Healing Crystals that can help with Stress

Healing crystals offer gentle support during times of stress by encouraging emotional balance and inner calm. Their natural energies can help to soothe the mind, ease overwhelming feelings, and ground you. 

Simply spending time with crystals or incorporating them into your daily routine can invite a moment of stillness and self-care. They remind us to pause, breathe, and reconnect with our own sense of peace and resilience.

The crystals that can help to relieve stress and bring serenity are:

Amazonite promotes inner peace and balance, teaching you that being good enough is ok – important if your stress comes from the pursuit of perfection.

Amethyst soothes anxious thoughts and feelings, helping to release you from any negative thought patterns and so feel more focused and in control.

Aquamarine soothes fears and calms the mind, helping you to understand your emotions, interpret how you feel and break free of self-defeating habits.

Aragonite promotes mental flexibility and the ability to see the bigger picture, providing strength and support during times of stress.

Azurite is an emotional cleanser, mopping up anxiety, worry and scattered thoughts.

Black Tourmaline (Schorl) encourages a positive attitude, no matter what the circumstances.

Bloodstone calms the mind and dispels confusion, reducing irritability, aggressiveness and impatience.

Blue Aventurine helps to soothe an overactive mind, alleviating stress by promoting mental clarity and inner peace.

Blue Calcite gently soothes the nerves, lifting anxieties and releasing negative emotions.

Blue Lace Agate can help to ease situational anxiety by calming and soothing, promoting peace of mind.

Chrysocolla can bring order, calm and tranquillity and help you to accept changing situations.

Clear Quartz absorbs, stores, releases, unblocks and regulates energy.

Emerald aligns the chakras, bringing balance and contentment.

Fire Agate has a deep connection to the earth and its energy is calming, bringing security and safety. With strong grounding powers, it supports during difficult times.

Fluorite absorbs and neutralises negative energy and stress, encouraging those who get stuck in catastrophic thinking to break that cycle.

Garnet balances emotions, reducing stress and encouraging you to take a more positive view of your life.

Green Calcite can help you to stabilise your mind, enabling you to concentrate on one thing at a time instead of paying minimal attention to competing thoughts.

Hematite grounds and protects, making you feel safe and secure, helping you to release any unconscious limitations you have set for yourself.

Howlite helps to quieten the inner critic, bringing compassion and patience, reducing stress and other negative emotions.

Jasper sustains and brings tranquillity and a sense of wholeness.

Kunzite encourages the release of emotional blockages, promoting inner peace and reducing stress.

Kyanite encourages you to speak your truth, increasing the capacity for logical thought and cutting through illusion and confusion.

Larimar brings serenity, clarity and constructive thought.

Lapis Lazuli will help you to take back control of your life, releasing stress and encouraging you to be decisive.

Leopardskin Jasper overcomes guilt, fear and emotional stress, bringing calm and tranquillity.

Lepidolite relieves despondency and releases and reorganises old patterns of behaviour, encouraging you to focus on what’s important.

Magnesite calms the emotions, reducing irritability and intolerance.

Moonstone soothes anxiety, stress and is particularly good if you are worrying about new beginnings.

Morganite (Pink Beryl) calms a stressed life.

Moss Agate is perfect if you have a tendency to self-criticism that can cause low self-esteem and emotional stress. It boosts awareness of your positive qualities and helps you to accept your true worth.

Opal promotes balance and harmony. It also brings a sense of protection to Libra who find they are lost to people-pleasing anxiety.

Peach Calcite soothes emotional wounds and tension, promoting acceptance, peace and tranquillity.

Pearls carry a soothing, nurturing energy that encourages emotional stability and a gentle sense of calm.

Peridot gently soothes the heart and mind, helping to release tension, anger and resentment, and inviting in a sense of lightness and emotional clarity.

Pink Aventurine is associated with the Heart chakra, bringing emotional calm and a sense of well-being and comfort.

Pink Opals support emotional healing by calming the heart and dissolving stress with their soft, loving energy.

Rainbow Fluorite alleviates stress and anxiety, promoting emotional stability and inner peace.

Red Jasper promotes thought before action, helping you to understand the consequences of your behaviour, encouraging emotional stability and a sense of wholeness.

Rose Quartz is an emotional healer, calming, reassuring, especially in a crisis.

Sapphire focuses and calms the mind, releasing unwanted thoughts and mental tension.

Smoky Quartz is one of the best crystals for releasing negative energy, preventing you from entering fight or flight mode.

Snowflake Obsidian brings balance during times of stress, helping to quiet the mind and release negative thought patterns.

Sodalite promotes truth, objectivity and logical thought, encouraging the release of old thought patterns and rigid mindsets.

Topaz encourages wisdom, truth and rational thinking, soothing and healing the emotions.

Turquoise promotes inner calm and peace, dissolving self-sabotaging patterns or feelings of victimhood.

Yellow Tiger’s Eye absorbs the excess energy caused by stress, providing grounding energy, enhancing self-control and reducing stress.

Blue Tiger’s Eye calms the mind and relieves stress, providing the nurturing strength to overcome anxiety and phobias.