Interview with Mary Ann Miller

Cristin Stolfo (www.illuminatedcoaching.com) interviews Mary Ann Miller about crystals and gems and how they can be used in healing.

Mary Ann Miller grew up in Northern California near the Sierra Nevada Mountains and enjoyed the advantages of living close to nature. Her interest in rocks began as a child as she filled her pockets with sparkly shapes and colored stones.  Rocks were never far from her reach as her fascination continued with collecting and digging for crystals.

Many years later, after a career in teaching and raising her family, Mary Ann found herself drawn to the world’s largest Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson, Arizona.  Over several years she purchased countless minerals, crystals, and fossils and began to study their metaphysical attributes and utilized them for healing, manifesting, and meditation.  Each rock, mineral and crystal has unique characteristics as well as specific colored stones that have a particular effect on the energy centers – chakras — of the body.

Mary Ann discovered that the effect that stones and crystals have on the inner self falls off with distance. So she began to design jewelry for herself and friends to help facilitate the metaphysical and healing properties of the gem stones. The spirit-filled jewelry and her knowledge of the stones caught the attention of her Santa Cruz, California community and her career as a designer was launched.

Mary Ann developed a home business, Rock Your Life, in order to sell her rock collection and jewelry. Over the years she created four tumbled stone products wholesaling to retail shops across the United States and Canada. The creative force of nature continues to influence and awe Mary Ann, as she sees each bead as the result of powerful elements that came together over time.

Mary Ann believes sacred jewelry can be a healing tool as well as an attractive piece of adornment. She continues to run her business, Rock Your Life (www.rockyourlife.com), and design jewelry from her home in Boulder, Colorado.