Beat the Summer Heat: Cooling Crystals that Calm the Mind, Body, and Soul
As the long, hot days of summer pass and the sun makes its entrance deeper, the effects of its presence can sometimes be more effective and far-reaching than you think. During heat waves, the body has to work much harder to maintain a normal temperature. Excessive heat can not only result in serious health threats by pushing the human body beyond its limits, but it can also have an effect on your mental, emotional and spiritual state. Heat cramps, exhaustion, and strokes are among the potential physical challenges you may experience, but dehydration is more common. However, heat can also increase the chances of irritability, stress, frustration, a tendency toward intolerance, aggression and confrontation, lack of energy, lack of interest in new ventures, and overstimulation that draws you outward and away from your inner needs. . .
There are many steps you can take to prevent heat-related illnesses, such as avoiding too much sun and extreme temperature changes, slowing down and avoiding strenuous activity, staying indoors as much as possible and keeping your space cool, wearing loose clothing, light and light in color. clothing that covers as much skin as possible, skin protection with SPF and face and head protection with hats, planning important activities for the morning or evening, and above all, drinking plenty of fluids during the day, avoiding alcoholic beverages. Yet another supportive tactic can be found by wearing and surrounding yourself with crystals that contain cooling elements to help adjust more than just your physical temperature, but your overall state of being. These crystals provide a calming and beneficial effect that supports a return to harmony and balance during the summer months.
Crystals can and have been used to improve healing or the environment for millennia. They possess unique properties and subtle vibrations that affect the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels of being. Since ancient times, healers have been familiar with the fact that crystals possess varying energies and can be energizing or more calming; sedatives or stimulants. Therefore, choosing a crystal for its calming properties can help soothe your experience of summer heat and help bring balance and harmony back into your life.
Crystal guides, such as The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall, can be used to decipher the properties of crystals and help you find what you are looking for, but sometimes the mere color of the crystal can be very revealing, as in the color of the aquamarine ocean expressing its calming elements. The following crystals are among several that would be beneficial in creating that watery experience when hot, dry days seem endless:
Blue Lace Agate – Brings tranquility with its gentle, refreshing and calming energy
Amazonite: extremely relaxing and calms the brain and nervous system
Amethyst: mental calm
Apatite: reduces irritability and overcomes emotional exhaustion
Apophyllite: calms and roots the spirit
Aquamarine: calming, reduces stress and quiets the mind, harmonizes, invokes tolerance
Blue Calcite – Smooth stone for recovery and relaxation, lowers blood pressure, calms nerves
Blue sapphire: tranquility, calms the mind and tension
Chalcedony: brings mind, body, emotion and spirit in harmony
Chrysocolla: calm, serene, calming and reduces mental tension
Chrysoprase: inspires tolerance, calms overexcitement, refreshes, removes heat from situations
Lapis lazuli: cool and calming, releases stress, balances
Larimar: radiates peace, promotes tranquility, brings calm and balance
Moonstone: Calms overreactions to situations and emotional triggers
Rose quartz: infinite peace, calming, refreshing, sedative
Selenite: calming, deep peace, calm
As we head into the hot summer months and continue to navigate these times of change, it is crucial to find ways to help support a return to peace and harmony. Keeping your body and emotions from getting “too hot” becomes essential and there are many ways you can help facilitate a “cool down” that can not only benefit you personally, but also on a collective level. Crystals are one such tool that can promote calming tendencies on a physical and emotional level, thus promoting overall well-being.