CLEARING OR SMUDGING: Bringing Homes, Rooms, and Offices into Balance & Harmony.
Have you ever been in a space that just doesn't feel right? You may feel "stuck" or "blue" while in that space. These and many other types of feelings may be associated with energies that are in that room that are stagnant and need to be cleared. There are several ways to clear, cleanse or purify a space that can help bring about physical, emotional and spiritual balance. Smudging, energetics, ceremonial rites are among them. Below is a process that may be used as a guideline. (The link above takes you to additional information on smudging.) For more info on this topic email us at info@practicalwoowoo.com. We are available to help you do your own smudge or for a fee (if you are in the San Diego area), do it for you.
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Intention Setting: (Where your intention goes – so does the energy flow)
This is the most important step. Define, and clarify the intention for the space – your intention will be imprinted into the space even if you are not consciously “thinking” it.
Develop both an overall intention for the space and a specific intention (example: overall intention – have an abundant & prosperous home; specific intention – increasing financial success resulting in an understanding of knowing that your needs will be met)
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Clearing or Purifying the Space:
Before you can improve the energy of the space you must clear stagnant, stuck, negative or improper energies from the room.
Energies can get stuck in corners, areas where physical items accumulate, closets etc.
Energy Purification- Some of the Techniques used for clearing can include: Smudging with Sage, purifying fire ceremony using Alcohol & Epsom salts (lit has white flame) or “holy” water (solar-charged, lunar-charged, rainbow charged, crystal charged)Gratitude for the clearing of undesired energies in the form of prayers or thanks.
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Invocation, Dedication or Blessing of the Space:
Once the space has been cleared or purified, the “new” energies or intentions are brought into the space.
Energy Infusion – Some of Techniques used: Candles, “holy water”, crystals, aromatherapy.
Blessing reflecting the intention of the space(s) (i.e. the home and each of its rooms)Gratitude for infused energies in the form of prayers or thanks.
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Grounding of the Cleared and Infused Energy:
Once the space has been cleared and infused techniques can be invoked to help sustain the energy fields that have been brought into that space.
“Energizers” can include any of the following practices – “cleaned” crystal placed in a centrally located room in the space, a plant with a piece of paper containing the overall intention – buried at the plant’s roots, feng shui objects etc.
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Conclusion
Reflection on the session; checking if there is any more to be done.
Offering thanks for the energy clearing and infusion session.
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OTHER TOPICS:
BACH Flower Remedies
Bach flower remedies were developed by Dr. Edward Bach in the early to mid 1900’s. Each of the 38 remedies he developed through his works with flowers and plants is directed at a particular characteristic or emotional state. These 38 remedies map to seven major emotional groups. These include: fearful, uncertainty, lack of interest, lonely, oversensitivity, despondent, over-concern.
Bach believed that healing had to focus on the person and not the disease. He leveraged some of his homeopathic training and began working with nature using flowers and plants.
“Bach found that when he treated the personalities and feelings of his patients their unhappiness and physical distress would be alleviated as the natural healing potential in their bodies was unblocked and allowed to work once more.” Bach Centre Web site.
Dr. Bach as a doctor, served in many capacities including a House Surgeon in London’s University College Hospital, a general practice in Harley Street, a bacteriologist and later as a pathologist working vaccines & homeopathic nosodes.
The methods that Dr. Bach used originally are still used today at the Mount Vernon Oxfordshire. The custodians are dedicated to maintain and to use the Remedies as intended by Dr. Bach.
“Two methods are used to make the Bach Flower Remedies. Most of the more delicate flowers are prepared using the sun method, which involves floating the blooms in pure water for a number of hours. More woody plants, or flowers which bloom when the sun is weak, are prepared by boiling for half an hour. In both cases full-strength 40% brandy is used as a preservative, mixed 50/50 with the prepared tincture. Drops from the preserved mother tincture are further diluted in brandy to make the stock bottles that can be bought in the shops.” Bach Centre Web site.
For additional information on Bach Remedies check out: http://www.bachcentre.com/centre/faq.htm
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A Nibble of Energy Healing
Energy Healing has been practiced since ancient times and has served to help those using and receiving it to achieve a greater sense of heath and well being. Energy healing and energy medicine look to find the causal root of an imbalance within the human energy system. Energy Healing tools and techniques, in some instances, serve as adjuncts to traditional western medicine; in other instances, energy healing tools and techniques can be used to strengthen the body, mind, and spirit – whether in treating an illness or preventing one.
Many types of energy healing techniques and applications exist and are practiced today. Acupuncture, Acupressure, Reiki, Hands on Healing, Healing Touch, Sound Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Bioenergetics, and Core Energetics, just to name a few, work with the human energy field and seek to restore a sense of balance and flow within the human energy system alleviating the “dis –ease”.
QiGong and Tai Chi are two examples of movement that focus attention on the human energy system – using breath, meditation and physical movement.
To find out more about energy healing, start or add to the discussion or to ask questions, please go to the FORUM. Our January 2005 Newsletter provided additional resources; you may sign up for our Newsletter on our Home Page.
Please check our "Recommendations" link or "click" on A Nibble of Energy Healing, for suggested readings as well as music on the energy healing topic.
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