It felt lovely a few weeks ago to finally have a crystal garden cairn again. Our move south, from Orkney, some two years ago now, felt to be an opportunity to step into greater nurturance of ourselves, each other and at a community and planetary level.
Initially I was prompted to grid our new home and garden both for protection and nurturance using a combination of amethyst and snow quartz. With the cairn I again felt drawn to snow quartz. This beautiful milky white crystal veils nurturance and strength to all in its wake and often attracts an abundance of wildlife.
The new cairn feels to be a beautiful gentle healing focus to ourselves, the garden and beyond. Amazingly, within a couple of days of building and igniting it, I woke up to find a roe deer buck sleeping in the long grass next to it, followed by a local pair of mallards. Within recent days red squirrels have been visiting, not so common in the summer, and swifts have begun prospecting the house eaves for roosting and nesting opportunities.
It will take a while for the energy to build but I’m hoping in time it can become a planetary healing focus as previous cairns to our homes have been. If you are interested in having your own Crystal Cairn, full details can be found on how to action this in the pages section of this blog or by clicking the link.
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| Newly ignited snow quartz cairn |






























