6 Rituals To Help You Clear Energy This Spring & Beyond

It's time to respectfully put down the Palo Santo and white sage and try something new. These are some of my favorite rituals and ways of clearing space to make way for more positive energy.

If you have a full day in front of you, begin this work by scheduling just five to 10 minutes of ritual time in a way that creates the most ease. Maybe that means waking up five minutes earlier or cutting down on your phone and computer time for the day. If you have time for media, you have time for ritual!

Plants have been used to create space for millenniums upon millenniums. One of my favorite rituals is to sit with my beloved rosemary bush at the entryway to my house and ask for her energy to clear my own. I like to clip off a few sprigs and brush my entire body with the plant, starting from the soles of my feet up to my head, as I breathe deeply with the intention to clear out any energies I am holding that need to be released.

Another way I like to create space is to burn a tiny bit of bark from my favorite trees—cedar or cypress—and intentionally waft the smoke around my aura, home, and sacred spaces with my hand or a found feather. Cedar and cypress are two great alternatives to white sage and Palo Santo, both of which have risen in popularity as of late and are now on the bridge to extinction.

When sourcing, it is of utmost importance to obtain our herbal allies in sustainable and conscious ways and work with herbal allies we have formed a connection with from the heart. If that connection isn't there, we cannot energetically receive its loving medicine.

Salt is also a powerful energy clearer, which is why bathing in saltwater, whether in the bath or the ocean, can shift and clear out whatever energies we intend it to. I take a salt bath almost daily to clear out the energy from the day and to create space for my emotional and intuitive energy to flow with more ease.

For me, singing clears out any energy that I am holding on to in my heart and throat. It knocks down the walls around my love and opens my heart to grace and allows me to more easily express myself. I also use musical instruments in my self-care and client practice to clear energy.

My favorites are a small lyre harp my partner made for me, a flute, drums, rattles, shakers, and singing bowls. I look to sound and music as my ally to open my heart and channels, clear unwanted energies, and fortify my boundaries.

Distractions can manifest as negative habits, other people's opinions, devices, social media, etc. Distractions carry energy that is not our own and can prevent us from seeing through the lens of our own truth and love. Simply identifying distractions can create a subtle shift in our reality, giving us space to clear them. When going into a ritual, I will often place my phone in another room or clear out distracting thoughts and to-do lists with writing beforehand.