Crystals for Focus

Whether studying, working on a new project or simply attending to your daily tasks, focus is essential and some of us really struggle with this. With the hustle and bustle of our world it is absolutely normal to be distracted by a gust of wind, a funny light or a forgotten errand. When unfocused, our scattered thoughts and tasks can seem overwhelming and create stress and tension. Luckily, here at Shiny Storm we have a beautiful selection of crystals to aid with any focus related intention you have. 

For Motivation and Determination: 

• Apatite - Clears mental confusion and provides a high vibration, increasing our energy and motivating the user. Apatite is a great stone for creativity, if you are able to be creative with what you need to focus on we highly recommend using this crystal.  
• Garnet - garnet is a stimulating crystal, pushing us to achieve our dreams to be the best we can be. It provides us with mental clarity and ability to understand even the most confusing ways of thinking. It enables us to combine many different things, whether that be ways of thinking or information that must be put together to come up with a completely new idea. This ability to turn chaos into understanding is precisely why garnet is such a useful crystal for focus. Allowing even the most scattered user to get the most out of their time and achieve what they set out to do. 
• Pyrite - Pyrite is a brilliant Crystal, useful in almost every situation. When used for focus it encourages determination to accomplish something. Both motivating and filled with manifestation energy is irreplaceable in the workplace. It truly does keep our eye on the ball. Especially when feeling tired or drained, Pyrite can really refuel us so that we are on the top of our game to get stuff done! 
• Orange Calcite - Aligns one thought with their will, pushes us to get things done that bring us closer to our goals. Orange calcite also exudes positivity and causes the user to see the world through a positive lens. 
• Lemon Calcite - Brings forth concentration and determination of the user, it gives us the confidence to really leap and get things done. 

For Attention to detail and general staying on task:

• Fluorite - often regarded as the best crystal for focus and mental clarity. It truly does almost everything we could need in a stone to aid with focus. Improving memory, focus and concentration, Fluorite encourages our mental abilities and removes anything caused by a lack of concentration. Writing and creativity blocks are torn down when we use this stone. 
• Lemon Calcite - Heightens the users awareness, providing attention to detail. Allowing for connections to be made that may have slipped our mind previously. 
• Tigers Eye - Provides a sense of wisdom and grounds the user, allowing a constant flow of energy. 

For Clarity and Understanding:

• Clear Quartz - Decreases mental chatter and keeps the mind balanced so we can process and think clearly. 
• Lapis Lazuli - A knowledge stone, and a stone of Truth Lapis Lazuli truly is unparalleled when used for study, focus and intake of knowledge. Less useful to those who are focusing without needing new information. 
• Green Onyx - Improves mental clarity and understanding. Improves our ability to speak with authority and use logic and clarity to come to decisions.

To avoid being overwhelmed: 

• Howlite - absorbs excess energy, stress and emotions. Aids memory retention. 
• Selenite - Cleanses the area of stagnant or unproductive energy. Cleansing the area we are working in helps us move from one topic to the next without our productivity diminishing. It also aids us when we are unable to complete a task, to move on to the next without feeling discouraged. 
• Sodalite - helps the user stay grounded, promotes focus and mental clarity. Sodalite brings calm to the user and balances our emotions and thoughts. This allows us to organise what we need to do and keep our thoughts focused, rather than thinking of ten things at once. A massive bonus of Sodalite is that it relieves brain fog. 
• Smoky Quartz - Transmutes negativity into positive which aids with stress and negative self talk. Removing these negative emotions and turning them into positive useful energy helps the user stay on task.