When you de-clutter your living spaces, you free yourself of the toxins in your body and eliminate the debris of outdated thoughts, feelings, experiences... you clear the spaces around your soul.

Clarity – a term next to purity

A clear sky, a clear heart, a clear mindset, clarity in vision and of course, clear soup, all depict a sense of simplicity and transparency.

If we appreciate clarity then why don’t most of us imbibe the quality when it comes to our emotions?

Pent-up and amalgamated feelings are like influenza to the mind and soul. They curb the breath of love in oneself.

If we can’t bear a congested chest and nose even for a few days, how and why do we live with a congested mind for years together?

Releasing and clearing of suppressed emotions can do so much good to us as well as to our loved ones around us. We can then open up a passage for more love to flow into our systems and be free to give and receive.

I tried a simple exercise recently in a desperate attempt to release the anxiety that constantly plagued me:

I thought of all the negative feelings thriving inside me and imagined them to look like tar. Then I visualised myself collecting all of this black tar and making a ball out of it. I then kicked the ball hard in my mind and released it in the sky where it eventually exploded. It felt like a humongous weight was lifted off me.

- Jasleen Bhalla (television producer)