You must first know that most healing stones need cleansing, when worn continuosly, about once a week. A healing stone worn around the clock will work and balance your energies around the clock, and as such, needs to be cleansed and cared for. The easiest way of cleansing a stone is to carefully light a leave of sage, or a mudge stick and bathe the stones in the sage's smoke. Sage is a powerful cleanser that washes away negative energies. After you are done cleaning your pieces and stones, carefully bend your body forward so that you can also allow the smoke of the sage to touch your body, especially on the seven chakras*. This is very cleansing to our enegy body, as it is here that most disease originates.

Another way of cleaning your stones is to run them through hot and cold water alternating temperatures back and forth a few times and then layig them flat to dry. You can let themout to absorb direct sun light for an hour or so, and the light of the full Moon all night if you so desire. The Sun reenergizes the stone, while the Moon will give it calming energies. As you clean it, tell it: "You are now clean and free of all negative, unneeded energy and vibrations.  You are now restored of all the great powers with which you were put on this Earth to help me, to heal me and to balance me. It is so."

It is of great importance that you treat your healing stone jewelry with reverence and respect. It is alive, as healing stones belong to the matrix of Mother Earth and are the Universe's gift to us. Love it and respect it, and it will love you back, guaranteed.