by Tara Reed
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​Crystal Healing Disclaimer:  Using crystals to heal physical ailments is a perfect complement to medical care.  One should always seek guidance for medical conditions first and add crystals to the protocols as a way to support the treatments received.  Crystals should not be the primary treatment without the support of a qualified health care provider.
 
In Chinese Medicine heart palpitations are defined as the awareness of the heart beating in the chest and the patient/client feels that the beating is irregular.  An Acupuncture Physician relies on the patient's experience rather than a diagnostic test, in most cases.  Even if you haven't been tested for heart arrhythmia, but are aware of an irregular heartbeat at times, you might have heart palpitations.

In many cases, Chinese Medicine views palpitations as resulting from a deficiency.  There can be other causes, but these deficiencies would include what is called Blood Deficiency and Qi Deficiency.  In the case of Blood Deficiency, the blood must be strengthened.  In the case of Qi Deficiency, the Qi (Chee) must be strengthened.  Either way, because Qi & Blood go hand in hand, we would often choose a treatment that benefits both.

For Crystal Healing, choose crystals or stones that strengthen the blood, the energy or the physical body. 

One can also view the body in relation to the Chakras.  When the heart is affected, or displaying symptoms, the Heart Chakra can benefit from support, cleansing and/or regulation.  The heart organ is directly related to the healthy functioning of the Heart Chakra.
 
Crystals assist healing because they offer a static vibration that when placed near a living being allows the energy of that being to harmonize with the crystal.  Carrying a crystal in your pocket or wearing it as jewelry brings it close to your body and within your auric field.  Here it offers its static vibration for your body to begin to align with. 
 
To assist your heart in healing, seek crystals or stones that offer a vibration that heals the heart, balances the heart chakra, strengthens the body’s energy or blood and those that instill a sense of peace or counter angst.

Crystals to Benefit the Heart Chakra, the Heart and to Strengthen the Qi or Blood are listed below.
Crystals For Heart Palpitations

• Lepidolite - to instill calm and peace
• Chrysoprase - opens and activates the heart chakra to allow Qi flow, counters depression
• Lithium Quartz - open and heal the heart chakra; insomnia, anxiety, panic

Crystals for the Heart Chakra include all crystals which contain the color green (the color of the heart chakra).  Use this as a guide, other colors (Rose Quartz, for example) also offer Heart healing.  This will resonate the proper vibration to help the heart chakra adjust to its natural frequency.

• Tree or Moss Agate - help Qi flow throughout the body, nature connection, benefit Heart & Crown chakras
• Kambaba Jasper - stress relief, anxiety, emotional balance
• Emerald - powerfully healing overall, and resonates with the Heart Chakra
• Jade - healing and nurturing, protective against harmful energies
• Malachite - absorbs energy and draws emotions to the surface

Other crystals that support the Heart and Heart Chakra include...

• Rhodochrosite - a heartbreak healing stone, assist in calming the emotions following a heart break
• Unakite - use when the anxiety of reaching goals leads to forgetting about the day to day aspect of the journey
• Rhodonite - for calming when one feels panic or shock
• Rose Quartz – particularly when the imbalance is caused by emotional trauma

by Tara Reed

Skeptics want to know - DO CRYSTALS 'DO' ANYTHING? 
Believers (may) want to know - HOW DO CRYSTALS WORK?
This post is designed to address- How Crystals Work to Help Balance Your Body and Mind.

I am often skeptical of things I don't know much about and find myself learning about many facets of an idea before I settle into it.  In the process of learning about and bringing crystal classes, meditations and healing sessions to others I set about researching both the metaphysical and the geological aspects of crystals and stones.

My first shift into believing that crystals 'DO' something was based on experience.  After about 10 years of collecting stones based on beauty and documented metaphysical characteristics I began meditating with them.  From the first time I sat down to meditate with a crystal the energy was immediately discernible.  There was no doubt anymore that crystals 'DO' something and are more than just décor.

But....
...what do they do?
​...how do they 'DO' what they do?

First let us differentiate crystals and stones (or rocks).  Crystals have a specific repetitive structure to them.  This can be an atomic structure, ion or molecular structure.  They are named for their layout:  columnar, trapezoidal, hexagonal, cubic, etc.  Rocks or stones lack this repetitive structure they are more like sand and dirt molecules compressed together.  For the most part, rocks are compressed, and crystals grow.  Both have metaphysical characteristics.

Crystals have a uniform and repetitive structure.  Depending on what minerals are contained within a crystal they can appear clear, or colored.  Heat and mineral content determine color.  While in the Earth crystals receive varied amounts of heat which can affect their color.  Mineral content also determines color.

With this in mind, let's talk metaphysical properties.  First, the crystalline structure affects energy movement.  Remember the basics of physics - energy cannot be created or destroyed, only altered.  Crystals can assist in altering energy, redirecting it and holding it.  It is the crystal structure that determines this.  

If you'll consider that everything in our known Universe is made up of varied forms of energy then this won't be a big leap.  Your body is dense energy, and is affected by other energetic things.  Crystals have their own density and carry their own energetic vibration.

Recognizing that color is a wavelength, we can consider the color of the crystal having an effect on our bodies.  Color has a vibrational frequency and is correlated to the Chakras.  Chakras are wheels of energy that affect the nearby structures within the physical body.

Our energetic body extends beyond the physical and is affected at a larger distance.  When standing near others, our energy bodies are interacting.  This is why some people have difficulty in large crowds.  They simply feel the energy bodies of all the people around them.

The same is true for spaces; work places, meeting halls, classrooms, churches and any physical space can hold the energy of those who’ve visited.  Some people can sense this residual energy and may feel drawn to stay in a space offering a nice vibration or may be repelled from a space in which the energy vibration is less than desirable.
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Can we then conclude that our energy body is affected by the energetic vibration of anything it interacts with?  If so, we can test a theory that holding a crystal within our energetic body alters our vibrational frequency. 

​​Our physical body has a vibration which is emitted like a signal outside of the limits of our physical form.  This is referred to as our energy body or aura.  This vibration is altered by thoughts & emotions, food, water, fatigue and anything within the energy body.  Illness arises when a vibrational pattern is disrupted in such a way that the physical body is affected. 

When thoughts and emotions are managed, when quality food and water are consumed and sleep is plentiful the vibration of the human being is stronger than when these things are not managed.  Ancient Sages said that all illness begins with a disorder of the Spirit.  Spirit refers to the energy of our being.  If we can address this disorder within our energy body, within our Spirit, we can ultimately alter the physical body.
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A crystal, with its permanent and unchanging vibration, offers a solid support for healing in that it can emit healing energy, redirect the flow of energy or absorb unwanted energy.  A crystal may have one or more of these functions.  When a crystal is placed within your energy body, meaning near you physically, it offers its static vibration.  Your energy body then begins to be altered because of this unwavering vibration.  

​The metaphysical properties of crystals have been logged for many years.  These conclusions have been made by wearing, meditating with or simply holding a crystal within the energy body and observing the changes.  People tend to experience similar changes when using certain crystals.  And this information has been collected over time and published in books.  Crystals are even mentioned in the Bible, adorning the breastplate of a high priest.

The logged results are anecdotal, meaning they rely on personal testimony.  For some people, this is simply not enough.  Some people need a scientific study, anything else is pseudoscience or quakery.  For those people, if you are curious, and I assume you are since you're reading this, I say, do your own study.  Get yourself an inexpensive crystal or several and do some experiments.
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When trying out a crystal meditate with it, wear it, carry it in your pocket, sleep with it under your pillow or lay it on you as you fall asleep.  Keep with one crystal for a while and take note of any changes you notice.  Once you have convinced yourself that a crystal does something or has no effect, try another.  The worst that can happen is nothing and the best case is you have a new tool in your energy medicine cabinet.