Why I Started Using Crystals — and Why I Still Do

I didn’t start using crystals because I wanted to be “spiritual.”

I started using them because I was looking for relief.

Years ago, I became really interested in the work of Belinda Davidson. She works in the energy field, and I felt such a strong connection to what she shared. I listened to her on podcasts, read her book, did her meditations, and eventually signed up for an eight-month chakra course with her.

Each month, we focused on a different energy centre and did a daily meditation to work with it.

At the beginning, I remember feeling completely stuck.

Other people in the course were talking about how they could feel energy moving when they placed their attention on a certain chakra. They described sensations, movement, swirling. I was sitting there doing the exact same thing and feeling… nothing.

Honestly, I thought, mine must be broken.

So I started using crystals in a really simple way. I would place a crystal on the part of my body that related to the energy centre we were working on. Not because I needed it to be complicated, but because I needed something physical. Something I could actually feel. Something to help anchor my awareness into that area of my body.

And it helped.

The crystal became a kind of bridge between my mind and my body.

Over time, something started to shift. I could begin to feel what everyone else was describing. When I placed my attention on a certain area, I could feel movement there. I would visualise the colour associated with that energy centre flowing in, almost like it was clearing out heaviness and replacing it with light.

It felt subtle at first. Then undeniable.

And to this day, out of all the yoga, breathwork, meditations and healing practices I’ve tried, I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite as good as I did when I was consistently doing that chakra work.

That experience changed the way I see crystals.

For me, they were never just pretty objects to admire on a shelf. They became tools that helped me drop into my body. They gave my mind something to focus on and my body something to connect with. They helped me slow down enough to actually feel what was going on inside me.

That’s still what I love most about them.

Even now, I can place my awareness on a part of my body and feel whether the energy there feels busy, unsettled or calm. And often, just by bringing gentle attention to that space, I can feel it begin to settle.

That’s a big part of why I’ve created the crystal meditations I share now.

And yes, I listen to my own meditations, which feels a little ridiculous — like a singer playing their own songs on repeat — but they genuinely help me. They help me get out of my head and back into my body.

And I think that matters.

Because once the body reaches a certain level of relaxation, something shifts. It’s like the body remembers what to do. It has its own intelligence. Its own healing ability. When we create the right environment — less noise, less pressure, more presence — it starts to sort things out in its own way.

That’s what I keep coming back to.

Not the performance of wellness. Not complicated language. Not trying to sound mystical.

Just this simple truth: there is so much relief to be found in being with your body.

I think a lot of us have spent years living from the neck up. Thinking, overthinking, consuming information, analysing everything, pushing through, staying busy. And in the process, we’ve become disconnected from the very place that gives us the clearest feedback: the body.

The body tells the truth.

It tells you when something feels off.
It tells you when you need rest.
It tells you when you’re holding too much.
It tells you when something finally feels safe enough to soften.

For me, crystals have been one of the gentlest ways back into that connection.

They help make the practice feel tangible.
They give you something to hold, place, focus on.
They invite you to pause.
To breathe.
To feel.
To come back.

That’s really what my work is about.

Not making things heavy.
Not overcomplicating it.
Just opening people up to a light, simple practice that helps them reconnect with themselves.

Healing doesn’t have to be some huge breakthrough.

Sometimes it begins by placing a crystal on your body, closing your eyes, taking a breath, and finally giving yourself a moment to feel.