CRYSTAL CLEANSING If you are reading this post chances are you are as crystal obsessed as us. Crystals carry their own unique vibereitions, and are great for channeling, amplifying and releasing unwanted energies through their ability to absorb, store, and transmute energy. However over time, thoughts, feelings, actions, and environment can affect the potency of your crystals. This is why regular maintenance of your crystals is vital to keep their energies high, to ensure your crystals keep vibrating at their highest frequency.
Common signs your crystals need cleansing/energizing:
- If the energy feels weaker/different.
- Your crystal drops, breaks, or is lost.
- Your crystal jewellery breaks suddenly or unexpectedly.
- Feelings of unease or discomfort when you connect.
- Colour/clarity of crystal has changed.
If your crystals break, don’t despair! It does not lose its healing abilities, but generally indicates your crystal is reaching out for a good cleanse and recharge from all the hard work they are doing. (OR, you may just be clumsy!) They may look less "perfect", but the energy can be restored with a few easy steps. Broken crystals tell a story, so don’t be so quick to disregard them. You can also still use them in your personal practices, as jewellery, or as home decor. So before you throw them out, read on to find out how to return them back to their full vibereitions!
CLEANSING AND ENERGIZING
The two are commonly interpreted as the same, but these two processes create two different outcomes. Cleansing refers to removing stuck or heavy energy, and resetting the vibrations of the crystals, but it does not necessarily energize them. Where as certain methods energize the crystal to set the frequency at its highest, but may not remove old energy. If you have not cleansed your crystal then energizing your crystals will not be so effective.
HOW OFTEN?
There are no set rules, and we always suggest to use your own intuition or common sense. Some of us cleanse daily/weekly/monthly or when there is a new/full moon. As a rule of thumb if you use crystals regularly in your practices, especially on others, then you should soak them on a regular basis to avoid transference of energy to others. Crystals at home or places where groups of people gather should also be cleansed often as they easily pick up energy, even when they are not actively handled.
WHEN?
Intuition: If you sense the energy is off, or have an uncontrollable desire to cleanse them.
New: Either bought or gifted. Crystals transfer energy easily so just think of the different energies that could be contained in the crystal from the cute shop you bought from? We always cleanse and Reiki energize our crystals before sending them to their owners, but we still advise to cleanse and imprint your own energy.
Crystal jewellery: Direct contact is a great way to absorb your crystal energies, but also means you have to ensure they are cleansed regularly. Pick a method that does not damage them like smudging instead of salt, which may cause erosion.
Treatments/practices: If you use them regularly in treatments, personal practices or crystal grids. This is vital to avoid energy build up or transfer to others in your sessions.
Decor: Even if they are just an aesthetic touch, they still absorb energy. Dreams, thoughts and emotions affect our energy, so rooms where you sleep/work should be cleansed often.
FAVOURITE METHODS
Below are some of our personal favourite methods. There are many other ways that are equally effective so if these don't resonate, experiment and find the one's that do!
SALT BATH
Who doesn’t love a good salt bath! Sea salt is our all time fave for purifying. We recommend to soak for approx 4-24 hours in sea/Himalayan salt water. Larger crystals can be longer. Do take care with certain crystals such as Selenite that tend to be more delicate. Certain crystals are porous, contain metal or hold water content, so soaking them for long periods may damage or begin to dissolve your crystal. If in doubt, use dry salt, place for a shorter time, or try another method.
Ideal for: Cleansing
SMUDGING
We love to always smudge our crystals after a salt bath. Use sage, palo santo, or other cleansing tools such as incense, dhoop cones, or lavender. Remember sage tends to remove all energies creating a blank slate, whilst Palo Santo removes and replaces positive energy back into the space. This is recommended for crystal jewellery to protect any hardware and prolong your jewellery lifespan. Salt water or even dry salt can erode or damage your jewellery if left too long to soak.
Ideal for: Cleansing
REIKI
If you are a Reiki practitioner, then charging your crystals with Reiki is a great and effective ways to cleanse & energize your crystals. Reiki is a pure universal energy that helps to release any negative imprints, as well as amplifying the energy of the crystals by merging with its vibrations. Place them in your hands to energize them, and if you know the symbols you can also draw them to enhance the energy. Hold the crystals for a period time to charge them.
Ideal for: Cleansing/Energizing
MOONLIGHT/SUNLIGHT
Placing your crystals in sunlight or moonlight is a great way to energize them after they have been cleansed. For full potency recharge them at full and new moon periods. Place them directly outside, or on your window sill where the light can hit it. Crystals come from Mother Earth so when possible, returning them back to nature will help to reconnect them with Mother Earth's grounding energy. Place them in the garden, plants or directly in the earth to reconnect them.
Ideal for: Energizing
CLUSTERS & GEODES
Another great way to cleanse and energize your crystals is by placing them on other crystals. Clear Quartz works as a great amplifier for other crystals, and the many points on a cluster/geode can help to direct and focus the energy into other crystals. This is also great as an alternative for crystal jewellery. Alternative cleansers: Amethyst, Citrine, Carnelian, Kyanite, Selenite. (Don’t forget they will also need cleansing from time to time!)
Ideal for: Cleansing/Energizing
INTENTION
Once your crystals are cleansed, spend some time meditating and connecting to program your intentions inside. This step is often overlooked, but is a crucial part of ensuring your crystal does its job. Imagine stepping into a top of the range sports car, and not switching the engine on? Your car will not go very far, just like your crystal! Crystals amplify our intentions, so be clear with what you want your crystal to do and set the intention to fully activate its energy and get the most out of it.
Ideal for: Energizing
We hope you enjoyed these tips! If you are interested to learn more about how to cleanse and get the most out of your crystals, then drop us a line about our Crystal Healing Intro Course. You will learn all these valuable tips in depth and much more to enable you to get the most out of your crystal journey. This is available in person (Shanghai) and also online for our followers worldwide!
Good Vibes all round!
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