What are healing crystals and how do they work?

1. Carrying or Wearing: Keep your chosen crystal in your pocket, wear them as jewellery, or kept otherwise close to your body will allow you to absorb its specific energy throughout the day.
2. Meditation: Hold a crystal or place it nearby during meditation to focus your intention or enhance relaxation. For example, clear quartz is often used to amplify clarity or focus.
3. Placement: Position crystals in your environment—like on a desk, under a pillow, or in a grid pattern—to influence the energy of a space. Some use them in feng shui or to "cleanse" a room.
4. Rituals: Incorporate them into practices like placing them on your body (e.g., on chakras) during energy work, or soaking them in water (if safe) to make "crystal-infused" elixirs.
5. Intention Setting: Hold the crystal while focusing on a goal or desire, believing it amplifies or channels that intention.

Common Healing Crystals and Their Uses

• Amethyst: Calms the mind, reduces anxiety, enhances intuition, aids sleep, and supports sobriety. Often used for stress relief or spiritual growth.
• Rose Quartz: Promotes love (self, romantic, or platonic), emotional healing, compassion, and peace. Tied to the heart chakra.
• Clear Quartz: Amplifies energy, clarifies thoughts, and boosts other crystals’ effects. Considered a versatile “all-purpose” stone.
• Citrine: Attracts abundance, boosts confidence, inspires creativity, and brings positivity. Linked to personal power and prosperity.
• Black Tourmaline: Protects against negative energy, grounds you, and deflects emotional or psychic stress. Often used for shielding.
• Selenite: Cleanses energy (of people, spaces, or other crystals), promotes clarity, and connects to higher consciousness. Known for its purifying vibe.
• Lapis Lazuli: Enhances wisdom, truth, self-awareness, and communication. Historically tied to royalty and insight; linked to the throat chakra.
• Tiger’s Eye: Boosts courage, confidence, and focus. Said to balance emotions and protect against fear or doubt.
• Obsidian: Shields from negativity, reveals truth, and aids emotional release. A grounding stone often used for shadow work.
• Fluorite: Improves mental clarity, organization, and decision-making. Known as a study aid or for clearing mental fog.
• Carnelian: Sparks creativity, motivation, and vitality. Tied to passion and overcoming procrastination; linked to the sacral chakra.
• Jade: Brings luck, harmony, and prosperity. Associated with emotional balance and longevity in many cultures.
• Moonstone: Enhances intuition, emotional balance, and feminine energy. Often used for new beginnings or inner peace.
• Hematite: Grounds and stabilizes, absorbs negativity, and boosts willpower. Popular for focus and resilience.
• Aventurine: Attracts luck, opportunity, and optimism. Green aventurine is especially tied to growth and abundance.
• Malachite: Encourages transformation, emotional healing, and protection. Said to absorb negativity and inspire change.
• Turquoise: Promotes healing, communication, and spiritual connection. A traditional stone for protection and strength.
• Smoky Quartz: Releases stress, neutralizes negativity, and grounds energy. Used for letting go of emotional baggage.
• Labradorite: Awakens intuition, creativity, and mystical awareness. Known for its iridescent “magic” and protective qualities.
• Garnet: Boosts energy, passion, and commitment. Tied to vitality and overcoming lethargy.
• Aquamarine: Soothes emotions, enhances clear communication, and reduces fear. Linked to calm and the throat chakra.
• Pyrite: Attracts wealth, confidence, and determination. Known as “fool’s gold” for its prosperity associations.
• Bloodstone: Strengthens physical energy, courage, and purification. Historically used for vitality and detoxification.
• Rhodonite: Heals emotional wounds, fosters forgiveness, and balances relationships. Tied to compassion and self-love.
• Sodalite: Improves rational thought, intuition, and mental clarity. Often used for study or calming an overactive mind.