Space Clearing is “Loving Up” a Place

Part 3 of 7 *

It’s our second skin. Homes and workplaces are extensions of us. Through doorways and hallways, they circulate energy (chi)–or don’t, depending on how cluttered, congested, and gummed up they are. Like people, they get stressed out, out of balance, even sick.

Houses and buildings breathe by expanding and contracting. They are affected by the land they sit on, the weather, the neighboring properties, and yes, even the residue of memories left behind by previous occupants. Homes thrive when they’re nourished and well tended. Like people, they respond well to love.

I often tell my clients that at the very core of this practice, space-clearing is “loving up” a place: restoring balance by paying attention, acknowledging, and holding a space for the home or workplace with “spacious detachment.” Watch a mother hold her disconsolate child without conditions, or an agenda, or a need to fix or “do” anything, and you get the idea. The child walks away feeling all better because his mom simply held a space for him.

Likewise, a simple act of witnessing and honoring that comes from mindful tending does wonders to shift the energy in a space. You can practice this yourself by simply doing something in your home that makes you feel good. The good energy will ripple out, and circulate into all areas of your home and life. If you like to cook, for example, prepare something that you love, with smells that you know will waft and linger. If you like to dance or listen to music, crank up the music and boogie at least once a day… maybe even while you’re cooking, or washing the dishes.

If you thought it was just you, your family and your pets that occupied your space, think again. There is way more going on in our homes than meets the eye. Find out in my next post, Part 4: “Space Clearing: There’s More Going On Than Meets the Eye.”

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