How To Choose The Right Crystals For You

The question I get asked the most is: ‘how do I choose the right crystals?’ The answer is surprisingly easy and you don’t have to be a crystal expert to know.

Here’s the answer: you already know which crystals are the right ones for you. Wait, what? Am I being deliberately obtuse? Perhaps a little elusive and mysterious? Am I going to deliver this bombshell then disappear in a flash of cloak and a puff of smoke? Alas no, as my smoke/cloak days are firmly behind me. Put simply, choosing crystals is about following and trusting your intuition, and once you become attuned to it, it is a very reliable source when it comes to selecting and knowing which stones are right for you in any given moment.

Your intuition is key to choosing your crystals

There’s a thing I like to do with my clients during our crystal consultation sessions. I arrange a selection of crystals in bowls and ask them to choose the ones that are best for them. To begin with, as is human nature, they are cautious, hesitant, asking me which ones I think they should choose and worrying they’re going to pick the wrong ones. That’s when I let them into a little secret which is that one of the great things about crystals is that there are no wrong ones.

Once they move past their initial hesitation and focus on letting the crystals interact with their personal vibrations, their intuition naturally guides them towards the one(s) they need the most.

Let the crystals choose you

I have had clients who believed that choosing a crystal based solely on its colour, shape or simply because they thought it was “pretty” is wrong. Conditioned by the notion that crystals - or indeed anything society deems ‘mystical’ or ‘woo woo’ - need to have hidden depths or aspects that mere mortals couldn’t possibly understand, we can find it hard to accept that we can choose a crystal based solely on how it looks if we want.

But, we tell ourselves, surely I should be feeling transported to other realms when I hold it! I mean, sure, if that’s your vibe, you do you. But it is also perfectly acceptable to choose a crystal simply because you like the way it looks or feels in your hand. To paraphrase Ollivander from Harry Potter: “The crystal chooses the owner”. So, go ahead and select the crystals you want, based on nothing else except the fact you like them. And that’s good enough.

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