CRYSTALS AND.....nature
- Nia Finlay
- Nov 22, 2024
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 27, 2024
It feels very fitting for my first blog of the year (yes I'm aware 2024 is nearly over) to be about two very important tools for healing and general well-being and how they connect with one another.
Having gone through yet another transformation, having had a second child, loosing family members and entering my peri-menopausal stage of life, it's obvious to say, I have felt VERY disconnected from myself. Only recently, from consciously spending time in nature with and without crystals have I noticed a positive shift in my energy - hence my desire to share some techniques with you.
Whether transformations in your life are big or small, it's all relative, and solutions to your healing and well-being need to be tailored to your needs and accessibility.
With autumn/winter in full swing, I will start by exploring the healing benefits of being out in Nature. Firstly, nature is accessible to all, a simple walk around your local park or a place lined with trees can be a great way to consciously heal.
It may feel like stating the obvious, however the conversation here is to bring awareness to how you are engaging with nature. Simple actions can really help ground your energy or lift your spirits, especially when dark winter months, current affairs and general state of the world can be triggering or causing dense energy and feelings to re-surface.
Nature healing techniques:
Sight: Look up at the trees, pick up a leaf, admire the changing colours.
Touch: Feel the bark of a tree, explore the textures and patterns of a leaf, pick up some moss and feel its softness in your hands.
Sound: Crunch on some dry leaves, listen to bird song, or rustling of leaves in the wind.
Connect: with your inner child and play. Collect leaves or fallen branches, look for fungi, hug a tree.
Create: take leaves home to make cards with or build a fairy door at the bottom of a tree. Add twigs, fallen leaves or moss to your door, decorate the area to invite ancestors through the door to connect with.
Here is an example of a Fairy door, created by a friend at a Forest School training course I went on. We were encouraged to 'play' in nature, be creative and make our own choices - all of which can aid healing.
Having spent time in nature, I managed to strip myself of all the weight and dense energy that the recent transformations brought up for me.
I visualised myself as a tree, shedding leaves and with each one, letting go of all that I can no longer hold. I opened myself up to hope, like a bare tree, hope of new leaves sprouting in a few months.
This helped me re-connect with my spiritual self, I no longer needed to get back to my 'old' self, but to embrace this new version of me, like a tree, go through life's cycle with awareness and optimism.
Crystals and nature go hand in hand. They grow deep underground, shaped by the minerals and metals bonding either through pressure, heat or cooling processes. Without Mother Earth we would not have crystals. Even in the destructive nature of volcanoes, crystals are formed. As lava cools certain crystals are formed. This relationship between the natural world and the crystal world is intertwined and healing can take place in either.
One of my favourite grounding crystals is called Petrified wood. It is formed from decaying wood slowly crystalising and turning completely into stone, it can take anywhere from thousands of years to millions! It represents so much, from nature to transformation. Holding the crystal and meditating with it can take you deep down to your own roots, connecting you to your ancestors - wild, I know!
Another firm favourite is Moss Agate. Holding it up to the light reveals the moss like inclusions within the crystal. This crystal helps you to connect to nature, taking you deep into the healing powers of plants and trees. It's a gentle grounder yet profound. You can get lost in its beauty which lies true to the effect nature can have on us.
Crystals love to be in nature, it's their spiritual home!
Read on to discover anklets ideal for connecting with nature, thus deepening your healing.
Please note, I speak from my own experiences and as a qualified Crystal and Spiritual Healer. I am not trained as a therapist, if you have or are struggling mentally please seek help from professions such as your GP or Therapist. The views and opinions here are my own and I too seek help from professionals such as GP’s, specialists, and Therapists to support me during difficult times.
With any form of healing or wanting to consciously improve your situation, be it physical/mental health or your surroundings, the work starts with YOU.
An anklet is a powerful healing tool, it sits around your feet which is your first point of contact with Mother Earth. You ground your energy from your feet and work upward. The root chakra (mulahadra) sits at the base of your body and is associated with your feet. It's primary role is to assist with stability, and connection to the physical realm. I only work with dense grounding crystals for the anklets I make. It makes sense energetically and ensures you are matching the frequency of the crystal to your root chakra and feet - it's a harmonious coming together of spirit, crystal and nature.
Pink Tourmaline represents the energies that you would find in nature, powerful, deep and committed to change. It aligns your physical self with that of the physical aspects of nature, from the beauty of flowers in the spring to the transformation of trees in the winter. Tourmaline helps to sync with the cycles of nature with purpose.
When you are going through change, it is often hard to be patient. Waiting for brighter days or your luck to change can often leave you feeling low or in despair. Hematite is supportive in grounding your energy to set you up to be ready. It holds your hand during transformation and helps you to connect to your true self.
AFFIRMATIONS FOR HEALING WITH NATURE
I AM FREE LIKE THE WIND
MY ROOTS ARE STRONG AND GROUNDED
LIKE THE SEASONS, I TOO CHANGE, SHED AND GROW
MOTHER NATURE WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE, CARE AND NURTURE ME
I AM THE EARTH, THE EARTH IS ME
If you have made it this far, thank you - I hope you can take something away from this BLOG and feel empowered with or without CRYSTALS. Changes in life are inevitable, your feelings are VALID and this is a safe space to explore your emotions and be guided by the healing power of crystals and visualisation.
How to use crystals to help you connect to the state you feel needs the most attention? Explore the website or book a healing with me, we can discuss your current energetic state, your goals for your mental well-being and how we can get you there in a supported and guided way.
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