3 Easy Ways to Perform a Spiritual Cleanse, 3 Situations

Spiritual cleanse: smudging, essential oils, or energy work—what’s your go-to?

Spiritual cleanse, Smudging, Essential Oils, or Energy?

Many people include some form of spiritual cleansing in their daily or weekly spiritual practice. Whether you’re clearing your aura, refreshing your home, or shifting the energy of a temporary space like a hotel room, there are several simple ways to restore clarity.

Across ancient civilizations, countless traditions developed their own methods of performing a spiritual cleanse. One of the most widely recognized today is smudging with sage.

Below, I share three easy methods—smudge, oils/spray, and energy work—and how to choose the right one for your situation.

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1. Smudging with Sage (or Palo Santo): Cleansing Yourself or a Space

Sage remains one of the most commonly used tools for a spiritual cleanse, and for good reason. Many of us who follow our instincts find smudging to be both grounding and energetically uplifting.

Beyond the metaphysical benefits, like clearing heaviness or stagnant energy, there’s also interesting science behind it.

According to Upliftconnect.com, a 2006 scientific paper titled “Medicinal Smokes” reviewed practices across 50 countries and found that smoke has long been used to support the lungs, brain, and skin. In addition, researchers discovered that the passive fumes acted as an air purifier, and a 2007 follow-up in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology concluded smudging can behave as a powerful antiseptic.

How to Smudge Yourself

1. Light your sage stick and allow it to catch flame.
2. Blow it out gently until it produces steady smoke.
3. Move the smoke around your entire body—over your head, down your back, under each foot.
4. Keep a dish or paua shell nearby to safely extinguish the stick when done.

How to Smudge a Room or House as a Spiritual Cleanse

1. Begin at the lowest floor or room.
2. Guide smoke into corners, along ceilings, around doorframes, and windows.
3. Use a feather or a leaf if you have one to direct the flow.
4. Follow your intuition if certain areas feel like they need extra attention.
5. If you have a basement door to the outside, encourage the energy—and the smoke—to exit there.
6. Repeat for each level of your home.

Smudging also works wonders in hotel rooms, though if smoke alarms are a concern, a spray or essential oil is a great alternative.

Recently, I purchased a smudging kit from Mama Wunderbar and loved their quality. You may also find you prefer different smudge blends for different rooms or energetic needs.

2. Essential Oils or Sage Spray: Great for Travel or Sensitive Spaces

When smudging isn’t possible—like in hotels or smoke-sensitive environments—essential oils or a sage spray offer an easy, discreet form of spiritual cleanse.

My top recommendation: Frankincense essential oil.

Several years ago, my family and I stayed at the Eldridge Hotel in Kansas, not realizing it had a reputation for being haunted, especially the fifth floor, where we happened to be! I placed Frankincense on a crystal and waved it through the room with intention. It created an immediate shift in the atmosphere.

While the spirits kept whispering through the balcony door all night, they didn’t enter the room. I was very grateful to have something with me for a quick and powerful spiritual cleanse.

How to Use Oils or Spray

• Add a few drops of Frankincense to a tissue and place it near an air vent.
• Wave the scented tissue into the corners of the room.
• Spray sage around doors, curtains, corners, and your bed.

Even without a diffuser, your intention carries the energy.

3. Energy Work: A 12D Shielding Spiritual Cleanse

My personal favorite method comes from Lisa Renee at Energeticsynthesis.com—the 12D Shielding exercise. I practice this regularly and use it to clear both my energy field and my home.

The meditation teaches you how to build a protective 12D pillar around your body. To apply it to a space, imagine a platinum Merkabah star above your house instead of above your head. Ask for the starting point of the process—you’ll usually sense it as a room you spend time in or feel naturally connected to.

How to Cleanse Your Home Using Energy

1. Visualize the Merkabah star above your home.
2. Send it down through the house and then back up, as if your home were your own body.
3. Allow the field to anchor and stabilize.

How I Knew The Spiritual Cleanse Worked

The morning after I first used this method, a Shaman friend visited. The moment I opened the door, she asked

“What have you done to your house?”

She described seeing a golden grid wrapped around the property—one that allowed only beings of light to enter. That was a powerful validation of this type of spiritual cleansing.

Final Thoughts

Whether you use sage, essential oils, or energy practices, each method offers its own way of refreshing your field and restoring balance.

If you’d like to explore physical cleansing as a complement to spiritual cleansing, you may enjoy my post on supporting the liver and gallbladder.

I hope you found these practices helpful for creating your own spiritual cleanse at home or on the go.

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