Crystals have risen in popularity, and you can easily find them everywhere, but they are more than just gorgeous stones. They have symbolic healing properties and can serve many purposes, such as providing as a sign of protection from negative energy, luck and confidence, anxiety, and much more.

If you are interested in enhancing your self-care routine and feel more connected to your emotions, soul, and body, you can learn how to incorporate crystals into your daily self-care habits.

Elevate your aura shields and improve your well-being and relationship with yourself by bringing gemstones into your life.

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Improve the quality of your sleep with crystals

Restful and enough sleep is essential for our well-being. When we sleep well, we tend to feel less cranky, stressed, or irritable and manage our emotions better. And when we rest properly, it shows on our faces as well and bodies as well. 

You can place a small gemstone under your pillow or a crystals tower near your bed to promote restful and peaceful sleep. They will act as a symbolic energy field to prevent interference with your sleep. Some use crystals to help relax, relieve tension, and stop intrusive thoughts that can cause insomnia.

People use the following crystals to support better sleep at night:

• Amethyst

• Celestite

• Prehnite

• Moonstone

• Chrysoprase

• Red Jasper

You can also have a dreamcatcher made with crystals above your head when sleeping. Dreamcatchers are said to protect you from nightmares that could disturb you and ruin your well-deserved sleep.

Crystal face rollers for your skin and soul

You probably know that massaging your face with a face roller has many benefits. It will make your skin look brighter because it stimulates the blood flow in your face. It also decreases puffiness and soothes the skin while improving your mood.

Face rollers are great tools to add to your "self-care arsenal." They are even more incredible when made of crystals. The stones are thought to have healing and relaxing vibes, so don't hesitate to make a habit of massaging your face with the crystal face roller you want.

Depending on your affinity with a particular crystal and your needs, you can choose from the following crystal face rollers:

• Clear Quartz face roller - caries rejuvenating energies and melts away tension and negative vibes

• Green Jade face roller - promotes a healthy energy flow while it comforts and soothes

• Rose Quartz face roller - nurtures your aura, reduces stress, and promotes unconditional self-love

• Rhodonite face roller - carries energies that are emotionally healing and releases toxic emotions such as jealousy and resentment

• Tiger Eye face roller - helps you feel grounded and enhances your inner strength

Meditate using palm stone crystals

Being mindful and remaining grounded in the present moment can be part of your self-care routine, as it will help you build focus and self-awareness. And using a palm stone crystal for meditation is a symbol of enhancing unconditional love towards yourself, observing your body and mind without judgment and feeling more balanced with how you react to external and internal stimuli.

Take at least five to ten minutes daily to sit still, hold a palm stone in your hands, feel the crystal's gentle vibes and focus on your breath. You might soon see some improvement in your overall well-being.

Here are some great palm stones to use for meditation:

• Amethyst palm stone - great for relieving anxiety and calming the soul

• Labradorite palm stone - used to help you in your self-discovery process while protecting you from harmful energies

• Polychrome Jasper palm stone - has a firmly centering, grounding energy that will make you feel connected to Mother Earth

• Sea Green Calcite palm stone - helps with realigning the spiritual, physical, and emotional bodies

Journaling with crystals

Crystals that are great for promoting self-discovery, an enhanced higher self, and self-development can be excellent gemstones for journaling. And if you already like to take your time to write in a journal as a self-care practice, it won't be hard to incorporate crystals and gemstones.

Enjoy the therapeutic effects of journaling with crystals. Hold a small crystal in your hand while writing, or let it sit on your journal's pages before writing down your thoughts. You can also have one or more crystals on your desk while writing to benefit from their supporting vibes.

You can use Blue Lace Agate, Black Kyanite, or Angelite to improve self-expression and clarity of mind. If journaling about your traumatic experiences, find some energetical support in stones such as Lapis Lazuli, Carnelian, and Howlite.

For a gratitude journal, you can rely on the positive energy of Citrine, Sunstone, and Rose Quartz. Follow your intuition and select the journaling crystal that will provide you with its supportive and nurturing vibe.

Wearing crystal jewelry

A simple way of incorporating crystals into your lifestyle and self-care efforts is to wear crystal earrings, bracelets, or pendants and necklaces. Choose the gem you need for the day or occasion, let it infuse your aura, and support your intentions while wearing it.

For instance, if you go on a date and want a stone that will help you protect your boundaries, you can wear a cute Amazonite pendant. Besides the Amazonite's ability to support setting clear personal boundaries, it also enhances love and balances masculine and feminine energies.

Or, if you are working on an art project, a work project, or just need creativity and inspiration, you can wear a Kambaba Jasper bracelet. This gemstone is known to bring positive energy, prosperity, and inspiration and clear any mental obstacles.

So whatever needs or intentions you want your crystal jewelry to serve, you can choose the right crystal for you and wear it that day or for a couple of hours. Check your gemstone's resistance to prolonged exposure to the sun, water, or other environmental factors your crystal might interact with. 

You don't want to wear a bracelet made from a brittle and water soluble crystal at the beach. You must wear crystal jewelry with respect and care, so get to know your gem collection.

Surround yourself with crystals

Welcome crystals into your environment to benefit from their positive and encouraging energies. And don't worry, there are many ways of incorporating crystals into your environment to improve your well-being.

You can start with your home. There is a suitable crystal for every room of your home, and you can choose which one you want to have around and remind you of the importance of self-care. Here are some examples of how to strategically place crystals in your home:

• Improve and harmonize the dynamics in your kitchen with a Chrysocolla crystal - you can place it on the kitchen table or a windowsill

• Create a fresh atmosphere in your bathroom with the help of a Green Fluorite crystal - you can place it on the edge of the bathtub or on a shelf near a scented candle

• Reduce anxiety and relax in your bedroom by using a Lepidolite crystal - have this beautiful gemstone next to your bed or on the windowsill

• Protect yourself from harmful radiations while working or studying with Shungite - you can place it in your home office, on the desk, or near your electronic devices

• Amplify and purify the energy in your living room by placing a Clear Quartz crystal on a coffee table, TV, or bookshelves.

• Have a Black Tourmaline stone placed in the room where you use to meditate or do yoga to help you relieve tension and bring in calmness and clarity

About the author:

Xenia Mateiu is the founder of Village Rock Shop in Carlsbad, California, a gift shop where you can find many locally sourced crystal products, gems, geodes, candles, and dreamcatchers. Xenia hopes that crystals and their beneficial properties can become accessible to as many people as possible.