Protect Yourself From Negative Energy Attachments

A neighbor once asked me to smudge her home and bless it, because she felt there was a lot of negative energy there. She could just ‘feel it.’ People lived below her that she could hear arguing until late hours in the night, using foul language. They would chain smoke too, to the extent that it would rise up through the floorboards. It made her feel sick and caused her to have migraine headaches. Apart from that there were also some old ‘cobwebs’ of trapped negative energy that she wanted me to some and clean out.

She had been dealing with the ups and downs of depression for as long I’ve known her. She is one of the sweetest people you could ever hope to meet, let alone have as a neighbor. She is very kind and always there if you need her. She would be very social at times, inviting friends from church over and entertaining friends regularly, for several weeks, and then she would suddenly feel overwhelmed by the chaos and drama of the people around her, feel drained and depressed, and withdraw from everyone. Then you would not see her for weeks, sometimes months.

I told her I felt that she needed to protect herself energetically and shared with her ways that she can do this. I explained to her that sometimes, when we engage with people, we can pick up some of their negative energies. Even if they are seemingly good people, who go to church and so on, it doesn’t necessarily mean that these people are free from negative energies, or worse, unwanted spirit attachments.

I told her I would be more than willing to smudge her home with sage and clear the negative energy that had built up in her hom. She was keen to have me do the house cleansing, as she had heard of this practice and had been wanting to get it done for a long time. She asked that I even use some holy water, which I then got from a Catholic church nearby.

We can feel an energetic shift in our homes, when the air feels heavy, tense or stagnant or if we have been through a big life change such as moving house. We can often intuitively sense when the energy feels off ~ Giselle La Pompe-Moore

I smudged her, and her home inside and outside, and used the holy water to bless her home. The we prayed together. Shortly after she texted to tell me that she could physically feel the difference. The energy in her home had become less ominous and dense, and she felt a new sense of calmness and lightness of being. She also said her home felt like it was her home for the first time since she moved in years ago. I was happy to have been able to help her.

I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to be very careful who you allow into your home and personal space. Protect not only your home, but also yourself. It’s so important on all levels – mind, body and soul. I recommend performing a cleansing ritual, such as smudging, at least once a month.

Sometimes it can even be people we love who bring negative energy into our homes and our personal energetic space, and we can suffer from it, without even knowing it. We purchase expensive homeowner’s insurance and car protection, but it hardly costs anything to get a smudge stick and go around your home. It is free to bless your home, and invoke personal spiritual protection around yourself to protect you from toxic influences and energy vampires.

Mess and dirt accumulate on an invisible level, too. We can’t physically see the stuck or stagnant energy, but it’s there, and this energy affects us. A cleansing ritual is a perfect way to cleanse yourself (or any space) and free yourself from negative vibrations ~ Shani Jay

This is especially important if you often invite people into your home, or spend time in groups or crowds. By the way, this includes spiritual gatherings and church services. Just because people attend yoga class, participate in drumming circles, or attend church services every Sunday does not mean they cannot have a negative effect on your energy and well-being. Everyone emanates energy, whether it be positive or negative, good or evil, and it can be transferred to you. So, always protect yourself. Be mindful who you allow into your home, and into your life.

Also bear in mind that every interaction you have outside of your home can come back attached to you as energy residue. Personally, I go with the ‘less-is-more’ policy when it comes to interacting with too many people. Since I began to be more mindful of this, I have never felt better. I became more balanced and happier. I have learned to say no, and to not be so much of a ‘people pleaser.’ My health has improved and I have more energy and feel more free. If you feel drained, depressed or ‘weighed down,’ you may want to smudge your home and eliminate toxic people from your life. See how that works for you!