Helpful Tips for Meditating with Healing Crystals

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Practicing meditation can be extremely beneficial. It is a safe and simple way to balance a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. Meditating with crystals can bring a new dimension to the practice of meditation.

Citrine Healing Crystal Heart

Before beginning a crystal meditation make sure your have cleansed your crystal.
To begin choose your crystal. Choosing a crystal with fault lines or patterns within it may help you to 'lose yourself' within the crystal while meditating.

Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. Hold your chosen crystal or place it in front of you where you can see it clearly. Breath gently. Make each breath out a little longer than the breath in. Look at your crystal; notice its color, pattern, and shape.

Hold your crystal in both hands, close your eyes, and relax. Imagine you are inside your crystal; let yourself move with the flow of the crystal. Let go of worldly thoughts and emotions and move deep into the center of your crystal, imagine you are wandering through it exploring its inner beauty.

When you are ready, slowly allow yourself to come back to physical reality. Put your crystal aside and ground yourself by imagining roots coming from your feet and going down into the ground. Move your toes, shake your hands, and just sit for a moment reflecting on what you saw and how you felt. You may just want to lie and put your crystal on its associated chakra.

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Obsidian helps to protect the very sensitive against depression. It is the stone of the soft-hearted, and gentle people of the world. Use obsidian to help block negativity of any kind. It's a wonderful healing crystal gemstone, and makes a beautiful crystal ball.  Good luck!

 

Rainbow Obsidian Crystal Ball

Healing Crystals for the Second Chakra: Sacral Chakra

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Carnelian Massage Stone for the Sacral Chakra

The Second or Sacral Chakra is located just below your navel, and is associated with feelings and emotions, gut-instincts and intuition, creativity, passion and sexuality.

People who easily feel and express with their own emotions, as well as connect well with others on an emotional level tend to have this chakra open and flowing.  They tend to trust others while maintaining proper boundaries.  They let their feeling flow and listen to the messages
their emotions are giving them.

When the second chakra is blocked, it often indicates someone who is closed down on an emotional level.  Maybe that person has had painful experiences and no longer trusts.  They may not trust their own emotions, or they may not trust others enough to make emotional connections.  When this happens, one may experience lack of creativity and passion, and even depression.

Emotions are important messages to us, and the energy of those messages wants to move!  We are taught that certain emotions are okay, but we are also taught  that some emotions are bad.  These beliefs about what is alright and not alright to feel can block the Second Chakra and keep us from
being emotionally healthy. Clearing the Second Chakra can give us the freedom to fully express who

we are and what is emotionally and creatively important in our lives.

Healing crystals for the Sacral Chakra include Amber, Brecciated Jasper, Bronzite,Carnelian, Orange Chalcedony, Citrine, Goldstone, Orange Aventurine, OrangeCalcite, Orange Coral, Orange Jasper, Orange Sunstone, Rutilated Quartz, TigersEye and Topaz.

Healing Crystals for Peace and Relaxation

One of the most popular requests people have when searching for healing crystals is to find one that can bring peace, relax the mind, ease tension in the body, and soothe the soul. Fortunately, many crystals have vibrations that encourage tranquility and a more relaxed state of mind. Here is a list of healing crystals that can help promote a sense of peace and tranquility:

Abalone – helps soothe nerves

Amethyst Healing Crystal Cluster

Amethyst – works well to help release the tight knots at the base of the skull that result in tension headaches

Aventurine – enhances meditation and finding inner peace

Blue Lace Agate– aids in releasing tension in the body when feeling “highly strung”

Blue Calcite – works well to “calm” a racing heartbeat

Blue Chalcedony – vibrations bring peace into the energetic bodies

Dumortierite – relieves fears that may be at the root of nervousness

Imperial Topaz – great for those “butterflies” in your stomach before exams, giving speeches, or when doing anything new and/or unexpected

Larimar– great for alleviating moodiness or feelings of fear

Lepidolite – excellent for difficulty sleeping when thoughts keep going round and round in the head

Lithium Quartz- aids in the release of stress or anxiety

Magnesite – deals/disperses/deflects the energy of irritability that can come with extra sensitivity

Sugilite – helps release emotional fears that keep us tied up in stressful knots

To learn more about healing crystals for peace you can find a wide range of crystals available at Satin Crystals.

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Crystal Balls for Healing, Meditation and Gazing

Crystal Balls and Spheres

Crystal and gemstone balls have been used for divination since at least medieval times. They are a traditional symbol of the occult and hidden wisdom, and much more. Some of their uses include:

Healing

Cleansing

Rituals

Decoration with a purpose

Crystal Ball Gazing

Whether used for crystal ball gazing (scrying), aura cleansing, meditation, rituals or as a room decoration, crystal and gemstone spheres radiate special energies that are created from the earth.

Unlike the focused energy of a wand or egg shaped crystal, a ball emits energy in all directions equally.

Rose Quartz Crystal Ball

Each healing gemstone crystal ball contains energy that is unique to the type of stone.



Crystal Ball Uses

Meditation

A gemstone or crystal sphere can be used during meditation. You may want to hold the sphere or just gaze upon it when meditating.

Healing

Crystal healing should be done by a professional and in conjunction with traditional medicine. Find a professional in your area who offers a workshop or seminar.

Purposeful Decorating

Place a gemstone sphere in a room or on your bedside dresser or office desk to emanate a particular energy. For example, a rose quartz sphere at your bedside surrounds the room with love. A crystal ball will cleanse the room of negativity, while a jasper sphere will also provide protection. Bring money to your business by placing a malachite sphere on your desk. Increase your good fortune with a black tourmaline sphere.

Crystal Ball Gazing

A crystal ball that is used for gazing should be kept wrapped in black silk. When using the crystal ball for gazing, it is best to hold the crystal ball in your hands with the black silk between your hands and the crystal ball. You may use a stand for the ball if you find holding the ball uncomfortable.

Often colors are seen the Crystal Ball. Green, blue and violet are excellent omens. Red, orange and yellow are negative omens and you must take care. Black is unfavorable and much care must be taken until it is no longer seen.

A white brilliance is very favorable for you, meaning your life is on the right track and will be improved. You may see movement or even visions in your crystal ball.

Crystal Shapes for Healing: Skulls

Crystals and gemstones have been used for healing, guidance and divination for thousands of years. One of the reasons that gemstones adorned kings and queens was to support them with wisdom, guidance, healing and power. Crystals have also been used by shaman and medicine men throughout the world, and have been used in ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians and the Mayans for their mystical and healing powers.

Jasper Healing Crystal Skull

Ancient cultures were also aware that carving crystals into the shape of a human skull increased their power to affect healing and human consciousness on all levels. Crystal skulls are empowered by the natural healing properties inherent within different stones, which resonate at different frequencies of healing and consciousness.

Crystal skulls can be programmed and directed by desired intention for supporting the healing of oneself and others. One can work with specific stones for assistance with specific conditions, or one can work with an all-purpose crystal skull carved of clear quartz crystal.

It is possible to work with healing at a distance for those whom you care about. You can either give them a crystal skull carved in a stone that supports healing of their particular condition, or you can work with that crystal skull yourself and send the intention of healing energy to your loved one.

If you're seeking a skull for crystal healing, you can find a great selection of crystal skulls on our sister website.

How Healing Crystals and Chakras Work

Many mysteries surround the energy currents of the body. Much confusion, and even fear, arises when metaphysical topics enter mainstream discussions. Largely, this is due to the fact that fear is simply a symptom of uncertainty about the unknown. Understanding healing crystals and their function can help to lift the veil of fear and doubt surrounding this practice.

Healing crystals work to absorb negativity and cleanse energy centers of the body. The seven main energy centers, or chakras, determine the sense of balance that an individual feels. A chakra that is clouded or closed represents an area of life that is presenting difficulties. The ability to identify and remedy the chakra problem can subsequently support a re-balance in life challenges, and ultimately help to eradicate the problems altogether when understanding healing crystals improves.

Chakras can be envisioned as seven individually colored pinwheels. Each should be spinning evenly in a positive and open direction: not too slowly or too quickly. If compared, however, the root and first chakra should spin more slowly than the seventh crown chakra.

Aligning with the spinal column, from the coccyx to the top of the head, the chakras are positioned at relatively equal intervals from one another. Their color vibration is said to radiate out from center to front and back. The color of each chakra has complements in its counterpart crystals.

Carnelian Heart: Kundalini Activation Stone

The root chakra embraces the color red, which represents things fundamental such as food and shelter and materialistic pursuits. Next, the sacral chakra embodies orange: sexuality, confidence, and creativity, just below the navel. Yellow of the solar plexus chakra glows out from beneath the lowest central portion of the ribcage. Ego, passions, anger, energy and strength come from this place.

Green or pink symbolize the heart chakra and love, located in the center of the chest. The throat chakra’s blue hue is responsible for the literal and figurative voice. Indigo and the third eye incorporate vision, success, and higher understanding. The crown chakra, at the top of the head, embodies the purple or white pure state of enlightenment and wisdom.

Laying of crystals on the energy centers is said to purge the negativity and align the energy flow. Understanding healing crystals in this way can yield better life outcomes, reduce frustration, and promote an overall sense of well-being.

Healing Crystal Shapes: The Egg

Healing crystals take a variety of shapes and forms, with each radiating its own specific strength and purpose.

The egg shape, which is sometimes man made, is a very important tool in crystal healing. Whether it is a natural shape or a fabricated shape, the egg exudes the same properties. Egg shaped healing crystals are most commonly used for aura reading, reflexology, zone therapy, acupressure and shiatsu massage.

Malachite Healing Crystal Egg

Meditation: Removing blockages

Because of its smooth and accessible shape the egg is the perfect accompaniment to  meditation. Try holding the egg between your thumb and fingers, with the small end pointing forward. When scanning auras you should be able to feel warm and cold places. Cold places indicate blockages and warm places indicate areas that are totally clear. You can use the egg to open the blockages. These smooth eggs can also be used to soothe sore areas on the body. Always move the egg in a downward motion trying to draw the pain out either through your hands and feet or through the chakras. Then cleanse the chakras thoroughly.

How to decide which healing crystal egg to use

To decide what stone the egg should be made from, first find out the properties of the stone and if they apply to your problem. The list on the gemstone therapy page is a nice guide to help you choose which stone.

So why not get yourself an egg which looks beautiful on your office desk, and dispels these negative energies that interfere with your life? Whatever stone you choose it will only bring positive energies into your life. Happy hunting!

Healing Crystal Gifts and Wishes for Valentine's Day

Rose Quartz Heart

In a month filled with inclement weather, this week comes as a welcome break, filled with love and emotion for men and women. When it comes to healing crystals, the list of alternatives for producing healing and love energy for women in particular is long.  Here are some of the healing crystal gemstones that are ideal for helping resolve women's issues and help them to lead more productive, loving lives.


Amber

Amber is very soothing and calming to the nerves. It can lighten a negative outlook and encourage you to take life less seriously. It promotes fidelity in relationships. As a self-healing stone, amber guides the emotions into a clearer mental outlook and to take greater responsibility for one's choices in life. It is also excellent for soothing emotions during post-operative care.

Amethyst

Amethyst purifies and transmutes negativity. Amethyst provides protection and balance during transition periods. It reduces the feeling of being victimized, giving you a spiritual perspective on life's circumstances. The lavender amethyst relates to the Heart Chakra, to open and lighten up a betrayed heart and to heal the sense of loss of life and innocence. The blue-red amethyst promotes a deep spiritual connection between one's self and one's life challenges, supporting the challenge one has taken on, giving patience and calmness despite overwhelming odds. The chevron amethyst (banded white and purple) helps peel off old karmic patterns to promote self-love and the ability to get along with others especially with one's soul mate or family members.

Obsidian

Obsidian allows for tears to be shed, stimulating emotional spontaneity and the release of barriers that prevent you from experiencing deep sorrow. This stone is excellent for transmuting one's own negativity under stressful situations.

Coral - Red Coral

Red Coral quiets the emotions and dispels feelings of despair and despondancy. It encourages a passionate energy, and stimulates and strengthens female reproductive organs through tissue regeneration. This stone enhances blood circulation, and helps purify the kidneys and bladder.

Garnet

Garnet strengthens the life force. This gemstone is especially good for the restoration of victimized and abused women, helping them reclaim lost power. It promotes regeneration of emotional energy and the acceptance of one's thoughts and emotions. Garnet stabilizes energy devoted to accomplishing one's purpose. It also empowers and strengthens the Root and Solar Chakras. Garnet heightens sexuality and increases fertility.

Jade

Jade soothes the emotions and helps keep the peace for community relations. It provides a sense of self-worth, self-sufficiency and capability in dealing with any situation. Jade promotes harmony, balance, and tranquility through emotional detachment. Jade is excellent for recovery after an unpleasant experience.

Jasper

Jasper facilitates the use of one's own power, calms aggressive energy, and facilitates safety and protection during recovery periods. Red Jasper provides lively fresh energy and reduces feelings of being victimized. Yellow Jasper balances hormones and protects during travel. Green Jasper restores energy and focus during recovery from burnout.

Rose Quartz

Rose Quartz transmutes emotional negativity at all levels. It enhances meditation and healing by harmonizing and balancing energy fluctuations. Rose Quartz embodies the expression “love conquers all.” It is excellent for calming the Heart and Solar Plexus Chakras after situations involving emotional upheaval, chaos, trauma, or crisis. Rose Quartz allows love to come to the wearers who have trouble finding love within themselves to give to either themselves or to others. This is also a great friendship stone to give to someone you care for.

Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz clears and transmutes negative emotions. This crystal is an excellent stabilizer for mood swings and grounds all kinds of negative energy. It is an excellent crystal to use in times of stress, and to rebuild from emotional burnout by offering protection during the healing period. Smoky Quartz reduces the fear of failure, unblocks self-limitations, and lets you risk trying some new experiences.

Sodalite

Sodalite helps alleviate insomnia caused by an overactive mind. It helps to dispel irrelevant thoughts, provides mental focus, and maintains logical reasoning with regard to emotional upsets. Sodalite promotes issues of trust, enhances companionship and the commonality of goals with others. It is excellent for busy women who have little time for peace, and who need to relax and restore their mental energies. 

Shop all of our healing crystal gemstones for your loved one this week at www.satincrystals.com, and receive a free crystal heart with your order! 

Use healing crystals to chase away the winter blues

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Gemstones have been used for healing for centuries. Gemstones contain minerals that can be absorbed through the skin. Gemstones also help us to be healthy by balancing our energy fields and improving our vibrations. Gemstones also help us to be centered and grounded. Even in this dreary time of year in the northern hemisphere, healing crystals can be used to offset the stress and sadness that can affect some of us during these wintry, grey months.

Quartz crystals help to clear away negativity and sadness and add good positive vibrations. Arranging clear quartz crystal clusters and spheres in your home will help to restore health and harmony. Keeping amber, amethyst, lapis lazuli and smoky quartz in your home will also reduce negativity. Add some of the inspirational celestial gemstones like angelite, celestite and petalite for their reassuring positive vibrations.

Carnelian Egg

Carrying carnelian, citrine, pyrite, sunstone and topaz stones will help to clear negativity and depression. Amethyst, carnelian, lapis lazuli and topaz will filter out negative thoughts and replace them with more helpful worthwhile thoughts. Carry aventurine, bloodstone, carnelian, emerald, fluorite, rhodochrosite, ruby or tourmaline gemstones to restore your vitality. Amethyst, bloodstone, carnelian, hematite, pyrite, rose quartz and topaz will also help to relieve fatigue, improve your circulation and restore your strength.

Pink gemstones like kunzite and rose quartz will help to calm and clear negative feelings. Hold them, wear them as jewelry or keep them on tables near you. Wearing moonstone jewelry will also soothe away sadness and encourage optimism. Beryl and peridot jewelry will also free you of negative emotions.

The sparkly gems can be used to shine light on a person for therapy, too. Hold a transparent or translucent jewel over a person with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or an area with a health problem for healing benefits. Gemstones can also be used for massaging. Gems can be placed on acupressure points, taped over the points or used for acupressure massages. Keeping gemstones on desks or by beds may also help to improve the atmosphere and reduce negativity.

Gemstones should be washed at least once a month in warm water. After being cleansed the crystals should be recharged. You can recharge them by placing them on quartz clusters. Gemstones can be carried together in velvet pouches but you should handle and store your gemstones carefully.

Your healing crystal gemstones have so many positive uses.  Find a way to put yours to work for you today.

Welcome to the Satin Crystals Healing Blog!

Greetings and Happy New Year!

With 2013 barely underway, major changes are already in progress for me and my business.

I am in the process of relocating to Portland, Oregon, a very exciting move!

Having just recently upgraded our website, we are now in the midst of getting the store running, promoting it, and providing our customers with the same great products and service.

Amethyst Healing Crystal from Satin Crystals

And last, but certainly not least, I have started a new blog, simply called the Satin Crystals Healing blog, through which I will communicate and share my expertise about healing crystals, how they work, crystal properties and so much more!

So please join me on my journey into a brave New Year and life.  I'll be sure to share details of my activities and news about healing crystals with you throughout the year, and please be sure to send any questions you may have about healing crystals to me and I will answer them in this new blog!

With Love,

Lisa
www.satincrystals.com