Bloodstone
Healing Properties
If you're feeling spiritually adrift, meditate with Bloodstone to stimulate the root chakra, the energy center that provides a sense of security and safety on the earth. Bloodstone properties work to guide your lost soul by helping you see change on the horizon and face the transformation with a renewed sense of resilience and vigor. In other words, it serves as a protective talisman that gives you strength and courage to brave the storm.
Like the blood pumping through your circulatory system and to the heart, Bloodstone healing properties rock when it comes to regeneration of cells and tissue, making it a go-to for wound healing. The same goes for healing emotional wounds, which makes the Bloodstone stone meaning an essential part of yourhealing crystal first aid kit. Feeling especially moody? Bloodstone is also an effective mood stabilizer in the world of crystal healing.
Bloodstone boosts the innate healing power inside you by quieting a preoccupiedmind and refocusing your energy on repair and renewal of wounds you've collected over the years. Keep Bloodstone with you everywhere you go and take on the day with a renewed sense of confidence and inner strength.
Meanings
The best way to access the powerful and courageous vibes of Bloodstone is to create a sacred healing space free of clutter, to-do lists, cell phones, and anything else that might be a distraction. Make the environment ultra comfy with a cushion, yoga mat, or blanket and set the mood with an aromatherapy lamp or scented candle.
Before you begin your meditation practice, clear and cleanse the energy of the room with your favorite incense or sage smudge stick. Hold the Bloodstone crystal in your hand and set your intention while meditating, a powerful way to manifest its healing properties.
If you have too much energy to mediate in a sedentary position, walking meditation is also an excellent way to replace negative thought patterns with more productive and creative ones that inspire action instead of paralysis. While holding the Bloodstone in your hand, walk through a forest or other beautiful and serene natural setting, and feel the Bloodstone helping to deepen and expand your connection to nature.
Created from a dark and moody combination of Chalcedony and Red Jasper, Bloodstone healing properties can be constantly accessed by wearing jewelry made with its striking colors of intense green with blood red or orange oxide spots.
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