Crystals, minerals, and stones are tools to help you create balance, happiness, and health on all levels — mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. The energy of the gems, coupled with your clear intentions, helps you remember to focus on your wishes, dreams, and desires instead of what you don’t want to experience. These beautiful treasures remind you to stay focused and be mindful because your thoughts create reality and what you focus on is what you experience. Here are five gemstones to choose from, or you can use them all.

Gemstones to Encourage Self-Care

Amethyst is a variety of quartz (crystalline silicon dioxide) with a natural violet color due to the impurity of iron, other trace elements, and irradiation. Because of the powerful transformative qualities of amethyst, keep it nearby when you want to change an unwanted situation and visualize the outcome or more positive reality.