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• Clean and smudge:

  • Take a broom and get the energy moving.In a counterclockwise motion, sweep from the top to the bottom of every wall, corner, nook and cranny. (You don’t have to make actual contact with the surfaces. Imagine all the trapped energies being swept out into the open. Take your broom and now sweep the floors, from the back of the house out to the front of the house until you sweep everything out of the front door. If you feel like you want to deep clean, use Spiritual Cleansing Big Al Bath & Floor Wash or Sage Bath & Floor Wash and wipe down and/or wash the floors of the house or space you are cleansing.

  • Now you can smudge. Make sure to open every closet, every drawer, and every cabinet in the entire house. Also be sure to pull back curtains and open blinds so that windowsills are accessible. Make sure you can easily move around the whole house without bumping into anything or having to stop to open drawers or doors.

  • To begin the smudging ceremony, light the sage, sweetgrass, cedar or palo santo. (Remember to keep a dish under the burning herbs to catch any ash.) If you are having problems keeping it lit, occasionally blow on it to keep the embers burning—you want to continue to coax the flame until you get a steady smoke.

  • It does not matter where you start smudging. If you are performing the ritual in your home, you can start at the front door and work your way around from there, or you can start from the backyard and work your way inside but always go in a counterclockwise direction. What is important is that you smudge every inch of the house. This includes closets, basements, every room, the basement, and the attic (if accessible). Start at the door frame of each room and then work your way inside the room and be sure to smudge every corner, window, and, of course, closet. Be sure to send smoke up to each corner of the ceiling and along the corners of the walls. After all four corners are “smudged” with smoke, go to the center of the room and make a clockwise circle of smudge. Complete all rooms. You may also want to blow smoke near the drawers and in the closets.

  • As you go through your home, workplace, or other residence, be sure to repeat a prayer, verse, or saying that you feel will empower you. The more empowered you feel, the more commanding your presence, and this will help in removing unwanted entities and energies. Speak to yourself, to God, to the universe, to Mother Earth, to a Deity or to the energy of life. You might ask for particular protection in certain rooms or for forgiveness and peace in other rooms. You might ask for those you love to be able to see themselves as they really are when you smudge mirrors; ask that you may see yourself as you are, too.

  • After you complete all rooms, open as many windows and exterior doors as is practical to let the smoke be purged for at least 20 to 45 minutes as this will help "blow away" all the negative energies that you just worked to break apart and disperse.

  • Now bring in the positive energy.  Use bells and/or singing bowls to raise the vibrations of the cleansed space. In a clockwise motion, go around your house or space using sound to bring in the positive vibes.

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