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Laying on of stones

 

One very common way to use crystals for healing treatments is to

place crystals on or around someone in patterns.

This segment will focus on laying crystals on or near the

recipient. This method can be done quite well on a massage

table, couch or bed or the floor, provided this is not too

uncomfortable for participants (a futon , pad or yoga mat can

help). If you use a couch it is a good idea to spread a blanket

on it first so stones cannot get lost between cushions.

 

We might explore some more elaborate layout patterns that

are placed around the recipient in a later segment. Many

people do not have the crystals to do very elaborate floor

consuming layouts. I have not yet been convinced that they

have more effective value than more modest layouts and

patterns.

 

When doing laying on of stones your respectful attention and

intention is very important. You might wish to do a

centering process or a spiritual preliminary practice of

your choice prior to beginning the treatment.

 

When someone is just beginning to work with crystals the

complete stone pattern is generally left on for only 5 or

ten minutes. Sometimes the layouts are done for quite a bit

longer up to an hour or more. It is really important to set

the intention before you begin placing stones that your work

do no harm, That any stones you place will do good. Intend

that they remain inactive unless they will do good.

 

Moderately small stones with at least one fairly flat side

work best in terms of staying on, not getting lost and not

being too heavy. Stones between the size of a dime or a

quarter work well in most placements.

When stones roll off it is often because they are not

needed in a particular location or because they can roll to

a better placement. Some of these placements can be done in

self treatment but many do require that someone else do the

placements. carved tone cabochons are popular and effective

for crystal healing treatments because they do not roll

off. Small Puffy stone hearts also can be used these are

often less expensive and more readily available than

cabochon stones.

 

Many people like to scan before they begin a layout to get a

sense of where blocks overcharges and or depleted areas

might lie. Either by using their hands to scan for blocks

and hot and cold spots or by using a pendulum to determine

the condition of the chakras and possible other energy

centers or physical organs .

You can cup a tumbled quartz stone or a crystal sphere in

your left hand (if right handed) or hold a quartz point

between your middle fingers to amplify the reception of

energy information as you scan if you wish .

 

Some crystal practitioners like to have people wear a white

or black cotton gown or robe during treatment or a white or

black cotton tee shirt and shorts or swim trunks. Some

prefer that clients wear as little clothing as possible.

Nudity or near nudity however, is usually not wise or

practical in most circumstances. Issues of modesty,

potential ethical issues, room temperature and the tendency

of stones to roll and slide around make clothing or at

least sheeting, strongly advisable.

 

Some people have the client cover or wrap up in a sheet and

do the treatment over the sheet. I have a strange reaction

to this, possibly a past life memory of preparing deceased

people for burial or cremation so I never have people wrap

up completely. Most feel that as long as the clothing is

relatively neutral in color it will be fine.

 

The effect of intense color in the clothing of a treatment

recipient will have a definite impact on the treatment and

can be difficult to compensate for. It would be quite a

challenge to balance the energies of someone who comes to

you clad entirely in orange or red while complaining of

excess anger or anxiety for example.

 

We have made a graphic that can be used to help plan and

keep a record of your laying on of stones work.

 

Template for planning and recording crystal healing lay

outs <http://pjentoft.com/crystal-loos-template.html>

 

Basic Chakra Layout

 

Probably among the more common layouts is to simply place

one stone on each chakra either of clear quartz or one of

the color or kind associated with each particular chakra.

Some people prefer to begin a chakra layout at the feet or

root chakra and move up rather than from the top down.

 

More elaborate patterns using several stones on or near each

chakra are also common. I suggest moderation as to the

number and size of stones used. Stones can be quite heavy.

The intention should always be set that the treatment do no

harm and that any unneeded stone remain inert.

 

Sensitive people can become slightly dizzy or disoriented

particularly when they or the practitioner try to amplify

the healing effect with personal willpower . (The amplify

and / or personalize function of the crystal empowerment

system will reduce power if needed). I do recommend that

less is often best.

 

It is possible to overwhelm a person by using too many

stones. I went to a healing circle session once where the

main crystal practitioner laid on so many stones that it

started to feel like death by pressing, and another where a

practitioner ended an elaborate treatment by spreading

several pounds of green and rose quartz all over me. This

might have been fine by itself but on top of an already

complex and heavy duty layout seemed like just too much.

 

I appreciate the artistic beauty of many of the very

elaborate crystal healing layout patterns but feel that

aesthetic sensibility and decorative composition are not

important during crystal healing treatment compared to using

the crystals intuitively to meet the needs of the treatment

recipient.

Sometimes people who have gotten very fancy whole body

treatments from crystal healing practitioners have told me

that they really felt blasted open or head achy after the

treatment which I really don't think is good. Listen to your

intuition and keep in mind that you want to assist the

recipient with personal healing and happiness. I don't often

use more than about 3

to 5 stones on one single area at a time. The crystal deva

will not allow the treatment to harm you but some people

will not accept a treatment as useful unless it whacks them

out in which case the crystal Deva may indeed grant that wish.

 

 

Whether you point the quartz points inward or outward can

depend on if your goal is to bring in energy for healing and

vitality or if you want the crystal to draw away and break

up blocks and stagnant energy. Pointing inward is the basic

placement Some practitioners work either from top to bottom

(Sky to Earth ) or bottom to top ( earth to sky) with all

points facing in the same direction either up or down .

 

Other practitioners will place one point in crystal to the

left of each center point and a point out crystal to the

right. You can put two small points one point in and one

point out on either side of each center stone . Some recipients

may feel a pulsing as the energy shifts from inward to

outward with this layout.

Small quartz crystal points about an inch or two long can

be bought by weight to be used for this and as

connectors between areas .

 

Some People who are treating several chakra areas or the

whole body will use a quartz double terminated point between

each separate area to create a continuous connection for

balancing and harmonizing the whole energy body Two single

points , one in each direction can be substituted for this

function as well. This is optional in most layout systems

but can

help balance and unify the entire energy body with ease .

 

Another way of using single points is to use them all points

down or outwards as you move from crown to foot then after a

pause to allow the crystals to clear excess energies and

blockages during which you can use a quartz point or wand,

Kyanite blade or Selinite wand to charge and activate each

section in turn and sweep blockages downwards and out for

transport into the earth. You reverse the crystals to bring

in healing energies upwards from the Earth.

 

Many people find great healing effect by seating themselves

inside a circle, square or star pattern made of crystals .

This is often done to enhance meditation . You can also

place these patterns around the outside of the person

receiving a crystal healing treatment. You need only use

enough crystals to give a general outline of the pattern .

People often use small versions of these layouts around the

center crystals placed on the persons body over the chakras.

 

Numbers are here only as a tool if you have questions about

a particular layout.

 

1. Personal star /Seal of Solomon

 

A very common pattern both on and off body using single

point quartz crystals. Place a six pointed star around the

body with six stones. The stones are placed evenly around

the body. One above the head. One beside each arm around

the level of the armpit.

 

One on each side about midway between the hip and the knee

and one at the feet.This form of a six pointed star made

from two interlocked triangles symbolizes the interaction of

the four elements and the uniting of Sky/ Spirit and Earth /

matter. This by itself is calming, relaxing and refreshing

and relieves stress. with the points out this will release

any excess energy. Points in toward the body will have an

energizing and charging effect. This is often used in

addition to a full body or partial on body layout.

 

This is also very commonly used on the body in a smaller

pattern directly over a chakra using appropriate stones of

course. Sometimes an additional stone is placed in the center.

A rose quartz or Aventurine surrounded by clear quartz points

over the heart for example . This is also used as a grid formation .

 

 

2. Four directions layout

The recipients head is facing north and feet facing south to

align with the polarities of the Earth. Place one crystal point

in at each of the four compass directions north, south , east

and one west . This balances and charges your elemental energies.

This layout is also often used to charge objects and water .

Similar patterns are the four corners layout which is simply to

place a crystal either on or off the body near each shoulder and

each hip . awaking and balancing your senses of initiative

,action , contemplation and appreciation.

and the energize pattern which is to place one crystal at head ,

foot and each wrist or hip. Smoky quartz can be used at the

foot and amethyst at the crown.

 

3. Quite often a Quartz point or an Amethyst is placed at the

crown and another clear or smoky quartz point is placed below

the feet The recipient may also hold a quartz point in each hand

as an addition to most layouts

 

Chakra Layouts

 

These suggestions are just that. Follow your intuition and inner

guidance or use cards or another divination method

to help you become aware the best crystal for the recipient.

Most of these suggestions are traditional and based on color

healing with crystals. There are many other stones and crystals

which may choose to work with you in these layouts.

 

4. A common chakra layout is to place a large quartz crystal at

the head, below the feet and

in each hand and a indigo blue or violet stone at the brow ,a

sky blue stone at the throat

and a green stone at the heart .Some people place rose quartz

near the heart chakra

to enhance the ability to give and receive love. Pink and green

bi color or watermelon

tourmaline is also excellent on or near the heart chakra.

Citrine or other yellow or golden stone might be placed at the

solar plexus or navel . A

carnelian or other orange stone can be placed at the sacral

chakra a quartz or red brown

or black stone might be placed either near the pubic bone

between the legs.

I usually have the client put any stone between their legs

themselves even though that may

mean placing that stone out of order if I am moving from the top

down .

 

Rather than doing an entire body layout you may prefer to work

only with from one to

three centers at a time .

 

So here we will list some typical stones or layout patterns for

each area which you can use

as rough guides it would be quite rare for two people to need

exactly the same layout so your

intuitive reception is valuable. The intent is that each element

of the treatment do good or

do nothing is important. Allow the crystals to do the work in

harmony with the

universe . You cannot force a healing.

 

This listing is top down but many times you may choose to work

from bottom up depending on the reason for the treatment and

your intuition.

 

Crown area

Usually there is only room for one stone to be placed at above

or touching the crown

Typical stones placed at the crown are clear quartz , amethyst ,

moonstone , sugulite

Selinite, Lapis, gem Silica or clear or golden Fluorite, Kyanite

 

Brow area

Typical stones are Lapis , sodalite , purple or blue fluorite

,sugulite, amethyst, clear quartz ,

azurite.

You might place one stone over the third eye possibly another at

the bridge of the nose and

or the hair line.

Some times the center stone is flanked by two crystal points or

pieces of kyanite or

tourmaline or other blue or violet stone . Some people put blue

lace agate on the temples .

If the person seems to have an over active third eye with

excessive sensitivity to psychic

input you may wish to include amatrine or one small piece of

coral or citrine near the third

eye or on each temple. The brow area is often the most sensitive

and some people may

get headaches from any complex work done here so you may want to

start with just one

stone at the brow and be prepared to remove it if the recipient

reports any discomfort at

all. small Desert roses (gypsum flowers) or calcite pieces are

sometimes used when you

want to stimulate intellect rather than intuition.

(When doing the brow in partial treatment you may want to place

at least one yellow stone at the naval and a

red or black stone at the groin to help balance energies ).

 

Back of Head

I personally like to have a flat piece of eliat stone (azurite,

malachite, chryscolla) I have a

piece that has a tiny bit of gem silica too or celestite blade

at the back of the head where

the neck joins the skull. Jade is also used here in some

traditions.

 

Throat

Typical stones Sodalite, Azurite ,Lapis , Turquoise , Gem

silica ,Amazonite,

celestite, blue lace agate. Not a lot of room here and many

people dislike having weight at

the throat. Locations are the mid throat, bottom of throat and

at the collar bones

some systems prefer to use oval stones or pattern here .

 

Shoulders and collar bones

sometimes you'll want to put something here perhaps calcite ,

lodestone or tourmaline or

quartz use intuition and leave clear unless you really feel a call.

 

Thymus gland.

sometimes you may want to put a aqua ,light blue green or light

blue stone

over the Thymus gland (etheric heart ) midway between the throat

and heart chakra

aquamarine, eliat stone , turquoise celestite ,either a single

stone or grouping with clear

quartz .

 

Heart

Green stones are the first choice here though this is often

supplemented with pink stones.

Jade, Emerald , Rose quartz, green aventurine , green or pink or

watermelon or bicolor

green/pink tourmaline ,Kunzite ,malachite ,pink ruby, pink

stilbite. Control the charge,

many people carry great emotional pain in this area.

Stimulation may cause emotional

release during the clearing phase of the treatment . Some like

to keep the green stones on

top and pink toward the bottom of any pattern The six pointed

star formation is sometimes

used here.

 

Solar Plexus

Citrine, Tigers eye , malachite , clear quartz , golden topaz

,amber

Fire agate ,opal sometimes a triangle pattern with the point

down is used here

this is a wide area if you feel the person has excessive energy

here you may want to

include ametrine or another violet or purple stone.

 

Diaphragm

Some people place peridot, apatite or other yellow green stones

here

 

Naval Area, Dan Tien , Hara , Na'au

The trans personal center located in this area can be assisted

with many different colors of

stones but is usually included in the Solar Plexus or sacral

chakra treatment in the west.

Putting a citrine piece in the belly button can sometimes effect

a great release of repressed energy.

Freeing the person to act in their own highest good. Sunstone

from either India or Oregon is often a good choice here.

 

 

Sacral,

Sunstone , red orange and golden stones are common here.

Carnelian ,Fire opal , Tiger eye , Sunstone , bright amber often

stones are laid out

here in a rough crescent form or triangle point down between the

naval area and the

groin , jasper and other golden or orange brown stones maybe

used If the recipient seem to have lost contact with their

aliveness and vitality. A red stone placed about four to six

inches below the belly button perhaps flanked by two small black

stones such as obsidian or iron can really jump start the

vitality .

 

Root

red ,black and brown stones Garnet ,Obsidian, smoky quartz

,black tourmaline. some feel that ruby is too refined for this

area but blood ruby or blood carnelian can be used . Often the

layout is continued down onto the upper legs with dark stones .

 

Sometimes stones are placed under the knees and at the elbows

and ankles the choice of

stones is tan and deep green stones for the knees and some like

pink or fossils at the

elbows but this varies. I use green calcite for pain relief in

joints.

 

Most of the systems I have encountered work primarily or

entirely from the front but

when time allows or if the intuition prompts a treatment over

the back can be dramatically

effective a standard layout on the back would be a line of

crystals or lodestones down the

spine and possibly blue green or light blue stones over the

lungs and/or ,clear, yellow, light

orange or blue stones over the kidneys .

 

Some people use a generator point or a wand to activate each

section of the layout after the

placement is done. It is often enough to just allow the

crystals to work for a while.

If you use Reiki or any other healing shakti you can use this to

activate and balance the

energies with your hands over the crystal layout .

 

There are of course many other methods and patterns for layouts

far too many to go into in

one post so this is simply a starting point.

 

 

Single type layouts

There are several single stone or limited stone layouts that can

be useful and enjoyable

Rose quartz and or Phylite a green quartz with chlorite and mica

is a relaxing and uplifting

combination .

 

Calcite comes in most colors and is an all purpose stone .

 

If you have a lot of herkimer crystals they make a vitalizing

and inspiring layout. Most of us

do not have a lot of these though and they are usually tiny.

 

Katrina Raphielle suggests a pink tourmaline spiral around the

heart chakra for releasing

deep emotional pain .

 

The act of laying-on-of-stones is a beginning of the process

towards self healing. the next

step, is integration and assimilation. Following a treatment a

person should take some quiet

time to assimilate the changes effected by the treatment .

 

ANY crystal healing treatment, energy work treatment ,major

period of spiritual development ,prolonged meditation and so

forth. is likely to create a need for more water in your system

to facilitate release of toxins both physical and energetic and

to help with the adjustment to new energies and changes.

 

I stay in the room and keep my attention on /in the work after

I have placed the layout even during what might be resting or

meditation periods for the client . I often do energy work or

am consciously connected with the crystals and the client. My

" style " does not have a lot of empty time. Often a crystal will

want to be moved or changed after a short time rather than left on.

 

I always hold a focused intention that the crystals work only

for good and trust them to do so. It is possible sometimes for

the client to become overcharged or uncomfortable from the

energy of a particular stone in which case it should be removed.

I often do a certain amount of crystal " " dancing " where I will

be moving crystals throughout the aura. This is intuitive so

there is not a set of fixed instructions for this kind of treatment.

I also often feel called to tone during treatments. I do not

usually write notes during the treatment because that

interferes with my ability to be tuned in to the clients needs.

Some people tape sessions and make an occasional verbal note

then write notes after the treatment .

 

One kind of work I do rather than laying on of stones is a

method where as the client and I talk I will be intuitively be

guided to give them stones to hold or place on their body

themselves .

I know some people just put the stones on and wait a while then

take them off but I feel that that is not usually as beneficial

as a more " joined " kind of treatment.

 

 

Removing the layout

None of the classes I have taken or treatments I've seen or had

have put much emphasis on the removal phase. Though some

teachers have elaborate and strict rules about this part of the

treatment .

 

The treatments I've had have usually just reversed the order if

placed downward they were removed upwards, Though I have also

had people remove in the order placed as well.

 

I advocate intuitive removal as some stones often just won't

want/ need to be on as long as others. We like to do the

breakdown of a layout as carefully as we place the layout.

 

Removing all stones on one side and then the other can

possibly be somewhat disconcerting energy wise to some people .

Though many enjoy a circle or spiral layout in which a circle

/spiral formation is applied and removed in a continuing circle.

That is you continue around the body sun wise first placing and

then removing the stones.

 

Removing the stones should not disrupt the balance that has been

brought to the energy field and this is not a problem I have

noticed.

 

Treatments have always held better than that, balance attained

is balance stabilized. With the intention set to do no harm the

stones simply won't disrupt the energy field when removed . The

stones simply " turn off " when done and are removed .

I do usually work inside to out on removal but I often work

intuitively almost to the point of trance. Stones will often

fall off when they are done too.

 

Some people feel that one should not just bend over and pick up

a stone " straight up " . That this might be in a sense ripping

through the energy field. They teach that One should rather

carefully and gently slide the stone away from the energy field

a distance of 6 to 12 inches and then lift it away. I have not

found this to be true either in fact during some treatments

going straight up has been strongly guided .

 

Most of this kind of rule in crystal healing or energy work is

more a reflection of the limitations we put on ourselves rather

than being a true condition of universal law.

 

We create reality together. Though there are rules of consensus

we all choose to adhere to for convenience.

 

Rules about not treating some condition or other are usually the

result of a need to attempt to reconcile the art with known and

accepted mundane " laws " . If you are more comfortable setting

limits and boundaries like this for yourself then do so and they

will be the " law " for you. but many have found that working

" outside the box " is quite safe and effective.

 

Peggy Jentoft

 

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