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Harnessing Earth’s Energy: A Beginner’s Guide to Crystal Healing

In our fast-paced modern lives, finding moments of stillness and connection to something larger than ourselves can feel like a luxury. Yet, the Earth offers us a tangible way to tap into its inherent wisdom and energy: crystals.

For centuries, across various cultures, crystals have been revered for their beauty and their unique energetic properties. From ancient Egyptians adorning themselves with lapis lazuli to indigenous cultures using quartz for healing rituals, the fascination with these earthly treasures endures. But what exactly is crystal healing, and how can it benefit you?

The Science (and Mystery) Behind the Sparkle:

While scientific research on crystal healing is ongoing, the principles often revolve around the idea that crystals possess unique vibrational frequencies due to their atomic structure. These vibrations are believed to interact with our own energy field, promoting balance, healing, and well-being.

Think of it like tuning forks resonating with each other. When a crystal’s specific vibration aligns with an imbalance in your energy field, it can help to restore harmony.

Getting Started with Crystal Healing:

The beauty of crystal healing is its accessibility. You don’t need to be an expert to begin experiencing their benefits. Here are a few simple ways to incorporate crystals into your life:

Carrying Crystals: Simply holding a crystal in your hand or carrying it in your pocket allows its energy to interact with your aura throughout the day. Choose crystals based on your current needs – rose quartz for love and compassion, amethyst for calm and intuition, citrine for abundance and joy.
Crystal Meditation: Hold a crystal during meditation to deepen your focus and enhance your connection to its energy. Visualize the crystal’s energy radiating outwards and infusing your being.
Creating a Crystal Grid: Arrange crystals in specific geometric patterns to amplify their energy and focus your intentions. This can be used for manifesting goals, promoting healing, or creating a harmonious space.
Placing Crystals in Your Environment: Decorate your home or workspace with crystals to create a specific energetic atmosphere. For example, placing selenite in a room can promote peace and clarity, while placing carnelian can boost creativity.
Crystal Elixirs (with caution!): Some crystals (non-toxic and water-safe) can be used to infuse water with their energy. Always research thoroughly before making a crystal elixir.

Choosing Your Crystal Allies:

The world of crystals is vast and vibrant, with each stone possessing its own unique properties. When choosing a crystal, trust your intuition. What colors or shapes are you drawn to? Research the properties of those crystals and see if they resonate with your current needs and intentions.

Some Popular Crystals and Their General Properties:

Clear Quartz: Amplification, clarity, energy cleansing.
Amethyst: Calm, intuition, stress relief, spiritual connection.
Rose Quartz: Love, compassion, emotional healing, self-love.
Citrine: Abundance, joy, confidence, manifestation.
Selenite: Cleansing, purification, clarity, connection to higher realms.
Black Tourmaline: Protection, grounding, dispelling negative energy.

Embrace the Earth’s Gifts:

Crystal healing is a gentle and supportive practice that can enhance your well-being on multiple levels. By consciously connecting with these beautiful gifts from the Earth, you can tap into their unique energies and create positive shifts in your life.

Are you curious to explore the world of crystal healing? Consider starting with a crystal that calls to you and see what magic unfolds!

Energy is my first language. I understand it more than I do words.
Shielding basically means visualizing, intending and feeling that you are completely surrounded in an orb, blanket, or cocoon of light.
As a spiritual and vibrational being you may accidentally absorb negativity and lower energies from others. This is especially true if you visit a location or gathering where lower vibrational energies are present, or for sensitive and empathic individuals who often take on energy from others.

My morning ritual involves shielding myself and family. I vision a white light coming from above and surrounding my entire body. You can pick any colour light you would like. I do this for each member of my family. You can also shield your home, car, pets, loved ones.

A pink light shield protects against negativity in all forms. Nothing can penetrate a pink light shield except for loving energies of love, light, and compassion. When you surround yourself with pink light you’re effectively sending loving into towards yourself, and all whom you encounter.

A green light shield is an effective physical healing tool for those working to physically heal themselves, or when taking care of others who are ill. Within the green shield of light healing energy cleanses, heals and uplifts the physical body in the way which will most serve.

A purple light shield will protect against negativity, align your will Divine guidance, and elevate your spiritual vibration simultaneously. With a purple light shield around you, negativity in your midst will be transmuted into the light, and lower vibrational energies, entities, and negativity in all forms including psychic attack will be repelled, and if they come too close dissolved into the light of the Divine.

A blue light shield will soothe and calm your energy if you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed by the energies or people surrounding you. It can also help you to collect your thoughts and clearly communicate your truth. Since blue is calming and soothing, it’s a great shield to work with during sleep, of if you’re feeling anxious, overly emotional, or heated.

A rainbow light shield will surround you in all the colors of Divine light. This helps to boost your healing and spiritual abilities while keeping your energy safe, loving, and protected.

A silver shield of light is a wonderful shield to wear when you’re going to be in a busy public place or around lots of people. Inside the silver light you’ll feel safe, uplifted and protected while all negativity surrounding you is effortlessly reflected away or neutralized. Silver light will also help to boost your intuition, and heal imbalances or instabilities within your energy.

A gold light shield works well to boost your confidence, creativity, and spiritual inspiration. Gold carries an incredibly high vibration, and this color of light makes a wonderful outer shell to be used in conjunction with any of the other light shield colors.

The great thing about shielding with light is you don’t have to just choose just one colour. Imagine a multi-layered shield of light around you, or simply ask the Divine and angels to surround you with the shield of light which will most serve you now.