charging your stones: quick & dirty zynė methods

need to juice up your crystals?

here's the real deal: salt water is your go-to. how to cleanse crystals with salt water: toss them in a bath with epsom salts – i usually do this with my weekly gua sha session (more on benefits of gua sha for crystal healing later!)… and yes, i always rinse them in a bucket of clean water afterwards. 😀

how to smudge crystals for energy cleansing: smudging works great! sage, cedar, wildberry fantasia… whatever burns clean. pass your stones through the smoke from a safe distance. you’ll feel the shift when the stone has been purified!

how to cleanse stones with fire: don't underestimate the power of fire! if your buddies can handle the heat, toss them into your next bonfire or fireplace. retrieve when fully, totally, 100% cool. caveat: don't be an idiot and burn plastic or resin buddies. they’ll melt and die a pointless stinky death.  this is a powerful method of crystal cleansing with fire.

sunlight and moonlight are also solid choices; there’s a myth that sunlight sanitizes, but that’s total bullshit. however, it definitely helps dust off bad vibes. just put them someplace safe and let the earth handle it. that’s the best way to charge crystals with sunlight. how to charge crystals with moonlight is pretty much the same dealie. sometimes i do both.

i made these cuties from some silver-plated aventurine and cherry quartz pendants that i found on my treasure hunt. paired with an iridescent 1/0 seed/crow bead and a vegan doe leather cord, they make adorable necklaces or little hangable ornaments. 

my babushka swore by sewing stones into pillowcases or even stuffing the pillows themselves, deep inside – tiny garnets and amber in pillows – let those buddies soak up the energy of sleep, of dreams. but for a truly badass charge… well, let's just say it involves freshly killed flesh and a trip to the backyard. (the ritual of the flesh goes down like this. tw: it's a little intense.)

so… choose your method, charge your buddies, and unleash their power, zynė shamaness style!