Many of us are tired of feeling stressed and we often find ourselves stuck in cycles of negative thinking. Incense cleansing can definitely help get you to move past negativity and stress and get closer to your goal of healing and growth. Using incense to improve aspects of our lives has been popular for centuries, and with good reason.
Incense smoke smells amazing and can have an immediate calming effect. It can also purify the atmosphere around you and rid your space from negative or harmful energy. The practice of incense cleansing can help raise your internal energy, too.
Let’s take a look at what incense cleansing is and the benefits it can bring to your living and work spaces, and to your personal energy.
What is incense cleansing?
Incense cleansing began as a practice in ancient Hinduism and stemmed from Hindu religious ceremonies. Incense was used in these ceremonies to proclaim the presence of a god among the worshippers and show reverence and awe.
For centuries, the use of incense has also been incorporated in the religious or spiritual ceremonies of Buddhism, Catholicism, Judaism, and the Orthodox Greek church, among others.
As a cleansing method, incense is thought both to purify the air and intrinsically change the structure and raise the vibrations of your energy. Although incense cleansing often refers to cleaning a toxic space, it can also be used to cleanse the structure and vibrations of your personal energy.
What are the benefits of cleansing?
The benefits of incense in cleansing ceremonies have long been touted in holistic health. In fact, sacred Sanskrit texts from the ancient science, Ayurveda, mentioned the use of incense in recovery from illness and its use as a cleansing tool to help bring peace and cleanliness to personal dwellings.
Burning incense is thought to purify physical, mental, and spiritual spaces. Some of these other benefits of cleansing include:
- Aid in meditative practices
- Aromatherapy
- Clarity
- Creativity boosts
- Deeper connectivity in relationships
- Focus
- Promotion of peace
- Sleep aid
- Stress reduction
- Thought enhancement
How can incense cleansing help your spiritual energy?
Regardless of your belief system, your spiritual energy is a vital part of your holistic health. According to Advent Health, spiritual well-being can help you to feel connected to both your higher power and to those around you.
Incense cleansing helps to purify and restructure your spiritual energy. It allows you to focus on what’s ahead and tune out the negative energy vibrations in your immediate environment. I love to use incense when I am looking for clarity in my life or when I am looking for guidance.
How incense cleansing helps improve your living space
The spaces we occupy have energy, too. Even our own inner energy can seep into our living spaces and work spaces.
So, how does incense cleansing help clear your space and allow you to experience the full life you desire?
Incense cleansing can help improve your living space by:
- Purifying your air. Incense may help break up any toxic or negative energy in your air.
- Producing a calming effect that enhances your feelings of safety and comfort
- Attracting positive energies and creating a welcoming environment
- Reducing the impact of chaotic or negative events that have occurred in your home
- Releasing negative ions into the atmosphere, which are believed to increase serotonin, naturally boost energy, and reduce anxiety, depression, and stress
Best types of incense to help your energy
There are so many varieties to choose from, it’s tough to know which incense to use to cleanse your energy. Although each form of incense may bring its own set of benefits, most types of incense will enhance your personal energy vibrations.
Here are some of the most popular forms of incense and the properties they hold:
- Copal:
Copal holds medicinal and spiritual properties. When you use copal incense for cleansing, it might help alleviate anxiety, depression, insomnia, and physical illness. It’s also a great incense to dissipate any lingering negative energy that you may struggle to get rid of on your own.
- Dragon’s Blood:
Dragon’s Blood is a powerful and potent incense that can also be used for smudging, crystal cleansing, and religious ceremonies. This incense may help you alleviate the negative energy that causes ulcers and inflammation.
- Eucalyptus:
The fresh scent of eucalyptus is thought to increase your relaxation and promote inner peace. Eucalyptus incense can be a great tool to strengthen your positive energy levels and is extremely helpful in meditation and yoga practices.
- Frankincense:
Frankincense can cleanse your aura, realign your chakras, and help restore balance to your body, mind, and spirit.
- Jasmine:
The light, beautiful fragrance of jasmine is said to contain healing powers, and is often used to cleanse spiritual energies by practitioners of Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism. Jasmine cleansing may also help reduce anxiety and depression, increase blood oxygen levels, and infuse your positive energy vibrations.
- Lavender:
Lavender is a wonderful incense to use to cleanse your personal energy. Lavender can promote mental clarity and peace.
- Patchouli:
The powerful scent of patchouli lasts for hours, and patchouli incense cleansing can help raise your vibrational energy. You may find it purifies your negative energy, enhances your mental acuity, and gives you a sense of contentment.
- Sandalwood:
A cleansing with sandalwood incense can help you erase that feelings of irritability and help promote compassion and healing energy.
- Sage:
Burning sage incense provides numerous cleansing benefits. Sage contains antibacterial properties and high levels of antioxidants. It may also clear out any impurities in your vibrational energy, and it contains negative ions that could help enhance brain function and reduce respiratory struggles.
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Your inner energy and the energy you surround yourself with have a direct impact on your holistic health. The struggles of everyday life can leave us feeling depleted and far from our dreams of a fulfilling life. I love that, despite everything, nature provides simple tools to help us improve your mental, physical, and spiritual health.
Remember that the journey to healing involves lots of small steps, and this might be just one of them in your path.
At best, incense cleansing not only smells amazing and adds comfort to your home, but it can help increase your positive energy, heal your broken spaces, and support your holistic health.
Serena Loves is driven by my passion to see you each make the positive changes you long to implement. I’d love to hear from you about how incense cleansing has transformed your energy and improved your life!
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