Attuning yourself to your healing crystals

How exciting! You've just received your first healing crystal and you aren't too sure what to do with it? Or perhaps you're not new to this wonderfully magical life of energy and working with healing crystals and just want to brush up on your knowledge. Crystals are more than just decoration in your home or on the shelf in your workplace. This blog will help you to use the full potential of working with your healing crystals and their magical properties. It's not just as simple as, "Oh this crystal was given to me and it does this and that so there you go, work little crystal," but it's also not as complicated as you may fear either.

Every crystal you recieve from me has already been cleansed and specifically attuned to you. However, it is still important for you to build a bond with your crystal. Easier put, this crystal is your new best friend! It's as easy as just hanging out with them. So let us get into it shall we?

Let's talk cleansing. There are many ways to cleanse a crystal. Most importantly you must first be aware of what the crystal can withhold. For instance, some crystals cannot get wet. Crystal bracelettes should not get wet even if the actual crystal can withstand water. Overtime the elastic will wear down and fray or bust. Besides using water to cleanse, other methods of cleansing include sunlight, moonlight, smudging, sound, or using a selenite wand or surface. Again, it is important to be sure the crystal is okay to be cleansed in each certain method. Using sound, as a bell or soundbowl, smoke from smudging or selenite are often the safest methods for any crystal. If you're uncertain, you can always cleanse using your mind by imagining a bright white light going over the crystal and removing all negative energy. Or just ask me! I normally always include a palo santo stick in every purchase for you to cleanse.

Now you want to charge! This is probably what you see or hear of most on social media when everyone is setting their crystals out in the moonlight on a full moon. You may do this, you don't have to wait for a full moon. The moon holds energy in every phase it's in. You can use this to your advantage if you want to charge for specific reasons. We won't dive into that just yet. That'll be a whole other blog! Other methods of charging may be the sunlight, again you want to be aware of the crystal as sunlight can weaken the colours of some. Or you may use a selenite charging plate which is safe for all crystals.

After cleansing and charging, you'll want to build a connection. You and the crystal are new best friends now remember? And what is the most important thing to do upon building a new friendship? Connection. You'll want to start by finding a comfortable position, either sitting or laying down and holding your crystal in your hands. Take three deep breaths. Mindful breaths that fill up into your stomach. Inhale in through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Visualise the crystal's energy flowing into your hands, up through your arms and into your body. Up through your crown and out through your feet. Clearly state your intensions for using the crystal. Every crystal has its properties and benefits, such as healing, clarity, peace, emotional balance, protection, ect.

Remember to make this fun. Your heart is your engine so you want to be mindful of how you are FEELING when you first attune your crystal. You want to feel what you want the crystal to help you with. Their job is to amplify this feeling for you on a subcoinscious level. So make it fun and do whatever you feel is right. I am so excited for you, I can feel it in my heart how this crystal healing journey is guiding you to self-discovery and magical transformation.