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Claiming Your Space
By Sharyn LeMasurier

One of my favorite shows is Trading Spaces. I love to see how creative the designers can be with little money, oftentimes redoing large rooms.

Having watched several episodes now, I have seen those homeowners who are either delighted with the changes, horrified at the changes or unsure how they feel about the changes.

Since I am currently in the midst of redoing the master bedroom in my house, I am seeking out all the information I can get on the options I have. I also don’t want to be spending a lot of money, but I desire an elegant, peaceful room.

Since I am an active Energetic Space Clearing Practitioner, I am aware of the energy of a room and how change influences it, so there are several things I look at before implementing my design changes. Here are some of the ideas I depend on for my home:

1. It is important that the room feels like it belongs to me and not to someone else.

2. It needs to suit the personalities in my home, not just be directly from the pages of a show home magazine.

3. Most importantly, the colors must be able to transfer the feeling and use of my rooms subtly and comfortably.

I have gone into many homes and businesses over the past few years to do Energetic Space Clearing. This is the art of moving stuck or residual energy in an environment so the residents are able to feel lighter, breathe easier and have fewer conflicts and emotional issues. I am amazed every time at the unique feel of each property.

Since energy imprints itself, I can pick up on whether the previous or current resident was ill, whether there was great sadness, or even if there was a lot of discord in the environment. A new home can tell me what the anxiety level was of the crew who built it, the teamwork that existed, and, again, if there was illness, sadness or other emotions being experienced by the trades people.

I have been invited into a variety of environments where the current residents were struggling to communicate, or where the property was newly built and designed for the client, not to mention where the property was newly purchased having been previously owned. In each case, I have been able to feel the residual toxic energies.

In one case, the children came home shortly after I had left. When they walked in, the first thing they said to their mother was, “Wow, did you clean the house?” She had not told them I was coming out nor had she cleaned; but they could instantly feel the freshness of the new energy, and she later told me the nightmares and emotional issues had all but ceased.

In our society, we usually don’t realize our homes are alive with energy. So, when things are going wrong, it is often the last place we check instead of the first. Thus, changing furniture around, painting, washing windows, or moving house will have an impact on our energy and our relationships.

Do you like the house you live in? Do you want to make changes? Are some rooms comfortable while others feel cold? Be sure you are comfortable in your living environment; it has a major impact on your daily life.

If buying a new home, get a bit of history on the property. Was there a divorce or a death there? It is important to reveal properties where divorce, for example, has taken place affecting several of the previous owners. This is toxic energy and you want to clear it before you expose your family to the same energetic residue.

Love your homes, even name them and be grateful to them for their protection and safety. It will make a difference. Meanwhile, I am on the hunt for a duvet cover to match my drapes.

Until next time...

Namaste from Sharyn

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity.

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow”.

- Melody Beattie -

Sharyn is the owner operator of The Studio Holistic Health Centre in Red Deer Alberta. A psychic consultant and medium, she also holds weekly intuitive development classes. For additional information on Sharyn please visit her website at www.thestudiohhc.com