6 Crystals to Enhance Your Healing

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Crystals are gifts from mother nature. Since they grow in the earth, they help us connect to earth’s healing energies. The earliest record of using crystals to heal people dates back 6,000 years ago to the ancient Sumerians. Historical records show that the Chinese used crystal dipped needles for acupuncture dating back 5,000 years. Ancient Greek soldiers would rub crushed Hematite on their bodies to make them invincible in battle. The Egyptians carved healing amulets out of lapis lazuli, carnelian and turquoise. Crystals can help increase your energy, open your third eye, and charge up a room with positive vibes. Everything, including you, vibrates at a certain frequency. Crystals have the ability to alter and align the vibrational frequency of your energetic body. Each crystal holds unique properties to help you heal different areas of your life. Crystals are frozen light and when we interact with them, we allow more of their healing light into our energy. Crystals can store energy for us, and they can alter the molecular structure of anything they are placed near.

Amethyst

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The beautiful purple of the Amethyst helps open our crown chakra so that our connection to God is made even stronger.

Amethyst enhances one’s faith and spirituality. It also helps us to accept ourselves just as we are. The beautiful purple of the Amethyst helps open our crown chakra, so that our connection to God is made even stronger.

Amethyst is called the “all healer” and helps to restore people, plants and animals. Amethyst clusters in rooms clean the environment of negative energy from fights. Amethyst is a stone of balance, protection and love. It helps us to connect to our higher selves and spirit guides as it gently works to open the third eye and crown chakras.

When worn, Amethyst will help you feel emotionally balanced. Its said to make the wearer more efficient at work and with decisions. It fights off temptations. When meditating with

Amethyst, it awakens us to our true spiritual path. When sleeping with Amethyst, it protects us from nightmares.

Botswana Agate

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A stone of inner peace and quiet joy, Botswana Agate is often called the “Anti-depressant Stone.” It encourages creative projects and provides emotional balanced support while you’re tackling goals and dreams. It brings love to the chakras and helps to heal repressed emotions. Meditate or wear Botswana Agate when you’re feeling anxious or worried. It helps you find a solution to problems. Botswana Agate works to help you create healthy habits. It opens your Crown Chakra so you can receive more love and light.

Its layers of gentle pinks, browns and grays soothe the soul and help absorb worries and sadness. Meditate with Botswana Agate to help you find solutions to problems and focus on moving on from a stagnant situation. Botswana Agate helps children who’ve been picked up at school or left out to find like-minded friends.

Kyanite

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The Chakra Healer. The lovely blue of this hard working stone helps us to speak our truth and greet the world with a sense of true honesty, courage and humility. Kyanite works so hard for you and yet it expects nothing in return. This stone will not take on negativity, so it never needs to be cleansed. It will also help to attune and charge the other stones around it.

Kyanite is a peaceful and calming stone which makes it a great choice for meditation. It will work to gently open your third eye. When slept with, it's said to increase the vividness of your dreams.

It's known for its tremendous ability to cleanse and align the chakras. It will help remove energy blocks from the meridians and cuts through fears that are holding us back. It pushes away depression, sadness and anger. Kyanite is known to be a natural pain reliever.

Moss Agate

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Throughout history, healers have used Moss Agate as a stone of healing and renewal. Warriors carried it into battle as a talisman of protection. It’s a great balancer of emotions. It helps stabilize and focus the mind making it a good stone for meditation. It’s also highly recommended for gardeners and anyone who works in nature. Moss Agate is also a stone of abundance. Just as moss grows freely throughout nature, this stone reminds you that you can effortlessly grow your finances because you are worthy of success and abundance.

It’s a grounding stone that is useful during times of stress. Because of this, it’s recommended for anyone dealing with addictions or recovering from an illness.

It’s recommended for healers, bakers, chefs and anyone who works with nature, animals or finances.

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