With busy days here, one of the ways I take breaks is breathing in all the incredible refreshing air and energy around me.

If you could use some of your own deep breaths, I thought I’d share these photos from our recent new hike along some of the hidden coves of Lake Tahoe to provide you an invigorating and calming inhale and exhale of all that expansive and crystalline energy this gem of the Sierra Nevadas gifts in abundance and splendor.

I mentioned this hike in my last post and all the incredible ancient stones embodying animal spirits, including the raven rock and tons of cetaceans. Can you see them?

Perhaps they, too, will provide you just the perfect message for what you’re navigating right now.

This circuit of coves, along a steep trail to descend, ended at one that was like a giant treasure chest of raw quartz and citrine. This included a giant mother quartz embedded deep in the sand (talk about heart womb energy), a golden healer I found behind some rocks, and tons of sparkly crystals at water’s edge.

I hope these portals of beauty and possibility provide you some inspiration and a means of resetting your day whenever you might need a little peaceful anchoring or reminder of your creative potential.