| Shamanic Techniques for Space Clearing | | | | combination of the resins of Frankincense, Benzoin and |
| Shamanism is the foundation of Space Clearing and | | | | Myrrh. The combination of these resins will cleanse |
| Feng Shui and both are very magical art forms. The | | | | negative energies; help with the removal of trapped |
| sensing of subtle energies, ghosts, thought forms all | | | | earthbound spirits or ghosts and will raise the vibration |
| take time and continual practice to become skilled at | | | | of the space it is used in. |
| discerning what is real and what is not. Shamanic | | | | Energy Shifting with Water - Water is childhood and |
| truths and techniques have been used by every | | | | innocence, healing of emotions and healing of the past. |
| culture from the prehistoric through the great classic | | | | Water is excellent for clearing a room of negative |
| civilizations and on through the present. There are | | | | emotions, as water has been long associated with |
| many different techniques I employ in my work. I may | | | | emotions. It is also essential to be hydrated yourself. |
| work with the elements, with music and sound, with | | | | You will be able to perceive energy more clearly and |
| chanting and prayer. The choice of technique depends | | | | be more effective if you are adequately hydrated. |
| on the given situation. My mother and grandmother | | | | Smudging is a ritual burning of herbs, using the smoke |
| taught me many of these techniques and I have found | | | | produced to alter the energy for oneself or another, or |
| them very effective for working with most energies | | | | to cleanse the energy of a specific space. The most |
| that need to be cleared. | | | | common herbs used in North America are sage and |
| The Elements | | | | cedar. Most native peoples use one of the gray-green |
| EnergyShifting with Earth - Salt has remarkable | | | | herbs for purifying and sanctifying. |
| purifying properties. Salt is a crystal so it absorbs, | | | | Sage is associated with purity, things of the spirit and |
| cleanses, clears and protects. Salt is wonderful for | | | | of heaven and dispels negative energy. Used to purify |
| clearing and neutralizing negative energies in a home or | | | | ceremonial objects and people, sacred smudge or |
| office. Salt cleanses the aura and is most effective for | | | | sage is used throughout many cultures to purify and |
| individuals when used in the bath. Salt can be used in | | | | transform the energy of a space before meditation or |
| many ways to clear a space. Salt is a valuable | | | | ceremony. It is used as a catalyst between the known |
| resource and has been used and valued by ancient | | | | and the unknown. Sage will clear the auric field of a |
| people who knew of its amazing healing powers for | | | | person, place or object of unwanted energies. Smoke |
| thousands of years. It has been used as a medicine, | | | | is the element of air and when the sage or (smudge) is |
| preservative and a link to the spiritual realms. | | | | burning the smoke rises up to the heavens and takes |
| One of the first clearing techniques taught to me by | | | | our prayers and intentions with it to the Great Spirit. |
| my mother was the use of salt. My father was in the | | | | The use of Sage in the home for spiritual cleansing |
| Air Force and we moved about every 18 months. I | | | | and dedication is one of the oldest of energy-clearing |
| recall my mother with a bowl of salt in her hands inside | | | | techniques. |
| the moving van. She was tossing the salt about into | | | | Cedar’s evergreen needles are used to purify |
| the empty van. I asked her what she was doing. She | | | | space, for clearing and cleansing and dispelling negative |
| told me that she was clearing the moving van of the | | | | energy. Another wonderful use of cedar is to make an |
| energies of the people who were here before us; that | | | | infusion for the bath. |
| this would allow us to move our things into the van | | | | EnergyShifting with Sound - Everything has a vibration, |
| without taking on the energies of the other people. I | | | | a frequency and a sound. Sound, whether audible or |
| watched in amazement. | | | | not, produces vibrations and will affect all people and all |
| EnergyShifting with Fire - The use of fire in the home | | | | matter, both emotionally and physically. Different |
| for spiritual cleansing and dedication is one of the | | | | sounds affect molecules in different ways. My favorite |
| oldest, surest and most immediate of Energy Clearing | | | | tools to use for clearing are singing bowls and drums. |
| techniques. The simple lighting of a candle with focus | | | | Drums can both clear and invoke energy. Drums break |
| and intent can help to shift the energy in a room | | | | up thick energy very quickly and are good for clearing |
| almost immediately. Fire is a catalyst between the | | | | emotions as well as clearing the room of negative |
| visible and invisible worlds. It is purifying and | | | | energy. The drum is a balancing space clearing tool |
| transforming. Fire is a very powerful force. There are | | | | and has traditionally been used by the Native |
| many different methods to incorporate the use of fire | | | | Americans to invoke the spirit realms. Another very old |
| for clearing. The use of fire is especially appropriate | | | | and widely used technique is the use of clapping |
| after an argument or experiencing intense emotions: if | | | | one’s hands in the corners of a room to clear |
| someone has been ill, and when moving into a new | | | | space. Both the Druids and the Balinese use this |
| house, especially if previous occupants have | | | | technique. |
| experienced strong negative emotions. Fire is useful | | | | EnergyShifting with Bells - Clearing with bells leaves a |
| for therapists after a day of clients, after a burglary or | | | | crystal-clear energy field in a room. The quality of this |
| break in, after an incidence of violence and when | | | | energy will depend on the size of the bell, the kind of |
| working with spirits or ghosts. | | | | metal used in the casting of the bell and the energy |
| EnergyShifting with Air - For many centuries we have | | | | and culture of the bell maker. Listen closely as you |
| used incense to cleanse and purify space. Incense | | | | clear, the resonant note from a bell will sound much |
| cleanses the atmosphere of negative energy and | | | | clearer and last much longer after a space clearing is |
| energizes the astral field and inhabitants in the space. | | | | complete. |
| Some of my most favorite forms of incense are a | | | | |