Mariah K. Lyons - Crystal Healing for Women: A Modern Guide to the Power of Crystals for Renewed Energy, Strength, and Wellness

Acknowledgments

To my partner and best friend, Ben, thank you for your unending support, love, and keeping me laughing at all times.

To my mother, thank you for your compassion and dedication to the women of the world.

To my father, thank you for showing me deep reverence of nature, your forever playground.

To Brendan, Vanessa, Solomon, and Stella, thank you for your support and love.

To my incredible friends and soul family, you know who you are, thank you. Your sisterhood and friendship are the sweetest nectar to my soul.

To Meg Ilasco and the wonderful team at Penguin Random House, thank you for believing in me to write this book and for guiding the process. I am forever grateful.

To Amy Dickerson, thank you for bringing this book alive with your magic and beautiful imagery.

To my agent, Brandi Bowles, thank you for your support, encouragement, and continued guidance.

To my many teachers and healers along my path in the seen and unseen, you have all woven your wisdom into my very being and have helped me awaken back home within. I would not be here without your grace and support. Thank you, I deeply and humbly bow. To Jeremy Kennedy, dear friend and cosmic ally, thank you for lending so many of the beautiful stones in this book and sharing your joy and gifts with the world.

To the Divine Feminine in your many forms, thank you for your medicine, magic, guidance, grace, and ever-present truth. To the crystals and the mineral queendom, I am forever in awe, service, and gratitude. Thank you.

About the Author

Mariah K. Lyons is a crystal healer, Reiki master, meditation guide, and Western herbalist. She is the founder of ASTARA, a luxury crystalline grounding footwear company integrating ancient healing practices with sustainable design. Her work bridges the world of spirit and matter, and she is deeply dedicated to supporting the awakening of higher consciousness upon the planet through various mediums and healing modalities. Mariah has led workshops and classes for Nike, Yahoo!, NBC Universal, and Dreamworks, and her work has been featured in Vogue, the LA Times, goop, Vanity Fair, Harpers Bazaar, and on Good Morning America. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Ben.

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RESOURCES

Crystals and Gemstones

Angelic Healing Crystals

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Astara

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Energy Muse

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Inner Vision Crystals

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Madagascar Minerals

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Herbs, Resins, and Hydrosols

Anima Mundi Apothecary

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Bulk Apothecary

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Eden Botanicals

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Incausa

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Mountain Rose Herbs

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Pacific Botanicals

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Essential Oils and Carrier Oils

Floracopeia

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Living Libations

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Crystal Singing Bowls

Crystal Tones

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Sound Tools

Acutonics

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Sines

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Tools for Wellness

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Unlocking Crystal Energy

Crystals help to unlock many ancient secrets of healing and the wisdom held within the earth. But how can a rock you found online do that? It all has to do with frequency and vibration. Crystals are the original thumb drives. They are often called the wisdom keepers of Earth, as they literally store information in the form of vibration within their molecular structure. They have much information to share with us, information that has been held within the earth for millions of years. We are being called now to unlock these mysteries so that we may shift the energy of the planet toward that of harmony and union, not only for ourselves but also for the collective.

What Are Crystals?

Well, youre made of them! Your teeth and bones are composed of an aragonite and calcite crystalline structure, and the microscopic calcite crystals in your ear help you maintain your balance. And without even knowing it, minerals are already a key component in your everyday life! From table salt (halite), to pencil lead (graphite), to your cell phone (quartz crystals), to wristwatches (quartz crystals), minerals are an integral part of life on Earth.

There are over 4,000 different types of minerals currently found on the planetand new discoveries are made each year! Nowadays, we often hear the words crystals, minerals, gems, stones, and rocks used interchangeably, but what exactly is a crystal? Geologists define crystal as a solid substance with an organized structure and repeating geometric pattern, known as a crystal lattice. Crystallization occurs as a result of temperature changes or pressure. Crystals can be naturally occurring or artificially made. For example, water molecules become crystallized by freezing, and diamonds are formed by intense pressure and heat. For the purposes of this book, we recognize that healing crystals may also be minerals, rocks, or gemstones with useful energetic properties.

Crystal Energy and Vibration

Everything in this universe vibrates at a particular frequency. What your eye sees as physical, solid matter is in fact vibrating particles of matter condensed and slowed into form. Einsteins famous equation E = mc reflects this, saying that everything is both vibration