Crystal Healing 101
Crystals are finally being recognised by the masses as more than pretty gemstone. Why? People are seeking more from complimentary holistic and wellness treatments to support overall well-being. Crystals used in healing practices, rooted in ancient traditions, now becoming more recognise, with the understanding of their infinite specific qualities in promoting emotional, physical, and spiritual growth and balance. Understanding that crystals can transmute and generate energy is all about being open to receive. This reinforces people being able to perform their own crystal healing, not to mention and powerful is intention setting and manifestation methods through Crystal Gridding.
Crystal Healing
Crystal Healing Practitioners are being recognised as energy healers with the capabilities of using different methods to utilise specific crystals to promote healing and balance across the 7 chakra energy centres of the body; the non-physical but also can aid physical ailments. The aim is promoting peace and harmony, bringing in balance, relaxation and harmony to promote overall well-being.
The beauty of crystals and their growing popularity is being used in innovation across many categories that only further supports our ability to be open to receive the power that can be generated by crystals. Crystal healing can be just as effective remotely as in person with the only difference is actual crystals can be placed on and around the body. Using visualisation and intention with specific crystals, focusing on each chakra, benefit can be derived from their energetic vibrations across the chakras.
Popular Crystals & Their Uses
Many beginners start with a few popular stones known for their traditional healing properties:
Grouped into easy to understand and practice on what works best for you
All Chakras
The ability to bring balance, calm, healing and protection across all chakras – Emotional, Mental and Physical
Amethyst: The calmer of all crystals with powerful energy to reduce stress, anxiety, encourage peaceful sleep and harmony within the house, great for barking or anxious dogs, placed in a living area
Clear Quartz: “The Master Healer”, the crystal to take anywhere and everywhere if you can only take 1! A strong amplifier of energy and intentions. Used with other crystals that can boost their energy
Strong Heart Chakra Crystals
Rose Quartz: A favourite, raw or polished is a beautiful stone of love and compassion, rose quartz is associated with emotional healing, self-love, and harmony
Green Aventurine: Green in colour it brings in a greater sense of harmony and empathy to relationships, promoting emotional healing and inner harmony, helping to release difficult memories, opening the heart to love, compassion, and forgiveness
Luck & Prosperity
Citrine: The “Success Stone,” use to generate manifestations and intentions of abundance and positivity, attracting joy and motivation
Sunstone: Specky in colour with sparkles that glisten that resonate with the magic it can bring to wear to bring in luck, enhance confidence, nurture creativity, and encourage self-expression.
Protection & Stability
Black Tourmaline: Great for using in cleansing process to remove negative energy, creating a protective energy shield against negativity and promote grounding
Obsidian: The warrior that protects negative energies, entering your spaces, Great for placing at entries and exits to your space
Selenite: The absorber of negative energy, charger and cleanser. Great for charging your crystals and absorbing any negative energy. Great to have throughout your home and above entries and exits, working with Obsidian
Each stone has unique properties, but you can choose any stone that intuitively feels right for you.
How to Use Crystals
There are many ways to use crystals in daily life. Here are a few easy options:
Connecting with Crystals
Hold a crystal in your hand or place it nearby while meditating. This helps bring focus and intention and with practice you can learn to connect and enjoy the benefits of your crystals.
Method:
Allow for 5 – 10 mins - Pick up your favourite crystal, if not go to a store and purchase the first crystal that you are drawn to. Hold the crystal on your heart, regardless of what chakra the crystal is specific for. Be intentional and feel the energy coming through the top of your head. As you feel emotions from your heart, you can move the crystal around your chakras. For example: Place a Moonstone on your heart, breathe deeply from lower chakras, 3 times or until you feel relaxed and ask the crystal to connect and set an intention. If you select Moonstone, you may be experiencing a lack of willpower, gaining weight, feeling a lack of self-esteem to physical digestive issues and pains in your Solar Plexus and Sacral chakra. These are signs there is an imbalance and or is a blockage. This exercise can help you to bring in balance and increase mindfulness and attain a more optimal state of being consistently. Crystals are a great way to check in on yourself.
Wearing Crystals
Increasing in popularity as people are able to receive and feel the energy of crystals throughout their daily lives. Example: Popular are Triple Protection bracelets that can contain Tiger’s Eye, Obsidian and Black Tourmaline to Empath’s Raincoat of Obsidian, Hematite and Amethyst providing protection, supporting sensitivity to others’ energies.
Crystal Grids
Arranging crystals in specific patterns enhances their energy, referred to as crystal gridding; the technique of using specific crystals on a gridding board and or anywhere for intention setting and manifesting. Specific crystals together around the home together support peace and harmony. Example Rose Quartz, Clear Quartz and Amethyst all thrive together.
Sleeping with Crystals
Under your pillow, besides your bed can encourage restful sleep and positive dreams. Example: Amethyst is commonly used to support relaxation and sleep. Dreaming can be enhanced by stones like Lepidolite. Suggested not to sleep with crystals such as Obsidian and Selenite as may not induce sleep. Try Carnelian if you want to spice things up in the bedroom, a great promoter of vitality and sexual desire.
Cleansing & Charging Crystals
You are the guardian of your crystals they belong to Mother Earth. You need to charge and cleanse them as regularly as you can to keep the crystals energetically “fresh” and to increase their frequency of vibrations.
Such practices include:
Moonlight: Placing crystals in the light of the full moon is a popular cleansing and charging method, the 1st week of the full moon and or the new moon can also be beneficial
Smudging: Passing crystals through sage or incense smoke is believed to clear stagnant energy.
Sea Salt: Check your crystal that it can be immersed in salt water and won’t be damaged
Water: Simply rinsing under cold water
Sunlight: Adhere to crystals that don’t like the sun and those who thrive, especially in the days before, the full moon and after
Does Crystal Healing Really Work?
While there’s limited scientific evidence supporting crystal healing, many find benefits from the using crystals and increasingly popular to complement overall wellbeing by incorporating easily and naturally into daily lives. The power of crystals often derives being open to receive and grounded in intention, belief, and mindfulness. Serving as reminders reinforcing manifestation of our goals, promoting mindfulness, bringing in harmony and a sense of stability and calming of emotions.
Starting Your Crystal Journey
A beginner, start with some of the easier, more common crystals and get to understand the benefits and connecting with your crystals intentionally. Try by using intentionally on smaller things and use by keeping an open mind, helping you to feel connected, centred and calmer. Crystals are famous for promoting inner care and exploration. Feeling like you want more, try using crystals to support and boost your wellness journey, wherever you are in life.