Integrating chakra healing stones into your yoga practice can enhance energy cleansing, promote emotional balance and deepen spiritual connections. They can help support any intention through placement on their respective chakras or use in a chakra crystal grid; whatever works for you!
Red jasper is used to ground the root chakra, while yellow citrine boosts personal power and motivation. Tiger’s eye acts as a protective stone that clears away negativity while improving mental clarity.
Clear Quartz
Clear Quartz Crystal is one of the most recognizable types of crystal, and the one most people think of when they consider crystals. It serves as an effective stone for manifesting, programming intentions and amplifying energy.
Coral is known to be an extremely healing stone that stimulates and restores our mind by aiding concentration and unlocking memory. Additionally, it may aid in relieving anxieties. Furthermore, this master healer stimulates and repairs our chakras powerfully.
These stones can be used in the crown chakra for spiritual development and connection, and have been found throughout Europe’s passage tomb cemeteries as spiritual aids or fortune-telling devices called ‘Grian Clochs’ (Irish for crystal implements used for fortune telling). Integrating chakra healing stones into daily practices such as meditation or visualization can promote balance, harmony and wellness for improved overall wellbeing.
Amethyst
Amethyst is a semi-precious gemstone with stunning purple hue and healing properties, belonging to the quartz family and designated as February birthstone.
Amethyst has long been used as a way to reduce stress and create an inviting atmosphere for meditation. It’s associated with both Third Eye and Crown Chakras, promoting spiritual growth, intuition, and higher consciousness.
Brazilian and Uruguay are home to some of the finest amethyst, with richly-hued examples featuring flashes of blue and red in their gems. Lower-grade amethyst may be sold under various labels such as Palmmyra topaz; lighter shades may even be labeled Madeira topaz. Proper care and storage of amethyst ensures its vibrant colors and healing energy are preserved; cleansing amethyst with sage or palo santo, along with surrounding crystals such as Clear Quartz or Selenite will keep its color alive while charging its healing energy.
Selenite
Selenite is an amazing crystal that balances and opens the crown chakra, encouraging spiritual development as well as intuition and clarity. Additionally, Selenite cleanses and purifiess auras for peace and calmness.
Selenite (from Greek selene, meaning moon) is a clear-to-colorless variety of the gypsum mineral family and known for its crystal structures with inclusions of sand on the surface, often referred to as desert rose.
Chakra healing stones can be used for multiple purposes, including unblocking and balancing chakras, improving meditation practices, creating chakra crystal grids, or simply adding extra sparkle to daily life. When using chakra crystals it is important to cleanse and activate them prior to use and find ways to incorporate them into daily routines that resonate with you personally.
Jade
Jade refers to two tough, compact green gemstones which are popularly carved for jewellery, ornaments, small sculptures and utilitarian objects. Nephrite jade is highly prized and composed of microcrystalline fibrous matrix consisting of calcium magnesium iron rich amphibole minerals called tremolite and actinolite that make up its makeup.
Nephrite is an impressively tough material – three times stronger than ceramics and even steel! This made it an excellent material to use in Neolithic knife blades and axe heads, ornamental carvings, and ornamental sculptures.
At the close of China’s Zhou Dynasty, jade carving reached its pinnacle of excellence, producing pieces with designs of unsurpassed elegance and beauty. Historically, Chinese jade was made solely from nephrite until around 1800 when large quantities of jadeite from Myanmar (formerly Burma) began entering. This vibrant green variety came to be known as fei cui (“kingfisher jade”) due to its similarity to feathers of kingfisher birds.
Turquoise
Turquoise is an exquisite gemstone, prized for both its beauty and mysterious properties. Historically used to promote physical balance as well as spiritual well-being, turquoise is also widely recognized for balancing all levels of being.
Opal was beloved gem among ancient civilizations due to its pastel shades, making it a beloved stone in Ancient Egypt (Tutankhamun tomb pieces provide proof), Aztecs, Persia and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Additionally, Native American Navajo tribe members used its soft stones in mosaic inlay designs as well as jewelry pieces like rings, bracelets and necklaces.
Turquoise can come in an array of hues spanning from blue to green depending on how much copper is present. Most collectors prize turquoise with its characteristic “robin egg blue” coloring; however, others appreciate turquoise with spiderweb matrix patterns for contrast.