How to Use Gemstones for Healing Purposes

Gemstones have first risen to popularity during the 1970s, and all the hype surrounding them has dwindled down a bit until recently. Crystal healing using Jade Jewelry has made a resurgence in the past few years, with celebrities like like Cara Delevingne, Bella Hadid, Kim Kardashian, and Adele raving about their calming, fortune bringing and healing properties onto their audience and into the whole world. Needless to say, gemstones have made a full comeback. 

But, all of that being said, how do you even use them? Well, by diving into this article - you are going to find out.

Even though the allure of healing crystals is pretty difficult to ignore, it can also be difficult to understand what they're meant to do, where you can find them, and how you can use them. Now, let’s answer a few of the basic questions so that we can talk about healing crystals in more detail.

Healing gemstones are crystals that represent a tool that is said to work with your energy field - it correlates to it, absorbs the negative energy, as well as focus and direct positive aspects of your energy. Crystals have existed on this planet far before any human, and their structure, timelessness, beauty, and mysticism are a few out of many different reasons for why people are drawn to them. 

Basically, this is a term that applies to a certain type of therapy that involves placing different gemstones either on your body or in nearby places around which you circulate frequently in order to help, most easily put - draw out negative energy, or enhance the positive energy.

Now that we got the basics covered, let’s talk about how you should use these gemstones, as well as how to choose them.

When it comes to choosing the right gemstone, there is no rule book - and the easiest way to approach when choosing the right one is by following your intuition. When you look at the gemstone, are you drawn to it? Does it evoke something in you? Or does it just make you feel some type of way that you can’t quite pinpoint? If so, that is definitely a gemstone for you. 

Although if you are a beginner, there are some “starter packs” that can help you get started since different types of gemstones yield different properties and can help you channel different types of energy. How so? Well, Reiki healing crystals are stones that are used to amplify the channeling of energy that boost your awareness, Blue lace agate is a popular healing stone for squelching anxiety and feeling overwhelmed, rose quartz is known as the love stone, helping to enhance one's sense of self-love, and so on. So, if you want to approach gemstones more practically than intuitively, you should turn to do a bit of research to know which one is for you.

There is no right or wrong way when it comes to using healing crystals. As we all are different people, different will be the interaction of our energies with the same crystal. So, the key point is intuition. Some common ways of using the crystals are to meditate upon them while holding them, to wear them, to put them in your bath, and the list goes on and on. You can try out different things, and just follow what works for you the most.

Well, it would be best to keep them close, but there are no rules when it comes to where exactly. You can wear them as a necklace or as a bracelet, or you can put them in your pocket, your bag, wherever you like! Surely, this applies to smaller crystals, but what about bigger ones? The thing is, the bigger the crystal, it’s believed that the bigger is its capacity as well, so, if you opt for a bigger crystal, you can store them pretty much anywhere in your house - although, it would be preferred to keep them where there is more sunlight.

The biggest misconception when it comes to gemstones is when people expect them to "work" in a matter of days or even hours, without doing pretty much anything. Crystals really aren't a magic potion – nor such a thing even exists. They don't put a magic spell on you. Rather, they enhance the work you're already doing and help you in ways that can make you more capable to succeed at whatever you are doing, but you have to put in some work yourself. So, when you make a choice to change the way you think or stretch yourself emotionally and mentally, crystals are something that can help with that, but you need to make that choice first and act on it.

In the end, it all comes down to listening to the guidance of your own intuition. There are many different ways to use healing crystals and endless options when it comes to choosing them - but don’t let this overwhelm you. Crystals are a very powerful way to help you become more empowered because they encourage you to focus on yourself and take time for yourself so that you can get on track with whatever you want to create in your life.