Energy Cleansing: Complete Guide to Clearing Space, Objects & Self

Clear the Energy, Refresh the Space

Energy cleansing is one of the most fundamental practices in spiritual work. Just as we clean our physical spaces regularly, we need to cleanse energetically—clearing away stagnant energy, removing negativity, and refreshing the energetic atmosphere of our spaces, objects, and ourselves. Energy accumulates everywhere: in rooms where arguments happened, in objects that have been handled by many people, in our own auras after difficult days. Without regular cleansing, this energy builds up, creating heaviness, discomfort, and blockages.

The good news is that energy cleansing is simple, accessible, and doesn't require expensive tools or complicated rituals. Whether you're using smoke, sound, salt, visualization, or any of dozens of other methods, the principle is the same: you're intentionally clearing away unwanted energy and creating space for fresh, positive energy to flow. Regular cleansing becomes a form of spiritual hygiene—as essential to your wellbeing as physical cleaning is to your health. When you cleanse regularly, you'll notice the difference: spaces feel lighter, objects feel clearer, and you feel more centered and grounded.

This tutorial will teach you multiple methods for cleansing spaces, objects, and yourself, so you can choose the techniques that work best for your situation and preferences.

Why Energy Cleansing?

Removes negativity: Clears away heavy, stagnant, or negative energy.

Refreshes space: Makes rooms feel lighter and more welcoming.

Prepares for ritual: Creates clean energetic slate for magical work.

Clears objects: Removes previous owners' energy from secondhand items.

Personal reset: Clears your own energy field after difficult situations.

Preventative: Regular cleansing prevents energy buildup.

Improves mood: Clean energy = better emotional state.

Enhances intuition: Clear energy allows clearer psychic perception.

When to Cleanse

Spaces

• After moving into new home
• After arguments or conflict
• After illness
• Before and after rituals
• Seasonally (spring cleaning, etc.)
• When space feels heavy or uncomfortable
• After having guests
• Regularly (weekly or monthly)

Objects

• Secondhand or antique items
• Gifts from people with negative energy
• Magical tools before first use
• Crystals (regularly)
• Jewelry (especially if worn during difficult times)
• When object feels heavy or off

Self

• After being in crowds
• After difficult conversations or situations
• After visiting hospitals, funerals, or heavy places
• When feeling drained or heavy
• Before meditation or spiritual work
• Regularly (daily or weekly)

Smoke Cleansing (Most Common)

What to Use

Ethical alternatives to white sage:

• Rosemary (purification, protection)
• Lavender (peace, purification)
• Garden sage (cleansing, wisdom)
• Cedar (purification, grounding)
• Mugwort (psychic cleansing)
• Incense (frankincense, copal, etc.)

How to Smoke Cleanse a Space

1. Open windows: Let negative energy escape
2. Light herb bundle or incense
3. Start at entrance, move clockwise:
4. Waft smoke into all corners
5. Pay attention to doorways, windows, mirrors
6. Move through entire space
7. Speak intention: "I cleanse this space of all negativity"
8. Visualize: Smoke carrying away stagnant energy
9. End at entrance, extinguish safely

How to Smoke Cleanse Objects

1. Pass object through smoke
2. Turn to expose all sides
3. Visualize smoke clearing energy
4. Set intention for cleansing

How to Smoke Cleanse Yourself

1. Waft smoke around your body
2. Start at feet, move up to head
3. Pay attention to chakras
4. Visualize smoke clearing your aura
5. Breathe deeply (but not directly inhaling smoke)

Sound Cleansing

Tools

• Singing bowls
• Bells
• Chimes
• Drums
• Clapping hands
• Voice (chanting, toning)

How to Sound Cleanse

1. For spaces:
2. Ring bell or play bowl in each corner
3. Move through space making sound
4. Pay attention to areas that feel heavy
5. Sound breaks up stagnant energy
6. For objects:
7. Ring bell over or around object
8. Or place object in singing bowl and play
9. For self:
10. Ring bell around your body
11. Or use voice to tone/chant
12. Feel vibrations clearing your field

Salt Cleansing

For Spaces

• Sprinkle salt in corners
• Salt line across thresholds
• Bowl of salt to absorb negativity
• Salt water floor wash

For Objects

• Bury in salt overnight
• Place in bowl of salt
• Wipe with salt water

For Self

• Salt bath (1-2 cups in bath)
• Salt scrub in shower
• Sprinkle salt over head (small amount)

Water Cleansing

For Spaces

• Spray with moon water or blessed water
• Mop floors with cleansing water
• Place bowls of water to absorb energy

For Objects

• Rinse under running water (if water-safe)
• Soak in moon water
• Spray with blessed water

For Self

• Ritual bath
• Shower with intention
• Wash hands mindfully
• Sprinkle moon water on yourself

Visualization Cleansing

White Light Method

1. Close eyes and breathe deeply
2. Visualize brilliant white light
3. See it filling space/object/your body
4. Light pushes out all darkness and negativity
5. Hold visualization until space feels clear

Waterfall Method (For Self)

1. Stand or sit comfortably
2. Visualize waterfall of white light above you
3. See it cascading down over your body
4. Washing away all negativity and heaviness
5. Feel yourself becoming lighter and clearer

Vacuum Method

1. Visualize vacuum or vortex
2. See it sucking up all negative energy
3. From space, object, or your aura
4. Energy is pulled away and neutralized

Crystal Cleansing

For Spaces

• Place cleansing crystals in corners:
• Clear quartz (amplifies cleansing)
• Black tourmaline (absorbs negativity)
• Selenite (purifies and charges)
• Leave for 24 hours or permanently

For Objects

• Place object with cleansing crystal
• Selenite is especially good for this
• Leave overnight or longer

For Self

• Hold cleansing crystal
• Visualize it absorbing negativity from you
• Or wear cleansing crystal jewelry

Elemental Cleansing

Earth

• Bury object in earth overnight
• Walk barefoot on earth
• Use salt (earth element)

Air

• Smoke cleansing (air carries smoke)
• Open windows, let fresh air flow
• Use feather to waft energy away

Fire

• Pass object through candle flame (carefully)
• Burn written negativity
• Visualize fire burning away negativity

Water

• Rinse, soak, or spray with water
• Ritual baths
• Moon water cleansing

Specific Cleansing Techniques

Clapping Method (Quick & Easy)

1. Clap loudly in corners and around space
2. Sound breaks up stagnant energy
3. No tools needed
4. Great for quick cleansing

Sweeping Method

1. Use broom (besom) to sweep space
2. Don't touch floor—sweep energy, not dirt
3. Sweep from back of space to front
4. Sweep negativity out door

Intention & Breath

1. Stand in space or hold object
2. Take deep breath
3. Exhale forcefully with intention to cleanse
4. Visualize breath carrying away negativity
5. Repeat until feels clear

Creating Cleansing Sprays

Basic Cleansing Spray

Ingredients:

• Spray bottle
• Water (moon water ideal)
• Salt (pinch)
• Essential oils (optional):
• Lavender (peace)
• Rosemary (purification)
• Lemon (cleansing)
• Frankincense (spiritual cleansing)

Instructions:

1. Fill bottle with water
2. Add pinch of salt
3. Add 10-15 drops essential oil
4. Shake well before each use
5. Spray around space, on objects, or on self

Cleansing Rituals

Full House Cleansing

1. Declutter and physically clean first
2. Open all windows
3. Start at back of house
4. Use smoke, sound, or spray in each room
5. Pay attention to corners, closets, under beds
6. Move toward front door
7. End by sweeping negativity out front door
8. Close windows
9. Optional: Place protection at entrance

Personal Cleansing Ritual

1. Take cleansing bath or shower
2. Smoke cleanse your aura
3. Sound cleanse with bell
4. Visualize white light filling you
5. Ground and center
6. Set intention for fresh start

Object Cleansing Ritual

1. Hold object and acknowledge its history
2. Thank previous energy for leaving
3. Cleanse with smoke, salt, or sound
4. Visualize object becoming clear and neutral
5. Charge with your own energy/intention
6. Declare object cleansed and yours

Maintaining Clean Energy

Regular Practices

• Daily: Quick visualization or breath cleansing
• Weekly: Smoke or sound cleanse main spaces
• Monthly: Deep cleanse entire home
• Seasonally: Major cleansing and renewal
• As needed: After difficult events or when space feels heavy

Prevention

• Don't let clutter accumulate (holds stagnant energy)
• Open windows regularly (fresh air clears energy)
• Keep plants (natural air and energy purifiers)
• Use salt bowls in corners (absorb negativity)
• Set energetic boundaries (who/what you allow in space)

The Practice of Clearing

Energy cleansing is more than just a magical technique—it's a practice of awareness, of noticing when energy feels off and taking action to clear it. It's recognizing that we're not just physical beings in physical spaces; we're energetic beings in energetic environments. What we can't see still affects us. The argument that happened in your living room last week left an energetic residue. The anxiety you carried home from work is still in your aura. The antique mirror you bought carries the energy of everyone who looked into it.

When you cleanse regularly, you're taking responsibility for your energetic environment. You're not just passively accepting whatever energy accumulates; you're actively creating the energetic atmosphere you want to live in. This is powerful. This is taking control of your space, your objects, and your own energy field. This is spiritual hygiene at its most practical and most essential.

Clear the energy. Refresh the space. Begin again.

Begin Your Cleansing Practice

You now have multiple methods for cleansing spaces, objects, and yourself.

Start tonight—choose one method and cleanse your bedroom. Notice how it feels different afterward. Make cleansing a regular practice, as routine as physical cleaning. Experiment with different methods and find what works best for you. Let energy cleansing become a fundamental part of your spiritual practice and daily life.

Your cleansing practice awaits. Let's clear some energy.

May your spaces be clear, your objects be cleansed, and your energy be refreshed. Happy cleansing! ✨🌿