If you follow me on Instagram, then you’ll know I love my crystals. While I haven’t shared much about crystals and that sort of thing on the blog, they are a big part of my life. I’ve been using them for just over a year now for various things and have grown quite the collection!
Now if you had told me a couple of years ago, I’d have a crystal collection I’d have laughed at you. I always thought they were super woo woo and were just fancy coloured rocks that looked kinda cool. But after I started getting interested in self-improvement, meditation, journalling etc, I found that the attraction to crystals came naturally too. I started off buying a few as photo props (basically because I was too scared to admit to anyone I wanted them in case they thought I was nuts), but pretty soon I found my confidence to admit that they were something I was interested in. I did a lot of research around the different types of crystals and what works to help what, and while I’m still learning, I now have quite a few crystals that I use every single day.
Today I thought I’d share a bit of a beginners guide to using crystals in everyday life. These are some of the most common and popular crystals, that are also fairly easy to purchase no matter where you live. I’m also sharing how I personally choose to use them, and what shapes and sizes I find the most useful!
JEWELLERY
One of the first reasons I started using crystals was to help calm and relax my body and mind. I found bracelets an easy way to have my favourite crystals with me all the time, and I now have a few bracelets that I wear reasonably often These are Lapis Lazuli (for confidence to speak my voice), Black Obsidian (for protection and removing negative energy), Labrodorite (to increase my intuition and inner knowing), and Lepidolite (for calming and stopping anxious thoughts). Sometimes I’ll wear none, one or all, it just depends on how I feel during the day.
I also have a number of necklaces that I wear on a regular basis, just depending on what I feel like I need that day. A few of my favourites are Amethyst, Green Calcite, Green Crysoprase, Rose Quartz and Rainbow Fluorite. I also love how crystal jewellery looks, so for me it’s a statement piece as well as bringing about all the good vibes.
SLEEP
For the longest time, I would wear two howlite bracelets to help with relaxing and encouraging sleep. While I don’t always wear these now as I am sleeping a lot better than I used to, I do sometimes use them if I’m super tired or feeling a bit stressed. When I wear them, I put them on at night after my shower and wear them while I start to calm down and relax before bed. I love wearing bracelets while I sleep as it’s super easy way to wear the stones, but isn’t uncomfortable like a necklace. As someone who’s a SUPER light sleeper, these don’t even bother me.
I also keep a couple of crystals under the pillow, including an Amethyst tumble stone, a Blue Howlite tumble, and a small Clear Quartz double point. I love Howlite for sleeping and since I am such a light sleeper I feel like I can’t overdo it! Amethyst is also super calming and relaxing, and Clear Quartz is what I use for my nightly meditations before I fall asleep.
TUMBLESTONES
Tumblestones are generally small, often round, crystals that can be carried around in a bag or pocket, or can be used for things like meditation etc. I use these mainly for meditation and have a small selection of different stones for different things. The main ones I use daily are:
- Amethyst – for calming
- Howlite – for sleeping/calming
- Citrine – carried in my wallet to help manifest money and abundance
- Rose Quartz – for when I need a self-love boost or meditation around love/relationships
- Hematite – for protection from negative energy
POINTS
I love crystal points or towers and they are one of my favourite shapes of crystal. I have so many of these now, but my favourite ones are below:
- Angel Aura Quartz – I use in my meditation and visualisation rituals
- Howlite – kept next to the bed for all the sleepy/relaxing vibes
- Rainbow Fluorite – I use this for calming the mind and focusing my intentions. I also have a lamp in my room which I use before I go to bed to help calm my mind before I sleep!
- Lepidolite – for calming/relaxing. This one lives near my bed
- Amethyst – I have an epically huge Chevron Amethyst in my room which helps give my room alllll the chill vibes!
I’ve found since I’ve started using crystals in everyday life regularly I have honestly never felt so calm, chill and relaxed. Even my room (which houses my whole crystal collection) just has such a different vibe to the rest of the house. I find by using crystals I can calm and relax myself a lot quicker than I used to be able to, and using them in meditation has helped massively. There are so so many different ways you can use different stones that I could literally type for hours, but in order to keep this post relatively short and sweet, I’ll end it here. I am really keen to share more about crystals on here, so if you’re interested, watch this space.