{"id":595,"date":"2011-02-10T15:45:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T15:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/intentchopra\/2011\/02\/spiritual-solutions-27-move-ou.html"},"modified":"2011-02-10T15:45:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T15:45:24","slug":"spiritual-solutions-27-move-ou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/intentchopra\/2011\/02\/spiritual-solutions-27-move-ou.html","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Solutions #27:  Move Out Stuck Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"shamanic_smudging.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/134\/import\/shamanic_smudging.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"315\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nby <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deepakchopra.com\" target=\"_blank\">Deepak Chopra <\/a>and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenchicafe.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Annie B. Bond<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The Energy to Change<\/strong><br \/>\nThe difference between healthy and unhealthy energy can be summarized as follows:<br \/>\nHealthy energy is flowing, flexible, dynamic, balanced, soft, associated with positive feelings.<br \/>\nUnhealthy energy is stuck, frozen, rigid, brittle, hard, out of balance, associated with negative emotions.<br \/>\nYou can bring healing to any aspect of your life by shifting an unhealthy energy state into a healthy one. If all the qualities of unhealthy energy, from blockages and rigidity to negative emotions, could be healed at once, your body could quickly rebound to its natural state of health.<br \/>\n<em>Adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reinventing-Body-Resurrecting-Soul-Create\/dp\/0307452336\" target=\"_blank\">Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul<\/a>, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2009).<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Clear the Air <\/strong><br \/>\nThe ritual of smudging to clear out old energy and cleanse and purify your space is one that has been used by indigenous peoples for millennia.<br \/>\nThe herbs used to make smudge sticks are usually white sage, sweetgrass, or cedar, although any dried herb is fine, even lavender. Choose an herb that doesn&#8217;t have a woody stem, or if there is such a stem, make the bundle of leaves that you pull off. If you make your own smudge sticks, honor the tradition of honoring the plants with your appreciation for using their leaves.<br \/>\nYou want to burn the smudge in a container that will contain the flames, so that you don&#8217;t start a fire. Light the dried leaves, and once there is a good flame, blow it out so that the leaves smoke, and waft the smoke around with a feather.<br \/>\n<em>Adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Home-Enlightenment-Practical-Earth-Friendly-Toxin-Free\/dp\/1579548113\" target=\"_blank\">Home Enlightenment,<\/a> by Annie B. Bond (Rodale Press, 2005\/2007).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Deepak Chopra and Annie B. Bond The Energy to Change The difference between healthy and unhealthy energy can be summarized as follows: Healthy energy is flowing, flexible, dynamic, balanced, soft, associated with positive feelings. Unhealthy energy is stuck, frozen, rigid, brittle, hard, out of balance, associated with negative emotions. You can bring healing to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spiritual Solutions #27: Move Out Stuck Energy - Deepak Chopra and Intent<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/intentchopra\/2011\/02\/spiritual-solutions-27-move-ou.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spiritual Solutions #27: Move Out Stuck Energy - Deepak Chopra and Intent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Deepak Chopra and Annie B. 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