Find our crystal collection HERE! Life is full of stresses, bills, traffic, Covid, sickness, war and troublesome people to name a few unsavory things we all deal with daily. Luckily we have learned that calming ourselves through activities such as yoga, exercise, and meditation can aid us when we feel completely overwhelmed. We also escape on summer weekends to the festival setting that is filled with loving and like minded people and beautiful surroundings. But what about dealing with the daily grind when we can’t get to our favorite yoga class or get some quiet time?

I have the answer and it’s all about connection. Connection? Yeah connection. The ability to connect to your inner happiness, your compass, your “true north”, and finding how to stay calm and rooted in the midst of the pressure cooker of life. That’s why we say Keep Calm and Carry Crystals!

At one time or another I have carried different stones but the consistent ones that are always with me represent love, grounding, empathy and the ability to shield myself against negativity. These crystals include Tourmaline, Kyanite, Citrine and Smoky Quartz. Every situation I am in throughout the day is made more tolerable when I hold my crystals.

Before I get on an airplane I always make sure my Kyanite is in my hand as a security blanket – just knowing it is with me provides the calm I need and serves as my “anti-anxiety” crystal! Being able to find a crystal to use when there is a lot of stress and anxiety in your life is so important and I have found that Kyanite and smoky quartz are stones that provide that soothing calm and grounding energy. So when you are about to encounter a stressful day in or are in the midst of a totally overwhelming situation of traffic, yelling kids and cars honking then take out that crystal and squeeze it for dear life!

When you are in a situation where a family member is sick or even close to dying, try to find a crystal that you both can carry that can connect you with eachother. In the aftermath of the death of a loved one we have found that sleeping with a piece of tourmaline placed over your heart really helps to feel connected to your loved one that has passed. Placing this crystal on your heart while saying your mantra, reading or meditating will give you such an amazing ability to work thru the grief in a tactful way while helping to rebuild your own sense of self love and positivity.

In our experience working with kids on the Autism spectrum and their families, we have see the most incredible results of using crystals as a catalyst for increased communication, grounding and calm. This happened in both the kids and the parents. These kids are highly intuitive to begin with and the addition of crystals added such an incredible element to their lives. What we have done is spend time with the kids and their families, put four or five different crystals on the table and see which ones the kids are most drawn to. These become the stones that they want to keep with them at all times and in some cases we have found them wanting to know every detail from the color to the science to where its from. In terms of the metaphysical properties of these crystals there is nothing coincidental about what crystals the kids are drawn to. There are a baseline set of stones which contain properties in the realm of calming, grounding, communicating and listening and those are the stones we deal with on a day to day basis and recommend to parents with kids on the spectrum to give to the kids to keep with them during the day and to sleep with at night.

Crystals become an extension of yourself so finding a stone to keep with you in times of great stress, grief, anxiety and depression can give you hope that everything is going to work out for the best!  

Keep Calm and Carry Crystals works! Although crystals are beautiful to put on an altar or display in your home, I feel it’s better to use them in a practical sense on a daily basis for anything life throws your way! These beautiful specimens from the earth are there to help us balance the harmony in our relationships and give us a larger capacity to love ourselves so keep one with you at all times!