Lighten up your space and Create Shift in your life!

One way I like to help move energy along when I'm feeling stagnant is by doing space clearing.  Clearing your home energetically can help bring positive movement into other areas of your life. The ancient art / science of feng shui is based on  this principle. Practitioners believe that balancing energy flow in your home brings Good Fortune into your life.  Other belief systems also use space clearing in their their practices and rituals.  So here are some tips to do this for yourself. 


It's important to always start off with a good cleaning and de-cluttering. Make sure the area around your front door is especially free of junk and clothes. Make sure that the door can open all the way. This is where your opportunities come in. (I remember when I was back in college , anytime that I had to write a really big paper, part of the process of organizing my mind was to First clean and organize my space. I could not write when my house was dirty and cluttered. When the energy in my apartment  was able to freely flow then I was able to move forward  in my work. )

Salt is an excellent cleanser both physically and energetically. It's used a lot in clearing rituals. Some of the things you can do with salt to help absorb any stagnation or negative Energies are as follows:

• Put a large dish of salt in your main room and let it sit a couple days. Then take and dump it outside or into a body of water. You don't want to just throw it in your trash.
• You can also do the same with a dish of salt water. It has two elements in it to help absorb Energies
• You can also sprinkle salt into the corners of your rooms, let it sit a few days to absorb any negativity or stagnant energies, and then either vacuum or sweep the salt up. Again you want to remove it from your house. Put it outside or out of the house.

    
You can use smoke to drive out unwanted energies. Generally I use Palo Santo or frankincense. Walk through each room imaging the smoke  neutralizing anything negative and making space for fresh new energy.

My friend,  the folk magic practitioner and high priestess, Kook Teflon,  recommends burning Dragon's Blood for driving out especially heavy and oppressive energies. She says when you're trying to get rid of energies you want to start at the back of your house with the windows and doors open. Then smudge each room in the house while moving towards the front door. When you get to the threshold, usher all the negativity out the front door.

After performing a clearing ritual I think it's a great idea to invite some friends over and have a good time and fill  your home with laughter!  Good luck!