Handling the energy of your home during this stressful lockdown

The energy of our home environment dictates how we feel on a daily basis. Waking up and going to sleep in a well-energised and balanced home is the difference between a good mood and a stressful day. At this time, when we are having to spend so much more time indoors, managing your home’s energy is so important, especially when many of us have had to turn our homes into our work spaces as well. So, how can we maintain a balanced energy in our homes and make this lockdown a little less stressful for ourselves?

Elemental space clearing

Space clearing is an amazing way to declutter the air around you. An ancient ritual trusted by so many around the world, space clearing releases negative energy that has become trapped in the walls, ceilings and furniture of your home, cleansing the space and your mind in the process. This practice can boost your wellbeing, both physically and spiritually, and can bring balance to your emotions. Negativity can become imprinted in your physical space. With so much negativity being produced from the current health crisis, it becomes hard to avoid. Worrying how to make ends meet, pay your utility bills or take care of your physical health can be dealt with by remembering that there are always solutions. Government grants to help you pay your bills, cheaper utilities by switching suppliers, and nutritional and vitamin supplements for if you don’t have time to always eat healthily, are all available to you at any time. As well as this, elemental space clearing can help to distance your home’s general energy from these negative and intrusive forces from the outside.

Declutter

Clutter can clog our minds and fog our clarity. Having tidy, minimalist surroundings can help us to think clearer and be much more relaxed. In a cluttered environment, everything takes longer. You won’t be able to find anything you need, tasks take you longer, and you can’t stick to your routine. Throw away unneeded items, and tidy up all your clutter that you have left out for days. Realistically, decluttering should only take a matter of minutes, but it will help to clear your mind.

Calm colours

We all have colours or patterns that make us anxious and restless. Why not spend a day mixing up your home’s colour palette to help calm your nerves and stabilise your energy? Generally, neutral colours help us to stay relaxed, but a pop of colour can completely transform a room. Darker colours can make a room feel bigger, and lighter colours tend to make it feel much more serene.

Each room has a purpose

Feng shui teaches us that every space is dedicated to a particular aspect of one’s life. This is true for the rooms in your house as well. Dedicating each room to a particular task, activity, or even emotion, can help you to declutter your mind and compartmentalise your thoughts and feelings. Balancing out your home’s energy by room is a great way to balance your home life.

As so many of us are now working from home, dedicating one room or a small part of our home space to our work is a great way to stay motivated and compartmentalise your professional life, distancing it from your personal life. If your whole home environment is taken up by your work, it feels impossible to avoid it, and consequently, you will never be able to escape the stresses you are faced with from 9-5 every day.

Natural light is key

Not being able to leave the house as much has us all missing the natural light of being outdoors and soaking up the sun and the fresh air. If you don’t have a garden, or any other form of outdoor space in your home, then optimising your natural light will help you to feel that you have access to the outdoors, even when you are stuck inside. This is also so important for our mental health. Fixated on screens all day, our eyes need a respite every now and again, and looking out of your window towards nature can help give our eyes and mind the rest they need to stay energised.

Understanding the spirit and energy of your new home

Keeping your home’s energy balanced is a manageable, and often enjoyable, task when you are comfortable with your space. But what happens when you move to a new home? It’s no longer about keeping your energy in check, but it instead involves a process of purifying and cleansing to make the space uniquely yours. So, how can you go about this?

‘Green’ up your space

Everything produces energy. From the layout of your home, to your electrical appliances. Introducing plants into your environment will connect you to the nature that surrounds your home, and will also have a positive impact for the planet.

Thinking about the energy that you supply your home with will ultimately impact the energy that they emit. That’s why choosing the right energy supplier for your property is so important. Opting for a green energy plan, for example, will ensure that you are making a positive contribution to the environment through your personal space. This can reassure you that the energy that your appliances emit does not derive from a harmful source, ultimately helping to create a pure and stable energy in your home. Energy suppliers such as Bulb have tariffs that offer 100% green electricity, and aim to carbon offset the gas usage of their customers.

Start with essential oils

The process of cleansing is often associated with ridding a space of toxicities or clutter. While this has its benefits, we shouldn’t underestimate the power of introducing new things. We’re not saying that you should go out and buy unnecessary material items for the sake of it. Instead, consider how new energies can be incorporated into your home. For example, essential oils are an easy way of changing up the energy in your space. You can buy reed diffusers, room sprays, and humidifiers to purify your energy. But, a word of caution: essential oils are very potent and should be used with great care. We recommend purchasing essential oil based products from a certified aromatherapist.

Don’t underestimate the power of sound

Sound is a powerful tool for shifting energy. Experts suggest that the silence left behind after hearing a sound is more poignant. Sound healing isn’t limited to your stereotypical gongs associated with space cleansing, but can be effectively implemented through bells, chimes, and even your own voice.

Crystals have immense healing powers

Introducing crystals to your home is a powerful way to remove negative energy from your personal space. They have protective properties when positioned centrally in your home, and incorporated into the decor of your space. Amethyst is calming, while selenite brings light. There are a host of stones you can choose from to radiate good vibes throughout your new home. Don’t forget to clean your crystals every once in a while, as this will keep their energies balanced and controlled.

Moving into a new home involves a lot more than simply switching contracts and readdressing your mail (although these are clearly very important too!). To fully appreciate your new space, you want to make sure that you make it uniquely your own, which involves removing any stagnant energy and introducing a purer spirit that is more personal to you.