Inhale….Exhale…
In this post, I share 5 of the best crystals for calming.
These are crystals I use day to day to help ease anxiety and lower cortisol levels. I also found that using these crystals helped calm me down during times of uncertainty and healing during a quarter-life crisis.
If you read to the end, I share a list of other helpful crystals for stress relief.
Crystals I Use for Calming:
1. Selenite
If you want to clear out anxious thoughts and bring in peace and serenity, Selenite is the crystal to use.
Selenite is an excellent cleansing crystal. This crystal is used to clear negative energy and flush out things that are no longer useful or serving you. Selenite is also known to help charge other crystals and clear any negative energy from them.
Tip: Use Selenite with any of the other crystals mentioned in this post for extra stress relief.
How I Use This Crystal:
- Holding Selenite during meditation to clear my active mind and gently move this hyperactive energy out of my body.
- Setting other crystals on top of the Selenite stick to clear the negative energy from the stones.
- Strategically placing Selenite in window sills throughout my home to protect the space from negative energy. This helps create a peaceful home environment.
2. Apophyllite
This beautiful crystal is known to help raise vibration energy, making it an ideal crystal for anxiety. Apophyllite helps reduce anxiety and overthinking by balancing your upper Chakra energy centers (Third-Eye and Crown) and connecting you to your highest spiritual self. This support to connect you to your Highest Self promotes intuition and calm sense of knowing in your thoughts, decisions, and actions.
Who has time to worry or ruminate when you are in-tune and connected to all things around you?
Apophyllite is a great crystal to hold during moments of stress and anxiety. Using this crystal during meditation is another way to receive the calming and clarifying mental benefits.
How I Use This Crystal:
This crystal sits on a bookshelf in the reading nook of my living room. Apophyllite shifts energy in this main living space by constantly moving out negativity and bringing in peace.
3. Howlite
Howlite is my favorite crystal to use for stress relief. When I am stressed, it tends to manifest in anger and frustration. Howlite is great for regulating emotions and reducing anger. When held, this crystal can noticeably relax your body, calm the mind, and lower your heart rate.
Howlite is a versatile stone. This crystal not only cleanses negativity energy but also lifts mood and energy.
If you suffer from:
- Feeling angry
- Overthinking
- Being stressed out all the time
- Negative thoughts
- An overactive mind
- Anxiety
- Feeling guilty
- Repressed shame
then you will benefit from using Howlite.
How I Use This Crystal:
- Placing a Howlite tower on the window sill above my living room to promote peace and harmony in the home.
- Carrying a small tumbled piece of Howlite in my pocket (or in my purse) on days I feel stressed out from work.
- Wearing Howlite jewelry when I am feeling overwhelmed and anxious about upcoming life events such as traveling or deadlines at work.
- Holding this crystal or placing it on my body when I am meditating or journaling.
If you want to learn more about how journaling saved my life, read my post about it here.
4. Amazonite
Oh, Amazonite: a truly AMAZING crystal for stress relief.
The blue color of this crystal reminds me of water, which is exactly what it feels like to hold and carry this stone. Negative emotions and persistent thoughts wash away from my body, like a receding wave on the shore.
Amazonite is a calming stone that removes negative emotions and promotes peace and harmony from within. This crystal also offers gentle healing energy to help move through past trauma and repressed emotions.
How I Use This Crystal:
I love holding this stone whenever I need an extra boost of peace and calm. I carry Amazonite with me to work in my pocket whenever I am anxious about deadlines or feeling stressed out by my coworkers.
5. Lepidolite
Lepidolite is a lovely calming crystal. Sometimes referred to as “The Grandmother Stone” or “The Peace Stone,” Lepidolite is known as a helpful crystal to use during stressful life transitions.
This crystal offers a gentle, almost nurturing, nudge to move through difficult times and ease your anxious mind. If you have something difficult that you are working through that is causing anxiety and stress, Lepidolite can help you navigate through this.
Lepidolite is a balancing stone that heals emotional wounds. These emotions tend to keep us from feeling relaxed in the day-to-day, which is why healing and reducing stress and anxiety go hand in hand.
We cannot expect a peaceful life without managing the unhealed parts of ourselves.
How I Use This Crystal:
- Meditating with this crystal when I was moving through difficult emotions during a powerful life transition.
- Carrying this crystal in my backpack on airplanes whenever I am feeling nervous about flying or a trip.
- Keeping a small tumbled piece of Lepidolite near my computer workstation for EMF protection as well as calming energy in my workspace.
Other Helpful Crystals for Stress Relief
- Amethyst
- Hematite
- Black Tourmaline
- Moonstone
- Clear Quartz
- Aquamarine
Although I have not used these crystals for stress relief, they are known to absorb negative energy and promote peace and calm. I once gifted Hematite rings (plural because they are so fragile and would break easily) to a friend to help regulate his emotions.
Let me know in the comments if you used these crystals, or any others, to reduce anxiety and stress.
Another way I manage my stress and anxiety is through journaling. Click here to read about how journaling helped me through dark times and the different types of journals you could keep if you are curious about journaling.
