This video “Beginners Guide to Cleansing Crystals” helps you get started with cleansing crystals by building your understanding about energetic cleansing methods to keep your crystals fresh and able to assist you each day.

This video is the start of a series of videos to help those getting started with their love affair of crystals to feel confident in how to handle and work with them. It doesn’t cover all options as that’s too confusing. And it looks at options that are budget friendly. Once you have experience of these methods, you can look at other playlists for more information about various topics beyond the beginner level. We have a follow up video on smudging – click here.

If you don’t want to watch the video with demonstrations, then read the script below.

You can buy amethyst clusters on this website – click here. I am no longer selling smudge.

Beginner’s Guide to Cleansing Crystals – How and How Often

Introduction

Welcome, Crystal Enthusiast!

Congratulations on starting your journey with your crystal friends.

Welcome to my video called “Beginner’s Guide to Cleansing Crystals – How and How Often.”

This video is a combination of my personal experience and the most common questions asked by customers in my store.

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What You’ll Learn:

• WHEN and WHY you should cleanse your crystals

• FOUR easy, inexpensive cleansing methods (with do’s and don’ts)

• How OFTEN to cleanse them

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Meet Your Guide

My name is Shamarah, and I’ve been working with crystals personally for over 20 years, and intuitively selling them to people for 18.

In this “getting started” guide, I won’t worry about specific terminology—whether it’s cleansing, clearing, purifying, cleaning, or charging. Here’s how I define them:

• Cleaning: Removing physical dust and grime (covered in other videos).

• Cleansing: Removing old, stale, stagnant, negative, or blocked energies.

By “crystals” I mean rocks, stones, natural or man-made—anything that holds energy.

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When Should You Cleanse Crystals?

• After purchase (from a store or market): Many others may have touched them, often while in an unsettled energetic state.

• After delivery (via mail): Crystals absorb the energy of travel, packaging, and transit.

• Regularly, as you work with them: Crystals help absorb and shift emotional, mental, and spiritual energies. They need refreshing.

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4 Energetic Cleansing Methods

Here are four effective, beginner-friendly methods to cleanse your crystals without breaking the bank.

1. Using a Crystal Cluster

Place your smaller crystals on or near a crystal cluster (like clear quartz, selenite, or amethyst).

• Amethyst: Best for stress, anxiety, and enhancing intuition.

• Selenite: Balances your energy from head to toe.

• Clear Quartz: Offers clarity, memory recall, and inspiration.

Pro Tip: State your intention—e.g., “Cluster, please cleanse and refresh these crystals.”

Why amethyst clusters? They’re affordable, practical, and have many points, making them perfect for cleansing.

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2. Using Rock Salt

• Place crystals on wax or tissue paper over a container of rock salt.

• Avoid direct contact with salt—it can damage delicate crystals and furniture.

• Leave for a few hours, with the intention for the salt to cleanse them.

You can reuse the salt after placing it in the sun, or simply dispose of it.

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3. Salt + Water

• Add a spoonful of salt to water for a quicker cleanse.

• Only use on water-safe crystals (avoid most “-ite” stones).

• Soak for 10–30 minutes max, then rinse thoroughly and dry completely.

• Avoid this method in areas with hard or treated water.

Not ideal in areas with water scarcity. Always set an alarm so you don’t forget your crystals!

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4. Sunshine

• The simplest and most cost-effective method.

• Place crystals in direct sunlight for up to 10 minutes.

Sun-safe stones: Black tourmaline, tiger’s eye, natural agates, jaspers
Avoid direct sun: Rose quartz, amethyst, labradorite, moonstone

Stay with your crystals while they’re sunbathing—and get a little Vitamin D while you’re at it!

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How Often Should You Cleanse Crystals?

• Daily: If used during emotional or stressful days

• ASAP: After interacting with negative people

• Between clients: For healers, therapists, or counselors

• After major emotional releases

• Weekly: During times of personal transformation

• Fortnightly or monthly: For general upkeep

• Every 2 months: For decorative or room crystals

You may also need to cleanse after visitors with heavy energy.

Eventually, as your intuition grows, you’ll feel when a crystal needs cleansing.

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Celebrate Your Transformation

As you grow more relaxed, balanced, and accepting—your crystals help shift your energy. When that happens, give them a good cleanse. They don’t need to hold the “old you” anymore.

Over time, I came to rely most on amethyst clusters, alternating between salt and sun monthly for an extra energetic boost.

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Let’s Talk Charging

Beginners often think of charging as “recharging a crystal’s battery.”

• Always cleanse first. You don’t want to energize stored negativity.

• If doing both together, state:
  “I ask you to be cleansed and then charged.”

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This is a solid foundation for your journey with crystal cleansing.

Stay tuned for more beginner-friendly guides, including a future video on smudging and other advanced techniques.

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I am Shamarah, helping you remember that your crystal friends are here to guide you toward a happier life.

© Shamarah Allunaria

As I said there is a follow up video specifically on smudging crystal – warnings, demonstrations, and comparisons of smudging – click here.

I hope you got feel you can get started with cleansing crystals from this “Beginners Guide to Cleansing Crystals” video.