Amber - Manipura Chakra (Solar Plexus)

Amber gives a soothing, light energy that is both calming and energizing. It can help manifest desires and heighten intellectual abilities, clarity of thought, and wisdom. Draws out negativity. Brings the energies of patience, protection, sensuality, purification, and balance. Top

Amethyst - Ajna Chakra (3rd Eye) -                                                            Sahasrara Chakra (Crown)

A meditative and calming stone. Works in the emotional, spiritual, and physical planes to provide calm, balance, patience, and peace. Brings prosperity and and abundance. Helps heal personal losses and grief. Brings emotional stability and inner strength. Helps bring the Kundalini energy up to the crown chakra. Top

Black Onyx - Muladhara Chakra (Root)

Helps one to change bad habits. Enhances determination. Aids in helping one "let go" or release past attachments to people, places, and things. Helps absorb whatever energy we need from  the Universe. Used to deflect negativity; a good stone for protection from negative forces and influences. Top

Blue Lace Agate - Vishuddi Chakra (Throat)

A calming tranquil stone. Lessens anger and calms nervousness. Brings inspiration and assists with inner attunement. The stone of communication. Enhances public speaking. Helps stuttering and other nervous speech habits and patterns. Top

Bodhi Seed

Bodhi seeds are valued because the seeds and wood are from the type of tree under which Gautama Buddha achieved enlightenment.  A mala made from bodhi seeds accomplishes all dharmas and peaceful karma.  When the mad mind (or monkey mind) is brought to a halt, it is Bodhi (perfect wisdom) . Mantras: Om Mani Padme Hum . Top

Carnelian - Svadisthana Chakra (Sacral)

A stone of creativity, individuality and courage. Protects one from anger, jealousy, and fear. Helps with the manifestation of one's desires. Eases and removes sorrow. Balances creativity and mental processes. Helps one rid the fear of death, bringing acceptance and serenity regarding the cycle of life. Activates personal power and reveals hidden talents. Top

Citrine - Manipura Chakra (Solar Plexus)

Citrine is a clearing stone which does not hold and accumulate negative energy, but  transforms it into a positive form.  It energizes the solar plexus, and helps us to enhance a sense of personal power, creativity, and decisiveness. It stimulates mental focus and endurance.   Helps clear the aura, stabilizes the emotional body, dispels anger, and ignites the inner fire that both illuminates and burns away internal negativities and blockages. Top

Clear Quartz - All Chakras

A power stone that harmonizes and balances. Used to draw out pain and amplify healing energy. Receives, activates, contains, and amplifies energy. Enhances thoughts. Purifies the spiritual, mental and physical. Powerfully protective stone. Creates a connection between the physical realm and the mental/emotional realm. Associated with the Goddess Lakshmi. Mantras: Om Shri Maha Lakshmiyei Namaha. Top

Garnet - Muladhara Chakra (Root)

A stone of Passion, stamina, creative inspiration, sensuality, and self confidence. Inspires productivity and devotion.  Enhances self-esteem, will power and calms anger. Monitors and adjusts the flow of the body's energy, providing for a balanced energy field and aligning the emotional and intellectual bodies. Top

Jet - Muladhara Chakra (Root)

Used to bring grief to the surface to be alleviated. Very powerful protection energies (particularly good at protecting one from depression). A stone of sympathy, healing grief, purification, power, and healing. Top

Lapis Lazuli - Ajna Chakra (3rd Eye)

A powerful stone for those who seek spiritual development. Brings mental clarity, emotional healing, truth and harmony into a relationship. Brings wearer to a state of authenticity. Enhances judgment and wisdom. Strengthens the mind and body and allows one to tap into our inner power while purifying the soul and thoughts. Helps to expand awareness and intellectual capacity.  Powerful in tapping into our intuition. Top

Lepidolite - Ajna Chakra (3rd Eye)

Produces a calming effect on the body. Allows you to see old patterns and needed change, and helps one through the transitions. Helps one to be optimistic for a smooth change. Promotes self-preservation, spiritual transcendence and cosmic awareness. Top

Malachite aids us in looking deep within ourselves to the roots beneath illness, fear or anxiety.  It helps to clarify emotions, equalizing and balancing them.  Stimulates instinctive and intuitive reasoning, accepting and understanding our circumstances. Top

Pearl

The mother stone. Pearls are calming and centering. Give purity, and promote faith, charity, integrity, truth and loyalty. Inspires innocence, serenity, tranquility, and focus. Pearl represents Shakti, the dynamic feminine energy of the universe.  Mantras: Om Shri Matre Namaha, Any Chant to the Divine Mother. Top

Red Coral - Muladhara Chakra (Root)

Stone of passion. Allows one to open their heart, and to overcome fear. Acts as a balance for the emotions and improves the body's energy levels.  Brings us into harmony with the natural forces of the universe, activates the inner fire that rests in the 3rd Chakra.  Top

Rhodonite - Anahata Chakra (Heart)

Allows one to become more open to "hearing" what it truth. Has a calming effect on the nervous system, soothes nightmares, and gives emotional support. Helps with self confidence, security, and patience. improves memory. Reduces uncertainty and confusion. Decreases anxiety. Top

Rose Quartz - Anahata Chakra (Heart)

Often called the "Stone of the Heart". Enhances creativity, tenderness, and kindness and encourages us to be loving, peaceful and gentle. Helps attract positive, gentle energy into one's life. Increases self-confidence and the ability to be accepting of oneself and others. Heals emotional wounds, soothes a broken heart, and dissolves negativity. Heals and releases childhood traumas, neglect, and lack of love. Helpful for dream recall. Mantras: Ahem Prema (I am Divine Love). Top

Rosewood

Rosewood is associated with Ganesh and the Divine Mother. Mantras:

Om Gum Ganapataye Namaha, Om Shri Matre Namaha. Top

Rudraksha

Rudraksha seeds are associated with Shiva and Kali.  Using Rudraksha seeds connects us to the deep, still meditative state represented by Shiva Consciousness.  Kali represents the destruction of the negative ego, and finding the deep roots of our attachments.  Mantras: Om Namah Shivaya, Om Klim Kalikayei Namaha . Top

Sandalwood

Sandalwood is one of the traditional materials used for Mala's.  A soothing, peaceful and fragrant wood. Mantras: Gayatri Mantra. Top

Smoky Quartz - Muladhara Chakra (Root)

Smoky Quartz is a general relaxer/sedative. Good for grounding and meditation. Enhances awareness and insight. Protects against negative energies. Strengthens and rejuvenates the first chakra. Stimulates the cooperation of multiple energies toward a common goal. Top

Tiger's Eye - Manipura Chakra (Solar Plexus)

Helps one to achieve clarity. Amplifies clear thinking and helps to deal with doubts and decisions. Enhances integrity, will power, practicality, and the correct use of power. Good for protection during travel, and against negativity. Helps to discipline sexual and emotional energy. Top

Turquoise - Anahata Chakra (Heart), Vishuddi Chakra (Throat)

Encourages creativity. Protects and detoxifies. Used for clear communication and mental clarity. Good for meditation and spiritual improvement. Is a stone of self realization, helping one to better understand oneself, one's idea and emotions. Known as the master healing stone. Top