Crystal Healing with the 7 Chakras

All my life, I have been drawn by a mysterious pull towards rocks, crystals and gemstones. As a kid, I would spend hours collecting pretty pebbles the tide would wash up. As an adult, I still wind up filling all my pockets with rocks while out on a hike, in fact my hike ends up on the back burner, while, I putz about into a timewarp looking for gemmy treasures. What's more, I often find stones that geologically shouldn't exist in the locales where I discover them. So I've always considered them little gifts from the Universe. No doubt, my life would lead me down a rabbit hole or two... hundred, and I would begin to grasp the truly profound sentient relationship between man and minerals.

Okay, so gemstones are sparkly and pretty and they make great jewellery and collectibles, always going up in value and that could be reason enough to love them. For most, that's about it when they look at quartz cluster or jade pendant, but did you know that all stones have a magnetic field and most quartz crystalline structured stones conduct piezoelectricity? For this reason, crystals and gemstones have been used as an alternative healing modality dating back to the dawn of mankind.

Since, each and every different variety of crystal or stone has a unique magnetic field that it resonates to, specific attributes and certain characteristics can be identified by those sensitive to their energy. This can make some stones better than others when specific targets intended. Many believe that by wearing or carrying specific gemstones and crystals they can gain courage, protection, healing, energy or relaxation etc. In the same turn bringing crystals into your home and garden can attract the vibrations specific to them into the household. Crystals can be used to charge water or make elixirs, but most importantly they can be used for personal healing.

Many of the vibrational characteristics associated with some crystals parallel the healthy balanced attributes of each chakra (anatomically known as the body's plexus nerve bundles). The following section will outline which crystals can be used for healing or powering up each individual chakra. When using crystals for healing, the more contact you have with them the more effective the treatment will be. It is best to carry them in your pocket, put them under you pillow or on your bedside table at night. If you meditate you can hold them in you palms or place them on the energy centres in your body.

Crown Chakra: Top of head. Colour is violet purple or white symbolizing enlightenment and purity; the connection to Source. This chakra governs our spirituality, and the inward flow of wisdom from the ethers, and cosmic consciousness. When off balance, anxiety, sleeping disorders, depression can arise. Crystal Healing: Amethyst, Lepidolite, Charoite, Clear Quartz, Ametrine, Angelite, Magnesite, Lemurian Quartz, Purple Chalcedony, Stichtite,Creedite, Croicite, Nebula Stone, Herderite, Tanzanite, Phenacite, Suglilite, Purple Jade, Labradorite.

Third Eye: Brow. Colour is Indigo symbolizing insight and wisdom. This chakra is the seat of our intuition, inner seeing, our higher consciousness, and the doors of perception. When off balance, head aches, eye strain, memory loss, mental fatigue can surface. Crystal Healing: Lapis Lazuli, Pietersite, Lazulite, Apophylite, Blue Adventurine, Tanzan Aura, Apatite, Blue Sapphire, Shattuckite, Selenite, Scolecite, Sodalite, Moonstone, Purple Fluorite, Satyaloka Quartz, Labradorite.

Throat Chakra: Throat. Colour is Blue symbolizing the communication centre and the gateway to our Higher Consciousness. It rules our expression and divine guidance. When off balance, communication is poor, and thyroid, throat, nasal or ear issues may develop. Crystal Healing: Turquoise, Aquamarine, Larimar, Blue Tiger's Eye, Celestite, Amazonite, Blue Kyanite, Blue Topaz, Aqua Aura Quartz, Blue Aragonite, Blue Fluorite, Labradorite.

Heart Chakra: Heart. Colour is Green or Pink symbolizing healing through love and harmony, Pink focuses on self-love, compassion, divine acceptance. When off balance, chest pains, thymus and heart issues may arise, emotionally one may feel like their heart is broken snd they may have trouble opening up. Crystal Healing: Emerald, Rose Quartz, Pink Opal, Rhosochrosite, Malachite, Ruby Zoisite, Ruby Matrix, Moldavite, Gaia Stone, Chrysoberyl, Adamite, Green Fluorite, Unakite, Seraphinite, Green and Pink Calcite, Watermelon Tourmaline, Chrysoprase, Labradorite.

Third Chakra: Solar Plexus. Colour is Yellow and Gold symbolizing our Personal Power, it is the seat of our will and self-worth. When this chakra is off balance one can be overbearing, weak, have poor self-confidence, digestive issues etc. Crystal Healing: Imperial Topaz, Amber, Golden Danburite, Pyrite, Golden Sheen Obsidian, Yellow Jade, Yellow Jasper, Yellow Fluorite, Solar Beam Calcite, Citrine, Honey Calcite, Rutile Quartz, Cacoxenite, Aragonite, Yellow Prehnite, Euclase, Smoky Quartz, Labradorite.

Sacral Chakra: Located just below the naval. Colour is orange representing our Creativity, Giving and Receiving and our Relationships with all those around us. When blocked issues with the bladder, kidneys or reproductive organs may develop. One may also gain weight in this area regardless of diet or exercise to physically prad themselves from harmful relationships.  Crystal Healing: Carnelian, Brecciated Jasper, Sunstone, Goldstone, Amber, Cinnabar, Orange Calcite, Tangerine Quartz, Brazilianite, Bustinite, Zincite,Wulfenite, Labradorite.

Root Chakra: Base of the torso, the perineum. Colour is Red or Black symbolizing grounding and protection and a passion for life. When blocked one may have issues pertaining to their sense of security, finances and/or childhood and have difficulty with change. Crystal Healing: Garnet, Red Jasper, Obsidian, Black Tourmaline, Fire Agate, Hematite, Red Coral, Magnetite, Shaman Stones (Boji), Red Calcite, Red Tiger's Eye, Labradorite.

Amber Colbear
The Elemental Arts
www.ambercolbear.com