How to cleanse your crystals

Did you know that crystals need to be ‘cleansed’ regularly in order to get the most benefit from them?

Now when I say cleanse, don’t mean cleaning physically with soap and water, I mean cleansing on an energetic level.

Why would you cleanse crystals?

Crystals work with energy. They pick up and absorb the energy around them, both positive and negative.

In order to keep the crystals energised and working in the best way possible for you, they should be cleansed.

You should always cleanse any new crystals you get to clear away any old or negative energy and start afresh.

Cleanse your crystals regularly, depending on how often you use them and how you use them. If you use them for healing or meditation or guidance, cleanse before and after.

Use your intuition to choose a cleansing method – whatever feels right for you and the crystal you want to cleanse.

How do you cleanse crystals?

♥ Moonlight

Simply leave your crystals overnight outside under the moonlight, preferably a full moon. This is the safest method and suitable for all crystals and crystal jewellery.

♥ Sunlight

Place your crystals outside in the sun. Leave from dawn until dusk or just a few hours at noon. Some crystals may fade over time with this method.

♥ Running Water

Hold your crystals in your hand (or in a porous bag) under running water. Fresh or sea water is best, but tap water is also okay if it’s all you have. Porous crystals should not be cleansed with water in case they get damaged.

♥ Salt

You can cleanse your crystals in salt water (fresh seawater or a water and sea salt solution) for a few hours. Alternatively, pop your crystals in a bowl of plain salt overnight. Make sure you use a glass or ceramic bowl, not metal. This method is not recommended for crystals that are porous or have metal or water.

♥ Visualisation

You can simply visualise all negative energy flowing out from the crystal and then visualising the crystal filling with clean and clear light.

♥ Other crystals

Some crystals are good at cleansing other crystals. Choose amethyst, clear quartz, carnelian or selenite crystals that have been cleansed and are bigger than the crystal you want cleansed. Crystal geodes or clusters are great for this.

♥ Earth cleansing

Bury your crystals in the earth (either outside or in a pot plant). Leave for two or three days and then uncover. Make sure you mark where you buried them!

♥ Smudge

You can smudge crystals using sage or a smudge stick. Hold it while you smudge around all sides of the crystal. Find out how to smudge here.

You can also use incense, but make sure it’s a natural one, not one made with nasty toxins!

♥ Sound

Sound has a lovely vibration which can be used to cleanse crystals. Use a singing bowl, gong, bells, cymbals, drums, a tuning fork or just your voice. Get the crystals as close as you can to the sound or pass through the sound wave too.

What do you use to cleanse your crystals? Let us know!

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Want to learn more about crystals?

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Sources: The Book of Crystals, Judy Hall

What sort of salt are you shaking onto your food? Is it a good salt or a bad salt? Do you know the difference?

Isn’t all salt bad? Have you been told to lower your salt intake, to avoid salt – it will give you high blood pressure?

Confused?

From my research and reading about nutrition, I discovered that many nutritionists regard white, refined table salt to be really unhealthy. It’s heavily processed, has been stripped of any trace minerals and can contain sugar and additives in the form of anti-caking agents. Yuk!

There is such a thing as healthy salt. Our bodies need salt. Just not too much. There is a lot of salt in processed foods already, so keep an eye on how much you are consuming.

So, what sort of salt is okay?

These are the three salts that I like to use that are nutritionally superior to table salt.

Himalayan Pink Salt. It contains an amazing 84 minerals and trace elements and is an unrefined, unprocessed “raw” salt. You will need a grinder designed for pink salt or it will ruin your regular salt grinder (trust me, I work in a kitchen store!) More info and buy online here.

Organic Celtic Sea Salt. Like the Himalayan pink salt, sea salt also retains minerals and trace elements. I am not sure if you can see it in my photo, but this salt is actually grey in colour and coarse in texture. It is also a little moist. I don’t put it in a salt shaker, I just use it from the packet. More info and buy online here.

Herbamare. Vogels Organic Herbamare is so yummy! I am sure you have heard me talk about it my recipes. Fresh organic herbs are combined with natural sea salt and allowed to “steep” for up to 12 months. The moisture is then removed by a special vaccum process at low temperature, allowing all the goodness of the ingredients to be absorbed by the salt crystals. It gives all savoury dishes a great flavour. More info and buy online here.

Ingredients: Unrefined Sea salt, celery leaves*, leek*, cress* (water and garden), onion*, chive*, parsley*, lovage*, garlic*, basil*, marjoram*, rosemary*, thyme*, kelp (with trace iodine). *Certifed organically grown

Most of these salts you can find in the health food aisle of major supermarkets or your local health food store. I have given you a link for each salt so you can find them online if you have troubles sourcing them.

Ditching the table salt and choosing a health salt is one very small swap you can make for your health. Actually would never go back to regular table salt, because these options taste so much nicer!

What sort of salt do you use?