Crystals 101
What Do Crystals Do?
Crystals have been used for thousands of years in civilizations all over the world for many different purposes. We humans are made of energy, with molecules vibrating at various frequencies. Crystals are also made of energy, and they can affect our energy on many different levels through those vibrating frequencies. Crystals can help us heal emotional, mental, and physical ailments. Many crystals have naturally very high frequencies, and need nothing from us to help. Others, however, can be enhanced through the energy of light and water, or through the infusion of our intentions. There are many many different kinds of crystals that can benefit us in both similar and unique ways. If you have a problem, there is surely at least one crystal that can help you. Now, crystals are not a cure all. They are not a solution. They are a tool, and if utilized correctly, they can be immensely beneficial.
Amazonite
A soothing stone, amazonite calms the brain and nervous system, eases emotional trauma, and boosts self confidence. It aids in manifestation (especially of universal love) and communication, helping you speak your highest truth. It balances masculine and feminine energies, and can help you see both sides of an issue. It helps relieve muscle spasms, and is beneficial for osteoporosis, tooth decay, calcium deficiency, and calcium deposits. Amazonite is connected to the throat and heart chakras.
Amethyst
A natural tranquilizer, amethyst helps to relieve stress, fear, anger, and grief. It can help activate spiritual awareness, open your intuition, and enhance psychic abilities. It calms and stimulates the mind, assisting in focus, memory, and motivation, as well as remembering dreams and insomnia relief. Amethyst helps strengthen your immune system, aids in tissue regeneration, cleanses blood, eases headaches, and releases tension. It is said to help heal diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract, skin conditions, cellular disorders, and digestive diseases. Amethyst is connected to the crown and third eye chakras.
Black Tourmaline
Black tourmaline is one of the most powerful stones for grounding, purification, and protection. It helps cleanse your aura, release anger and unworthiness, and protect against negative entities and electromagnetic pollution. It improves circulation, helps detox heavy metals, supports weight loss, reduces anxiety and stress, and supports a healthy immune system. It increases your physical energy and encourages positive thinking. It provides pain relief and assists with strained or torn muscles, numbness, arthritis, and scar tissue. As a strong purifier, it can be used to cleanse and transmute any heavy energy into a lighter frequency. Black tourmaline is connected to the root chakra.
Blue Apatite
A powerful stone of encouragement, blue apatite enhances communication, boosts self confidence, facilitates public speaking, and aids in self acceptance. It is helpful in achieving deeper meditation and spiritual attunement, and assists in the development of psychic gifts. It encourages spiritual and emotional growth and connects you to a high level of spiritual guidance. It is also said to reduce hunger and support healthy habits. Blue apatite is connected to the throat chakra.
Carnelian
Carnelian is an encouraging stone and helps to stabilize, stimulate creativity and sexuality, restore vitality, and supply courage and motivation. It helps clarify perception and boost self-trust. It is said to be useful in overcoming abuse. It can help treat lower back problems, rheumatism, arthritis, neuralgia, and depression. It helps regulate the kidneys, accelerates healing in bones and ligaments, improves vitamin and mineral absorption, and ensures good blood flow to organs and tissues. Carnelian is connected to the sacral chakra.
Celestite
Celestite is a high vibrational stone that helps stimulate the throat, third eye, and crown chakras, making it an excellent stone for overall spiritual detox. Carrying a soothing and peaceful energy, it eases pain and stress, and helps the body flush out toxins. It is known for aiding in communication with spirit guides and angels, and connecting you to higher consciousness and intuitive abilities. It helps cleanse your aura and repair body function at a cellular level.
Fluorite
Fluorite absorbs and neutralizes negative energy and stress. It is an excellent learning aid, increasing concentration, self confidence, and decision making. Fluorite encourages positivity, balances energies, improves physical balance and coordination, and cleanses and stabilizes your aura. It helps strengthen bone tissue, improve nerve related pain, and alleviate rheumatism, arthritis, and spinal injuries. Blue fluorite is connected to the throat chakra, green fluorite is connected to the heart chakra, yellow fluorite is connected to the solar plexus chakra, and purple fluorite is connected to the third eye chakra.
Garnierite
Garnierite is great for manifesting and creating, and attracting prosperity and luck. It promotes courage, self love, inner strength, and friendship, and encourages a healthy diet. It’s a stone of emotional strength and helps you conquer fears and achieve your dreams. It can help you learn to move on from the past and discover new ways to express your emotions. Sometimes called the stone of Earth and Heavens, it both grounds and elevates your energy. Garnierite is connected to the heart chakra.
Labradorite
Named the stone of transformation, labradorite is packed with all kinds of benefits. It balances and protects your aura, raises consciousness, grounds spiritual energy, strengthens intuition, promotes psychic abilities, and banishes fears and insecurities. It stimulates your imagination, calms an overactive mind, and strengthens your faith in your self and the universe. Labradorite also has an abundance of physical benefits. It treats disorders of the eyes and brain, stimulates mental acuity, relieves anxiety and stress, regulates metabolism, balances hormones, and relieves menstrual cramps. It also treats colds, gout, and rheumatism, lowers blood pressure, and aids in digestion. Phew! A strong companion indeed. Labradorite is connected to the third eye and crown chakras.
Ocean Jasper
An extremely nurturing stone, ocean jasper encourages you to embrace love, joy, and happiness, even when it feels difficult. Embodying the energy of water and the ocean, this stone gives powerful emotional support. You can immediately feel its gentle, calming energy once it’s in your hand, giving you a sense of comfort and empowerment. It helps you embrace self care, prioritize yourself, and be your own source of support and love. Ocean jasper is primarily connected to the heart chakra, but can also stimulate the throat, solar plexus, and sacral chakras. Ocean jasper is co-owner Julia’s favorite!
Rhodonite
Rhodonite promotes the energy of love, generosity, and altruism. It can act as a catalyst to the fulfillment of your life purpose through the expression of your unique gifts. It is a healing stone, helping you work through abuse and self destructive tendencies. It supports the flow of chi through the body’s meridian lines, clears and activates the heart chakra, grounds energy, and balances yin and yang. It detoxes your liver, stimulates metabolism, and helps strengthen tissues, organs, and glands. It helps treat emphysema, joint inflammation, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, stomach ulcers, and multiple sclerosis, and helps heal wounds, insect bites, and scarring. Rhodonite is connected to the heart chakra.
Rose Quartz
Rose quartz is the stone of universal love. It is associated with self love and healing, inner peace, and forgiveness. It helps restore trust and harmony in relationships and dispels negative energy. It strengthens and balances the heart and circulatory system, hastens recovery, reduces high blood pressure, aids chest and lung problems, helps heal kidneys and adrenals, and alleviates vertigo. It is also good energetic support for those with Leukemia. Rose quartz is primarily connected to the heart chakra, however, this stone also works with the alignment and harmony of all the chakras.
