This guideline will be useful to beginners who wish to explore the healing properties of crystals.
To start off, you may assemble your crystal starter pack according to crystals’ healing properties. Most practitioners would suggest the starter pack to be based on the 7 colors of basic chakras. However, you may also start by healing properties as it allows you to have more choices of stones to work with and effectively harness the healing intention. This framework allows vast growth in crystal healing.
We may start with 3 most basic healing properties - Ground, Clear and Restore.
i) Ground - When one does healing, it is best to be well grounded. This will enable the flow of energy that no longer serves you (i.e. existing or from clearing intention) or excess energies (i.e. from restoration intention) to be drained to Mother Earth. Grounding helps to eliminate the ‘floaty’ feeling, agitation or experiencing cluttered thoughts.
ii) Clear - This allows all the obsolete energies, patterns, perception etc to be cleared, disintegrated from your system. This housekeeping exercise is good as it allows you more clarity in life, and more space to walk your journey.
iii) Restore - Once you have discarded the obsolete, it is then time to heal, restore and purify your energy system. Bask in the Divine’s abundance, you deserve the best. Do not limit yourself, the abundance is limitless.
There are many ways you may work with crystal healing. For a start, we will do something simple.
1) Intuitively pick 2 different stones or you may wish to follow the recommendations below
• Example of crystals for Grounding/ Clearing/ Restoration: Either Snowflake Obsidian, Hematite, Black Tourmaline (Pyramid shaped recommended)
• Example of crystals for Clearing/ Restoration: Either Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Aventurine, Clear Quartz, Sodalite, Howlite or any of the crystals you have.
Trust that the crystals that presents itself to you or most attractive to you at this point in time is the best for you.
(Note that although both categories have duplicate functions, different crystals balance and heal different portions of you and your life. You may start off with 2 crystals and repeat the exercise with other crystals).
2) We will start with simple intentions - HEAL YOUR HEART
(Why the heart? You may refer to related topic http://xanxann.blogspot.com/2011/06/which-chakra-should-i-start-with.html)
Recite the following verse
… I ask for these crystals to be awaken to its utmost power to assist me in my journey, and that this be done for the greatest good
… With the permission of my higher self, I ask that all obsolete energies, patterns, perception (and) etc that no longer serve the purpose of my life be grounded and cleared.
… I ask for these crystals to share forth its healing properties to heal my heart.
… And allow all these to be done for the greatest good.
3) You may place these stones at a place visible to you, carry a crystal around, wear a nicely decorated crystal accessory, meditate with it, place it near where you sleep or etc.
How long do I work with these crystals?
There is no a strict rule or specific timeframe to work with the crystals. The best gauge is your intuition. You may use it once, a few days, months or call upon to reuse the crystal after several months.
As a guide, you may try 7 days (A number to signify a completion of one cycle).
After that you may repeat with :
• A different intention e.g. mental clarity, relationship. You may use the same crystals or different ones. Learn to mix and match, crystal healing is a vast healing wisdom.
• A different pair of crystals to harness different healing properties
