Crystals have long been used in meditation as an aid to increase energy and strengthen spiritual connections, as well as helping ease emotional blockages by helping to release unwanted thoughts or emotions that remain.

To select an ideal crystal for yourself, take some time to determine your areas of focus and select stones that resonate with that intention. Remember that before using your crystals they must first be cleansed and charged properly.

Amethyst

Amethyst is an amethyst is a purple variety of quartz known for its beauty and mysterious properties, making it the birthstone for February. A wearable gemstone with a hardness of 7 makes amethyst suitable for use in most jewelry settings.

Amethyst can help relax the mind and ease stress, helping us access our inner wisdom and spiritual selves more readily. Additionally, amethyst encourages intuition and heightens awareness.

Amethyst opens both the Third Eye and Crown Chakras, stimulating spiritual development and intuition. It can clear away delusion and promote deeper connections to the universe, as well as helping protect against negative energies and increase immunity. Geodes are another good source of amethyst; when cracked open they reveal stunning raw amethyst crystals.

Green Aventurine

Green aventurine encourages personal transformation by dispelling limiting beliefs and fears, inviting luck and prosperity into one’s life. It brings with it opportunity!

Green aventurine stone supports deep connections to nature and the universe during meditation, creating an experience of peace and wellbeing. Furthermore, its energy enhances manifesting and intention setting practices by amplifying efforts.

Physically, green aventurine has long been used to purify and cleanse the body through detoxification and immunity boost. It soothes eyes and vision while relieving strain and fatigue for eye strain relief. By including it in meditation practice, green aventurine can bring more balanced energies to the heart chakra; encouraging self-love and self-compassion while supporting self-care practices such as self-compassion. Regular cleansing (such as using sacred herbs like sage or palo santo for instance) should keep crystals energetically charged and clean and energetically charged for optimal use!

Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz is a form of rock crystal with black hues, also referred to as “gwindel.” It only occurs naturally in igneous rocks, usually dark brown or black in hue. Some dealers make colorless quartz appear smokey by artificially irradiating it with gamma rays before selling it at large fairs.

This specimen of normal habit smoky quartz from the southern Aar Massive in central Switzerland displays the characteristic macromosaic structure found in most slowly formed crystals. Epitactically intergrown with microcline feldspar (var. amazonite) and Giuv Syenite.

Smoky Quartz takes on traits from both Steven and Amethyst as a combined being. They exhibit pride, excitement, carefreeness and self-deprecating humor; all characteristics that reflect their approach towards combatting Corrupted Gems with which they believe fusion to be their only effective strategy.

Black Tourmaline

Black Tourmaline’s energy is grounding and protective, making it an excellent stone to use during meditation. It helps you feel grounded and secure, and can assist in releasing negative thoughts or emotions that obstruct deeper states of awareness.

Selenite can also help release and transform dense energies like fear, anger and guilt into more positive and empowering vibrations. Pair it with moonstone to release emotional heaviness and bring in deep inner healing and spiritual development; or combine both stones for maximum psychic vision clarity.

Integrate black tourmaline into your practice by wearing it, placing a grid with it or holding it during meditation, or cleansing and charging it regularly to maintain its energy purity and effectiveness. Remember to cleanse and recharge it frequently to maintain its effectiveness.

Raw Unpolished Crystals

Crystals are treasured for their primal energy and unpolished raw stones are known to maintain purer vibrations which provide a deeper link with nature’s elements and forces. Such stones can help ground and enhance mindfulness during meditation sessions.

Amethyst, rose quartz and clear quartz crystals offer soothing energies; clear quartz provides clarity; while smoky quartz and black tourmaline grounding force is grounding force; all can serve to increase concentration during meditation sessions and help you achieve more from them. When selecting crystals to use during your practice it’s essential that they align with your intention as well as listen to intuition when selecting suitable stones for meditation practice.

Raw crystals differ from tumbled stones in that their surfaces haven’t been softened by water and don’t feature polished surfaces that have been polished off by water.