How to use Healing Crystals

How to use Healing Crystals

At Exquisitecrystals.com we get questions nearly every day from people wanting to learn how to use their healing crystals as they are very interested in crystal healing and crystal therapy. Just yesterday, a Naturopathic Doctor told me that he was at a class for continuing education and the topic of crystal healing and using healing crystals was a topic for discussion! How great!!

I thought that rather than re-stating some of the great information in the books on crystal healing that we carry that I would let some of the people who just like you share their crystal healing stories and how they use their healing crystals. I have placed the writings just as I received them. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have and perhaps we can all learn from each other as well. You can see that people all over the planet love and use their crystals for healing... we truly are.. all ONE.
 

Joan, California, USA

I had never been particularly attracted to crystals until I was introduced to a couple of books about them around two years ago.  I got curious, and decided to get a few.  The little store I went to had only a limited selection of tumbled stones, so my choices were few.  I went through all the bins, selecting the ones to purchase.  I had heard about "connecting" with crystals, but it hadn't meant much to me at the time.  Certainly no crystal sent an electric charge through me when I touched it, or leaped up and shouted, "Buy me," but  I did find that certain stones seemed to feel "comfortable" in my hand, and those are the ones that came home with me.  I realized later that the crystals had indeed been "connecting" with me, although in a very subtle way.  I soon found that I was spending time just sitting and holding them, exploring their colors and contours.  Without even knowing it, I was beginning to work with my stones, and they were actually becoming my healing crystals.  I have since begun to acquire other crystals, some tumbled, some a little larger; I call them all my healing crystals, although many of them did not come to me labeled as such.  They are helping me work on many areas of myself.  Old angers and resentments I had thought forgotten are now being exposed to the light.  Thanks to my healing crystals, I can now deal with them as I should have done long ago.  And, if that isn't healing, then I don't know what is.  I will continue working with my crystals and go on to explore the new pathways which they are opening up for me.  I am now meditating with my stones, and learning new things all the time.    A crystal or two under my pillow can bring restful sleep or maybe, in my dreams, give me a clue on how to solve a knotty problem.  There are, however, no bright white lights or lightening flashes - just steady, unobtrusive, ongoing support which I know is always there.  This may be a silly comparison but, if I were a circus trapeze artist, my crystals would be the ever ready safety net to catch me if I fall.  I will continue to go forward with them.

 
Sandy,  Hawaii, USA

I have been wearing and using crystals for years.  I consider myself a healer, since professionally I am a nurse. The "BIG LEAP" for my family came about 3 years ago when my son-in-law (a medically retired army staff sergeant) was facing surgery.  My daughter went looking for ways to "help him" over the assault of surgery and began to look for Lemurian seed crystals (some of the most powerful healing crystals I know) to use on him after surgery.
 
The first hurdle we had to get over was to convince him that "crystals had energy".  My daughter had taken him through all the first step exercises (holding the crystal in the receiving hand, clearing the mind, waiting in silence, etc) and nothing seemed to work.  He had that same disbelieving look on his face as she tried him with crystal after crystal.
 
I came into the living room while she was patiently going through the process without success.  I then remembered an exercise my sister had told me about.  I asked them if I could assist and that I thought I had a way to help.  My daughter glad of assistance gave her permission and I went and got one of my favorite healing crystals, a large 4 inch by 6 inch tiger's eye.
 
I asked my son-in-law to close his eyes promising I would not physically touch him and all he had to do was sit with his eyes closed for 1 minute. I then took the tiger's eye from behind my back and run it up the front of his body effectively passing it over most of the body chakras. His eyes popped open and he exclaimed "What was THAT?!"
 
"That," I explained "is my Tiger's eye. Would you like to hold it?"  With a sense of wonder clearly visible on his face he held the stone in his hand, smiled and said "I get it."  
 
Mark is a Leo and has an affinity for Tiger's eye.  Before his surgery I gave him the Tiger's eye that had helped open him to the possibility of crystal healing.  So often I think we have a preset idea of what crystal energy is "supposed to feel like" yet we need to get our mind out of the way and just open up the body.
 
He did well after his surgery.  He used his lemurian seed crystals we bought and has bought his wife and I crystals when we were health challenged.
 
Explaining crystal energy to someone is like trying to explain color to a color blind alien.   You know it's there because YOU see it and some colors you feel.  Getting the color blind alien to understand is difficult because you don't have the language for the feeling or the vision.  The best thing to do is find what actually works for that person and have them "see" for themselves.
 

Paula Byrne, Michigan USA

My experience with crystal energies really took a leap just a few short months ago. I have been working as a spiritual counselor and intuitive reader for about a year now. Back in December I was preparing for a reading and got that nagging nudge to go to a local metaphysical bookshop and look for a new tarot deck. So I did as I was told and spent an hour sitting on the floor in this little shop pouring over many different types of tarot decks, one I seem to be drawn to and just had to have was the Crystal Ally Cards by Naisha Ahsian. Although I did use the cards in my upcoming reading I soon discovered that the nudge to obtain them was more for me than for the person I was doing the reading for. I couldn't seem to put the cards down the days following my purchase and I read the book that accompanied them cover to cover immediately. This is where I was first exposed to the idea of healing crystals as I read about the correspondence course that Naisha offers; Crystal Resonance Therapy, which is a non-invasive energy treatment using the natural energy sources of earth, frequencies of crystals and minerals to explore and view the energetic, spiritual and physical bodies of an individual and to assist them in healing and bringing into balance their whole selves.

I was certainly intrigued and thought that maybe this was something I would like to explore further, sometime in the future. But the powers that be via my higher self, guides, runners, etc. made it clear that putting off my exploration of crystal healing was not an option. Two days after buying the cards I awoke on a Saturday morning having had a download of information of crystals, gems, and minerals to use with a client of mine. At the same time I was given what chakra centers were involved in this healing work, the root of the need for this healing, etc. I was overwhelmed with this information but at the same time kept hearing the phrase ringing in my head; "You can do this".  Well, that Saturday afternoon the urge to do this work was so strong I did go purchase a nice size Rose quartz and a large round China Jade for my client, to be used at the heart center. I still had not made up my mind on whether or not to approach him with the information I had been given or if I even wanted to start doing a healing body work with individuals but I figured I could at least give him those two stones with a blessing.
 
The next day I needed to drive to my sisters for a birthday party and was still mulling over what to do with the information I had received when I got the shock of my life. Shortly after we arrived at the party my sister took me aside and explained to me that she had been at Borders Book store where they were having a promotional sale of buy 4 books and get the fifth one free. Well, the book she had chosen as her free book she decided was too "advanced" for her and maybe I would like to have it. The title of the book was; "Healing Crystals and the Chakras"! Wow! Ok, I decided at that moment I needed to pay attention! Again this was a book I just couldn't put down; I was quite a bore at the party as I sat at the dining room table with my nose in the book just staring at the layouts and the beautiful stones, quartz and minerals being displayed. I felt like I could connect with the energy of these elements through the pictures themselves!

In the days following these events I did drum up the courage to approach my client with the information on doing crystal healing with him, he fortunately is very open and was willing to be a volunteer for my first session using this treatment modality. Once I made the commitment to do this session more information came in such as music to play, aromatherapy to use, the netting of quartz to create around the body which ended up being the Star of David. I also used Naisha's Ally cards to find elements that would help me in doing this work which once I purchased the stones I felt the combination of their strength and was comforted at having them near me.

One area of the physical self that we worked on was this individual's knees, he has not been diagnosed with arthritis yet he complains of many of the symptoms of this disease. I had been directed to use a combination of emerald and ruby placed in between the knees while doing the energy session with him. Afterwards he told me he had the sensation of intense heat from his lower calves to up just past the knee cap on both legs, almost as if a blanket had been laid on that area. In the short term the knee pain was relieved, the client had an overwhelming feeling of peacefulness and relaxation. In the long term it did not "cure" his knee pain, however, we have talked about doing more sessions in the future.

A few weeks ago I signed to became a student of Naisha's and will be getting my certification as a Crystal Resonance Therapist. Nowadays I find myself very drawn to certain stones either for myself or others. For example I was directed to lay my selenium spar at the small of my back prior to falling asleep, to relieve the tension and pain from doing yard work lately and have been doing so the past few nights. Now I have not read anything about selenium helping with back pain but I have been waking up feeling great. Although I have found books like Naisha's and Judy Halls "Crystal Bible", and Melody's "Love Is In The Earth" very helpful and can't stop reading them, I also am realizing my own intuition can guide me to what is right for me in using crystal healing either for myself and /or for others.
 
I hope my story inspires others in the knowledge that the earth elements do want to connect with us and can enhance our lives in many beautiful ways.


Betsy Davis, Illinois, USA -

Crystals For Space Clearing
My husband and I move often because of his work.  Sometimes a house or apartment that we are moving into has everything we want, but doesn't "feel" right.  The previous tenants have left the space charged with some type of negative emotional energy.
 
 To clear the space of this negative energy, before we even move in, while the space is still empty, I put a bowl of rock salt in the center of the largest room and/or most central room (or whatever room feels negative, if it is just one room and not the whole house).  I put a healing crystal on top of the rock salt, and a healing crystal in each corner of the room.   
    
Sometimes I touch each crystal to my heart first, with a prayer for the blessing of the house, and a statement of intention for love and harmony in the house.  You can also put the statement of intention in a written form at the bottom of the bowl, under the rock salt.
   
I find that rose quartz is usually the most effective crystal for space clearing.  Pick pieces that look or feel "right" to you.  They don't have to be large, or perfectly formed.  Rose quartz clears the space, and invites in love and peace.  It is a good all-purpose stone for the home, and especially good in the bedroom because of its association with love.
   
If the negative energy does not seem to be sufficiently dissipated, you can try other crystals.  The crystal in the bowl can be different from the crystals in the four corners of the room, but the four corner crystals should always all be of the same type.
   
Other types of healing crystals to try might include: amethyst (effective if the previous tenant had anxiety or depression), smokey quartz (especially effective if there were arguments in the room), Herkimer diamonds (another form of quartz) if the previous tenants had a lot of unspoken tension, or peridot (effective when someone in the household was critical of other people).
   
Do not use any calcite stones, because they may amplify, instead of dissipate, the negative energy in the home.
   
If the home seems very, very dark, almost to the point of feeling "evil," I would recommend zeolite crystals, for inviting in spiritual light to drive out spiritual darkness.  You can combine them with other crystals, such as rose quartz to bring in love, and use both at the same time.
   
Other than zeolite, I would use only one type of healing crystal at a time in the corners, plus the center stone, and leave the rock salt and crystals in place for at least 24 hours.  After that, you can pick up the rock salt and discard it (get it all the way out of the home).  You can either pick up the corner crystals, or leave them in place indefinitely to "anchor" the positive energy.


Clan d’Yeux ,  France:
Healing crystals : how we work together

I use healing crystals in an intuitive way. It’s my way, (how I learned also) and I will relate about it, may it inspire you. It has not always been so easy. Really not, and it is still difficult, to be in harmony enough for. But though that timidity, it just came to me  one day, when I thought I would never be able to use them.

I even had a throwing out  during a couple of years, did no more like to use healing crystals or hear from and also of over energy works, and strangely, when I began again to deal with them, the feeling was much higher and powerful than before… This is just to say to new light and love workers: don’t get frustrated, take your time.

At first, I learned to feel energies, in the nature, on sacred places or high energy places. With hands, body and spirit. That's already a long apprenticing. In the same time, I was interested in healing crystals. I got some from friends, and I bought some. The more my feeling developed, the more I "heard" or "saw" crystals "calling" me. That means that I haven't bought a crystal without having felt a connection to him.

I speak of that, because I find it is important to know with which crystal one will work. As well as one needs to have affinity with his partner. (Some of those crystals, I haven't already worked with. They called me, but I still don’t know why).

During a long time, the crystals were just there, and sometimes, I meditated with them. So, one day, I was ready to begin to use them. And I didn't learn anything from anybody. I met people saying this or that, even saw some using during a workshop directed by an Amerindian of Quebec, (I was helper, not student) and saw that almost all the gesture was near mine, just more codified, and also more theatrical...! (Crystals are so powerful and fine workers that it is no need to play theatre).  

The only thing I do is concentrate, center, then leave the ego (that's perhaps the most important and also the most difficult, lol), and then listen to the healing crystal, visualize his colour, hear his sound, and let him guide me, for how and where to use it in the aura or on the body. Mostly it will be in the aura, pointing the crystal to the person, on chakra or organ, turning in a sense or a another, looping around, quickening forth and back, right and left, quickly or slowly,... just like the crystal lets me feel. Listening to the voice of the crystal, I know mostly when it is over, and when to finish.

And over all, before and during, I ask the Great Mystery to be helpful to us, to the person who will be healed, and the healer. (Great Mystery can be what you want: God the Father, Buddha, Mother Earth, or any powerful entity in whom or in which you believe, anyway, if you're sincere, you will have the connection)

Note: this sort of healing with crystal can be used on oneself. I do so!

I noticed also that the bigger healing crystal is not necessarily the strongest. I have a little crystal, 4,8 cm long and 0,8 cm large, it is not the strongest but it makes the finest and profound  work. Ok, he’s bi terminated, double on one end, carries nice babies on one of his sides, (AND is maybe a starbrary or lemurian). For example, I have a cathedral crystal, it just is a watcher, he protects the room, even from myself when I am disturbed!  

So that was for work with “standard” crystals.

I use also a crystal pendulum and one of sodalite as healing crystals. That was great, I bought them because they called to me , they stayed in a drawer under my Buddha over a year, and I wondered... And once, a friend came and asked me for help, for a problem in  the leg. And that was the moment to use the pendulum of sodalite :

The person is lying. And I hold the pendulum other her, and just let him work. He shows a direction, I go to, like with triangulation, and when it is at the good place, it turns. Sometimes left, sometimes right. I guess it depends of the mass of energy, if too much or bad, it turns left, if energy is needed, it turns right. Sometimes, the pendulum goes quite far from the person (until 1 or 2 m)

Such a session is quite tiring, not for the soul or the body, because if I do well (concentration, leaving ego, etc.), it brings me also strength. No, it is tiring for the arm, which has to stay quiet, receptive and docile ! ;D I use the pendulum of crystal in the same way; it depends of the persons, of their disease, and the feeling.

Another funny way I use healing crystals, is to sleep with! Some evening, I will have intuition or longing to sleep with one. Not with big ones or with a pyramid! When not too cutting, or with a bowl : this one had really "caught" my eyes when I was running out of a minerals exposition – Ste Marie aux Mines, the second biggest minerals exposition of the world- to rejoin my driver, so I HAD to return and buy it).

I can’t explain exactly how it works. With the bowl, it brings a sort of mother's love feeling, and also dreams. With another one, (twins), which has a fantastic 3x7 coloured arrow mirror, it seems to take away physical pains of a chronic disease, and also the psychic pains that this disease brings.

Another one, thick-set and solid, maybe what John calls a starbrary, gave me dreams of what I had to do, and the strength to do it. And finally, sometimes, the healing crystal just has to be in a pocket. It doesn't the same work that a session, it is like a discreet helper, even a reassuring presence...

So this is the end of the report. I do not often use the healing crystals. Just when it is the moment, when a voice (their voice?) tells me to do something with them, or that some friend needs it.

Do nether forget to "wash" a crystal which worked, it needs some shower after, as well as we need it after work. All my gratitude to them.


Annina, Sweden:

When you decide to get yourself a Healing Crystal or work with one, then the
most important thing is that you listen to your intuition, your own inner
feeling. You can read books about Crystals for information and inspiration,
but if you feel something else than what is written in some book, then trust
your own feeling. It can be difficult at first, because maybe you think "but
I am new to this, how could I know better than what the books say?". The
feelings and intuitions you get may be subtle, they are not like an
"explosion of firework", but the thing is, when you start trusting yourself,
your inner guidance will get stronger, so you will know/feel what to do with
the Healing Crystals at all times.
 
Working with Crystals - for a long time I did not realize that I wasdoing this, because I equated it with "hard work". But Crystals are not hardwork, they are fun to be with. I realized, that when I go to my Crystal
table and hold a Crystal, marvel at it's beauty, look into it seeing inner
landscapes and figures, that this is "the work". The Crystals tell me over
my feelings "play with me, touch me, lay me on your forehead" and so on,
which may charge them, or charge me, give me energy I need.
 
Once I held one of my tibetan quartzes, and I suddenly felt like singing
into it. So I did, I held it close to my lips and hummed what wanted to be
hummed, and closed my eyes, and then I felt like I was in the Himalaya, as
if I would be me in another life, a woman with long hair, singing. This was
a wonderful experience, although it was no "explosion of fireworks" either,
it was rather subtle, a feeling, some pictures in my mind. I could have said
"oh I just imagined that". But I had a knowing in my heart, that this was
true, true for me.
   
I use Healing Crystals only for myself, I am no official Crystal Healer.
I see the Crystals as beings, that live with me. The crystals are a great
journey, and this journey is different for each and every person. Listen to
your heart and have fun with your Crystals.


Alice, Florida, USA

First of all, I'm not a professional crystal healer. I've been "dancing" with the healing crystals for over 20 years, and here's what I've learned:
 
1. There are no rules! Use the stones however, whenever, and wherever you feel is best. There may be connections between certain colors and chakras or other relationships, but don't feel restricted by that information.
 
2. Trust your own knowing. You may feel drawn to a particular color, shape, or "feel" of a healing crystal. Know that you will find what you need at the right time. I often buy a new crystal without knowing its properties, then learn that it's just right for whatever issue I'm dealing with.
 
3. Bigger or more perfect is not always better. Small, odd-shaped, included, or even partially damaged stones have their own stories to tell.
 
4. Some healing crystals scream, some whisper. You may get a big reaction from some crystals, and little or nothing from others. You may even find a stone and not know what to do with it for a while. I've had some healing crystals that haven't revealed their purposes for years.
 
5. If a stone disappears or breaks, let it go, it has done its dance, you did nothing "wrong" to it. (Of                    course, give your crystals a comfortable place to stay safe when they're not in use.) Hope this helps!
 

Rachell, New Hampshire, USA

The first time I saw a healing crystal / stone it was in a rock shop in the South West .  The stone was a crazy lace agate and it brought tears to my eyes, hit me emotionally that the Earth could produce such a beautiful work of art.

My next experience with a healing crystal was holding a clear  quarts point,  it was telling such a story, though at the time I couldn't understand the story.  The way I knew it had stories to tell was it felt like it was moving in my hand and it made me laugh, smile and just plain feel good.  What that healing crystal did for me was to wake me up to the fact that crystals are energy and in fact they all have stories to tell.  They come from the Earth and hold all the various information of a region in all dimensions....gathered while they are growing.......Just as we do as human beings.
 
Sometimes I use healing crystals with others to draw information from them or help them connect with information.  Healing crystals can be hand held or laid on people.  Now, here is a lesson I learned  through my ego :-)
 
I had a wonderful large clear crystal point and decided to do a
meditation with it on top of my head......I "heard" inwardly...are you sure you want to do that?  Oh, yeah...sure!  I had a lovely meditation into the world of crystals and met a keeper of the stones...beautiful.  The next day I went into a depression and couldn't figure out why until........I remembered the meditation and the warning.   Crystals DRAW energy through them and send energy out.  What the healing crystal had done
was draw my kundalini energy up through charkas not clear enough to  handle the flow and I was dealing with my own negativity being expressed through my emotional body as depression.  I did have to laugh at myself and my vanity.

At one point I had skin cancer removed from my face and the hole was large enough to require a graft of skin from behind my ear.  Taking that skin was the only painful part and what I had to deal with at home.  Sitting up in bed with pain killers in my system the pain would not go away.  I took a lovely crystal ball and a clear point, putting the ball in my right hand and the point in my left I sat peacefully dealing with the pain.  Then I  changed hands with the sphere in my left and the point in my right.....I began trembling.  The only thing which had changed was the stones.....hmmmmmmm....I put them back in the original position and my body calmed down.  What had happened was, there was not enough life force in my body because of the trauma I had just gone through to release and the point was attempting to draw from me.  This, by the way is an aspect of how a laser crystal works.  Now I started to put some ideas together and put the blunt end of the crystal point behind the ear which had the skin removed from it for the graft and...the pain went away!  I took the point away and slowly the pain started coming back.

I have learned about healing crystals by paying attention to how they make me feel...that's the way I "listen" and learn.  I always suggest to people to let the crystals speak to them through the Heart that is where the Truth lays.  Then pick up a book you feel good about...I like Melody's books, they ring true to me...however....I feel it first and get support from the outside secondly.  I think the way we learn about the healing crystals
is the same way we learn about life and our place in it...they are
teachers and reflectors.

Many Blessings,
Rachel Leah
www.center-now.com


Nancy, Virginia, USA

I've collected healing crystals for over 10 years, using them when I
meditate or when I had a particular need or problem.  After a while, my
points, spheres, and tumbled stones world end up forgotten in little
pouches or dark corners of drawers.
 
A couple of years ago, I felt the need to have healing crystals out in
the open, in our most active family-gathering room, that being our
kitchen and dining area.  I thought if they were visible and easily
accessible, my family and visitors would benefit from the crystals'
positive energies, and I would be less likely to forget what I had.

I found a clear glass 8" mixing bowl, put it on a light-stand, and placed
all my spheres inside.  This inviting bowl, looking like a collection of
big marbles, sits on our kitchen counter, sparkling during the day and
softly glowing at night.

The energy from these healing crystal spheres radiates into the room, and
the colorful balls practically beg folks to come touch or hold them.

Over time, seven spheres multiplied to 52 spheres, ranging from 2" to
1/2" diameter.  Now my bowl acts like a little pharmacy, holding a
variety of energy-cures for my family and friends.
 
Different people are attracted to different spheres, and some folks spend
more time than others, lingering near the collection or holding a
particular stone ball as they talk about life challenges.  They may not
be aware of it, but I think they are choosing the sphere that has the
right energy to help them at that moment.

Now and then, I'll clean the spheres with salt water or smudge smoke, set
them in sun and moonlight to re-energize, and re-dedicate them to be used
for the betterment of all who come near the bowl.

I'll still use healing crystal points in my own private meditations.  But
it has been very nice having this bowl of spheres out in the most public
part of our house.  They silently and constantly glow with healing
energy, inviting people to play with them and benefit from their gifts.
 

Suzie, USA

All crystals are healing crystals on some level, whether it be physical , emotional or ethereal.

For those of you who are new to the world of crystals or are experiencing powerful feelings or vibrations from them I ask you to realize the beauty and depth that has entered your life ,and to open your hearts and watch the miracles begin to happen. They will become your new precious friends and will bring much joy and healing to your life.

Whatever crystals you need along your journey will show up at the most opportune time. They will call you to them, in fact they will choose you and you will be attracted to them by their colour or shape or or a sensation you experience when you pick one up and hold it. You will feel the vibration within and know which one is right for you. Allow your senses to be your guide.

If you do not feel right about a certain healing crystal or do not like the feeling that stirs within when you hold it, perhaps you are not ready for that certain vibration or another is what is needed along your path at this particular time.

Do not be alarmed , just go with what feels right for you, after all this is your journey and I can say with much confidence that the journey you have begun with healing crystals will change your life forever and you will grow to love them as they enhance your world and assist you on all levels.
 

Laura, Oklahoma, USA

Through the Eyes of a Child

All life is precious and this includes the stone spirits of crystals and minerals, some being healing crystals and healing minerals.

Most people don't know crystal from mineral. Maybe that isn't necessary for most of us.

Being present with the sacred mineral that I am wearing as I type I ask permission to share the wonder and seeming mystery that brought it to hand and to heart. Yes is the response with a glad resonance. Good. Thank you. Some people are gifted with words from crystals or minerals, mine more a feeling.

Today my nearly three year old granddaughter said, "What is this Nana?" She was feeling this mineral through my shirt. She couldn't see it, but she felt it. And so I pulled it out for her to see and touch. I felt her touching of it a blessing. She said, "How pretty" and turning to her mother nearby said, "Isn't it gorgeous, so pretty Mama." She held it gently cupped in her open hands.

 I could almost see, it was so palpable, a circle between mineral and child creating a feeling of love, of infinite universe, multiple galaxies, brought into one clear moment. And then they included me in their circle. I watched the play of sun across face of child and mineral. Colors of blue and green flashed and changed before our eyes. I watched the joy and wonder across the young child's face too. Labradorite.

My granddaughter and I are very Leo and this particular crystal has a nice feeling for many who are Leo. It nearly jumped into my hands years ago. From a group of many this one stood out in an unexplainable mutual attraction. I didn't consciously know anything about crystals or minerals then. It was a beginning; it was an invitation, an open doorway that I walked through.

Today I like to sit with a new crystal or mineral after it has been gently cleared and create an intent of highest good, asking to connect with it. I speak few words, and honor my intuition, those inner prompts. Even when I feel a faint whisper of response, I maintain respect and gratitude for the opportunity of keeping (caring for) this crystal or mineral.

Returning full circle to the beginning of my day, I wonder at the prompt to carry this particular mineral today. It was sitting on my dresser among crystals. It is balancing for me. It gives me inner strength. Did my spirit know today this particular mineral could be healing, could be of assistance to myself or my granddaughter? Coincidence you might say. I share with you that there was a purpose and it has been fulfilled.

Picture in your inner eye a little girl hugging her grandmother, heart to heart, and joining the dance a sacred mineral gracing their journey.

This mineral and it's spirit walked every step of my day with me in loving service.  Follow the joy in your heart and the healing crystal/s and minerals will do the rest. It is that simple...you can recreate the magic, wonder and awe of a young child. Tap into the wisdom of your inner child if need be, invite a closer walk with your spirit.

Enjoy the journey.
 

Liz, Australia

I have been using healing crystals for a few years now. Each person has their own relationship to crystals and one's experiences cannot really be compared. It is best to just see for oneself without any preconceived expectations. Never-the-less I will describe what I feel from crystals.

I first became sensitive to the energies of crystals by holding them in my hand and closing my eyes. I shifted out of my head mind chatter to focus upon the crystal itself. I breathed deeply as if breathing through my hand and could tangibly feel currents of energy flowing through my hand to my whole body. These sensations varied from a sort of warm glowing feeling to more sharp or dramatic sensations likened to a tingly shower of starry sparks or current. I then noticed that different healing crystals affected me in very different ways. I could feel the energy going to different chakras and areas of the body. I also could liken the sensation I was feeling to different colour qualities. Each healing crystal had its own quality that affected me like a therapeutic ray.

I spent quite a few months getting to know different healing crystals and differentiating what I felt. I made sure NOT to read about what other people wrote about a crystal so as to have my own perception. I was usually surprised to discover that other people's experiences were often similar to my own and there really was an objective quality that each healing crystal emanated. I explored many different mineral and high vibrational stones.

I now have quite an extensive collection of very large crystals. The big ones tend to effect me in what I term "whooshes"! It is like a vortex of energy spins and whooshes down my crown through my feet and back up again! I have had quite a few of these experiences as well as ones where they spin more slowly into a deep center within.

I also have visions and meditational journeys with them. Some take me into different worlds within and others put me in what I call a "white flame" where I feel surrounded in a field of stillness yet a place of inwardly alive activity like a flame. The quality of that feels like white to me. Most of all I have amazing dreams with crystals. These are quite learning experiences and always relevant to my life.

However, I have found that all my experiences come when I stop "trying". Otherwise I tend to block it with expectation. It seems to be the delicate meditational balance between "not trying too hard" and "not trying enough"! I have the intent, but I let go to relax to allow the experience to come in its own time. I also learned to not get disappointed when I don't experience anything. There are always ups and downs in one's vibrational state of sensitivity. Sometimes life gets busy and it is harder to listen.

I am blessed to live in a crystal temple in my small house where everywhere is sacred space created by these wondrous gifts of nature!


Annette, Canada
 
I use my Healing Crystals for meditation, have used them on my animals when they are sick and find that the energy I feel from them is very real.  I can just put my hand over the top of them and feel the energy rising to meet my hand as I move it back and forth on top of the Healing Crystal.

When I hold them for meditation I can feel their energy coming through my hand and I find that I am able to get a light feeling within a few minutes.  Almost like a floating feeling and can feel or sense the lightness around and above me.

I have also used my Healing Crystals in a circle around a sick animal.  Find that certain crystals may have the properties I am looking for more then others, for example a crystal with Chlorite is excellent to use for healing. Fluorite is another Healing crystal, dependent on the color, green is very good for healing.

I find that I have my crystals with me all of the time.  At work, at home, in my car when I travel.  They are a part of my life.


Cynthia, Virginia, USA

The Gift of Amethyst
The Stone of Higher Consciousness

Occurring most frequently in volcanic gas bubbles, as well as metamorphic rocks and faults, its rich hues are imparted by varying concentrations of elemental manganese. Yet in a different sense, this variety of quartz, Amethyst, is quite often prized for its sheer beauty and energies, and has been for thousands of years. The first use of Amethyst can be traced to ancient Egypt where it was made into beads and amulets. Similarly, the ancient Celts used Amethyst in their jewelry, and the stone has long been revered as a stone of royalty often appearing in crowns, breastplates, and scepters of nobility.
Steeped in history, folklore, ceremony and tradition, it is quite understandable why so many people are attracted to Amethyst when first exploring the energetic frequencies of crystals. Overall, Amethyst is a stone of spirituality. It can be used in meditation to help one open into higher states of consciousness as it stimulates the third eye, crown, and etheric chakras. Amethyst’s high-energy frequencies can envelop one in a higher frequency of light and energy, acting as a barrier against the lower frequencies and energies.

Amethyst is an exciting crystal to work with as it manifests itself in different forms depending upon region and area, and with these forms, different frequencies of energy and light. Most Amethyst is derived from Brazil, however some of the darkest Amethyst comes from Uruguay. Amethyst from Uruguay is a very dark purple, nearly resembling grape jelly. It is also more expensive than Amethyst from Brazil, as it is often mined along narrow shafts, deep in the mines, much the way that coal is mined. For healing work or meditation, I have found that Amethyst healing crystals from Brazil or Uruguay bring serenity and calm, and assist during meditation. Their energies provide balance between one's physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual states.

Always fascinating and amazing me with their delicate beauty are Amethyst Flower Elestials. These formations are quite intricate with hundreds of elestial formations making up each piece. These pieces have such a unique formation due to the conditions in which they form. They are actually an Amethyst “pseudomorph”, meaning that Amethyst has formed around a calcite formation, which has since dissolved, and the Amethyst has retained the calcite formation’s shape. Each piece is painstakingly cleaned with a hammer and a nail to reveal the beautiful formations, truly making each one a treasure. Their energy feels soft and angelic, like a feathery wing, yet it is of a high vibration. It gently coaxes the third eye and crown chakras to be receptive to the wonders of the world, helping one to gently eliminate cynicisms and skepticisms that prevent one from opening themselves to the Divine. I feel that Amethyst Flower Elestials make wonderful meditation pieces.

Similarly, some of the most amazing elestial crystals I have seen are Amethyst Elestials. The translation for Elestial is “Crystal of the Angels” and therefore it has often been associated with the Angelic realm. Elestial formations are quite intricate, often having three-dimensional surfaces while others reveal beautiful patterns of Amethyst and Smoky Quartz. The luster of an Amethyst Elestial appears to radiate light and glow with color. I find that these crystals have highly intense energy, which perhaps matches their luster and stunning formation. Metaphysically, Elestials are often reputed as Master Healers, and work on many levels. During meditation, one may open up to a higher consciousness of information, perhaps stored in Elestials, simply by running the hands over the etchings of the crystal, much the same way as the blind use Braille language. It is best to clear the mind and have no expectations through this process. Amethyst Elestials are beautiful crystals, and Elestials in particular hold an abundance of lessons for the seeker.
 

Christopher, Pennsylvania, USA

My first question is has the healing crystal been cleansed or cleared.
Second has the person focused on the healing crystal and imbued it with a
positive thought.
 
Many people buy stones simply for their beauty. But one needs to know
that any stone or healing crystal has a specific vibration. If there are
blockages of meridians or chakras, a lot of body work and meditation may
be needed.
 
My personal favorite for healing is the Boji stone. Incredible energy,
balancing Yin and Yang. Mine have cured a seemingly debilitating cervical
disc degeneration between C5-C7. Tried Chiros, Spinal specialists, and
even acupuncture. The last seemed to help but for pure energy as a
healing crystal/stone. But nothing other than a Casa crystal comes close!