For thousands of years, crystals have been used to bring good energy and protection into people’s lives. Many believe that crystals have innate healing and protective powers that can shield your body, mind and spirit from negative energy and influences. By learning how to select and properly use the right crystals, you can create an environment that feels uplifting, inspiring, and protected.
Choose the Right Crystals
There are many crystals that are known for their protective qualities. Some top choices to consider are:
- Black Tourmaline – This is one of the most powerful protective stones. It creates a shield around your body that repels and transmutes negative energy. It also grounds you and connects you to the energy of the earth.
- Amethyst – Amethyst provides spiritual protection. It’s calming energy can help counteract negativity from stress, fear and anxiety. It also enhances intuition.
- Clear Quartz – This versatile crystal amplifies energies of other stones around it. When combined with black tourmaline or amethyst, clear quartz strengthens their protective qualities.
- Black Obsidian – This stone creates a shield against psychic attacks and negative energy. It blocks energy that doesn’t serve you.
- Smoky Quartz – Smoky quartz dissolves negative energy and also brings grounding energy. It can protect you from bad vibes and environmental pollution.
- Labradorite – This iridescent crystal keeps the aura clear, balances energies, and prevents energy leakage. It shields the aura and blocks negativity.
Choose crystals that appeal to you and feel right. Go with your intuition. Pay attention to color – darker colored stones tend to have more protective grounding energy.
Cleanse and Charge the Crystals
Before using your crystals, you want to cleanse them of any stagnant or negative energies they may have picked up. There are several ways to do this:
⦁ Soak them in sea salt overnight then rinse
⦁ Hold under running water
⦁ Place in sunlight or moonlight
⦁ Use sound to clear them by ringing a singing bowl over them
⦁ Bury them in rice, sand or earth for 24 hours
⦁ Burn sage, palo santo or incense and let the smoke encompass them
Once cleansed, you’ll want to charge up your crystals with positive energy and purpose. You can charge them in sunlight, under the moon, or even hold them during meditation to infuse them with intention.
Set Up a Crystal Grid
One of the best ways to benefit from the protective qualities of crystals is to set up a crystal protection grid in your home or office. A grid strategically places crystals so their energies radiate and combine to create a shield.
Choose a central stone to anchor the grid like black tourmaline. Then place your other crystals in a shape – circle, square, hexagon, cross – around the center stone. The ideal shape is a circle which emits energy in all directions.
You can make a small grid with just a few stones or get elaborate with more stones and bigger shapes. Place your grid in a central spot where its energy can spread through the room. You may want to include more than one kind of protective crystal. Always use an odd number of stones in the outer part of the grid shape.
Use the crystals in the grid that you feel most connected to and that you sense will have the most potent protective capacity for your space. Trust your intuition. Also consider the meaning behind shapes – circles represent wholeness, squares symbolize stability, triangles aid manifestation.
Manage the Energy
Once your grid is in place, spend some time meditating near it and focus your thoughts on the protective qualities you wish to cultivate in your space. Visualize protective white or golden light filling and radiating out from the grid. You can even state affirmations for protection out loud.
Whenever you feel the need for extra protection, sit quietly by your crystal grid and imagine it creating an impenetrable shield around you and your environment. You can place other crystals not in the grid nearby when you meditate or carry them with you. Holding a protective stone during meditation can help amplify its energies.
Over time, cleanse and recharge the crystals in your grid. You may also need to rearrange them or choose new ones. Pay attention to which crystals feel like they need to be replaced or purified. Go with the flow and trust your own senses. The more you work with your crystal grid, the stronger its protective powers will become.
Use Crystals with Intention
Crystals work best when you use them with focus, intention and consistency. Identify your specific needs for protection – shielding from stress, negative emotions, outside influences etc. Hold your crystals during quiet meditation and visualize them creating a buffer between you and whatever you wish to avoid or dispel.
Speak to your crystals and ask them to protect you as needed. Carry them with you in a pouch or pocket. Let protective stones like black tourmaline absorb any bad vibes around you. They can be cleansed and reused. Repeat positive affirmations related to safety and security when handling your crystals.
Trust that the crystals you are drawn to using will support greater protection, purity and positivity in your life. Be consistent working with them and be grateful for their energy.
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