Lots of people use crystals as an alternative therapy… and you may have heard of crystal healing before too, but you’re not really sure what they’re talking about.
Crystal Healing is an alternative therapy that is used in conjunction with traditional methods of healing the human body, as well as the mind and soul. A healer uses different Crystals and Minerals when performing a healing session on a person. Each stone they use has very different healing properties and the healer will choose the correct stone they need for the job at hand.
Crystals are used to balance, revitalize, and clear a person’s energy field and are often placed on a person’s chakras to help with the healing process.
The 7 chakras:
– The Root or Base chakra
Sanskrit name: Muladhara
Red color,
Located: Base of the vertebral column
Healing focus: grounding, earth energies, will, security.
Crystals: black tourmaline, red jasper, jet, hematite, aragonite, galena, dravite, red calcite, chiastolite, septarian (dragonstone), staurolite, sphalerite
– The Spleen Chakra
Sanskrit name: Svadisthana
Orange,
Located: below the navel, lower abdomen
Healing Focus: Feelings, Connected to issues related to feelings, Intuition.
Crystals: Citrine, Amber, Topaz, Fire Opal, Hematite, Moonstone, Prehnite, Golden Apatite, Sphalerite, Lemon Quartz, Cacoxenite
– The Solar Plexus Chakra
Sanskrit name Manipura
Yellow color
Located: Just above the belly button, stomach area
Healing focus: balance of intellect, self-confidence, personal power, protection
Crystals: Ametrine, Calcite-Orange, Citrine, Hematite, Jasper – Yellow, Moonstone, Quartz, Quartz-Rose, Rhodochrosite, Sunstone, Tiger’s Eye
– The heart chakra
Sanskrit name: Anahata
Green color
Located: Center of the chest
Healing Focus: Love, Compassion, Self-control. self acceptance
Crystals: Green Aventurine, Emerald, Jade, Rose Quartz, Lithium Quartz, Chrome Diopside, Ruby, Peridot, Green Kyanite, Green Tourmaline
– The Throat Chakra
Sanskrit name: Visuddha
Color blue
Located: throat region
Healing focus: enlightenment, awareness, energy, organization
Crystals: Lapis Lazuli, Aquamarine, Turquoise, Sodalite, Blue Lace Agate, Blue Kyanite, Blue Calcite, Chrysocolla, Amazonite, Aquamarine Aura Crystal, Blue Aragonite, Tanzanite, Larimar, Hemimorphite, Blue Halite, Celestial Aura Quartz
– Chakra between the eyebrows or the third eye
Sanskrit name: Anja
Indigo color
Located: The head, between the eyes.
Healing Focus: Love, Compassion, Self-control. self acceptance
Crystals: Angelite, Amethyst, Fluorite, Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite, Dumortierite, Blue Aventurine, Aqua Aura Crystal, Stilbite, Chiastolite, Celestite, Axinite, Phenazite, Blue Aragonite, Sugilite, Cacoxenite, Blue Tourmaline, Merlinite, Goshenite, Lazulite, Ulexite
– The Crown Chakra
Sanskrit name: Sahasrara
Color: Purple, Gold-White
Located: Top of the head
Healing focus: enlightenment, awareness, energy, organization
Crystals: Peacock Ore, Spirit Quartz, Apophyllite Quartz, Danburite, Cacoxenite, Fuchsite, Stilbite, Petalite, Purpurite, Cavansite, Sugilite