Working with crystals can be a healing process and align our earth energies into perfect harmony. By encouraging harmony and balance into your life, gives you more time to concentrate on the important things. Your skin and hair will improve through lack of stress, and general well being, as the crystals bring each energy and balance into your home.

Activating your crystals, maximises the potential of your stone, and whether you are doing yoga or meditation, the relationship between crystals and the general wellbeing and self-healing is an added benefit.

CRYSTAL CLEANSING
Before using a crystal, it is always advisable to cleanse it and charge it up. This is because a particular piece of crystal that you have at home, has had lots of other people handling it, even before you bought it, or were given it, and will retain residual energies from previous use.

So to prepare the crystal for your use, first clean the crystal physically of any mud, oils, sand or dirt. Use warm soapy water and a textured cloth for this.

Take your crystal and soak the stone in cold tap water and leave it undisturbed. To obtain the strongest effect, soak the crystal in water for 24 hours, and place it outside for full moon cycle (28 days). It is important to make sure the bowl is in a position that will be undisturbed, and where the moon's rays will be able to shine directly onto it. This means taking note of buildings and/or foliage that will overshadow it.

This will rejuvinate, cleanse and activate your crystal, and will be ready for you to use.