This month we will be looking at the subject of spiritual clutter clearing and cleansing your environment. Cleansing your environment and clearing your clutter is a powerful way to start the New Year and make room for the fresh energy of new beginnings.

A true spiritual cleansing and renewal exercise is essentially a process of ‘letting go’ of your past.

This can be done in a great many ways and utilizing a wide range of therapies and tools. NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Theta Healing amongst others are all recent developments in the energy field therapies that can be used to aid a process of ‘letting go’.

However, some of the traditional ways that have been used over the years are harnessing the power of prayer, ritual and the aid of psychotherapists and counsellors.

Spiritual Cleansing is essentially a process of calling for and fully intending to make peace with your past on all levels and with your heart and soul. This normally also calls for a change in your thought patterns and belief systems.

Below is a meditation for releasing the past and embracing the present. Sit comfortably with your feet making contact with the floor. Before you start you may want to light a candle, take the phone off the hook, put on some gentle background music and have your notebook or journal to hand to record your experiences after the meditation.

• Imagine a beautiful jewel deep inside the earth and then feel its energy flowing up through the layers of the earth. This energy flows into your feet and then continues to fill your body with beautiful light. You feel calm, grounded, centred and protected.
• Next call to Archangel Michael to watch over and support you during this meditation and assist.
• Now relax and take two or three deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth to release any tension in your body and mind.
• You are now going to step on to a path of clear crystal that appears in front of you; knowing that you are safe to do so. This path appears endless and all around you is the vastness of a night sky and space.
• You walk along this path, notice the beautiful rich colours of your surroundings.   Let the beautiful colours wash over you, filling you with light and joy. Now, continue on your journey keeping on the crystal path, knowing that you are safe and protected on your travels.
• In front of you appears a beautiful light being. The light being speaks to you and tells you that they are there to assist you with the process of ‘letting go’ healing & cleansing. This will then enable your soul to progress more fully along its chosen path with clarity and focus.
• To the right of the crystal path appears a beautiful shimmering green crystal pyramid.
• The light being takes your hand and leads you to the pyramid and opens a doorway in the side of it. It beckons you to enter the pyramid and then closes the door behind you. Your guide and/or your guardian angel appears beside you.
• In the middle of the pyramid is a seat carved from a beautiful red crystal. Take a seat upon it and survey your surroundings, knowing that you are safe.
• Your guide/guardian approaches and stands in front of you. They tell you to relax and that this is an important time on your journey for your soul to grow and release all lower vibrations that are holding it back from reaching its full potential.
• They tell you that you will only receive the level of cleansing within the pyramid that is for your highest good. It asks you to focus on the intent of releasing whatever is not serving your highest good and replacing it with positive energies of transformation, growth and renewal.
• Above you appears a large spiral of rainbow colored energies. This spiral expands and slowly moves down through your Auric energy field and physical being. 
• Feel yourself being filled with positive new energy and your system being rejuvenated. 
• As the rainbow colored spiral meets the floor of the pyramid, a green healing energy spiral begins to appear and it travels back up through your Auric field and physical being. This has the effect of welcoming in the positive new energies and assisting with absorbing them effectively in to the light bodies.
• Your guide/guardian angel takes your hand and gently grounds your energies. Sit for a minute and relax.
• Your guide now leads you to the door of the pyramid, where the light being is waiting for you. They gently lead you back along the crystal path to the room where you started your journey.
• Come back in to your body, wiggle your toes and fingers and feel the roots in your feet planted firmly in the ground. Open your eyes when you are ready.

Now, have a hot drink and a biscuit and ground your energies. You may wish to record your feelings and thoughts in your journal. For the next 24 hours drink plenty of water and avoid any harsh foods and drink, to assist your system with the releasing and renewal process.

Cleansing your environment is also essential to move on any accumulated negative energy and renew and refresh your surroundings to bring in fresh positive energies.

One way of doing this is by using the ancient traditional method of ‘Smudging’. Smudging is the ritual of burning herbs to create a cleansing smoke bath and to banish negative energy. The term Smudging originated in the Native American culture, Native American Indians use a variety of smudging mixtures.

Some common herbs used within these smudge sticks or bundles are:

• Sage
• Lavender
• Lemongrass

The process of smudging will, when performed correctly, bring about physical, emotional and spiritual balance.

Another great way to assist with clearing your environment is the use of Feng Shui, further articles on the use of this principle can be found within Bellesprit magazine.

I will be offering one lucky reader the chance to receive a free New Year Plant & Animal Totem Reading in January 2013. If you would like to be considered for this, then please e-mail me at tinamcnaughton13@gmail.com .

I also provide private readings via Skype, telephone and e-mail and these can be obtained via my website www.angelenergies.net or by contacting me via my e-mail address.