Clearing the Air

With all the restless nights, nightmares, and general feelings of anxiety lately, I was inspired by Sacred Suzie to join her in cleansing the dark energy from myself and my house. Yesterday was the new moon, which was a good time for performing this kind of ritual. I didn't have any clue what to do, but her blog had several good ideas and I decided to just go with whatever felt right to me.

I didn't have time to start anything before work, but after getting home, getting groceries, and eating dinner I got things started. My husband and I actually found time to do a quick yoga session with our yoga DVD. It felt s-o-o-o-o-o good! I always feel lighter and happier after a yoga session.

Then, he went off to work/play on his computer and I started the rest of my ritual. I filled a bowl with vinegar and put it in the kitchen to collect the negative energy. Then I started a salt bath for myself. I lit a white candle to burn during the bath and then used it later on for my ritual as well. It was the perfect kind of bath for me! I am not normally a bather. I shower, but don't bath. If I want to wash my hair and body then I need a shower. But, with this kind of bath there was no pressure to shampoo and condition my hair and I didn't even feel like I had to spend a certain amount of time soaking and relaxing. I know a lot of people like to sit and relax in the bath, but I have a very hard time sitting still without purpose. This bath totally had a purpose for me since I was focusing on banishing the dark energy and surrounding myself with light. It felt great! I may just be able to get through my enormous canister of bath salts after all!

After I dried off with a nice fresh towel and put on clean and fresh clothes (this was difficult since it was a laundry day and most of my cool comfortable clothes were in some stage of being washed). I've recently started using 'Bio-Oil' on my psoriasis so I then dabbed the oil on all the problem areas. It felt sort of like an anointing process.

Then I took my candle and went to each room and couldn't really think of what to say, so I just imagined myself cleaning away the negative energy and blessing each room with clean white light. Next time I think I might bring along our little chime since the ring is so clear and pure. It'll just take a bit of juggling since you need a little mallet to strike it. Once the whole house was done, I emptied the bowl of vinegar and blew out the candle.

I feel good today since it feels like I'm doing something to help me feel better. I find doing things like this also make me more mindful that I have the power to control how I feel and the direction in my life. I'm not sure if it was the yoga or just the result of a very busy day but I felt so tired last night it was much easier to fall asleep. The anxiety and restlessness that I had before was gone. Of course, we were having a summer storm that blew away the heat, so that might have helped too. Oh well, whatever the cause, I'm thankful for the deep sleep!