When starting the journey of self-healing can be confusing and complicated. So if you are new to crystal healing and are finding it difficult to know exactly where to begin, you’ve come to the right place. Let me help you navigate crystals so that you can start to use them in your healing journey today. These are crystals that I have personally used on my path and have found the best ways and time to incorporate them to get the maximum benefit that you need. So let’s dive in and get started.
The first step is identifying what it is that you want to amplify or the intention that you want to strengthen with your crystals. Or, you can simply isolate a feeling or behavior in your mind and body that you want to change. This could simply be having a stronger voice, expanding your self-love, cutting back on negative self-talk, lessening the feelings of anger, or gaining better emotional control. By identifying what you want your crystals to help you address, you are better able to identify the crystal that will help you achieve it.
Ready? Let’s Explore…
Rose Quartz Crystal
Rose Quartz is possibly my absolute favorite crystal. Why? Because it promotes self-love and healing. It also can help bring about a balanced romantic relationship and a general sense of wellbeing and peace. Rose Quartz is comprised of silicon dioxide and has been found in America (South Dakota), Brazil, and South Africa. It’s thought that the properties in Rose Quartz carry the ultimate in Universal Love and that is why it is such a powerful stone when it comes to healing emotions and romantic love.
Chakra Work
From a chakra perspective, Rose Quartz Crystal is perfect for healing the heart chakra and opening it up to healthy love energies. Since Rose Quartz aids in healing and cultivating self-love it can be used to address and heal emotional wounds. So if you’re struggling with self-acceptance, negative self-talk, or a poor view of yourself, Rose Quartz might just be the perfect crystal for you to start with.
Tip: Make sure any imperfection your crystal has, resonates with you. For example… is it the perfect size, clarity, and color that connects with you?
Clear Quartz Crystal
Clear quartz crystal is the go-to healing crystal. Whether you are you’re looking to make quick, easy changes within your life or creating bigger shifts, Clear Quartz Crystal does it all. Clear Quartz Crystal helps to bring about concentration and increasing memory capacity while also bringing holistic balance. This crystal is also the go-to for all things related to healing. It’s incredibly versatile and powerful, thus it can amplify the energy that is intentionally created in the space tenfold. This makes Clear Quartz Crystal an excellent crystal for manifestation and goal setting.
Chakra Work
From a chakra perspective, Clear Quartz Crystal is an all-in-one crystal that can work with all of the chakras. It can help to clear the aura as well and help one to access their higher self for true ascension and healing.
Tip: I have found that working with Arkansas Ozark Clear Quartz Crystal has been a very powerful magnifying crystal for my healing practice.
Amethyst Crystal
Amethyst is a very supportive crystal that can help curb destructive thoughts and drinking while improving one’s mindfulness as well as being more conscious of thoughts in one’s mind. Its protective qualities can help to cleanse one’s aura while helping to clear out any negativity or negative energy attachments.
Chakra Work
From a chakra perspective, working with Amethyst can help to enhance a sense of well-being in the mind helping to clear out anything that blocks your crown chakra to create a space for true, deep healing.
Tip: While you can get your Crystals from nearly anywhere, it’s important to make sure that they are lovingly extracted from the earth. Each crystal that is mined from the earth is like a baby being taken away from its mother.
How to Work With Crystals
There are endless ways that you can work with your crystals, literally the sky is the limit – or your imagination is. One of the ways that I have found to work with crystals is simply carrying them with me. Having my crystals with me all of the time continually gives me the amplified power to work on and through the healing that I have set out to do.
I also like to integrate crystals into my meditation practice. For example, I love to hold my crystals as I am meditating on a very specific thought or pattern that I am looking to strengthen in my belief system. To do this I will hold a crystal in my hand over the energy center or chakra that this limiting belief is tied to. If I have two crystals, I will hold one in each hand and place them at my sides to create somewhat of an energy shield to amplify my intentions.
Placing crystals around your home or office is another way to keep the healing power of crystals around you at all times. If there is a specific crystal that you connect strongly with you, then you may find that you want to place it in every room of your house. While that is okay for some, it’s not for others and you should do your research before placing crystals in your bedroom. Some can interrupt your sleep cycle.
Charging and Cleansing Your Crystals
While this topic could be an article in itself, it’s important to share how to charge and cleanse your crystals. To charge your crystals you can place them in the moonlight of a full moon overnight, being sure to bring them in before the light of the morning sun. To cleanse your crystals you can simply smudge them with sage smoke. This is simply having the intention to clear them out of negative energy while running sage smoke around them. Another way that works for multiple crystals at a time is placing them on a selenite slab. Selenite is also a crystal but has such power clearing properties that it is a wonderful way to cleanse all of your crystals.
Have you worked with crystals? Share the ways you like to use them in the comments!
Keep your thoughts focused on good you want to attract into your life through speaking your truth and sharing your experiences. This will help you to unblock your throat chakra and live a more authentic life for yourself.
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~Spotted Owl
As a practicing energy healer and founder of Spotted Owl Healing Junkie, I am dedicated to promoting self love and healing within those I work with and encounter on a daily basis. As a proud member of the Walker River Paiute Tribe, I pair energy healing with techniques cultivated from the earth and practiced by my indigenous ancestors to develop tools and practices everyone can use to heal. My work with individual clients uses energy healing and vibrational modalities to help alleviate self worth challenges, heartache, sadness, grief, anxiety and general malaise. I am offering you a way to build a stronger connection with yourself, ancestors and guides. My work is deeply rooted in the knowing that we are all connected.
Today, I am hoping to connect you with the powers you already have within yourself and assist you on your own personal healing journey.
Sarah ~ Aayapü Muhu’u ~ Spotted Owl