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Hello and thank you for visiting our shop. We hope you find it interesting and fruitful. It has been for us, browsing extraordinary shopping experiences that we like and can use. We call them experiences because they are so out of the ordinary and are full of surprises.

We have both spent time in India where the shops and markets abound with inspiring, spiritual goods which the people enjoy as part of their lifestyle. Their everyday lives are so closely entwined with their deities and shrines, that providing for their needs, the crystals, the oils, the incense, the jewellery are part and parcel of their existence. So how uplifting to find centres that can provide so much for us and so easily brought to us through the web.

We have shopped at The Holistic Shop and has found their service and quick delivery so helpful. They offer hundreds of many wonderful products and keep you up to date with changes through their newsletter, once or twice a month. There is a welcome honesty with the descriptions of their products and their customer service is exemplary. Do have a look, you won't be disappointed.

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Now, why is it that images of the Buddha instil such a calming influence on the human psyche? The striking and colourful images and statues spread a feeling of peace throughout, regardless of whether you ascribe to the teachings or follow other avenues for fulfilment. The addition of an image to workplace or home, will give a space for reflection in any busy lifestyle.

Browsing the pages of  The Tibetshop will give you an idea of the beautiful paintings, carvings, stunning statues, peaceful and wrathful deities, including antiques, that could grace your home or office. There are so many exceptional artefacts created in workshops in the Southern Himalaya by Tibetan, Bhutanese and Nepalese painters, who are practising Buddhists, . The painters make their paints from minerals and herbs in the traditional manner.

Artworks are carefully selected from thousands of pieces and compared to the sadhana texts and old masterworks as often as possible. Most thangkas are hand-made copies of old masterworks that were based on certain visions or rituals. 

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The east has further wisdom to offer us in the form of Feng Shui and represents a vast body of knowledge originating from the Ancient Chinese. Analysing and influencing the interaction between people, buildings and the environment, is said to enhance quality of life through better health, wealth and vitality. This may lead to new or improved relationships, job offers and career progressionand it can be applied to any building whether home or office. 

Achieving harmony in your life through the most beneficial force of Feng Shui, the flow of good Ch'i, can be fun and browsing a fascinating shop couldn't be called anything other than All-About-Feng-Shui will open up for you over 1450 web pages with over 900 beautiful Feng Shui products known as cures and enhances. These enable you to find the lucky areas within your home, with practical Feng Shui tips for home, garden and business. 

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Another source of peace for many is owning, holding and using crystals. Crystals and gemstones have been used for thousands of years and for the basis of crystal healing. They are a delight to see and feel and information abounds for the use of the different types in therapy, reiki and crystal healing. Many crystals have healing properties that you can discover. Crystals vibrate at different frequencies to enhance healing, particularly Quartz, which also has the ability to transform an imbalanced energy field. When you are stressed, it can revitalise you. Grailstones have a wide selection of high quality crystals and gems, along with many other mind and body products.

Implementing the energy of crystals aids the body to heal itself. Anybody can practise crystal healing, using the healing crystals. As well their use in healing, crystals are very attractive around the home, as gifts, or gardens. Metaphysical crystals and crystal healing benefit all living things, plants, animal and humans alike, similar to spiritual healing. 

Owning a crystal that you carry with you can enhance the healing and it always a good idea to have quartz crystals around your house or office to balance the energies.

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You will have to take a holiday to browse this website, which we have found so fascinating. What took us there? Well, there is a Stonehenge Pocket Watch available on Shop.com, which is an accurate timepiece, a sundial and a compass. All in an attractive pocket watch casing. What a lovely gift. Amongst millions of others, so search for 'Stonehenge Pocket Watch' in 'All Products' and it will appear. Then I think you can lose yourself in the miriad of ideas for gifts for friends, or indeed, yourself.

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