Sometimes you walk into a place and immediately notice that the atmosphere is charged, perhaps it feels intense, electric or maybe it feels oppressive and negative.  Like there’s an elephant in the room (poor elephant gets a bad rep here, but hopefully you know what I’m saying ;).

Other times when you enter a space, you immediately feel welcomed, peaceful and soothed. It feels like an oasis, it brings a smile to your face and a lightness to your spirit. You feel like you’d enjoy spending time in this place.

That’s energy right there...it’s all energy.

World famous physicist Albert Einstein knew this to be true and many wisdom teachers, spiritual leaders, and scientists have since shared this same sentiment; that everything is energy.

Einstein said:

Everything is energy and that is all there is to it.  Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality.  This is not philosophy.   This is physics.

~ Albert Einstein

So, what does that mean? Everything is energy? And what’s that about matching the frequency?

Well, maybe you’ve heard this premise before … that everything is connected, that all things in the universe are connected to a higher cosmic order that spans space and time. All things, all beings, rock, heart, stone, water, earth, fire air, the stuff of stars are connected. That premise grew out of the notion that everything in the Universe is energy. Furthermore, energy doesn't disappear; it cannot be created or destroyed.

Jumping off from that … this is not a new theory, but it’s being explored more and more as part of an exciting and expanding field of modern medicine and science called quantum medicine and quantum physics. And with the expansion of quantum-based studies and research, the word is getting out to a wider audience. 

Now, I’m by no means an expert in the quantum field, so if you’d like to learn more about that, I recommend checking out the teachings of Deepak Chopra. He’s a master at explaining the work of quantum physics and subatomic particles. And he’s written several books which are comfortably readable and a good place to start.

So, when you hear everything is energy, it basically means that everything in the universe has a vibration.  Everything has an energetic frequency that it holds, that it emits and that can be felt and absorbed by others.

Specifically, by sentient beings, our energy fields are highly influenced by happenings all around us; by our feelings, emotions and by the interactions and stresses that we experience on the daily.

Our mood can change very quickly depending on so many factors; if we are in a rush, if there’s a long line, if traffic is heavy, if someone is yelling or argumentative. When going about the business of life, we encounter all sorts of people and circumstances that can have an effect on us.  And if it has an effect on us on a conscious level, it’s already had an effect on our subconscious and our energy field.

At the start, we talked about how you might feel the energy right away, good or bad, when you step into a place.  Now, perhaps it’s not even a place, but rather a person you encounter that you have an immediate reaction to, you FEEL something, that’s palpable, positive or negative, it’s a strong feeling. This is an example of an interaction between your energy fields. It’s even more pronounced in sensitive people - that have tapped into their intuition, developed their clair senses or those who are natural empaths.

We’ll get into more details of the subtle body in just a moment but this right here is the reason why people will often wear or carry specific stones that can help shield or protect their own energy and deflect negativity. Most of the popular protective stones are also primo grounding stones which help keep you centered and connected to the anchoring properties of Mother earth’s energy. Certain stones (like obsidian, black tourmaline, smokey quartz, black kyanite for example) hold the frequencies of grounding, protection and shielding vibrations and they can help to shift, move and transmute energy.

Our individual energy bodies (sometimes referred to as our electromagnetic field, or aura) extend approximately four feet out beyond our physical bodies, so even if there is no physical interaction there can still be an energetic exchange.  Does that make sense? Picture it like an egg or a bubble around your body that extends out in all directions. Because of its larger radius, the energy body comes into contact with a lot more than our physical bodies. And according to wisdom traditions and ancient teachings, imbalance, disease, and disorder start in the subtle body long before it manifests into a physical ailment.  

When a person is emitting a glow, their frequency, their vibration is high.  They are high vibing beings. And this has absolutely nothing to do with mind-altering substances, but instead, it’s all about their frequency.

Because we are energy, we give off vibrations. And all vibes radiate at a certain frequency.  Feelings of joy, love, gratitude, and happiness are high vibing frequencies. While feelings of negativity, jealousy, anger, despair, and fear are low vibing.  

And if you’ve been hovering too long in a low vibing place, you want to raise your vibration. To raise up to the positive good feeling place. It’s kind of like a radio station -  we can’t tune into the program if we are on a different channel. So, that’s where energy tools come in and they can help us to raise our vibration and keep it higher longer. We change the channel so that we are tuning into the vibes that we want in our lives.

Crystals as one kind of energy tool, have so much to offer due to the huge scope of different gems and minerals created in the earth. Crystals are an all natural source that can be tapped into to access higher vibrations; healing on both physical and emotional levels, positive manifestations, love and much more.

See it goes right back to energy. Energy and frequency.  Each crystal (stone, rock all used interchangeably here) has different minerals inherent in their make up that gives them different healing properties, or energetic vibrations.  Their vibrations, when brought into contact with our energy fields, can produce subtle shifts, or powerful changes and big results.

We are working with the subtle body and because each person and life experience is an individual energetic being, the results may vary slightly from person to person. Luckily there are a lot of different stones to choose from!  So you can tap into your own intuition or the experience of a healer to help you find the right tool for you.

Additionally, with work in the subtle body, it’s often an ongoing process. So you sit with your work for a while.  It’s ongoing work, not an overnight fix. Although having said that, I’ve learned through my crystal healing practice that you never know what can happen - and major breakthroughs have occurred with some of the biggest skeptics.