WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH, 2006 |

Global Tribe

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Global Tribe began in Brasil over 12 years ago, whilst I was travelling in South America. It was here that I was introduced to the amazing crystal and mineral resources of Brasil. On returning to England I opened our current store in the heart of Leeds City Centre. As many of you are already aware, I opened the store on the Sunday and met the love of my life, Bev McDonnell, on the Monday. Together we have been running the store and learning more and more about the facinating world of crystals, minerals, philosophy and meditation.

The Global Tribe shop continues to be the heart of all our enterprises. You will always get a smile and feel at home in our store in Leeds. Bev, Emma and Julie are regularly on hand to answer your questions and to help you fulfill your requests. I have managed to get some photos of the Emma and Bev at work. They don't like having their pictures taken, so this was a dangerous task indeed.Just got to get a picture of Julie next. Many people are constantly passing through the Global Tribe doors. Many a great friendship or life changing discussion has been had within the walls of Global Tribe. Oooh !! the shop could tell a few stories.

We are happy to be one of the only retail outlets in the UK, who select the majority of their crystals from source. Since forging strong links with our suppliers in Brasil, we have continued to seek our products from their origins.We currently import crystals directly from Brasil, Chile, Peru, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. We are currently working with some contacts in India and Siberia with a view to buy direct from these countries. In 2007 we hope to begin forging links into Africa, especially Tanzania.Our primary business is retail although we have a few Wholesale clients in the UK and will continue to grow that side of the business.

One of our greatest passions is increasing awareness of how we can use these crystals in their various forms. We have learned so much about the world of crystals, including attending the full practitioners course in crystal healing diploma, with Hazel Raven. It was when we began to meditate regularly that we truly started to access the energies of crystals.We have been running courses in Crystals since 1999 and have just begun teaching a full practitioners course. This course is run from our centre in Roundhay, Leeds. We offer introductory courses as well as full practitioners courses.We also run a whole host of other courses from Roundhay including Meditation workshops, Beyond the Voice with Jenny Kosmowski and we are looking to provide introductory courses in Aromatherapy and Reflexology with a dear friend of ours. More information to come as and when these courses are finalised.

This year we can be found at a number of shows up and down the country. These shows include the Ilkley Complimentary Medicine Fair ( Ilkley), the Vision Magazine Spiritual Showcase ( Mariott Hotel, Leeds), theLife Quest Fair ( Bury ) and the Rock and Gem Show ( Newark and Newcastle Race Courses). These shows are a new venture for us and are proving to be wonderful opportuinties to meet new people in new areas.

We have also been giving talks and demonstrations on both crystals and meditation for various groups and at various shows. We are regularly asked to come and do a talk and are happy to oblige. This year we will be doing talks for the ABC Discovery Group, the Well Being Group and also the Be Inspired group. We have just been asked to run a Practitioners course for a lady who has both a space and a group of people interested in learning in her area.

I have just written an article for Vision magazine which will be published in April's edition. You can also find our adverts in Kindred Spirit Magazine and Paradigm Shift Magazine. We currently stock all three of these magazines in our shop, in addition to Pentacle Magazine, Northern Earth Magazine and Caduceus magazine.

The online shop has almost been live for 1 year. The website continues to be an ongoing project which continues to grow and reach out further and further every month. So far we have been selling as far afield as Australia and California. In addition to the online shop, the online community continues to steadily grow. In the past 16 months we have seen 85 members and over 2,600 posts.

So many thanks to all who have added their energy to the mix that is Global Tribe Crystals and lots of love to all who are about to take a journey of discovery with us......

Mario 2006

• Buy Introduction to Crystal Awareness 1, 18th and 19th August 2007 from Global Crystals
• Buy Crystal Awareness Seminar 2,20th & 21st October 2007 from Global Crystals

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