Showing posts with label Tru Essencia Dance and Wellness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tru Essencia Dance and Wellness. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Tru Essencia teaching at Sweet Water in the Bronx

Join Tru Essencia every Monday evening for a great hip hop dance workout at SWDY.. 
with amazing Music Compilations, Hip Hop Trivia and Wellness for your Mind, Body, Heart, Soul and Spirit..


Sign up for the Workshop workout
Here

See the complete SWDY Schedule HERE

Price:  $15 When you RSVP online
$20 Walk - Ins


Monthly Specials
$5 Discount with Hip Hop Trivia 101
'How many elements in the Hip Hop Culture
and name them?'

(reply HERE with answer and receive discount code)

Dance Scholarship for 2 new students per month

Bartership available for Exchange of Services

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Bartership with Tru Essencia Dance and Wellness, inc.

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Bartership
'An equal exchange, swap, trade; Exchange of goods without involving money'

Tru Essencia barters with small businesses, students, clients and community for an exchange of our services of:

*Personal Training
*Nutritional Counseling (including herbs and essential oils)
*Yoga and Stillness
*Hip Hop Dance and Culture

In exchange for services, skills, talents or giving of your time for the support of our dance and wellness company, Tru Essencia.   Reply HERE with your information.
 
Services needed
Web Design
Public Relations
Photographer
Videographer
Graphic Artist
Seamstress
Acupuncture
Reiki
Massage Therapist
Social Media Promotions
Accountant

 Paz Amor Luz

Monthly Dance Scholarships

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Dance Scholarship Students interested in studying with Tru Essencia and are limited on means are eligible for a monthly dance scholarship.  We can exchange the hours of time in class for hours of service to promote and support Tru Essencia Dance and Wellness, inc. which includes helping with social media promos; creating blog or website building and content; assisting in classes; and any other intern type services in exchange for our services that we will solidify before we start our work together.

For example, if we work with you 6hrs 
a month then you work with us for 6hrs 
that month.






Please reply with info about yourself via email HEREWho are are you?  What is your story? Tell us about your journey and why working with us would help you?  What do you know about the Hip Hop Culture?  What do you know about Wellness?  What are your goals? intentions? What skills, talents or services are you offering in exchange for working with us?



Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Pelham Bay Park Yoga Bootcamp Every Monday Afternoon

Join Us for some fun, sweat, connection with community, nature, The Elements, The Directions, Mother Earth and Father Sky!!  Throughout the remaining Summer and Fall 2013!

12 Steps to Healing Self Care



12 Steps in 2012 

1. DAILY MEDITATION - VERY IMPORTANT TO CONNECT ONESELF AND THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT AND DIVINE LOVE DAILY
It was recommended last year but it is now vital. Daily meditation is the fuel of our body and soul. Do it simply: three phases, conscious breathing, body relaxation, the arrival of light. The simpler it is; the easier it will be incorporated in your daily routine.

2. CLEAR INTENT
We cannot continue to live each day as we board a plane and tell the pilot, "take me anywhere you want". We need a map. Every morning, write in your journal four things: the intention of the day, the intention of the month, the intention for the year, and the intention of a lifetime. Might change daily, but you see the “pattern” of the same intent.

3. JOURNALING OF DREAMS
Our dreams are guiding us in the direction of our spiritual growth and helping us evolve. They have always done this, but now it has become much more necessary to pay attention to what they say. Dream, practice recall, record it or if you need to process, share them with others.

4. RADICAL DETACHMENT
Old relationships and personalities of the past are showing up in our field. The purpose NOW is to close all loose ends, detached from that which reflects our old way of being. Release and say goodbye genuinely with farewell letters that include gratitude, forgiveness, and taking responsibility for letting go. You will find that they will ALSO receive a remarkable freeing energy.

5. SOCIAL NETWORKS
Meet with peers, with those who share this philosophy of life. The change will find us together. Participate in events, exhibitions, global meditations, forums ... Stay tuned; be aware. Attend courses and seminars. Generate sacred circles. Participate in ceremony, rituals, and talking circles


6. RITUAL TO LAND
Mother Earth is evolving along with us. In fact, she is the initiator of this movement and the fundamental reason that we are turning toward a higher destiny. It is the ship that carries us through the cosmos. Let's do rituals in the most simple and universal manner by leaving an offering of food and love to her and her creatures, recycling, conserving water, growing our own food, planting herbal gardens, offerings of ceremonial blessings.


7. TIME IN THE WILD
Feeling the sun, even on the terrace, even if it is raining ... make contact with nature at every opportunity you have. Walk instead of taking a taxi, watch the signs of the wind, the billowy clouds, and sit in the grass, hg a tree. Restore and re-energize yourself from their vitality and purity.

8. ART
Express yourself creatively, even when you feel you have no artistic ability. Art is inherent to our spirit, but we have been conditioned to accept only certain creative ways. Paint, model, draw, sing, dance, act. Do it alone or with other people but let the soul speak in your own special “code” what art is.

9. Hold on to YOUR DREAMS
Every soul has a dream, and it is like the North Star: Guiding us!!. Find what makes you happy and keep that course. Permanently give up all the prejudices and limiting beliefs that tell you what is “possible and what is not possible.” When we reach the “enlighten moment”, you will not be truly AUTHENTIC if you have done ONLY what was expected of you. Find your PASSION Now.

10. Karmic cleansing
Our energy fields have been full of “caca” baggage that no longer serves our spiritual growth. In the past, maybe we would have taken years to understand and transmute the remains of karmic experiences. Today, the acceleration of this transformation, the higher vibration, and changes in our DNA has cleansed all the “ole stuff”. Any residuals can be cleaned up by chakra work, sound healing, energy work, Reiki, ceremony, sacred lodges, yoga, and meditating.

11. REST
The higher vibration energies, the cosmic sun flares, the transition to a higher transformation result in you becoming fatigue. The physical material of our bodies is slow to adjust to the dynamics of consciousness. Protect yourself by getting enough rest, drinking more water, eating mindfully, slowing down, and being in the moment. If you can, take a nap every now and then, no matter what time of day.

12. SUPERIOR SERVICE
We are being accompanied by spiritual entities of different colors and frequencies, but with the same great intention: to witness the wonderful moment when a species moves from one dimension to another (yeah! us!). Now is the time to help one another, to have loving connections, to give encouragement and inspiration, to be ONE with each other, and most of all being of “service” to all.

Remember ... Practice, practice, practice!

Many blessings : )

Saturday, September 7, 2013

The Surrender Point by The Daily Love

This is such a great article I had to share.  It's always a pleasure receiving 'The Daily Love' Newsletters everyday.  Please sign up..
Paz Amor Luz,
Tru Essencia Dance and Wellness, Inc.


The Surrender Point is the point at which we try and try and try and nothing we "do" seems to work. Maybe we get so impatient, so fed up, so frustrated that we just want to give up and/or let go. OR perhaps we have been in an addictive pattern and life has gotten so unmanageable that we don't know what to do.
 

The Surrender Point is a time in our lives when we get sick and tired of letting our ego and fears run the show; we don't know what to do and we just want to give up.

 

The Surrender Point isn't just a one-time thing; we can have many Surrender Point moments in a year even. But, I believe there is Grace in Surrender Point moments.

 

The Grace is this...

 

Compared to Uni-versal Wisdom, that is the wisdom of the higher order of The Uni-verse, our fears, insecurities and ego have small minded, unaligned agendas.

 

Unaligned? Yes, we cannot think two thoughts at once. We cannot simultaneously think a thought of love and a thought of fear. And as a wise man once said, "Love is what we're born with, fear is what we learn here."

 

So flow with me on this thought for a moment. When we let thoughts of fear dominate our lives, we step out of Love and are no longer in alignment with our Highest Potential. So, like a drop of water separated from the ocean, we separate unknowingly from the Love that sustains us. As a result, our lives, our passion and our hearts begin to become even more consumed with fear. This cycle continues until we hit a Surrender Point. We hit a Surrender Point because the pain of continuing in our fearful habit is finally worse than the pain of changing, facing ourselves and realigning with Love.

 

When we reach a Surrender Point, it should be celebrated. It means that we have finally let go of a lower and unaligned way of living and given in to a higher order of Life. The wisdom and value in the Surrender Point is that we SURRENDER our fear and ask to be filled and aligned with Love in that moment.

 

We step away from our past habits and addictions that have distracted ourselves from ourselves and instead decide to face our shadow. Not with fear, but with Love.

 

Surrender Points are painful in the moment, but in the long run we will see them as some of the greatest moments of our lives.

 

Are there any habits or addictions that you have that you want to give up? How much longer do you want to subtly suffer knowing that you are participating in an unhealthy and unloving habit?

 

How much more pain do you want to endure before you give it up?

 

Do you want The Uni-verse to bring you a Surrender Point, or can you walk away now?

 

I'm urging us to take a deep look at our lives and see what unhealthy and unloving habits, addictions and thoughts we can let go of. Not because it's so painful, but because we know that in doing so, we will liberate ourselves to live alongside a higher order of things.

 
As always, the action happens over on the BLOG; head on over there and leave a comment on my blog "Why it's awesome if you're ready to give up!" The TDL Community thrives in the comments and it's a GREAT place to get support!

 
Love, 
Mastin

Friday, May 17, 2013

Love Angel Journey: Practice 'Now' Presence

Present 'Now' Awareness   By: Deena 'SnapShot' Clemente

Tru Essencia's Angle Heart Journey's

The last few months there have been many 'Ah Ha' moments with being 'Present'.  What it means is to Accept not Judge, Honor not Criticize and Appreciate not Complain about each moment of your life in the Present moment, not thinking of the past or the future.

This is a concept I have been practicing since watching Eckhart Tolle's teachings on the 'NOW' Presence and what it means.  I was blown away by his teachings because I am ready to hear his messages.  My spirit remembers and knows his words to be true.  All lessons on your journey will come to you when you are ready to receive them.  The past brings events, situations that stimulate emotions; the future brings what you manifest in present moment awareness;  So if all you are doing is thinking about the future how can you create it.

Non-Presence
Have you been in situations where your body is in one place, but your mind is in a million other places?  Not baring witness to all the beauty, magical energy within and around you.

Some examples on how I practice presence:
In the morning I take time before i get out of bed to just 'be' in the moment without thinking of what i need to do for the day, what happened the day before or what I am doing tomorrow.  

I work my breathing techniques to help focus and ground me when the mind takes over with thoughts. We are not our thoughts, we are the awareness of our thoughts.  The watcher in the Movie theater watching your story.  

Practice honoring your spirit by being aware of your spirit... be still, silent, at peace.  It's challenging, but very rewarding. 

I ride the subway with present awareness for everyone and everything around me.  When you read, listen to loud distracting music or play video games all the time you disconnect from your awareness.

Everywhere i walk i am conscious of my surroundings.  I go to parks, by natural water sources and nature more often to connect with the vibration and healing powers of Mother Earth and her grounding healing wisdom.

Before i sleep I am 'still in presence' with cleansing breathing techniques and it's peaceful.  My questions are answered, chakras energized and balanced, leads to restful peaceful sleep.

The Present 'Now' moment is your power source.  Its where you create and manifest.  It's the only certainty we have. Future is only a thought and often taken for granted.  Past has no power over us unless we, as humans with free will and ego, can not let it go and move forward.  That's when we are stuck and trapped in the strength of Ego.

It's a process, a practice that is used to develop connection with source, patience, gentleness for your journey and compassion for the human/spirit experience. 

I use my journal to write about past present and future events. those situations that stimulate emotions, challenges, lessons, observations of practicing presence.

I connect with people and community because i surrender from my Ego's Will to God's Will.   When you are Present in the 'Now' with an open heart awareness it brings magic in the moment.  

I am grateful for every moment I can breath Creators healing Air, Drink and Feel Creators Water, Feel Creators Fire of the Sun or the Fire in my Sole-plexus 3rd Chakra, Walk, Run, Dance on Mother Earth and connect with the source of my Akasha (Spirt).

Paz  Amor  Luz

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Balance and Transformation Through the Chakras

By Wandee 'WandeePop' Candelario

As I continue to grow evolve and transition on my spiritual path... I look at people, places and things with more love and compassion.

I am observing from a place in the light, and my heart is fuller with the compassion, hope, belief, faith, and laughter!!

I've embarked on a journey that has moved me in many different directions. At times challenges occur but I respond and react differently, with love a smile and yes at times cleansing tears; the should a, could a, would a, that seemed important to me no longer do! I am learning to release those every, every, everyday!

I practice mind-fullness, which means respecting how I am feeling and how my actions may affect others... that I respect care for, and the way I bring in new things into my life; and how I release what no longer suits my purpose.
My purpose is grand, It’s beautiful; it's light full with unlimited potential. As we all have a purpose... on this planet we call EARTH!
I have two questions for you.
1. Do you feel your living up to your true potential?
2. Do you know your purpose?
   
 I've connected my work, the work that I need to do for my spirit/dance/creativity, to be just what it needs to be... allowing it to flow, flourish in its own divine timing, it doesn't matter how fast /slow just the mere fact that I am always learning growing and connecting with my inner light, my beliefs, my love for the ARTS, TRU ESSENCIA DANCE and WELLNESS,  HIP-HOP, along with balancing Snap Pop n' Rock (our signature classes, and products plus services), Food for Fuel Not Emotions, and Herb Ready, that to me is huge part of my purpose.

The transformation is allowing me to be free to express my visions when creating and I have whole new love for my HIP-HOP it’s all transcending on its own…

I dance freely, with a lighter smoother two-step, and a slicker coy groove box step, my foundation is part of me a woman always representing the true essence in life and culture of Hip-Hop!!!

Part of growing is sometimes changing. The best thing is staying focused, committed and maintaining a healthy balance.
One of the beautiful things I've connected with is learning about CHAKRAS, and how important it is to have balance in our lives (What are chakras)?

Chakras are like filters that bridge your physical body and the world around you.  They allow energy from the universe in and the energy out through your subtle field.

I'm going to give you basic information on the seven basic chakras, seven basic herbs to help chakras remain balance. Whenever our bodies and our spirit are not balanced it can manifest in different ways... like becoming sick with fever and colds or flu. I've learned to use the herbs in herbal teas, or soaking in the bathtub to be beneficial, during the days that I may feel are heavy.

Please don’t wait till your feeling heavy begin working on your balance now.

You’ll notice a difference in how your feeling… the shift in energy level, how your mental health is upholding, how you deal with people, and how you react to certain situations.

Below you’ll find information to help you start the process.
Remember whenever embarking on a new journey start from a place of self-love and appreciation!
 
1. Root Chakra - Represents foundation feeling of being grounded.
Location: Base of Spine in tailbone area
Emotional Issues: Survival issues, financial worth or lack of money, and food.
Herb: Dandelion root is a great herb is an abundant herb that can help keep you consciously to our bodies so we can align synchronicity and manifest your purpose.
Color: Red

 2. Sacral Chakra - Connection and ability to accept others and new experiences.
Location: Lower Abdomen 2 inches above navel and 2 inches in.
Emotional Issues: Sense of abundance, well-being, pleasure and sexuality.
Herb: Calendula, by drinking this tea is will help boost creativity and will give you a better sense of intimacy. Its also been known to help with clarity in decision making.
Color: Orange

 3. Third Chakra - Helps us soften our personal efforts to control ones life. Especially when you feel a sense of urgency and attachment to the outcome of a situation.
Location: Solar Plexus
Emotional Issue: Allergies, muscle aches and sometimes related to diabetes.
Herb: Marshmallow root can allow you to surrender to the flow of the moment, and has been known to release knot feeling in the stomach.
Color: Yellow

 4. Heart Chakra - Located in heart and chest this place for integration for the upper and lower chakras open the heart to cosmic energies, our ability to love.
Location: Heart and Chest of body
Emotional Issues:  Immune system issues, fatigue, continuing to catch a colds and flu.
Herb: Hawthorne herb enhances the process of life and promotes encouraging heart strength.
Color: Green 

5.Throat Chakra - Gives us the ability to communicate, speak our truth with honor.
Location: Throat
Emotional Issues: When the throat chakra is un-balanced, you may find yourself not able to speak with clarity. You may find yourself feeling as if your throat is shutting down.
Herb: Red Clover Blossoms are a great source of herb to steep, it assists in helping with free flowing communication.
Color: Blue

6. Third Eye Chakra - it is our center of intuition allows us to see everything clearly.
Location: Between the Eyebrows
Emotional Issues: when imbalanced you will be prone to headaches, visions problems and may find your mood to swing back and forth (good and bad).
Herb: Eyebright enhances our ability to have a better perception and not second guess what when where and how? This herb brings back the balance for our intuition.
Color: Indigo

 7. Crown Chakra - Is associated with happiness and is linked to our higher power.
Location: Crown/Top of the Head
Signs of Imbalance: Epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, extreme fatigue and self-doubt.
Herb: Lavender is a wonderful herb to use for aromatherapy it assists our seventh chakra in opening the alignment to our divine power. This herb is wonderful to enhance when meditating.
Color: Purple/Violet

Please be mindful when including plants, drinking herbal elixirs internally, as well as externally to consult with someone. Some herbs are just great to use while soaking in the bathtub.

I have found since working with plants, herbs internal and external, I have more of a balanced life, light and heavy along with dark and clear.
Balance is necessary and most helpful during seasonal changes.

For more information on to properly steep teas, and how to create your bath tonic contact via Email.

May the spring renewal be raising upon you,
with Blessings, Peace, Love and Light!

Rose Quartz Crystal... Resonates Loving Goddess Energy



Rose Quartz Crystal is a quartz crystal that derives its name from its lovely rose pink color. These crystals come in a range of beautiful shades of pink.

It is known as the 'love stone' as the message it emits is the strong vibration of unconditional love, joy, warmth and healing.

This beautiful pink crystal has a powerful energy that resonates within both the heart chakra and the higher heart chakra, or thymus chakra. This stone will also resonate out the love energy into its surrounds... and aid all those nearby, such as your nearest and dearest.

Not only will it assist you with healing yourself but its energy may bring faith and hope to all in the vicinity... and this energy is well known for its action to stimulate romance in your life.

As quartz crystals are profound amplifiers of energy, it may help to kindle happiness, love,romantic feelings and sensuality.

Rose Quartz Meaning ... A Powerful Love Stone
Rose Quartz is a pink quartz crystal whose meaning is about love.... as it is a stone that epitomizes the vibration of love. This may be why this stone is symbolic of the energy of love, peace and calming energy. One of the facts about Rose Quartz Crystal that is very important is its effectiveness at healing personal relationships.

Rose Quartz Healing Effect

Quartz crystal healing using Rose quartz will heal you on both a physical and emotional level. This lovely stone will resonate out the love energy into its surrounds... as all quartz crystals are profound amplifiers of energy. Not only will it assist you with healing yourself but its energy may bring faith and hope to all in the vicinity.
The presence of Rose QuartzRose Quartz will send a soothing vibration throughout the room where it is located.

Using this crystal will enable you to heal old negative emotions such as anger, resentment, fear and jealousy that may result from past experiences.
As you are freed from these feelings, you may find that you feel less restrained... and that you can unlock your imaginationand discover how to be happy.

Where Does it Come From
Deposits have been found in Madagascar, India, Japan and Brazil, as well as in South Africa and South Dakota in the USA.

Rose quartz crystal colors range from very pale pink through to deep pink, and all have that wonderful loving vibration.

There are not a lot of quartz formations that this stone naturally occurs in. It is less often available as crystals... and is more commonly found in the massive form.

It may be translucent or transparent, although most pieces are fairly opaque. All colors and types have excellent healing qualities. There is also a variety called Strawberry Rose Quartz, and many of these are deeper colored stones... as well as some lighter very beautiful orangey pink stones.
To read Strawberry Quartz meaning, Click Here

Why Would You Use It
All areas of the home will benefit by putting rough rose quartz stones in each corner of the room. Even eating areas can benefit from this soft sweet energy... and it may also improve your digestion too. All types of quartz is easy to fashion into carvings... and using one of the Rose Quartz crystal skulls or other carvings made from the stone... is also another very special way of using this stone.

Of course as it is a heart chakra stone its major impact is in the area of the heart. It is able to also assist in physical problems as it has a lovely balancing energy on the heart chakra organs. It is also especially powerful to heal the upper chakras above the heart chakra.


It can stimulate the thymus chakra, the throat chakra, the third eye chakra and thecrown chakra... and bring their vibrations into line with the heart's... as they beat as one... with the vibration of love and compassion... and you begin living from the heart.

If you are keeping your crystals or stones on you all the time... remember to methodically cleanse them. Cleansing quartz crystals is very simple, as they are some of the easiest crystals to cleanse... so do it regularly for best long term results.

How To Use It
Holding a piece in your hand while speaking aloud, will enhance the power of positive affirmations.
These pink stones are a variety of quartz... so that they have an amplifying effect... and any use that you put them too will be heightened by the quartz vibration.

That is why using a Rose Quartz pendulum is so powerful... as it expands the energy available to you while using it.
These crystals are excellent to use during your dailycrystal meditation. They will enable you to heal old negative emotions that you have not let go of... such as anger, resentment, fear and jealousy from past experiences.
Learn easy meditation techniques so you can be freed from these feelings. You may find that you feel less restrained... and that you can unlock your imaginationand discover how to be happy.

You may find that wearing one of these lovely pink crystals, will help you to feel more balanced emotionally... and that any relationship issues may be healed.

The main thing is to keep this stones loving vibration close to you... and they are a beautiful stone to wear as jewelry. They are a Taurus birthstone... so they are on thezodiac birthstones list... so you may easily find beautiful jewelry made from these lovely pink crystals.


Wearing Rose Quartz
This lovely pink stone vibrates strongly within the heart chakra and the higher heart chakra... and as the vibration of the heart chakra is all about the concept of 'loving' you can understand why this would be powerful to have close to you.

This concept is about love not only on the physical level but on the deeper emotional and spiritual levels, and so it is powerul to use as one of the ways to relieve stress, tension, resentment and anxiety.

Rose quartz crystals have a loving vibration that is a powerful energy to help heal relationship problems. These are also lovely stones to wear. I love these lovely pink stones... not only for their physical beauty... but for the emotional healing they will bring to the wearer.

If you are able to obtain one of the beautiful rose quartz gemstones, you will appreciate the quality of this lovely stone.

Wearing Rose Quartz jewelry or holding a piece of Rose Quartz in your hand, will bestow a peaceful and calming sensation that can assist in healing of the heart... by dissolving anger and resentment.

In these stressful days we live in many of us are in need of emotional healing.  Wearing Rose Quartz crystal jewelry... such as earrings, pendants or rings made from natural stones is very powerful, as this is a crystal with strong metaphysical properties.

Rose Quartz jewelry is easy to buy, as they are birthstones for January and May as well as zodiac birthstones for Taurus... and they make wonderful birthstone jewelry.

If you find that Rose Quartz jewelry is not within your budget, a less expensive solution is rose quartz tumblestone. It is easy to buy Rose quartz, in many different forms... including rough rose quartz crystals or tumble stones, which are relatively inexpensive and are easy to acquire.

Who Should Use it.. How Will it Help You

Simply place one of these wonderful healing stones in each corner of the bedroom, or alternatively on your bedside or under your pillow. This will allow the energy to resonate out into the area where you are sleeping.
When you bring this lovely energy into any area where you locate them, their loving vibration is powerful to help your relationships, and a bonus is that you will also wake more refreshed.
Those of you who have old inner child issues associated with your father or other male relative may be healed by the energy of Rose quartz. Old stored feelings may be released and healing may occur.
So if you are not able to get jewelry, simply put a piece of Rose Quartz crystal in your pocket. These are easy to buy, and putting one or more in your pocket... or for the ladies in your bra, is most advantageous.
Rose Quartz gemstones are lovely to wear, and are easy to find... especially if you simply ask the universe to bring one to you.
My gorgeous Mother of Pearl and Rose Quartz heart necklace... in the photo above, came to me after I simply sat and thought about what I wanted... and soon after I saw it for sale.

Courtesy of
http://www.healing-crystals-for-you.com/rose-quartz-crystal.html 

Cleansing and Clearing Gemstones and Crystals

It is important to clean any new gemstones that come your way to clear them of any energies that they may have picked up during their previous journeys. Also, if you use any of your stones as healing tools they should be cleaned before and after each healing session. Healers will dedicate or program crystals to increase the vibrational energies of them. The programming also helps protect the stones themselves from absorbing harmful energies while they are in service.


There are many different ways to clean your gemstones. Choosing the best cleaning method depends on the type of stone you are wanting to clean. 

An hour in direct sunlight is more than enough to clean most stones. Certain stones will fade if left out in the sunlight, amethyst is one example. Keep your amethysts out of direct sunlight if you want them to retain their vibrant purple hues. 

Moonlight cleansing can take several hours or days. To expose a stone to all the moon phases (full moon to new moon) place the stone outside each evening at dusk (retrieving it before sunrise) for 28 consecutive days.

Some stones will dissolve in water, whereas others love to be soaked in fresh water. You can clean most of your stones under a running tap of cold water while brushing them with a soft-bristle toothbrush until they are sparkling clean.

I personally Smudge my crystals with Sage or Sweetgrass with honor and reverence infusing light energy as i cleanse them.

List of crystal cleaning methods:


  • Smudge:  crystals with incense or herbs (lavender, sweetgrass, sage, etc.)
  • Energize crystals in the sunlight.
  • Energize crystals under the moonlight.
  • Cleanse crystals in the ocean or inside bowl of salt water.
  • Cleanse crystals in a natural water reservoir (lake, river, creek, pond).
  • Bury crystals in the earth for a ritual purification.
  • Scrub crystals under running tap of cold water.
  • Infuse crystals with balancing Reiki energies and symbols.


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