Spaciousness is a quality of being that we can cultivate, and it can lead us to personal transformation and freedom.
Dear Friends,
Clearing clutter is more than just having a tidy space. Today we're speaking with DailyOM author Stephanie Bennett Vogt about her course Clear Your Home, Clear Your Life. Throughout the program, she'll show how to move stuck energy from our home, mind, and heart in order to experience a beautiful ripple effect of change. Let's hear what she has to say!
Course OverviewIn this inspiring course, clearing expert Stephanie Bennett will teach how to let go of the attachments that we have to the possessions, thoughts, or outcomes that don't serve us. With daily insights and helpful techniques, you'll be guided each day over the year and learn to create more lightness and spaciousness that will lift your spirit. By the end, you'll have a new sense of clarity and feel so much more at ease.Receive a new lesson every day for 4 weeks (total of 28 lessons).Have lifetime access to the course for reference whenever you want.Select the amount you can afford, and get the same course as everyone.If you are not 100% satisfied, you may request a refund.
How much do you want to pay?$19$35$55 This is the total amount for all 28 lessons Interview With Stephanie Bennett Vogt
DailyOM: Tell us about your background as a space clearing expert. How did you get into this field?
Stephanie Bennett Vogt: While I have been a dedicated teacher my entire adult life, my journey with space clearing only began in earnest when my life took a radical turn. In 1996 I walked away from teaching high school Spanish at one of Boston's preeminent schools at the height of a twenty-year career. I was at the top of my game but burned out. I didn't know what I loved anymore, or who I was. Back home again, as I recovered from major stress and exhaustion, I discovered to my shock and horror that this neat and tidy, super-organized woman had a lot of clutter squirreled everywhere! That's when I stumbled into space clearing. Or, I should say, it stumbled into me when a friend dropped off a book about the subject on my doorstep. To be honest, I cannot explain what made me dive so deeply into an area of study that was relatively unknown at the time. It's a field that largely works with energetic disturbances in a space -- what I call the "invisibles" -- that can unknowingly cause humans to feel stuck, overwhelmed, and out of balance. As someone with a passion for creating beauty and order in a home, the idea that we could harmonize and balance a space without lifting a finger was intriguing. I was hooked and sought out the best teachers I could find. Thus began my journey of working with subtle energies, mastering the art of dowsing among other modalities, completing two space clearing practitioner certification programs, writing five books, and teaching again.
DailyOM: Is clearing our home space really that important to our happiness? Why?
SBV: The short answer is yes. Without question. Think about it, have you ever noticed how good a house feels after things have been picked up, put away, or cleared? Or the lingering effects of a well-cooked meal, a bouquet of fresh flowers, or an evening spent with fun-loving friends? Contrast those good feelings with not-so-pleasant ones. Perhaps you have noticed the sticky, stuck, or enervating effects that clutter, pain, and overwhelm can have on a living space. If you consider that every thing, thought, and deed is a form of energy -- vibrating somewhere between stuck and spacious, chaotic and coherent -- you can pretty much guess where a happy home shows up on the spectrum.
If I have learned anything at all during my years in the business, it is this: our homes are not inert containers that we fill with collections of stuff, life experiences, and unique personalities. They are alive and dynamic, just like we are. They respond directly to our attentiveness and lack of it. There is no separation. Our homes affect us, reflect us, and, depending on how we treat them and relate to them, they support us or oppress us. Ultimately anything you do to "love up" a space with compassionate awareness will shift the energy, and lift you higher. The trick is to just keep tending your home in ways that feel good. You will discover over time that it feels so nourishing that you won't want to ever stop. And why would you when you realize that these small, spacious practices have made it possible to address the bigger clutter challenges without so much as a twinge of resistance.
DailyOM: This course is very practical and you offer many kinds of quick clearing practices. Tell us about two of your favorite ones.
SBV: How to choose? I love them all! The beauty of the practices that I teach and do every day myself is how simple they are. They will grow your spacious muscles even if all you have is one minute to spare. These baby step measures may not look like much on paper, but do not be fooled. They are designed that way on purpose to bypass fight-or-flight triggers in the brain and ease you into new habits that feel good and lead to lasting change. All you need to supply is two things: consistency (which means every day) and awareness (which means the ability to tune into and observe an experience in the present moment).
Here are a couple of clearing practices: The first is to get yourself a nice broom and sweep a floor, a room, the front steps, or cobwebs that are hard to reach. You can use the practice of sweeping to invoke a fresh start, open a path to a solution, cultivate mindfulness, or calm the noisy mind. Sweep an area of your home every day and notice the effects it has on your nervous system and home. The second is every time you feel yourself getting jangled, rattled, overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck, take a deep breath and repeat the phrase, "I choose ease." For a full minute allow any discomfort to arise, flow through, and simply be. Remember, it is all energy. Like a curious observer, watch what happens to this energy. Notice the quality of your breathing -- is it shallow? is it full? -- before, during, and after doing this exercise.
DailyOM: You teach a lot about the concept of spaciousness. Describe what spaciousness means to you.
SBV: You know that feeling of being in the flow? The feeling of gliding through the day, free of friction or resistance, where everything seems to work out without you having to try, like when all the green lights seem to sync up perfectly? Or the ability to sit through a difficult conversation or challenging situation without it ruffling your feathers, pressing a button, or throwing you off balance? Or that magic moment when a dragonfly lands on your shoulder and takes your breath away, or the sweet fragrance of a flower in bloom makes you swoon? These are just a few of the ways that spaciousness expresses itself for me. It is the ultimate equanimity. The ultimate breathing room. The ultimate, palpable sense that all is very, very well and there is nothing I need to do, fix, or make happen. As you can probably gather from these descriptors, spaciousness is not something we do or get or study for, but rather a quality of being that we cultivate. The beauty of it is that, like any muscle, spaciousness grows with practice. It expands by simply being aware, fluid, and not attached.
DailyOM: Along with your clearing practices, you also offer other kinds of self-reflection homework like journaling and meditations. Tell us about the spiritual side of this course.
SBV: Thank you for pointing this out. The self-reflective features that you'll find in all of my courses are at the heart of everything I teach and write about. As I see it, clearing clutter, ultimately, is an inside job. With a shift in perspective and a whole new approach that includes self-inquiry, we could be playing a much bigger, and longer, game than we are playing. For most people clutter is seen as this "thing" that is separate from us: a nuisance or growth that we must extract, conquer, outwit, or reorganize into orderly piles. And clearing is simply a means to an end: something we must endure, tolerate, and squeeze into a weekend, if we're lucky. Underlying it all is the belief that if we can just get rid of the stuff then we will find true heaven on earth. So much is lost with this way of thinking. The problem with this linear approach is that it completely dismisses, and misses, the equally powerful receptive elements that clearing offers: the opportunity to slow down, allow, listen, reflect, surrender, feel, soften, let go.
If we simply allowed ourselves to slow down and enter into the clearing experience with the curiosity of a beginner or an adventurer mining for treasure, we might discover that all the annoying stuff spilling out of our closets -- and spewing out of our heads -- has a lot to teach us about ourselves. Allowing our clutter to show us where we hold on and why, what we are afraid of and why, gives us the best opportunity to release it, grow our spacious muscles, and practice that thing that challenges us humans the most: letting go. When we can see that clearing clutter is not a goal or a destination but a reflective pathway that can lead to personal transformation and freedom, the journey becomes so much more doable, enlivening, illuminating, and fun!
How Does It Work?Starting today, you will receive a new lesson every day for 4 weeks (total of 28 lessons). Each lesson is yours to keep and you'll be able to refer back to it whenever you want. And if you miss a lesson or are too busy to get to it that day, each lesson will conveniently remain in your account so you won't have to search for it when you're ready to get back to it.
Free GiftAs a free gift, when you sign up for this course, you will also receive the award-winning DailyOM inspiration newsletter which gives you daily inspirational thoughts for a happy, healthy and fulfilling day. We will also let you know about other courses and offers from DailyOM and Stephanie Bennett Vogt that we think you might be interested in.
Get Started NowWe are offering this course with the option of selecting how much you want to pay. No matter how much you pay, you'll be getting the same course as everybody else. We simply trust that people are honest and will support the author of the course with whatever they can afford. And if you are not 100% satisfied, we will refund your money.
How much do you want to pay?$19$35$55 This is the total amount for all 28 lessons
Thanks, Stephanie. If you are seeking to refresh your perspective on life, this course will steer you in the right direction. Until next time.
Be well,
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