Ten Healing Crystals for Children

Crystals are truly gifts from the Earth. Children seem to have a natural
attraction to pick them up and fully explore any kind of stone or crystal.
They will often use all their senses, seeing what the crystal looks like,
feeling the texture with their fingertips, or even rubbing the crystal against
other parts of their body. They are curious to know what it sounds like when
the crystal drops on the ground or plops into water, what it smells like and
tastes like. Some children use their psychic senses, telling what the crystal
is saying to them; or they will mysteriously use the crystal for healing without
any instructions. Children can respond very quickly to the healing energy of
crystals. However, please consult the best available qualified medical help
on the care of your children and use your common sense in regards to your
children's health and wellness. Take your children to a rock shop, gem and
mineral show, museums as well as to areas of high mineral content (check a
geological survey map) such as quarries, caves and mines. Let your children
pick crystals for themselves. Often they will select a crystal that is helpful
to their healing process. One four-year-old girl I met selected an Apache Tear,
used for the grieving process. The little girl, clutching it in her hand, remarked,
"Oh, I want to wear this all the time!" I asked the mother if there had been a
death in the family recently.

Astonished, she replied, "I just lost my brother four weeks ago, but we didn't
tell her". The girl was obviously sensitive to the family's sorrow and needed
some protection from the feelings of others around her. I have listed some
crystals to help in your child's healing. Let your child carry the crystal
in his or her pocket, or place 1 or 2 in a small medicine bag around the neck.
Let your child even sleep with his or her special crystal. Crystals often get
lost or misplaced by children, so you might want to have a few extras on hand.

Amethyst A "Master Healing Crystal". Amethyst's most noted healing quality
is its ability to purify and transmute all forms of negativity. For children
"in transition", whether it be a growth spurt, a major disappointment such as
failing a grade, or even hearing the devastating news of divorce or death,
Amethyst accepts all negative emotions and provides comfort through spiritual
acceptance. For children with various disabilities or with either physical
or emotional pain, an Amethyst cluster in the room will help clear unwanted
discharged energies, bringing the room back into a balanced state. For local
pain, hold an Amethyst directly on or over the area for up to 20 minutes.

Apache Tear The "Grief Stone". Apache Tear is actually Obsidian and is very
dark but transparent. When you hold a small piece up to the light you can
see through it. However, if you have been using the Apache Tear to absorb
negative emotions, you will see it cloud up and become opaque. Sometimes it
will clear up after the grieving is over.

Aventurine The "Leadership Stone". Aventurine strengthens and restores the
Heart energy, providing a balance of male and female energies. This crystal
is green and very loving, embracing, and protective of the Heart. Many
children who are shy, timid, or suppressing their leadership qualities need a
crystal like Aventurine. This stone helps the individual to become active
and to initiate action on their own accord. Asthmatic children seem
attracted to this stone as it opens up the lungs and they experience a sense
of relief.

Carnelian A "Self-Esteem Crystal". Carnelian is used to help restore
feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem. The deep orange colours relate
well to strengthening and blending the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd chakras, promoting
self-security and self-love. The pinker shades relate to enhancing love
between child and parent, through self-acceptance. This crystal is also used
for dermatological ailments such as acne, by holding the stone over the skin
and moving it in circles for several minutes, several times a day.

Clear Quartz The "Healing Crystal". Clear Quartz is a general all-purpose
healing crystal. Each Quartz crystal has its own energy signature and
healing mission. When a child makes contact with the right crystal, the
energy is discharged either very slowly, or quite suddenly so it feels like a
very mild electric shock. This natural energy can be just enough to
transform a disharmonious thought pattern, burn off some negative emotional
state, or even place the spiritual seeds of one's future into consciousness.
Using a cluster of Clear Quartz crystals for children is particularly nice,
as so many different types of crystals (record-keepers, transmitters,
channelers, etc.) are included. There's a crystal for any occasion!
Crystal clusters are also helpful to organize scattered thoughts and to
deflect negative energies.

Rose Quartz "The Love Stone". Rose Quartz is another terrific general
healing crystal for children especially for those who have a lot of hurt
feelings or aggressive tendencies. Rose Quartz can soothe a broken heart
shattered by seeing raw Reality - the ways things are, rather than the way
one wants them to be. For hyperactive children Rose Quartz soothes erratic
emotional states, anxiety, fear, compulsions, and many other mental
disorders. Some neurological benefits have also been noticed with muscle
spasms relaxing when Rose Quartz is guided over the nerve centres. For young
hearts, Rose Quartz helps to keep the Heart chakra open, vital and protected,
filtering in good energies and keeping out the bad.

Lapis Lazuli A "Psychic Balance Stone". Lapis Lazuli is an incredible
stabilizer for children who show psychic gifts early in life. The deep blue
colour stimulates expansion of consciousness in a supportive way, promoting
purification and clarity of spiritual insight. Lapis Lazuli provides
self-acceptance of one's given gifts and encourages openness of one's
spiritual awareness. This stone is highly prized for its protective powers
and stimulation of all psychic senses.

Jade A "Soother of Emotions Stone". Jade is easily obtained and can be
openly worn by children as regular "jewelry". Emotionally sensitive children
often need a supportive system to ensure that their feelings do not overwhelm
them. Jade enhances confidence, self-assurance, and self-reliance. Jade is
very inspirational in helping one achieve one's desires in life. This stone
is often available from a Chinese goods merchant and is often sold in the
shape of thin coins.

Tiger Eye A "Grounding Stone". Tiger Eye has thin rutile inclusions, and
when rocked back and forth the light reflects in a certain way as if the
tiger's eye were winking at you! Let your children explore this fascinating
stone and help them find the flashing Tiger's Eye. This stone is excellent
for grounding psychic energy and providing security for opening up the
psychic centers. Sometimes children get carried away and get lost in their
dream world. Tiger Eye helps to pull them back into their bodies (after
astral travel). This stone is very useful to put action to one's thoughts.
Tiger's Eye is about being practical. Perhaps every parent needs one for
their child before trips to the shopping mall.

Pyrite A "Protection Stone". Iron Pyrite comes in many different shapes,
from sun discs to cubes. Children are attracted to its shiny brassy
surfaces. Pyrite is like a small mirror; negative energy is reflected away.
The terror of being unprotected is reduced. There is also a feeling of
physical empowerment, that life in the physical form is perfect, and love is
abundant.


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"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
If I can ease one life the aching or cool one pain or help one fainting robin
unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain."
(Emily Dickinson)


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