stonesWhen I was a young child, one of my favorite parts of going on vacation was following my dad with his metal detector.  When the machine would beep and the red needle sprung to the far end, he’d poke a hole in the ground with a screwdriver to dig for treasure.  Over the years, he has collected countless coins and bottle caps, and a few treasures, the most precious of which was a red ruby ring he still wears today.  But some of the best treasures he dug up with his screwdriver never set off the metal detector, and more often than not, we would return from these ventures with more stones in our pockets than coins and jewels.

In grade school when the school board installed a new playground with a pebbles, while the other children played on the tire swing or swung from the cable pulley, I spent countless days of recess searching through the dusty stones for the best and perfect agates.  My younger brother preferred to collect stones from the end of the driveway or dug from our backyard and beautify them in his rock tumbler.  When the metal detector stopped beeping years ago, Dad didn’t stop his hunt for the perfect rocks, and there are many.  He still keeps a collection of stones on top of his dresser to guard his wallet, keys, and spare change every night.  I’m sure, each day when he refills his pants pockets a stone or two from the dresser makes its way into the pockets as well.  Stone collection is in our bones.

Stones are used in healing rituals and practices across the globe.  The most common of which has grown in American culture over recent years, hot stone massage.  When the massage therapist strategically places the warm stones along the spine, she is not only warming the body, but infusing deep wisdom and truth into the energetic chakras of her client’s being.  Stones are the bones of Mother Earth and hold the ancient truth and wisdom of the world in their structure.  So by connecting a stone to the physical location of your chakra centers on your spine, you are energetically plugging yourself in to the deepest truest wisdom of the Divine Mother.  Stones also hold the power of communication and expression.  So, plugging into stone medicine is waking up the power of true deep wisdom communication within your being.

A common prescription I will offer to clients dealing with a situation in which they have to express themselves, or speak their truth, or communicate and important issue or idea is to find a stone and ask the stone to give them the Truth and open their throats to full expression of that Truth.  I suggest that the next time you have to perform publicly, testify in court, speak in front of a crowd, or just communicate an important or challenging issue to a loved one, carry a little stone medicine in your pocket.