3 Ways to Cleanse Your Space and Recharge
Setting positive intentions and creating a clean space, is important in our busy lives. Want some easy steps to take to cleanse your home? We have got you covered with this simple guide.
Why cleansing is important
Your home is your safe space, a place to relax and unwind after the stresses of the day, and you deserve to love the space you are in. Cleansing your space is good for your soul, and promotes a healthier and positive environment in your home.
Time to cleanse?
When you are feeling low, or have been feeling a bit out of sorts
After an argument, or conflict, with a loved one
After you have been poorly
Moving into a new house
In this guide we share 3 top tips, to bring in positivity and let the good energy flow.
Sound
Using sound to clear space is beautiful way to release positive energy into your home. You can use singing bowls, wind chimes, bells, drums or even your hands to clap to make sound and increase harmonious energy. Sound releases vibrations to clear energy, and clear stagnant energy in your home.
Set a positive intention, be clear that you are cleansing the space from negative energy and allowing fresh energy to be welcomed into your home. You can say something like: I set the intention let go of negative energy and clear the way for a new sense of purpose.
Holding the singing bowl, or object you have chosen at arms length, start at the entrance of the room and move around slowly in a clockwise motion. Include all the corners, playing your instrument at regular intervals to release a lovely cleansing sound. You may notice in some areas the sound is duller, or not as bright, you can pay special attention to these areas. .
Top Tips
If you are using a singing bowl, hold it in the palm of your hand, to allow the sound to ring clearly in the room
Organise a time when you know you will not be disturbed, turn your phone off and give yourself time to complete the ritual
After you have finished, wash your hands, to cleanse the energies from yourself
Smell
Smudging is a good way to cleanse your space. Sage is a classic, but you can use Palo Santo, or Incense Sticks.
Light the end of the stick and let it burn for around 20 seconds, depending on the size and the product you selected, gently blow out the end and make sure the end is still lit and producing smoke. Set a positive intention, follow your intuition and say what is right for you or use the intention above to get started.
Holding at arms length, allow some of the smoke to go over your hands, and then walk slowly throughout the room, allowing the smoke to cleanse all the areas of your space. Let it go into all the corners to cleanse and purify the air in the slow flowing areas.
Top Tips:
Hold the burning stick over an abalone shell, incense bowl or an ordinary plate, to catch the falling ash and any embers
If you are sensitive to smoke, you can combine this with opening a window, or door, as this promotes its own positivity
Extinguish in sand, or the bowl you are using until the smoke no longer rises
Air
Simple and effective. Open the windows in your room, and let the fresh air flood in. This helps purify your space, and circulate air throughout your home with a renewed sense of purpose. Allowing fresh energy to flow through your home, is a great way to cleanse a space and clear out stagnant energy.
Further Reading
The following are external links, to further reading or kits, to help you in your space clearing journey.
Lillian Too | Space Clearing Kit
Feng Shui | Space Clearing Principles
Mari Kondo | Space Tidying Checklists and further reading
Snug Scent | Buy your own kit
Tiny Rituals | History and benefits of burning sage
Kate Khullar @makersmob.uk
Kate is the founder of Makers Mob UK and loves making, creating and finding happiness through craft.
