How to Wear your Gemstones
Wearing the gemstones brings their healing energies into your Aura, so use them as you would any jewelry in the form of earrings, necklaces, bracelets or rings. For the most focused therapeutic purposes, the gemstones should be within your Aura 24 hours a day. They can be laid on your night table during sleep and carried in a pouch in your pocket when not worn.
Many people on their spiritual path use therapeutic gemstones for meditation in the form of a mala which is worn around the neck or wrist. Usually arranged in groups of 18, 27, 54 or 108 stones, it seals the energy of your therapeutic prescription. Malas have been used since ancient times for recitation of prayers and repetition of mantras. Today, we wear them during meditation, during challenging situations for added confidence and strength, and when attracting opportunities and manifesting our spiritual path.
If using your gemstones for a specific meditation purpose, you’ll want to store them in a special pouch or box on your sacred altar, using them only for those specific meditation sessions. Because you’re building up a focus of energy, you should be the only one touching your gemstone mala during this time. When your meditation purpose is complete, cleanse it and begin with your next focus of spiritual intention or prayers.
Cleansing Your Gemstones
If using therapeutic gemstones to help release energetic blockages, some of the released energies cling to the surface of the stones. These disharmonious energies build up on the surface of the gems, inhibiting their ability to work at capacity for us. In this situation, cleanse them 1-3 times a week.
Sun Bath Sunlight provides the deepest cleansing of any in-home method. Sunshine clears, energizes and revitalizes the gemstone crystals. Lay the gems on the earth, grass or on the branches of a plant in the direct sunlight. On a cloudy day, leave in the sun for 2-3 hours. Avoid excessive exposure to the sun as it has an effect similar to sunburn.
Salt Bath Lay your gemstones on the surface of a bowl of sea salt overnight 2-3 times a week. The salt absorbs the disharmonious energies that accumulate on the surface of the therapeutic gems. Replace the salt every 2 weeks.
