There are many factors which influence your crystal choices, from desired outcome, mood & emotions to something catching your eye in the store - learning to trust your intuition & being well educated is key. We cover the how to in our Stage 1 Crystals for beginners' course & the Introduction to Crystals event.

This is such a personal thing & really is all about you & what energy you need at the time your looking – if you are in a crystal shop or any place that is selling crystals try this – close your eyes, take a deep breath, let it out & with the next breath ask for you to be shown the crystal that you need – you don’t have to do this out loud, in your mind is just fine – it may be that as soon as you open your eye’s they’ll rest on the one, or you might see it twinkling at the back of the cabinet, let your instinct be your guide!

You need to clean your crystals whenever you work with them & after you’ve finished, they will absorb any energies that are available – be that good or bad, so we need to make sure that they start out with their own energy, the one that is going to help you heal.

When people talk about charging crystals, they frequently refer to using either the moon or sun energy to energize their crystals – I have no doubt that crystals enjoy this, mine certainly have, however I choose to believe that it’s the intent we work with that gives these crystals their extra boost.

I can understand why people ask this & to them I’d say that for me they do & the clients that I’ve seen over the years would say the same too – however it’s all a matter of perspective, belief & ultimately if you want something to work for you badly enough it will. The science of quantum physics goes some way to explain the how & why crystal healing works, in essence everything is matter & all matter vibrates – so you can use one vibrational source to calibrate another when it is not vibrating at its correct frequency, in other words a crystal can realign any aspect of your personal energy, be that a chakra or within your auric field – it can also do wonders for your environment.

They feel a connection to these beautiful things. Did you know we are part crystalline? – Apatite is present in our teeth & quartz makes up 20% of the earth’s crust – we already have crystals in our everyday environment were just not aware of them so it’s not a huge surprise that people find themselves enjoying crystal energy & all the positives that this brings into your life.

Recent is pretty subjective, Crystals have been used for millennia, from the ancient Egyptians (that blue eyeliner you see in pictures was ground up Lapis Lazuli & the Ebers papyrus is considered the original manuscript that described the benefits of crystals) medieval religious orders (Hildegarde Von Bingham was a famous abbess who wrote about the many uses of crystals in healing man) & there are many references to crystals & their uses in the bible – my point is that crystals have been around forever & just about every, Tom, Dick & Harry in history has used them in some way or another, so it’s no surprise that we’re now in another cycle where we are openly talking & exploring the benefits of crystals – I feel that we are ready to accept the energies that these beautiful stones possess & that they will help us to address the challenges that society faces.