Identify The Purpose of Your Bathroom
What kind of energy do you want in your bathroom? I consider the bathroom the home of the Water element in my home, as it tends to have a lot of water energy with the shower or bath and sinks! Bathrooms are a center of self-care and healing. We release toxins on a daily basis (yes, everyone poops!) wash our faces, brush our teeth, bathe, and beautify ourselves in our bathrooms. So if you start to think of your bathroom as your center of Healing and Self-Care you can focus on what things in that room serve that purpose.
The bathroom can be an important area for the Household Witch. Bathing is often recommended to clear your energy before ritual, and the bath or shower can be a powerful place to focus energy for healing. For some, the act of Hair Brushing or braiding can be part of a ritual or spiritual practice, as can the other "mundane" tasks of daily self care like putting on makeup- brushing teeth, taking vitamins or medications, etc. Keep these in mind as you work on your bathroom.
Clearing The Space In Your Bathroom
- Choose a time to focus on your bathroom. It can be as simple as 15 minutes a day for a few days, to one hour . . . whatever works best for you. Don't overwhelm or overwork yourself! Pick one area to focus on at a time.
- Gather what you need. Trash bags, a box for items to donate, cleaning products. If you want- bring a candle or some incense and crystals to set up a temporary altar. This will help you stay focused on your task as a spiritual process of releasing and cleansing. Think about what Deity you may want to help you, or what Deity you will dedicate your work to. For the bathroom I think a Goddess of Healing or a Goddess associated with Water would be perfect! Don't fixate just call upon who you feel comfortable working with.
- When you're ready to begin, start by simply sitting in your bathroom. Think about the type of space you want it to be. Healing, Comforting, Blessing, Cleansing. Visualize how you would like the room to look. Visualize yourself and your family being healed, comforted, blessed and cleansed when they use the space. Light your candle and say a prayer to the Deity you want to work with. Ask for their blessing on your work and your bathroom
- Go to the area you've chosen to work on. This might be the countertop, the medicine cabinet, under the sink, or the shelves in the shower/bath. Take everything out. Wipe down the surface, visualizing that it is not only physically cleaned, but energetically cleaned. Then pick up each item you took out. Ask the following; *Do I need this? *Do I actually use this? *Does it promote the energy of healing and cleansing that I want in this space? If your answer to any of these questions is NO - you can either throw it away, donate it, or put it aside to be put somewhere else. (If it is something you need and use, but doesn't belong in the bathroom you can keep it but it needs to be "rehomed" to a more appropriate area)
- Put back neatly the things you are keeping. Take the throw-away items to the trash. Put items that need to be put away somewhere else in a small box and take them out of the bathroom.
- Feel gratitude! Thank yourself for releasing things you don't need! Thank yourself for taking the time to cleanse this space and dedicate it to becoming an area of Healing. You may choose to smudge with sage or a blessing incense. Thank whatever Deity you worked with for their blessing on the area.
- Dedicate yourself to keeping that area clutter-free. Maybe once a week you can take 15 minutes to quickly look through your bathroom and make sure that only the things that belong there are there. Pick one day as a "bathroom rescue" day - say Wednesdays - and make a reminder to yourself to simply bless and maintain this area once a week. OR you might choose to do a quick "sweep" every morning. Since you probably use your bathroom every morning to get ready for your day - why not just take an extra minute or two while you're in there to keep things clear and make sure clutter doesn't build up.
For my Bathroom Cleansing & Blessing, I'll probably work with Yemaya - Mother Goddess of the Ocean that I work with for Healing bath rituals. Her healing and mothering energy seem the perfect compliment to my focus and purpose for my bathroom! I'll post at the end of the week with my progress / results of my bathroom blessing! I'd love to hear about your process too! Comment here or on my facebook page!
Here's some simple tips from FlyLady about your bathroom: http://www.flylady.net/d/zones/zone-3/
And, if you're ready to think about Feng-Shui in your bathroom, here's some tips; http://fengshui.about.com/od/designbyroom/ss/Create-Good-Feng-Shui-in-Your-Bathroom.htm
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