It all started in 2009 during Cranial Sacral class. I was having flashbacks, trauma lifting, not understanding that it was time to let go of the pain I held on to in my body. It only happened when I worked with this one lady - we’ll call her K. I worked with K a couple times in this class. The slow, subtle healing of Cranial Sacral has a powerful effect on old wounds trapped in the body. It felt like bad juju was emerging from me, and it threw me into a trance like state that was far from - positive. At least I did not know how to handle it at that point.

I was chosen to work with K again via the teacher’s choosing - and I was internally terrified. Sweat dripping down my face, hot and in shock. I knew what this meant. Do I have to go visit my demons - AGAIN?! I didn’t say much, just got on the table and did the work. There it was, emerging from me the things that would later fully unwind. But this time, I was in no place to receive from K the novice student who didn’t have any business handling PTSD trauma or any skill in mental/emotional care. I was 18 at the time, and she was, 17? We were just kids.

As the pain emerged from my - soul - I simply could not lay on the table for a basic instructional trade in the Arizona School of Massage Therapy. This is the story of my life, never being able to take things for face value, and sometimes erupting from the depth of lifetimes, dimensions, and ancestry - we were just having a regular conversation here. Sorry guys. I was crawling out of my skin in an uncomfortable flight or fight response that was becoming painstakingly obvious.

My teacher for Cranial, Alana, took note of what was happening and did not pressure me into enduring the in-class trade any longer. She sat me over on the side of the dim lit room, and handed me two crystals. My first thought in my 18 year old brain had been what most laymen think upon being given two rocks in an awkward situation. WTF IS THIS?

A Rose Quartz, and an Amethyst Quartz.

Rose Quartz & Amethyst are from the same Quartz family - their colors come from different mineral deposits.

And that’s when it hit me. I felt instantaneously soothed. Moved. Shifted. Healed, even. Maybe not from the totality of the trauma that had been working to rise itself from me, but something shifted in me that day with those rocks - I mean, crystals. So much so, I have since collected a small fortune, and have given away a small fortune of crystals that have come and gone to teach me and guide me with insurmountable wisdom and healing that you simply will never get anywhere else - no ivy league college will teach you that. Only the all mighty powerful Mother Earth can do that. Will we ever collectively listen?

How does it work?

I have had to break this down to a science for myself. To reason my first trip to Sedona to purchase crystals after my life changing experience with them, the explanation sounded like I met a unicorn and was riding it up there in the wee hours of the morning. As this is part-way true, there had to be a logical, scientific, and realistic reason as to how these crystals were actually shifting my being, my consciousness, my thoughts. It wasn’t a placebo effect.. It was Mother Earth.

It has been tested on human bodies to hold a hertz frequency emission from approximately 5 Hz. This can be considered your “vibration” or simply, the amount of GO power you have that is moving your cells. This is different than the hertz frequency of your active brain, but that is another note. Mother Earth’s hertz frequency is known to be 7.83 Hz. The reasoning for humans to have a lower frequency than Earth is our inability to attune ourselves to the Earth herself, and endure stress, pain, unhealthy foods, unhealthy habits, refuse exercise, dehydrate ourselves, wear rubber sole shoes indoors whilst working, etc. You get the picture. We have a lot to work on to be in tune with the rhythm of nature. Nature, herself does none of these unhealthy things and creates order out of chaos. She will grow and expand without bounds.

Refined elements of nature that have gone through ages of growth hold an even higher Hertz frequency, such as crystals, gems, and minerals which have been rigorously processed for generations of time until they are discovered, mined, or surfaced by the Earth. This refining stores intelligence in its purest form into physical matter. Intelligence of how spirit and matter organize and create at the core of it all. Just by simply holding an ancient being (I mean come on really, humble yourself!) you are holding onto a process that is probably multiple generations older than you, and understands life, growth, refinement, order and vibrational frequency unlike anything our distracted minds can even comprehend. But by attuning to crystals, we can start to embody that of which they have to teach. Humans are incredibly adaptable and anything we have in our environment will effect us knowingly, or unknowingly - how is a high vibrational chunk of Earth any different? Especially when utilized with intention and reverence. We are but particles of vibration, and if we hold on to other entities of matter that also have a vibration, it will ultimately effect us with time, consistency, and quantity.

You can find a million descriptions on Google regarding what kind of intelligence crystals can give to you. Simply by looking up “metaphysical properties of insert any type of crystal here” you will find out that most of the rocks around your house could help cure cancer. Sort of. There’s much more to it than that, but there is definitely a grain of salt’s worth of truth in their descriptors. Different parts of our central nervous system - the system of the body that controls and regulates the frequency of our body - has slightly different vibrational needs from our head all the way to our toes. Where as our feet may need a more slow and steady stream of vibrational input for simply standing or walking, our brains are wired to move fast and effectively for problem solving. To match in with the world of crystals, there are stones like the garnet that, although vibrationally higher than that of most daily lives, resonate just a bit slower and steadier, and are better for healing or inducing grounding, stability, consistency, and protection. To utilize a crystal with faster resonance, like an amethyst, fluorite, or quartz, will not have as much effect on the roots of the body as it would on the opposite end that governs the brain and the mind. As the mind actually fluctuates in the hertz meter with what state it is in, utilizing these types of crystals that are good for the area of the mind will bring balance, ease of thought, focus, clarity, and even meditation when knowingly used with that intention.

How do I know what crystal is best for me, and how do I utilize them?

When I first started exploring the world of crystals, I was okay with and understood concepts such as chakras and energy systems of the body. I was not shy to the concept that we were more than just physical matter, even though at that time I wasn’t sure exactly what it all meant. It turns out all of these esoteric notions are scientifically just the result of our nervous system’s creating. If you are still in a place where you have no idea how it could all be true but would like to understand, just contact me and we can have a real life discussion.

Back to learning what type of crystals could be best for your healing journey. Understand when you are engaging in crystal healing, you are engaging in a process of transformation with a conscious collection of matter. You are not fully in control. If you are okay with stepping down from the mental ladder of western philosophy in terms of realizing Mother Nature is an incredible, intelligent entity that can help you, you have made the first step to accepting that something as benign looking as a rock can change your life.

First things first, write down a list of issues, attributes, long standing ailments that you have and would like to transform. My first list ever looked something like:

- Would like to have ease of communication with other people
- Would like to have better focus on topics that I am learning
- Would like to open my Solar Plexus and become more overall empowered
- Would like to increase meditation and open up celestial realms in my waking life

Thanks to the “woo woo” community, they have really broken it down for us to find crystals quickly and effectively that would be the best conduit to help us with our issues. Now remember, crystals are helpers, they are not our saviors or slaves. Big difference. When going into the journey, always utilize crystals with (1st-reverence) but also, with the understanding that they are mostly gentle guides that will work with us kind of like a coach or mentor. They won’t solve all the problems for us, but they do help us attune to change if we let them. The way I would find crystals to help solve my above issues would be a simple search in your favorite search engine:

- Crystals to help increase the ease of communication
- Crystals to inclirease focus and learning
- Crystals for Solar Plexus development and empowerment
- Crystals for meditation and transpersonal understanding

It really is that easy! And in reality, the conduit you are using (phone, computer, etc.) is made up of some precious minerals itself. Crystals are guiding you the whole way there. How they were actually mined and produced into your technology is another subject - albeit very important and deserves it's own separate research. With that said, not all crystal dealers are equal. Just like how the quality of where you are getting your food from is unfortunately not always equal. Crystals are put through rigorous mining, processing, and thrown out into the industrialized world. Rarely are they put out there for their healing qualities, usually it is for technology or aesthetic only. Humans can be pretty shallow. My best advice is search out your crystals straight from miners, or from mom and pop shops that know the origins (location, mines, dates) of the crystals that they purchase. Ebay and Instagram have a current swell of miners and independent crystal businesses that sell raw and non-industrial dug minerals that you can purchase in a more conscious fashion. If you find crystals that have been “factory farmed” and you truly resonate with them, it does not make them any less of a crystal. Get them out of the negative energy and take them home with you!

Just like we need to re-set and re-charge, so will crystals when you purchase them from a busy store or when they’re living in an environment that is unlike their natural habitat. Sound familiar? All crystals have different make up and can not handle the same re-charging techniques, so make sure you look up what kind of material your crystals are made up of and re-charge accordingly. Water, Earth, Air, Smoke, Moon/Sun, and if you are adept, an energy clearing attunement is all your crystals will need to get back to their natural way of being. When you allow your crystal to come back to it’s neutrality, you can then utilize your thoughts or words as the frequency that they are to transfer intention into the frequency of the crystal. It is an imprint that you as a creator can utilize as a form of transfer with a being of energy, vibration, frequency.

Crystals can be placed on intentional alters, next to your bed or under your pillow while you sleep, held during meditation or work, worn on the body in forms of jewelry or in medicine bags, placed in your bra (if you wear those things), put in your pocket, or pretty much any other way you can think of hanging out with your crystal healer friend! Some bodyworkers, or healers, will utilize crystals under a massage table, in the form of mandalas, or place them on the body during a session to allow their energy to provide the recipient(s) with energy they may benefit from. Don’t forget to take care of it like you would any other friend, and take notice of how their own energy fluctuates during your time together. Crystals have a tendency, when heavily programmed with a specific job, or when encountering its opposing frequency to break or… literally disappear… when it’s job is complete. The breaking can be easily explained, as it’s all frequency, but the disappearing act that some crystals take part in is still a phenomenon that has some quantum reasoning yet for me to fully process. I have had both of these occurrences happen on multiple occasions. Try not to be too attached, as that is the emotional body desiring to hold onto something that isn’t yours to hold onto in the first place. The crystal has done you a service. Do not glue it back together. You can bury it back in the Earth, into a river, or clear the broken pieces and give them out as gifts. It does not make it any less of a crystal for it to be broken, there is just less matter there.

Its that simple! Crystals, demystified!

Crystals have no mental chatter, no bias or hang ups around helping or being better than one another. They formed, they grew for a vast amount of time, and just like humans - have a ton to offer from their pressure laden experiences. Do you have any crystals around your home or work place that you haven’t really met before? Are there any crystals that you’d like to discover the healing qualities of?

Here are some Instagram accounts you can look into to find some stellar quality minerals from, some of these people being the miners themselves! ***I MAKE NO COMMISSIONS FROM THESE ACCOUNTS!***

@_earthencreations_ I am biased to this account as it is my Beloved’s business, ran with great integrity

@crystals_of_australia A local miner from Australia

@thecrystalcollector Epic minor with incredible footage from the States

@themineralcollective Personal connection from PNW now in New Mexico

@kelleye_ A sister in Crystals, because GIRLPOWER!!!