15 Energy Cleansing Techniques For Your Aura & Home

In this post, you will find 15 energy cleansing techniques for removing negative energy from your aura and environment.

 

What are energy cleansing techniques?

 

Energy cleansing techniques are rituals performed with the intention of removing negative and stagnant energy from an environment, an object, or a person. Energy cleansing rituals help to remove energy that may have been picked up or left behind by others, and they also help to remove the evil eye. They are a great go-to practice, especially for those who feel they are particularly sensitive to energies.

This type of practice is also commonly used in witchcraft and by occult practitioners, for example, cleansing your space and tools before beginning a magickal working, or cleansing your divination tools before a divination session.

Overall, cleansing rituals play an important role in maintaining good spiritual hygiene and can be carried out by anyone. This type of ritual often involves cleansing tools such as sage bundles, incense, singing bowls or other modalities such as visualization techniques.

 

When to use energy cleansing techniques?

 

Energy cleansing techniques should be performed whenever you feel called to use them, whenever you feel the need to hit the ‘refresh button’ when it comes to your energy field or the space around you.

You may wish to do an energy cleanse after a stressful day at the office, have a weekly salt bath as part of your spiritual hygiene practice, or even do a monthly energetic cleansing of your home.

 

Examples of when to do an energetic cleanse:

• When you feel drained, fatigued or ‘off’ with no clear reason.
• You feel a sense of heaviness and discomfort.
• Increased mood swings and anxiety.
• You feel unmotivated.
• When experiencing tension in relationships more than usual.
• You feel you are having a streak of bad luck.

 

Examples of when to energetically cleanse your home:

• When the space feels tense, stale or uncomfortable.
• When experiencing increased arguments or tension.
• After guests leave, as an energetic refresh.
• After experiencing illness, or feeling in a ‘slump’.
• Alongside a deep clean of the home.
• When the space is cluttered.
• After big life changes, such as a breakup.
• When you move into a new home, to remove old and lingering energies.

 

15 Energy Cleansing Techniques For Your Aura & Home

 

1. Sound cleansing

 

Sound can be used to clear away negative and stagnant energy. Common sound cleansing tools include singing bowls, chimes, bells and healing frequencies, such as 417Hz.

 

How to cleanse negative energy using sound:

To cleanse your home

1. Select your sound cleansing tool.
2. Set your intentions.
3. Ring or strike your sound cleansing tool and take it around your desired area, allowing the sound to fill the space as it clears away negative energy and breaks up energetic blockages.

To cleanse yourself

1. Select your sound cleansing tool.
2. Sit with your tool and set your intentions.
3. Ring or strike your tool, imagine your aura becoming cleansed and refreshed as you immerse yourself in the sound.

Frequency music

If using a frequency track, you can:

• Meditate with the track playing.
• Play it in the background as you get on with another task.
• Play it overnight as you sleep.
• Leave it playing on a device in your desired area.

 

2. Salt

 

Salt is great for absorbing negative energy and can be used in multiple ways. Any kind of salt is fine. You can use table salt, sea salt, pink Himalayan salt or even create a DIY batch of salt combined with dried herbs that have protective and cleansing properties.

 

How to clear negative energy with salt:

• Add salt to bath water, setting the intention of purifying your energy field.
• Use salt to gently exfoliate your body in the shower.

 

How to remove negative energy from your home using salt:

• Sprinkle salt on your floor and leave it for a few hours before sweeping it up.
• Combine salt with water to create salt water and use it to wipe down surfaces.
• Add salt and water to a spray bottle and spray your desired area with it.

 

3. Essential oils

 

Essential oils have a range of spiritual properties as well as physical benefits.

 

Essential oils that have purifying properties include:

• Frankincense
• Cedarwood
• Sage
• Tea tree

 

How to clear negative energy with essential oils:

• Add a few drops of your selected oil into an essential oil diffuser.
• Mix your desired essential oil with a carrier oil of your choice and apply it to your body.
• Add a few drops of essential oil to your bath water.

 

Note: Remember to do your research when choosing an essential oil that you will be using around pets in your home, some oils can be toxic to them! & If you are using essential oils on your skin, don’t forget to patch test.

 

4. Smoke cleansing

 

Smoke cleansing is a popular energy purification method, and there are many options to choose from.

 

Common smoke cleansing tools include:

• Incense sticks.
• Incense cones.
• Dried herb bundles such as sage, cedar or rosemary.
• Palo santo.

 

How to clear negative energy using smoke cleansing:

1. Select your desired smoke cleansing tool.
2. Prepare your space by opening a window so the energy you are banishing can leave.
3. Set your intentions for the ritual.
4. Light your smoke cleansing tool.
5. Go around the selected area, moving your tool around and allowing the smoke to fill the space.

Tip: Place your smoke cleansing tool in a fireproof dish as you cleanse the space to catch any ash.

 

5. Bath ritual

 

Spiritual bathing rituals are an effective way to purify your energy field, and they make a wonderful, relaxing spiritual self-care practice.

The element of water is known for its purifying properties. A bath ritual can be as simple as bathing in water with the intention of removing negative energies. You can also add salt for energy purification, or add herbs and essential oils to your bath water that correspond with spiritual cleansing, such as rosemary or lavender.

Check out this spiritual bathing post to read more about ritual bathing and learn how to perform a bath ritual for energy cleansing.

 

6. Visualization

 

If physical tools aren’t your preferred method, or you can’t access physical cleansing tools, visualization techniques are just as effective!

 

How to clear your energy with visualization:

1. Sit down and close your eyes.
2. Take a few deep breaths.
3. Imagine a bright white light flowing down from above you, pouring over your entire body like a waterfall. See this purifying white light filling your body and entire energy field, restoring balance as it cleanses away all negative and stagnant energy.

 

7. Meditation

 

Practicing meditation is a simple yet powerful way to bring us back into the present moment, into our natural flow state.

 

Here is a meditation exercise for rebalancing your energy:

1. Sit or lie down in a comfortable position and close your eyes.
2. Begin to take a few gentle, deep breaths, inhaling through your nose and out through your mouth.
3. Imagine a golden ball of light glowing in the centre of your heart space.
4. Bring your awareness down into this ball of glowing light and begin to breathe into it.
5. The more you breathe, feel yourself anchor deeper into your heart space.

 

8. Shower ritual

 

Shower rituals are a quick and easy way to cleanse the aura and bring balance to your energy.

 

How to clear negative energy with a shower ritual:

1. Before getting into the shower, set your intentions for the ritual.
2. As the water flows over your body, imagine all negative energy and energetic blockages falling away down into the drain.

Optional shower ritual steps:

• Recite a prayer or affirmations as you shower, such as ‘I release all negativity’ or ‘I call back my energy to me and I release all negativity from me’.
• Light a candle for relaxation.
• Light some incense for purification.
• Use a salt body scrub to clear away negative energy.

 

9. Crystals

 

Many crystals have spiritual properties that can assist with aura cleansing, spiritual protection, and promoting peace and balance.

 

4 Crystals for cleansing and protection:

• Black tourmaline.
• Selenite.
• Clear quartz.
• Titanium aura quartz.

 

6 Ways to use crystals for cleansing and protection:

• Meditating with the crystal.
• Wearing crystal jewellery.
• Placing them around your home, such as the entryway or bedroom.
• Carrying them in your pocket.
• Placing them around your bath or in the water if they are water-safe.
• Placing them around your altar or sacred space.

 

10. DIY sprays

 

Create your own energy cleansing spray to purify yourself and the environment around you.

DIY cleansing sprays can be as simple as making salt water, or you can get creative by adding cleansing essential oils, herbs and crystals that are safe in water.

 

How to make a simple salt cleansing spray:

Ingredients

• A spray bottle (Preferably glass)
• Salt
• Water

Instructions

1. Set your intentions.
2. Fill your spray bottle with water.
3. Add in the salt.
4. Mix together until the salt is dissolved.
5. Spray your space or yourself to clear away negative energy.

 

How to make an amethyst & lavender cleansing spray:

Ingredients

• A spray bottle (Preferably glass).
• 1/2 cup witch hazel (To preserve).
• 1/2 cup distilled water.
• 10 drops of lavender essential oil.
• A cleansed amethyst crystal (Small enough to fit into your spray bottle).

Instructions

1. Set your intentions.
2. Combine 1/2 cup witch hazel and 1/2 cup distilled water into the spray bottle.
3. Add in 10 drops of lavender essential oil.
4. Add the amethyst crystal to the water.
5. Shake the bottle to ensure the ingredients are mixed together.
6. Shake before each use and spray your space, or yourself. (This recipe is skin-friendly! Just remember to perform a patch test.)

 

11. Candle ritual

 

Spell candles are used to set intentions and manifest desires. They can be used for numerous purposes, including banishing negative energy and invoking protection.

Candle rituals can also be carried out to return negative energy sent your way back to its original source; this is often referred to as a ‘return to sender’ ritual. Return to sender candles are a great option if you suspect someone may have cast the evil eye or spellwork your way.

For more information, check out this post: How To Get Rid Of Evil Eye Using A Return To Sender Spell

 

12. Declutter

 

Having clutter around your home accumulates negative and stagnant energy, which causes overwhelm and restricted positive energy flow.

To remove negative energy from your home and bring forth a sense of renewal and balance, remove clutter along with objects you feel no longer serve you, such as items you don’t use anymore or objects that hold negative connotations.

 

13. Nature

 

Getting out into nature is grounding, reduces stress and helps to clear the mind. Take a walk in a local park or spend some time in your backyard to recenter your energy and soak up the positive energy nature provides.

 

14. Movement

 

Moving the body releases negative and stagnant energy, overall elevating your spirits. Physical activities such as dancing, stretching, hitting the gym or shaking your body are beneficial when it comes to refreshing your energy.

 

15. Reiki

 

Reiki is a Japanese healing practice where the practitioner channels universal life force energy to bring balance and restoration to the body. Reiki can be performed through in-person (hands-on or near the body) and distance healing sessions to clear blockages and cleanse the aura, overall restoring the natural flow of energy in the body.

 

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