Healing Stones Glossary — grounding

Smoky quartz is a very protective and grounding stone. As a root chakra stone, smoky quartz enhances survival instincts and can help one reach personal and business goals. It is also used in assisting in making wishes come true by grounding their essence in reality.  Thus, it is a stone that brings abundance, prosperity, and good luck. Smoky quartz is beneficial mentally in several ways. It fosters cooperation in groups and supports their efforts energetically. It engenders creativity by bringing the same energies of grounding the creative process in reality to bring imaginative efforts to fulfillment. Smoky quartz also works energetically to assist in prioritizing needs and wants and brings wisdom to everyday life. It is excellent for elevating moods, overcoming negative emotions, and relieving depression. Smoky quartz relieves stress, fear, jealousy, anger and other negative emotions by transforming them into positive energies. It is a helpful stone for enhancing and encouraging courage and inner strength. Smoky quartz is very comforting and calming, and can be considered a stone of serenity. It can, therefore, be very helpful in relieving grief.

It is an excellent grounding stone and provides a connection from the base of one's spine to the heart of the earth. It is a protective stone that keeps one safe from emotional and physical harm. It provides a shield from negativity. Having Rainbow Obsidian on one's person disperses unloving thoughts that arise from inside or that is directed towards oneself. It brings light and love to one's life. It’s a stone of pleasure bringing gratification to one's life.

Hematite is very effective at grounding and protecting. It harmonizes body, mind and spirit. It boosts self-esteem, confidence and willpower. It strengthens our connection with the earth, making us feel safe and secure.  It endows us with courage, strength, endurance and vitality.  A “stone for the mind”, Hematite stimulates concentration and focus, enhancing memory and original thought. Hematite utilizes the magnetic qualities of our yin-yang energies to balance the meridians within the body and to provide a stable equilibrium between the ethereal nervous system and the physical nervous system. Dissolves negativity and prevents you from absorbing the negativity of others.

"Stone of Courtesy," Bronzite is best noted for its grounding, rooting and protective properties. It is also a great stone of courtesy, helping people who are in the social limelight and promotes love and emotional balance. Bronzite is a great stone to brew better mental clarity and helps the mind to clear confusion. It will instill a polite nature in those around you. Bronzite promotes a loving and unprejudiced discernment within us.  It provides the ability to resolve unsettled emotions in our life.  Mentally, Bronzite provides us with the courage to act on our thoughts and feelings.  It instills the courage to follow through with life path decisions.

Lava is a stone of strength and courage. It allows one the opportunity for stability throughout changes in their life. Lava stone is, in essence, the solid form of fire. It is, therefore, a stone that is associated with the Phoenix and rebirth. Since the stone is the result of almost violent natural events, it is considered a strong stone and one that assists the wearer to succeed in desperate circumstances. As it comes from and is of the earth, lava stone is reputed to assist the wearer to be more in tune with Mother Earth. As these stones also contain the powerful energy of the volcano that created them, this means that they are excellent to aid healing… especially when you are feeling depressed or lacking energy and vitality.

Dalmatian Jasper, also known as “Dalmatian Stone”, is a grounding stone, in terms of with the Earth and in reality.  It removes disillusionment, helping one to see their strengths and weaknesses more clearly.  Dalmatian Jasper brings a sense of fun to one’s life and helps to increase loyalty in relationships.  It purifies the blood and boosts the immune system.