SAMDA Healing Courses: Crystals - Crystal Healing Today

In Crystal Healing the crystals supply and enhance energy. They have no ill or side effects. They give the cells the necessary energy, which is vital for repairing and maintaining health of an individual.

A medical doctor treats the physical body; a psychologist counsels the mind and emotions; and the spiritual leaders and priests attend to the soul. The healer must work to balance everything... the mind, body, emotions and soul or spirit.

Anything, which blocks or deprives a cell of energy, will weaken it. When a cell is weakened, the cell sends out a pain signal to the brain requesting energy to alleviate the problem. If the brain has enough bio-energy in reserve, and it hears the signal clearly, it will send the appropriate amount of energy to the cell, which it will use to operate the automatic repair, maintenance, rejuvenation, and replacement process. When the process reaches a certain level of automatic repair, the pain signal is no longer needed and begins to reduce itself or turn off.

However, certain conditions can alter the brain's ability to respond to this call i.e. drugs, alcohol, or other influences can cause an altered state where the signals are received poorly or sometimes not at all.

The key to all healing is energy and healing is a balancing energy. Therefore if we can balance the energies of all the bodies, we can have health, harmony and joy.

Make friends with the healing crystals, learn to "dance" with them and they will bring unlimited joy, healing and abundance into your life. When the mind is linked to the stones, they serve as an amplifier to increase the healing process. For those of you who are new to the world of crystal healing and energy whether you are experiencing powerful or subtle feelings or energy vibrations from the gemstones, it matters not, just take a moment to appreciate the beauty and depth of the potential that has entered your life. With an open heart and mind you will witness first hand the miracles of crystal healing as things begin to happen.

As you journey on the road to healing whatever healing gemstones you need will show up at the most opportune time. You will become more attuned to the different healing properties of crystals as well as the energies of the different gemstones and they will call you to them. It would just about seem that they choose you.

You will be attracted to them whether because of their colour, shape or maybe a sensation you experience when you pick one up and hold it, the vibration you feel from the stone will let you know it is the right one for you. Allow your senses, to be your guide and trust your intuition.

Crystal healing is not an exact science and before we take a look at some healing gemstones and their energies and healing properties, we must keep the sceptic in mind. As with everything and in particular something different like healing with crystals it would be open season for the sceptic to try to raise simple arguments like the "placebo affect".

The placebo effect asserts that a person will feel better after a treatment if they expect that they will. Sometimes the placebo effect has been cited as being the only reason for any noticeable improvement in health when, alternative healing methods, in particular crystal healing therapy is employed.

When somebody says to me that crystal healing is all in the mind, I am reminded of the fact that many problems start in the mind, aura - mental body, and spread to the body. There is overwhelming proof that the mind does play a vital role in the body's ability to recover from illness ...



The healing power of positive thought is universally accepted by both traditional and alternative medical practitioners to not only aid but speed up the healing process, add to this a belief in the powers of a certain therapy, like crystal healing and the cure can and will be quicker.

The measure of how effective gemstones are in your life should not be gauged by the experience of a single crystal healing session. On some days you may be more sensitive and open to the crystal healing process than others. I always suggest that it is best to have short, regular crystal healing sessions rather than to try and "fix" everything all at once.

Over time you will begin to notice that your well being improves with the regular crystal healing sessions. You'll notice that you cope better with difficult situations and that you feel more settled and balanced after several short crystal healing sessions.

These as some of the things I have learned about crystals and crystal healing over the years:

There are no rules! Use gemstones however, whenever, and wherever you feel is best. There may be "accepted" connections between certain colors and chakras or other relationships, but trust your inner knowingness, its your body after all.
Trust your own intuition! You may feel drawn to a particular colour, shape, or "feel" of a healing crystal. Know that you will find what you need at the right time. I often buy a new crystal without knowing its properties, then learn that it's just right for whatever issue I'm dealing with.
Bigger or more perfect is not always better. Small, odd-shaped, included, or even partially damaged crystals can have very powerful healing energies and all crystals have their own stories to tell.
Some shout, some whisper. From some you may get a big reaction, and little or nothing from others. You may even find one and not know what to do with it for a while. I have some that haven't yet revealed their purpose to me, but remember right time or place and you will know.
Should a stone disappear or break, let it go, it has done its "dance", you did nothing "wrong" to it. (Of course, give your crystals a comfy place to stay safe when they're not in use and blanket them with love.)
It is my sincere wish that the above 5 points will be of assistance to you when you discover your own "dance" with healing crystals.


Crystal Healing Crystals Can and Will Heal You!


Crystal Healing is an alternative or complementary energy healing medicine technique or modality that employs gemstones and crystals as healing tools.

The practitioner places gemstones or crystals on or around the body. When crystals are placed on the body it is often done in such a manner as to correspond with the chakras and when they are placed around the body it is called either a crystal lay-out, crystal net or crystal grid which is done in an attempt to construct an energy field that surrounds the client enhancing healing energy. The healing is said to remove blockages in the aura or the body's electromagnetic field.

Crystal Healing can be used to improve your life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Most all crystals are healing stones and they are incredibly versatile each exerting its energy at a different level and frequency.

The correct healing properties of crystals are chosen for crystal healing either by the gem's color or the composition of the stone defining its appropriateness for a specific disease. Your intuition, your love, your connectedness to the energies will guide you to make the right choices in every situation.

Nothing on Earth compares with their fascinating forms and enchanting colors.

The forms of healing with crystals that are in use today arose in the alternative cultures of the 1970's and 1980's, but like many complementary systems, they have developed out of ancient cultural traditions.

A little bit of History . . .

Ancient peoples believed that crystals had fallen from the heavens as gifts from their ancestors.

This notion is not so far from the truth. All the particles that make up matter once originated within the hearts of old stars. When these stars exploded, their particles were scattered throughout the universe and re-formed as new stars and planets.

The idea that every stone has special magical healing properties for crystal healing can be traced back through the European literature of the early Middle Ages right back to their sources in Greek, Roman and Arabic philosophy, which in turn owe much to the Ayurvedic traditions of India.

For many centuries, because the origin of disease was unknown; healing and in particular crystal healing as part of the healers' toolkit was linked with magick and superstition.

Countless magical and healing properties have been attributed to the healing stones over the centuries.

Diamonds gave immunity to poison and revealed infidelity ...
Amethyst protected against drunkenness ...
Bloodstone (heliotrope) stopped nosebleed and conferred invisibility ...
Sapphire enabled the wearer to escape from prison ...
Crystals have always been considered special, extraordinary, even supernatural.



The people who carried, wore or used crystals believed that they would be imbued with some of the power belonging to these spiritual realms which of course is viewed as a form of crystal healing. In ancient Egypt crystal healing was practiced by the pharaoh and his priesthood who prized turquoise as a symbol of fertility, life and joy.

While the general populace had no access to the rare and expensive gemstones, as these religious and temporal leaders would seek out the finest gems, they would mimic the gems appearance with less precious materials, with amulets of blue glass, hoping for the same benefit of crystal healing as one would get from genuine crystal. In this way the two main areas of crystal use were defined: as a means to display earthly status and as a focus for magical and healing energies. These two strands persist to this day, we have the "hoi polloi" and their rocks (diamonds) and we have crystal healing.

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Crystal Healing Techniques

Crystal healing techniques, lay-outs and methods are performed to re-align the body's energy fields and to further open the chakras to promote the overall feeling of well being.

Any disharmony collected from the auric fields will be trapped and retained in the etheric body or field (first layer of the aura) which contains the energies released through and into the chakras.

In other words the crystals that surround the body of the person being healed set up a very specific and complex electromagnetic force field which you, the healer, will smooth out and re-direct with your hands. In my experience I have found that using my left hand smooth the energy field and my right hand to direct the energy has worked best. It is very important to remember that we are all different - so do what works for you.

If you are Right handed:

Your Right Hand is positively charged and sends or gives energy. It emits the energy that "makes things happen".

Your Left hand is negatively charged, and receives energy. It emits the energy that "allows things to happen".

If you are Left handed:

Your Left Hand is positively charged and sends or gives energy. It emits the energy that "makes things happen".

Your Right hand is negatively charged, and receives energy. It emits the energy that "allows things to happen".

This specific and complex electromagnetic force field (energy field) acts to re-polarise any fields that are misaligned by drawing out and adding the necessary energy vibrations to compensate for the imbalances.

NOTE: It is imperative that you first learn to heal yourself so as to become a crystal clear channel for these messengers of light. The course below is simply laid out and will give you the grounding, knowledge and confidence required to not only heal yourself but to go on to healing others with your talent if you so choose.


Crystal Healing Techniques

The following crystal healing techniques are very simple and easy to use. I would suggest that you drink lots of water after doing a self treatment as these techniques also has a detox affect on the body.

Balancing the Body with Crystals

This is one of the crystal healing techniques I use very often and you will require seven clear quartz crystals about the same size and weight, either natural or tumbled. Lie down and place a crystal on each of the seven major chakra centres. If a crystal rolls to a different position three times, leave it where it is. It is likely the body is moving it where it needs to be. You will find that some of the crystals will feel very heavy, like they are sinking into your skin. Others will be so light that you aren't sure they are still there. Some crystals will feel very cold, others extremely warm or even electric. You may also feel like you are floating or receive inner visions of colour or patterns. Each individual is different. Leave the stones in place for at least three or four minutes. The body will find its own balance.

When using any one of the crystal healing techniques, always trust your intuition as far as which gemstones to use whether you are attracted to them because of shape, size, color, etc.

Stress Release and Energizing the Body with Crystals

This is an excellent layout to use for stress release in our fast paced society. I have used this layout with success on people from all walks of life starting from the executive to the stay at home mom with the pressures of raising a family. I have found it to be one of the best crystal healing tecniques for stress release.

You will need seven clear quartz crystal points. This time do not place them on the body, rather place them on the floor or mat around your body pointing outward, one above your head, one below your feet, at your shoulders on either side and at your knees on either side. Lie still for three or four minutes. This will release stress. Then turn the points inwards to recharge and energize the chakra centres. Lie still for another three or four minutes.

Aligning and Balancing the Chakras with Crystals

Many healers agree that one of the most popular crystal healing techniques is the chakra layout. For this healing technique you will need one red stone, one orange, one yellow, one green or pink, one light blue, one dark blue, one white, clear or violet, and one dark stone. All stones should be approximately the same size and weight. This method is the same as the first, except that coloured stones are used instead of clear quartz crystals. The dark stone or smoky quartz should be placed at the feet for grounding. The remaining stones should be placed at chakra centres according to colour: red on the root chakra centre, orange on the sacral, yellow on the solar plexus, green on the heart centre, light blue on the throat, dark blue on the third eye and white, golden or violet on the crown centre.

Red Stone - Most Popular stone Red Jasper.
Orange Stone - Most Popular stone Carnelian.
Yellow Stone - Yellow Jasper or Citrine are most often used.
Green Stone - Green Aventurine or Rose Quartz you can also try a Watermelon Tourmaline which is a mix of green and pink.
Light Blue Stone - Blue Lace Agate or you can use Turquoise.
Dark Blue Stone - Lapis Lazuli works well and so does Sodalite.
Clear or Violet Stone - Amethyst or Clear Quartz.
The above crystal healing techniques are also referred to as the laying on of stones. It is a very powerful way to perform crystal healing on yourself or others and the purpose of the laying on of stones is to release etheric, emotional, mental or spiritual blocks to well-being.

Tracing the Meridians

I use a clear quartz point in this technique but trust your intuition and choose a crystal to use. Trace the chosen crystal over your meridian lines and press the acupressure points with it. It is a long and tedious procedure and requires some basic acupressure knowledge, but it is extremely effective since it combines the benefits of both crystal healing therapy as well as acupressure.

Figure Eight Looping

This very effective crystal healing technique involves making the figure eight with the crystal by looping all the chakras together and works very well for aligning and balancing the chakras.