"Purification is but the cleaning of the lamp-glass which hides the Light."
~ Annie Besant
I'm so excited to share this post with you today. It feels incredibly vital, as it's another instalment (after my post about Grounding) in our exploration of essential spiritual practices – and I know so many of you are deeply interested in managing your energy. For me, as someone who connects quite deeply with spirit and navigates the world as an empath, energetic hygiene isn't just a concept I talk about; it's absolutely crucial for my own daily well-being.
Whether you're an energy professional, a dedicated tarot reader, or you spend your days at an office desk, one truth applies to all of us: our energetic bodies need regular cleansing. Just like we shower daily to keep our physical selves clean, our energetic selves are constantly picking things up. Every interaction, every emotion, every place we visit leaves a little energetic imprint. Over time, these can build up, just like dust on you furniture, creating that heavy, "off" feeling. While some of us, especially empaths and psychics, might feel these subtle shifts more acutely, the impact of energetic clutter can be equally draining for anyone. The only real difference is how much we consciously choose to address it. This is what I call energetic hygiene, and trust me, it's absolutely essential for feeling your best.
Understanding Your Energetic Field: The Aura
We all have an energetic field, or aura, that surrounds and permeates our physical body. It’s like an invisible, vibrant bubble of energy, constantly interacting with the world around us. Some are even able to see it.
Your aura is a record of your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and even the energies of others you encounter. When this field gets cluttered with stagnant, heavy, or even negative energies, it can leave us feeling drained, anxious, irritable, or simply not quite ourselves. Just as a clean window lets light stream in clearly, a clear aura allows your own vibrant energy to shine, and helps you feel more balanced and joyful.
Here you can access a complete guide to auras. Everything you need to know about them: what are auras, how to see them and aura projection techniques. Really valuable source of information!
The Consequences of Energetic Clutter
Ignoring our energetic hygiene can have real consequences. Imagine wearing the same clothes for weeks – you'd feel pretty grimy, right? Our energetic body is similar. When our aura is weighed down, it can manifest as fatigue, persistent low mood, feeling overwhelmed, or even physical discomforts. You might find yourself more susceptible to other people's moods, feeling a bit 'fuzzy' mentally, or simply lacking that usual sparkle. Regularly clearing your energetic space is about reclaiming your vitality and protecting your inner peace.
Water's Embrace: Cleansing Your Energy with the Element of Flow
One of the most accessible and profound ways to cleanse your energy is through the element of water. While a salt bath is a popular and powerful ritual, it doesn't have to be a luxurious soak in a tub. For those with a bathtub, incorporating various salts can enhance the experience: Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) are fantastic for relaxing muscles and drawing out toxins, while Dead Sea salts are rich in beneficial minerals like magnesium, calcium, and potassium, renowned for their therapeutic and skin-nourishing properties. Even common sea salt is excellent for energetic purification. When you're adding them, simply imagine the salt dissolving, then envision that water washing away anything that doesn't belong to you – stress, worries, lingering energies from your day. As you soak, visualise the water literally pulling away the energetic 'grime,' leaving you feeling refreshed, light, and renewed. It's like pressing a reset button for your aura.
But here's the magic: a simple shower can do wonders too! Just stand under the running water and consciously set the intention for it to cleanse your aura, washing away any energetic residue from your day. Visualise the water streaming down your body, taking all unwanted energy with it, down the drain and back into the earth to be transmuted.
If you're lucky enough to live near natural bodies of water, immersing yourself in the sea, a lake, or a river (always ensuring it's safe to do so!) is an incredibly potent way to purify your energy. The natural flow and minerals in these waters offer a deeply revitalising cleanse. And don't forget the power of the sky! Stepping out into the rain can be an exhilarating and profound energetic cleanse. Allow the falling raindrops to wash over you, feeling them rinse away any heavy energy, leaving you feeling truly cleansed and revitalised. It's nature's own shower for your soul.
Salt Bath Rituals: Purification, Healing, and Manifestation
The Resonance of Sound for Purification
Sound has an incredible ability to shift energy, making it a powerful tool for energetic cleansing. Think about the way certain music can lift your spirits or how a loud noise can make you jump. Sound baths, utilising instruments like gongs, singing bowls, or tuning forks, create vibrations that can penetrate and clear stagnant energy within your aura and physical body. Even listening to specific sound frequencies, like the 417 Hz or 741 Hz Solfeggio tones or engaging in vocal toning or chanting can be incredibly purifying and is believed to actively clear and detoxify our energetic fields. The vibrations literally break up dense energy, allowing it to dissipate.
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The Cathartic Release of Art and Story
For those who connect deeply with aesthetics and the power of expression, art and literature offer incredibly potent forms of energetic purification. The very act of engaging with a powerful painting, a moving piece of music, or a compelling story can evoke a profound emotional release – a process known as catharsis. The word catharsis comes from the ancient Greek word katharsis, meaning "purification" or "cleansing." Originally used in a medical context to describe the purging of the body, it was famously applied by Aristotle to the emotional purging experienced by an audience watching a tragedy.
Aristotle’s Katharsis: The Emotional Purge Through Tragedy
Today, we use it to describe that powerful, sometimes overwhelming, feeling of emotional release that brings about a sense of renewal and clarity. When we witness or create art that resonates deeply, it can help us process unspoken emotions, release pent-up stress, and shed energetic heaviness we might not even realise we're carrying. Losing yourself in a vivid novel, being moved by a cinematic experience, or even dabbling in creative expression yourself – painting, drawing, writing, or dancing – can provide a much-needed emotional and energetic purge, leaving your energetic field feeling lighter and more expansive.
Crystals, Colours, and Nature's Cleansing Touch
Crystals like Selenite are amazing for energy clearing; just having a piece nearby can purify your space and aura. You can also gently wave a Selenite wand around your body to sweep away unwanted energies.
Other powerful allies include Black Tourmaline, known for its protective shield against negativity; Clear Quartz, the master amplifier and purifier; Amethyst, which transmutes lower energies and brings peace; and Smoky Quartz, a fantastic ally for drawing out and neutralising energetic gunk. These crystals work with your intention to help lighten and clear your energetic field.
Colours, too, play a role – visualising yourself surrounded by vibrant white or purple light can be deeply cleansing.
And let's not forget the power of nature! While we often talk about nature for grounding, it's equally purifying. Imagine how a walk in the forest feels like a breath of fresh air for your soul. That's nature purifying your energetic field. (You can learn more about this connection in my previous post, Finding Your Roots: The Essential Power of Grounding).
You can also try my Grounding Meditation.
Ancient Wisdom: Indigenous Cleansing Practices
Many indigenous traditions use smoke from sacred plants to clear spaces, objects, and people in practices known as smudging or smoke cleansing. While sage, palo santo, and cedar are well-known, cultures globally have their own sacred plants. Think of sweetgrass, often used after cleansing to invite blessings and positive energy; rosemary, traditionally burned for purification and protection in European traditions; lavender, known for its calming and clearing properties; juniper, used to clear stagnant energy and bring in positive vibes; or even mugwort, utilised for protection and spiritual insight across various ancient practices.
Beyond herbs, sacred resins like frankincense and copal have been burned for millennia to purify and elevate vibrations, while pine needles offer a grounding and cleansing aroma.
Water rituals, from ceremonial baths to river blessings, are common for purification. Sound, through drumming, chanting, or specific instruments, is also widely used to shift and cleanse energetic fields. These practices remind us that energetic hygiene is a timeless human need, deeply rooted in our collective wisdom.
Soul Cleanse: Shamanic Drum Journey & Intuitive Chants for Deep Spiritual Renewal
Creator, Great Mystery
Source of all knowing and comfort,
Cleanse this space of all negativity.
Open our pathways to peace and understanding.
Love and light fills each of us and our sacred space.
Our work here shall be beautiful and meaningful.
Banish all energies that would mean us harm.
Our eternal gratitude.
~ The Medicine Wheel Garden, E. Barrie Kavasch
Ritualistic Cleansing
Beyond the more common methods, some potent and deeply traditional cleansing practices offer unique ways to purify your energy.
The egg cleansing ritual, known as "Limpia" in many Latin American cultures (especially Mesoamerican), is a powerful way to absorb and remove negative energies, blockages, or even the effects of the "evil eye." In this ritual, a raw egg is gently rolled over the body, acting like a sponge to draw out unwanted energies. After the cleanse, the egg is typically cracked into a glass of water and read for signs of what was absorbed, before being safely discarded. It's a profound way to release what's no longer serving you.
Another beautiful and widely used method is aura spraying with sacred waters, such as Florida Water. Florida Water, with its distinct citrus and floral scent, has been revered in various spiritual traditions for centuries for its purifying and uplifting qualities. You can mist it directly into your aura, spray it around your space, or even dab a little on your pulse points. The intention is to instantly clear stagnant energy, uplift your mood, and create a protective energetic barrier. Other sacred waters, sometimes infused with herbs or blessed with intention, can also be used in a similar way to refresh and purify your energetic field on the go, or as part of a more formal ritual.
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Energetic Hygiene On-the-Go: Quick Cleansing for Your Day
Life doesn't always give us time for a full salt bath or a long meditation. That's why having a few "on-the-go" cleansing methods in your toolkit is so incredibly useful. These are quick, often discreet ways to clear your energy no matter where you are.
One of the simplest and most powerful is intentional breath work. Take a few deep, slow breaths. Imagine pure, clean energy flowing in with your inhale, and anything heavy or unwanted leaving with your exhale.
You can also do a quick energetic shower visualisation: close your eyes for a moment (or just soften your gaze) and imagine a waterfall of bright, clear light pouring over you, washing away any energetic "dust" or "grime."
Another incredibly effective method is physical shaking or brushing off. If you're somewhere private, give your hands or even your whole body a gentle shake to dislodge stagnant energy. Even just brushing your hands down your arms and legs, intending to sweep away anything not yours, can help.
Carrying a small cleansing crystal like Selenite or Black Tourmaline in your pocket is also fantastic; just holding it with intention can offer immediate support.
And finally, silently repeating a cleansing affirmation like "I am clear and protected" can quickly reinforce your energetic boundaries. These little acts can make a big difference in maintaining your energetic clarity throughout a busy day.
"My aura is a sanctuary of clear light, deflecting all that is not love."
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"I release all that no longer serves my highest good, making space for light and clarity."
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"With every breath, I cleanse my spirit, mind, and body, inviting in pure, restorative energy."
Incorporating energetic hygiene into your daily routine doesn't have to be complicated. I truly encourage you to start experimenting with these methods and discover what makes your energetic body feel light and clear. It’s a powerful step towards a more conscious and balanced life. I'd also love to hear what methods you use to cleanse your energy! Please share your insights and experiences in the comments below.
Wishing you all moments of clarity, lightness, and radiant energetic well-being.
With Love💖✨,
Agnieszka
Agnieszka Kibickis
Agnieszka Kibickis is an experienced Tarot Card Reader, Runologist, Meditation Coach and Facilitator and Spiritual Explorer dedicated to empowering others. With a passion for guiding individuals through life's spiritual and energetic landscape, she offers practical tools and ancient wisdom to help you navigate challenges, find clarity, and live a more authentic life.
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