The 9 Best Crystals for Anxiety & Stress Relief

Let’s discuss the best crystals for anxiety used to help you relieve stress, reduce panic attacks, and regain emotional balance.

The best healing crystals paired with specific mindset work are becoming one of the hottest trends in stress management today!

Many people use crystals to feel like a sense of calm and a sense of peace is readily available to them on demand.

The human body is amazing as it possesses many natural tools to help manage its energy centers.

That said, the quick fix and most common practice to manage stress and anxiety is breathwork. (more on this later in the article)

Join the power of crystals and the power of your breath and you’ve created a powerful way to restore emotional balance and harmony in your life.

Let’s get started with what’s worked for many people just like you.

In this article, you’ll learn how to use crystals for anxiety and stress relief as well as which ones to consider using or buying if you don’t already possess one.

Healing crystals work for anxiety, stress, depression, and butterfly hugs.

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Can Crystals Help With Anxiety?

Yes, they can!

Crystal healing is the #1 way to reduce or even eliminate negative energy caused by stress, anxiety, and panic attacks.

The key is to find the right stones and use them in the right ways as they provide very calming energy!

As a matter of fact, anti-anxiety crystals helped manage panic attacks that I used to get weekly in college.

It has been published that 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. has a panic attack each year!

Use the many tools provided for you below to start reducing your panic attacks today!

The 9 Best Crystals for Anxiety and Their Meaning

Figuring out which calming crystals to buy can be stressful.

Did you catch the sarcasm in that last statement?

Although there are several crystals you can use, we’re going to cover the nine commonly considered the best.

1. Amethyst

Amethyst is the best crystal for healing anxiety and helping to provide stress relief.

Its healing properties offer high vibrational energy for emotional protection by blocking negative vibrational energy.

It helps break the negative thought patterns that lead to stress and anxiety.

Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz.

The spiritual meaning of amethyst lies in its spiritual healing, calmness, and insights it reveals.

It helps with anxiety by its ability to energetically balance and heal the person who possesses it.

People who use this crystal often state feeling less depressed as well.

2. Tigers Eye

The name alone inspires strength and confidence, doesn’t it?

Tiger’s eye is a crystal that helps reduce anxiety and stress by turning the stress of fear into courage.

It’s been known to help promote positive self-talk and calm negative voices.

The Tiger Eye crystal represents courage, power, and protection.

It gives you the courage to face your fears, shift your perspective on adversity, and courageously move forward.

Tigers Eye is a member of the quartz family and was used for centuries as a talisman for good luck.

People who use this crystal report feeling less anxious as they rise above the challenges facing them.

3. Aventurine

This crystal is known to specifically help with social anxiety.

Aventurine helps reduce anxiety and stress by taking action as opposed to procrastination.

It’s used to manifest the life you desire and invites you to imagine things going well instead of worrying about them not.

It provides you protection for moving in a new direction with its high vibrational energy.

Aventurine is also a member of the quartz family and is often mistaken for jade.

This crystal moves you from feeling lack and separation to feeling whole and abundance.

People with this crystal state feeling as if a pair of blinders have been removed allowing them to see their future more clearly.

Quiet your mind, and trust your intuition when choosing to purchase one of these healing crystals.

4. Rose Quartz

Rose quartz is a calming crystal because as helps manage negative energy.

This is a powerful stone with a loving and gentle energy.

It creates inner peace and emotional balance by activating your heart chakra.

This is a wonderful stone for stress management as it uses self-love to reduce mood swings from stressful situations.

Always remember the feeling of love vibrates at a very high level.

The more you can feel for yourself and others, the less negative energy you’ll feel for yourself.

Self-love is the #1 form of self-care!

Another unique and powerful way to end feeling anxious with this stone is by using the gua sha technique.

This technique involves scraping your skin using a tool such as the one seen below.

This tool is commonly used for lymphatic drainage and joint and muscle pain.

When used in the pattern below I have found it to offer a very powerful calming effect!

People state that it feels like you’ve taken anti-anxiety medication.

5. Blue Lace Agate

Blue lace agate is an ancient healing stone that has been carved into holy objects as well as protective amulets thousands of years ago in ancient Greece.

This is one of the healing stones to use when you feel vulnerable to a panic attack.

Have it around your neck or in your hand and bring your focus back to center.

When you focus too far into the future you’re more likely to invite feelings of stress and anxiety into your life.

Better manage this focus and change will begin to happen fast!

Blue lace agate can also reduce stress by being used as a protective crystal for a new home.

These blue stones are linked to the throat chakra and can be used in Reiki sessions.

6. Clear Quartz

Clear quartz is an energy transmitter and is used to clear the energy center in the crown chakra.

It’s also used in many of today’s modern technology due to its energy transmitting properties.

If you own a watch or a clock you can be sure clear quartz is part of what kicks time ticking.

This is one of the most abundant stones on our planet!

These crystals as master healers as well as connectors to higher consciousness.

Activate and use the power of clear quartz crystal by concentrating on your desired energy or outcome while holding it in one hand.

Use it to amplify the energy of other crystals and to clear stagnant energy as well.

7. Smoky Quartz

This protective stone manages negative energies by transmuting your energy field.

Smokey quartz takes the negative energies of everyday life and dissipates them.

This brings balance and brings clarity to an overactive mind at stressful times.

If your day was filled with anxiety and you’re heading to bed, consider placing this stone under your pillow.

Another popular use of this stone is to pair it with some self-care.

Try a smoky soak!

Place smoky quartz crystals at the corners of your bathtub and facing points towards you.

Jump into your bathtub and relax as a warm and inviting calm comes over you and your problems seem to melt away!

8. Black Tourmaline

The healing power of this beautiful crystal lies in its ability to absorb negative energy.

A great stone for mental well-being and calming the nervous system.

Black tourmaline is also a great stone for a restful sleep.

Experience more sweet dreams by leaving all your negative thoughts behind with this healing stone by your bedside.

If you’ve got a boss or coworker who is stressing you out while on the job, place a piece of black tourmaline between you and them.

You’ll feel rejuvenated as this protective stone absorbs the negativity in the office.

Don’t forget to cleanse and charge is more often when tensions are high at work!

9. Red Jasper

Red jasper restores positive energy through its strong connection with Mother Earth.

The best way to tap into the power of this calming stone is to bring it outdoors with you and stand barefoot outdoors in direct connection with the ground.

I personally enjoy using this stone to bring me into alignment with new beginnings.

Closing the door on one chapter of my life while opening a new door to a brighter future.

This stone clears negative emotions and activates your root chakra.

How Crystals Help With Anxiety

Here are 3 ways crystals help with anxiety and stress.

1. They raise your vibrational energy levels to feel more desirable emotions.
2. Crystals shift your focus, energy, and attention to what matters most.
3. They help unblock chakras and allow energy to flow again.

Crystals help with stress, anxiety, and depression best when paired with a shift in your mindset as well.

Next, let’s talk about a physical and mental strategy you can use with your crystals for a greater energetic effect.

How to Use Healing Crystals for Anxiety

One of my favorite ways to use crystals to heal stress and anxiety is by pairing them with breathwork.

I like to hold a crystal in my hand and squeeze it while performing my inhale during a physiological sigh.

Upon exhaling, I release my grip on the crystal, and with that, I release my stress and anxiety.

Another way I like to use my crystals is to use them as a positive trigger for happiness.

Raise Your Vibration

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