The chaos of shopping, the trauma of having dinner with difficult family members, and the heavy marketing can all leave a bit of a mark on your energy.

People tend to pick up a lot of energetic debris during the holiday season.

The chaos of shopping, the trauma of having dinner with difficult family members, and the heavy marketing can all leave a bit of a mark on your energy. It’s important to know how to cleanse yourself after the exciting holiday season so that you can be your best.

Here are some great ideas to follow to encourage a post-holiday energetic cleanse.

• Start smudging! Any energy worker, holistic healer, hippie, or spiritualist will tell you that the first thing you need to do for any energetic cleansing is to smudge. Burn some sage brush or palo santo wood to bring freshness into your space.
  
  
• Clean, clean, clean. The next thing you need to do is Physical detritus left lying around after the holiday season can also leave lingering energy.
  
  
• Get moving. Life is movement, and stagnation leads to decay. One of the best ways to move old energy is to start moving. Shake it out by dancing, start jogging, or do jumping jacks to push out the old energy and bring in the new.
  
  
• There’s a reason that meditation has been popular for thousands of years: it works. Meditation is, hands-down, the best way to clear your energy field and make space for new energy.
  
  
• Listen to new music. You’re probably tired of hearing Christmas music by now. Put on some relaxing ambient music to help create a new energetic space.

If you follow these tips and tricks, you’ll be feeling energetically refreshed in no time.