Getting to Know Stones and Their Properties: A Guide to Utilizing Stones and Metals for Manifestation
As a divine being your vibrational frequency is more responsive to organic forces such as energy. Stones and precious metals are major carriers of energy, so the question becomes how do we positively utilize stones and crystals and how do we offset unwanted energies by strategically positioning, wearing, or carrying mother earth’s precious gifts?
There are 10 stones everyone should know about. Their healing properties make a world of a difference. Below is a guide to precious stones and their properties as well as links where you can find jewelry barring your stone of choice. Jewelry is effective because it can be worn all the time and it’s subtle. However, don’t be afraid to branch out and prepare your own go-to crystal collection for travel bags, purses and wallets and even bras (yes that’s a fun thing I’ve heard around the block). Research local crystal shops in your area and pay them a visit to see which crystals call out to you, you’ll be glad you did.
Tigers Eye | Tigers Eye Stone is a crystal with lovely bands of yellow-golden color through it. This is a powerful stone that helps you to release fear and anxiety and aids harmony and balance. It stimulates taking action and helps you to make decisions with discernment and understanding - unclouded by your emotions.
Amethyst | Amethyst has healing powers to help with physical ailments, emotional issues, and in Energy Healing and Chakra balancing. Amethyst crystal therapies are primarily associated with physical ailments of the nervous system, the curing of nightmares and insomnia, and balancing the crown chakra.
Obsidian | Black Obsidian Stone is a powerful cleanser of psychic smog created within your aura, and is a strong psychic protection stone. This stone has powerful metaphysical properties that will help to shield you against negativity. The energy of these stones may stimulate the gift of prophecy.
Moon Stone | A stone for “new beginnings”, Moonstone is a stone of inner growth and strength. It soothes emotional instability and stress, and stabilizes the emotions, providing calmness. Moonstone enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, success and good fortune in love and business matters.
Lapis | Encourages self-awareness, allows self-expression and reveals inner truth, providing qualities of honesty, compassion and morality to the personality. Stimulates objectivity, clarity and encourages creativity. Lapis Lazuli assists to confront and speak one's truth and inspires confidence.
Rose Quartz | The soothing energy of Rose Quartz fosters empathy, reconciliation, and forgiveness of others. Lowering stress and tension in the heart, Rose Quartz clears out anger, jealousy, and resentment of others, and allows healing of heart issues and dis-ease associated with holding on to such negative emotions.
Carnelian | The Carnelian crystal not only boosts courage and self-confidence, but on a cellular level it purifies the blood and improves circulation, a must-have for any stressful situation where you need some amplification grounding and charisma.
Aventurine | Physically, Green Aventurine is an all-around healing stone with benefits for the lungs, liver, sinuses, and heart. Use Green Aventurine to loosen and release negativity and energy blockages, including disease. Some wear or carry Green Aventurine to increase intelligence, perception and creativity. It’s also a good heart stone.
Aquamarine | The soothing energy of Aquamarine makes it a perfect companion to calm fears and phobias. Aquamarine is a “Stone of Courage and Protection”. Used often with the Throat Chakra, Aquamarine can be used to promote verbal self-expression. It is often used to enhance spiritual communication and clear communication blocks.
Garnet | Garnet is well-grounded in Earth's elemental colors of green or olive, dark yellow, and black. A spiritual stone of higher thinking and self-empowerment, it is also a stone of strength and safety.
I encourage you to asses your needs frequently- take moments out of your day to ground and to cater to your needs. As healers we tend to constantly accommodate others and we are often very generous with our energy, but in order to maintain our power and healing capabilities for others, we ourselves must be well taken care of. Take time to be with yourself and spend time self-regulating your energy with stones and even your own energy. If you’re familiar with reiki this is also a great method for centering.
Stones and crystals are energetically neutral in any space but the way they absorb and filter energies is remarkable, which is why it’s important to always have a stash available. Keep crystals in your car, on your desk, in your office, and anywhere else you spend time-yes you are infinitely powerful and capable of self-regulating and filtering energies but crystal allies are available to us so why not take advantage of their properties in order to improve life functionality, heal ourselves and others, and to improve the overall quality of life itself. See how you feel with them.