Crystals and gems can provide powerful protection from external influences, according to NYLON contributor, Best. “All crystals contain protective qualities,” Best tells NYLON.

Black tourmaline–the gold standard of protection crystals–is known to absorb negative energies, dispelling them with ease and transmuting them into positivity. Selenite is another essential gem to protect home environment against harmful energies while clearing away energetic blockages that might otherwise arise.

Wearing Crystal Jewelry

Wearing crystal jewelry as jewelry emits protective energies that can combat negative energies and promote peace. This is particularly true of raw crystals that have undergone minimal human interference and offer stronger metaphysical properties.

Crystals for protection can easily become part of your everyday routine. Best suggests keeping a piece of black tourmaline near your front door to ward off unwanted energies and provide protection. Hematite’s grounding properties help create a sense of security while pyrite (commonly referred to as fool’s gold) acts as an energy booster and confidence builder while helping release negativity and create abundance in life.

Place amethyst wherever you feel overwhelmed to promote feelings of safety and calm. Just make sure your crystals are cleansed regularly, as like other gems they can become vulnerable to heat over time if left exposed directly sunlight for extended periods.

Creating a Crystal Grid

Crystal grids are an effective way of harnessing structured energy around specific goals or intentions. As individual crystals in a grid resonate together, their energies magnify each other, creating a powerful force which will manifest your intentions into reality. There are various popular grid patterns such as Flower of Life or hexagon that you can utilize.

If your goal is to increase positive energy in your home, try installing a grid made from black tourmaline and selenite to act as a protective barrier, transmuting negative energies into positivity. There are also grids tailored specifically to helping children sleep or studying for exams.

Start by selecting the center stone that represents your intention, placing it at the heart of your grid and surrounding it with stones related to each crystal arranged around it ensuring they all connect energetically by drawing an invisible line connecting all crystals around it. Add items of significance such as paper with your intention written on it or even an unbroken twenty-dollar bill under this central stone to increase its potency.

Meditating with Crystals

crystals can add an extra dimension to your meditation practice and help tap into your intuition. Mind chatter can often get in the way of deep meditative states; crystals help quiet this mental chatter, focus attention, and connect to high vibration energy that soothes your soul.

Yogis, shamans, and energy healers from various cultures have used crystals as powerful aids for centuries to enhance intuition and meditative states. When using one for meditation purposes, place the stone before you to anchor the space you’re in before visualizing how its energy merges with your intention for merging together in synergy.

To prepare a crystal for this purpose, first cleanse it by running it under water, placing it in moonlight overnight or smudging with sage smoke, or visualizing its energy being drawn in and stored as light inside itself – sealing in its protective properties in this manner. You may also consider placing protective crystals around your home to form an energetic grid of relaxation and comfort.

Gridding Your Home

If you want to create an effective space for yourself and your loved ones who are experiencing sensitive, soulful awakening, consider gridding your home as part of a ritual to protect it from negative energy or influences and help ensure you feel grounded, safe, balanced and protected as a highly sensitive individual.

Black tourmaline is one of the best protection crystals, serving as an energy absorber that will shield against negative energies. Simply place one near your front door, home office or anywhere else that requires protection.

Add Tiger’s Eye for strength, grounding and safety at home; or Howlite for protection against negative emotions and energies. Once you have four protective stones to work with, visualize them coming together energetically to form a protective grid around your home.