Amy Leigh Mercree - The Mood Book: Crystals, Oils, and Rituals to Elevate Your Spirit

TheMood Book is all about you. Its like your own personal mood ring. It wants to know how you are feeling and how can it help. Its organized into easy-to-follow sections based on your mood. If youre anxious, you will find baths, suggestions for essential oils and crystals that can help, and guided meditations to help you find your Zen. If you have a big presentation coming up at work and you need to shore up your confidence, you will find the perfect physical exercises and metaphysical suggestions to rock your career. If youre feeling sensual and romantic, you will find the perfect essential oils that will enhance the mood, colors that will accomplish different objectives, and the subtle spiritual meanings of different flowers that can be used for romantic healing and benefit.

This volume is sequenced around five different groupings of types of mood, and it provides suggestions for bettering each mood. It shares powerful and fun self-care rituals, delightful quizzes, metaphysical tools of the trade that can help you accomplish your objectives, and ways to optimize your life and environment.

Ive been a medical intuitive and life coach for the past seventeen years. I have heard from thousands of clients about what they struggle with in their day-to-day lives. This book is a fun and entertaining way to address all of those women and men and provide easy, uplifting, actionable steps to feel better now. Because thats what we all want to feel good and live a positive life. The Mood Book will teach you how.

Here is a guide to help you navigate all of the fun and fragrant tools in this book. We will discuss how to use essential oils, charge crystals and much more. So, lets dive in!

All About Oils

How to Use Oils

Not everyone is going to like the smell of every essential oil, so it is important to get an idea of what you like before you decide to buy. Liking the smell is extremely important here because in this book the oils are being used to influence mood. Think about it thisif you buy a perfume or aftershave because its the trendiest scent at the moment, but you dont really like it, how often will you wear it? With essential oils the same is true. Take some time to find the scents that you like, even if it whittles your list down to only two or three.

Diffuser

Essential oil diffusers are a good option. Diffuse the oils for about half an hour at a time and then switch the machine off. Half an hour of exposure to the oils in this manner will deliver an adequate dose of tranquility.

Mobile Therapy Unit

Make your own mobile therapy unit by getting a small bottle that seals properly and that has dark sides. Fit in a cotton ball and then drop in your essential oils. Leave it in the glove compartment of your car, in your desk drawer, or in your purse, and open the bottle to take a whiff whenever you need to.

This should last for a few months, but if you find that the scent is fading, change out the cotton ball and add more oil. Use the diffuser to help you stay calm when youre in a traffic jam, waiting on a line, or need to stop anger in its tracks.

Body Lotion and Perfume

You can make a lotion using essential oilsuse a quality aqueous cream base and mix in a few drops of the oils you choose. Feel free to mix and match a little to create your own blends, not just the ones suggested in this book. When experimenting, use a small dollop of cream and a drop of each oil. If the end result smells pleasing, youve hit on a winner. You could also mix the oils into your normal moisturizer or body lotion. Alternatively, mix them into a carrier oil like sweet almond oil or coconut oil and massage gently into your temples, shoulders, and neck as necessary.

Basic Lotion/Oil Recipe

1 cup aqueous cream

Up to 20 drops of your choice of essential oil

Place everything into a clean container that can be sealed and stir thoroughly. Apply as needed.

All About Crystals

How to Use Crystals

There are a variety of ways to use crystals. For serenity, it is best to use a combination of crystals in your environment and carry crystals with you. You could use the crystals to focus on during meditation or consider using them as gem essences.

In Your Environment

This is an extremely effective way of changing the energy in a particular area. Place a stone on your desk where you can see it, or place a larger stone in each corner of the room. If you want a more peaceful nights sleep, you can put the stone next to your bed, under your pillow, or under the mattress.

Use as a Touchstone

This is where you keep a stone on you at all times and are able to touch it whenever you need to. The advantage of a touchstone is that you dont need any specific jewelry setting. All you need is a pocket or little bag to keep it in as you go about your day.

All the stones in this book make good touchstones, and this is an ideal way of using those that need direct skin contact.