Start Your New Year With Gratitude & Some Crystal Magick

As the year comes to a close, there is no better time for us to reflect on the past 12 months, being grateful for where we are, the positive things that have happened, saying goodbye to all that no longer serves us, manifesting our wishes and setting our intentions for new beginnings in the coming year ahead.

We should be celebrating our achievements, and if we don't already, start practising gratitude daily by being thankful for what makes our lives what they are today.

It's also about reflecting on the not-so-good times too. It is helpful to remember the hard times that you have experienced over the year, remembering how difficult those times were and how far you have come since then. If you feel you haven't moved on, then that is where practising gratitude comes in and kickstarts you into reaching a better place.

Now is the time to focus on those new beginnings, new jobs, new relationships, new ideas, new health, new fitness goals, and any other areas of your life you wish to enhance and work on.

To help you on your way, I have created a New Year Manifestation Crystal set that is available in my store, which has gemstones that are perfect to help you manifest your new year wishes. Available at my store https://www.crystalrosecave.co.uk/product-page/new-year-intentions-resolutions-crystal-manifest-kit

Below is an explanation of each and why I have chosen them - use these crystals in your daily meditations.

Amazonite - the stone of hope, success, and abundance, and the perfect crystal for new beginnings and fresh starts. It encourages you to speak your truth and gives you the courage to act upon it. and to embrace the unknown by taking the first steps toward your new beginning. It helps you to take action to achieve your dreams and to forget what others think, teaching you that only you can make yourself happy.

This beautiful crystal also encourages sincerity, trust, and self-love, which are all important for a fresh and positive start.

Angel Aura Quartz - Angel Aura cleanses and heals the heart chakra, allowing you to begin on the path of healing and personal growth. It enhances intuition and awakens your spiritual gifts. Meditating with Angel Aura is believed to facilitate contact with the angelic realm.

Amethyst - new beginnings or any kind of change usually brings with it some stress and anxiety. No matter what the benefits are of making the change, we all get stressed leaving our comfort zone, and Amethyst is a fabulous crystal for dealing with stress. It has calming, soothing properties, and will help relieve that anxiety, fight off negativity and help you to get a good night's sleep instead of worrying about things. Its positive purple energy will keep you going through the hardest of challenges and times.

It is a great crystal to help with wise decision-making, achieving balance, and breaking free from any addictions, compulsive behaviours, or habits. It also helps you to develop spiritually and accelerates the development of psychic abilities if that is an area you want to focus on in 2023.

Blue Kyanite - when it comes to crystals for new beginnings, kyanite can be a great companion. Some believe that the stone can help you cut harmful emotional ties and move away from unhelpful beliefs that hold you back, both of which could be excellent for setting your new year intentions.

Kyanite is also associated with honesty, calmness, and believing in yourself which are perfect qualities when starting with something new. It is connected to your throat chakra and encourages honest communication.

When starting new ventures, you need to be able to move forward without worrying about what others may think. Blue Kyanite's earthy energy encourages self-belief, self-confidence, and self-worth which will help you to overcome this and to move forward in 2022 with confidence and grace.

Carnelian - a wonderful stone to improve your confidence and bring you joy. It is a motivational stone that will work with all the other crystals in your pack, to help you be more successful in all your new beginnings. Because of this you will feel more positive, expressive, and outgoing, and is a great choice if you intend to widen your social circles and meet new friends.

Citrine, also known as the lucky merchant's stone, links to launching new business ventures and attracts abundance in all forms. It inspires happiness, strength, and confidence allowing you to follow your dreams, no matter how big. and It promotes motivation and raises self-confidence.

It harnesses the energy of the sun, and its joyful colour connects the stone with gold, which is why it is considered for financial success and abundance. Its yellow hues give it a happy, energetic, and optimistic energy, all of which help with new beginnings., and it is one of the most uplifting and vibrant crystals you will ever find. This is why it is also good for depression and anxiety.

If you want to pick up a new hobby, Citrine will activate creativity and encourage you to express yourself through art.

It links to the solar plexus chakra and its zest for life will fill you with confidence and inspire fun and laughter within you, whilst increasing your optimism and boosting your energy when tackling new projects.

This bright and joyful gemstone can help you manifest in countless ways with strong and balanced energy, which is welcome when you need a change in your life.

Green Aventurine - associated with good luck, prosperity, wealth, abundance, opportunity, and success, which is great if you are planning on launching a new business venture or wish to succeed in your chosen career. It also enhances creativity allowing you to change your mindset so you are open to more alternatives and possibilities.

With its soothing energy, this crystal promotes peace and tranquility. It also stimulates willpower and confidence, which are both important when you need to make life-changing decisions. It connects to the heart chakra, helping to heal any past hurts.

Green Aventurine helps you start fresh with a positive mindset and the willpower necessary to handle life changes with courage.

Rainbow Moonstone - the stone of New Beginnings and the perfect crystal for helping you to face life-changing decisions.

Its connection with the lunar cycle and everything feminine helps you to flow with life’s ever-changing rhythms. It teaches you how to appreciate new beginnings, even if change is due to a relationship ending, or a situation you didn't want to be in, and views this as a positive process.

This stone’s nurturing powers are essential if you’re depleted in energy, encouraging you to rest and reassess, so that you can see the full beauty of moving forward. Hold rainbow moonstone in your hands when you’re visualising what you want to manifest.

Labradorite - also called the ‘Stone of Transformation’, Labradorite is an uplifting crystal. It will give you strength and perseverance that will help you to love life again and is a great companion throughout change as it encourages you to trust your own intuition and wisdom to decide what is right for you.

Sometimes one of the biggest challenges you have when trying to change your life is the opinions and reactions of others, as change can intimidate or unnerve those closest to us which in turn holds us back. Because of this, their advice may not be helpful. Labradorite encourages you to trust your own judgement and wisdom, helping you to gain a better understanding of what is right for you and giving you a sense of adventure and self-empowerment.

Labradorite is known for its protective powers and provides a shield around your aura to protect you from the negative energy from other influences such as jealousy, insecurity, and opinions that don't help. It will banish these negative feelings to stop them from influencing your decisions and strengthen your trust in the universe.

Smoky Quartz - another crystal that can also support new beginnings thanks to its association with the ability to move on from difficult situations or experiences. It is one of the best grounding stones and is said to reduce anxiety and stress, alleviate fear, and overcome negativity, which may help you start 2023 off on a better foot.

And finally ..... A Short Guide to Practicing Gratitude

The positive effects gratitude can have on you are immense, from improving your mental health and well-being to boosting your relationships with others. Living your life with gratitude helps you to focus on those little wins that you would otherwise take for granted. Simple things like strangers giving you a smile, the train turning up on time, a sunny morning, maybe a frosty morning that brings beauty to nature, someone holding a door open for you, someone saying hello, someone saying thank you. So many beautiful little things that can fill you up with joy so you can ensure that there is no room for negativity to creep in.

Each of these tiny wins can change the tone of your whole day by stringing together a whole web of well-being that in time helps you to notice the good things, more than the bad, and to say goodbye to that negativity.

Building your capacity for gratitude isn’t difficult. It just takes practice. The more you can bring your attention to that which you feel grateful for, the more you’ll notice what to feel grateful for! You will begin to feel optimistic, experience more joy and pleasure, and you'll start to be more helpful and feel less lonely and isolated.

One of the most powerful ways to rewire your brain for more joy and less stress is to focus on gratitude.

Journal - do this daily noting down the good things you have enjoyed, recalling moments of gratitude and the good things you've experienced. Recalling moments of gratitude associated with ordinary events, your personal attributes, or valued people in your life gives you the potential to interweave a sustainable theme of gratefulness into your life.

Relationships - Meditate on your relationships with parents, friends, siblings, work associates, children, and partners using these three questions: “What have I received from __?”, “What have I given to __?”, and “What troubles and difficulty have I caused?”

Share Your Gratitude with Others - the next time your partner, friend, or family member does something you appreciate, be sure to let them know.

Commit to Practice Gratitude Daily - making an oath to perform a behaviour increases the likelihood of the action being executed. Write your own gratitude vow, eg 'I vow to count my blessings each day' and place it somewhere you will see it each day.

Don't focus on how good you are, more on the good things that others have done on your behalf.

Practice Practice Practice - Smile, Sing, Hum, Say Thank You, Write letters of gratitude, journal your daily wins, and be grateful for the food you eat and the environment you live or work in. Be thankful for your family, for health, for abundance, for light, and for simply being able to breathe!

Thank you for reading my article, all crystals mentioned are available to purchase from my online store and my weekly live sessions every Tuesday on Facebook at 7:30pm!.