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Stones can serve as reminders of lost loved ones or friends. Several years ago, I discovered an excellent variety of blue agate from Oregon, which turned out to be an outstanding stone to use for grief recovery. Once I started working with it, I loved it so much that I featured it as a selection in my “Rock of the Month Club.”

I sent pieces of blue agate to a number of my students and asked them for feedback on what they believed it did for them. Incredibly, their comments were similar to each other and reflected what I already believed about the stone’s ability to bring profound feelings of peace and healing to the user. One student used the stone with meditation and felt a reassuring sense of calm. Another student used the blue agate in the evenings and reported greater ease in falling asleep as well as a sense of relaxation in the morning. A third student held the stone while watching TV and reported feeling at peace about some trouble at work. All of them liked the stone and its energetic properties.

Stones have energetic properties based on their type as well as their geological place of origin. Blue represents the throat chakra, which relates to how we communicate in the world, yet the color blue is connected with emotional healing. Any emotions expressed verbally originate in the throat center. We often stuff deep inside of ourselves many emotions or thoughts that we want to express—perhaps for the protection of someone’s feelings or for fear of potential negative repercussions. Once a thought occurs in the mind, whether it is physically verbalized or not, it affects the throat center. We will explore this idea further in the sapphire section of this book. Botswana blue lace agate is more of a communication stone, while the Oregon variety of agate aids with emotional healing.

After suffering the loss of my dear cat companion several years ago, I learned firsthand about the fantastic healing energies of this stone. While going through her things, cleaning, and rearranging, I was immediately drawn to my favorite piece of blue agate. The stone seemed to lift the heavy weight of grief from my shoulders at that time, and it also left me feeling more peaceful and serene.

I am convinced that the agate helped me to speed up the necessary processing of the many stages of grief, allowing me to experience and work through all of my emotions with grace and ease.

Unfortunately, all of us will suffer loss in our lifetimes. Whether we lose family members, friends, jobs, or living places, each loss will be challenging for various reasons. Agate will aid the healing process regarding whatever kind of grief might affect us, and for that reason, I highly recommend blue agate as a necessary tool to keep in the medicine bag.