new connection where you can tune in and grow i'm your host vicky thompson you may be three million with a new connection magazine which has been enjoyed by readers in the pacific northwest for more than twenty years a new connection t v we welcome authors practitioners in visionaries to share new ideas for alternative health spirituality and personal growth today i'd like to welcome to new connection margaret ann lembo who is the author of color your life with crystals margaret you have two other books that are on crystals you're the owner of the crystal garden bookshop in florida what inspired this love  you know i think it really began because i catapulted out of the mortgage banking industry back in one nine hundred eighty seven because of the stock market crash and so when that happened i had to find something to do because i had myself wrapped up in that identity of a being a mortgage banker so i had already invested in some crystals with some friends and it kind of evolved but i opened up the the crystal garden once i opened the crystal garden i had so many opportunities so many opportunities for learning about crystals working with crystals and then i started to remember as not interesting i found like i was remembering about the gemstones so it just came naturally and flowed to the and what ended up happening was i was guided and it taught me what the gemstones were good for i was always connected with color though and so color and gemstones go hand in hand very very well it's where you have a unique take on working with crystals because you use affirmations so how do you work with the affirmations and the crystals together well you know i've always found that the power of positive thinking is the way to go that's just the way we create our reality and what i always had a challenge with was when people made it seem like the crystal was what was creating the healing it really it's our thought forms that create healing and help us in our lives to create reality because of the way energy works as you well know and so if we match a gemstone with an affirmation or a positive thought form what it allows us to do is have that as a constant reminder so with a ring on your finger or a gemstone in your pocket you would then have that reminder to think that good thought instead of the negative thought of what you don't want it's almost like prayer beads it is it is it helps us mindfulness it helps us to be mindful and that was my intention is to be mindful you mention colors and you work a with the stones are so beautiful how can colors show what your personality is about in the clothes that you wear it's very interesting because like if you understand color which is basically understanding the shock  system of the energy centers of the physical body mental body emotional body and spiritual body those colors represent aspects of our consciousness aspects of ourselves and through that we can know that a certain color is for a certain thing like this beautiful blue i have on today is one of my favorite colors my go to color but it helps me stay calm and serene and it also projects that energy to others who might be around me and so i save my red clothes for the end of the tour when i might be getting a bit weary and that way i can wear my red al fits to help me feel energized and have an dorrance that also is a motivational collar and helps you achieve your goals and get things done because it is associated with the base of the spine or the root chakra which is the energy of staying focused and grounded and accomplishing what you need to get accomplished now but if you're feeling stressed and your energy levels are low what would you suggest doing with colors and crystals that's a good question you know i thinking that i would have to know what they were stressed about but let's say let's say we were needing to  of awareness or higher levels of consciousness so that we can perhaps observe the situation from a greater perspective instead of from a to a low monday and go to historical perspective and using that purple vibration it has some of the elements of course of red but i believe it's blue in the purple as well which is a calming influence and it will help with intuitive awareness as well you know  we create if space someone who's maybe an art is stored trying to do some writing it depends of course on the person's individual personality but generally speaking i think that a combination of a turquoise and like even the color you're wearing an orange or coral color i adore and you look great and so that that's a great combo to use turquoise as well because the turquoise invites inspiration and the orange helps you make you help you actually give birth to your project at hand and makes it happen versus the just being a great idea and sometimes we need that extra push when we need to go so we talked a bit about c ls in your home and what you can wear how can you use crystals to ratio consciousness you know it's all about self observation is the way i look at it as you know to raise our consciousness we have to i believe look into ourselves and see how am i feeling how am i acting how do i want to realign myself in order to tap into being a better person and that and so gemstones can match by choosing a gemstone and having let's say a soda light or a lapis lazuli for the day we're putting up a sapphire ring i'm using the dark blue gemstones is what i'm referring to and so throughout the day by glancing down at that ring which you we do naturally by observing the color of the we're wearing with let's say in a blue or even the then it would bring you back to the intention of i want to be mindful and i want to be very aware of the manner in which i'm actually in but also what thought forms i'm allowing into my consciousness and also what feelings i mean motoring because everything that we do of course creates reality and so if we were to use it in a spiritual practice let's say sitting in meditation we could put a crystal on our hand or maybe even lie down on a mat and place a gemstone on the forehead and maybe a crystal on in your hand and staying awake in the mindful meditation is to go ahead and do it and  is the experience of the meditation so now crystal's also have that metaphysical you know identification of it that it's something that you're connecting with do you find that that happens with crystals that they get us into that intuitive state i think they do especially because when we when we use crystals we're often intending this has the metaphysical meaning of this rose courses to open my heart to love or the metaphysical meaning of the citrine is to help me with self confidence then what that does is is it raises our consciousness to be present with that belief system does that make sense yeah because you're focusing on it you're thinking i'm opening my heart today because i'm wearing this rose cords and so maybe what we do is getting connection with that vibration of i'm opening exactly exactly and so that works all the way through  i want to say it's kind of an interesting comment i think to say oh i'm going to awaken my shockers or i'm going to awaken my consciousness so i'd like to talk just a moment to say awakening consciousness is really being aware of and i've  already said this but i have to say it again which is being aware of our thoughts being aware of what we're feeling and how we're putting ourselves out into the world without going into what i call analysis paralysis i'm sure you've heard that expression but just to be conscious that what i'm thinking is creating mode in one of whatever i'm saying you know when we have those on conscious words that we put out there so then for awakening our consciousness it's about using a gemstone or even essential oils and or a collar in conjunction with each one of the shock grows with each one of these energy centers and through that making the intention that you're going to clear whatever is not for your highest good and replace it with love and well being well you talked about in your books that the lower three shakra is can be kind of blocked or not focused upon by many people so can we talk about the lower three shockers and how you would use color in crystals and even hands on work to open them up so that you're more grounded and ready to achieve in life yeah you know it's true i find that we think that we need to focus more on being intuitive i think we just need to recognize and accept that we're very intuitive already which of the three shocker is when we get to the lower three shockers we're really learning i believe as humans on the planet to how to be humans on the planet how to be integrated and navigate planet earth while still being spiritual so it's being bringing spirituality into everyday living so as we focus on let's say a lot of people i find myself included from time to time lack of focus you know we spoke earlier about sometimes we're on social media and that will distract us from our daily work and and keep us to you know having a little fun instead of doing even though it might be somewhat productive from a publicist point and so on those days that i find that i'm doing that i'll use myself as an example i would use my hum  or my pyrite gemstone nearby next to me at my desk with the intention that every time i glance at that it's grounding me and keep me focused on the job at hand and i'm not flitting around in all over the place  even orange calcite and then what we can do is you might have it in your pocket you can keep it on your desk or you can keep it on your pillow case at night so that you're forming that intention as i fall asleep  i going to integrate this vibration this intention into my sleep time even so that i want to iraq as it's very easy for me to do my job and get it done and then the solar plexus energy of the yellow vibration you know that has to do with self esteem and having the courage and the confidence to shine your light and be all that you can be so perhaps a situation or a golden topaz would be helpful in a ring or on some jewelry to remind  and or even some beautiful piece of citrine cluster on your desk would be lovely as well as an option so you mentioned about dream and dream works which i find to be really interesting how can you integrate color  crystals and stones as a part of your dream work well you know one thing i really like to do is to create a grid in the bedroom and when grids are very easy it makes it sound like so dramatic i'm going to put it a crystal  bedroom both simply but perhaps some hema tied in the four corners of the bed like between the mattress and the box spring rose courts for feel in the same a tight as for grounding and staying feeling protected because sometimes at night of thoughts come up or concerns worries the hema to the rose courts on the nightstand or on window sills around the room you know what i have doesn't have to be big pieces but of course if we have that availability that's beautiful too and then using amethyst and even her camera die humans are lovely to have because they activate the dream time and dreaming and remembering one's dreams because we always dream it's just a matter of actually remembering the dream and then you can imagine that these crystals with just your imagination that they're somehow hokkien up linking up let's say magic a beam of light from one to the next so it creates this beautiful let's say interconnecting web energy that amplifies your intention of having dreams that are going to help you with your emotions mental challenges and or answers to questions in life you know prophecy and some sort of a way as well because i think that time of night is so rich when you can open up and information is to go ahead and do some journaling around it making the notes and then contemplation because not every dream dictionary has exactly what it means to you and then it helps you interpret what's going on in your life now you have been doing this work from many years because your bookstore just celebrated i think twenty five years yes we do it is a long time working with it so you must have many stories of people who worked with crystals can you  share some of the miracle stories of what's happened by setting your intention and positive thinking you know i've as far as a very specific story nothing's coming to mind in this moment but what i will say is that i have had so many people that will come up to me and say because of the crystal garden because of you margaret and my life has changed which always amazes me because i don't necessarily perceive that but it really it's a place of because there's so many crystal so many people come in just to use the energy of the space it's not necessary for them to actually even buy when i'd even that kind of a of a place that we make people feel like they have to buy of course they do thank you so i was still there twenty five years later so they are there are many stories that i can't think of a specific one where people say yes has transformed my life and i don't know what i would have done if the crystal garden and you haven't been around so that mary supportive environment so margaret and what would i do if i were getting dressed in the morning can i set the course of the day by the colors that i choose or the gemstone jewelry that i might select only this is one of my favorite things to do i call it dressing with consciousness i love that isn't that great and so we set the intention by you know of course i have my my closet is color coded and i'll walk through and first of all go approach it from the standpoint of what i'm in the what am i in the mood to wear today that's the first point but then i also think about what is it that i want to achieve today what is my goal and some days are more important than others in that regard but let's say it's a day that i'll be speaking and so today i dressed with consciousness i dressed with intention i purposefully chose a blue clothing because not only do i look pretty in the collar which is always important to feel like you look good but it's also because it's very good for communication for expressing oneself so knowing i have it on knowing that i made that intention when i got dressed this morning helps me so that i can feel comfortable speaking with you in front of  cameras today and going that way all day for the rest of my day now we can do this if we have a day that we have to not only maybe speak for ourselves but we need more confidence in that regard we might accent accent it with some yellow clothing or a yellow scarf or a yellow sweater even pocketbooks or purses that we might choose to wear i have a yellow cover for my iphone today because i wanted to stay confident about feeling comfortable in front of the cameras so that's just an example and i really like to have spirituality in everyday living and trying to use it in all the things that we do and the more conscious we are then there's mindfulness and that makes sense so many people are looking for jobs right now if you were going on a job interview what would you do to feel confident and who you really are at that interview i would pick the favorite color you know always i always suggest a favorite color so so that's one thing is to contemplate that you know the other thing is that it has nothing to do with color that i remind people of that helps them feel more confident because it is about confidence is not only being interviewed but you of viewing the potential location of where you're going to be working and you want to know that you're going to be happy not so in desperation vibe but more in is this the right fit for me and my going to give service here well and will they receive my service well so i would combine a perfect sense not to have a sense because you don't want to smell you know to perfume me but have something that's going to help you with your confidence again i would go with something a little citrusy and very light so only you can smell it and then i would probably want to have a situation in my pocket i mentioned century and a lot because confidence is seems to does seem to have the biggest challenge for most people what else would i do i guess that's about it i would probably do some prayer work and affirmations so when affirmation is there of plenty of people and businesses who want the goods or services that i offer i use that for myself too there are plenty of people with plenty of money who want the goods or services that i offer and then i also think that the what and why not me ahmed good person i have integrity i have honesty and i have love and so when we start thinking those thoughts that's vibrating it's broadcasting and it comes across and it's picked up even if it's not a conscious thing with the other you know the recipient of that broadcast so what are some of your favorite affirmations that you use and maybe some of the stones or sense that might help you through your day yeah my fav i think i think my favorite is i am love all that is attracted to me and all that surrounds me is love that's a favor because a feel and believe that if we if i know that i'm vibrating at the rate of love and then i'm attracting only love into my life it's go tired it's my it's my roses so it brings extra vibe of you know love from family so many people do have diamonds they have their diamond wedding rings or they they have diamond earrings or some kind of in so you don't even discount the very precious gemstones i do like to wear my armor old ring and my i didn't wear any rings today but emeralds rings and a ruby and a sapphire ring that's the dozen and they're not even super expensive ones they are from india and they're really beautiful and they remind me of what i want wonderful margaret it's been such a pleasure having you here today in such a beautiful environment so i thank you so much for joining us vicki thank you for having me it has been fun thank you you can learn more about crystals at our website at new connection journal dot com join us next time a new connection where you can tune in and grow