Healing & Health

A small card to carry, blessed at temple before it reaches you. Talisman cards belong to a long Chinese and Buddhist tradition of carrying a written blessing close, in a sleeve, a wallet, a phone case, so that protection travels with you through the...

A wooden box burner, made to hold the smoke as well as the stick. Cut from rosewood, this burner has a lidded lattice design: light the incense, rest it in the holder inside, and close the lid so the smoke drifts out slowly through...

The Hu Lu has been a protective charm in Chinese homes for centuries. Shaped like the calabash gourd, once dried and used to carry medicine and water, the Hu Lu came to stand for health and a long life. Taoist practice has long used...

Amethyst, cut to a point, the calm stone in clear form. Amethyst has long been kept to steady the thoughts and soften the edges of a hard day. Shaped into a prism point, it makes a quiet object to hold during meditation or to...

The Hu Lu has been a charm for health and protection in Chinese homes for centuries. Shaped like the calabash gourd, once dried and used to store medicine, the Hu Lu came to stand for wellbeing and a long life. Its narrow waist and...

A plain rock on the outside, a cave of quartz crystals within. A thunder egg is a geode, formed slowly inside volcanic rock and revealed only when it is cut and opened. Clear quartz is the stone most associated with clarity and with holding...

A shallow bowl carved from a single piece of selenite. Selenite is a soft, translucent stone, pale and almost luminous, long kept as a clearing stone, the one used to settle a space and to rest other crystals on overnight. Carved into a bowl,...

The Pixiu, carved in green jade. The wealth guardian of Chinese feng shui, the Pixiu has the head of a dragon and the body of a winged lion, said to draw in gold and silver and hold onto every bit it takes. Green jade...

For centuries, sage has been burned to cleanse spaces, objects, and the feel of a room. The practice, often called smudging, is kept to clear heavy or stagnant air and invite a sense of clarity back in. Lit and allowed to smoulder, the fragrant...

The Pixiu, carved in beige jade. The wealth guardian of Chinese feng shui, the Pixiu has the head of a dragon and the body of a winged lion, and is said to draw in gold and silver and keep every bit it takes. Cut...

Obsidian, cut to a point, grounding in its simplest form. Volcanic glass formed when molten rock meets cold air, obsidian has been kept for grounding and protection for as long as people have carried stone. Shaped into a prism, it makes a quiet, deliberate...

A keyring built from four small guardians of Tibetan and feng shui tradition. Each charm carries its own meaning. The six-character mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, is the mantra of compassion. The bell is rung to clear and settle a space. The vajra stands...

In feng shui, moving water stands for the flow of wealth and the steadying of a space. A tabletop fountain keeps that movement going quietly through the day, the sound of water softening a room and drawing the eye to rest. This one is...

A brass Hu Lu, blessed before it reaches you. The Hu Lu takes its shape from the calabash gourd, once dried and used to carry medicine and sacred objects. Its double-gourd form is read as the meeting of heaven and earth, and Taoist practice...

A cool stone, drawn slowly across the skin at the end of the day. Crystal rollers have long been part of a slower beauty routine, used in gentle upward strokes to help a serum sink in and to give a few quiet minutes back...

Small trees of polished crystal, leaves cut from natural stone. The tree is an old symbol of growth and steady abundance, and a crystal tree carries that wish in miniature, each stone chip catching the light on fine wire branches. Kept on a desk...

The dragon turtle, carrying a Hu Lu for health. The dragon turtle joins two natures in one creature: the dragon's drive and the tortoise's patience and steady back. In feng shui it is kept to draw steady wealth and to bring supportive people into...

A sphere of rose quartz, soft pink and gently translucent. Rose quartz has been kept for centuries as the stone of the open heart, the love you offer others and the gentler kind you offer yourself. As a crystal ball it becomes a quiet...

A sphere of black obsidian, smooth and still in the hand. Obsidian is volcanic glass, formed the moment molten rock meets cold air. It has been kept for grounding and protection for as long as people have carried stone, valued for the way it...

Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion, the one who hears. Across Buddhist practice she stands for mercy, calm, and care, the steadying presence you turn to in a hard season. Kept in the home, her figure is less an ornament than a reminder...