Carolyn Here

Hi, it's Carolyn here. You might have read about me a blog or two ago. I'm loving having my business here at Skystone Healing Arts. In fact, I just added Thursday afternoons to my schedule.

One of my favorite parts of working at Skystone is participating in the First Friday Art Walk. I started coming to the Art Walk and offering Chair Massage as part of an internship when I was a massage student. I'm still doing it.

I meet all kinds of unique people. Some come back each month at the Art Walks, others have become regular clients of mine. Chair massage was their first introduction to the many ways massage can ease stress and relieve pain and discomfoft. These clients have really enjoyed the extra added bonus of having Chair Massage at the Art Walk.

It’s a nice relaxing way to spend the evening. Not only do you get a Chair Massage when you come to the Art Walk at Skystone, you also get to listen to good music provided by Coleen and Dan of the SongWeavers; have finger food; enjoy the works of our featured Artists as well as our House Artists; browse Gifts of Spirit Gallery for unique gifts; and and chat with friends.

Come in and experience this for yourself. My chair is waiting.

Carolyn Brunk

Singing The Rivers - Around the World

Last year Skystone joined with others gathered around the country to celebrate and bring love and healing to the waters of our planet.

It began with an event we heard about in Sante Fe. Coleen Renee, our Singing Healer, learned to Sing the Rivers while on sabbatical several years ago in Ohio. When she heard about the work in Santa Fe, she talked with the coordinator about doing a healing event here in Kittitas County at the same time. She then invited other people around the country and beyond to also participate. We sang, drummed and prayed in Santa Fe, Ellensburg, Boston, Missoula, Maui, Dolores River in Colorado, the Serpent Mound in Ohio....

It's amazing how connected and powerful prayer (through song and focused intention) can be among people separated by 100's and 1000's of miles. Many of us had the experience of feeling like we were right next to each other. We were connected through the waters of the world and our shared prayers.

We have continued Singing the Rivers each month here in Ellensburg. Coleen teaches about water and our connection; talks about the work of scientists like Dr. Masaru Emoto; leads simple song and meditation.

"I haven't felt this good - calm and peaceful - in a long time," claimed one participant.

Singing The River happens around the full moon each month. We just sang last week. But we heard about an event happening this weekend that we want to invite everyone to participate in at whatever level seems good for you. The information and a link is below.

At the group Angel Reading scheduled for friday evening, Coleen will include questions about how we may heal the waters - and through them, ourselves and the planet. That's friday evening - June 19th at 6 PM.

As it's Summer Solstice weekend with the Sun at it's peak - you might take some time to notice the beauty of Sun and water. Take that beauty into your heart and then let it flow out again with a prayer.

Dr. Emoto tells us that the three most powerful phrases for healing the waters are:

I thank you.
I love you.
I respect you.

As we humans are mostly water - you might even share these with the people in your life - dogs, cats, horses, .... too!

Here's the info and link for the global event:

The Live H2O Love Water Experiment is a 3-dayevent taking place worldwide, during Solstice, onJune 19th - 21st, 2009. In it's most simple form, this gathering is leveraging the power of collective prayer and intent, while using the toolsof our time, to align as One Heart to honor and celebrate Water-- the first Spirit and flow-er of Life.

The EXPERIMENT will gather millions of people on Summer Solstice weekend, June19- 21. Participants at nearly 40 venues worldwide adjacent important bodies of Water are poised to make this first LIVE H2O Internet broadcast a historic success. Best of all, it’s all done by volunteers, and no large commercial sponsors. People everywhere will unite musically to celebrate the healing harmony in Water and LOVE. This unprecedented interactive Internet broadcast over LIVEH2O.tv will engage an estimated 10 million or more viewers in this first ever experiment in awareness and understanding. Music played at 528 Hz, with heart-felt loving intention for peace, health, and more, will resonate the oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams, including your blood stream, for the LOVE of it!

www.LiveH2O.org
Enjoy the weekend and as you drink - love that water.

Community Connections

If one sells or buys real estate it's all about location, location, location.
If one offers healing it's all about community, community, community -
and our connections with each other.

The Skystone story begins with and continues along the story of community. How do we connect? Who tells the story we carry in our lives? What role does community play? How do we define community? How do we stay healthy as individuals and as a community?

Skystone (another name for turquoise or any blue/green stone) provides a most fitting name for our healing arts center. The story of how skystone came about teaches us: respect for nature; relationship with Spirit; trusting in abundance; and honoring ourselves and others.

We understand that people are, by nature, community oriented. Our health and wellbeing comes from a balanced sense of community. This holds so many applications. Skystone creates a safe and sacred space for healing your mind, body and spirit.

The Community within Us

The connection between our muscles, fascia, joints, nerves, ..... sometimes needs help in finding balance. Water is key. Water is the vehicle through which nutrients get distributed and waste gets collected and processed. Water lubricates, eases, & transforms. Bodywork (Bowenwork, Massage, BodyListening, Intuitive Healing, Reiki, Sports massage) not only physically and energetically eases tight, sore or adhered tissue - it also helps facilitate hydration and a return to health. (We'll do an entire entry on the importance and beauty of water very soon.)
Different aspects of our lives, our personalities, our dreams and desires create a sort of community. This community of self requires balance. Often we negotiate this balance without much conscious thought. Sometimes we need the assistance of a friend, a class, a professional Healer or simply a walk in a natural setting to get perspective. We're hosting a dream circle in the very near future.

The Community around Us

Looking outside ourselves we find a lot of influences and allies. Whether we look to the Stars, Angels, rivers and/or people. At Skystone we honor all paths and actively support the community in as many ways as we can from being green to supporting local artists.
The First Friday Art Walk (in downtown Ellensburg) allows us to host local artists and craftsmen. Each month we feature a show in our main gallery. Our Gifts of Spirit Gallery offers gifts & treasures year round - including jewelry, leather art, traditional Cherokee art, note cards, photography, collage and more. We also carry Linda Larsen's line of Purity Soapworks (soaps, lotions, salts, lip balm, muscle rub..). Coming soon Skystone's own Elemental Escents. All our items are chosen because they are handmade and in some way - feed the spirit.

Join us at a First Friday Art Walk - next one is June 5th, 5 - around 8PM. We feature musical artists beginning at 6:30 PM. Or just stop by our galleries Tues - Sat 11AM - 4PM. 219 West 3rd Ave, Ellensburg, WA. 509-925-4533.