In this article we look at 7 of the top healing crystals and their meanings. These are our recommended stones for energy work and we believe are a “must have” in your healing kit.
How Do Our Top Healing Crystals Work?
Before we look at our top crystals and their meanings we first need to understand the basics of how crystal healing works. Everyone wants to be fit and well. Over the course of many centuries humans have developed a range of healing modalities. The use of healing crystals come from Ancient Sumerians who used them for making magic formulas. From the Roman Empire, Ancient Greece to the Māori of New Zealand, cultures have incorporated these gems into tradition and belief.
The ancient Egyptians also used crystals. They used stones primarily for protection and for rejuvenating health, in particular turquoise, carnelian, lapis lazuli, emerald and clear quartz. They also created burial amulets of the same gems and incorporated them into jewelry. These beliefs have carried over the centuries with people holding firm to their belief in their healing properties.
Others will state there is little proof they work and have no effect other than a placebo. Others will tell you of their experiences and of the health benefits they have achieved physically and emotionally because of these stones. The decision on their impact is personal and one for you to make alone. What we do know is that the effects from the crystal healing do no harm, and may well heal.
Healing Crystals and your chakras.
If we look at the worlds countries and cultures, one common theme is somewhere within their healing and wellness systems, or their faith, belief and religious systems we find the use of crystals. In modern cultural or spiritual beliefs there is a common trend for energy healing modalities. We see these systems referred to in terms such as “Qi”, “Chi”, “Chakras”, “Subtle Bodies”, “the Aura, Astral”, “Innate”, “Etheric” and “Celestial”.
These terms all refer to a concept of an “energetic body” that is composed of a number of different energies, including the mind, intelligence and ego. All of which must be balanced and aligned if we wish to bring about healing in the physical body.
How To Balance Vibrational Energy.
Our physical body is connected to the energetic through the subtle bodies and chakra centers. When our energy is balanced and flowing naturally we experience good health. If blockages or imbalance occur we experience illness or emotional issues. Therefore to get back to optimal health we first need to re-balance and harmonize our subtle bodies.
We know from modern science that everything in existence is merely thousands upon thousands of molecules held together with vibrational energy. This is where the use of stones, and in particular their vibration comes into play. Our top healing crystals are used because they have the ability to re-balance and clear blocks within our vibrational bodies.
The Science Of Crystal Healing.
Everything has vibration and energy. All matter is made from molecules, and all of them are constantly moving and vibrating.
“Solid matter” is vibrating. It’s just that the amount of vibration and other movement is too small-scale for us to see. If you look at a very flat solid surface using an instrument capable of viewing individual atoms and molecules, you will see the atoms or molecules on the surface moving around and re-arranging themselves.
Keith Fraser, Degree and PhD in Materials Science
Every type of crystal has a specific vibrational frequency. This vibration is fixed and because of their solid fixed state it does not alter. For us, healing is achieved when we use the vibrational impact that the crystals provide. Their fixed vibrational energy acts in the same way as a tuning fork. The vibration from the crystal works on your body like a tuning fork. It allows you to re-tune your personal vibration. This tunes your energy back to its expected and natural state.
There are other, simple ways to explain this energetic vibrational tune up. When you feel down, tired or stressed and you listen to some beautiful music, walk in the sun, talk to a positive loved one or eat your favorite meal you suddenly feel better. This is a simple example of energy balancing. Our body has its own field and it can be re-tuned through the natural, positive and harmonized energy of crystals.
It is important to note, the crystal does not heal you. Its vibrational energy rebalances your own, and when this occurs, so does healing. Also, before using any stone for healing or energy work you need to first cleanse and clear the crystal so that any impurities and negativity it has picked up are released.
7 Top Healing Crystals and their meanings For Energy Work.
So here they are, our top crystal choices and the meanings of each stone.
Number 1 – Clear Quartz
Properties: activation, energy, focus, purification, healing, balance, purity
Clear quartz is commonly referred to as a “Master Healer”. It is highly powerful and can be used for many purposes. This crystal is able to capture positive energy and then amplifies it to be used for our intention, whether it is for healing or to manifest goals and dreams.
Clear quartz can be used for any chakra and helps to clear blocked, stagnant and negative energy from our aura and the subtle bodies. It does this by drawing any unwanted energy out from the body and retuning it to the atmosphere. If you’re not sure which chakra is blocked or needs attention you can use clear quartz, as it can be used in place of any other for your crystal healing treatment.
Quartz is the stone that must be in any healing kit. If you are new to working with crystals, after cleansing and clearing the stone, just hold it in your hands and focus on what you are seeking. That can be healing or any other desires you wish to manifest such as protection, financial stability or love.
Number 2 – Rose Quartz
Properties: stress relief, heart healer, love, beginnings, positivity calm, compassion
Rose Quartz is likely to be one of the crystals you know and love. And there is a good reason for that. This pink hued quartz encourages powerful feelings of love, including love for oneself, a romantic partner, family, and friends. It works to open the heart chakra, enabling you to develop greater empathy and sensitivity. This stone is a crystal known to help with stress relief, allowing those who use it to process negative emotions while retaining their sense of calm. The Rose Quartz is beneficial when you enter a phase of new beginnings, or where you need support for leaving the past behind.
Rose Quartz is a radiant warm healing stone that helps restore balance and harmony in our lives. Its vibration provides us with the energy we need to love ourselves and others. Its calming and soothing energy allows us to process our emotions. It is the choice of stone for opening the heart chakra. Its vibration enables us to feel more compassion and to show more empathy towards ourselves and others.
It can help us remove confusion and make choices with clear thinking. It also allows us to regain a sense of balance and harmony in life, allowing us to reconnect with our unique self. Because the Rose Quartz stimulates the heart chakra, it helps balance the heart energies and be open to the possibilities for new love and increased positivity. It is a calming stone that helps soothe emotions.
Number 3 – Turquoise, healing crystal
Properties: friendship, protection, balance, love, wisdom, and purification
Turquoise has been used by ancient civilizations for centuries. It is regarded as a stone of teaching and protection. It is a stone associated with the earth. Ancient cultures believed it to be the unity of earth and the heavens, bringing together male and female energies.
Turquoise stimulates the initiation of romantic love, and promotes spontaneity in romantic endeavors. It is said that wearing it will protect you from evil, negative emotions and even physical injury.
It is said that holding or wearing Turquoise reinvigorates the body and boosts positive mental thought patterns. Great for those who need their spirits lifted or are struggling with grief or loss
Turquoise is believed to be linked to our body’s immune function and emotional state. It is therefore a perfect choice for those who have an autoimmune disease, or those dealing with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Like the rose quartz it is a great choice for energies of the heart. It is another excellent heart chakra stone, said to release pain and stress and replacing it with positivity and love.
We can also use Turquoise for balancing Ajna. Placing the stone on the third eye helps to purify the chakra and increase intuition. It also has links to Vishuddha the Throat Chakra, enabling us to vocalize our true thoughts and express our opinions in a clear and eloquent fashion. Many believe that wearing Turquoise benefits those who have a stutter or stammer. If you suffer from a sore throat, or throat infection, holding the stone to the painful area allows your energy to be harmonized and pain eased
Turquoise is believed to shield both the physical and metaphysical body, protecting us from atmospheric toxins and negative energy. Its vibration boosts immunity, reduces inflammation, and absorbs pollutants, making it an ideal choice for city dwellers. It can stabilize mood swings, calm fear and brings respite from exhaustion during difficult situations.
Number 4 – Kyanite the Stone For Energy Work.
Properties: communication, peace, intuition, tranquility, meditation
Kyanite is a wonder stone. It is one of the best crystals for healing and balancing the Chakras. It is one of our Top 7 because it is one of the very few stones that can balance all of our Chakras.
This stone is said to have properties that benefits the healing process. Kyanite speeds the healing of physical trauma by realigning nerves and tissues and reestablishing energetic pathways around intrusive traumas, such as broken bones, surgery and other severe forms of injury.
Green Kyanite is excellent when dealing with matters of the heart. It has a high spiritual vibration which enhances psychic ability. It also allows for a strong connection to universal knowledge and the divine.
Kyanite also helps to reestablish neural pathways within the brain helping healing after head trauma, seizure or stroke. Like Turquoise, it can be used with the third eye when working to increase intuition. When placed under your pillow Kyanite will help you achieve lucid dreaming and assists you remember and recall your dreams.
Number 5 – Lapis Lazuli.
Properties: truth, serenity, wisdom, intellect, judgement
Lapis Lazuli, due to its incredible emotional healing properties, is one of the most sought after stones for energy work and healing. Lapis is a stone of wisdom and truth. It enhances memory and soothes anxiety.
It aids physical ailments such as high blood pressure, throat and eye infections and menstrual cramps. It is even thought to benefit those with ADHD.
Lapis Lazuli wards off negativity, helps creativity, boosts intellect and honesty and harmonizes relationships. It is a brilliant crystal for senior executives, writers & journalists, or counselors & psychologists. This is because it stimulates wisdom and enables us to make wise judgment in practical situations.
Lapis Lazuli aids intellectual analysis, problem solving and creative ideas. Lapis Lazuli allows true self expression without holding back or compromising beliefs and morals. It is a crystal that reveals inner truths. It promotes personal self awareness and allows us to accept the knowledge we are given. It releases hurt while enabling us to accept and feel emotion. It is an excellent stone for surfacing suppressed memories and allowing blocked emotion to clear. It is said that it can diminish feelings of anger and repressed emotion.
Number 6 – Obsidian.
Properties: protection, grounding, stress relief, balance, strength
Obsidian wards off negativity, helps creativity, boosts intellect and honesty, and harmonizes relationships. It is a powerful protection stone, and is said to have no limitations in terms of spiritual protection and healing. It also works very fast.
Obsidian wards off negativity and protects from psychic and energy attack. It also allows us to re-harmonize and clears stress, anger and worry. When used with Muladhara the Root Chakra it helps you stay grounded as well as spiritually connected.
It draws out both physical and mental stresses, alleviates tension and stimulates emotional and spiritual growth. It provides us with strength to be brave and start new concepts and take up challenge. It boosts adventure and exploration of the unknown and allows us to be open to potential new horizons.
Obsidian brings clarity to the mind and clears confusion. It is a stone that helps you to discover who you truly are. It aides in dissolving current emotional blockages caused by past trauma. As well as personal healing its properties enable us to focus our strength on the healing of others. Obsidian develops our qualities of compassion, courage and personal strength.
Number 7 – Nephrite Jade.
Properties: good luck, prosperity, wisdom, serenity, purity, manifestation, calm
In ancient civilizations Nephrite Jade was called the dream stone. It helps bring about calm and adds mellow relaxed vibrations to your environment. It carries serene energy which is gentle, but extremely powerful.
Nephrite Jade allows you to achieve emotional balance and promotes love, harmony, peace and generosity of spirit. It also helps to attract friendship and strengthen interpersonal relationships. It is a stone that repels negativity and is highly protective. It keeps your mind sharp and ensures you are aware of the energies in your environment.
As the dream stone, place it under your pillow and the Nephrite Jade will allow you to receive intuitive messages as you sleep. This is known as prophetic dreaming. As an Earth Element crystal it has deep connections to ancient wisdom. The vibrations of nephrite help pass some of this wisdom to you which makes it easier to manifest goals and your dreams seem much more attainable.
All of the 7 stones discussed work with unique energies, and are highly recommended for your personal use and for the healing of others. Simply adding them into your environment will clear negativity, provide strength and balance your chakra centers. I hope you now have a good understanding of these healing crystals and their meanings. If you begin using them, or you use them now, please add your thoughts, experiences and guidance to the comment section below.
