Crystal Botany: Combat stress, Minimize Anxiety & Bring Calm into Your Home
If you love houseplants, you'll be excited by the latest wellness trend, crystal botany! Crystal botany works on the principle that plants and crystals are organic elements that when joined forces improve our health and wellbeing.
Crystal botany roots are ancient, but it has gained interest since Tanya Lichenstein published her first book, Cosmic Botany. The book presents various plant/crystal combinations to improve sleep, enhance concentration, and boost your energy.
It also taps into the health benefits of biophilia, which believes plants boost our immune system and reduce stress. And since the lockdown began, we've looked for alternative ways to improve our physical and mental health; searches for 'crystal healing' have rocketed by 262 percent!
Below are five key crystal botany pairings to try at home from Jayne Dowle:
1. Snake Plant + Black Tourmaline and Smokey Quartz
Plant: Snake Plant (Sansevieria)
Mother Nature's natural air conditioner, this plant is known for good luck, attracting good energy wherever she is and clearing the way for luck to follow. She removes harmful toxins in the air and, at night, replenishes energy.
Crystal pairing: Black Tourmaline and Smokey Quartz
How do I pair them? The Snake Plant will work hard to cleanse the air you breathe and the energy you digest, while the Smokey Quartz will hoover up any remaining 'energy soot.'
The Black Tourmaline will ground your energy back down to Mother Earth. This pairing will work across every room of the house, but especially in spaces where you spend a lot of time or where you have felt tension residing.
If you work from home, place the snake plant on the other side of the room from your desk and the crystals around your computer. This way, the snake plant can filter the whole room rather than just your desk, and the crystals omit any technological interference.
2. Spider Plant + Pink Tourmaline
Plant: Spider Plant (Chlorophytum variegatum)
This plant will boost energy around your home, and balance your mood. The spider plant is incredibly self-sufficient and very low-maintenance.
Crystal pairing: Pink Tourmaline
How do I pair them? This duo will help you unwind your mind and boost your mood. The Spider Plant grows to renew and revive your goals, your dreams, and your heart, networking that energy across your entire home. Pink Tourmaline, will move you mentally away from all that no longer serves you. Positioning the crystal on top of the soil will lock that intention. Place multiple Spider Plants in the rooms you spend the most time in and they will act as an energy wi-fi hub, omitting their signal to each other.
3. Prickly Pear + Amazonite
The plant: Prickly Pear (Opuntia Elatior)
A productivity booster that bursts with bright flowers in summer will allow you to feel more energetic as you take on the day. It clears your stress and reduces any interference.
The crystal pairing: Amazonite
How do I pair them? One for the office (if you're back in), one to combat endless Zoom calls, one for clarity of conversation at work or at home, and one for when you are in need of a little extra focus to reach your goal. You can rely on the Prickly Pear to sharpen your focus and concentration. The Amazonite is your side coach, championing you from the corner of the ring and giving you the extra mental push to get there. The placement depends on your situation. In the office? Place your plant on the desk to elevate the energy, and the crystal on your computer to deflect distractions.
4. Bird's Nest Fern + Selenite
The Plant: Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium antiquum)
This soothing and creative plant gives us tolerance in even the most stressful environments. It allows you to make your own nest. It will teach you to tend to yourself, as just like us, she needs balanced and careful care – not too much light or water.
The crystal pairing: Selenite
How do I pair them? Peace comes from within, so pairing these two allows you to feel a deep sense of inner peace; everywhere and every day. The Bird's Nest Fern thrives on steady transformation, holding the space with Selenite to transform your inner world and allowing freedom to the mind, body, soul, and home that reduces stress. Place them side by side in your most sacred space, whether that's a mediation space, a space in the living room where you can light candles and zone out, or by the bath where you can really let yourself go. Be careful not to get the Selenite wet or it will dissolve.
5. Heart Leaf Philodendron + Carnelian
The Plant: Heart Leaf Philodendron (Philodendron scandens)
The magic of this plant is all about personal power, inner strength, vitality, and growth. A fast-growing, sturdy plant, it makes for a mirrored environment wherever you place it.
The Crystal Pairing: Carnelian
How do I pair them? This plant is a staple of good health, while its crystal counterpart heightens the epic spring or bounce in your step created by the Philodendron. Place it at the very heart of your home or office space, and together they’ll bring in enough good energy that you won’t need to keep tapping into it like a coffee hit – the Philodendron only requires watering once every 1-2 weeks. Let this plant pairing be SEEN and become the energy totem that signals to you every time you look at it, that you have got this, you are as strong and as full of life as the Philodendron.
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