When you de-clutter your living spaces, you free yourself of the toxins in your body and eliminate the debris of outdated thoughts, feelings, experiences...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

Learning to let go

Cleaning my cupboard allows me to empty my emotional waste. It makes me feel lighter and freer. Listening to spiritual music, and doing shavasan helps me relax and let go of worries that build up during the day. Writing a problem on a piece of paper and burning it or tearing it up helps let go of it. Speaking to a tree also helps me lighten my heart, when I can’t speak to anyone else. A walk on the beach allows the sea salt to cleanse and charge me up. Walking in the park, or a wooded area, or playing with animals have similar effects.

Ira Gandhi, Mumbai