Healing Stones Glossary — calming

Creates a positive energy around itself and exerts a calming influence on the person using it. It is used when undergoing great changes in one’s life and helps to prepare you for anything! It is thought to allow your ideas and inspirations to broaden, open and develop. It allows you to give up old patterns and pathways and ‘go with the flow.’ The outer layers of  “The Christ Redeemer” statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are made of Soapstone because of its durability and ease of application.

 When a stone contains two or more crystals, it means that it has the power of both of those stones, and additional power to promote harmony, since the stone, by its very nature, must create harmony between the two stones that work within it.

An effective grounding stone, Tourmaline Quartz strengthens the body’s energy field against external invasion and deflects detrimental environmental influences. 

The clear quartz is an amplifier while the black tourmaline is a cleansing, grounding influence. It is often seen as a symbol of unity and is an effective problem solver.  It eliminates crystalized patterns, which are, or may have been, destructive in one's own life and releases tensions at any level. It's liberating power against negative energy can be used to assist us to actualize the strength needed to alleviate negative or hostile relationships and situations. Tourmaline Quartz balances yin and yang energies. It harmonizes disparate and opposite elements and polarities and turns negative thoughts and energies into positive ones. Psychologically, it helps to integrate and heal the shadow energies, alleviating self-sabotage. 

Snow quartz is a stone that brings good fortune. It is also a calming and soothing stone. Snow quartz is helpful for meditation and looking within. It also has all the properties of clear quartz to a gentler degree. Snow quartz is often used for purification. Physically, it is beneficial for the immune system.

Magnesite is a wonderful relaxing and calming stone to use in meditation… and it has the potential to aid you to create quite amazing changes in your life. It has a soothing vibration, and if you meditate with it, and specifically tune into the energy of your heart it will allow your mind to respond to the desires of the heart. This aids you to live your life in alignment with your hearts needs and aspirations. Its vibration may help you to love yourself… and this will in most of you, increase your level of self-esteem. One of its powerful attributes is that it stimulates your mind to communicate with your heart. This may bring through amazing almost heavenly joy… and it is said to stimulate passion and heartfelt love in many people. It aids you to be true to yourself… and if you are stressed it helps you to relieve anxiety.

This majestic stone ranges in color from deep purple to pale lavender, depending on the presence of manganese and iron. Leonardo Da Vinci once wrote that amethyst holds the power to dissipate evil thoughts and quicken one’s intelligence. Cross-culturally, this gemstone is used as a symbol of peace and unification. It is also thought to evoke feelings of serenity and calmness.

Amethyst is also called the "Sobriety Stone". Not only is it believed to help with physical addictions, but mental ones as well. Sometimes we get obsessed with thoughts or ideas and our inner dialogue becomes a huge distraction filled with negative thoughts. Amethyst quiets the mind allowing ideas to flow and not get stuck in one thought pattern. Being associated with the crown chakra, It increases wisdom, intellect, intuition and clarity. 

Fire Agate has a deep calming energy that brings security and safety. It is a protection stone with strong grounding powers. Hold a fire agate to inspire inner knowledge to emerge in the resolution of problems.

Topaz is a powerful stone in the way that quartz is. It is a balancing and calming stone that balances emotions, releases tension, balances emotions, and can bring joy. Topaz is also believed to bring success, good fortune, and synchronicity. It is also used for protection, particular protection from greed. It also is said to bring creativity, individuality, true love, and hope. Spiritually it brings in spiritual love and peace. Topaz is a soothing, empathetic stone that will direct energy to the place it is most needed. It heals and energizes. Topaz is a promoter of truth and forgiveness. Use it to find your own path.