What is Crystal Healing?

Put simply, crystal healing involves using gemstones to bring balance to an individual’s life and mind. The benefits of crystals. Crystals, such as quartz and obsidian, each have specific healing properties that can benefit your mind, body, and soul.

The belief behind crystal therapy is that individual stones such as amethyst, rose quartz and jade have the ability to communicate with the energy flow of the human body and help to realign the energy channels that are interrupting the natural flow of the body and help it heal itself. In fact, many ancient cultures — including Egypt, Greece, and China — believed that crystals have healing properties. Across cultures, different stones can symbolize or provide aide for different things. An example of this is rose quartz. In Egypt, it was believed rose quartz could prevent aging, but the Romans used rose quartz as a seal to signify ownership, while in the Middle Ages it was used in healing potions. Today rose quartz is known as the “love stone” and is used to balance emotions, and heal anger and disappointment.

Clear Quartz is known as the “master healer” because it helps align all your chakras and energetically attune to all other crystals. It’s said to:

• amplify energy
• aid concentration and memory
• help balance your energetic system

Crystals are made up of different elements or compounds, which our bodies react to in different ways. They are minerals that hold energy, and as we as humans are made up of energy, we can exchange energy with the crystal when we work with it.

Crystals that are used for healing are :

• Clear quartz: a clear crystal considered a master healer and believed to support the entire energetic system
• Jasper: a nurturing stone said to provide support during times of stress
• Obsidian: believed to help process emotions and experiences and aid in letting go
• Amethyst: used for healing, purifying, and enhancing willpower
• Bloodstone: said to improve circulation and provide support to blood-related issues

In selecting your perfect crystal, identify what you feel you’re missing before looking into what the stones can provide you. This will help you figure out what’s going on within yourself before depending on outside sources.

From there, just let your intuition choose what’s best for you. You will definitely be guided to choose what you need at that particular time.

Once it’s picked out, you can create the connection you need. For crystals to work their magic, experts suggest mentally clearing negative energies or any scepticism you may have about their capabilities. It’s important to respect what crystals can do for you.

Practitioners of crystal healing can boost low energy, prevent bad energy, release blocked energy, and transform a body’s aura. In one method, the practitioner places crystals on different parts of the body, often corresponding to chakras, or else the practitioner places crystals around the body in an attempt to construct an energy grid, which surrounds the client with healing energy.

Crystals’ vibrations are said to arise from the unique way their atoms and molecules move and interact, says Amy Mercree, holistic health expert and author of The Mood Book: Crystals, Oils, and Rituals to Elevate Your Spirit. These vibrations and energies can then affect our human bodies and minds. “Our bodies are dynamic, electromagnetic organisms—we have physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy flowing through us all the time,” Mercree says. “Crystals are a fun and unique way to help direct and influence that energy towards greater health when used with the right intention.”