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With so much going on, it’s bound that we might experience some mental and physical stress, but there are plenty of things we’re able to do to help lower it. Crystals are one amazing way to help reduce stress and the good part is you don’t even have to do anything to absorb their energy. We’ve put together a list of crystals that you may even have in your collection right now to help reduce anxiety for yourself and those around you. Even if it’s not these ones, every kind of crystal contributes positively to us in some way, so no matter which ones you have, you know you’re getting benefits. Plus, what better way to reduce some stress than browsing local shops for beneficial finds?

Luckily there’s a lot of other ways you can help reduce our stress like:

  • Meditating
  • At-home yoga
  • Reading, journaling
  • Talking to friends & family
  • Cleaning, organizing
  • Going off-line
  • Cooking healthy drinks & eats

Here’s some top crystals that help reduce stress and the chances of it happening no matter what’s going on around us are:

Lepidolite  

When we focus on the present a lot of our stress disappears because we’re not worried about all of the “what if’s” and Lepidolite is perfect for that. It a good crystal during transitioning times because of its supportive balancing and nurturing energies. Lepidolite can also help heal other emotional stresses like anger and feeling overwhelmed, by creating a harmonious environment.

Chakras: Crown, Third Eye, Heart & Throat

Product: Lepidolite Tumbled Stones from The Rock Store

Amethyst  

Like it’s soothing violet colour, Amethyst works to calm our nervousness and turns it into positivity, making us more productive. It’s peaceful properties make it a great stone for meditation. This purple delight, also helps with work-related stress, so you can keep some with you at work or come home to it and relax.  

Chakra: Crown

Product: Dainty Meditation Bracelet | Amethyst from Lisa Maxwell Jewelry

 

Celestite 

Our sleep sadly can suffer when we’re stressed because we’re tossing and turning and we’re thinking way too much, which is when this crystal kicks in. Celestite creates a peaceful sleep because of its healing, grounding and soothing properties, so putting it beside your bed is a good option. It also works to help us connect and communicate Guardian Angelswhich in times of need can help us by bringing in guidance and inner peace.

Chakras: Throat & Crown

Product: Celestite Air Plant Holder from Pine Flora

 

Black Rainbow Carborundum/ Rainbow Carbide   

Black Rainbow Carborundum is super useful in calming racing thoughts that can add so much stress to our situation. It keeps negativity away while shinning light on the dark parts of your life, while creating an overall tension lowering setting. Visually it’s stress reliving with hints of pink, turquoise, blues, purples etc. that come off of it, hence its name. 

Chakras: All

Product: Rainbow Carbide Cluster from Zaraluna

Citrine 

Nothing lowers stress more than happiness and that’s exactly what citrine does. It’s known as the optimism stone since it brings energies of positivity and peace. It’s a good stone for manifesting, so during times of stress it helps us create successful thoughts for the future, while enjoying what’s happening presently.

Chakras: Sacral & Solar Plexus  

Product: Citrine Gemmie Ring from Gemmie

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Avrielle Suleiman

 

There are seven chakras in the body that act as our energy centres. In addition to contributing to our emotions, the energy that flows through our chakras can relate to our feelings of physical wellbeing.  You may notice that when you have a sore back, it has a direct effect on your emotions and how you are responding in the world. It works the other way around as well. When we are tense, depressed, stressed or angry, the effects can often be revealed physically too, via sore backs and headaches.

When our chakras are blocked, we are unable to release stale energy from the body, which causes stress in various aspects of our lives. Practices like Yoga and Reiki are fantastic for releasing stale energy.

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Below is a very high-level overview of the seven chakras for the beginner.

 

1. Root Chakra

Located at the base of the spine, the root chakra connects our energy to the Earth and works towards keeping us feeling grounded. The Root Chakra is directly connected to our energies and focus on day-to-day survival. Therefore this is the chakra that is connected to our feelings around financial matters, emotional security, food and shelter.

 

2.  Sacral Chakra

Located in the lower abdomen, about two inches below the navel and extends into your centre, the Sacral Chakra is where our pleasure and creative energy lives. When our Sacral Chakra is balanced, we are open to experience the joys of life and to embrace the fruits of our labour. We welcome a sense of abundance and well-being. We are open to indulging in pleasurable activities like sex.

 

3. Solar Plexus Chakra

The Solar Plexus Chakra is found in our upper abdomen, in the stomach. When people say “I felt it in my gut” they are speaking to the Solar Plexus Chakra, which is connected to our feelings of self-worth, confidence and self-esteem. This is the key to your personal power and ability to move forward with feelings of control.

 

4. Heart Chakra

The Chakra where our love, compassion and kindness lives is not surprisingly located at the centre of the chest, just above the heart. The Heart Chakra is where we find our love energies for others, but also for ourselves. The Heart Chakra is associated is also connected to our health and our ability to heal.

 

5. Throat Chakra

Located at the throat, this chakra is connected to our ability to communicate and speak our personal truth. The Throat Chakra invites us to ask ourselves, where does our personal truth come from? What gives energy to our truth and how do we communicate it? The Throat Chakra is where our power of self-expression lives.

 

6. Third Eye Chakra

Found on the forehead, between the eyes, the Third Eye Chakra is we find the energy to open our minds to information that lives beyond the physical and material world and outside our 5 senses. This is where our intuition lives, as well as our psychic energy and extra sensory perception. This is also where we access the magic of our imaginations while honing in on our focus surrounding the big picture.

 

7. Crown Chakra

The Crown Chakra is our purest place of personal consciousness and our highest point of spiritual connection. Located at the top of the head, this is where we source our energy to achieve our purest bliss and joy as well as tap into both our inner and outer beauty. Our energy of consciousness connects us to the universe.