The Art of Release: Abandoning Your Obstacles
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Still holding onto the past—mentally, emotionally, or physically? That weight may not be yours to carry anymore. That old baggage is getting in your way. Decluttering is a sacred practice of releasing what no longer aligns so you can welcome peace, power, and clarity. In this post, you'll learn how mental clutter blocks your intuition and how to clear it. Why emotional baggage keeps you stuck, and rituals to let it go. How your physical space mirrors your inner world (and how to shift both). A way to create space for transformation. Decluttering is the gateway to your next level.
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Did you collectively release and declutter with us last month? Let us know how you did and how you're feeling in the comments below. We want to hear about your transformation journey during this 9-year transition.
Last month we showed you how to free yourself from the mental, emotional, energetic, and environmental clutter so you could align with release and completion during this current year-9.
Stay dedicated and committed this year—next year is a fresh start and a brand-new beginning to the next nine year cycle. Don't fall behind and miss out on ground-breaking year-1 opportunities. Learn more about the nine year cycle and how to prepare through releasing and decluttering rituals and practices.
The Art of Letting Go: Why Releasing the Past and Decluttering Every Level of Your Life Matters
We all carry memories, emotions, expectations, and clutter that weigh us down. Sometimes it’s visible, like that overflowing junk drawer or the pile of clothes we never wear. But often, it’s hidden in the mind and heart: old beliefs, unresolved grief, looping thoughts, and emotional baggage we’ve outgrown.
Releasing the past and decluttering your life is about creating space, but more importantly, it's about reclaiming your energy, aligning with your present truth, and making room for the future you're trying to create.
Mental Decluttering: Clearing the Noise
Our minds are constantly processing: conversations, notifications, self-criticism, unfinished to-dos. When your mental space is cluttered, you feel scattered, overwhelmed, and indecisive.
When your mind is free you are free to experience:
- - Greater focus and clarity
- - More space for creativity and intuition
- - Relief from decision fatigue and anxiety
- - A stronger connection to the present moment
How to start:
- - Journal your thoughts without judgment
- - Create a digital detox routine
- - Meditate with grounding crystals like Fluorite or Septarian
- - Practice thought-replacement using affirmations like “I release what no longer serves me.”
Emotional Decluttering: Letting Go of What Hurts
Emotional clutter comes from past experiences we haven’t fully processed—resentment, fear, shame, guilt, or grief. We carry these feelings in our energy field, sometimes for years, believing they define us.
When your emotional body is clear you can experience a:
- - Deep healing and increased emotional resilience
- - Lighter, freer energy and brighter mood
- - Renewed openness to love and connection
- - Greater self-compassion and confidence
How to start:
- - Identify emotions you’ve been avoiding or suppressing
- - Write letters you’ll never send to express what’s been unspoken
- - Do a fire ceremony or water ritual for energetic release
- - Use tools like shadow work, scripting, or sound healing to process deeply stored emotion
Physical Decluttering: Shifting the Energy of Your Environment
Your physical space reflects your internal state. A cluttered, chaotic environment often mirrors inner turmoil. When we clear out what we no longer need or use, we transform our surroundings and effectively shift our vibration.
Cleansing and decluttering your environment will bring you:
- - Increased energy and lightness in your space
- - A stronger sense of control and groundedness
- - More beauty, harmony, and flow in daily life
- - A clearer connection between your physical space and spiritual intentions
- - Choose one small area and ask: “Does this item support who I’m becoming?”
- - Use the 1-in, 2-out rule: for every new item brought in, release two
- - Cleanse the space energetically with herbs, sound, sprays, or crystals
- - Infuse cleared areas with intention and fresh energy
The Spiritual Power of Letting Go
At its core, decluttering is an act of devotion to your future self. It’s a message to the universe: I am ready for something new. When you let go, you call in transformation. When you release the old, you create a sacred space for miracles, for growth, for aligned opportunities that couldn’t reach you before.
Decluttering IS a spiritual practice.
A healing process... A rebirth. Whether you're clearing a drawer or ending an emotional cycle, every bit of release is a step closer to clarity, power, and peace. So take a breath. Ask yourself: "What am I ready to release?" And then—lovingly, gently—let it go.
Your future is waiting in the space you clear.
Tell us about your journey! Did you courageously engage with releasing past pain, decluttering your mind and your heart, clearing and cleansing your world? Success or failure aside, all that matters is that you tried...
Emily, Thank you so much for sharing this, truly. Your self-awareness and honesty are incredibly powerful—and I want to honor the deep work you’ve done here. What you described—the frustration, the pull toward purpose, the clutter that mirrors our internal overwhelm—is something so many people feel but don’t always have the courage to say out loud.
It’s amazing to hear that the 7-day decluttering plan and the release ceremony helped you find some clarity. That emotional moment during the question “what in my life feels like deadweight?”—that’s a sacred kind of breakthrough. You’ve touched on something deeply transformative: learning to discern between what is kind of important and what truly fuels your soul’s purpose.
You’re doing such brave work by choosing to live more intentionally, even when it’s uncomfortable. Keep listening to that inner voice—it’s guiding you beautifully. And please know you’re not alone in this journey. We’re so grateful you’re part of this community.
I've been dealing with some overwhelming feelings this year and an intense desire for something more. I feel a lot of frustration to have a more meaningful purpose in my life, but most of the time, I'm not able to do the things that align with that purpose. Most of the time, I feel stuck in doing things I don't want to be doing, or things that I'm expected to do, or just things that are my habit of doing. I also hate clutter, but no matter how I try, I always end up surrounded by a lot of junk. I did do the 7-day decluttering plan and it was helpful. I was more successful this time around, than I have been in the past. Usually, I get overwhelmed and end up throwing everything in a box and tossing it in the garage. Out of sight, out of mind. The hardest part of decluttering for me are the many decisions about what to keep, where to put it, and what to get rid of. Those decisions sap so much mental and emotional energy. I noticed that it was a little bit easier to make those decisions this time. I think the release ceremony I did helped with that. During the release ceremony, I had an intense emotional reaction around the question of "what in my life feels like deadweight?" I tuned into my intution and something interesting came up. There are too many things in my life that are 'kindof' important, and I don't give enough energy to the few things that I consider to be my highest goals, or my passion and purpose. Either those things are things other people think should be importnat in my life, or just a hundred little things that could be good or useful or interesting but don't help me get any closer to my greater goals. I realized that I need to narrow my focus and decide what are the future visions that matter most to me, and let everything else go. Anything that isn't helping me get to where I really want to go is just dead weight. Now, I'm looking at the things I choose to give my attention and energy to every single day, and asking myself how does this help achieve my purpose... If it doesn't, then I need to figure out how to do it differently or replace it with an action that is more intentional.