Rocks typically don’t come to mind when talking about wellness, but healing crystals have experienced something of a mainstream renaissance in recent years. According to their proponents, healing stones contain powers which promote mental, physical and spiritual wellness.

Traditional concepts underpinning this practice include chi (pronounced chee) and the seven chakras or energy vortices found throughout the body; however, there is no scientific proof supporting these claims.

Obsidian

Obsidian is a healing crystal known for its strong connection to Earth energy and ability to promote personal transformation. Used for meditation to ground and soothe the mind, absorb negative energies, and offer support during times of instability, it also plays an integral part in healing rituals to ward off emotional trauma or help us move beyond past experiences.

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Moonstone

Moonstone is an exquisite feminine energy stone, celebrated for its connection with lunar cycles and healing properties. Moonstone can help reduce emotional swings, promote fertility and enhance intuition while protecting travellers especially on nighttime or water journeys.

Moonstone can open our hearts to compassion, helping those who feel disconnected to regain feeling in their lives. Additionally, this gemstone teaches how to trust intuitive guidance while heightening psychic awareness.

Moonstone can be especially beneficial to those born under the zodiac sign of Virgo. Additionally, it brings balance, harmony, and inner strength for those under Libra or Scorpio. Moonstone also believed to provide protective energies when working in professions where emotions may be put at risk such as police work, military duty, rescue services work, therapy services and similar fields. Moonstones associated with Wednesday full moon can bring harmony to relationships as well as promote self-love and acceptance of ones self and others.

Bloodstone

Bloodstone stands out with its dramatic red flecks, giving the impression of being harvested from an epic battlefield. Bloodstone has long been recognized for increasing intuitive awareness, making it an excellent tool for meditation and mindfulness practices. Furthermore, its spiritual qualities may enhance spiritual connections while opening up deeper understandings of life’s purpose.

Bloodstone can be used as an amulet against negative energies and to promote personal strength. In the Middle Ages, warriors and athletes often used it as an talisman due to its power to increase physical endurance and strength.

Make sure that when shopping for bloodstone, which is a type of chalcedony with a deep green body color and distinctive red spots, that you are buying an authentic piece. Beware of opaque hematite or other red-tinged chalcedonies being sold as bloodstone; these do not share its properties.

Citrine

Citrine is an energetic gemstone that resonates with the Solar Plexus chakra, providing warmth, clarity, self-worth, creativity, success and abundance.

Citrine is a type of quartz with its golden hue coming from trace amounts of iron. Since natural citrine is quite rare, most citrine sold commercially is produced through heat-treating amethyst or smoky quartz crystals.

Coral is an extremely durable gemstone (ranking 7 on the Mohs scale), yet vulnerable to damage. To minimize this risk, avoid direct sunlight, high temperatures and sudden temperature changes as much as possible and consider getting jewelry insurance to prevent scratches or dings from occurring.

Rose Quartz

Rose Quartz is an acclaimed healing crystal known for improving circulation, increasing neuron connectivity, and decreasing stress levels. Rose Quartz can also aid emotional healing through encouraging love, compassion and personal fulfilment.

Rose quartz is associated with the heart chakra and can serve as an effective tool for self-love. It helps break down barriers of isolation and mistrust between you and others and cultivates feelings of love within yourself and can reawaken innate trust between individuals.

Rose Quartz can help nourish both the soul and heart. Placing it under your pillow may facilitate deeper sleep. Or use this gentle gem as the center of a crystal grid with other healing stones or in our comforting chakra worry stones.