Many people come home to their families after working all day at stressful jobs where there are arguments, angry people, constant deadlines, and long hours. These people often come home energetically exhausted and yet they want their families to meet and accept them as they are -- even though the vibrations from the day are all over them.

As soon as you get home after being exposed to highly charged energies, it's important to bathe and change your clothes. You want to be energetically clean when you rejoin your family. Doing this will make an enormous difference in your interactions with your loved ones and others.

Most people shower in the morning. They go to bed energetically wearing everything they were exposed to during the day. The next morning, as they head for the shower, they are often exhausted and wonder why they did not have a restful sleep. There's a lot of energy out there I wouldn't want to hug or take to bed. For those in the healing professions, it's vital to change your work clothes at the end of the day. Any clothes we wear all day absorb energy. Do not mix the clothes you take off with the rest of the clothes in your closet. Keep your work clothes separate, so your closet and the rest of your clothes won't vibrate with unwanted energy. I put my dirty clothes in a plastic sack. The plastic will contain the old energy. When it's time to wash them, I put them in with the rest of my clothes.

Many people do not clean their jewelry every day. They wash themselves and clean their clothes, but they wear the same jewelry day after day without taking it off and intentionally cleansing it. Metal jewelry attracts and conducts energy. As energy moves down your hand and all around you, a ring filled with built up energy can reverse your energy flow and cause pain in your shoulders, neck, or back. When you shower at night, slip off rings and other jewelry. Run water over them and think "clear," so your intention can energetically clear them.

The other day I worked with a woman who wore diamond earrings. I asked her when she last took them off and cleaned them. She said it had been a week or two. There was so much energy built up in those diamonds her ears ached, her hearing was affected, and she had headaches. I told her she had to clean her jewelry every day, especially if she wore crystals or stones over her heart area. All of these things pick up energy. Metals will buffer the energy until they're full and then they will reverse and send the energy back out.

The same is true for people who wear a leather belt for years. Leather is organic and picks up energy. When you put on an old belt, are you strapping on the energy of all the past times you wore it?

I teach a simple method to clean leather belts and other leather items. Leather is easy to clear. To make sure you do not take any of the energy you're clearing from the leather into your body, place a rubber band just below your elbow on your clearing hand. For men, your clearing hand is usually your right hand, and for women it's usually your left. The rubber band is used to remind you to pull the energy only up to the top of your forearm. Hold the belt buckle with one hand and grasp the belt with your clearing hand. While aware of your intention to clear, pull the built-up energy out of the leather by pulling your clearing hand along the entire length of the belt five to ten times. When finished, wash your hands while thinking "clear."

The easiest thing to do if you are involved in healing work or have a stressful job is to wear a cloth belt or rotate leather belts. The same is true for leather shoes. Rotating leather belts and shoes allows the leather to energetically release some of the charge it has picked up. This is also true for leather wallets and purses, especially if you've carried the same one for years. Clear any leather item just as you would a belt.

One of the most highly charged pieces of clothing I ever saw was a leather jacket worn by a teenager in Canterbury, England. His mother brought him to me for a Heart & Soul Healing™ session. When he came into the room, his leather jacket was an energetic life force all its own, vibrating with energy. He wore it day and night, indoors and out. He wore the jacket to school; he wore it to nightclubs. I ended up clearing the jacket before his session even started.

You may not be able to clear some items, such as feather or down pillows and comforters. I once used a down pillow in my healing work to release energetic patterns from my clients. Afterwards, I did everything I could to clear it. I took it to the dry cleaners and left it out in the sun, and it still carried an energetic buzz from all the thoughts and patterns of the healing sessions. I ended up throwing the pillow away.

Have you slept on the same down pillow for the last ten years? What if you and your partner had arguments or emotional exchanges while in bed? Is it possible feelings and emotions leave imprints in the feathers of your down pillow or bedding? The quills of the feathers store energy because they were once alive. If you had a love relationship end, I suggest you do yourself a favor and buy new bedding.

Crystals also pick up and transmute energy. Many people I know, especially healers, have crystals in their healing rooms and throughout their homes. If you are not cleaning your crystals at least once a week, they will begin to give off the energy that they've picked up over time. The environment around the crystals may also start to feel bad or become chaotic. I suggest you keep just a few crystals in your healing room or bedroom, and clean them often with running water and your intention to "clear."

Remember, your intention is the most important part of clearing. Some people suggest using sea salt or sage as a clearing method, but I find sunlight or running water and your intention to clear works the best.

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