Using Crystals for Energy Healing
Many believe that crystals possess vibrational energy fields that can interact with human energies. In this guide, you'll learn why some people believe that crystals have the ability to balance and cleanse energy, and why you might consider making them part of your meditation and wellness rituals.
The Unique Magic of Crystals
Crystals, according to certain spiritual traditions and alternative healing practices, are said to transmit and amplify energy because of their unique internal structure. Every crystal contains a unique arrangement of atoms and molecules, which oscillates or vibrates at a certain frequency.
Proponents of crystal healing believe that each crystal resonates with a particular energetic frequency. These frequencies can interact with the frequencies of human energy fields or chakras. For example, rose quartz is believed to resonate with the energy of love and emotional healing — so it's associated with the heart chakra.
Cleansing & Charging Your Healing Crystals
The practice of cleaning or charging crystals is based on the belief that these stones, like all objects, can accumulate energy from their surroundings. This energy can be positive or negative, depending on the environment and interactions the crystal experiences. Over time, it's believed that this accumulated energy could potentially disrupt the crystal's natural vibrations and compromise their healing potential.
Cleaning (also known as clearing or cleansing) your crystals is a technique used to refresh and purify their energies, removing any unwanted or residual energy accumulated over time. It's considered a re-set for the crystal, returning it to its natural state, ready to work optimally.
Charging, on the other hand, is believed to enhance the crystal's energies, often aligning them to particular intentions or desires. This process doesn't add energy, rather it primes or optimizes the existing energies in line with a specific purpose. Various methods are used to charge crystals, like sunlight, moonlight, burying in the earth, and even placing with other crystals.
If you'd like to learn more about charging and cleansing crystals, check out our Guide to Cleansing and Charging Crystals with the Full Moon. If you're curious about the best crystals to charge under the moonlight, see our guide The Best Crystals to Charge Under the Moonlight.
Balancing Your Energy with Crystals
When a crystal is placed on or near a person, it's believed that its vibrational energy can interact with the human energy field, helping to balance, enhance, or unblock it. This is based on the principle of energetic resonance; the theory that when two energetic systems vibrate at different frequencies, they will naturally synchronize to resonate at the same frequency.
While this is a deeply held belief for some, it's important to note that the above explanation is not grounded in conventional scientific evidence. The effectiveness of crystal healing as a practice hasn't been definitively proven in scientifically controlled studies, and is often considered pseudoscientific. Preference towards crystal healing is largely individual and often tied to personal beliefs about spirituality and wellness.
