Yesterday, I went over to my friend's house to record her testimonials on her experience with the items I had put intentions in to get rid of her headaches. I met Rachel at the farmer's market in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the past year, we have become great friends. You can check out Rachel's video testimonials on my "Video Testimonials" tab located on my home page or you can click on the links below:
- Rachel's video testimonial on the copper braclet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX2DKXyY_3I
- Rachel's video testimonial on the rainbow fluorite pendant: https://youtu.be/FUaJ2terYLU
- Rachel's video testimonial on the wire wrapped pendant necklaces: https://youtu.be/ATT0O3BVcUk
Thank you Rachel for taking the time to share your stories and healing experiences with me. I appreciate your honesty and kindness and I am so grateful for our friendship.
When I first moved back to the SF Bay Area about 10 years ago, I had a lot of anxiety and stress. It caused me to have insomnia where I only slept for 2-3 hours a night. I felt like I tried every remedy out there to try to get rid of it. I tried valerian root, melatonin, herbal sleeping pills from Whole Foods, tart cherry juice, acupuncture, an herbal Chinese sleeping recipe, Sleepy Time tea, lemon balm tea, chamomile tea, and other methods. Nothing seemed to work and my insomnia lasted for about 3 months. Also I felt a lot of my insomnia was triggered from the trauma I've experienced in my past.
During that time, I often visited a metaphysical shop in Berkeley and I got into gemstones. I took a Stones, Chakra, and Crystal Awareness class at the gift shop. One of the stones I learned about was shungite and it is still one of my favorite stones to this day. I loved how shungite had properties that protect you from negative energy and electromagnetic radiation. Also I know that I am an empath and I easily absorb people's energy which cause me to become drained. I loved how the shungite protected my energy. This shungite stone is actually what healed me of insomnia. I bought a $3 shungite stone and put it in under my pillow and I experienced the best deep sleep in my life for the next 6 months. I remember I was dreaming every night and I felt so healed.
Over the years, when someone would tell me they had insomnia or trouble sleeping, I would give them the shungite stone and it worked for them as well. I have given the shungite stone to at least 20 people in the past ten years and it worked for everyone one of them in getting rid of their insomnia. I just had such strong faith in the shungite so I was unconsciously putting my intentions in each shungite that it will get rid of each person's insomnia that receives it.
I had a family member that had insomnia, but he refused to accept my shungite stone since he thought it was scary how it worked. He actually thought I was doing witchcraft and I told him I do not do witchcraft. I explained to him that gemstones are mainstream and are found in jewelry everywhere. Many Asian people wear Jade since they believe it gives them protection, prosperity, and luck. Although, I love my family and I will always care about them, some of them do not understand what I do. My parents think I am doing witchcraft with the stones, singing bowls, and crystals I own. But my parents are Vietnamese refugees from Vietnam who do not speak English. It is really hard to explain to them since I also do not speak Vietnamese fluently. I have tried explaining to them that I am not doing witchcraft. I honestly did not know how the shungite stones worked back then. I knew it was something spiritual. Now I realized that I was channeling or programming the cosmic energy into the stones like how I can channel the same energy into the copper bracelets to heal. I am not doing the healing, but the higher power/source is healing people. I am just a conduit or vessel that channels the cosmic energy from the higher power. I was never trained on how to do this, but it is a natural gift that I was born with. I never went to a healing school or have been Reiki attuned. Many of my customers assume I am doing Reiki, but I never have studied Reiki and do not know much about it. I was told by multiple healers that I was a healer in many past lives.
In addition to gemstones and copper bracelets, I have also used herbs and teas to help many people with health conditions. I wanted to become an herbalist so I could help people. It is something I will still look into in the future since herbal remedies is still one of my passions.
Before I launched Wellness and Healing with Moon, I had wanted to also sell stone pendant necklaces and handcrafted copper bracelets. I took a wire wrapping class to learn how to wire wrap pendants. I still have a passion for using gemstones to heal. In the future, I want to add gemstone necklaces to my online shop on Shopify. I recently had a customer ask for a necklace for relieving pain since she does not like to wear bracelets.