Are you feeling the urge to clean? Get organized? Purge your closet? Scrub your tub? Well this means you are in tune with the seasons and you are in fact correct, it is time to do these things! The tradition of Spring cleaning is important. More light and longer days reveal to us the stagnant build up of winter and shine a light on what needs our attention. Yes, these are metaphors for our internal landscape as well but more on that in a moment. I am, in fact, literally telling you to clean your house today.
If that feels overwhelming, pick something small— one room, a desk drawer, take the garbage out. Do something to clear your home and I promise you the mind will follow. Once you have taken action on a little or big clean up, it is time to cleanse your space. There are many ways to do this. Smoke can be a very powerful tool to cleanse your home. Instead of sage (a closed Indigenous practice) try a mugwort bundle or dried rosemary (learn about more alternatives here) or make a simmer pot or simply open up the windows and let some fresh air in!
The next three days really point to new beginnings— Spring Equinox, a new moon and the start to the astrological new year. Having a clean home helps to usher in a new season, a time of rebirth and clarity. In yoga philosophy we have the Niyama (niyama meaning a positive duty or observance) called Saucha. Saucha means cleanliness of the body, mind and spirit. This can refer to many areas on and off the yoga mat but really points us to having a clean space externally and internally and how cleaning up our physical space gives us the gift of an inspiring space to do our inner work.
So I encourage you to use the next three days to create a clean and beautiful space because that will be the springboard for you to get dreaming and manifesting!!!! Spring is all about fresh energy and new dreams, it is the real new year, so it is time to get clear on what you want. If you need a little support on how to do that, I am leading a one hour zoom that combines meditation, breathwork and journal prompts to help pinpoint some new dreams and give them the strength to manifest.
It will be recorded, so you can watch at your leisure. Sign up here!
Happy Spring!
Ally xo
Hello Ally, where can I find the zoom recording for this?