This is the complete Healing Crystals Guide, including all the info you need whether you're a beginner or intermediate to using crystals for improving your health. This guide includes how to use them, their meanings, associated chakras, and where to buy them.
When I first heard about healing crystals becoming a “thing” in the wellness industry, I had a major eye roll moment. I’m talking a major eye roll moment. Looking back, I think I was actually offended that anyone would bring such a hippy-dippy concept to my attention.
Then I listened to a podcast on the topic of crystal healing that shifted my entire perspective.
I learned that crystal healing is a powerful technique founded on quantum physics – not hippy or witch-y beliefs. Even without understanding all of the specifics myself, with just a bit of education, I could see that this was a powerful technique I’d been eye rolling, and I was doing my community a disservice by ignoring it.
So I did more research, I conducted N=1 tests, and I even interviewed a crystal healing expert for my wellness podcast You can listen to that episode here – it's a great healing crystals guide in audio form!
You could say that 1 year ago, I “drank the kool-aid”. Here I am today, still drinkin’ it.
The rest of this article was written to break down how healing crystals work, how to use them, how to choose them, and which crystals are best for various healing modalities.
All in all – this your complete healing crystals guide.
What is crystal healing?
Crystal healing is the practice of using crystals with specific properties and vibrational frequencies to enhance your healing journey (I share more below on exactly how this works).
Crystals have been used in ancient cultures as sources of healing energy and the practice of crystal healing is rising in popularity again. Crystal healing can be an in-depth ritual utilizing specific crystals to call in different energies, or it can simply mean incorporating crystals into your current lifestyle and routines.
How do healing crystals work?
Everything in our universe is made up of energy.
Everything–from your body, to an electronic device, to crystals–vibrates at a certain frequency. These frequencies are unique from object to object. For example, each internal organ in your body vibrates at it’s own specific frequency.
Even your thoughts vibrate at a certain frequency.
Now when you’re physically out of vibrational alignment due to illness or imbalances, healing brings you back into vibrational alignment.
Crystals healing can help bring you back into alignment because the crystals hold certain energies.
Humans have what is called the subtle energy body, known as your energy field, aura, or auric body. Humans are nature, and our systems and organs have optimal vibrational frequencies.
Crystals are also nature, from the Earth, so when you connect with these natural and stable frequencies, they help your body to find alignment with it’s optimal frequency.
Energy fields and vibrational frequencies?
Keep in mind crystals are actually all around you right now.
Quartz is in nearly every piece of technology, including the phone or computer on which you’re reading this post. A portion of our Earth’s crust is composed of quartz, and quartz has been used for centuries for protection and positivity.
Interested in more info on this? Check out Conscious Lifestyle Mag and Energy Muse.
What to do with healing crystals
As part of a healing routine, crystals can enhance positive outcomes. However, using your healing crystals involves more than simply wearing, holding, or being around them. You must be willing to actually interact with them physically and mentally.
Giving your crystals an intention is an important part of crystal healing. Also known as ‘programming’ your crystals, setting an intention for your crystals amplifies their energy and attracts your desires to you.
Be clear about what you want. Crystals hold the thoughts and frequency you give to them, so you have to tell them what you want.
You can program your crystals using a ritual involving smudging (cleansing with the smoke from white sage), mantras, and prayer. Alternatively, you can simply voice your intention aloud to your crystals and then give each its specific purpose.
Crystals can take your spiritual practice to the next level. Incorporate them into any devotional or self-care routines you already have, or create some based around your crystals!
Meditating with your crystal in your hand or balanced on the part of your body that needs healing is highly effective at amplifying your healing energy.
You can also create a crystal grid, use your crystals in chakra balancing, wear them as jewelry, and place them in specific parts of your home. For example, place shungite near your WiFi router to help diminish EMFs or amethyst near your meditation cushion to enhance your manifesting.
Using a pendulum, which is a pointed crystal on the end of a chain, can provide amazing insight and help you make decisions.
Keep reading for the complete healing crystals guide to see how to choose them and which crystals align with your goals!
How to choose a healing crystal
The best way to choose a crystal is to let your intuition guide you. Trust yourself to know what you need! If you feel drawn to a particular crystal immediately, take that as a cue that your intuition is speaking to you.
This is why purchasing crystals in person is optimal. Holding a crystal in your hand can give you powerful insight on what you need. Other than your intuition, educating yourself on the unique properties different crystals possess can help guide you in choosing the best crystals for you.
Identify what you wish to call in or achieve. What is it that you want to heal? What is it that you want to feel? Once you’re clear on what you want, seek out crystals that align with your goals.
Your Complete Healing Crystals Guide
Clear quartz
Metaphysical healing properties
Clear quartz is best known as an amplifier. It easily connects with your intentions and with the properties of other stones, which is why I'm including it first in this healing crystals guide!
Physical healing properties
Clear quartz has been associated with the circulatory and immune systems. Headaches, migraines, vertigo, and metabolism can all be aided by clear quartz. It’s also known as an energy enhancer!
Associated chakra
While clear quartz easily connects with all chakras and can be used to heal any imbalanced chakras, it is also associated with the crown chakra.
What to do with it
Use your clear quartz to amplify the intentions and properties of other crystals, cleanse them, and cleanse yourself of negative energy. Be sure to program your clear quartz immediately, since it easily takes on energies!
Where to buy it
Here and here are great online options.
Aventurine
Metaphysical healing properties
Aventurine is best known for its ability to bring luck and prosperity.
Physical healing properties
Aventurine has a calming and soothing frequency that invites positivity. It’s also excellent for circulation, due to its connection to the heart chakra. Aventurine can be used to protect against EMFs, which makes it one of my personal favorite stones in this healing crystals guide.
Associated chakra
Due to its green color, aventurine is associated with the heart chakra.
What to do with it
Use aventurine in manifestation practices to call in abundance, to soothe frazzled nerves, in heart-opening meditations, and around electronics to reduce your EMF exposure.
Where to buy it
Here is an online resource for aventurine!
Shungite
Metaphysical healing properties
Shungite possesses some powerful healing properties. It is a protective stone that can lend a sense of safety and purification to thoughts and emotions.
Physical healing properties
Shungite is best known for its ability to protect against electromagnetic frequencies from electronics. Shungite is also said to purify water and infuse it with immune-boosting antioxidants.
Associated chakra
Shungite is associated with the root chakra, as it provides a sense of security, purification, and grounding.
What to do with it
Place shungite around your electronics and wear it when you go to work. Meditate with shungite to heal your root chakra and protect against negativity. Make a protective elixir by placing it in water for a while.
Where to buy it
You can buy shungite online here or here!
Citrine
Metaphysical healing properties
Citrine is the stone of abundance, creativity, and positivity. It works best in conjunction with other stones, such as carnelian or orange calcite, to enhance goals and wealth.
Physical healing properties
Citrine is also the stone of sexual fertility. Using citrine to connect with your sacral chakra will enhance sexual and creative fertility. It will also clear energy blocks when connected with your root or solar plexus chakras.
Associated chakra
Citrine enhances root, sacral, and solar plexus chakra healing and can clear energy blocks in all chakras. This makes it one of the more powerful and versatile stones in this healing crystals guide.
What to do with it
Use citrine in manifestation practices to call in abundance and invite wealth. Meditate with citrine placed on your sacral, solar plexus, and third eye chakras to enhance creativity. Conduct a healing ritual to clear energy blocks by placing citrine on your root chakra or solar plexus chakra.
Where to buy it
Keep in mind that much of the citrine on the market is heat-treated amethyst. Real citrine is not rare, but is not as easy to find as some crystals. Real citrine can be found online here or here.
Tourmaline
Metaphysical healing properties
Tourmaline is said to be the gemstone of understanding, self-confidence, and positivity. A powerful energy purifier, tourmaline soothes feelings of fear and inspires compassion.
Physical healing properties
Physically, tourmaline balances the left and right sides of the brain. This can aid in dyslexia and hand-eye coordination. It’s also said to release tension and release energy blockages, which is helpful for stretching and adjustments.
Associated chakra
Tourmaline is associated with different chakras depending on the color of the stone! Black tourmaline, our example for this crystal, is associated with the base chakra.
What to do with it
Place tourmaline near technology to protect against EMF radiation (similar to shungite). Wear tourmaline to protect yourself from negative energy. You can also place tourmaline in each of the four corners of a room to provide powerful energy protection.
Where to buy it
You can find tourmaline online here or here!
Turquoise
Metaphysical healing properties
Turquoise is best known for its ability to protect and soothe. It also aligns your chakras and invites health, wisdom, and abundance.
Physical healing properties
Linked to the element of water, turquoise is a life-giving stone with powerful healing abilities. Turquoise has been used for both physical and spiritual protection for centuries. It’s also the stone of healing, making it perfect to incorporate in your healing journey.
Associated chakra
Due to its healing abilities, turquoise can help bring any chakra into alignment. However, it’s most associated with the third eye and throat chakras for its wisdom-enhancing powers, allowing you to both see and speak the truth.
What to do with it
Be sure to program your turquoise with an intention before using! Similar to quartz, turquoise easily holds memory. Use turquoise when you repeat mantras for healing. You can also carry or wear turquoise for physical and spiritual protection. Meditating with turquoise on your third eye or throat chakras can help you reach and speak your inherent wisdom.
Where to buy it
Online sources of turquoise are here or here!
More info
Click here for more info on turquoise!
Rose Quartz
Metaphysical healing properties
One of the most important crystals to own, rose quartz is best known for its ability to enhance heart-centered consciousness. Simply put, rose quartz is the crystal of love. Rose quartz connects us to our essence of love, helping us to then embrace faith, joy, and confidence.
Physical healing properties
Due to its connection to the heart, rose quartz can help with circulation and strengthen a weak heart.
Associated chakra
Rose quartz is associated with the heart chakra. It’s been suggested that a balanced heart chakra is necessary for other chakras to be in balance. Rose quartz can be a powerful way to align your chakras. As I mentioned earlier with citrine, the versatility with the chakras and rose quartz makes this one of the more powerful stones in this healing crystal guide!
What to do with it
Placing rose quartz in each room of your home can be a reminder of returning to love. Use rose quartz in meditation or chakra healing rituals to attract love, both for yourself and others.
Where to buy it
Here is a great options from Etsy!
More info
Click here for more info on rose quartz, and click here for important info on the heart chakra.
Jade
Metaphysical healing properties
Jade is one of the best crystals for inviting abundance into your life. Due to its connection to the heart chakra, it’s also a powerful stone for connecting to love.
Physical healing properties
Jade is said to have anti-aging properties, and can help reduce wrinkles or poor circulation. A great way to use jade for anti-aging benefits is by using a jade roller! When used on the face and neck, jade rollers stimulate the lymphatic system and increase circulation, thereby protecting against signs of aging.
Associated chakra
Due to its green color, jade is associated with the heart chakra.
What to do with it
Wearing jade as jewelry will serve as a reminder to remain open to love and prosperity. Incorporating a jade roller into your morning routine can reduce puffiness and protect against signs of aging. Jade can also be a great tool for heart chakra healing or meditations.
Where to buy it
Find jade online here!
Amethyst
Metaphysical healing properties
Amethyst is a particularly useful stone and has a variety of healing properties. It's said to bring prosperity, dispel negative energy, and enhance intuition. It also provides protection!
Physical healing properties
Amethyst is helpful for relieving stress and anxiety, which will help your physical health in every aspect.
Associated chakra
Due to its purple hue and its ability to enhance intuition, amethyst is associated with the crown chakra.
What to do with it
Amethyst is a wonderful tool to use in meditation, as it clears negative thoughts and anxiety and connects you to your intuition. You can also bring amethyst with you to the office to protect against negative energy and improve communication.
Where to buy it
You can find amethyst here!
Opal
Metaphysical healing properties
White opal is known for inviting open-mindedness, enhancing sexuality, and generally soothing negative emotions.
Physical healing properties
Opal is linked to purifying the bladder, kidneys, and lymphatic system, and assists in pregnancy and fertility.
Associated chakra
White opal is multicolored, associating it with the crown chakra. Due to its connection with sexuality and fertility, it can also be helpful for sacral chakra healing.
What to do with it
Use opal to stimulate your sacral chakra during your fertility journey. It’s also helpful to use during meditation to help connect to your crown chakra and whatever higher power you recognize.
Where to buy it
You can find opal here or here.
More info
Click here for a guide of all the different types of opals.
I have to say that using crystals during meditation has helped me feel like I’ve elevated my practice. This is the reason why creating a meditation space with crystals was a must when I moved into my new home. Thank you for sharing such an informative guide. 🙂