A 5 to 7 minute practice in eye-gazing, cleansing, and the crystal already inside you.
Adapted from Chapter 5 of Crystal Healing & Sacred Pleasure by Vanessa Cuccia.
The most consistent ritual in your life is one you already perform every day. You step into the shower, you wash, you step out. This practice asks you to stay a few minutes longer inside that ordinary act and treat it as what it can be: a cleansing, the same one you would offer any crystal in your care.
And this is not only metaphor. Your bones and teeth are built from hydroxyapatite, a crystalline mineral. The treasure is anatomical. You are not bringing a crystal into the shower. You are the crystal being cleansed.
This exercise is an easy way to include self-love practices in your everyday routine. It combines crystal healing, self-massage, and the therapeutic art of eye-gazing. It only adds 5 to 7 minutes to your daily routine, but can last longer if you would like. Keeping a crystal charged with your intention on your bathroom counter can help act as a reminder to include this practice in your daily routine.
What You Will Need
- Mirror
- Shower
The Mirror
Have you ever looked into your own eyes? It may feel strange at first, but the more you do it the easier it becomes. Before getting into the shower, take some time looking into the mirror. Focus on your eyes. There is a reason why they say eyes are the windows to the soul. Looking into someone's eyes or into your own eyes for an extended period can be a spiritual experience in itself. It is a bonding and trust building exercise.
One. Place one or both hands on your heart in front of the mirror.
Two. Close your eyes and take a deep breath in. As you exhale, open your eyes.
Three. Gaze softly into your less dominant eye.
Four. Try to keep a steady focus, and imagine you are looking deeper and deeper within the eye.
Five. Tell yourself aloud or silently:
"Thank you for seeing me for who I really am. I love you, I forgive you, and to continue this love I will..."
Finish the thought.
The Water
Six. Step into the shower.
Seven. In the shower, recognize that within you there is crystal. Imagine that the shower has acted as a cleansing agent, just like you would use to clear any other crystals. Tune into what you feel a crystal goes through energetically when it is being cleaned. Feel excess and unnecessary energy running off you, down into the shower drain.
"Recognize that within you there is crystal."
The Body
Eight. After the shower, once you get out and while still wet, take a deep breath and imagine your skeleton inside you, glowing with the crystals throughout.
Nine. State this intention: "I appreciate all my body does for me."
Ten. Rub your hands together so they become warm. Now, put your focus on your toes. You may touch them if you'd like. With your attention, you are activating this part of you. This can be done by imagining orgasmic energy but placing it in your toes. Focus your attention on the bones in all your little toes, and feel the subtle vibration of the crystals within you. Give thanks to this part of your body.
Eleven. Move up toward every part of you, thinking deep down all the way through to the skeletal system. Keep imagining the orgasmic energy moving to each part of the body you focus on. How does it feel to caress and give praise to every inch of you? How does it feel to know the inner workings that are happening constantly within you?
Twelve. Keep doing this while working all the way up to your facial structure. Softly caress your face with the tips of your fingers. You are creating a circuit of enhanced energy, simply by putting your attention on these underlying minerals within you.
Thirteen. To finish, stand erect. Take deep breaths and smile. Your teeth have crystal, too. Acknowledge the positive choices you have made to give yourself loving attention. Doing this exercise often will benefit the relationship you have with yourself, by putting emphasis on the way you feel inside of your body.
Keep a crystal charged with your intention on the bathroom counter as a reminder to practice self-love.
Experience more rituals on pleasure and self-love in Crystal Healing & Sacred Pleasure.