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How to use Crystals to reduce Stress

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A Quick Meditation Guide Using Crystals

I wish a had a magic wand that would allow me to say, “STRESS BE GONE!” and I could wave it and “WHOMP!” I’d feel the anxiety, worry and stress wash away from me.

Sadly, I’ve not created that yet. But I can get close with the use of healing crystals. It’s not an instant fix. Healing emotions takes work and intention to make the changes you seek. Crystals partner with those intentions to allow you to work with their energies to find a sense of balance and calm.

So how do I do that???? You might be asking.

How to meditate with healing crystals. A tutorial from Wicked Stones

First, you need to discover a crystal. There are SO many out there, so it can be daunting at times to be able to pick the right one. If you don’t already have a favourite book or website you use, feel free to check out my site at Wicked Stones where I have a list of healing crystals and their healing properties. Read up on the healing properties and see how you feel inside. Is there a type of stone or a colour that is calling to you? That just feels right? Then follow that path to see where it leads.

Once you have your crystal, it’s time to work with it. I’m jumping ahead a few steps here as there are going to be more posts on how to cleanse your gemstones and connect with it. An effective way of dealing with stressful situations, moods and situations, is to use breathing techniques for calmness while having your crystal with you. You may be wearing it around your neck or holding it in the palm of your hands. It depends on your unique crystal. Find a quiet place that you can sit and spend time alone without being disturbed for a period of time.

Steps for calming your thoughts:

  1. Find a place where there are few distractions – you can even choose to go to your car if you have one just to find a bit of peace.
  2. Turn off or mute your phone. Don’t worry, it wont be for long.
  3. Hold your crystal in the palm of your hand OR if it’s a jewelry piece, ensure you are touching it.
  4. Find a comfortable position.
  5. Take a few moments to bring about a state of relaxation by taking a deep breath through your nose, expanding your lungs and diaphragm.
  6. Hold the breath for a few seconds.
  7. Slowly exhale through your mouth. Do this several times until you feel relaxed.
  8. As you are breathing, allow the energy from the crystal to align with you and give you a touch point to focus on.
  9. Feel the stone’s energy (calming flows, soothing, stability or whatever the crystal you are using helps you with). Allow it to align with your intentions as you breathe in and out. For worry, anxiety and stress, allow the crystal’s calming vibrations to flow through you and release the negative energy.
  10. Continue to breathe and visualize this calm energy flowing through you.
  11. If you sense negative energy coming to the surface in your thoughts, try to visualize this energy as a colour or shape and allow it to flow out of you and gently into the ground. Give it time to flow from you as you no longer need it to support your intention of peace.
  12. Try to do this for at least five minutes to release tension.
  13. When you are done, take a moment to rest before getting up. Too quickly, and your balance may be off. Open your eyes and bring your breathing back to normal.
  14. A quick tip to help restore balance before standing up, is to put the palms of your hand on the ground and release the energy you have been working with and say “thank you for your help.” Think of tree roots and how they reach into the ground and allow anything excess you don’t need to support you in your calmer mood, to go back to the earth.
  15. Wait until you feel a bit more alert and ready to continue on with your day.

 You can find peace.  You can embrace serenity and calm.  Release that which no longer is helping you. 

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Crystals for worry, stress and anxiety at Wicked Stones in Canada

Yule Christmas Sale

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Here’s just a small tiny post.. a shout out… to let everyone know that I’m having a Yule Christmas sale for the next few weeks on my website.

You’ll perhaps discover a gorgeous crystal or handcrafted healing gemstone jewelry peice or a gift for someone who would love to work with a healing stone or wear a piece of one of a kind jewelry.

Cheers everyone and thank you!

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A Guide to using Calming and Relaxation Crystals.

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Today I woke up tired.

The cats had me up.  The humidity was awful. I just woke up cranky and needing several cups of Java to pick me up.

Had I been thinking? I might have reached over and tucked a piece of Rutile Quartz under my pillow last night.

Rutile Quartz healing crystal by wicked stones in Canada

So what’s a Rutile Quartz and why do I want to use it?

Rutile quartz crystals have a very calming effect on the mind.  They allow you to tap into your intentions of relaxation and feel calmer.  They are super great for when stress is getting to you and you just need to remember to relax and breath – one, two three, I CAN DO THIS!  This is one of many types of relaxation and calming crystals that I have available on my website. Feel free to click here if you’d like to see more.

Let’s dispel a myth for a second here:  Crystals are not instant fixes. You can’t just put one on and go AH, see? Now I’m better! They can, however, work quickly, if you have used them before and are in the habit of how to connect with their energies.  I’d love to tell you that you can tuck one under your pillow and WHAMMO BLAMMO you have instant sleep! But, you do need to work a bit with the stone first.

Step 1:  Sit with your crystal and look at it.  This is called “getting to know” your crystal or “connecting with it”.  Roll it in your hands, look at it, touch it.  Really look at it and discover its beauty, it’s nooks and crannies, its faults or bumps.  This is your new companion as you start your new journey.

Step 2:  Tell the crystal what you want it to do for you.  This is called “charging” your stone.  You are announcing to yourself, the universe and to the crystal that this is its job.  For Rutile Quartz, announce (tell, charge) the stone by saying something like this:  “You are going to help me to relax.  You are going to help me to let go of my busy thoughts.  When I hold you in my hands, I WILL feel relaxed.  I will be able to let go of my thoughts. I CAN relax. I can put away my busy thoughts!”  (Use whatever words you feel are right.) Do this every day for a while.  Pick a time where your day is quiet and you won’t be interrupted for a few moments.  If you meditate, you can do this at the same time.

Step 3:  Relax.  Put your stone where it’s going to be kept at night (under your pillow, while you are wearing it, etc) and let your mind accept that this is your new partner, friend or companion with your goals.  Now and then during the day, think about your stone and how it’s going to be there for you when you need it.  If you are wearing it? Touch it now and then and remember for a few seconds that this crystal is going to help you when you are going through some tough times ahead.  It is powerful. It is strong and it will be there for you.

Step 4: When needing to relax, use your crystal.  Hold it in your hands, touch it, stroke it and know that it can help you to relax and let go of busy thoughts (if this is the case).  As you are doing this say in your mind (or out loud if you’d like) something like: “I am relaxing. I am calm. 1.2.3.4.etc… I am going to let go of my thoughts that bother me.”  And whenever those busy thoughts get to you? Try the same thing.  After a while you will feel the connection between your crystal and how it works with you knowing you are focusing your intentions and using the crystals energy to help you.

Does this always work?

This technique works with a LOT of people as you are making a change with your mind to alter your thought patterns (when it come to relaxation for example). But not everyone will be successful.  There may be outside influences or chemistry in the body that just doesn’t allow for some changes to be made.

There is no set time limit on how long it will take for you to be able to access the healing crystal’s energy. It may be immediate or it may take you longer time.  Some individuals are very connected to the energy around them and will feel the effects sooner, while others struggle with accepting that a “stone” can help them at all. I have had clients who have immediately been drawn to a crystal and known that “THIS IS THE ONE! YES!”  I’ve talked to others who just didn’t get it at all.  “Its a stone man… a rock.  Period. End of story.”  And that’s okay.  Some individuals just are not able to connect with this type of healing and need their own style of relaxation techniques.  If this is the case for you? Perhaps you have a friend who could use your crystal.  All it needs is a little cleansing and it’s good to move on to it’s new home.

Wicked Stones Healing crystal
Relax, have an awesome day.

Cheers!

Wicked Stones

Calm those naggy thoughts! How to use Amethyst crystals

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Bills.. dishes.. let the dog out.. did I let the dog out?  bills…. paperwork.. taxes.. where did I put that receipt? Did I unplug the flat iron? Oh damn, my laundry is still in the wash and it’s 10pm! Ugh.. did I let the dog out on time? Oh I hope she does not pee on the floor..  Is the house on fire? I’m sure I unplugged the flat iron!..

UGH! We all get this.. the nagging thoughts that get in our way when we are trying to do something quiet and calm with our minds and bodies.  In this case, you could try working with a piece of Amethyst to see if it may help you to soothe those thoughts and focus on what you are trying to accomplish.

If you have a piece you are ready to work with, try closing your eyes, relaxing and letting the stone connect with you.  Feel it in your hands (if you are holding it) or let it touch your skin if it’s a piece of jewelry.  Take a few minutes to breath deeply and let those daily stresses leave you and sink back to Mother Earth (it’s okay, any negative energies won’t hurt the earth, it’s there for you to release them so you can heal and move on.)  It may take more than once or twice to feel a difference, but every time you meditate or relax, try to caress or feel the stone and allow it to partner with you to filter down those busy-bee-babbling-inner-thoughts.  After a while you may suddenly be aware that you *are* relaxed and calm.

I often will use  Amethyst when I am doing my Yoga practices as it helps me to block out all those naggy thoughts – like exactly the ones you see above!) LOL… and yes it does help me. I’ve talked with other clients over the years who have also had great success with this type of healing crystal.  It may be worth a try if you are having trouble with those rambling thoughts like this.

I do try to keep this crystal in stock in my shop at Wicked Stones as it’s a regular one that folks end up picking up.  If you don’t see any? Send me a note and I’ll get right back to you if we have any in the shop just waiting to get put up.

You can relax..  you can let go of all the muddle fuddle in your mind and focus..