Sanctuary
By Dawn Solomon, PhD, ATP®
The Holiday Season is a time of much joy and festivity. Along with this often comes many house guests and visitors, as people visit for the holidays and we host holiday parties in our homes. This, while a wonderful gift, can also add stress to this busy time of the year. Your home is your personal sanctuary and it can be stressful when the outside world comes in. While it is easy to open your home to those you know well, it can be more challenging when those entering your home are distant family members, acquaintances of spouses or our children, other people we do not know well, or family members with whom there may be tension or ongoing disharmony. If we resist the entrance of others into our home we may miss out on the gifts and lessons their presence brings. Because we can choose our thoughts, we can raise our vibration and relieve our stress levels regarding visitors and guests by moving to a state of acceptance about the situation and focusing with gratitude, and maybe even a little excitement, on the blessings and lessons their visit will bring.
Below are some tips you can use to help you to shift the energy and stress around the visit:
1) You can prepare yourself by envisioning white light surrounding your body and radiating outward from the core of your home. This creates a circle of protection and safety around you and your home, as well as cleansing all who enter that circle of light. Ask Archangel Michael to keep you safe and protected both energetically, emotionally and physically.
2) Create a calm environment by playing calm music in the back ground, burning purification incense prior to the guest(s) arrival, and utilizing calming essential oils in a diffuser to create the aroma of peace and calm in the home.
3) Place Himalayan Salt Lamps and crystals such as Selenite, Celestite, and Rose Quartz around the room(s) you will be hosting in, to cleanse and raise the vibration of the room(s) throughout the visit or party.
4) Remove any tension for everyone by clearing away any clutter and putting away any valuables or breakables, particularly if it is a party where the home will be crowded or there will be lots of children playing.
5) Upon your guest’s arrival, set your boundaries by asking for shoes to be removed, setting out coasters with drinks and whatever other household guidelines will make you feel more comfortable and at ease.
6) After the visit or party cleanse the area by burning sage or purification incense. If the energy of stress and lower thought forms seems to linger leave a salt bowl out in the middle of the room for 24 hours to draw out any heavy dense energy, and then flush the contents down the toilet.
7) Focus on the blessings of the visit. Remember guests may be sent to our homes by the Universe to deliver a message because we ignored the messengers outside. When we shift our energy or emotion toward the situation, we change our point of attraction and open ourselves up to receive more positive and desirable experiences.
While our homes are our sanctuary, they need not be a place to keep people out, but a place where we can share our joy and light with others in a comfortable and safe space. The more we share our light with others, the more light we create in the world around us, so that not just our homes are our sanctuary, but rather our sanctuary becomes the world around us.
Happy Holidays!!!!
With Angel Blessings,
Dawn Solomon, PhD, ATP®
