The Basics of Crystal Healing

Healing using crystals and minerals is an alternative healing technique that uses stones and crystals as tools to enable healing, whether physical or emotional.  The theory is that gemstones carry vibrational rates.  By placing these vibrational rates within the aura, the vibrational rates of the individual's aura also change. 

A person places crystals on different parts of the body, often corresponding to the chakras.  (In Western philosophy, there are 7 chakras in the body that are thought to vitalize the physical body and to be associated with interactions of a physical, emotional, and mental nature.  The function of the chakras is to spin and draw energy to keep the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health of the body in balance.)  Crystals are placed around the body in an attempt to create an energy grid, which is believed to surround the individual with healing energy.  This healing energy is intended to remove blockages in the aura (the body's electromagnetic field).  The chakras are aligned in an ascending column from the base of the spine (tail bone) to the top of the head.  In New Age practices, each chakra is associated with a certain color.  Oftentimes, the color of the stone used corresponds to the color of the specific chakra.  Beginning with the tail bone and moving up the spine, the colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Some people like to carry crystals around with them in their daily activities to impart the crystal's healing powers to them wherever they go. 

Quartz crystals are often used in crystal healing, but there are innumerable varieties of crystals that are used for their healing properties.

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