PRACTICAL USES & BENEFITS OF SODALITE

Calming

Clarity & Focus

Balance & Harmony

Insomnia

Over-thinking

Stress

Sodalite is an amazing crystal to help with calming the mind, it has a soothing effect which helps with sleep, as it physically helps your body relax more deeply. It can help if you are over thinking.

It is good for insomnia, especially where there is too much mental activity. It brings a peaceful mind and a relaxing vibration.

Our brain has delta and beta states of activity / wavelengths, which vary depending on how alert you are. The sodalite helps to slow down those brain waves and bring peace whilst remaining in an awake state.

Sodalite is also effective at helping with mental focus and clarity and helps communication with your higher self and your intuition, hence stroking your sodalite crystal can bring you inspiration.

Sodalite is a yin Crystal, it is gentle with beautiful peaceful energies and will surround you with compassionate soft, gentle vibrations. It will gently purify your body and mind of toxins.

Appearance

Sodalite is mainly known and more popular for its beautiful vivid blue colour, it can be found in other colours, such as shades of grey, green, yellow, or pink. It very often has white calcite threads running through it. However I have only ever been attracted to blue sodalite.

Hardness: 5.5-6 on the Mohs Scale which ranks the hardness of a mineral by it’s resistance to being scratched. The softest being talc (hardness 1) and the hardest being diamond (hardness 10).

Crystal system: Cubic

Origin: Sodalite is quite easily obtainable and can be found in many different locations in the world, including Brazil, North America, France, Canada, Namibia, Romania and Russia. Its accessibility makes it a popular choice for all.

Formation: Formed in igneous rocks through the crystallization of sodium-rich magmas or in contact metamorphic deposits.

Mental and Emotional Properties of Sodalite

Helps you to focus more clearly and is great for communication, so if you are wishing to go within and communicate with your higher self, and wish to express your creative self, then sodalite is a wonderful crystal to help you in which ever way you choose.

Sodalite is great for helping with deep relaxation, and it aids rejuvenation. If you are not worrying and you are feeling mentally relaxed then you can begin to rejuvenate. You are more relaxed with life, more comfortable with yourself and it brings about a youthful appearance.

Sodalite reduces mental activity, to calm and clear the mind. It is a helpful relaxing, de-stressing stone and can even help relax the tightest of minds,evenly distributing energy throughout the body.

The energy comes in through the crown of your head, and it goes all the way through your body, traveling down into the earth and it comes back up the body.

It travels down the front of the body and up the back of the body on the majority of times, although there are exceptions.

If the energy is coming in, and the mind is eating all the energy, then it will not be able to reach the rest of the body. Conversely if the energy is coming up from the earth and it is getting disturbed , then this will result an uneven flow of energy.

For example, people who over-think have very little energy in their legs, e.g. people sitting at a computer all day long, may like to go for a walk later, however they may often find that that they do not have the energy levels, yet they haven’t done anything physical all day, and still no energy level to do a little exercise, they feel tired, why? Because the energy that is coming into the body has been used by mental thinking, and so by using sodalite it calms all that down and it gives an even distribution of energy, so even if you sitting at laptop all day and you use sodalite you are not eating away all that energy in the mental energy field, you will have more energy evenly distributed into your feet and legs so when you walk later on you feel energetic.

A very important property of sodalite is its healing energy for balancing the emotions and calming the mind. It helps manage anxiety, enhances self-esteem, brings tranquility, calmness and promotes emotional harmony. When facing stressful situations sodalite is so soothing, enabling one to achieve a sense of inner peace.

It clears away mental confusion, which allows more rational thinking, objective thought processes and truth to come through. Once our mind is more clear then it can make way for new information to come in and can enable us to make decisions from a place that is hopeful and not from one of despair.

Sodalite helps our emotional well being because we feel that inner peace, and can be more logical and truthful with ourselves and in other situations. Sodalite encourages the release of old thought patterns that are not serving us any more and helps us bring new ones in.

Sodalite is also known as the Poet’s Stone, it encourages one to see the beauty and good in all things and enables one to communicate this in a way that is really meaningful and flows. When we wear sodalite it helps us to see the best in everyone and helps us to think in a positive manner.

Due to the fact that sodalite helps with rational thinking and helps to eliminate confusion, it is really great with helping to overcome mental blocks.

Spiritual Growth

Sodalite can help us on our spiritual journey of discovering our true self and aiding our awakening. It encourages you to pursue the truth and connect with your higher self.

Associated Chakras

Sodalite works well with the throat chakra, aiding and enhancing communication, self-expression, and the ability to speak your truth with confidence. When balancing the throat chakra using a pendant or necklace, brings clarity and help us to communicate articulately.

Also sodalite resonates well with the third eye chakra, which is all about inner wisdom, intuition and perception. When this Chakra is balanced sodalite can help with our developing spiritual awareness, enhancing mental clarity, and helping awaken our inner voice. Therefore sodalite is one of the “go-to” crystals for those who are seeking for emotional balance, wisdom, intellect and intuition.

Massage with Sodalite

There are many great benefits of massaging with sodalite, I find that the smooth tumbled sodalite crystals are good for this and they bring the ability to balance the emotions, bring harmony and inner peace, help bring clarity and will ensure that the recipient will feel calm and relaxed.

Cleansing Sodalite

My preferred method of cleansing sodalite is by using a smudge stick of white sage or palo santo, and wafting the smoke over the crystal. This will cleanse the crystal of any negativity. Sound cleansing , such as solfeggio frequencies can be used, also a selenite crystal can also be used.

Water is not the best method to cleanse this crystal as it is not as hard as other crystals such as quartz It can damage the crystal, because it is contains a soft mineral, calcite, and because it has a Mohs hardness of under 6.

Charging Sodalite

As sodalite is a yin crystal and has feminine energies it prefers to be charged by the gentle rays of the moon to match its energy. I place my sodalite crystals usually on a piece of silk under my favourite tree in the moonlight, if it is a rainy night ensure you protect the crystal from getting wet with a clear cover.

Meditation with Sodalite

Firstly, cleanse and bless your sodalite crystal.

Place your crystal at your heart or in your palm.

Tune in to the vibration of your crystal asking it if it will work with you. Set your intention and breathe in the loving light of the crystal.

You will gain the therapeutic benefits of the crystal.

Using sodalite during meditation can deepen your practice by enhancing mental clarity and intuition. Holding a sodalite stone or placing it in front of you can help focus your intentions and bring a deeper connection with your higher self.

Wear Sodalite on Your Body

I love wearing sodalite in my macramé necklace. The crystals can be placed inside your bra, or in your pockets.

It will help you with its calming and clarifying energy wherever you go, providing support during stressful situations or when you need a boost of confidence.

Sodalite in Crystal Healing

The crystals can be place on and around your body in a specific layout to enable you to receive healing, set an intention to have a relaxing experience.

Incorporating sodalite into crystal healing layouts can amplify the stone's healing properties, especially when placed over the throat chakra to enhance communication or the third eye chakra to improve intuition.

Place Them in Your Sacred Place or Altar

Crystals can be blessed and cleansed and place in specific arrangements or however you intuitively wish to place them to create a beautiful, tranquil healing ambiance.

Home and Office

Bringing sodalite into your home will make your space look so beautiful and fill it with the calm and tranquil energy from this crystal. There are so many beautiful items made from sodalite, such as Angels, spheres, raw crystals, which can be placed in your home to bring harmony, tranquility, peace and understanding to all.

Sodalite really helps to balance the Feng Shui of your home and office. It will bring a balance to emotions and allow the energy to flow into your space, with its calm and tranquil energy. By placing sodalite in your office space it will aid successful communication and will assist you in being diplomatic when faced with anything that is problematic, in a way that does not affect your self-worth.

If you place sodalite on your desk whilst working it will help concentration, over thinking, helps you to think in a rational way, and will enhance your creativity.

Sleep

Placing sodalite under your pillow can help create a lovely calm soothing space for your sleep, in my experience it brings peaceful loving dreams and helps reduce stress.

Due to the calming energies of sodalite it can work magic when placed close to the bed, especially for those who are experiencing insomnia.

A sodalite crystal grid around the bed really helps to improve the quality of ones sleep, because it calms the mind and soothes the emotions, making it much easier to fall asleep and have a full nights undisturbed sleep.

Afirmations with Sodalite

When we use affirmations it allows us to alter our mind-set to something more positive. When using sodalite whilst making an affirmation it can help with balancing our emotions, bringing us mental clarity and enabling us to express our self.

Cleanse your crystal, yourself and your space, next bless your crystal, see it light up and ask it to work with you, and then set a clear intention.

Hold your sodalite crystal in one of your hands, sit with your spine erect, eyes closed and take some deep breaths.

Example Affirmations

I am rejuvenated and refreshed when I awaken from my sleep.

I am relaxed and calm and release the worries of the day as I drift off to sleep.

I trust my inner voice and wisdom.

I am focused, I have a clear mind and I am mentally strong.

I am at peace with myself and with the world.

I am capable of manifesting my desires whilst thinking logically.

I am able to overcome challenges that I meet.

I release self doubt and trust and embrace my inner power.

I give gratitude for the Clarity of thought that sodalite brings me.

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