Shungite

Stone Effects:
Cleansing, Health, Mental Function, Meteorite, Mood Lifting, Mystical, Protection, Purification, Vitality

Shungite is a dark stone, but also one that has been attributed to countless healing possibilities. One of the more interesting of these is the detoxifying properties of the crystal, meaning that poor lifestyle choices can be fought back against a little by this stone. Of course, the crystal also helps you have the self discipline to stick with a healthier lifestyle altogether. There is an element of purity to Shungite that can help you to recognize the means by which to keep things simple when you need to.

Shungite is very old, ancient in fact, said to be around 2 billion years old. It is an extraordinarily positive stone, and using it may bring you a variety of blessings. This is an amazing stone, and one that is beneficial to a healthy life. It is one of the only known natural material known to contain fullerenes, which are powerful anti oxidants.The energy embodied within this ancient stone is said to absorb and eliminate anything that is a health hazard to human life, and it has active metaphysical properties with strong healing powers.

Hematite

Stone Effects:
Courage, Energy, Grounding, Vitality

The metallic sheen of Hematite might well serve to strengthen your steely resolve, but this stone itself also reinforces your physical body. That means it can help you to get over sickness and injury, but also that it gives you greater resilience to illness and fatigue. Hematite is a stone that focuses the heart and mind on what is real, tangible, physical and attainable. If you’re finding your head in the clouds too often, or even if your dreams at night are so vivid that you wake up startled, this stone can give valuable grounding energy.

Hematite is a grounding and protective stone that energizes and vitalizes the physical body. It promotes optimism, determination, courage, self esteem and willpower, helping you to magnetize what you truly want and to strive for improvement. Hematite harmonizes the mind, body and spirit, helping to dissolve negativity.

Tigers Eye

Stone Effects:
Balance, Courage, Vitality

Befitting the name, leave it to Tiger’s Eye to be the stone you need when it’s time to feel courageous. It awakens a braver side of you, but it does so in a way that isn’t superficial.

That’s because self esteem and a deeper insight into yourself – your strengths and your weaknesses – is the kind of energy that Tiger’s Eye offers. Confidence comes from just these kinds of insights, and so it’s only natural you’ll be braver for coming to terms with these sides of yourself. Tiger Eye brings confidence, strength, courage, protection and good luck. It sharpens the senses, promotes intuition and helps one to be practical, cent red and grounded. It enhances personal power, allows clarity, good judgement, clear perception and insight, aiding in good decision making. Tiger Eye can be used to stimulate wealth and maintain it.

Red Jasper

Stone Effects:
Heal, Inner Strength, Protection, Vitality

The rich color of this stone is largely associated with the Root Chakra – the very chakra that binds each of us to the physical world. However, at a more accessible level, this crystal is one that reminds you to take good care of yourself day to day. Red Jasper represents the earth and is a grounding stone that promotes stability and balance in life. It warms and enlivens the will and enhances courageous and dynamic energy that sustains and supports in times of stress. Red Jasper brings tranquility and wholeness into your life, gently stimulating your energy, helping you to face your problems, taking away your worries and calming the emotions.

Red Jasper and its energies are inherently nurturing, and they encourage you to cut yourself some slack if things are going wrong or if you make lapses in judgment. Similarly, if you have been unwell, the energies of this stone can help you to make a faster recovery.