Throughout my spiritual journey, one of the most important lessons that I had to learn was the importance of grounding myself.

After exposing myself for many years to high frequency energies, and on top of that channeling higher level beings, I stressed myself out, and not feeling fully within my body. I also could not function properly in my day-to-day life.

Throughout my spiritual journey, one of the most important lessons that I had to learn was the importance of grounding myself.

Grounding is a process where you anchor your sense of self into your body, and learn how to integrate spiritual essences coming either from Source or high-level beings, or energies of high frequency, to your energy field in a balanced way.

I’ve extensively talked about grounding in another article of mine, but here I would like to introduce you to the idea of using crystals as one more tool in your arsenal of grounding.

So, if you’re ready, let’s begin.

Before We Dive In, Here’s What to Know About Grounding

Grounding as Integration, Balance, and Support

Before I dive into the idea of how crystals can help you in your grounding process, I would like to share some thoughts about the whole process of grounding.

Grounding is not only about balancing your energy field and getting centered, it also has the component of integrating energy you gain from whatever form of spiritual endeavor you are dabbling with, to your human and mundane self.

It is more common that you think that people that are involved in the spiritual community tend to over emphasize spirit over physicality, thus leading to unpleasant side effects that come about when you are not giving the attention needed to your physicality needs.

Grounding is not only about balancing your energy field and getting centered, it also has the component of integrating energy you gain from whatever form of spiritual endeavor you are dabbling with, to your human and mundane self.

Above, I used to be one of those people. I reached the point after two decades of channeling and doing intense energy work, where my nervous system had become “fried”.

I felt irritated, and also overwhelmed whenever I was among other people, as I was being exposed to various types of energies that would disturb my sense of balance and also pull me off my center.

After a period of intense grounding practice, I finally had managed not only to calm my nervous system, and feel centered, but to also expand my capacity to do more energy work.

Crystals, depending on their nature, can either lift you up into very high states of consciousness, but can also bring you down into your body, into your humanness, either in an intense or in gentle way.

In the following list, I’m going to introduce you to five powerful crystals that can help you in the process of grounding, with each crystal possessing unique ways of approaching the process.

5 Powerful Ways to Ground Your Energy Using Crystals

1. Tapping into Hematite’s Magnetic Pull for Deep, Rooted Grounding

The first crystal that I want to introduce to you is the Hematite. The ability of Hematite to ground is so strong that they can be felt by the mere act of you holding it in your palm. As you experience its heaviness, you are reminded it can assist you in bringing some a sort of “heaviness” to your own energy and pull you down from the ether onto the earth.

Adding to the fact that Hematite is mostly composed of molecules containing iron, it creates a resonance between it and the core of the earth that is also heavily composed of iron too. This resonance is giving this crystal the ability to draw you to your own center.

The ability of Hematite to ground is so strong that they can be felt by the mere act of you holding it in your palm.

It is also important to note that the intensity of how Hematite works in terms of grounding is not for everyone, and also even if you can work with it, it’s not suitable to be used in all instances that require its help.

If you’re energetically drained, experience emotional heaviness or are just tired, it is best to use another crystal. But if you’re in a state that you are in a high energy level, and you need Hematite’s grounding abilities, then this is the stone for you.

2. Embracing the Gentle Power of Smoky Quartz for Emotional Stability

As stated above, Hematite can be very intense on how it grounds you and when you’re in a state where you need something softer to help you in your grounding, Smoky Quartz comes to the rescue.

Just observing its translucent brownish appearance is one indicator of how Smoky Quartz works as a grounding tool, which acts in a gentle, soft, and soothing manner for your emotional and physical needs.

As stated above, Hematite can be very intense on how it grounds you and when you’re in a state where you need something softer to help you in your grounding, Smoky Quartz comes to the rescue.

Smoky Quartz is also a very useful crystal for people that feel deeply and possess a lot of emotional energy, for it can help them in grounding this stormy emotional weather into calm seas.

3. Strengthening Energetic Boundaries with Obsidian’s Protective Shield

Another “intense” crystal to help you in your grounding process is Obsidian.

Obsidian is technically not a crystal, since it is glass made of cooled lava that comes from erupted volcanos. It nevertheless can not only ground you but also protect you from unwanted energies.

Its energy is dense, with the ability to mute any sort of unwanted energy that tries to penetrate your energy field.

Obsidian is technically not a crystal, since it is glass made of cooled lava that comes from erupted volcanos. It nevertheless can not only ground you but also protect you from unwanted energies.

Its low vibration entrains, or synchronizes own aura to its vibration, either when you’re carrying it around you or wearing it as a pendant of sorts, thus creating a shield against unwanted energies.

Its ability to mute energies can also help people that are sensitive, or empaths, to create a shield against overwhelm from emotional and environmental energies that they may encounter when interacting with people making it a suitable stone to help them stay balanced while outside of their own space.

4. Grounding Light Energy through Black Tourmaline’s Protective Anchoring

If you’re in need of much deeper grounding, then the next option for you is to use the help of Black Tourmaline. This crystal does not only protect you from negative energies, or unwanted energies like the Obsidian does, but can transmute them.

If you are a sensitive, an empath and generally a person who picks up energies outside of yourself easily, keeping Black Tourmaline close to you or wearing it, can give you a much needed support for you when getting involved in social settings helping you feel centered amongst the energetic chaos that socializing can expose you to.

If you’re in need of much deeper grounding, then the next option for you is to use the help of Black Tourmaline. This crystal does not only protect you from negative energies, or unwanted energies like the Obsidian does, but can transmute them.

I can also appreciate the fact that Black Tourmaline is perfect for transmuting all the artificial frequencies created by the tech-heavy environments that we’re exposed to all the time, since for me even the presence of my cell phone nearby can be felt and not in a good way disturbing me whenever I need to rest or let go.

5. Reconnecting with Earth’s Ancient Wisdom through Petrified Wood

This last “stone” is an interesting one that, beyond its capabilities of keeping you grounded, can also connect you with the soul of the world.

I’m talking about Petrified Wood, with cheese a geological formation coming from ancient trees that fossilized over the eons.

Petrified Wood is a special kind of “wood” that is reminiscent of ancient trees with tall branches and deep roots, but at the same time carries thousands of years of history within its energetic makeup.

This stone can help you whenever you want to come in contact with your own ancestral roots, or if you want to explore your past lives, adding a sense of safety in your explorations, and also holding space for your healing and expanded awareness that comes from knowing your own history.

Conclusion

So, there it is, on how crystals can help you with their essential skill of grounding yourself during your spiritual journey.

Coming from my experience, I learned the hard way the importance of keeping myself centered in my physicality, something that also opened my capacity to reach out further into my spiritual explorations and energy work.

Till next time, take care.