I am far from a crystal expert, but I have been using crystals in my practice since the beginning. I’ve found that my practice with crystals has mostly been an intuitive one and I work with what I’m drawn to. I know there are true crystal witches out there who understand the specifics of why we might be drawn to certain crystals to heal or work with certain areas, but this post will be from my own experience. As always, feel free to take what resonates and trash what doesn’t. <\/p>
One of the first things I did when working with crystals is simply holding ones I was drawn to while doing meditation practices. I’d holding crystals or put them in my space to support me while in meditation. I’ve found that crystals help ground me, keep me focused, and also channel energy for me while in meditation. <\/p>
I started my spiritual journey through reiki – so I was really pulled to use crystals that matched the energy centers. While sending reiki to different energy centers I’d be drawn to pull a crystal that I associated to it. An example of this might be placing an amethyst on your third eye chakra can enhance intuition and clarity.<\/p>
I’ve used crystals throughout my home – each area with crystals having a different purpose. I have a blue kyanite piece next to where I give a lot of presentations for work, I have selenite next to my bed, and I generally have a piece of garnet next to where I do my money manifesting work. You can arrange crystals on an altar, desk, or bedside table to invite serve different purposes.<\/p>
This one I do less these days, but I often wore crystal necklaces or shoved crystals in my bra depending on what energy I was calling in and what crystal I was drawn to. When I first was opening up about my spiritual experiences I wore a blue kyanite necklace all the time. When I started doing readings I wore amethyst. Wearing crystal jewelry allows you to carry the crystal’s energy with you throughout the day and help to align with your intentions and needs.<\/p>
Colors impact the crystal’s energy and our intentions around it. Here’s some examples of what colors might mean for different crystals:<\/p>
I personally am often drawn to raw crystals but there’s lots of different shapes crystals come in and are shaped into. The shape of a crystal can influence how its energy is directed and utilized:<\/p>
I hope this gave you some ideas on how to get started with adding in crystals for your own practice. Remember, you don’t have to know what each crystal is ‘supposed’ to do (you certainly can though!) in order to work with them – you can intuitively work with what you’re called to and how you’re called to work with the crystal. If it doesn’t work how you wanted, switch up what you did and play with the energy of different crystals. <\/p>