If you’ve been looking for a deep-dive guide to using self love crystals then you’ve come to the right place!
Let’s face it, the modern world can be brutal, especially this year 2020.
An excess of challenges and struggles can leave us questioning our abilities, relying on friends who have ulterior motives, or just leave us feeling at rock bottom.
This is when self love is usually at its ultimate low, but, to bring us away from these feelings and out of rock bottom we need to learn to love ourselves, cut ourselves some slack, and get back up.
Sometimes we need a little spiritual help achieving this which is where the powerful world of crystals comes in to save the day!
What is Self Love?
Let’s start with a quick recap on what self love actually is as quite a few people wrongly use the term and self care interchangeably.
While self care can be an act of self love, self love is not only a self care act.
Instead, self love is loving yourself, but this doesn’t mean you need to go around kissing mirrors or anything!
Instead, self love is about knowing your worth, being able to champion your abilities, being your own advocate, safeguarding your wellbeing, and being forgiving towards yourself.
Self love is the same as the compassion we direct to others, only it is directed within instead.
The following list gives a few examples of self love and self love activities:
- Using positive affirmations
- Being vocal about your needs
- Being able to ask for help
- Recognizing your achievements
- Treating yourself (in a healthy way)
- Challenging yourself
Check out this article if you want to know more about the differences between self love and self care.
Why is Self Love so Important?
Self love is essential to living a happy and fulfilling life.
You cannot achieve all that you are meant to achieve unless you are able to act as your ‘best self’. You also cannot truly care for others if you cannot first care and love yourself.
Having a strong sense of self love also gives you the resilience to face challenges head on and may help you to overcome any mental health struggles you may experience in your life.
Why Crystals Are Powerful Tools for Cultivating Self Love
Lastly, before we dive into the list of handy-dandy crystals, I first want to address why crystals are so great at helping you to cultivate and manifest your wants and needs.
While of course there is a level of mystery shrouding crystals as with many other facets of the spiritual world, the following reasons give an indication of the many benefits of crystals.
- Crystals are Natures Battery: The crystalline structure of many natural minerals and rocks is thought to be natures’ battery. Able to store, absorb, and transmit energy, many crystals work in harmony with the user and can help to balance and open blocked chakras.
- Crystals Require Dedicating Time to Yourself: In order to get the most out of your crystals, you’ll need to make time for yourself. It takes the realization that you need help and the strength to act upon this need, both of which are already aspects of self love.
- Crystals Make you More Self Aware: By taking the time out of your way to work with crystals you also get the chance to work on yourself. Working with the energies of crystals can help you to learn more about your own energies and provides a greater awareness of self.
What Are The Best Self Love Crystals?
As we’ve established so far in this article self love comes in many forms and therefore so do the crystals which may help you to cultivate a new love for yourself.
There are a variety of crystals on this list including common and uncommon crystals and each has their own special characteristics and features which are beneficial to cultivating self love.
1. Rose Quartz
The first on this list of self love crystals is this common pink stone is known as the ‘earth mother’ and as this title might suggest this crystal is known to be highly soothing and allows the user to heal from emotional pain which may be preventing them from loving themselves.
As a self love crystal, rose quartz also works to open and unblock the heart chakra.
Checkout this article if you want to know more about having a blocked heart chakra.
2. Citrine
The yellow stone citrine is known as a magnet for prosperity and is most powerful when used at the beginning of something such as the year, lunar cycle, or a new endeavor.
By helping you to achieve the good things you deserve citrine helps to improve self confidence which ultimately leads to a more positive state of mind and then self love. It works to open the solar plexus chakra.
3. Clear Quartz
Clear quartz is an excellent stone because it is affordable, common, and can be used universally for almost all manifestation purposes.
Clear quartz is packed…
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