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I have been building Crystal Beds since 2014 – Here is what I have learned
I Have Been Building Crystal Beds Since 2014 – Here Is What I Have Learned
How It All Started
In 2014, after experiencing business burnout, I felt that I needed to get away from everything that had surrounded me until then.
I left behind the work and the life I had been living. I was anxious and afraid of the future – as many of us are when we stand in front of a major change in our lives.
I had no real plan.
There was only one thought in my mind: I needed to leave. Leave the city, leave the country, and go somewhere where I could perhaps find myself again.
That was when I found a Workaway opportunity at a castle in eastern Germany. At the time, the place operated under the name Healing Castle. Today, it has different owners and a completely different concept – but twelve years is a long time.
I applied to become a volunteer, and they accepted me almost immediately.
They had only one question:
When can you arrive?
After a short hesitation, I bought my train and bus tickets.
The final bus stop was the castle itself. It was a remote place, far away from everything, surrounded by forests and nature.
I still remember arriving there and asking myself, almost in panic:
What am I doing here?
I shared a dormitory with other volunteers. What can I say? It was many things, but it certainly wasn't the comfort I had been used to at home.
During those first days, I seriously considered leaving and going back home.
What was I doing there?
But then everyday life began. We worked, talked, shared meals and experiences, and time passed. Slowly, I started to notice that something inside me was changing.
I became calmer.
I started to see my life differently.
And it was in this very special place that I first discovered the concept of the Crystal Bed.
Looking back now, I often feel that, for some reason, I was meant to arrive there.
The device they had was a relatively simple construction. The crystals were not perfectly clear or specially cut. But the first time I tried it, I felt something.
My first thought was simple:
There is something here. I want to work with this.
Whenever I had the opportunity, I spent time under the crystals.
By the end of my sixth week at the castle, I could already see it clearly in my mind: when I returned home, I wanted to take this concept and develop it into something more professional, more carefully designed and more refined.
I didn't know exactly how I would do it.
But I knew I was going to try.
What Was My First Crystal Bed Like?
When I returned home, my enthusiasm had not disappeared.
I told a friend about my idea, and almost immediately, we started designing.
So, what did my first Crystal Bed look like?
Well...
After several months of planning, experimenting and working with almost no experience at all, we managed to create something that looked a little like a giant garden rake.
It wasn't beautiful.
But it worked.
The construction was heavy and complicated to manufacture, so we continued developing it. We built new versions, made mistakes, changed details and tried again.
Eventually, the basic form of the Crystal Bed as we know it today began to take shape.
But enthusiasm alone was no longer enough.
I needed to find engineers. I needed people who understood woodworking and others who could develop the electronics. Slowly, a complex team of skilled people came together around the project.
One of the things I am most grateful for is that, after all these years, I still work with many of the same people today.
We have grown together.
We have learned together.
And we have continued developing the Crystal Bed together.
But the world around us has changed significantly.
What Has Changed in 12 Years?
Almost everything.
The world has changed, and so has the market.
We lived through the COVID years, supply chain problems, inflation and economic uncertainty.
The cost of materials has increased. High-quality crystals have become more expensive. Wood, electronic components, skilled manual work and international shipping have all increased significantly in price.
Throughout all of this, we have continued trying to keep the Chacrys Crystal Bed accessible to therapists, practitioners and individuals who genuinely want to work with it.
But after twelve years, I have also learned something important:
A product cannot remain unchanged forever.
It has to evolve.
That is why we have recently entered another period of development.
We are working on lighter constructions, modern solutions and more efficient production methods, while keeping the original idea and philosophy behind the Crystal Bed.
There are some exciting changes coming.
I will share more about them soon.
The Therapists and Owners Keep This Story Alive
Over the past twelve years, we have sent Crystal Beds to many different countries around the world.
I have met therapists, wellness practitioners, retreat owners and individuals who discovered the Crystal Bed for their own personal journey or wanted to introduce the experience to others.
To this day, I still receive personal messages.
Some are short thank-you notes.
Others are long stories.
And some are messages that I read more than once.
These messages remind me why I started this journey in the first place.
For me, the crystals have always been at the heart of the Crystal Bed.
They come from nature. What we try to do is create an environment around them where light, color, carefully selected crystals and a peaceful setting can come together into one unique experience.
After twelve years, this is still the foundation of Chacrys.
Technology can improve.
Design can evolve.
Materials can change.
But the heart of the concept remains the same.
What Would I Do Differently Today?
I could say many things.
There have been mistakes.
There have been wrong decisions.
There have been difficult periods and moments when I genuinely did not know how to continue.
But I am not sure I would change any of it.
Every part of this journey has brought me to where I am today.
I believe that certain things enter our lives for a reason. For me, Chacrys has never been only a business project.
It has been a long journey.
Perhaps even a mission.
I am grateful for the people who have walked this path with me. For those who encouraged me to continue when things were difficult. For the therapists who have worked with our devices for many years. And also for the people who are discovering the Crystal Bed concept for the first time today.
My greatest source of strength and motivation comes from God.
When I stepped off that bus at a remote castle in eastern Germany in 2014, I had absolutely no idea that this moment would change the direction of my life.
I only remember asking myself:
What am I doing here?
Twelve years later, I think I finally know the answer.
And perhaps the next question is for you:
Could a Crystal Bed one day become part of your story too?