Healing Crystals have been popular among people with spiritual beliefs for decades. But in recent years, their popularity in being used for home decoration has sky-rocketed. With the likes of self-confessed Spiritual Queen, Emma Mumford, being a big advocate for healing crystals, more and more people are being influenced into bringing them into their own homes. Not only do they look great around the home, but people are beginning to notice the spiritual effects and positive mental health benefits.
I began using healing crystals almost three years ago and have noticed a positive effect on my mental wellbeing since doing so. I find placing healing crystals around my home to have a really calming influence.
Healing crystals can be purchased as either tumblestones (small, polished crystals), geodes, clusters, points or balls. They are affordable and can be obtained easily from online spiritual shops or Amazon.
Here are 10 healing crystals that you can place around your home to ease anxiousness, all while brightening up your home and adding a touch of spiritual glamour.
Amethyst
One of the first crystals I bought was an Amethyst tumblestone. With pretty purple and grey hues, this crystal is known for providing clarity and calmness. Vibrant and bold, this crystal not only boosts your self-esteem and aura, but when placed around your home it can bring health, happiness and aid relaxation too! Not to mention it adds a pop of colour and opulence to any colour scheme.
Citrine
Citrine is a bright yellow-orange hued translucent crystal. Known to brighten your mood when you feel low, this uplifting crystal is also known bring forth abundance. It’s a brilliant healing crystal packed full of positive energy and perfect for giving you a mood and energy boost!
Eye Of The Storm (Judy’s Jasper)
In hues of blue and/or red, Eye of the Storm is known to stabalise your mood. Known as a stress-reliever, this crystal contains raw energy that promotes a natural detox on many levels. In ‘The Little Book Of Crystals by Judy Hall’ she says that by having this crystal near you “the world becomes lighter, brighter and more balanced.” She also reccomends wearing this crystal to alleviate stress.
Rose Quartz
Arguably the most popular healing crystal out there, Rose Quartz is synonymous with love and affairs of the heart, but commonly overlooked is its ability to invoke and promote self-love. This pale pink crystal is known to calm and soothe, Rose Quartz alleviates anxiousness while promoting self-love and self-care. Rose Quartz also looks beautiful placed around the home, so you’ll be getting all of the healing benefits, while decorating your home!
Selenite
A beautiful milky-white crystal that is connected to the Goddess of the Moon, Selene. Due to the lunar energy that this crystal contains, Selenite can encourage a flow of positive events, and when placed around your home it is known to bring longevity.
Aventurine
Aventurine is a green crystal that is connected to the heart chakra – this means it is great for centring and grounding yourself. Known to ease nerves, reduce stress and stabalise your state of mind, I love to place Aventurine in various places around my home – on my coffee table and on my bedside cabinet.
Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli is a beautiful blue crystal that emits a calming feeling just by looking at it or holding it in your hands. When placed in your bathroom it promotes relaxation, which makes this the perfect crystal to place around your bath or on a bath caddy. Lapis Lazuli is also known to make you feel brighter, commonly assosiated with alleviating feelings of depression. Not only is it great to place in your bathroom, but when placed beneath your pillow it can relieve sleeping problems such as insomnia.
Mookaite
Enhacing positive vibes, Mookaite is a red-yellow hued crystal that is known to comfort you and provide a feeling of a gentle, warm caress – perfect for when you feel lonely or sad. When placed around the home it can inspire creative tendencies, increase confidence and encourage positivity too!
Peridot
Connected to the earth, Peridot is a green-brown hued crystal that brings an air of nature into the home. It is related to the heart chakra, so is grounding which means it is perfect for cleansing your aura. Known to enlighten, Peridot is known to aid spiritual, emotional, mental and spiritual detox, and is great to place around your home!
Black Tourmaline
Known to disperse stress, ground your energy and clear negative thoughts, Black Tourmaline is probably one of the best healing crystals you could possibly invest in. Encouraging positivity, this crystal promotes a clear mindset, self-awareness and compassion. Great for easing anxious thoughts, place Black Tourmaline around your living room, bedroom or keep a tumblestone with you all of the time.
Healing crystals make a great addition to any home – they look beautiful placed in clusters on shelves or coffee tables, all while aiding your mental wellbeing.
Bibliography: The Little Book of Crystals by Judy Hall, and Crystal Tips and Cures by Phillip Permutt.