Align Your 7 Chakras With The Power Of Crystals

Soul & Spirit’s resident crystal columnist Ashley Leavy shows us which stones are great for helping unblock our energy centres 

The chakras are energy centres, found along the spine. They act like power stations that pick up energetic messages from outside of the self and beam the information to the human energy field where it is interpreted by the physical and subtle (mental, emotional and spiritual) bodies. They can be most likened to satellite dishes that send and receive information from the universe. Since there’s a flood of energy constantly coming into the chakras, they can become imbalanced over time. Each chakra governs a different area of your life, such as your emotions, so when the chakra becomes imbalanced, so does that corresponding area. The most common way to balance the human energy field is through chakra healing with stones. By placing crystals on the chakra centres, the healing vibrations given off by the stone will correct any imbalances within the chakra. Here, I’ve rounded up my top 10 crystals best suited for each chakra…

Crown Chakra

Enhance your connection to your Crown Chakra with any crystals that are violet, gold, white and clear, such as:

Clear Quartz,

Amethyst,

Sugilite,

Clear Calcite,

Charoite,

Selenite,

Apophyllite,

Ametrine,

Spirit Quartz

Stichitite

Third Eye Chakra

Indigo and violet are colours most associated with the Third Eye Chakra, so any of the following stones are wonderful to help heal and open it:

Tanzanite,

Lapis Lazuli,

Sodalite,

Azurite,

Iolite,

Tanzan Aura Quartz,

Shattuckite,

Blue Tourmaline,

Blue Apatite,

Blue Kyanite

Throat Chakra

Crystals in various shades of blue are best for the throat chakra, so why not try some of the following, including:

Aquamarine,

Celestite,

Angelite,

Blue Topaz,

Blue Lace Agate,

Ajoite Quartz,

Aqua Aura Quartz,

Turquoise,

Chrysocolla,

Blue Quartz

 

Heart Chakra

Learn rebalance and open up your heart by utilising the following stones into your healing routine:

Green Aventurine,

Rose Quartz,

Emerald,

Peridot,

Malachite,

Rhodochrosite,

Pink Calcite,

Unakite,

Watermelon Tourmaline,

Rhodonite

Solar Plexus Chakra

To help this chakra, you’ll want to harness stones that are yellow, gold and chartreuse. I’d recommend…

Citrine,

Yellow Topaz,

Golden Calcite,

Golden Tiger’s Eye,

Pineapple Calcite,

Yellow Sapphire,

Golden Quartz,

Heliodor,

Pyrite,

Gold

Sacral Chakra

Stones that are orange, peach and brown in hue are great for the sacral chakra. These can range from:

Carnelian,

Imperial Topaz,

Amber,

Copper,

Fire Opal,

Apricot Botswana Agate,

Spessartine Garnet,

Peach Moonstone,

Orange Calcite,

Peach Selenite

Root Chakra

The best stones to rebalance your root chakra are black, brown and red. Some of my favourites are:

Red Pyrope Garnet,

Black Tourmaline,

Smoky Quartz,

Red Jasper,

Dravite Tourmaline,

Black Obsidian,

Hematite,

Jet,

Chiastolite