place in the universe and their purpose in this for each life on Earth, and as a result reiterates to readers that very same understanding.

— S&H Staff

My relationship with my hair has had its’ ups and downs. I’ve always had very thick, curly hair, and since I live in Hawaii, it can be difficult to tame. As a surfer, I also find it challenging to keep my hair soft, since the sun and salt water are quite damaging.

I’ve found different products that work for my hair over the years, and recently discovered clean brand Innersense Organic Beauty. When I heard about their Deeply Nourish Hair Ceremony, I was curious. I had just cut off 14 inches of my hair for Locks of Love, and wanted to pamper my newly trimmed tresses with a deeply hydrating treatments.

Since washing my hair can often get lumped in with the rest of my to-dos, I like the idea of creating a ceremony out of it. The names of the products set the tone for the ceremonial approach. I begin with the Hydrating Cream Hairbath, a subtly scented cleansing cream that has a silky texture, and washes out fresh and clean. The Hydrating Cream Conditioner adds the first layer of softness, along with another gentle sweet scent. Once I’ve rinsed my hair, I spray Sweet Spirit Leave In Conditioner to my towel dried hair. My hair at this point is feeling pampered, but the ceremony is not yet finished. The final step in this lovely ritual hair treatment is the Harmonic Healing OIl. By using just a few drops, the lightness of the oil soaks into my hair without sticky residue. Hydrating Hair Masque helps repair my hair with all that I put it through.

Once my hair dries, it feels soft and healthy. I can imagine giving myself the gift of this hair ceremony once a week, taking the time to offer myself the indulgence of layering scents and textures, and appreciating the gift of a full, healthy head of hair. I’ve finally made peace with my mane, and I’m going to show it the love it deserves.

— S&H Staff

This narrative is an exploration of consciousness, touching on a number of perspectives and different takes on creation. It presents questions for pondering, such as, “What if our God, our divine source, is a young God in the process of learning all its dimensions?” Is this God “prepared to join a larger community and participate in the unfolding of an even greater reality?”

With reverence for sentient and mythical beings, such as the echoes of dolphins communicating a coherent message to mankind, and star unicorns offering illumination, the narrative continues. With a nod to conventional stories of creation, and using mathematical formulas and venn diagrams, weaving between energy, matter, and void, the book confronts topics of fear, chaos, and ultimately the purpose of existence itself.

The Conscious Bible is a record of a vision that came to Lani Kukini’elele. He considers himself both scribe and author, and the book a collaboration with various expressions of consciousness.

— S&H Staff