To rid your home of negative energy, consider using a cleansing prayer.
Here, learn types of prayers, plus how to set the right intention.
Adding a specific cleansing prayer or mantra can help in this endeavor, too.
For this reason, non-Native people should not use this practice.
Furthermore, setting herbs alight is hardly the only way to clear a space, period.
7 ways to energetically cleanse your home through a cleansing prayer or ritual
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Smoke
As mentioned, the most popular way to smoke cleanseusing white sageis a big no-no.
Another popular option, palo santo wood,is also on the naughty listfor environmental andcultural appropriationreasons.
They use incense regularly to shift space in their house, as well as herb mixtures.
Rosemary is a beautiful herb to cleanse.
It hascirculation properties, so it can really move energy through the house.
Tap into the cultural practices youve may have been disconnected from, they say.
Research the plants of the lands that your blood is from.
I invite people to retrace the steps to their own indigeneity.
Sound
you’re free to also use sound to clear a house, says Valle.
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Her favorite tools to use are Tibetan singing bowls.
Even the smallest ones are mighty, she says.
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Tuning forks can also be used.
My favorite mantra is a simple and all-encompassing one: Into the light for the highest good.
Water
Jordi also likes to use water to both physically and energetically cleanse at once.
Jordi recommends tapping into your ancestral background for inspiration here, too.
Then, Jordi actually cleans the house using this blessed water.
This is not something that I do every week or every month, Jordi says.
We all have access to this energy, says Valle.
After all, Reiki quite literally translates to universal life force.
Salt
Many cleansing practices include salt, too.
We use it to absorb negative energy, she says.
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All you need is a glass jar (e.g.
a pasta sauce jar), salt, water, and six coins (as in, money).
you could set an intention or say a cleansing prayer with the jar if youd like, says Kadri.
Then just place it in the area that you feel theres negativity, she says.
Once its been placed, Kadri says its important not to touch it.
The salt cure is there to absorb the negative energy, she says.
If you touch the water in there or if you touch the crystallization, youre basically re-absorbing it.
What should happen, over time, is that the concoction in the jar starts to crystallize.
Jordi uses salt in one of their cleansing practices as well.
Then I do that on the outside of the house, too.
Crystals
Crystals are a great way to shift the energy in a space, says Valle.
Jordi, meanwhile, likes selenite for energy cleansing purposes.
Essential oils
Of course, essential oils can also be used to cleanse a space, too.
How to set an intention for your cleansing prayer for your home
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To illustrate this idea, she says to imagine youve just taken ownership of a new home.
into its energy field.
There are, of course, those who dont follow a particular tradition.
For those people, Reddy recommends reciting a general cleansing prayer.
And after you are finished working, you could thank them for their help.
According to him, its a solid stand-in thatll do the job just fine.
Alternativelyas mentioned aboveshe loves using the simple mantra: Into the light for the highest good.
Originally published April 3, 2019, with reporting by Rachel Lapidos.
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