{"id":119,"date":"2015-03-28T10:02:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T10:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2015-03-28T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T10:04:08","slug":"is-it-time-for-a-spiritual-spring-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/is-it-time-for-a-spiritual-spring-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it time for a Spiritual Spring Clean ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Spiritual Spring cleaning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/horoscopes.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/\/\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Spiritual-Spring-Clean-AstrOMara-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"Is it time to forgive yourself and move on ?\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Spiritual-Spring-Clean-AstrOMara-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Spiritual-Spring-Clean-AstrOMara.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Spiritual-Spring-Clean-AstrOMara-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"Is it time to forgive yourself and move on ?\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Spiritual-Spring-Clean-AstrOMara-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Spiritual-Spring-Clean-AstrOMara.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a title=\"Spritual horoscopes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\">Spiritual Spring Cleaning<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a long winter slumber spring is the time for growth.\u00a0 Snow melts, flowers that have napped under snow pop out of the ground and trees grow new leaves. \u00a0 This is also a great time for spiritual growth, cleaning out the mental attic of emotional baggage and start attracting that which serves you.\u00a0 Put on your gloves, get your duster and mop and let\u2019s start spring cleaning!<\/p>\n<p>Like the flower bulb buried under the snow, energetically winter is a time for rest and rejuvenation.\u00a0 Energetically this is a high time of the year and perfect to harness for growth.\u00a0 Releasing that which isn\u2019t serving you is the first step to spiritual spring cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>Mindful meditation is the first step to releasing past energies.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t the quiet time but the skill of learning to quiet emotions when they arise that gives meditation its immense value.\u00a0 When an uncomfortable emotion rises, acknowledge it, thank it for coming and let it flow out.\u00a0 Meditation allows you to quiet your mind, the fight or flight response to painful emotions so you can sort it out and let it flow out of your conscious. I have used meditation to quiet the thousand synapses firing in my brain at any given moment for many years. I have a dedicated meditation page on my website that is running in the background as I write this, namyohorengekyo Om mani padme hum \u0913\u0902 \u092e\u0923\u093f\u092a\u0926\u094d\u092e\u0947 \u0939, I find they all work perfectly well. <a title=\"Meditation and chanting for a brighter future\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulomara.com\/psychic\/Psychic-Free-Readings\/Chant-With-Buddha.php\">Chant to your future &#8211; <b><i>You can give it a try here<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second step in the spiritual spring cleaning is the hardest.\u00a0 <em><strong>Be honest with yourself<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We have spent our whole lives suppressing feelings it is habit to run or stuff them down.\u00a0 How can you release something if you don\u2019t face it?\u00a0 This is where the acknowledging the emotions as they arise comes into play.\u00a0 Feel your heart race and your muscles tense, flow with it and release it.\u00a0 Recognize the patterns and your body reaction when those emotions arise and accept your responsibility in the role of letting those patterns exist. Breaking harmful or destructive patterns is surprisingly difficult, though can be the most liberating thing you will ever do.<\/p>\n<p>Once you see the patterns the following step is to forgive yourself.\u00a0 You are human.\u00a0 Be kind to that human. See yourself from another perspective, as if you are a person in a movie. If you can disassociate from \u2018you\u2019, even for a moment, it can be far easier to forgive \u2018that person\u2019 .\u00a0 Forgive yourself for holding those emotions and allowing them to rule the roost.\u00a0 Sweep them out the door now with love so you can move on and attract a better, life, job, relationship or whatever is holding you back.<\/p>\n<p>Just like laundry and dirty dishes this is a routine that has to be repeated over and over.\u00a0 Patterns and habits are hard to break.\u00a0 It takes work.\u00a0 Releasing that negative energy is a daily task and often it has to be performed multiple times during the day, especially when different challenges arise that trigger residual emotions and patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Finally set a routine for yourself.\u00a0 Key areas to focus on are meditating, allowing the brain to be quiet for whatever amount of time you can manage.\u00a0 Practice gratitude.\u00a0 When you find an emotion has surfaced and negativity creeping in, think of something that makes you grateful.\u00a0 You will notice a shift in energy right away.\u00a0 Ground yourself in nature.\u00a0 The earth has amazing energy and you can pull from this for strength. \u00a0 Unplug from technology.\u00a0 The constant bombardment of visual and auditory noise is deafening so wait 30 minutes before you turn on the TV or start your computer. Likewise avoid screens for at least an hour before bed.<\/p>\n<p>Spiritual spring cleaning can help you let go of the old clutter in your brain and soul and allow you to accept the bounty the Universe offers for your future. Accept it, you know you deserve it.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>As always, I wish you great success on your unfolding journey, keep discovering !<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>For many inspiring free resources, visit my <a title=\"Free psychic and tarot readings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulomara.com\/psychic\/Psychic-Free-Readings\/Free-Tarot-Online-Psychic-Fortune-Teller-Resource.php\">\u2018Free Psychic Readings\u2019 Page <em><strong>Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a unique inspiring reading with one of my recommended Psychics and Clairvoyants simply visit my <a title=\"best psychics book a reading\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulomara.com\/#about\">\u2018Book a Psychic Reading\u2019 page <em><strong>Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For fast answers direct to your mobile remember you can text a psychic quickly and easily. <a title=\"Text a psychic reading by mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paulomara.com\/Text-Psychic.php\">&#8216;Text a Psychic Reading&#8217; <em><strong>Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course your <a title=\"Best free daily horoscopes\" href=\"http:\/\/astromara.com\/horoscopes.php\">free Daily Horoscopes are always available <em><strong>Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long winter slumber spring is the time for growth.\u00a0 Snow melts, flowers that have napped under snow pop out of the ground and trees grow new leaves. \u00a0 This is also a great time for spiritual growth, cleaning out the mental attic of emotional baggage and start attracting that which serves you.\u00a0 Put &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/is-it-time-for-a-spiritual-spring-clean\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is it time for a Spiritual Spring Clean ?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,74,46,76,75,73,11],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-astrology-guidance","tag-chanting","tag-free-horoscopes","tag-free-psychic-readings","tag-meditation","tag-spiritual-spring-clean","tag-tarot"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.astromara.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}