Release Energy To Prepare For Chinese New Year

February 12, 2021 will be a very special day. It will be the start of a new year, the year of the golden ox, Chinese New Year. The energy will shift from the metal rat, where there were a lot of things happening behind the scenes, needing to figure out how to do things, looking for solutions, to the golden ox, where the hard work you've been doing will be valued, honored, and will pay off.

Why release energy?

It is important to release the energy that doesn't serve us before the new year comes so we can move forward. We start with Gratitude. Although the last year has been difficult for many, there were good moments. There were gifts and blessings and silver linings. Remember the good things that have happened, the little joys and new opportunities.

But we also must take inventory of your challenges, frustrations, blockages, unsupportive habits, and release them. In order to create something new, we need space for it. Releasing each challenge, each frustration, is a way to create space. And when we create space, we always attract more abundance.

More about making space

To some people, it can sound strange to talk about making space for something new. A child learns new things without having to make space. But that's because children are new, they have plenty of space to keep learning and growing. As we get older, we've filled up with knowledge and experiences.

Think of it like eating. If you just ate at a buffet and then go home, you wouldn't eat dinner right away, you're full. Or if you want to buy yourself a new bedroom furniture set, but you already have a lot of furniture in the bedroom, the new furniture won't fit. In either situation, you need to make space to fit the new/additional food or the new furniture.

Releasing physical clutter

When we start making space, the most obvious and visible things we can let go of are the physical clutter in our homes, cars, and work spaces - I discussed this at length previously

• things you don't use or love

• things that are disorganized or have no designated place in your home

• things that don't bring your joy

• things that are broken or damaged

How to release other forms of clutter Some clutter isn't as obvious but it is still there and and needs to be released

• time clutter - prioritize what needs to be done

• body clutter - do a colon cleanse, practice deep breathing, sweat out toxins, and dry brush your skin

• mental and emotional clutter - stop energizing the things you're worried about by focusing on what you want to have happen instead

• we also must let go of grudges and forgive those who may have wronged us (especially if we feel wronged by ourselves). Let go of what doesn't serve you to free you from the things that hold you back.

Once you release the energies of 2020, it will create the space you need for abundance in 2021!