When I think about how we are as a society, how we accumulate so much stuff, and how much waste we have from the things we seemingly cannot "live without," I am burdened.  Our lives get so complicated.  So involved. So...cluttered.  

My own space is pretty free of stuff...however there is a small space that harbors some serious negative energy...an infinitely tiny space that holds a season of pain and anxiety.  This space is on my computer.  Buried in this folder and that folder...way back in a nook...I have kept some letters and emails for several years.  I don't look at them, but I know they are there...I know what they say...I know the emotional energy that is tied into every word that was written.

These letters encompass a relationship that was devastating to me...so hurtful that it crushed me.  I remember the circumstances and I remember, for the first time in my life, feeling my blood run cold.  Yes, it can actually happen!  Four years have passed, and I am supposed to be healed...I am supposed to have released it and I am supposed to have forgiven those involved.  I try, it is very hard, and there are definitely times when an unknown trigger sets me off and makes all that energy rear it's ugly head.

Just the other day, these letters/emails came into my thoughts...usually I push them away and don't reread the notes.  As I sat in front of my laptop, my fingers hovering over the touchpad...I was trying to decide if I wanted to revisit that pain...do I?  Do I not?  Shall I?  Shall I pass?  I decided that the mere fact that these notes, this data, this analog information was seriously negative...and so what if I didn't look at it daily (thank goodness!), it was still THERE...or HERE...on my laptop...in that dark little corner...where it could see me and energetically impact me, but I couldn't see it unless I went searching. I knew it was there...always there.

So, I went to the folder, within the folder, and I opened the first piece.  I read it, and again my blood ran cold as the memories rushed me.  I opened the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and I read them all.  I selected each piece and moved my cursor to the DELETE button...and once again, my hand hovered over the track pad...finger poised to tap and thereby delete and erase all the anxiety, hurt and negative energy into the bin.  Why was there such a hesitancy to get rid of it?  Why did I feel the need to keep this pain close, yet hidden?

I decided that I really didn't want this energy...in any format...coming over to the new year. 2012 is supposed to be an awakening of a year for me...many intuitives have told me this over the past 12 years. I really don't want any crap to muck up my really great year (finally!)  I deleted the files, and felt a small wave of relief.  Not a huge weight off my shoulders, but a bit lighter in the heart.

And as I share this with you, I realize that it is still in my computer's trash can...so perhaps emptying the trash will release the weight on my shoulders.

I share this intimate moment with you to remind you that our electronics are radiating energy...and when you've got negative things on your computer, on your phone, etc...that energy is even more powerful.  This was my version of writing, printing, reading and burning to let go and forgive.

I need to go empty that trash...you should too.

I wish you a magical and powerful 2012.

Namaste.

~Dana

We find that when we work on our outer space (our home, office, yard, etc) we are working on our inner space as well.  We are energetically tied to our space(s).  Periodically it is good to clear the energy, set a new intention, and start fresh.  Typically, we seem motivated to do this at the New Year and in Spring.  However, it is important that whenever the mood strikes you...do it!  You are intuitively feeling the nudge to clear and release...follow that desire and act on it!  Release anything that doesn't serve your highest good, or doesn't bring you joy, or that you don't use frequently.  You can either donate it, recycle it or throw it away.  If you aren't sure whether or not you should release something, put it in a plastic storage bin, with the contents clearly labeled on the outside, and put on your calendar to revisit the box in 3 months.

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This drum is my gratitude focus. It is in a place I walk by many times a day. This is the drum I use for space clearings to shift the energy of a space. Every time I see it, it raises my energy and reminds me to be grateful for all that I have and all the support I am given.

I will be the first to admit that I go through my "gratitude waves."  Waves of times when I am really good about being grateful for what I have, my health, my family, my kids, and my close friends who are there to pick up the pieces when I need them the most.  Then there are the times that I forget...I'm wrapped up in all that could go wrong, why things aren't going as I planned, and why do these things have to happen to me? Standard pity party stuff.

Keeping emotionally present to tune into the gratitude practice, is exactly that...a practice.  Just like meditation or exercise, if we don't practice it with discipline, we will lapse and forget...and this is easy to do if you have a hectic schedule like mine!

So, as a Feng Shui Practitioner I work with people in their space...creating balance and helping attract positive opportunities and energy into their lives.  Why not incorporate gratitude into your space so that you don't have to remember to remember...you have elements within your home that will "trigger" a gratitude moment on a conscious and subconscious level...just by the energy of the space?

Here is a great way to get started on this.  Find something in your house that you absolutely LOVE.  Perhaps a picture, a memento, photograph, book, vase with flowers, etc.  Something that everytime you see it your heart sings and a smile appears on your face.  Take that item and put it somewhere you will absolutely see it...maybe it is in the middle of your kitchen table, maybe it is on your bedside table, maybe it is on your desk.  Put it somewhere you will definitely see it and when you place the item in it's spot close your eyes and intend gratitude right into it.  This object is something that you love and adore, whenever you see it, you can be grateful for all that is wonderful and serves your highest good.  Just intend that this will be the trigger to remind you to give gratitude for your blessed and beautiful life.

With gratitude to you,

Dana

:)