In its simplest form, crystal healing therapy draws out negative energy in the body by placing gemstones in strategic places. As alternative medicine, crystal healing has been around for centuries. They’ve been used to support and supplement traditional medicines, cure ailments, and perhaps most importantly, to protect against disease. Why crystal healing is used by practitioners is because of the belief that gemstones are conduits for healing. Depending on the stone, each comes with unique positive and healing energy which flows into the body to help push out negative, disease-causing sentiments.
If you’re thinking about gemstone treatments for Valentine’s Day 2019, you’re not the only one. Gemstones and crystal healing have risen in popularity tremendously in the past five years, featured all across Instagram, social media, and in popular media. Even so, medical doctors disagree with crystal healing and scientists don’t often take it seriously. Although crystal healing may not have scientifically ever been able to cure disease, if you believe there’s energy-flow in the body, those who use gemstone treatments strongly believe it to work. Certain elements of massage therapy and Reiki are built entirely around gemstone treatments.
Gemstone treatments for Valentine’s Day 2019 is a great gift for anyone suffering from chronic pain, fibromyalgia, mental health illnesses such as anxiety or depression, or anyone who’s just been having a rough time of it. After all, crystal healing treatments have been used by everyone from ancient Egyptians to the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia over 6,000 years ago. Philosophies surrounding crystal healing were largely developed from Chinese medicine and Asian concepts of life-energy, as well as the Hindu and/or Buddhist views of chakras. Life-energy is believed to exist in the body, connecting the physical with the supernatural. When it gets bogged down or cloudy, this can be acted out in anxiety, depression, or physical pain.
What’s particularly interesting about gemstone treatments is that each stone has different properties. Amethyst, for example, is seen as beneficial to the intestines. Meanwhile, green aventurine helps the heart. Yellow topaz motivates mental clarity. Across the 7 Chakra points on the body, these and other stones are placed to initiate these body responses. In a treatment session, crystals like these are aligned above the head, on the forehead, on the throat, on the chest, stomach, on the gut, and on the genital area.
The Chakra philosophies relating to disease and energy imbalances are at the center of crystal healing. As a Valentine’s Day gift, this can be a nice spa-esque gift or something that can be in combination with other gifts to present something really special. For more information on gemstone treatments and crystal healing in Canada, visit Lierre.ca.