Crystals can help to ease tension and connect you with higher energies during meditation, making crystals a popular tool among yogis and healers.

As different crystals offer different energies, it is essential that you select one suitable to your needs. Here are a few steps to get you started: Cleansing crystals before use is recommended.

Setting an Intention

Crystal energy can help focus your mind and deepen meditative states. However, your intention should always come first in this practice.

Find an intention that resonates with you and is aligned with both short- and long-term goals; such as manifesting abundance or seeking protection.

Programming crystals with intentions is a daily process, so placing them somewhere you’ll see regularly (but that will prevent casual handling by others) supports regular reminders to reinforce them with your goal and make its manifestation easier.

As part of your intention-setting ritual, try placing your programmed crystal on a selenite charging plate overnight, or surrounding it with four clear quartz points in a grid to further strengthen it.

Cleansing

Crystals act like sponges, absorbing both positive and negative energies from their surroundings and acting like magnets for such energies. Over time, however, this accumulation can weaken a crystal’s natural properties and make meditation less effective; for this reason it’s crucial that crystals be regularly cleansed to protect their effectiveness for meditation purposes. To protect them against this potential hazard it is wise to cleanse them regularly to keep the effects at bay.

One method is to pass your crystal through a smoke of sacred herbs such as sage, palo santo or cedar and breathe deeply of their vibrational frequencies that are believed to attach themselves to any unwanted energies and dissipate them.

Another efficient technique for caring for crystals is submersion in salt water. This works best when applied to robust pieces that can withstand moisture exposure.

Visualization

Crystals can be powerful tools for improving meditation by aiding visualization. This method can promote healing, personal growth and spiritual advancement.

As your first step when selecting crystals for meditation, the first step should be stating your intent – be that emotional healing, improved focus or increased intuition and awareness.

Once a crystal has been selected, it can be held both ways using both hands – one to collect positive energy while holding in one’s receptive hand, the other sending it out through other people or future events. Some practitioners use chakra grid layouts for even further targeted healing and an amplified effect.

Meditation should feel effortless; just don’t forget the crystals!

Gratitude

Gratefulness is an powerful emotion that has been scientifically demonstrated to improve both physical and emotional wellbeing. Studies have demonstrated its positive effects on immune responsiveness, sleep quality, developing more empathic relationships with others, encouraging self-care practices and strengthening mental resilience.

Gratitude is a powerful antidote for fear, anxiety and depression. It provides the key to cultivating more joy while nurturing positive thoughts and emotions as well as connecting with higher powers.

Meditation with gratitude crystals like Celestite or Citrine allows you to express your appreciation for all that’s good in life. They’re especially effective at amplifying feelings of appreciation when combined with activities like journaling and daily reflection; group meditation sessions also benefit greatly. Visualization exercises or affirmation repetition strengthens the connection between your intention and the energies contained within these crystals.

Repeating Affirmations

Integrating crystals into your meditation practice means harnessing their energies for visualization and affirmation purposes, aligning thought, energy and emotion with your intentions so you can attract what you seek into your life.

No one should use crystals incorrectly during meditation; however, certain stones are better suited for particular uses than others. Citrine can help manifest abundance because it promotes wealth and positivity; rose quartz may assist with emotional healing by invoking soul-aligning love; while selenite facilitates faster alpha state transition so you can meditate longer.

Combine sound meditation and crystals for maximum manifestation. Allow your intuition to guide your selection of crystals that best match you and your intentions.