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Lift your Spirits and Tap Into your Inner Peace with Healing Crystals for Depression

Mental health issues like depression have always been there but through history and cultures across, these issues were often misunderstood or even stigmatised. Mental health issues were often perceived as personal failings or weakness rather than being viewed as clinical conditions that could perhaps be treated. The result was isolation and shame. Thankfully, the efforts and researches being put into understanding the human body and mind better with support from advancing technology, in depth learnings and exploration of several alternative therapies, there is a significant rise in awareness today and shift in perception especially regarding mental health and all the allied problems.

People are seeking help, support and clinical guidance to deal with problems like depression to lead a better life. Mental health is a crucial aspect of your overall well being and as important as your physical health. Of the several ways that can be employed to help anyone with depression, crystal healing is highly effective tool. These are crystals that work on your emotional state and ease mental stresses. While it is not a replacement for the clinical therapy, but is certainly great tool to alleviate the symptoms of depression. 

What is Depression?

Depression is a mental health condition in which a person experiences persistent sadness, lost of interest, certain hopelessness and displeasure to the extend that it starts affecting your daily functioning, life, relationships and ability to perform. It is more than feeling down or blue and is rooted in you genetically, biologically, through a chronic disease or any significant life event that may have causes you trauma or loss. It is important to identify it and then work towards fixing it because it can be treated and that can significantly change person’s life. Therapy, medication and certain lifestyle changes that include regular workouts, healthy food and a much needed supported system can manage depression.

How Do Crystals Stones Work to Ease Depression 

Each crystal is believed to have its own unique properties owing to its unique constitution, colour and associated vibrations and energies. When these crystals are worn or kept around you intentionally, they interact with the energy system of your body that is the chakras and if the chakras are imbalanced, the crystals help to restore them by aiding energy flow.

Depression can occur when one or more of these chakras are imbalanced. So it is important to spend sometime to understand and identify the chakras that are blocked and causing depression along with other symptoms. Then use the crystals associated to that particular chakra can be used to aid your effort towards healing and eliminating the root cause of depression.

We elaborate how crystal healing for depression works - 

  1. Energy work - Crystals work on the imbalanced energy centres on your body with their own vibrations and promote the energy flow. 
  2. Emotional Balance - Certain crystals absorb negative energy and induce positivity, thereby healing you emotionally, calm your mind and reduce anxiety which are all issues related to depression. 
  3. Mind, Body and Spiritual Connect - Crystals are great tools to enhance your meditation practice. So holding them while meditating or placing them on certain parts fo your body helps to establish a deep spiritual, mind and body connect which in turn helps you with easing your depression by taping into your inner peace and bliss.

5 Crystal Gemstones that Help with Depression 

Let’s look into and understand the various crystals and the corresponding jewellery options at Urja by Zariin that will work at easing your symptoms of depression. Use these as supporting elements towards working on your condition along with therapy and clinical support. 

1. Amethyst Stone 

A serene and a gentle purple coloured gemstone connects and balances your third eye chakra and your crown chakra. It is a calming and a soothing stone, which enables you to tap into your inner wisdom and intuition. It lifts your spiritual realms which enables you to connect with the Universe and clear your mind, thoughts and everything negative that may be pulling you down.

2. Lapis Lazuli Stone

Lapis Lazuli too works in healing depression, but in slightly different ways than the Amethyst. It connects with your throat chakra, so helps you to express yourself better. Sometimes, keeping your feelings and emotions to yourself and not being able to say what you want to might lead to the imbalance that leads to depression. Lapis Lazuli can help you with that. It is also known for its healing and calming vibrations that promote inner peace.

3. Black Tourmaline Stone

Black Tourmaline is a protective gemstone and it helps when the cause of your depression may be feeling scared, insecure or negative energies are consuming you. Tap into its protective energies to keep negativity at bay. It is a grounding stone, so you can use it to feel secure, safe and protected. Sometimes, the the idea of knowing that you are protected can keep your worries away!

4. Rose Quartz Stone

If your depression is rooted in lack of self worth, self acceptance, empathy and a longing for love, then Rose Quartz will work wonderfully in your favour. Its gentle vibrations, heart soothing and emotional healing will raise your vibrations and bring light to your life with love and self worth.

5. Moonstone

Our love and faith in Moonstone is rooted in philosophy and never dying hope. So when you find yourself in the darkness of depression, use the luminous energy of the Moonstone to light up your life and remind your self that just like the moon, our life too runs in phases, whatever is troubling you, shall pass because that is just how the nature works.

How to Use the Crystals Effectively for Depression 

Whichever way you to choose to use the energies of the crystals, always remember that they will only work if you use them with intention. 

Wear it in the form of jewellery

This is perhaps the most effective way to use the healing gemstones and especially when you are dealing with an issue like depression. When the gemstones are constantly in contact with your skin, then they work exactly in the way that you want them too. When you wear your crystals, they are constantly a part of your journey. 

Meditate

Meditation is when you are looking to connect with your pranic body or inner realms through breath work. That is when you are connecting with your energy body and by tapping the energies of the crystals, you are further enhancing your efforts to align, heal and manifest. 

Place it around you

Make the crystals a part of your living space and channelise their energies to purify or charge the space you spend your most time at, quiet moments, restful hours or intense working hours. 

Conclusion 

Always remember that crystals will work only if you believe in them because the energy of belief is what truly activates them. So as you tread on life and the heaviness that it presents you with at times, take support of these crystals to feel better. Seek professional help because nothing can replace that but make it easier for you with the help of healing crystals.

Q: Do crystals work for depression?

Ans - Crystals work for any issue and not just depression by being the supporting elements in your healing journey. You cannot rely exclusively on healing crystals. Treat the symptomatic conditions professionally and clinically but use the crystals and their healing vibrations to support and aid you in that journey for a more holistic approach. 

Q: How do I use crystals to ease depression?

Ans - The best way to use your crystals especially for depression is to wear them as nothing makes them as effective than being in contact with your skin. You can also place them in your home or work space, meditate with them or sleep promoting crystals can also be kept under your pillow while sleeping. 

Q: How do I know which crystal is best to help with my depression?

Ans - Understand the root cause of your depression, understand which chakra may be blocked and thereafter choose the crystals accordingly depending on the main cause of your depression. Spend time to understand the qualities of each crystal to understand what may work for you and sometimes if you feel an instant connect to a certain crystal, then that is all that is needed. 

Q: How do I cleanse and charge my crystals?

Ans - Since some crystals get eroded or spoilt by water, it is best that you cleanse them with incense or smudge stick smoke and then charge them by keeping them under the moonlight. Cleansing is important to purify the crystals of all the negative energy they may have absorbed and charring them aligns their energies to your intentions. 

Q: Can healing crystals replace therapy?

Ans - No, crystal healing for depression cannot replace therapy. Therapy is needed to fix the issue clinically and symptomatically, Crystals are a great way to help heal you energy body. Use them as tools only to support your healing journey holistically.

Q: Do I need guidance to use healing crystals?

Ans - Not really, you can choose the crystals intuitively, spend time with them, research on your own to understand which crystal will work in your favour. It’s an extremely personal journey and one must spend time to understand how a crystal makes you feel.