8 tips to rejuvenate your home during Shravan

The fifth month of the Hindu calendar is called ‘the holy month of Shravan’, known to be a conduit for conveying natural and tremendous healing energies by invoking or calling upon the supreme Lord Shiva. As per the mythology, the Samudra Manthan took place in this holy month which emphasised upon the importance of Lord Shiva consuming the poison from the churning of the ocean to save the entire mankind from evil destruction and stored it in his throat. Taking this story as an epitome of relaxing mankind from the high malefic effect, during this month appeasing the shivling, symbol of lord Shiva which radiates immense energy, one can get salvage and rescue themselves from the deadly curses and complexities of life.

Practicing rejuvenating rituals during shravan in our life is the gateway to immense purity, abundance and provides relief from reverberating negative energies within ourselves and in our environment. Hence, one must definitely keep the house neat and clean to remove negative energies accumulated in the form of dust. It is believed that goddess Lakshmi prefers to reside in a house that is clean, not just physically but also energy wise. During the time of pandemic, wholesalers and florists had to close their doors and people avoided to buy flowers and other pooja samagri; however, worship does not mean just rituals or is limited to rituals and expert healer Kuhoo Gupta recommends to do these 9 holistic rituals to rejuvenate their home.

It has been one of the oldest rituals for energetic cleansing of a space or someone’s aura. You can choose a Monday every week to smudge the entire house with Sage or any other herb or holy wood like Palo Santo.

Sound vibrations are a powerful way to clear the energy of a room and raise its energetic vibration. Healing sounds can break apart dense or heavy energy that is lowering the energy in your home. You can also use a singing bowl to create a healing effect with gentle vibrations that can be felt on both a physical and spiritual level.

Gridding your home using black tourmaline crystals is also a great option to protect yourself from any external negative energies. Since unmarried girls fast during this period, healing loving energies of rose quartz can also be harnessed. The crystal also helps in finding a good partner.

Using a diffuser with sandalwood essential oil and camphor is also a beautiful experience given that sandalwood is so closely associated with the Shravan Shiv pooja rituals.

On new moon days, it is a widespread practice to worship an ash gourd or white pumpkin and then hang it at the entrance of the home. Ash gourd has immense Praan Shakti and it absorbs any negative energy from entering your home.

Pooja rituals are common during Shravan month. Burning a natural incense is helpful in clearing out the negative energies. Make sure the incense you are burning is natural and not chemically treated. Also incense sticks made of bamboo sticks are not good to burn. Burning bamboo releases bad gases. Best is to burn natural cow dung dhoop or battis for purification and an aromatic experience.

Place sea salt in all corners of the room in a container or on the floor. Let it absorb the negativity for 1-2 days and then trash that salt away. Salt is a natural cleanser.

If you are looking to manifest your wishes during this auspicious month, then you can harness the energy of the bay leaf. You can write your intention on a whole bay leaf, hold it in your hands and visualize it happening in front of you. Feel it with all your senses and then burn the bay leaf using a candle or diya, there by submitting your wish/intention to the Universe to manifest.