Apr 24 2008
Space Clearing with the Spirit of Air
Today is such a beautiful and glorious day here in Wisconsin. The final bits of snow have melted and we have a sunny blue skies day. In fact this is a Wisconsin kind of a day. We have 71 degrees with no humidity, the sun is out, the sky is cloudless and brilliant blue. Another good reason it is a beautiful day is I can actually open the windows to ask the Spirit of Air to freshen up my home.
For me the Spirit of Air dwells in the East. I think about how much I connect with the Spirit of Air. In the ascension courses I teach we spend quite of time on breath work and in my Interior Alignment™ Space Clearing work I use feathers, incense and sage bundles to assist as Spirit of Air. I love the smell of sage burning. In fact, each year the very first fire my husband and I have in our outdoor firepit, I give tobacco for all that we have and we are grateful for. I include pinches of cedar, sweetgrass and sage and smell the aroma of and watch as the smoke (the Spirit of Air) carries our prayers to the Creator.
When I perform space clearing ceremonies, my eagle feather, represents the Spirit of Air. I actually use two feathers (the name of my personal business) in space clearing ceremonies both are eagle feathers. One feather I use in the purification part of the ceremony and the other is my dance feather which I use when I dance in my Healing Dress for my clients at the end of the space clearing ceremony. In my culture and in my clan, we believe that bird feathers carry the message and energy of the Creator. My eagle feather shaft is hollow which makes it is a clear conduit for divine energy. I pray that I too am the clear conduit for divine energy (the Creator’s energy) flow through me as it flows through my eagle feather. My space clearing feather is simply adorned. I have only a deerhide leather tied on with a few beads. This simple adornment represents my belief in being humble as well as simple adornment means that the adornment doesn’t restrict my movement in a space clearing.
Most times my primary space clearing tools are my elk hide hand drum, my eagle feather and my Healing Dress. My drum breaks up stagnant and stuck energies (really shakes things up), my feather moves the stagnant energy remnants out, balances and smoothes out the positive energies. My Healing Dress is to balance and smooth out the subtle energies and also gives a blessing to my clients.
When I teach the space clearing portion of Interior Alignment™ practitioner certification courses, we cover the Spirit of Air in section called the Alchemy of Air. My students have the opportunity to feel what it is like to space clear with an eagle feather as this may be the one and only time they are able to have such experience. I am told by some students that the eagle feather vibrates or moves in their hand. This is such a special moment to connect with the Spirit of Air and the essence of Eagle.
May the Spirit of Air bring good tidings to you.
All Rights Reserved. Copyright, Yvette Neshi Lokotz, 2008.
Tags: drum, drumming, Interior Alignment™, Neshi Lokotz, Space Clearing
Thank you for your introduction of feathers, Neshi. They are my Space Clearing ally, probably because many of my totems are birds: hawk, raven, turkey and swan, and I believe birds can teach us so much. They are the only space clearing tools I have that I keep private. They are located in my bedroom in a beautiful fabric weaving that has pockets in it, so I see them everyday.
However, not all the feathers I own are for space clearing: for that I use my turkey feathers and Canada Goose feathers. The raven and swan feathers are small and I think of them more as for holding the energy or bringing a particular quality to the space clearing.
Deborah
Hi Deborah,
Thanks for sharing about your feathers. I use turkey feathers to make small space clearing fans for my Interior Alignment practitioner students. Feathers are so easy to work with and fun to have in our lives. Blesings, Neshi.