MINERAL MONDAY: BLACK TOURMALINE
Black tourmaline is a stone of pure protection of mind, body, and soul. It fights to keep you grounded and safe so that you can clear and nurture yourself as needed. There are all different kinds of tourmaline but I work mostly with black, green, and sometimes pink so those are the the ones I will expand on here. All tourmalines possess the same highly protective energy but their different colors will inform the specific chakras they work with. While black tourmaline is strongly linked to the lower chakras, green and pink both open and amplify the heart chakra.
Before I go too far I want to mention that all tourmaline jewelry will be 10% off until the end of July!
Tourmaline forms all over the world on nearly every continent but ranges vastly in quality and color. High quality pieces are considered rare but these are often the the gem quality ones and you can still get your hands on a gorgeous raw piece that won’t break the bank. This mineral forms in a trigonic pattern with a hexagonal crystal structure running in long parallel striations. Higher quality pieces will show off this stop sign shape and often have a smooth bar shape with tightly formed striations. More affordable pieces will have a loose and more visible crystal structure, these pieces are some of my favorites.
Tourmaline acts as a filter that transmutes negative energy flowing at a low vibration and revitalizes it as something positive for you to harness and benefit from. Tourmaline works hard to ensure you and your aura are protected from negative influence, especially those projected on you by others. Everyone can identify someone they’ve met who leaves them with a heavy or bad feeling — those are energy hooks and low vibration baggage that you get stuck with. Utilize tourmaline to clear your aura and chakras and to maintain that energetic clarity going forward.
Black tourmaline is specifically linked to the base chakra. This is where protection, safety, and general security are addressed. If you are bogged down by negative influence, your base chakra will be out of balance which makes it hard for the rest of your system to align and find harmony. It calms and eliminates harmful feelings of unworthiness, doubt, anxiety, fear, stress, anger, as well as obsessive and addictive behaviors. Clearing these heavy influences makes room for you to address and fulfill your needs and desires, allowing you to potentially benefit and expand from the negative energy you once faced.
This highly purifying and protective quality is something I call in on a daily basis. Working with the energies of stones and my clients, there are plenty of opportunities for low vibrations to get stuck in my system but I keep black tourmaline close to prevent this. I sleep with a piece under my bed because I have wildly vivid dreams, there is a chunk at my computer to ground electromagnetic energy, and there are little pieces all over my jewelry bench to keep me and my other stones energetically clear. I even keep a piece in my tote bag that comes with me everywhere I go out in the world. Black tourmaline is certainly a powerhouse and works around the clock to keep you safe from negative influence. It grounds you and provides you with the positive energy you need to accomplish what you desire. What more could we ask of this mineral!?
Pink tourmaline offers soft, nurturing, feminine energy to the heart chakra. It gently eases you into heart healing by patching holes with the warm pink light, enveloping mind body and soul in this sweet soft unconditional love. They strengthen the connection between the heart and crown chakra which allows for guidance and expansion in understanding the needs of ones heart. Pink tourmaline nurtures expression and connection, inviting love into the lives of even the most shy and closed off. The high lithium levels provide relief of anxiety, doubt, and feelings of unworthiness.
Green tourmaline is one of my favorite energies because it offers strong grounding qualities while also sending a boost of energy to the heart chakra — imbuing strength and a sense of wholeness. It works to align the physical heart with the heart beat of nature, harmonizing you with the unconditional love that is life itself. It calms the nervous system and allows for the flow of healing energy throughout the whole body. Green tourmaline is a powerful conductor of pure life force to the heart, which enhances your ability to realize and express your desires. It attracts inspiration, compassion, and prosperity through realizing the true power and potential of the heart. Green tourmaline is the masculine yang energy to pink tourmalines feminine yin, both working close with the heart. While pink tourmaline focuses on gentle healing of the emotions, green tourmaline is more expansive and expressive.
Pink and green tourmalines will attract what your heart wants and needs, even if you don’t quite know what that is. These are powerful manifestation assistants, just keep your eyes and arms (and heart) open to the opportunities and people that will come your way when working with these energies.
key words: PROTECTIVE | GROUNDING | TRANSMUTING | ELIMINATING
when you might want some black tourmaline handy:
if you are sensitive to the energy of others, pop a piece in your purse or pocket to have on you at all times to keep energetic vampires and energy hooks at bay
when you feel a lot of heaviness that you can’t identify, it could be energy put on you by others and you are carrying it around unknowingly…. clear it out by sleeping with a piece under your pillow for a night or two
if you tend to have wild dreams or nightmares, keep a piece next to or under your bed to keep you protected in that space — i keep one on the floor under the bed always
keep a piece in your car to protect you while you drive
keep a piece near your computer and areas with all your technology (like a desk) to protect you from electromagnetic energy and wifi stress
I like to address my collection regularly and see if anything jumps out at me — if something does then I like to take a moment to think about its properties (often I refer to my crystal books or even a quick google is helpful). When I am able to resonate with the properties of a stone that has caught my attention, I am in tune with its energy and it is in tune with mine. This practice also helps you grow your working knowledge of the stones!! There is so much to it and it is easy to get overwhelmed. If you take it day by day, crystal by crystal, it comes to you.
Thank you for tuning in to Mineral Monday! If you have any preferences on stones I should write about next or any general blog content you would like to see reach out to hello@thecypruscabinet.com!!
