{"id":14,"date":"2009-12-03T23:59:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T04:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/?p=14"},"modified":"2009-11-29T20:34:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T01:34:25","slug":"holiday-gifts-unusual-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Gifts: Unusual Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When find yourself with someone on your holiday gift list who is difficult to buy for, sometimes your best bet is to go for something out of the ordinary.\u00a0 Gifts that work to bring about harmony and peace in the environment are sure to please.\u00a0 From simple gifts of\u00a0 candles, crystals, and CD&#8217;s that play the soothing sounds of wind, rain and babbling brooks, to salt lamps, singing bowls and Zen sand gardens, the choices are plentiful.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose jewelry made of amber, an organic gemstone that is professed to draw negative energy and turn it to positive energy leading to health and well being.\u00a0\u00a0 Most people, when they think of amber think of the honey colored or the milky white but amber can also be found in brown, red, blue, black and green.\u00a0 You can also buy gifts of jewelry made out of the crystals for your astrological sign.\u00a0 Chlorite quartz is another healing mineral said to cleanse ones aura and makes a gift that is beautiful to look at.<\/p>\n<p>On the more unusual side would be a gift of a negative ion producing lamp made of salt crystal rock.\u00a0 This rock\u00a0 naturally ionizes the air by releasing negative ions (electronically charged molecules of oxygen) thereby removing things like pollen, dust and animal dander from the air.\u00a0 The core of the piece of salt crystal is hollowed out then a light bulb is placed inside.\u00a0 The resulting heat from the light bulb starts the ions flowing into the air.\u00a0 Even if you aren&#8217;t interested in the healing qualities of the lamp, you end up with very pretty pieces to display on your dresser or end table.<\/p>\n<p>We all know our moods and our health can be greatly affected by sound.\u00a0 Dissonant , loud sounds cause tension and if too prolonged can cause ill health.\u00a0 Other sounds energize the body and relax the mind.\u00a0 Singing bowls fall into this category.\u00a0 They are made from a mix of metals from the Himalayas, Tibet and India.\u00a0 When you strike and\/or rub the bowl with a wooden mallet the multi-octave tones that are produced will relax and heal your mind as well as your body.\u00a0 Hand made bells called Rustic Noah Bells are believed to scare off bad spirits.\u00a0 Hang them near your home for good energy.\u00a0 The beautiful deep tone of the larger bells provides a superb sound to accompany your meditation.<\/p>\n<p>In the Feng Shui shops you will also find a large selection of clothing to wear when meditating, books, videos, prayer flags and lots of different oils to energize the body mind and spirit.\u00a0 You might also be interested in the Chakra Bears.\u00a0 Legend says that when the sun shines through the mist in the Smokey Mountains it forms a beautiful rainbow.\u00a0 Every twenty years this rainbow touches the earth and rainbow Chakra bears are born.\u00a0\u00a0 Each color has a different purpose.\u00a0 For instance the blue bear will listen with endless patience while the yellow bear&#8217;s purpose is to make you successful.<\/p>\n<p>Visit a store that specializes in Feng Shui products and you will find gifts of aromatherapy, incense, table top fountains, mirrors and plenty of books to explain the theories behind everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When find yourself with someone on your holiday gift list who is difficult to buy for, sometimes your best bet is to go for something out of the ordinary.\u00a0 Gifts that work to bring about harmony and peace in the environment are sure to please.\u00a0 From simple gifts of\u00a0 candles, crystals, and CD&#8217;s that play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.santashotlist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}