My Story

I've been working with crystals since I was 36 — which means I've spent the best part of 24 years handling, selecting, studying, and selling them. What started as a profound personal experience became a vocation I've never looked back from.

It began in a psychic awareness circle. One evening we were introduced to crystals, and I was handed a crystal egg. I found I could read from it — images forming inside the stone — and something clicked that I've never been able to fully explain, nor felt the need to. That was the beginning.

From there I trained as a Reiki practitioner, spiritual healer, and crystal therapist — qualifications I've held for around 20 years. For a time I ran a shop in Kent where I sold crystals, offered healing sessions, and read tarot professionally. Before that I was selling at markets and Mind Body Spirit fayres across Sussex, and eventually running fayres myself.

Elysian Crystals is the latest chapter — first on Etsy, now here with my own shop. The business has changed shape over the years but the thing at the centre of it hasn't: a genuine connection to crystals and a belief that the right piece, chosen carefully, can make a real difference to someone.

Every crystal I stock has been selected by hand. My background means I'm not just looking at a crystal and seeing a pretty stone — I'm looking at its energy, its character, and whether it's good enough to pass on to someone else. If it isn't, it doesn't make it into the shop.

I photograph every piece myself, outdoors in natural daylight. I crop and sharpen my photos, usually adjust the brightness, and occasionally correct the colour where my camera hasn’t caught a shade properly, because I want you to see each crystal as it really is.

If you have questions, want advice on choosing a piece, or just want to talk crystals — I'm always happy to hear from you.

Fiona
Founder, Elysian Crystals