Healing Friends

I had an interesting experience the other day that I’d like to share with you. There’s been a lot of illness around me lately and I’ve seemingly been fighting off coughs and colds for months now. So in other words, I’ve been a bit run down!

I had a friend round the other day and I was feeling a bit ropey but trying not to give in. Now my friend is one of those people that has an endless energy, a warm and friendly manner and people seem to be just drawn to her like she was a real log fire on a rainy cold day! I love the fact that she just seems to emanate this energy and doesn’t have to try, but I must admit on this day I was kind of struggling to do her visit justice.

She was talking away as I flopped down on the sofa and as she chatted, she reached out for a piece of amethyst and just caressed it absentmindedly. Almost immediately I started to perk up! It wasn’t a burst of energy or anything like that, more of a sense of calm and release washing over me. I was certainly more up for a natter.

I wanted to share this with you as I was interested in effect that someone with such loving and warm energies can have, a natural healing ability. Because someone else has handled my amethyst I should now cleanse the energies and neutralise them. In fact, I have left the piece she touched by my bed!

Chrysolla and compassion

When you’re feeling a little low yourself it can sometimes be hard to find the compassion and understanding that you should for others. It’s not that you don’t care of course, but just that you feel pressured or stressed and maybe not up to offering them your best help.

This is where chrysolla will come to your rescue. By calming you and helping you centre you will feel all the better equipped to provide gentle encouragement or support without feeling vulnerable to absorbing too much of the energies of the other person. For this reason I always find chrysolla to be a little like meditation! So use this crystal to sooth yourself before visiting someone or even leave it nearby to you as you talk.

How and Why Do Crystals Work?

How do crystals work, why do they work and how do I make them work for me?

The first point that needs to be made is that no one truly knows the answer to this question and it can at times be a controversial but exciting debate! The second point is that I am no scientist, which should come as no surprise to you.

But a quick summary of the scientific side is that it is to do with energies and vibrations. All objects and solid matter are said to be constantly vibrating at an atomic level and this includes both crystals and us!

We are obviously more complex beings than gemstones and this is why our vibrations and energies will get out of whack from time to time. Anything from illness to stress can put a strain on ours systems. By placing the crystals around us, we are absorbing their vibrations and rectify ours, put it all back into back into place.

In order to get crystals to work for you there are a few methods that you may want to try. Firstly, just by having them around you! This is simple but still affective. The vibrations will be further away from you but will be there all the same. So if you are short on time or just need a constant dose, then just place them around your home in the

To keep crystals close to you is also a very calming and therapeutic method. This can be done with jewellery and also by placing stones in your bag or around your desk at work.

I also wrote previously about using chakra points. This will help you to hone in on the areas that are causing you the most trouble and work directly with them.

Mostly, I feel that crystals work by you being open to them. By letting in the energies and forming what you could even describe as a bond with them, you will benefit all the more.

Chris x

Another Article! This one on healing crystals and chakras

Hi there,

Another article that I thought you may possibly be interested in. In it I briefly outline the uses of healing crystals and give some suggestions on what gemstones should be used in conjunction with which chakras.

Chris xx