Use Energy Work to Create Sacred Space
What is Energy Work?
Energy work is working with the energy that surrounds us. Our sacred space could be our home, office, or any location. This article explains how to use energy work to create sacred space.
This energy impacts and influences us more than most people are aware of. Like gravity, just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t affect you. Mystics, psychics, priests, artists, and shamans live in this energy and understand how to use it and how to use it most wisely. I, too, am sensitive to it and how it influences my moods, decisions, daily activities, energy level, productivity, and relationships (whether at home or work).
Energy and Feng Shui
Where and how you display your items impacts the energy flow, also known as Feng Shui.
Numerous books and websites can explain this method better than I can. While I don’t consider myself a Feng Shui Practitioner, I use many of the principles and techniques employed in Feng Shui and find them highly beneficial.
Smudging for Energy Cleaning
Another ancient practice I use in my energy work is the Native Americans (and others) called smudging and calling in the directions. I use them to cleanse the energy in your home or office. Everyone knows how important it is to clean your home (usually in spring) especially after someone has made a mess. The same applies energetically. There is energetic dirt, dust, and grime left behind from general living and heavier, denser energy from illness or trauma. It would help if you energetically cleaned every time you regularly clean, and for deeper cleaning, you may need more help.
To do light, energetic cleaning, you can light a smudge or incense stick and walk through your home in a clockwise position, aiming to move dirty energy out. It is nice to open a window, but it is unnecessary. Another quick and easy method is to ring a bell in every room a few times until the bell sounds clearer, sharper, and louder. You can also spritz a lavender or sage water-based spray in each room. You can light a candle; different colors bring different results. There are numerous ways to do this, such as connecting with energy through sight, sound, and smell and using the elements: air, fire, earth, and water.
Another way I use smudging and calling directions is to create the intent and the blueprint for what you want out of your home/office. Whatever you desire to make for this room or area, we can do it together. I use the above methods, including salt, drumming, crystals, symbols, and alters, as well as astrology, numerology, Reiki, and feng shui principles. You would need to be clear on what intent you want to set and what type of energy you want to create, and together, we could make an individualized plan. Creating with conscious intention is very powerful and brings beautiful results.
What is Sacred Space?
Every day, you create (either consciously or unconsciously), and you may or may not like the results of what you have made. Every time you start your day 10 minutes behind, can’t find your car keys, or run around cursing your dog, the children, and the gods, you are building up energetic patterns that can create chaos.
To reverse this, start by being aware. For instance, put the car keys in their place as soon as you return home. Doing things like this builds up energetic patterns that can only make life easier.
An organized home has a flow; it feels good to be in the space. It is refreshing to you. You have created a sacred space with the energies supporting you. Sacred spaces can be taken to another level when you use a space just for meditation, prayer, reflection, healing, etc. When you want to create such a sanctuary, all the above ideas hold in creating this type of space.
Karen Brooks is an Inspired Organizer at her business, Master Your Disaster, LLC. She helps people and companies create organized and sacred spaces for a peaceful and harmonious life. Serving in McMinnville, Newberg, Lincoln City, Salem, Oregon, and surrounding areas. You can reach her at masteryourdisaster@gmail.com or call 503-881-7652