wildchilde
I am enchanted with the idea that we all put out a particular tonehow cooool! lol! I am trying to imagine how mine sounds
I have to find some courses/workshops like the ones you are taking! lol! They sound awesome!
Understanding a bit more about sound/tone in healing is definitely worth exploring, especially when dealing with crystals and their vibrations. As far as your own "crystalline tone", while you can rely on your inner voice, it is actually easiest just to open your mouth and let the sounds flow out! Simply sing out the C major scale to find the "key" (do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti) and/or use their corresponding tones/vowel sounds for each major chakra (uh, ooo, oh, ah, eye, aye, eee). This is the simplest way and you will very quickly find "your" tone. Your crystalline tone may take a bit of practice to become aware of but once you hear it/feel it in yourself or with someone else there will be no mistaking it. It is the tone you make that has a resonance throughout your entire system and has depth and breadth unlike any of the other sounds you make while toning. Often, these toning sounds in groups sound like whales or dolphins or perhaps stars communicating with each other, and in group toning they are definitely used to bring harmony to the world(s) and all inhabitants...it is the same principal with mantras, Tibetan chants, Native American sacred songs, crystal singing bowls, and all the myriad ways that human kind has found to communicate and heal through sound, vibration, and tone. Like with crystals, I do find that there are certain sounds that I don't "resonate" easily with, nor do I find them pleasurable a lot of the time. For me, it is usually the two lowest register sounds oh (base), ooo (sacral)...although over time these have gotten easier for me to make and to hear.
I really haven't ever done any "workshops" on this type of healing although I would love to!! I believe we all have within us the capacity to heal ourselves and others and my entire life path has been based on this premise. And lucky for me and all of us, there are always those who blaze the path before us who are willing to share their wisdom and understanding. For sound healing information, the two best internationally known ones I have come across are Jonathan Goldman (also check out his online Temple of Sacred Sound!! to experience toning first hand) and also Ted Andrews' (RIP) 1992 book, excerpted here, Sacred Sounds. Incidentally, he also has a great section in the back of this book regarding geometric shapes that could be applied to crystal cuts and a very short table on crystals and their sound vibration correspondences.
I tried to find something online a bit more detailed, but haven't had much luck as yet. I did find this website that might be helpful to some. But I think as a rule of thumb (with of course a few exceptions along the way) we can pretty much use the scale/color system to know what areas the crystal resonates to:
C (uh)***Red/Black/smoky***Base/Root Chakra***Grounding
D (ooo)***Orange***Sacral Chakra***Life Energy
E (oh)***Yellow***Solar Plexus Chakra***Self-Esteem
F (ah)***Green***Heart Chakra***Love
******note: I would imagine F# is the higher heart=pink=compassion
G (eye)***Blue***Throat Chakra***Communication
A (aye)***Indigo***Brow/3rd Eye Chakra***Insight/Wisdom
B (eee)***Violet/White/clear***Crown Chakra***Transcendance
***note: for me personally, the white and clear usually correspond with higher etheric chakras but I don't want to overly complicate things on this "chart"
***note: for purposes of ease of understanding I have used Jonathan Goldman's correspondences of tonal notes and chakra meanings. Your mileage may vary.
Here is the thing, though: I am trying to collect as many different tumblestones as I can find for medicinal purposes - much like having, say, Benadryl in the cabinet in case I ever have a severe allergic reaction ;p and, the other night my husband cut himself, and actually asked me for a crystal to stop the bleeding! lol! When I looked at the list for that purpose, carnelian and chalcopyrite occupied the top of the list - mostly due to copper content, I think. I didn't have any. How upsetting! We had to make do with a copper bracelet, which seemed to indeed help stem the flow. But I think a good pharmacopea of stones to hand is a good idea - even if I never use them all...so, much as you said: have them, but you may never use certain ones - but to try from time to time...
Ok. So the "I hate it, hence I need it" theory is flawed. Buy the ones you want to "nom nom" to wear, and leave the rest in the pharmacy cabinet for the "break glass in case of" moments! lol...
oh and, Wild, I saw you mention this in another thread, and I think you are right: my tourmaline has a distinct feminine feel to it.
I absolutely love the "medicine cabinet" theory! I think this is a great way to describe the path of crystal healing. It really is the same principal as being an herbalist (or kitchen healer)...having the "right" thing on hand at the right time and knowing how to use it/"prescribe" it for others. This is definitely the approach I have been trying to take as well. And of course I love the added bonus of getting to experiment with the healing properties of each crystal myself! (and as far as I know none of these crystals is going to kill us like hemlock or something! than again, we have already discussed that powdered malakite and overuse of some crystals can have pretty dire effects!)
HA! I don't remember saying that about tourmaline, but I would not doubt that I did! hehe
Most of the time I only consider the masculine/feminine issue in regard to the shape/intent of the stone. However, I do believe that some stones are better suited for either sex in the pharmacology aspect...such as Moonstone being more suited for feminine issues and obsidian being a testosterone builder etc.