Being Magazine - Winter 2015 Winter 2015 | Page 8

-8- Crystal Clear Western medicine has no doubt proven an effective means of helping to cure illness. However many are also looking at more holistic approaches (including crystal healing) as a means to connect the mind, body and spirit for enhanced wellness. Crystal healing is a type of natural therapy that has been around for centuries and its healing properties are as rich as its history. Just admiring or touching a crystal can evoke a psychological effect releasing suppressed emotions and memories. -9- is called resonance and can be compared when tuning a piano. Skin; Healing Emotional Benefits Calming; Balancing; Helps with stress, fear and mild depression The mystifying power of crystal healing is alluring and fascinating. Crusoeden Body has profiled three different healing crystals below and hope this will help you to feel more informed when exploring a craft market or a crystal shop. Pink Quartz Spiritual Benefits Creativity; Harmony Chalcopyrite Physical Benefits Assists realisation of optimum health; Helps with brain, lungs, and inflammation; Supports energy flow within the body/ meridians Emotional Benefits Enhances awareness and Perception; Balancing HOW DOES CRYSTAL HEALING WORK? Just like a crystal, our energy field, meridians, chakras, and all of our organs vibrate to their own frequency. When we become unwell that frequency is altered and this reflects in our energy field. The crystals work to lift and restore the frequency of the imbalanced energy to allow positive, healing energy to flow through our body. This outcome Physical Benefits There are a number of ways we can use crystals. They can be used directly by placing them on the body, on corresponding chakra centres. They can also be worn as jewellery, or by placing suitable crystals within our environment, such as in our home or car. Even though many aspects of this amazing therapy cannot be fully explained by medical e