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Thank you so much for joining me today,
Ashley here.
I am so excited to be back with
another new episode of the podcast.
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It has been far too long,
but things have been so busy behind the
scenes here. I have been at the shop
pretty much every free moment I have,
still unpacking all of our new crystals from
the Tucson show.
And it has been a month, exactly one
month, four weeks since our palette arrived. But
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1,300
pounds of crystals
are certainly
a lot to go through, unpack, sort, price,
all of that. And although
the team is there helping me, which is
amazing,
we are just a super small team.
So there's just been a lot to do.
So, unfortunately,
that means I haven't been around
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to create
new podcast episodes and articles and videos
as much as I would like to.
And we just finished enrollment for my crystal
healing certification program
for the early portion
of our spring sign ups. But don't worry
if you missed out. We will be opening
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enrollment for the last time this spring
for our regular enrollment,
Monday, April 28.
So that'll be very exciting.
But
in the meantime,
I am coming at you today with a
new episode of the podcast, which feels
so darn good.
And today, we're gonna talk about how to
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charge your crystals,
three methods for amplifying
your intentions.
I am so excited about this.
This has been a topic that I get
asked about a lot is crystal charging.
And stay tuned because I have a very
different view
and approach to this than most people have
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about charging.
But before we get started, I'd like to
answer one of our listener questions.
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Today's question comes from Catherine.
And Catherine says, can you feel the energy
of every crystal or just certain types? Do
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any give off bad energy?
This is a really interesting question, Catherine.
I am glad you asked it because I
love kind of discussing
just all different things like this. So can
I feel the energy of every
crystal?
That's a good question. I mean, in my
nearly twenty years of doing this work, there
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are definitely a few that I haven't really
made that connection with right away.
You know, I guess when we think about
feeling the energy of the crystal,
I'm guessing what you probably mean is, like,
do I feel it in my hands? Do
I experience it
sort
of tactically? Am I am I having, like,
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a physical response
in my hands where I feel
heat or coolness or tingling
or pulsing or something like that?
And so if that's the question,
definitely,
no. I haven't been able to feel every
crystal.
But, you know, maybe there's a particular
serpentine
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I didn't really connect with, wasn't really able
to feel it, but there was another piece
of the same stone that I was able
to feel. So it's not even necessarily, like,
the type of crystal.
I think it comes down more to that
specific
stone.
A lot of that is, I think, sometimes
based on
what's going on with me or, like, what's
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going on with the person that's trying to
tune into that energy? Are you tired or
exhausted?
Are you
overstimulated?
Are you distracted?
Do you need a little grounding?
Like, sometimes there are reasons like that that
we might not be in the best space
to sort of tap in and feel the
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energy. And then the other thing to kind
of consider is
that because we do all experience energy in
different ways,
it's not necessarily
about feeling the energy. Like I when when
I hear the word feel,
I
almost I get not just that idea of
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feeling it like the sensation
in my hands,
but feeling it like having a feel for
it.
And we can pick up on energy of
of our crystals so many different ways that
I think when it comes to that broader
question,
I can almost always get a feel for
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the crystal, if that makes sense. Sometimes it's
like an inner knowing or
just kind of a part of my body
that draws my attention.
So
it's a little different than, like, physically feeling
it with your hands, but I can usually
get a feel for the crystal.
Again, sometimes not. It's not like every single
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time
we, you know, are humans and we all
have, like, off days or times or things
that just happen. And
sometimes we just don't vibe with a stone,
too. There's a previous episode I recorded
about what to do if you're not having
that connection.
But, you know, that's to be expected.
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So do I always is it every crystal?
No. But there's definitely the potential there to
feel every crystal.
And then as for the other part of
your question, do any give off
bad energy?
That's a good question. I think when people
are first getting started with crystals, especially
this is a natural question that comes up,
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right? Well, if we know that crystals can
amplify
energy and amplify intention,
What if there's, like, bad energy or negative
energy?
Will they amplify that? Will they send that
out?
And that's a reasonable
train of logic to to follow and ask
that question.
But in my experience,
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no. And here's why.
Because
crystals are amplifiers
of intention,
but I really don't think
that they have it within them to work
for harm or ill will. Now that can
be different
than bringing about
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maybe a sense of karmic justice or something
like that. But in terms of,
like, what some people would consider, like, hexene
or something like that, I just don't I
just don't feel that crystals
really sort of have that
in them.
However,
I do think
that, you know, the thing more people get
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concerned about
is like, okay, well, if crystals need to
be cleansed
because they can pick up on negative or
unwanted energy
and I haven't cleansed my crystal and a
crystal is an amplifier.
If it has that negative energy in it,
is it going to amplify that instead of
my intention? And again, a reasonable train of
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thought to follow.
But in, again, my nearly two decades doing
this work,
it's I just don't feel that that's how
they work. That's not been my experience.
If anything, they just kind of, like,
stop working. They just don't work as well
as they did for that, you know, amplifying
of your original intention, that working with you
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for healing. And the reason is, you know,
so often we're told that, like, we need
to do cleansing
because we have to get rid of negative
energy.
And I've talked about this on previous episodes,
but I don't think that there's so much
that we don't need to place so much
emphasis. I guess I mean, to think about
how I want to say this on like
positive or negative, like energy is just energy.
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And what it comes down to
is that there's energy that's for our highest
good and then there's energy that's not. And
that energy that's not is really just like
energetic clutter.
So cleansing our crystals is really like clearing
out that clutter
so that our intention
can get through more loud and clear and
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the crystal can do its job of amplifying
that intention
without all of that excess
noise and chaos and static.
Right? And so naturally, it's going to work
a bit better if it doesn't have all
of that in the way.
So I don't think any of them give
off bad energy. I think just sometimes they
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aren't quite as effective
if we haven't cleansed them for a long
time. I hope that makes sense, Catherine,
and really, really good questions. So thank you
so much for sharing them.
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Now it's time for our main topic for
today, how to charge your crystals,
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three methods for amplifying your intentions.
So if you've been working with your crystals
for a while, you've probably heard that they
need to be charged.
And typically, this means, you know, we're charging
them kind of like these little energetic batteries
that run out of juice. And traditionally,
people believe that a crystal's energy can get
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depleted over time and that charging
is the way to sort of refresh it
or replenish it.
But I'm gonna tell you over the years,
I have sort of come to the conclusion
that I see things a little bit differently
because this just hasn't been
my experience. And even though early on in
my practice,
I definitely followed all these rules about charging,
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I just came to realize that it wasn't
really something that resonated with me. So I
want to share a little bit about my
take on charging crystals
and why I still do it, but for
different reasons and in a different way,
and how to charge crystals to align
their energy with your intentions.
So as I mentioned, these traditional thoughts on
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crystal charging
really had to do with this idea that
a crystal's energy
can be depleted
over time.
And charging was the method used to replenish
that crystal's energy so that it could continue
to work effectively. So basically, crystals were treated
like batteries that could get drained and then
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recharged
to energize them again.
And a lot of times people would say,
you know, if a crystal didn't feel the
same way, if it didn't work the same
way any longer,
it was recommended that you cleanse the stone
and then you charge it. Some people even
viewed this as a necessary step after cleansing
because they believe that cleansing,
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that cleansing process removed all the energy from
the stone, leaving it completely depleted so you
need to charge it back up. And here's
the thing,
I just wasn't experiencing this myself
and when I really thought this through,
here's the conclusion I came to. You know,
all things in this universe
have energy. All things are energy.
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We can't
drain
the energy
out of, you know, a
stick,
a leaf, a piece of paper.
Those
molecules that create it are energy.
That matter is energy. We are energy. So
our crystals are also energy.
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We can't necessarily
deplete them,
just like we can't
take the energy out of a piece of
paper. We can't take the energy
out of that stone.
And I don't know if that's the greatest
example, but that's, like, what my brain is
coming up with right now. But that's sort
of like the train of thought that I
took when I was trying to come to
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an understanding of why I just didn't
feel that that was true. It hadn't been
my experience.
So I just don't think crystals need to
be charged the same way they need to
be cleansed. I do think cleansing is important
for exactly the reason that I talked about
when I was answering
the question at the beginning of the show.
So
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I don't think that a crystal actually loses
its energy over time
just because you've worked with it. It's not
like a battery,
like we're made to think.
So if the energy of your stone feels
off to you, it's likely
that it probably just needs a good cleansing.
And if that doesn't help, it might be
that the stone is just no longer needed
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and it's giving you a subtle message. It's
time to work with something else. It's served
its purpose and it's giving you that subtle
hint to move on.
So that leads us to charging. Why would
I still do it then? Well, I still
charge my crystals, but instead of doing it
to replenish their energy,
I think of it as a way of
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adding
to their energy,
a way to further define and align the
energy of the stone with my intention
by imbuing it with the energy of something
else. So each method of charging can add
its own energetic
imprint to the crystal. So it's important for
you to decide which type of energy you'd
like to work with and then charge your
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stone
using a corresponding
method.
So some different methods of charging crystals
include things like sunlight,
the holidays of the wheel of the year,
kind of capturing that energy,
solar and lunar eclipses
using pyramids,
using quartz crystal charging grids, combined with numerology,
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which I have a great video about
on this week's blog post. So be sure
to head over to loveandlightschool.com/blog
to see that video. It's kind of a
step by step
of how and why to do that,
because it's a little complicated and a little
out of the scope for the podcast. But
if you wanna see a demonstration,
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be sure to go check that out. You
can also work with seeds, flowers, and herbs
for charging,
which is also included in that little video
with things like water and snow and rain
and storms and fog. So working with the
weather, you can charge your stones with elemental
energy.
There are so many methods
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of charging
that utilize
the sort of archetypal energy or symbolism
of these different things to imbue that energy
into
the stone. And this is something that we
cover
really in-depth in my crystal healing certification program.
But I wanted to share my three
favorite charging methods with you here.
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So first, there's charging
with the sun.
So sometimes we think of cleansing with the
sun, but charging with the sun is really
powerful.
To do this, you can just place your
crystals either outside or on your windowsill
and leave them
for a whole day if you can, a
minimum of two to three hours.
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A word of caution here.
Do not do this with any sort of
spherical shapes, especially things that are quartz based
materials,
because that curved
edge of the sphere
acts almost like a magnifying lens. And if
you leave something like a quartz sphere, an
amethyst sphere, a citrine, a smoky quartz in
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the direct sunlight, it can act like a
magnifying lens and actually start a fire. So
be very, very careful with that.
But otherwise, most things are okay to charge
in the sun.
Just also be sure it's not a crystal
that will change color in the sun like
vivianite
or a crystal that will fade.
You wanna just minimize how often you do
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this, things like rose quartz, celestite, rainbow fluorite,
things like that.
So many crystal workers
prefer to place their crystals
outside
on the ground where they'll have
direct contact with the earth during this charging.
But if this isn't possible, it really is
fine to just put them in the windowsill.
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So to assist this process further, you can
work with the solar holidays
of the wheel of the year. So you
can work with spring equinox and autumn equinox
and
summer and winter solstice.
You can do this by setting your stone
on top of a picture of the wheel
of the year
on the corresponding
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holiday.
And that will add the extra quality
of the sun on that particular day, really
tapping into the energy
of that celebration.
So in general, this method of charging with
the sun is connected with things like personal
power and good luck, vitality and with the
fire element.
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So if you wanted to bring any of
those specific
energies
into your crystal,
almost similar to programming, but we're really charging
that crystal with this energy, imbuing that energy
into the stone for us to call upon
later. And what will happen is it will
actually combine those qualities
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with the qualities of the specific crystal you're
working with.
The second charging method is very similar, but
it's charging with the moon.
So when you're charging your crystals with lunar
energy,
you can do this with the specific
moon phases.
So you can place your crystals outdoors or
on your windowsill,
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leave them there overnight, get them as early
as you can in the morning. You don't
have to wake up before sunrise. But, you
know, just knowing that if you want it
to be purely in that lunar energy, getting
it as quickly as you can in the
morning out of the sunlight would be a
good idea.
And to assist that process further, you can
set your stone on top of a picture
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of the corresponding
moon phase or representation.
So thinking about what each of those moon
phases
means,
which I have a great blog post about.
You can find that on the blog. Just
look up moon phases and you will find
it. Most people think of charging under a
full moon, but really the moon is so
amazing and has so much deep meaning
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and energy
waiting to support us in those other phases
as well. So although the full moon can
be great for charging,
you know, don't discount
the energy that can occur during those other
phases
and really inspire
different meanings and correspondences
and bring that energy through to our crystals.
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Finally, there's the method of charging with herbs,
and there are a few ways to do
this. I give you a little bit more,
I don't know, flare filled method of herbal
charging in the video that accompanies this podcast
and blog post article.
But if you want just a really straightforward
basic method of charging your crystals with the
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energy of herbs, you can just place your
stone
in a container, preferably like wood or glass
or ceramic, not plastic,
filled
with the leaves or flowers of the herb.
Any type will do, but think about the
specific
energies
carried by the plant
and then leave it there overnight. And this
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can be fresh herbs, dried herbs, whatever you
prefer.
But when using the fresh herbs, the fresh
leaves or flower petals,
this method of charging
is really also connected with that property of
new beginnings,
with like spring season energy, the earth element.
And when we're using dried herbs,
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it's kind of connected with solitude and the
autumnal season and the earth element kind of
winding down because we don't have that freshness
and that life that we're bringing in. We
have, you know, that energy of
rest,
coming in. So it's really interesting to think
about how you can sort of fine tune
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this based on what herbs you choose, what
part of the plant you're working with.
Right? Like the flower can have the symbolism
of blossoming,
opening up, expansion
of sexual energy,
whereas the leaves are more about
creation. Right? Because they go through that process
of photosynthesis
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and they're
literally creating
energy and and
nurturing nutrition
out of sunlight.
And then we have the roots, which are
about stability and anchoring,
and drawing in what we need,
attraction.
So really looking at the part of the
plant you're working with, the type of plant
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and its inherent
qualities,
symbolism,
associations,
and then whether you're using
the fresh herb or the dried herb. All
of those things give energetic
meaning
to the charging.
And then placing those in a container,
putting your crystal in the container, and it's
really up to you if you wanna just
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set the crystal on top of those herbs
or bury it within the herbs.
You know, I like to sort of bury
mine a little bit. It doesn't have to
be fully covered, but just making sure it's
really
surrounded by and absorbing that energy.
So these are my three
favorite methods of charging
because they're really powerful, but they're also so
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so simple. And I think a lot of
times we
think that the work that we're doing needs
to be super elaborate, needs to be overly
complicated,
and it really
doesn't.
It needs to just
suit us, it needs to be accessible,
it needs to be simple,
And
these are three great methods of crystal charging
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that kind of tick all those boxes.
So at the end of the day, when
you're working with your crystals, this is a
really deeply personal experience, and how you approach
charging
should feel right to you. So whether you
let them soak up the sunlight or bathe
in the moonlight or rest in that bed
of herbs,
what matters most
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is the intention
that you're putting behind the action.
Crystals don't need
charging
to work,
but if it helps you connect more deeply
with them,
then go for it. This is a practice
I personally really enjoy.
Try out some different methods, see what resonates
with you, and most importantly here, trust your
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Well, that is it for today. I hope
that you enjoyed listening and that you learned
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It has been far too long,
but things have been so busy behind the
scenes here. I have been at the shop
pretty much every free moment I have,
still unpacking all of our new crystals from
the Tucson show.
And it has been a month, exactly one
month, four weeks since our palette arrived. But
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1,300
pounds of crystals
are certainly
a lot to go through, unpack, sort, price,
all of that. And although
the team is there helping me, which is
amazing,
we are just a super small team.
So there's just been a lot to do.
So, unfortunately,
that means I haven't been around
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to create
new podcast episodes and articles and videos
as much as I would like to.
And we just finished enrollment for my crystal
healing certification program
for the early portion
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if you missed out. We will be opening
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enrollment for the last time this spring
for our regular enrollment,
Monday, April 28.
So that'll be very exciting.
But
in the meantime,
I am coming at you today with a
new episode of the podcast, which feels
so darn good.
And today, we're gonna talk about how to
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charge your crystals,
three methods for amplifying
your intentions.
I am so excited about this.
This has been a topic that I get
asked about a lot is crystal charging.
And stay tuned because I have a very
different view
and approach to this than most people have
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about charging.
But before we get started, I'd like to
answer one of our listener questions.
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Today's question comes from Catherine.
And Catherine says, can you feel the energy
of every crystal or just certain types? Do
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any give off bad energy?
This is a really interesting question, Catherine.
I am glad you asked it because I
love kind of discussing
just all different things like this. So can
I feel the energy of every
crystal?
That's a good question. I mean, in my
nearly twenty years of doing this work, there
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are definitely a few that I haven't really
made that connection with right away.
You know, I guess when we think about
feeling the energy of the crystal,
I'm guessing what you probably mean is, like,
do I feel it in my hands? Do
I experience it
sort
of tactically? Am I am I having, like,
(03:56):
a physical response
in my hands where I feel
heat or coolness or tingling
or pulsing or something like that?
And so if that's the question,
definitely,
no. I haven't been able to feel every
crystal.
But, you know, maybe there's a particular
serpentine
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I didn't really connect with, wasn't really able
to feel it, but there was another piece
of the same stone that I was able
to feel. So it's not even necessarily, like,
the type of crystal.
I think it comes down more to that
specific
stone.
A lot of that is, I think, sometimes
based on
what's going on with me or, like, what's
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going on with the person that's trying to
tune into that energy? Are you tired or
exhausted?
Are you
overstimulated?
Are you distracted?
Do you need a little grounding?
Like, sometimes there are reasons like that that
we might not be in the best space
to sort of tap in and feel the
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energy. And then the other thing to kind
of consider is
that because we do all experience energy in
different ways,
it's not necessarily
about feeling the energy. Like I when when
I hear the word feel,
I
almost I get not just that idea of
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feeling it like the sensation
in my hands,
but feeling it like having a feel for
it.
And we can pick up on energy of
of our crystals so many different ways that
I think when it comes to that broader
question,
I can almost always get a feel for
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the crystal, if that makes sense. Sometimes it's
like an inner knowing or
just kind of a part of my body
that draws my attention.
So
it's a little different than, like, physically feeling
it with your hands, but I can usually
get a feel for the crystal.
Again, sometimes not. It's not like every single
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time
we, you know, are humans and we all
have, like, off days or times or things
that just happen. And
sometimes we just don't vibe with a stone,
too. There's a previous episode I recorded
about what to do if you're not having
that connection.
But, you know, that's to be expected.
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So do I always is it every crystal?
No. But there's definitely the potential there to
feel every crystal.
And then as for the other part of
your question, do any give off
bad energy?
That's a good question. I think when people
are first getting started with crystals, especially
this is a natural question that comes up,
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right? Well, if we know that crystals can
amplify
energy and amplify intention,
What if there's, like, bad energy or negative
energy?
Will they amplify that? Will they send that
out?
And that's a reasonable
train of logic to to follow and ask
that question.
But in my experience,
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no. And here's why.
Because
crystals are amplifiers
of intention,
but I really don't think
that they have it within them to work
for harm or ill will. Now that can
be different
than bringing about
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maybe a sense of karmic justice or something
like that. But in terms of,
like, what some people would consider, like, hexene
or something like that, I just don't I
just don't feel that crystals
really sort of have that
in them.
However,
I do think
that, you know, the thing more people get
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concerned about
is like, okay, well, if crystals need to
be cleansed
because they can pick up on negative or
unwanted energy
and I haven't cleansed my crystal and a
crystal is an amplifier.
If it has that negative energy in it,
is it going to amplify that instead of
my intention? And again, a reasonable train of
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thought to follow.
But in, again, my nearly two decades doing
this work,
it's I just don't feel that that's how
they work. That's not been my experience.
If anything, they just kind of, like,
stop working. They just don't work as well
as they did for that, you know, amplifying
of your original intention, that working with you
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for healing. And the reason is, you know,
so often we're told that, like, we need
to do cleansing
because we have to get rid of negative
energy.
And I've talked about this on previous episodes,
but I don't think that there's so much
that we don't need to place so much
emphasis. I guess I mean, to think about
how I want to say this on like
positive or negative, like energy is just energy.
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And what it comes down to
is that there's energy that's for our highest
good and then there's energy that's not. And
that energy that's not is really just like
energetic clutter.
So cleansing our crystals is really like clearing
out that clutter
so that our intention
can get through more loud and clear and
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the crystal can do its job of amplifying
that intention
without all of that excess
noise and chaos and static.
Right? And so naturally, it's going to work
a bit better if it doesn't have all
of that in the way.
So I don't think any of them give
off bad energy. I think just sometimes they
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aren't quite as effective
if we haven't cleansed them for a long
time. I hope that makes sense, Catherine,
and really, really good questions. So thank you
so much for sharing them.
So if, like Catherine, you're interested in learning
more about healing crystals
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three methods for amplifying your intentions.
So if you've been working with your crystals
for a while, you've probably heard that they
need to be charged.
And typically, this means, you know, we're charging
them kind of like these little energetic batteries
that run out of juice. And traditionally,
people believe that a crystal's energy can get
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depleted over time and that charging
is the way to sort of refresh it
or replenish it.
But I'm gonna tell you over the years,
I have sort of come to the conclusion
that I see things a little bit differently
because this just hasn't been
my experience. And even though early on in
my practice,
I definitely followed all these rules about charging,
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I just came to realize that it wasn't
really something that resonated with me. So I
want to share a little bit about my
take on charging crystals
and why I still do it, but for
different reasons and in a different way,
and how to charge crystals to align
their energy with your intentions.
So as I mentioned, these traditional thoughts on
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crystal charging
really had to do with this idea that
a crystal's energy
can be depleted
over time.
And charging was the method used to replenish
that crystal's energy so that it could continue
to work effectively. So basically, crystals were treated
like batteries that could get drained and then
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recharged
to energize them again.
And a lot of times people would say,
you know, if a crystal didn't feel the
same way, if it didn't work the same
way any longer,
it was recommended that you cleanse the stone
and then you charge it. Some people even
viewed this as a necessary step after cleansing
because they believe that cleansing,
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that cleansing process removed all the energy from
the stone, leaving it completely depleted so you
need to charge it back up. And here's
the thing,
I just wasn't experiencing this myself
and when I really thought this through,
here's the conclusion I came to. You know,
all things in this universe
have energy. All things are energy.
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We can't
drain
the energy
out of, you know, a
stick,
a leaf, a piece of paper.
Those
molecules that create it are energy.
That matter is energy. We are energy. So
our crystals are also energy.
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We can't necessarily
deplete them,
just like we can't
take the energy out of a piece of
paper. We can't take the energy
out of that stone.
And I don't know if that's the greatest
example, but that's, like, what my brain is
coming up with right now. But that's sort
of like the train of thought that I
took when I was trying to come to
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an understanding of why I just didn't
feel that that was true. It hadn't been
my experience.
So I just don't think crystals need to
be charged the same way they need to
be cleansed. I do think cleansing is important
for exactly the reason that I talked about
when I was answering
the question at the beginning of the show.
So
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I don't think that a crystal actually loses
its energy over time
just because you've worked with it. It's not
like a battery,
like we're made to think.
So if the energy of your stone feels
off to you, it's likely
that it probably just needs a good cleansing.
And if that doesn't help, it might be
that the stone is just no longer needed
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and it's giving you a subtle message. It's
time to work with something else. It's served
its purpose and it's giving you that subtle
hint to move on.
So that leads us to charging. Why would
I still do it then? Well, I still
charge my crystals, but instead of doing it
to replenish their energy,
I think of it as a way of
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adding
to their energy,
a way to further define and align the
energy of the stone with my intention
by imbuing it with the energy of something
else. So each method of charging can add
its own energetic
imprint to the crystal. So it's important for
you to decide which type of energy you'd
like to work with and then charge your
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stone
using a corresponding
method.
So some different methods of charging crystals
include things like sunlight,
the holidays of the wheel of the year,
kind of capturing that energy,
solar and lunar eclipses
using pyramids,
using quartz crystal charging grids, combined with numerology,
(17:32):
which I have a great video about
on this week's blog post. So be sure
to head over to loveandlightschool.com/blog
to see that video. It's kind of a
step by step
of how and why to do that,
because it's a little complicated and a little
out of the scope for the podcast. But
if you wanna see a demonstration,
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be sure to go check that out. You
can also work with seeds, flowers, and herbs
for charging,
which is also included in that little video
with things like water and snow and rain
and storms and fog. So working with the
weather, you can charge your stones with elemental
energy.
There are so many methods
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of charging
that utilize
the sort of archetypal energy or symbolism
of these different things to imbue that energy
into
the stone. And this is something that we
cover
really in-depth in my crystal healing certification program.
But I wanted to share my three
favorite charging methods with you here.
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So first, there's charging
with the sun.
So sometimes we think of cleansing with the
sun, but charging with the sun is really
powerful.
To do this, you can just place your
crystals either outside or on your windowsill
and leave them
for a whole day if you can, a
minimum of two to three hours.
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A word of caution here.
Do not do this with any sort of
spherical shapes, especially things that are quartz based
materials,
because that curved
edge of the sphere
acts almost like a magnifying lens. And if
you leave something like a quartz sphere, an
amethyst sphere, a citrine, a smoky quartz in
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the direct sunlight, it can act like a
magnifying lens and actually start a fire. So
be very, very careful with that.
But otherwise, most things are okay to charge
in the sun.
Just also be sure it's not a crystal
that will change color in the sun like
vivianite
or a crystal that will fade.
You wanna just minimize how often you do
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this, things like rose quartz, celestite, rainbow fluorite,
things like that.
So many crystal workers
prefer to place their crystals
outside
on the ground where they'll have
direct contact with the earth during this charging.
But if this isn't possible, it really is
fine to just put them in the windowsill.
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So to assist this process further, you can
work with the solar holidays
of the wheel of the year. So you
can work with spring equinox and autumn equinox
and
summer and winter solstice.
You can do this by setting your stone
on top of a picture of the wheel
of the year
on the corresponding
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holiday.
And that will add the extra quality
of the sun on that particular day, really
tapping into the energy
of that celebration.
So in general, this method of charging with
the sun is connected with things like personal
power and good luck, vitality and with the
fire element.
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So if you wanted to bring any of
those specific
energies
into your crystal,
almost similar to programming, but we're really charging
that crystal with this energy, imbuing that energy
into the stone for us to call upon
later. And what will happen is it will
actually combine those qualities
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with the qualities of the specific crystal you're
working with.
The second charging method is very similar, but
it's charging with the moon.
So when you're charging your crystals with lunar
energy,
you can do this with the specific
moon phases.
So you can place your crystals outdoors or
on your windowsill,
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leave them there overnight, get them as early
as you can in the morning. You don't
have to wake up before sunrise. But, you
know, just knowing that if you want it
to be purely in that lunar energy, getting
it as quickly as you can in the
morning out of the sunlight would be a
good idea.
And to assist that process further, you can
set your stone on top of a picture
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of the corresponding
moon phase or representation.
So thinking about what each of those moon
phases
means,
which I have a great blog post about.
You can find that on the blog. Just
look up moon phases and you will find
it. Most people think of charging under a
full moon, but really the moon is so
amazing and has so much deep meaning
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and energy
waiting to support us in those other phases
as well. So although the full moon can
be great for charging,
you know, don't discount
the energy that can occur during those other
phases
and really inspire
different meanings and correspondences
and bring that energy through to our crystals.
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Finally, there's the method of charging with herbs,
and there are a few ways to do
this. I give you a little bit more,
I don't know, flare filled method of herbal
charging in the video that accompanies this podcast
and blog post article.
But if you want just a really straightforward
basic method of charging your crystals with the
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energy of herbs, you can just place your
stone
in a container, preferably like wood or glass
or ceramic, not plastic,
filled
with the leaves or flowers of the herb.
Any type will do, but think about the
specific
energies
carried by the plant
and then leave it there overnight. And this
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can be fresh herbs, dried herbs, whatever you
prefer.
But when using the fresh herbs, the fresh
leaves or flower petals,
this method of charging
is really also connected with that property of
new beginnings,
with like spring season energy, the earth element.
And when we're using dried herbs,
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it's kind of connected with solitude and the
autumnal season and the earth element kind of
winding down because we don't have that freshness
and that life that we're bringing in. We
have, you know, that energy of
rest,
coming in. So it's really interesting to think
about how you can sort of fine tune
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this based on what herbs you choose, what
part of the plant you're working with.
Right? Like the flower can have the symbolism
of blossoming,
opening up, expansion
of sexual energy,
whereas the leaves are more about
creation. Right? Because they go through that process
of photosynthesis
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and they're
literally creating
energy and and
nurturing nutrition
out of sunlight.
And then we have the roots, which are
about stability and anchoring,
and drawing in what we need,
attraction.
So really looking at the part of the
plant you're working with, the type of plant
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and its inherent
qualities,
symbolism,
associations,
and then whether you're using
the fresh herb or the dried herb. All
of those things give energetic
meaning
to the charging.
And then placing those in a container,
putting your crystal in the container, and it's
really up to you if you wanna just
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set the crystal on top of those herbs
or bury it within the herbs.
You know, I like to sort of bury
mine a little bit. It doesn't have to
be fully covered, but just making sure it's
really
surrounded by and absorbing that energy.
So these are my three
favorite methods of charging
because they're really powerful, but they're also so
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so simple. And I think a lot of
times we
think that the work that we're doing needs
to be super elaborate, needs to be overly
complicated,
and it really
doesn't.
It needs to just
suit us, it needs to be accessible,
it needs to be simple,
And
these are three great methods of crystal charging
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that kind of tick all those boxes.
So at the end of the day, when
you're working with your crystals, this is a
really deeply personal experience, and how you approach
charging
should feel right to you. So whether you
let them soak up the sunlight or bathe
in the moonlight or rest in that bed
of herbs,
what matters most
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is the intention
that you're putting behind the action.
Crystals don't need
charging
to work,
but if it helps you connect more deeply
with them,
then go for it. This is a practice
I personally really enjoy.
Try out some different methods, see what resonates
with you, and most importantly here, trust your
(26:24):
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called to work more deeply with your stones
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Well, that is it for today. I hope
that you enjoyed listening and that you learned
a lot from today's show.
And, again, I wanna say thank you so
much for tuning in. If the discussion today
did spark some new questions,
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ideas, or memories of your crystal experiences,
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