Crystals, piece by piece, helped put my heart back together.
Hi, it’s Paola Monique Tonelete, the holder of Core Crystals.
This space opens with a deeply healing, sustainable and heart-led perspective to sharing energetic jewellery. Beginning in July 4th, 2020, yet blossoming within since childhood.
As a little girl, I breathed enthralled by nature. I grew up in one of the smallest islands in the Philippine Archipelago, Biliran.
It was a richly simple world. There was fishing in the rain and lying down on the port at night counting shooting stars with cousins; there was climbing unsafe mountain paths to secret sacred falls and a lot of slipping into muddy rice fields with town friends; and my ancestral home was surrounded by an abyss of orchids and plants guarded by the heart of my grandparents I called Mommy & Daddy.
CHAPTER I
In London, United Kingdom, the fates have flown me into the magic of having my brown heart shattered into parts infinitesimal.
I fell in love with an English man who “wasn’t ready”, to keep it concise.
I’ll save the painful details for the book, as for now, may I tell you the self love story I had to learn?
I loved selfishly.
I loved him by giving all my days. I thought only of how I may make him happy; pondering how he was like, and what he liked. I caught up with the rules of football, cricket, snooker, golf and tennis! I ran and biked when I needed rest. I forgot about my interests and my friends, it was always “just us”. I loved in a way that he had two hearts in his chest:
an anomaly.
CHAPTER II
As our heart pumps blood, it brings oxygen, and more significantly, prana (life force) to our being.
Thus, I felt suffocated by life at this point.
I would cross roads carelessly and dazed. I was sad going to work, I was hurting more than my own rationale could console.
My higher self spoke: Dear one, this is natural. Relationships are beautifully different and unpredictable. How lucky you are to have loved. Remember divine love above all, be strong and believe.
Yet my ego mind would just clutch my chest hard to points of physical pain and made it hard to breath, sleep, nor smile.
CHAPTER III
Being busy in the hospital kept my feelings away until…one day off.
I was in bed shaking uncontrollably. My mind detached as an assessor, the nurse. Shaking, anxiety welling, weird breathing patterns = “ Panic Attack “.
No brown paper bag to breathe into, I googled other options. “ MEDITATION “. Instagram provided an insant LIVE meditation in those days.
My life was about to change 5 minutes into this. I suddenly felt better. A huge weight lifted over my shoulders. An Aha moment that this process actually works!
I inspired something new in me.
Lucy Knowles introduced herself as the crystal healer and for the first time I saw the countless gemstones circling her…and I thought to buy one.
CHAPTER IV
I learned about how crystals worked, chakra systems and their authenticity from the knowledge of Lucy, paired with the fascinating videos by Hibiscus Moon on youtube. I pondered on the educational content written by Conscience Crystals’ Gemma Petherbridge and the story went on with books and experiences.
Piece my piece I healed through crystals… the traumas, the meaning of resilience, faith and hope, making new lives forward, and provoking energies of success.
This is how my core heart was coming together with crystals… involving kundalini, theta healing, tarot, astrology, herbs and energy healing.
This goes on until today but I will cut to that one thought that brought things to become. I said to myself,
“If every person can have at least one crystal, I think it would be a better place.”
At present |
Each of our monthly collections are called “Series”. These are shared stories of spirituality written with wire, wrapping beautifully unique crystals. Every one of your jewellery is slowly handmade. With a passion for self-awareness & self-love, all pieces are chosen one by one, sourced intuitively from ethical shops, other small businesses, genuine, and sent with reiki for your heart energy.
