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Ep20. Crystals for Healing Energy Protection and Manifestation with Holly Holistic

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Step into the world of crystal healing and holistic wellness in this enlightening conversation with Holly, founder of Holly Holistic. What began as a personal journey of self-discovery and healing—eventually growing from a humble spare bedroom into a thriving wellness brand—has become a trusted space for those seeking balance, energy alignment, and deeper self-awareness.

In this episode, Holly shares how crystals first entered her life and the powerful role they’ve played in her personal and professional evolution. We explore the true purpose of crystals, the idea that crystals “choose you,” and how their energetic properties can support emotional, spiritual, and mental wellbeing.

You’ll learn practical techniques for cleansing and charging your crystals, understand the unique functions and meanings behind different stones, and discover simple ways to incorporate crystal energy into your daily routine. Holly also reveals her favorite crystal combinations for love, protection, and success—while clearing up common myths and misconceptions surrounding crystal healing.

Beyond the physical tools, this conversation dives into the deeper lessons crystals can teach us about mindfulness, presence, and reconnecting with ourselves in a fast-paced world.

Whether you’re a complete beginner or already on your spiritual journey, this episode offers grounded insights, powerful perspectives, and actionable guidance to help you work with crystals more intentionally.

✨ Topics covered include:

  • Holly’s journey into holistic healing and the birth of her brand
  • The true meaning and purpose of crystals
  • How to cleanse, charge, and use crystals effectively
  • Crystal combinations for different life situations
  • Common myths about crystal healing debunked
  • Using crystals as a tool for mindfulness and presence

Tune in to discover how ancient tools like crystals can support modern-day wellbeing—and how reconnecting with your energy might just change everything.


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Welcome to Holly Holistic: The Journey Into Crystal Healing

SPEAKER_07

They are some of the first beings on Earth. Some of them are millions of years old. They're veins that stick throughout all of Earth. And in some ways they are sort of our energetic poles.

SPEAKER_02

Yes. They're from the earth. They're natural formations. They're beautiful. They're full of energy. If you have particular stones like black tourmaline, black obsidian, Shanghai, stones that absorb negative energy. It's protecting you, it's shielding you. And that bad energy is getting drawn to the stone. She came and bought a black tourmaline because she's like, every time I go to a wedding, I always feel this immense amount of pressure where everybody's like, okay, you're getting older, you need to get married. And she would wear this raw piece of tourmaline on a rope under her fancy, you know, dress.

SPEAKER_08

I love it.

SPEAKER_02

And um, she told me that the last wedding that she went to, when she came home, she found that it was broken into like, you know, ten different pieces. It's just gone. I cannot find the crystal. And sometimes it's just an indication that you it did its job for you.

SPEAKER_07

Okay, well, we can't wait any longer. There's a beautiful five stones that you brought, five crystals.

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_07

I know you say you don't have favorites, but if you had to go on a tropical island somewhere and you could only bring one, which one would you bring?

SPEAKER_06

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SPEAKER_07

Super excited today to talk to you about crystals with someone who's very, very familiar with them. We've got Holly from Holly Holistic joining us. Hello. Thanks for having me. Welcome to the set and the fire in this living room. It's so cozy. I'm very excited to talk to you about this, Holly. I've been talking with my assistant the other day about how it's been a long time coming that we wanted to talk about crystals because we've talked about energy work, body work, and how we're energetic beings. And this seems to be a natural extension to that. And as Enlightened DXB podcasts is all about, you know, tools and modalities of healing on the spiritual warriors path. It seems very apt that you're here. Great. Yeah. Um, but before we get into all of the nitty-gritty about crystals and all of the beautiful crystals you've brought over there, I wanted to ask you about how you think you came to crystals and how crystals have really become a big part of your life.

SPEAKER_02

So I would say from the very beginning, um, since I was a child, I used to always collect crystals, um, pick up crystals anywhere that I would go. And so I was always drawn to them. I mean, as being a child, I just loved the the colors and the shapes and the way they felt. So I've always had a rock collection.

SPEAKER_04

Um Me too.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. So um, yeah, even when we go on vacation as kids, like, you know, like in the little souvenir shops, I would be the one who is gravitating towards the little stone area and getting to fill up a little bag with some tumbled stones. And I guess it wasn't until much later um that I realized that probably 30 years later that I realized that the crystals even had a meaning. So before they were just, you know, pretty rocks. And then when I learned that they had a meaning, it really made sense and it was kind of like a full circle because then I started using specific crystals for healing. Um, and there was a time in my life where I was going through some deep change, and I happened to see some crystals in a in a small shop, and um I just started to inquire, you know, like how do we use these for healing? And then it just kind of all made sense. I'm also from a very small town in the US called Crystal City, um, which is so ironic. So ironic and so serendipitous. Exactly. So I just kind of kept going with the flow. I started um using like an amethyst bracelet. It was kind of for calm, for healing. And then it was like I didn't want to remove that. I could really feel a change. I started with, you know, amethyst next to the bedside. And so slowly, slowly, I started to build another crystal collection when I was in Dubai and um using them for healing.

SPEAKER_07

I love that. And I want to double tap on you said you were going through a transformative time. Because I think a lot of people that I speak to, whether it's crystals or what have you, any sort of healing modality, whether it's therapy, you know, all the way down to maybe using crystals or even biohacking and teas and all sorts of things. I find that a one path to that deeper spiritual inquiry is usually a transformative, challenging time. Sometimes it's heartache, sometimes it's, I don't know, some something that really rocks your core of your identity, who you are, why you're here, these sort of things. And I'm I'm really curious what your transformative point was that really ignored.

SPEAKER_02

So I was just going through some life changes, some some things were happening. Um and to be honest with you, I work, I was working in a corporate business, and I was wanting to kind of take a take a change, uh like a turn and do something that had some real meaning behind it. So I was thinking to go into therapy, and then that's when I started um to do hypnotherapy courses. So through the courses of learning hypnotherapy, that you also are getting healed at the same time. So you're learning and you're also getting healed because in a group setting, you have to practice with each other. So it was really like I mean, I was drawn to the whole thing of therapy, and then I ended up in the hypnotherapy. And from that point is when I saw some crystals there. So it was definitely not by mistake. So it was all happening at this time that I really, I really needed it. So um, yeah, so that's kind of how it all flowed in getting back into the crystals and learning about crystal healing and how to use the crystals properly. And I'm sure we'll talk about all of that in a little while.

From Spare Bedroom to Thriving Crystal Business

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, beautiful. I'm trying to think actually of when I really got into crystals, but I always love the meanings and the properties attached to them as well. And I do often love going into these shops and going, hmm, I'd like a little bit more, you know, third eye awareness, or ooh, maybe this will give me a little bit of extra confidence, or this is good for protective immunity, or these different things. So I really am fascinated by all of that. Um I wonder for those people coming into Holly Holistic, which for those people tuning in from around the world, we've got a lot tuning in from here in Dubai who probably do know Holly Holistic. But those that don't know, it's the first holistic brand in Dubai, isn't it?

SPEAKER_02

Yes. So um we do consider ourselves as the first holistic brand in Dubai. Um whenever I started to get into this, like I said, um, and I found a few crystals here, it was very select range. I started sourcing the crystals myself. So I started select uh sourcing them from the US and from reliable sources. And then people would see me. They would start to see my me wearing the bracelets, or they would see, you know, me having the crystals with me, carrying them with me. And they would start asking, you know, like, what is this for? And can you get me this crystal? And you know, because like we're not sure about here in the market. We see some, but we're not really sure, you know, of the quality, if they're real. So that's kind of how this whole business got started because um I didn't have a plan for having this business. I like I said, my plan was going to into hypnotherapy and yeah, being like a therapist. And things just kept changing and on the path, and I just kept following. So whatever anyone would ask for, I would definitely source it for them. And then they would ask for Sage, and then they were asked for Palo Santo and Florida water, and you know, it was just kept going on and on, and then I just kept sourcing, and then I would source it for them, and I would source, you know, a few more bottles, and and that's kind of how the whole brand um was born. And so I think that we we've been in business almost 10 years. Wow. So it will be 10 years coming up um next September. And my brook, congratulations. We're so excited uh to celebrate that. And I think that we've become a very reliable source in UAE for sourcing crystals. So I hope everyone does trust us, and I feel like that. We have repeat customers. Um, so when we started, we started just in a small shop in our house, a small room in our house. So it was basically just a spare bedroom. And we were planning to just have like an online shop, but people wanted to come and see the crystals and feel the crystals, they wanted to make sure, you know, the quality that they were getting. And um, at that time I had like a small baby, she was just a few months old, and I had people coming in and out of the house, which was fine, but then it got to be a little bit too much because we had so many people coming every day. And then um we transformed that into a chalet, a wooden chalet made out of pine wood in our garden. And we opened that in 2019, and then people started coming there as well. So that's kind of how this whole journey, this whole brand started, and now we have moved out from the house and we are in a big warehouse in El Go's in the creative district, and we also serve coffee along with the crystals, and it's just a whole experience.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, I love it. I've been to your your shop in Alcruz, and now that you speak about your home little chalet, I definitely want to go and check that out.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I'm still using it as my office. Yeah. So it's really great. We have, you know, like um, it's just beautiful. It's a full garden with flowers, and we have the little local cats that come around and all the the doors slide open. So when it's nice outside and we have ceiling vans, and it's still still full of crystals.

SPEAKER_07

Wow.

SPEAKER_02

So they'll definitely have to come visit us.

SPEAKER_07

When I hear this story, I just think, yeah, you were destined to do this, and it's almost, you know, you were following the current and the universe had already decided, you know. You're like, no, hypnotherapy. And it was like, no, no, we have other platforms.

SPEAKER_02

Exactly. So I didn't actually get into hypnotherapy. I did practice a few times on some of my, you know, family members and things like that. But to be honest, it it felt really good to like help people in this way because it's like providing them with the spiritual tools that are helping them to feel better. So there was one time I'll never forget, um, we had the small shop, and there was one lady that came into the shop, and we're just located in a neighborhood. Um, it's kind of far from the the main city, and she just got in and then she just broke down crying. And it was just a whole, you know, like we had a lot of that. We had people sitting in the garden, you know, like crying or, you know, like reading their doing meditations and reading their books and things like that. Like it was a place I felt that they could come and connect. I think a lot of people they come to Dubai and they come for work and then they end up really, you know, overworking, and then they're getting away from their home lands where that's maybe filled with nature, like trees and you know, cooler weather. So I think they start to kind of lose something within themselves. So when we did have it in the garden, people would come in and they would just feel like, wow, this is in Dubai, and they would just really get emotional. And with that particular lady, you know, we got her some water and you know, got her to calm down and talk to us. And she's still our customer today. She still comes all the time and she still, you know, like remembers that time and was so thankful for that. And her whole life path took took a different way, you know, than what she came in. And, you know, I'm sure some of the crystals that she got helped her, you know, through her meditations and her healing process. And it's just so good to hear those stories. We have lots of stories like that, and it's so great, so great to hear those stories.

The True Purpose of Crystals: Do Crystals Really Choose You?

SPEAKER_07

I love that. I love that. It gives such a color to yeah, the richness of that you always wanted. I assume for the hypnotherapy, you really wanted to assist and support people. And as I think about crystals, as you said, it feels like even more of an empowering tool because you don't have to be there. Like this is something they get to take home with them, and they can be as passive or as active with it as they want for their, you know, whatever feels right for them on their healing journey.

SPEAKER_02

Right, exactly.

SPEAKER_07

I love that. Tell me, for those people that are coming into your shop for the first time, or people out there that are like, hmm, I'm curious. I just never had time to really look into it. What do you think is the true purpose of crystals? And how do you describe how they how they work to newbies?

SPEAKER_02

Okay. So crystals, I think they are they're a tool to help us in healing. And they're there as a reminder of where we need to be. Um so we have like a lot of customers come in and like, we want to get money, you know, like we we just want to get money. What crystal can bring us money, you know? And we never would sell a crystal and say, hey, this is gonna get you money, you know, just take this. We don't do that. So I'm basically we're very realistic in our approach. And we'll tell people, like, you know, you have to do the inner work or you have to do the work yourself. So this crystal is not a magic pill to go and make a million dollars tomorrow or for it to fall in your lap. You're gonna also have to work on it yourself. So we're very realistic in the approach. So um, depending on what people are looking for, if it's money, abundance, love, um, whatever they're looking for, we'll recommend the crystals that have that vibrational frequency that matches what they're looking for. So whether they choose to wear it as a bracelet um or use it as a stone during um meditation or keep it in their their room, their sacred space, um, it's there as a reminder. So they need to do the inner work and come to the frequency and the vibration of the crystal that they are working with, I guess you could say. Um, but they are reminders. So if you do wear them, you know, like let's say if you wear a chakra bracelet, it's it's a reminder to keep everything balanced or depending on what you're looking for. So we recommend the proper crystals, um, what they're looking for. But more importantly, if somebody comes in and just says, like, uh, what crystal is good for me? We would just tell them, like, just take a browse around the shop and see what crystals you feel attracted to. What's what are you resonating with? And then we have little cards that would give a description for each crystal of the healing benefit. And then let just read the healing benefit. See, does it resonate with you? Is this crystal resonating with you? And nine out of 10 times, that's how they're choosing their crystals from the shop. So we let them browse around um and just see what they're drawn to because it's really the crystal that is choosing you. So you you are there. So we're there to recommend. Some people they really just want us to recommend the crystals. Um, and we can help with that. We can tell you which crystal to pair with another one or something like that. But it's good, just come in, take a browse. Even if you don't buy anything, you're just soaking up the good crystal energy. It feels so good in the shop. And then eventually you'll see what you're resonating towards, and that will be the crystal for you.

SPEAKER_07

I love that. That you're not choosing the crystal. The crystal is choosing you. Do you think that is because we're all sort of resonating some sort of frequency, energetic frequency, whether we're happy or sad or if we're in a bit of turmoil? And there's a crystal out there that either works to, you know, slowly balance that out, or one that can work with you on that. That it's just like there's a resonance there. Do you think there is some something like that going on? Totally.

SPEAKER_02

Because even for us, for me, um I I can't really say like I have favorite crystals because I do work with all types of crystals, but it will be like there will be like three months I'll go through a phase and I'm just really attracted to like let's say red or you know, deep orange or whatever. And I really like I have all my bracelets, you know, laid out by color. So I go towards every day. What am I feeling? Which color am I feeling? And some months it will be like the same bracelet every single day. And then all of a sudden it will just change. So I feel like I got the healing benefit from that bracelet. I got whatever was without me even knowing what I needed from that bracelet at that time. But it would come about after, you know, a month, two months, three months of wearing that. I would realize, you know, like, ah, this is why I'm wearing this particular bracelet, because that's the energy that I needed at that time for healing. So it just depends on what you need. Like you said, it just depends on what you need. You're gonna be drawn to that particular crystal.

SPEAKER_07

I'm super curious. And my eyes are being drawn to your right wrist, and you've got this beautiful, beautiful aqua blue marine bracelet on. What is that? And what do you think that's that's uh providing you?

SPEAKER_02

So this is um Laramar from uh the Dominican Republic. It's only sourced from there. Um, this bracelet in particular um helps to bring in a lot of calm and it's great for communication. So that's why I brought it today for the podcast, and um, that's the energy that I want to put out. So also there's certain hands that you should wear the bracelets on really different energies, so that's why I'm wearing it on the right hand.

SPEAKER_07

Is this right hand for masculine or energy going outward and left hand receiving? Exactly.

SPEAKER_02

So yeah, so if you're looking to receive the energy um from a particular crystal, you would wear it on the left hand because you want to receive that energy. And then if you're looking to put the energy out into the universe, then you would wear it on the right hand.

SPEAKER_07

So Wow.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07

That makes perfect sense. I've just learned something today.

SPEAKER_02

But I'm so happy. Yeah, and it's just like you can kind of think, you know, like in the morning or if you're, you know, going out somewhere or whatever. What are you what are you wanting to receive? And then what are you wanting to put out? So I try not to, because some people like they only want to wear everything on their left hand because they only want to receive all of the energy, but it's also good to put some of that energy back out into the universe. So I try to balance it, what I want to receive, and then what I want to put out into the universe.

Crystal Energy Explained: Healing Powers, Cleansing & Charging Techniques

SPEAKER_07

That's really interesting. And especially as you, you know, Dubai is a sort of place where you already mentioned there's people that come in and they want a million dollars tomorrow, you know, they want abundance. And I think all of us want abundance. But what whenever people ask me about that or if they have any sort of stickiness around money, I always say money's energy like anything else. Like you can't just be an outwardly loving person if you're not inwardly receiving it. And it's the same with money, you know, you can't you can't make a lot of it if you don't spend a lot of it. I mean, don't spend too much, but do you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02

Exactly. It's a give and take.

SPEAKER_07

It's an energy that has to flow. And so if someone really, you know, like receiving was really hard for me, and it still sometimes can be. Like I prefer to be someone who gives and and and supports and provides. But what I realized, someone once told me, yeah, but if you don't accept a beautiful gift from someone, even if you don't really want it, it's not about the gift that you're receiving, it's about the gesture that whoever that person is has made. And if you are actually saying, no, no, no, no, thank you out of politeness, you're actually stopping that energy from flowing. Exactly. And so actually, just to just go, yeah, wow, beautiful. And all you have to say is thank you. And you've probably made their day exactly for receiving it. And so that really changed my mind frame about also receiving gifts from. All sorts of people.

SPEAKER_02

Exactly. I think it that's how it is with anything. You have to be very mindful of everything every day because you don't want to block the energy. The energy is flowing, as you said, and you just don't want to say any negative words, or you know, I know it's hard sometimes. We get into situations, but it's better to just try to train yourself not to think negatively about that situation and know that it happened for a reason and just keep the energy flowing. So I agree with you.

SPEAKER_07

I love that. We're speaking about negative energy right now. And I'm wondering, do these crystals also the my understanding is that they can hold energy. And so you can also charge them, and we're gonna talk about that in a moment, like set the intentions with it, with our thoughts, with our feelings, with our with our meditative, I don't know, beta or theta states or something. Um but I'm curious, do they hold on to all of these energies, whether they're negative or positive?

SPEAKER_02

Um, yeah, so the crystals do absorb energy. And um there's a couple crystals I brought today and uh to talk about. And um I would say that's another really popular thing that people come into the shop. They're they're experiencing a lot of negative energy, let's say in the workplace, um, could be at home, could be anywhere, but they are experiencing a lot of negative energy. So they're looking for a stone to help with that. And how that works is basically if you have particular stones like black tourmaline, black obsidian, Shanghai, stones that absorb negative energy. So that's basically what's happening. It's protecting you, it's shielding you. And that bad energy is getting drawn to the stone and it's holding it in the stone. So yes, they do hold negative energy. There are some that don't hold any negative energy, and I like I can explain about those. I have one here today to show you. Um and then that's when you have to start the cleansing, cleansing them, the charging.

SPEAKER_07

Okay, well, we can't wait any longer. There's a beautiful five stones that you brought, five crystals.

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_07

I know you say you don't have favorites, but if you had to go on a tropical island somewhere and you could only bring one, which one would you bring?

SPEAKER_02

It would definitely be citrine. So, as I was discussing just now, there's a few stones that do not hold any negative energy. And this is one of the few stones that doesn't hold any negative energy. Citrine is just like when you think of citrine, you can think of like just pure joy, pure light. And I think you know, it not holding any negative energy. It kind of gives you a little bit of a yeah, like insight to how this can be so good for your life. So I love citrine. Citrine can also be used for bringing in abundance, it's great for manifesting, bringing in happiness, bringing in joy. And um yeah, so I need some citrine in my life.

SPEAKER_07

I just realized because for to prepare for this podcast, I was kind of looking at more and I was and and citrine kept coming up because they're like, it calls in abundance and joy. And I was like, gosh, I don't think I have any citrine in my home.

SPEAKER_02

But and and for me, I love the the crystals that have all of the the structure inside. And I don't know if you can see that there's a amazing rainbow.

SPEAKER_07

So and I love that I really like citrine that's also can be they can be quite potently yellow or orange, but this one's quite clear, isn't it?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, so let me give you a little bit um of a tip on citrine. There's a lot of citrine in the market that it's um it's actually baked amethyst. Oh. So some people they don't mind because amethyst still has the healing properties, and then they heat treat it, which they say that it's it it gives it more stronger, vibrant, like you know, vibrations. Interesting. Um, but there are some people that are just completely against that. So to be honest, we have both in our shop. We have natural citrine and we have heat-treated citrine, but we will tell you, you know, like which one is yeah, very clear. Yeah, we're very transparent. Like this is heat-treated, and so heat-treated citrine is usually cheaper because it's actually amethyst, the purple stone, and they bake it and it becomes like a really deep yellow golden color.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, looks like melted gooey lava.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. And then natural citrine is usually a lighter shade of yellow, it could almost look like a um almost like a brownish smoky quartz type. So the smoky quartz and citrine, it's kind of like uh rolls into each other. Um, this one is natural, like this is like a natural color, but they can range in color. It just depends where you get them from. Um, Brazilian citrine, even the mines, the different mines in Brazil will produce different color stones. Uh, we also have kundalini citrine from Congo.

SPEAKER_07

So it makes it a kundalini citrine.

SPEAKER_02

This is the name that they've given to this one. This it's like um they don't polish it and it's in a raw form and it comes out as natural points. So yeah, it's really beautiful. Wow. If you're more into like raw stones, this is obviously polished and yeah. I do I love them both.

SPEAKER_07

I love both roses.

SPEAKER_02

I love citrine. So I guess I could say citrine is like probably one of one of my favorites. So yeah. That is it. That's a little bit about citrine.

SPEAKER_07

Gorgeous. What's what's up next? And so you said citrine didn't um absorb negative. So does that mean it doesn't need to be cleansed or you don't actually put it under the moon or the sun or water?

SPEAKER_02

It doesn't need to be, um, but you can charge it. So um charging it, you can put it in the sun.

SPEAKER_07

So And for those people who don't know what charging a gemstone or a crystal is, what is it?

SPEAKER_02

So basically, um we have charging and then we have cleansing the stones. So if your stones or your bracelets start to feel a little bit dull, like you don't feel that vibrant energy from them anymore, you can just place them in the sun and the sunlight naturally will just charge up the crystal as if they were in nature. So it's sort of a similar thing. So it kind of brings them back to their original, you know, environments. And so that's charging. Is it just the sun or can you also charge under a full moon? Um, you can charge under a full moon. Um, I use the moon more for like cleansing. Cleansing. Okay. Um you could use it on like a full moon. People do that. They will take all of their crystals on a tray and place it outside and put it under the light of the full moon, especially if it's like a special full moon, like the blood moon or something like that. It's really important. You can get your crystals out, get it underneath the colour.

SPEAKER_07

It's also the end of the year. So the other day we had the Gemini full moon. It was the final full moon of the year of 2025. And yeah, I just thought it's time to cleanse all the crystals in the house. And they had a nice little moon bath. Um, but then recently I also read that some crystals shouldn't be put in water at all. And so I thought, gosh, I need to do my research a little bit more careful.

SPEAKER_02

Well, for the citrine, um, also it's like a stone, you shouldn't keep it like in a drawer, keep it in a dark place. You should always keep it in a light place so that it's always kind of charged and bringing you that joy and that happiness.

SPEAKER_08

Beautiful.

SPEAKER_02

And then if you let me move on to the next one so I I can explain. So we were talking about um people who are looking for crystals for protection. And this is a stone that I would always recommend to people. Um, I feel like it's the strongest that I've experienced is black tourmaline.

SPEAKER_07

Yes.

SPEAKER_02

So black tourine is a really good stone that helps absorb negative energy. It acts as a shield. And this kind of crystal, this kind of stone definitely needs to be cleansed because it's holding all of the negative energy. How often do you cleanse it? Um, you there's not a rule, like a set rule. Yeah. Yeah. But how often do you cleanse it? I mean, we I cleanse almost daily. I'm cleansing just the space where the crystals are. So um, I'll tell you a little story. I had one customer who um, a local girl who her family was like pressuring her to get married, and she came and bought a black tourmaline because she's like, every time I go to a wedding, I always feel this immense amount of pressure where everybody's like, okay, you're getting older, you need to get married. And she would wear this raw piece of tourmaline on a rope under her fancy, you know, dress.

SPEAKER_08

I love it.

SPEAKER_02

And um, she told me that the last wedding that she went to, when she came home, she found that it was broken into like, you know, 10 different pieces.

SPEAKER_07

Wow.

SPEAKER_02

So it was just basically the rope hanging from her neck still. So she was really happy that she had that on.

SPEAKER_07

So And just for context for this, because I did hear that if your crystal breaks, it it's a beautiful indication that it's done its job. Like, but basically there's a lot of energy that's gone through it and it's it's done its job. And she it sounds like she needed a new turmoiline.

SPEAKER_02

So if you want to keep your crystals like more in order, unless you have a lot of negative energy around, you can keep cleansing them. And um, cleansing them is since every crystal has like uh is on the hardness scale, but it's difficult to know which crystal is for what. So to be on the safe side, we recommend cleansing with the smoke of white sage. So you can buy a bundle of white sage and you just light it, it produces a smoke, and it's a very cleansing smoke, and you can just keep the crystal and use the the sage underneath it and just cleanse all of the negative energy out that way.

SPEAKER_07

Oh, beautiful. Because I do use sage a lot. I just assumed that for some reason, like water was more powerful and needed to it depends because some crystals can melt in the water.

SPEAKER_02

It's kind of a rule of thumb if the if the crystal name ends in iight, so it could be like selenite. That's something that you do not want to put anywhere near water or salt or salt water. So some people they will just, you know, immediately take all their crystals that they bought from us and just put them in salt water without asking. And then sometimes the crystal like literally melts or changes formation. If it's pyrite, it can rust. So yeah, you should just be very careful if you're using the smoke of sage, it's you're on the safe side for that.

SPEAKER_07

Beautiful, great recommendation.

SPEAKER_02

And um, yeah, so you were talking about like if the crystal breaks, then it's done its job. I mean, that is true, and sometimes um our customers will just be like, it's just gone. I cannot find the crystal. It's a very common thing, either it it breaks or they can't find it. And they'll ask what to do. So if it breaks, um, we'll we'll check with them, you know, like how how bad did it break? You know, like did it burst? And if that's the case, we just ask them to collect the pieces, and it's best to bury the the stone and kind of just take it back to nature. You could put it in the ocean or you can bury it in soil, and sometimes it's just an indication that you uh it did its job for you, and you need to have a larger piece of of that crystal.

SPEAKER_07

Interesting.

SPEAKER_02

So that's kind of like um one of the the rules that we have, you know, when we're explaining to people about broken crystals. If it's just chipped a little bit or something like that, you know, and I mean it's a if it's a natural, in natural form, excuse me, it won't it doesn't matter, you know. But if it's something that you know came from, you know, negative energy, then it's best to dispose or you know, return it back to uh nature and replace it with a larger stone of that.

SPEAKER_07

Interesting.

SPEAKER_02

So this is black tourmaline in the in the raw form, and this is probably one of our most popular stones.

SPEAKER_07

And before we go on to the next stone, I'm curious with the black obsidian or tourmaline or these all these protective stones, um how would you use them? I mean, I find for me I tend to be very passive with some of my stones, and they're just kind of put on different altars throughout the house. Um what are other ways that in in which you can use it?

SPEAKER_02

Um for black tourmaline, it's it's really good to keep um the at the entrance where people are coming in to your home or could be to your office. Um so you keep that so you basically it's absorbing any bad energy that they're bringing in with them.

SPEAKER_07

Brilliant.

SPEAKER_02

And yeah, clearing them, cleansing them, and then so they have the the good energy. So that's always people usually uh get black tourine and keep it next to the door.

SPEAKER_07

Okay. And is it the same for obsidian or is this slightly different um property?

SPEAKER_02

Obsidian does work in the same way. Um black tourmaline is known to return the bad energy to the cinder. It's just a stronger stone.

SPEAKER_07

Okay. Um, but yes, black uh I like I like that. They're like, take the negative energy away, and as they go back outside, they're like, give it back to them. Exactly.

SPEAKER_02

So um, and also it's useful like wherever you are charging your phone, um, because it helps with EMF.

SPEAKER_07

Oh beautiful.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, so any of those bad radioactive, you know, energy that's coming off of your mobile or charger or anything like that, it can help to absorb that energy as well. So black tourmaline is really good for that. There's another stone called shungite that most people get for EMF, that type of radiation. But black tourmaline would work, black obsidian would work. So all of those kind of stones work in type like similar way.

SPEAKER_07

Amazing. Okay, what's up next?

SPEAKER_02

Okay, so I will go I will show you this one. This is one of my favorite stones. Um, I had this one carved specifically for me. So this is a clear quartz, um, and it's pretty clear. So usually the clearer it is, the higher grade stone it is. Um and it's I don't know if they can see this or not, but it's a cat, which is a mama cat. And I have five children. So I have four boys, and I've had the four cats around me um carved, and then I have one daughter, the youngest one, and she's here with me. So it's kind of it's just a cute little reminder. Um, Clear Quartz is a master healer. So I'm always wanting to be, you know, at my top level when I'm, you know, parenting and when I'm um teaching the kids and thinking about them and their well-being. And it's just giving a very um clear, focused aspect into that. And I just love this. I keep it next to my bed on a shelf, and I just, you know, see all the little family and just remember how important they are and how it is to be a mom, to nurture them and to take care of them, make sure they're on the right path and just be clear in that.

SPEAKER_07

So I love that. How what's the age difference between all of your kids?

SPEAKER_02

My oldest is 27, and my youngest is eight.

SPEAKER_07

Wow. And do they also incorporate crystals or did you kind of help, you know, you pack them up with their lunches?

SPEAKER_02

They grew up, I guess, kind of more in and with the business. Um, but they all, yes, they all have their bracelets um for for whatever that they they need that for. And if I see a crystal that I think that they need or, you know, something, um, I will definitely grab it for them and they keep it on their desk.

SPEAKER_07

So and are they all quite receptive, even the boys?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. The the oldest one, he works in our shop sometimes. Um even the the second oldest one. Yeah, they're all yeah, they're into it. They help help me out, and yeah, they're they're I feel like you couldn't go into that shop.

SPEAKER_07

Like sometimes I wonder if it's just women are more drawn to it, but I I know all of you know my my partners in the past and my current partner, they're all into that stuff. My dad's into gemstones, you know, his house is covered in crystals, and I'm always like, I wonder how much he knows, you know, but he's into geodes and all of these things.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, you have those kind of people are really like, let's say, collectors or rock collectors, they're looking for very specific types, specific things, and then you have other people, but we have a big mix. Uh, I would say majority is probably women. We also get a lot of kids, so they're really drawn to the crystals and we love it when the kids come in.

SPEAKER_07

But I always feel like kids have that extra, they they don't have the layers of protection that limit them from their intuition, and so they're like the most intuitive beings or like young kids. And so if they're drawn to stuff, you're like, you know it's good.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07

Especially if it's not, you know, an iPad situation.

SPEAKER_02

Exactly. It's always amazing. We love our little customers. They come in and they they really know a lot about the stones, and they're talking to us about it, like, oh, did you know this stone is this? And we love it, we love it. And we also have like a service that we do in the in the shop. It's basically um the customers can come in and we have a huge crystal healing bar, and it has tons of jars on the healing bar, and they're full of beads. So each jar has different types of beads in it. So it could be rose quartz, aquamarine, moonstone, black tourmaline. So the customers can choose which beads they want, and they can sit down in the cafe and they can make their own bracelet. So it's very popular, especially we were talking about the kids. The kids love love to do this.

SPEAKER_04

I love that.

SPEAKER_02

So they can sit down and get the charms and get the beads out, and we let them string each bead. And usually we'll explain to them like it's it's your bracelet, and you're choosing the stones and you're putting the intention. So with every bead that they string, they can say a positive affirmation, and then after they finish making the bracelet, we'll tie it for them, and they can sage and smudge, you know, all of the negative energy out and wear it, and it's like it's set for them. So they've set their intention, they've chosen the stones. So it's really popular with kids. We do have kids come in, you know, like four kids come in on the weekend and they sit, and it's really a nice activity as well.

SPEAKER_07

Such a great activity, and again, teaching kids that you know they can empower themselves, have this little bit of support, and it's it's teaching them the beginnings of sort of positive psychology and yeah, manifestation. The parents.

SPEAKER_02

So when I see the parents bringing the kids in, I have so much respect for them. Like I'll see like the fathers bringing their little daughters, and you can tell the father has no clue what he's doing there, but he's there supporting his daughter, and it's just I love it. It's so much respect for them.

SPEAKER_07

Very, very cool. I love that. It sounds like a good date night activity too. I wouldn't mind bringing my partner to go.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07

That sounds great. What's next up there? I see uh a purple. Is that amethyst?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, so this is um fluorite. Fluoride. Yeah, so fluorite comes in all different colors. Um, sometimes they can look like amethysts. Say they have purple and green and like magenta shades. Um, you can see they usually have um like different formations, like cubic formations that run through it. Um, this one has like green on the top and purple. So fluorite is really good. It's good for clarity. So it helps with decision making. So it kind of works like it clears all the clutter out from your mind so that you can really focus on on what you need to make a decision about and clear everything away. And that's why I love I love the stone and I use it because we're facing you know decisions every day.

SPEAKER_07

And there's so much more noise now than there's ever been.

SPEAKER_02

So if we can get a little bit of help from a few stones, sounds like yeah, so yeah, we use that in decision making and it just makes things more clear and easy. And fluorite is it's a beautiful stone. I love fluoride. I'm really attracted to fluorite, and I have a whole shelf just dedicated to fluorite in the shop. Because it's just so beautiful, and each one is so unique and different, but yeah.

SPEAKER_07

And do the different colors have bring a slightly different quality to it?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, as a rule of thumb, yeah. Like um, like green part would be like more like of a heart healing energy, and the purple color is more of like a healing, calming energy. So yeah, you can go by the color color.

SPEAKER_07

I love that. Yeah, and it's kind of linked to the chakras.

SPEAKER_02

Yes, exactly. You can do that as well. Yeah, and so this one is great for clarity decision making, that's fluorite. And then the last one that I brought in, which is a super unique piece. Um, this is called Libyan Desert Glass.

SPEAKER_07

Libyan. So is it from Libya?

SPEAKER_02

It's yeah, it's found. Um, so it's formed from a meteorite impact in the Sahara Desert.

SPEAKER_07

So um it's there can't be that many of these out there then.

SPEAKER_02

There are, but this is a quite large piece. Usually you will find smaller pieces. Um, actually, my ring is um that. So this is the polished version of the Libyan desert glass.

SPEAKER_07

Tell me more. You obviously you're fascinated by this if you have a whole ring.

SPEAKER_02

Um, yeah, so this stone, it's it's just really special. I mean, it has it holds so much celestial energy. It's from space. It's if you think about it and the way that it was formed, and if you see all these small little white dots inside, yeah, it's actually um gas that's trapped in little pockets. So that was formed because of the heat of the impact.

SPEAKER_09

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_02

It's a very, very high vibrational uh stone. So this one, and I don't know if you've heard of Moldavite. Moldavite actually, that's the small stone here. They're very similar. Moldavite is another stone that's like it's a meteorite, and it's from Czech Republic, and this is from Sahara. So they act in the same way, but if you are looking for A big transformation in your life. These are the stones to go for. So, but you have to be ready to face whatever comes with your transformation. You know, you might lose some friends, you know, like not lose them, but you know, like separate ways from your friends.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah. Big transformation often means we have to say goodbye to who we are and the life we're living as we're living it now. Exactly. And become something else, which is is indicative. I mean, that's why I think a lot of people say they want change but aren't willing to actually have a lot of customers, they'll come in and we keep these the the desert glass and the moldavite, we keep them in the back because they're a little bit on the pricey side.

SPEAKER_02

They're very rare and hard to get. And um so we have people come in, Moldavite was really popular on TikTok. And they'll come in. Can I see the Moldavite? And they'll be like, oh, I don't know if I want to touch it or not. I don't know if I want to touch it. Like, is it really, really strong? So it's a stone that like you really have to be ready. I mean, there's not gonna be anything's not nothing's gonna happen if you just touch it, you know. I mean, you have to be intentional and um you have to be ready for the transformation. And it's a good thing, but some people are scared, you know, like they don't get out of their same patterns, they don't want to get out of the same patterns. They want change, but they don't want to get out of the same patterns. So you have to find the courage, you know, to really want to make a transformation. And yeah, I'm still curious a lot.

SPEAKER_07

You're wearing the Moldavite on your one of your ring fingers, um, and it's a beautiful big stone. What um what were you look of looking forward to transforming? Was there the specific intention when you decided to start wearing that?

SPEAKER_02

So what I I'm trying, the energy I'm trying to get from the Libyan desert glass and the moldavite together, it is the transformation. I'm always open for transformation. I'm always open to to grow. I'm not scared. I I'm ready, you know, like to learn more, to know more, to see what direction. So I want that energy to take me in the direction that I'm supposed to go. And I will, I will follow. And that's kind of how I operate. I'm very, I would say like spontaneous and I'm very open and I'm I'm ready to receive the energy. I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_07

Were you always that way, or when you were in the corporate world, were you more in, you know, because a lot of us in the corporate world are sort of trained to push, push, push for things versus being pulled in the direction that energy wants us to go?

SPEAKER_02

I wouldn't say I've always been like this. No, I was more, you know, like um following the rules and sticking, you know, like with what you're supposed to do, going to college, getting your job, this is what you're supposed to do. Um and then once I got to my own business and things just opened up and I started to more flow, go with the flow. And do you find that much more easier now? I find it much more um I I don't I wouldn't say it's always easier, but I know for me in itself it's more calming. It just I feel this is where I'm supposed to be.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

So a lot of outside influences do affect you and they do pull you and you know, take you in like directions and places that you probably wouldn't normally flow to.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah. I would agree with that. I would have to say in the last five, six years, I've learned to yeah, follow, surrender, you know, trust. I have a lot more faith. I don't think I I I ever really had a lot of faith until I one day did. And it was it that really allowed me to sink in a little bit more and and be even more grounded. But I still struggle with it, I would have to say. Like I noticed that, you know, 40 years of conditioning of go out and get what you want and, you know, like this very masculine workforce energy. Um is very counterintuitive to step back and actually take the foot off the gas and then be led. But then I find that things happen in the most easeful ways that way and are often more impactful and more powerful. I mean, this podcast, for example, this is just a purely out of the love that I have for these conversations, and it has a life of its own. And I have a podcast for work that we're a lot more, you know, KPIs around. Yeah. And somehow it doesn't flow as much. Like this, this podcast is we have a fraction of the staff working on it, and it just has a life of its own. It has a whole community around it and and really beautiful. So it is constantly like I'm always thinking the universe is trying to remind me that I should surrender more often.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah. I think it's the best thing that you can do. I mean, not everybody is ready for that. Some people really need to have the rules or the, you know, like to follow, but ultimately one day I think it will click, it will click with within yourself, and you will know when the time is right to let go and just flow. Because it's not always right for everyone. And it depends. It could come when you're younger, it could come when you're older. Um, like whenever I started the business, I was working full-time in a corporate job, and I have five children, and I was I was doing so much, and people would just look at me like, how how I can't even do one thing or something. How are you doing all this? But I just surrendered and I just let it flow and I just took the chances, you know. Like if it was there, I took it. I I went for it. And um, yeah, I just think that that's what got me to where I am today. I love that.

SPEAKER_07

If there was a crystal to support with more flow and surrender and and yeah, that intuitive connection to source, what would it be?

SPEAKER_02

I would think maybe uh Labradorite. Labradorite, I didn't bring it up. Is that the blue one today? It's a it's like a dark colored stone, but it has these amazing flashes throughout it. It can flash blue, um, purple. It's a really, really magical stone, and it's a very intuitive stone. So I think that that really helps with you know knowing like feeling your intuition. I think as women, we have that intuition in us anyway, but the labradorite, it really helps with that. So I love that.

Practical Ways to Work With Crystal Energy

SPEAKER_07

Yeah. Beautiful. I'll have to go and and see my collection. I think I do have some labrad labradorite, so I'll bring it out. Um, I'm curious, what are different ways people can work with these crystals? I know for different podcasts, I'll bring some, or if I'm having a brain foggy day, I often like, I don't know if you can see this, but it's a Dalmation. Dalmation Jasper. Yeah, and and I it's the strangest thing, but I find it works. Like it really brings me a lot of clarity and usually kind of shuts out some of the chitter chatter in my brain and then and really helps me just focus on it's a really grounding stone that that one.

SPEAKER_02

So that's probably what's happening. You're feeling really grounded and just you know comfortable.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah. So I and and does it not also support with like mental clarity? I'm not sure for that one.

SPEAKER_02

I mean, if it if it's working for you, that's what it's doing. That's all that matters.

SPEAKER_07

I love it. Well, what are other ways? Like sometimes I I carry different ones in the morning. I'll go, I'm doing this thing today. I'll get some support. Um, how else might someone use them?

SPEAKER_02

So you can use them in a a lot of different ways. Um, I can go through a few. Wearing them is probably one of the most popular. So you are actually having that energy and you're keeping it against your skin. Um, it's important whenever you get, like, let's say, pendants, um, you're wearing a pendant or some kind of jewelry, you want the stone to actually touch your skin. So you you don't really want something with a lot of metal on the back or around it. Like it's better to have the actual crystal. That's why the conducts the end of the case. Yeah, the bracelets are so good because they're just the pure crystal and you have so much of the stone you're carrying with you. Um, so you can wear them as pendants, rings, however you like. Um, you can use them during meditation. So um, you can just hold a stone in your receiving hand when you're doing the meditation, set the intention for the energy that you wish to receive and choose the stone that matches that. Beautiful. Carrying them is very popular. A lot. My customers love to come in and show me all their stones in their bag, like, look what I've looked at everything I have in here. And then they start like just grabbing out stones and putting them on the table, and then like, I forgot what this one, this one, what's this one, you know? But so carrying them with you. You can keep them in your bag, yeah. Um, you can keep them in your pocket. Uh so depending on you know how you want to carry them with you. But yeah.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah. One of the first, it wasn't for about crystals, but the when I was used to go camping, I was telling you and your husband earlier, I used to go camping and sit around a fire with these Aboriginal tribes who would come and talk to us about, you know, their beliefs about life and all things in nature being animate. And they would say, rocks of any kind, you could pick up anyone, were so powerful in absorbing any energy. And so if you're feeling angry or upset, they would teach us like take a rock and just hold it and just throw it into water. And I assume that's why I I have this uh vision in my myself that you've got to throw it back into water to cleanse them. Um, but they used to also have these deer skin pouches that they would tie on a string. Medicine bags, I think they would call them. And they would just throw different rocks that they would pick up on a walk, even pebbles, and they would put them there, and then they would just sometimes hold it if they wanted to release an energy from their body that they didn't want to have. Yeah. And I thought, wow, that's so beautiful. So it's always stuck with me, and I always kind of collect rocks as I go around.

SPEAKER_02

Like, like as you talked about, like not just wearing it, but you can also like you can lay down. Let's say you have a really bad headache and you just want to take a moment, you can use amethyst. Amethyst is really good for relieving pain. And you can just place one, you know, like on your forehead or wherever the pain is, you know. So you can also lay the stones on your body. You can also take a bath and you can put some in the water, which is perfect for you. Um but you have to be careful with what which ones you do. But the tumbled stones generally, you can put those in water. It's not an issue, especially like rose quartz for very like self-love type of bath, or amethyst for very healing um energy. So these kind of stones you can put in a bath. You can also put some in water and drink that water. You can put them in water, put them under the moonlight, make moon water with your crystals. There's so many ways you can use it.

SPEAKER_07

You should do that. Next time I have a women's circle, I think I'm gonna feed people. Moon water.

SPEAKER_02

And um just also keeping them around your house, you know. So um keep certain stones in your bedroom, certain stones, you know, in the living room, in the entrance. So I have I have crystals every room in my house you can think of. I have them in there.

SPEAKER_07

And they're just as powerful when they're they're passively placed in different places. Yeah. And you can set intentions before setting them down as well, can't you? Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

And so like the bigger stones, you know, have more energy. And like if you're using them for like a space, like let's say a bedroom, you can put a very large amethyst in your in your bedroom, and it's got really, really beautiful, healing, calming vibes. It also helps with insomnia. So it's like the perfect stone for the the bedroom.

SPEAKER_07

I really love that. It's also amethyst is my birthstone because I'm I was born in February.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah.

Powerful Crystal Combinations for Love, Protection, and Success

SPEAKER_07

Yeah. So I've always loved it. And it's beautiful and purple and gorgeous. Um, can you maybe more quick fire round, uh, come up with some powerful crystal combinations for different things that I throw your way?

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Sure.

SPEAKER_07

Okay. What about to attract love?

SPEAKER_02

Love. Okay. So you want some combos for the crystals. Um, rose quartz definitely has to be there. Rose quartz is just like known as the the love stone. Um, and you can always pair it with rhodocrosite, um, rhodocrosite or rhodonite. They're also pink stones. So that combo really it really brings in a lot of loving energy.

SPEAKER_07

Gorgeous. Emotional healing.

SPEAKER_02

Emotional healing. Um, definitely bring in the amethyst. And you could also bring in the rose quartz as well. Those two together are very popular. Self-love and healing.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

What about malachite? Malachite, yes.

SPEAKER_07

Malachite, okay.

SPEAKER_02

It's um malachite is a is another stone for transformation. So I would say it's just right underneath the moldavite and the Libyan desert glass. So it's just a step below, I would say. It's very powerful for transformation. And it's also very good for protection and for heart healing.

SPEAKER_07

Wow, amazing. So it has that transformational element and the protection elements. So, you know, people who might be a little bit nervous should start there.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, and it could just be like if you are attracted to that, if you feel like you know, you come into the shop because there are different heart healers and you know, protection stones, but it's kind of just seeing what you're attracted to and then seeing, okay, this is the different qualities the stone has. And then you're like, Yep, that's the stone for me.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah, for years I've been attracted to Malachite. So I have it in so many different forms and different like retro bracelets as well that's been polished and gold and oh, gorgeous. Uh, but I yeah, love it. Beautiful.

SPEAKER_02

It's a beautiful stone, and it's like you said, it's always different. It has different patterns. Some have like stripes, some have like circles, some are just pure. So it's it's an amazing stone. I think we already went through protection, but if you want to do another one, um protection, I would say the black tourmaline and shangite are a really good combo to have together. And creativity. Creativity, um, I would say carnelian. Carnelian. I haven't heard that one before. Carnelian is really good for creativity.

SPEAKER_07

What color is it?

SPEAKER_02

It's like a deep orange color. It's like a very deep orange color. It's very popular here. It's very popular here in Dubai. Um, it's also known in Arabic as called age, and that is actually agate, which carnelian is a type, so it's like a red agate. And we call it carnelian. So it's really, really good for creativity and it's good for protection as well.

SPEAKER_07

It's interesting because deep red would be for our sacral chakra, or sorry, for orange, um, and red would be a little bit more root, but orange would be sacral, and that is where our creativity comes from. So fabulous. Love it how when everything aligns. And what about for clearing blockages? If you know that you've got some blockages and you just want want to cleanse, or even clearing blockages in a space or yeah, selenite.

SPEAKER_02

Selenite is the stone for that. And selenite, if you are a crystal collector or you're working with crystals for healing, it's a must-have for your crystal collection. Selenite is another stone, it's the second stone that does not hold any negative energy.

SPEAKER_07

Love it.

SPEAKER_02

So, um, what selenite does is it really just cleanses the space that you're in. So you can get like a wand and you can um wave it from the top to the bottom of your body just to kind of clear your aura. It also we have bowls, selenite bowls, selenite plates, and you can keep your crystals sitting in the selenite. It's another way to cleanse it, it's another way to charge it. So I love that.

SPEAKER_07

I also read somewhere that if you put your stones next to the selenite, or they can sort of magnify their their power or their reach.

SPEAKER_02

It can, yes. But more to amplify the energy is clear quartz.

SPEAKER_07

Okay.

SPEAKER_02

So if you keep clear quartz next to other stones, it's an amplifier. It amplifies the energy of the other stones as well. Oh interesting. So yeah, so it'll give you that property of the clear quartz plus a stronger quality of the stone that you're amplifying.

Crystal Myths Debunked

SPEAKER_07

Aaron Powell, What's something that you wish you could demystify or some sort of myth that you want to bust about what some people may believe about crystals? I assume you get a lot of questions when people come in and I just think, you know, sometimes crystals might get a bad rap.

SPEAKER_02

Maybe they think like you're doing something negative or bad with the crystals. Like sometimes like they think that.

SPEAKER_07

Like we're like a Harry Potter magic situation. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

And so I really we don't promote that at all in the shop. I mean, that's with anything, you know. You could take, you know, uh a hammer and use it for something bad, or you could use it for something good, you know, fixing something or you know, so it's kind of with everything. So the crystals we don't promote to use them with anything in anything in any bad way. And I just kind of hope that people would see the better side of the crystals. They really are, they're from the earth, they're natural formations, they're beautiful, they're full of energy. And even if you don't use them for healing, you can just keep them in your space. You know, they're just really the it's like having a piece of nature in your space. So when you think about it in that way, it's really beautiful. So that's kind of something like I wish people would get away from the idea, like, oh, this is bad, or you can do something bad with this. So it's it can be really beautiful. So think in the positive way and and use the crystals in a really positive way.

SPEAKER_07

Absolutely. And as I think about what crystals are, we were talking about this earlier. They are some of the first beings on earth in terms of it coming from this, like the mineral kingdom. And then the plant kingdom came, and then the animal kingdom came, and so they're really, really some of them are millions of years old. They're veins that stick throughout all of Earth, and that in some ways they are sort of our energetic poles, aren't they, that are constantly conducting whatever energy we are bringing to the planet or other animals are bringing to the planet.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, I mean, scientifically, they are just full of energy, and we are also energetic beings. Exactly. So it just matches together. I'm very passionate about crystals, and you know, I just love to have them in my space. I just feel like it just brings the vibrational level up so high, and you really vibrate at a high level, and you just get those, the frequency, and the beautiful, beautiful crystals are all in your space to see them.

What Crystals Teach Us About Being Present

SPEAKER_07

What can crystals teach us about slowing down, being present, connecting back to our intuition?

SPEAKER_02

I think that goes back to um like the crystals itself, you know, it's a reminder. So once you see that the crystals and you know the the healing benefits or the properties that it has, it reminds you to come back to that. You could have had a really stressful day, you know, and then you could have your citrine on, you know, you're having a really stressful day, a really stressful meeting, and then you just notice, you know, you have your citrine bracelet on and you remember this is stone is bringing me so much light, so much happiness. So it's like a reminder to let all that go and get back to to where you need to be.

SPEAKER_07

I really love, I don't know if you you heard, but in Dubai they're building this amazing tower downtown. I forget what it's called, but they were actually like embedding crystals within the tower itself in different areas, and they're hoping that's it.

SPEAKER_02

I have heard something about that. And I I do remember thinking like that's so amazing. Yeah. So amazing.

SPEAKER_07

I love how Dubai sort of takes this on and really is welcoming to it and opening open to it, and anything that seems um like the next healing modality seems to be very open and welcome.

SPEAKER_02

Something like that's that's cool. And and people might think like, oh, this is something so new, but they they used to do this in ancient times, and you will see sometimes the the mosques around have the blue color stones, and that's lapis luzuli. Yes, yeah. So they've used those stones in in building different and what is lapis uh lozy for? Lapis luzuli, yeah. It's very it's good with um intuition. It's also very good. Um it's good for like it's like a calming stone. So anything with blue is very calming. It helps you to get back to the source, and it's a very intuitive stone. Lapis luzuli also has pyrite. Um so you'll sometimes see like a silver shiny flakes inside the lapis lazuli. So the pyrite is very good for protection.

SPEAKER_07

And I love that it's blue, so it's actually linked to the throat chakra.

SPEAKER_02

So for communication.

SPEAKER_07

Communication. And I always think when I think of mosques, the imam sort of singing the call to prayer. Um, really, really beautiful. If there's someone out there that's like, oh, this is an exciting conversation, and I want to go start my, I want to complement my spiritual journey with crystals, where should they begin? What did what what's your advice to them?

SPEAKER_02

I think that the best thing would be they can come into the shop. Um, we're not like after them salespeople trying to, you know, we let you just browse the the shop itself, but but our staff are there on hand to answer any questions. So it's always great. Um, we're always welcoming um to new people. It doesn't matter if you have no clue about the crystals or if you're an avid, you know, crystal collector. We welcome everybody into the shop and they can just take a browse around and see the crystals, pick them up, feel them, touch them, see, see how they feel. There's no obligation, you know, to buy anything. You can even sit down in the cafe with a coffee, bring some of the crystals with you, set them on the table. We have lots of customers who do that. They hold them. Um they see, they feel like the energy in their hand. And so yeah, you just come into the shop, take a browse around, and see which crystals are calling you.

SPEAKER_07

It makes me want to go to your shop now. Let's go. Let's let's head on over. I love that. Holly, thank you so much for sharing all of your wisdom, your passion, your beautiful crystal collection we have here. Um yeah, I just think it's such a beautiful compliment on the spiritual warriors path, as we like to call it here. Um and it's and it's beautiful. And we're really like in some sort of, we're sitting next to ancient wisdom here, right? We don't know exactly how to unlock it. We know the ancient Egyptians use them and the Romans use them, and the Greek empires use them, and uh the indigenous cultures around the world have always used them. And and this feels like there's this yearning for, at least when I speak for myself, there's this yearning to kind of connect to something that I can't put words to, but energetically it it feels like a different realm that I can connect to with crystals, which feels very good.

Final Reflections

SPEAKER_02

Yes. Well, thank you for having me, and thank you for letting me share my passion. And um I love talking about crystals. I could talk about crystals all day long. And yeah, I just like you said, it's just a really beautiful experience. And um I invite everyone to just come and see the crystals and feel their their good energy.

SPEAKER_07

We'll link everything in the show notes so they can find you at Holly Holistic, um, your shop in Alcouz. Uh is your shop at home still open?

SPEAKER_02

It's not still open, although we still have our customers asking to come there. Um, I'm there and I'm working, I'm processing the the orders, and I just work from there. Um I also go to the shop sometimes on the weekends. And um, but yeah, we're in Algos now. Um, we're very near to Barcha, and we do have some parking. Um, if you do come, you can always give us a call. Uh there are our numbers on Google, and we'll open the gate for you to park inside so you don't have to stress about looking for parking. And yeah, we're we're ready to welcome you. Yeah, we're open seven days a week. Um, we're open from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m. all seven days a week.

SPEAKER_07

Amazing. Well, we hope many of our Dubaiites come out and visit you if they haven't so already. And um, yeah, thank you again. Really, really appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me.

SPEAKER_06

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