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Category: Crystals and Their Uses

Different crystals and what you can use them for.

  • Crystal Combinations

    Crystal Combinations

    Crystal Combinations – something everyone seems to be wondering about. If you’re here and you haven’t read my first post about what crystals don’t work together, start here at Powerful Crystal Combinations before continuing.

    Crystal Combinations

    Crystal Combinations – What’s the Fuss?

    When you get into crystals you want to wear them all because you want to fix so many facets and balance so many areas. Please don’t try to “fix” yourself in one go in one day. Healing is a PROCESS, not an overnight cure. Work on 1 or 2 areas and proceed from there. You’ll be amazed how shifts in something small, like being more compassionate and loving toward yourself, can cause ripples in other areas.

    Now when you want to wear all the crystals, you start wondering if it’s the right combo. Folks I cannot tell you what’s right or wrong for you, because I’m not you. You are you. I can offer guidance.

    All crystals can work together but I’m going to keep prompting you to go back to your intentions: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH YOUR STONES?

    Crystal Combinations and Intentions

    If you’re working with more than 1 stone, look at what you want to achieve with them. What’s your goal? Is each stone for something different in your life, e.g. A stone for love, a stone for protection? Or is all the stones for one thing, e.g. 3 stones for protection?

    Example 1: Each Crystal for Something Different:

    Say you have 3 stones: Rose Quartz, Black Tourmaline and Citrine, and you’ve chosen them for love, protection and confidence. Then there’s your intentions already in your choices and you just need to fine tune it to yourself: I use this Rose Quartz to encourage love in my life first from inside toward myself, I use this Black Tourmaline for protection and guidance on where negativity is draining me, I use this Citrine to remind me of my light and to not be ashamed to share it.

    Example 2: Combo of Crystals for One Thing:

    Say you have 3 stones: Black Tourmaline, Labradorite and Black Obsidian, and you’ve chosen them for one “job” of protection. This is where I call upon the Recipe. When you cook, in order to make one dish, you need various ingredients, each bringing a different flavour or enhancement to the dish you’re making. Crystal Combinations for one job is like this. Your dish in this example is protection and your ingredients are 3 crystals needed to make the dish. Think of how your chosen crystals work toward the dish/main intention?

    In the example I could use Black Tourmaline to transmute negative vibrations, Labradorite to deflect negativity others wish upon me so I can more easily see what’s mine vs what isn’t and Black Obsidian to help me see my own shadow and negativity for healing. Each one has its own job for the main intention (protection): I want to transmute negative vibes, I want to deflect what’s not mine so I can begin to get in touch with my own shit and I want to be able to recognise my own shit for healing.

    Crystal Combinations Conclusion

    You can use any crystals you’re drawn to, in any combination you please but without your intention, you are going nowhere. Look at what you desire, what you want to achieve and use your crystals to help you reach those goals.

    In continuing with the above recipe, you’re the main ingredient and crystals (or anything else) are the spices for flavour and enhancement. You’re the main ingredient folks. YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your energy, your goals and intentions is what gets the boiler cooling or cooking.

  • Crystals for Protection from Negativity

    Crystals for Protection from Negativity

    I’ve wanted to talk about this for ages so my top picks for crystals for protection from negativity is LONG overdue! We all engage in negative behaviors and environments that it is well worth discussing how to protect ourselves from it.

    Crystals for Protection from Negativity

    Top Crystals for Protection from Negativity

    My top crystals for protection from negativity include from middle left:

    • Black Kyanite because it is like a broom. It sweeps clean and helps let go of lower vibes.
    • Black Tourmaline as it transmutes lower vibes to higher vibes.
    • Selenite purifies and works fantastically with Black Tourmaline to keep your vibration cleaner.
    • Labradorite because it works like a shield and deflects. This is actually my personal favorite crystal for protection when I go out.

    One I didn’t mention above is Rutilated Smokey Quartz.
    Not one really recommended for energetic protection but because of the Rutile, it really adds that touch of gold and divine light to help negative vibes become more positive. It works a lot like Black Tourmaline and Selenite with the Rutile needles catching the gunk and Smokey Quartz then clearing and transmuting it.

    How Can Crystals Protect Us?

    Crystals will never take your negativity away for you. Crystals don’t work that way and they cannot do something you’re quite capable of. Never forget your power!

    Crystals can support you while you see patterns and remove yourself from negative or lower vibrational situations. What do I mean by this? Well, look at the following

    • Do you engage in gossip? How do you feel afterwards?
    • Have you started hanging out with people who drain you?
    • Do you not clear your energy or space after emotional upset or fight with a loved one? Do you clear your space at all even after challenging/emotional meditations?

    Crystals can help on an energetic level but the power will always be with YOU!

    Sometimes we keep ourselves in negative circles because we don’t remember that we have the power to remove ourselves or say no. Often, we just need a reminder that we’re allowed to choose differently, not engage, respond differently and take responsibility for our own energy + positivity. That’s where crystals can support.

    STOP GIVING YOUR POWER AWAY!!!! One step at a time. Start small. You don’t have to ghost everyone tomorrow, but begin taking responsibility for yourself, your energy and the spaces you occupy.

    How to Use Crystals for Protection

    In my IGTV video I talk about crystals for protection and how we can use them to protect our energy in the morning as well as clear our energy in the evening.

  • Crystals for Family Relationships

    Crystals for Family Relationships

    We recently celebrated Family Day in South Africa and that seemed like the perfect excuse to pick our crystals for family relationships. For many of us, we are in isolation with some of our family members and things can get tense at time. Here are my favourites and top pics for this time:

    • Rose Quartz for Love of course but also for Patience. We all have bad days and now we are right there with our family when they experience it. Chances are high that they may lash out at us and visa versa. Rose Quartz helps you to see that it may not be about you at all. It also helps you to invoke your inner gentle God or Goddess.
    • Green Fluorite for Harmony. Harmony may not always be possible but Green Fluorite helps us to not get too stuck when things are tense.
    • Blue Calcite for calm Communication. We still want to be able to talk and for many of us, we’ve spent so much time away from home that we haven’t always been talking to each other. Blue Calcite brings that calm and eases the communication.
    Crystals for Family Relationships

    What to do with these Crystals for Family Relationships to encourage love, patience, harmony and calm?

    Keep them in your family room or any room where you spend a lot of time together. Make them the centerpiece of the family room so as to keep emitting those vibrations where and when needed. Lastly, don’t forget to clear them regularly, especially after tenseness or upsets in the family.

    What’s your favourite crystals for family relationships and what do you keep in your family space?

  • Are Higher Grade Crystals More Powerful than Lower Grade ones?

    Are Higher Grade Crystals More Powerful than Lower Grade ones?

    Are higher grade crystals more powerful than lower grade crystals? This is something that many people wonder especially when there are so many crystals to choose from. This is the first question I’m tackling in my “What’s Better?” Series!

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  • The Crystal Health Spa’s Himalayan Salt Room

    The Crystal Health Spa’s Himalayan Salt Room

    The Crystal Health Spa’s Himalayan Salt Room is one of Saldanha Bay’s gems and today I’ll share with you my experiences.

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  • Top 4 Crystals for Mercury Retrograde

    Top 4 Crystals for Mercury Retrograde

    Hey everyone – today I share my top 4 crystals for Mercury Retrograde support. I’m aware that Mercury Retrograde is almost finished but you can still turn to this post and crystals suggestion for support if needed. Retrograde can hit hard when it has the time.

    What I know about Retrograde

    Mercury Retrograde lasts for 3 weeks with usually the middle week being the most intense when Mercury is direct. Now, I’m not into astrology so I’m only sharing the little bit I go according to.

    Mercury Retrograde is known for the following:

    • to effect technology and communications,
    • as a time to not sign into any agreements/contracts and
    • for making a lot of people edgy/triggered and just feel that they’re taking on strain.

    The thing that Mercury in retrograde has taught me personally is to slow down. Things fall apart because you are so busy keeping things together when you need to slow the fuck down. I do agree that the planets cannot effect your freewill and choices. When you know a little bit, it does allow you to step back and fall into balance because you’re complementing the drive with reflection.

    Crystals for Mercury Retrograde Support

    Crystals for Mercury Retrograde Support

    A lot of people ask what are the best crystals to use and while I do believe this can change each time depending again, on Astrology, I’ll share what works for me and why.

    1. Black Tourmaline is the first and only crystal I usually recommend to work with because it’s such a strong grounder. Everything is so chaotic during Mercury Retrograde. People are running around more crazier than usual so I find being grounded helps me move better through this time. Being grounded during Retrograde DOES help. It can even help you with tech issues because it can transmute EMF but it’s not going to solve shit should you PC or phone blow up.
    2. Blue crystals like Blue Kyanite to help with communication. We tend to blurt things out without being mindful due to being EASILY triggered during retrograde. Hold the blue crystal before you talk.
    3. Rainbow Fluorite is another great one, especially if you’re a little scattered and need focus. Rub your third eye, or be like me and just rub your whole head with it while taking a few breaths to catch up.
    4. Rose Quartz is an unconventional recommendation for Mercury Retrograde. If you work online, in social media like I do, Rose Quartz helps A LOT! You need to have extra compassion and patience so you can step back and realise that the other person may be triggered or needs space to vent. It’s also great when you need to be compassionate with yourself and not take things so personally!

    What crystals for Mercury Retrograde do you like to use? Share with me how this planet effects you if at all.

  • Top Crystals for the New Year 2019

    Top Crystals for the New Year 2019

    Today I share my top crystals for the new year of 2019, because it’s here folks! 2019 is approaching quickly!

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