What Feng
Shui Space Clearing Can Do for You
Space clearing is a powerful
way to remove unwanted energy from your space and to fill
your home with vibrant, positive chi. Some common situations
in which space clearing is recommended include:
• When you move into
a new home or office, to clear any negative "predecessor
chi"
• Following significant life changes (such as marriage,
or the birth of a child)
• If you are planning to sell your home, and want to
entice buyers
• When you have been experiencing a period of bad luck,
stress, or anxiety, to clear those vibrations from your space
• If you have been feeling stuck or hopeless about some
aspect of your life
• When you want your home to have a clean and welcoming
energy for visitors
• Any time you want to feel that you are making a fresh
start
The idea of purifying and
blessing a space through ritual is as old as time. As the
popularity of feng shui has spread around the globe in recent
years, and people have become more aware of the intimate connection
between their own energy and that of their homes and offices,
interest in space clearing has increased as well.
Here's a quick summary of
the most common elements of space clearing, and why each is
important.
TIMING
Space clearing ceremonies are often done at the new or full
moon. Other good times are at the change of seasons, the new
year, or a birthday, or any day that has personal significance
for you or that is astrologically auspicious. Timing your
ceremony to a significant date on the calendar and/or to coincide
with the moon cycle helps to strengthen your connection with
natural cycles and energies.
CEREMONY
Space clearing is different from just cleaning up your house.
You are honoring your home, life, and family, and these deserve
to be treated ceremoniously, with focused awareness and clear
intention. Simple and heartfelt ceremonies are more powerful
than elaborate rituals from which you feel detached. Don't
try to perform a space clearing ceremony when you will be
rushed, anxious, or distracted. Ceremony doesn't necessarily
mean solemnity, however, so it's okay to have fun. Joy and
celebration are highly positive emotional vibrations that
bring vitality to your space.
INVOKING DIVINE ASSISTANCE
Ask for guidance and assistance from whatever guides, spirits,
angels, saints, or deities are appropriate to your spiritual
practice. Call on the guardian spirits of the house and of
the earth, air, water, and sky to be with you and help you.
Why do a space clearing ceremony on your own when you can
enlist higher powers to assist you?
FRAGRANCE
Fresh flowers and/or incense bring positive energy into your
space. Often a space clearing ceremony will begin with the
lighting of incense and placing fresh flowers into a vase
or bowl of water.
PERCUSSIVE SOUND
Sound vibrations help to loosen stale, stuck energy. You can
use a rattle, bells, drums, even bang on a metal cook pot,
to shake things up. The more noise you make, the better. Walk
through your entire house or focus on one problem area where
stuff and clutter has piled up-a sure sign of stuck energy
in that area. Rinse your hands under running water when you
are done, so none of that yucky old energy sticks to you.
SMUDGING
The smoke from smoldering sage leaves is a powerful energetic
cleanser. You can buy dried sage "smudge sticks"
at most New Age stores. Light the end, then gently blow out
the flame to leave the embers still glowing and smoking. Hold
the smudge stick over an ashtray and carry it through the
space you are clearing. You can smudge yourself, too, while
you are at it: pass the smoke up and down the front and back
of your body, and make sure to get the top of your head, too.
MUSIC
Harmonious sounds bring a lively, uplifting chi to your space
after the old, negative energy has been cleared out. Put on
a CD of beautiful instrumental music, or play a flute, guitar,
or other instrument as you walk through your entire house.
BLESSING
End your space clearing ceremony with a blessing. This may
include written wishes for each area of the ba gua placed
in red envelopes throughout the house or collected on a home
altar, or it could be as simple as a heartfelt prayer of gratitude
on behalf of your home and family. If you have a CD of sacred
chants or blessings, you could play it for a few minutes both
before and after your ceremony.
There are many different ways
to do a space clearing, and entire books have been written
on the topic. If you like spontaneity and improvisation, you
may prefer to make up a ceremony of your own. If you prefer
to follow a more traditional method, there are many resources
available, including Christan Hummel's "Do It Yourself
Space Clearing Kit" (see "Recommended Resources,"
below).
Ideally, your home should
be clean and tidy before you begin any kind of space clearing
ceremony. If you have a monster clutter problem, however,
space clearing can be used to loosen up the old energy that
is clogging up your home. This will make it easier to get
started with your clutter clearing efforts. Getting rid of
your clutter will shake a lot more energy loose, so you'll
probably want to do another space clearing when you are done.
As we move into the busy holiday
season, this is a good time to begin planning a space clearing
ceremony for your home. Whether you wish to do this in the
days before family arrive to celebrate a holiday with you,
or after the December holidays to help you get ready for a
New Year, a space clearing ceremony is a wonderful way to
cherish yourself, your family, and your home.
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