Lightening the Energy of Your Home

People often contact me to say that they feel the atmosphere in their home has a "heavy" or "negative" feel to it. They wonder if it could be due to the presence of spirit people who are spreading negativity. On occasion, this might be so. Often, however, the negativity that we sense in our living space is self-generated. Before you attribute what you are feeling to the spirit people, I would suggest implementing the following practices to help lighten the energy of your home. 

1.     Open all your windows at least once a day – preferably all at the same time, replacing the stale air that has been recycled by the central air/heat unit.  As you regularly air out your home you will notice that you are more open to new ideas and fresh perspective that will help you move through life’s situations instead of getting stuck. When we open the windows, we also let in the energies of the season to bring in much needed change. If there is energy in you home that feels ‘stuck’ or heavy, firmly hold the intention that the draft from the open windows clears away all everything that is no longer needed in your space or in your life.

2.     Unclutter your home. Clutter is stuck energy. Usually we accumulate clutter when we hold on to something that has really run its course. It could be clothes that would fit if only we lost the extra 5 pounds that we’ve been struggling with for years. Perhaps it is shoes that you once loved but that are no longer going places, or that pile of books, newspapers or magazines that you never get around to reading. When we clear our clutter, we release stuck energy, creating space for new experiences. The energy of our homes instantly becomes lighter and brighter. If you are holding on to stuff you never use ‘just in case’ tell yourself that should you really need this item again, you will be able to either borrow it from someone or simply go out and purchase it.

3.     Keep your home clean and picked up. As you clean, envision that along with cleaning the physical space, you are also cleaning the energy of your home, releasing old and stuck energies, sadness, anger or negativity – yours or other people’s – that may have come in since your last clean up.

4.     Periodically burn sage, palo santo, sweet grass and frankincense. Sage and palo santo clear the energy of your place. Since both smoke quite a bit you might want to do burn them after you have opened the windows. Sweet grass and frankincense bring in the positive spiritual energies, creating a feeling of upliftment and a sense of the sacred.

5.     Establish a prayer and meditation practice. When we pray and meditate we open ourselves to the presence of the divine and we literally bring these energies into our home. When we pray it is important to not just pray for our individual needs and desires. Instead, get in the habit of praying for the well being of everyone and everything on the planet and pray for Mother Earth herself. Prayer and meditation have a cumulative effect. You will probably not notice much of a difference in the energy of your home if you pray once or twice or meditate on rare occasions. Over time, however, the energies of your prayers become anchored in your physical space, creating an atmosphere of light, love and well-being. 

6.     Call on the spirits of the land and the deva of your home to bless your physical space. Periodically, give them an offering of loose tobacco and thank them for their assistance.  

7.     For tips on how to establish a prayer and meditation practice, and how to avoid undue spirit influence, and how to raise your own energy, I would suggest that you read my book Medium: A Step-by-Step-Guide to Communicating with the Spirit World. The book will be released on August 8, 2016. It is currently available for preorder from the publisher Llewellyn Worldwide, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.