Energy House Cleansing
Clearing & Balance
Energy house cleansing involves practices designed to clear stagnant or negative energy from a living space and replace it with positive, vibrant energy.
Various methods can be used, including the use of crystal wands, smudging with sage, burning Palo Santo, sound healing and intention setting. Crystal wands used commonly are the warrior of protection Obsidian, removing negative energies whilst Selenite as the new age vibrational crystal absorbs negative energies.
Utilising a crystal practitioner, psychic, and medium can bring different benefits to completing a house energy sage cleansing, such as:
1. Intuition: A psychic can sense and intuitively perceive any negative energy or spiritual presence in a home, which will help them focus and target the areas that need cleansing.
2. Communication: A medium can communicate with any spirits or energies that may be present in the home and facilitate their transition and/or remove from your home.
3. Energy Alignment: A crystal practitioner can use crystals to align the energy centres, or chakras, in a home. Using Feng Shui practices, place crystals in various locations throughout the home to help purify and protect spaces.
4. Clearing Negative Energy: Sensing of any residual negative energy and clearing it.
5. Increased Energy Flow: Practitioners work to promote a more fluid energy flow throughout the home, that can promote harmony, peace, and well-being.
The Benefits of House Cleansing
By incorporating regular energy cleansing practices, individuals can ensure their living and working spaces remain supportive, harmonious, and conducive to their overall wellbeing.
Promotes Wellbeing: A space free of negative energy feels lighter and more positive, which can significantly impact the occupants' mental and emotional wellbeing.
Reduces Stress: Removing negative energy can help reduce stress and tension within the home, making it a more relaxing and peaceful environment.
Enhances Sleep and Rest: Cleansing energy in sleeping areas can improve sleep quality and overall restfulness.
Improves Relationships: Clearing negative energy can reduce conflicts and misunderstandings, promoting better communication and harmony among occupants.
Supports Health: A positive and balanced energy environment can support overall health, both mentally and physically.
Encourages Productivity and Creativity: In a workspace, removing negative energy can enhance focus, creativity, and productivity.
The Importance of House Cleansing
Energy Accumulation: Negative energy can accumulate from various sources, such as past events, conflicts, or even visitors. Regular cleansing ensures the space remains energetically clean.
Prevention of Negative Impacts: Without cleansing, accumulated negative energy can lead to a sense of heaviness, emotional disturbances, and even physical health issues.
Maintenance of Positive Vibes: Regular energy cleansing helps maintain a high-vibrational and positive atmosphere conducive to happiness, health, and prosperity.
When to Cleanse
After a negative event within your living space. Moving into a new home or after renting your home.
Saging during the stages of the moon, including the full moon.
Regular sagers perform smudging regularly, such as once a month or week.
It is important to trust your intuition and do what feels right for you and your living space.
The belief is it is best at night, however it actually beneficial to do during the day as the sun cleansing in itself, instantly transmute the discarded energies.
Methods for Cleansing Your Space
Salt
Sprinkling salt in corners or creating a saltwater solution to cleanse surfaces.
Sound Healing
Using bells, singing bowls, or clapping to break up stagnant energy.
Placing crystals within the space like Black Tourmaline, Obsidian and Selenite to absorb and neutralise negative energy. Crystal Practitioners may use these and specific Crystal Wands to support in removing negative energies from spaces.
Smudging
Burning sage or other herbs like Palo Santo and allowing the smoke to purify the space. The traditional method is to go reverse clockwise around your space
Crystals
Intention Setting
Meditating or praying with the intention of clearing negative energy.
Steps for Self Saging
Anyone can smudge their space! Quick Steps to Summarise! A guide to follow when using sage to smudge and clear negative energies in your house.
1. Obtain a sage smudge stick, which can be found at many natural health or metaphysical stores, or online.
2. Open a window or door in the room you wish to cleanse, to allow negative energies to exit.
3. Light one end of the smudge stick
4. Blow out the flame and let the sage smoulder, producing smoke.
5. Walk around the room, holding the smudge stick and allowing the smoke to flow over all surfaces, paying special attention to corners and areas where negative energy might linger.
6. Use a feather or your hand to fan the smoke into areas that need more attention as an additional tool.
7. If you encounter any areas where negative energy seems particularly strong, focus the smudging on those areas for a bit longer.
8. As you smudge, speak a positive affirmation or prayer, such as "I release all negative energy and welcome in positive light and love."
9. Once you have smudged the entire space, gently tap the smudge stick into a bowl of rice to extinguish the embers.
10. Sweetened your space after saging, people may burn a candle or Palo Santo wood to offer a sweet, grounding energy to the space/s.
How Should You Feel After Smudging?
After smudging your space, you may be feeling lighter with a greater sense of calmness, clarity, and positive energy. Removing negative energy, promotes a sense of peace and harmony within your home and spaces.
Dos and Don’ts In Cleansing Your Space
The Dos
Sage Stick and Other Divination Tools
Pay attention to where the Sage comes from and is ethically sourced, the best sage burns more evenly vs cheaper sage that can burn quickly.
Palo Santo can be used in conjunction with sage.
Crystal Wands support when held in dominant hand.
Lighting the Dry Sage Stick
Blow out the flame so only embers remain, and smoke will follow.
Intention
Make your intention clear.
Say out loud and in your mind’s eye.
Recite your own blessing or prayer to remove negative energy.
Direction & Movement
Anti-Clockwise is recommended to remove negative energies.
Moving around spaces, ensure smudging especially in corners where negative energy can reside.
Includes mirrors where the energy feels crowded.
Open Air
Open your windows, doors to release any negative energies as needs to go somewhere, supplying a pathway to exit your space.
What to Do with Sage After Smudging
Place your sage stick if still “smoking, as handy tip is to place the end in a bowl of rice that puts out the smoke, allowing you to re-use the sage.
The Don’ts
Force
Don’t force other people to engage
Intention
Not having clear intention as may not work without setting, supported by saying repeatedly out loud.
Moderation
Don’t over sage your space. Meaning you don’t need to sage daily! Listen to your intuition.
Closing up your Space
Avoiding NOT opening windows and doors results in the negative energy being trapped, reversing the effect and intentions of the smudging ceremony.
WARNINGS:
Sage is dry and burns quickly, be careful and keep water on hand to avoid flares that are out of control. Avoid inhaling smoke as may cause harm to lungs. Smudging creates smoke, note the process may set off smoke alarm if you have in your space. Research anything that may affect your health and where you are in your life: ie Pregnant or Breast Feeding.
