7 Tips on Selecting the Best Crystals & Gemstones for Yourself: Beginner's Guide
The first moments in our Crystal & Gemstone store can feel spectacular. Dazzling and glittering with possibilities… there are so many things to look at, to read about, and to sense. Crystals are life-changing, which ones will help you super-charge your life?
In addition to what can be seen, there are a tremendous number of different frequencies from all of these crystals that can unknowingly feel like 500 radios playing on different stations all at the same time. Which crystals are right for you? It can feel like a lot and then it becomes refreshing to have such specific options.
Below are some steps to help you figure out the right stones and jewelry for your situation at this point in life and for where you think you are heading.
When browsing through the Crystals & Gemstones you can allow your intuition to guide you. What draws you at this moment. Is it bright colors, so then look by color. Is it the glitter? The darkness, the hopefulness…
Crystals and Gemstones have different underlying physical structures depending on what they are made of and can have flat faces like in a Quartz Crystal or a Labradorite Stone take a look in this image. Does it draw in your focus. Maybe this can be the Crystal of right now for you.
What is best for you today can change just like your favorite dessert. It all depends upon what you are experiencing and what your mind-body-spirit needs. At times this can seem logical, other times intuitive or inspiring, or un-explainable.
There are probably a 10-15+ crystals that can work great for you at any time. There are probably 1-3 crystals that in this specific moment that will be life changing for you. And you can find this by letting your inner guides lead you to them.
Wearing Crystals & Gemstones Daily
Mala Necklaces and Crystal Bracelets are really really popular because they have a combination of Crystal & Gemstone beads that can be worn around the neck, and gemstone bead bracelets on the wrist. Wearing these stones enables them to interact with you and make you feel happy, more self-confident, calm, and focused. They can even protect you from negative energies that feel draining.
Let’s try an example, think about something that a situation that is very urgent for you. Take a look around at the Crystals & Gemstones that you can see here. What draws you. What resonates with this urgent thing and makes you feel supported or energized, somehow better. If you know the name of the stone search for it here, for example: “tiger eye mala” “self confidence bracelet” “energy protection”
There are no rules and there is no specific order to follow. The natural impulses within you, your inner guides are drawn towards exactly what you need at this moment. The Crystals & Gemstones are amplifiers to those feelings and as you learn how to hear them they become easier to hear.
Characteristics and Properties of Crystals & Gemstones
The following are different aspects to notice and can help you decide what is best for you.
Color What color stones draw you in. Is it a positive or hopeful, earthy or protective color.
Shimmer Do you like shiny stones or matte ones, how about shimmering that feel glamorous or enchanting that pulls your imagination in.
Texture is it smooth and shiny in your fingers, or matte and smooth. Is it rough and raw or porous.
Shape is it a round, tumbled shiny crystal. Is it a bead on a bracelet or necklace or a pyramid, a heart, a sphere, a cube
Size how does it feel to have a beaded bracelet on your left wrist? how about on the right? How does it feel to wear blue beads around your neck.
Energy is has what parts of you can sense this stone. Can you feel a calmness of the pink Rose Quartz in the Heart? Can you feel a black Onyx in your gut? Hold up a Purple Amethyst and is there a general area where it just makes some sort of sense? Like up near your forehead and over the top of your head in some space up there. The stones interact with the body’s physical energy and will harmonize the areas that need support.
How is it Used is your curiosity drawn to Crystal and Gemstone Jewelry? Do you want to wear the necklace and the bracelet? Do you want to carry the stone with you in your hand. Do you want to put the crystal in the sunlight of your favorite room or bedroom. How would it feel to put a large crystal in the space where you work, could you concentrate better.