Space Clearing, Blessings and Altars

After a Feng Shui consultant has recommended specific cures and reinforcements they may also recommend a space-clearing, home blessing or other ceremonies. By incorporating space-clearing you will be able to move out the old energies and make way for the new in your personal environment or work space. It is always wise to pay attention to the energies present in the places where we live and work. Remember: by getting rid of the old, we make way for the new and creating ceremony is a good way to open to the new energies.

It is just as important to cleanse the space of psychic energies as it is to physically clean the room. Space clearing can be done through the use of essential oils, flower essences, light, sound and incense. We can also add symbolic items representing the elements on the altar which can be set up in any area of your home. Place a colorful cloth such as red-fire- a candle-light, wood-statue, earth-stone or ceramic container, metal- coins, and water-vase with flowers.

Ceremony is usually included when we want to honor life or some special life changing event such as a birth or marriage. A ceremony can be as simple as a ribbon cutting to initiate the new energies of your new home or business. No matter what you do, if you do it with intention and awareness, you will be setting intention and honoring the energies of sacred space. Even the simple ceremony of smudging a new home can be quite profound when done with a focused awareness. Adding scent via incense or essential oils can be a simple way to keep the energy of your home clean and clear of the burdens of the day.

Cycles are important to remember in relation to Feng Shui. There is a rhythm to life, a time for growth and a time for death. Cycles are important to observe: moon cycles are often used for planting and beginning new projects. Similarly, we can observe and align ourselves with the seasons as well: solstices and equinoxes and when we are in tune and aligned consciously with these cycles of nature, the rhythms of life, we find more harmony and balance in our lives.