What Is Shamanic Cleansing?

A Beginner’s Guide

Introduction

Ever felt drained after an argument or noticed your mood shift when you enter a cluttered space? These experiences confirm that we are all sensitive to the energies around us.

Shamanic cleansing provides a framework for clearing what doesn’t belong in the energy fields of our spaces and bodies, retrieving lost parts of ourselves and restoring harmony. This guide introduces shamanic cleansing and explores the six cleanses offered by Ascension Shamanism.

Shamanic Cleansing Explained

Shamanism is one of humanity’s oldest spiritual traditions. It teaches us that everything, seen and unseen, is alive and interconnected. Shamans have always acted as healers, seers and mediators for their communities. They 'journey' between the visible world and spiritual realms to gain insights and restore balance.

Modern practitioners honour these ancient roots while making the work relevant for people living today. We believe that energetic imbalances manifest as physical, emotional or mental distress.

How Shamanic Healing & Cleansing Works

A typical session begins with the practitioner setting sacred space and calling in the client’s spirit guides, ancestors and healing allies. Using rhythmic drumming, rattling or chanting, the practitioner enters an expanded state of awareness.

In this state, we are able to perceive energetic disturbances such as intrusive entities, soul loss , invasive ancestral trauma and lingering childhood emotions. One common technique is extraction, where the practitioner removes foreign energy: which may be entities, curses, or thought forms, from your body and energy field.

Another is soul retrieval, which involves bringing back parts of the your soul that left during shock, abuse or intense stress. After the healing, one often feels lighter, clearer and more grounded and embodied: vivid dreams and mood shifts are normal as the body integrates. Regular follow‑up and maintenance sessions support ongoing clarity and personal growth.

Why Consider a Shamanic Cleanse?

Shamanic cleanses honour the complexity of our human experience. They restore vitality by removing intrusive energies, clear emotional and mental fog by easing stress and negative thought patterns, heal ancestral and past‑life wounds, improve relationships and deepen spiritual connection.

Because our lives are multifaceted, my practice offers specialised cleanses to address personal, relational, environmental and business dynamics and situations.

Did you know Ascension Shamanism has 6 types of Cleanses

1. Soul Cleanse

The Soul Cleanse is the baseline for all other work. Imagine carrying a backpack filled with rocks: past hurts, ancestral pain, random attachments, thought forms and even entities you may have picked up. This session empties that backpack.

It retrieves lost soul fragments and clears ghosts, curses, spells and heavy thought forms from your energy. It heals damage from psychic or sexual trespass, restores your life force and increases vitality. Clients often report feeling more embodied, present and relaxed afterward. Sessions typically last 90 minutes, with a deeper option available. Preparation involves quiet time, hydration and avoiding alcohol; integration may include rest and grounding.

2. Womb & Hara (Sovereignty) Cleanse

Think of this as the equivalent to a car having a detailing restorative wash, vs. a standard car wash. Our creative centre: the womb for women and hara (lower dan tien) for men; holds immense power. It is where we gestate ideas, set boundaries and manifest dreams. Yet it also records unprocessed emotions from sexual experiences, past relationships, miscarriages, abortions and abuse.

Ancestral patterns and societal conditioning can cloud this centre, leading to fatigue, creative blocks, fertility challenges or a feeling of disconnection. The Womb & Hara Cleanse removes these imprints and restores vitality. By clearing trauma and energetic debris, clients reclaim personal power, release shame and grief, and awaken creative potential.

Men benefit equally, as grounding energy in the hara supports clarity, emotional stability and decisive action. This cleanse can be booked alone or added within a few months of a Soul Cleanse.

3. Relationship Cleanse

Couples sometimes feel stuck despite individual healing work. The Relationship Cleanse is an add‑on that clears the energetic field between partners. It removes residues from past relationships, dissolves ancestral or tribal issues that sow discord and clears curses designed to disrupt love.

The session addresses emotional trauma held by the relationship, clears entities that feed on arguments and restores energetic compatibility. When paired with personal cleanses, couples can build a new bond free from old baggage. This add‑on is also useful after breakups to help partners close chapters gracefully.

4. Couples & Family Cleanse

What happens when a cleansed person returns to their shared environment, where the rest of the family have 'trained access' to their core essence. The other family members can rapidly undo and nullify the normalised state achieve after a deep cleanse. The Couples & Family Cleanse addresses this issue by cleansing partners, children and even the home simultaneously.

This remote session reduces cross‑contamination: family members aren’t passing heavy energies back and forth; and can include options to cleanse the house and children. Benefits include renewed intimacy, removal of past relationship energy, clearing of lineage curses and restoration of the body’s sacred energy flow. Beyond immediate relief, participants often experience greater creativity, personal sovereignty and a sense of peace and gratitude for life.

5. Space Cleanse

We are sensitive to the spaces we inhabit. A room can feel uplifting or heavy depending on the energies it holds. The Space Cleanse recognises that homes and workplaces accumulate residues from past events, arguments and traumas. Natural earth energies can also become distorted by underground water, fault lines or electromagnetic pollution.

Symptoms of a toxic space include disturbed sleep, mood swings, lack of concentration, infertility and even chronic illness. A toxic environment can turn amazing tenants into rabid nightmares. 

During a space cleanse, practitioners remove geopathic and technopathic stress, clear predecessor energies and harmonise the environment. My sessions are always remote to minimise my exposure to toxic environments.

Clients often report lighter atmospheres, improved health, calmer relationships and clearer thinking. Ascension Shamanism usually conducts these remotely. We diagnose the space, develop a bespoke clearing plan, implement the cleanse, provide a report and recommend maintenance.

6. Business Cleanse

A business is more than its products—it has a distinct personality or deva, formed by the people, values and intentions behind it. Like individuals, businesses can accumulate negative energies from disgruntled employees, jealous competitors or toxic clients. Website visitors can pollute your business deva with whatever they are carrying in their fields.

These influences manifest as miscommunications, financial stagnation, staff turnover or persistent conflicts. The Business Cleanse clears the enterprise’s energetic landscape by working on the business elements, deva, and founders and, optionally, the physical space.

This session removes curses, attachments and dark intentions. It fosters focused employees, improves productivity, enhances client relationships and protects the company from future negativity. A consultation and tailored plan ensure the cleanse fits your business’s needs.

Practitioner Training and Spirit Weaver Lineage

Quality matters in spiritual work. Ascension Shamanism’s cleanses are performed by Spirit Weavers—practitioners trained to uphold strict ethical standards and collaborate with dedicated spirit teams. The Spirit Weaver training program covers journeying, spirit communication, protection rituals, self‑cleansing and extraction techniques.

Students engage in personal healing and practise under supervision for nine to eighteen months to ensure competence and integrity. The Space Cleanser Training teaches students to diagnose and clear environmental energies using shamanic geomancy. The Personal Sovereignty (Womb & Hara) Training helps participants learn to cleanse their own energetic centres, release relationship imprints and support others through deep womb/hara healing. Whether you wish to practise professionally or simply maintain your own energy, these courses provide tools to walk your path safely.

Preparing for and Integrating a Session

Preparation sets the stage for a powerful session. Take time to reflect on what you hope to release or call in. Spend the day quietly if possible, avoid alcohol for at least a day and reduce caffeine. Ground yourself by walking barefoot, meditating or breathing deeply.

During an in-person session, you lie down fully clothed while the practitioner works around your energy. You’ll hear drums, rattles and possibly singing and whistling. Sensations like warmth, chills, tingling or emotional waves are normal.

Integration is just as important as the session itself. Drink plenty of water, nourish yourself and spend time in nature. Journaling helps capture insights and dreams. Follow‑up sessions every few months (how often to you shower?) keep your field clear and maintain your psychic hygiene.

Choosing Your Cleanse

Start with a Soul Cleanse. It clears the most common blockages and provides a baseline for deeper work. Afterward, consider the Womb & Hara Cleanse to reclaim your creative centre or the Relationship Cleanse if you want to reset a partnership. Families experiencing cross‑contamination or cyclical conflicts often benefit from the Couples & Family Cleanse.

Empaths and sensitive individuals who feel better outside their home may need a Space Cleanse. Business owners facing stagnation or toxic dynamics can book a Business Cleanse to reboot their enterprise. Whatever you choose, remember that healing is a journey. Allow yourself time and patience as you integrate changes.

Ready to Explore?

Book your session through our Cleansing page to experience these cleanses. If you’d like to develop your own spiritual practice, enrol in my Foundations programme, a 12‑week journey into energy hygiene, spirit communication and personal sovereignty. To learn more about the history and philosophy of shamanism, read my What is Shamanism? article.

Shamanic healing invites you to remember your sacredness, reconnect with the natural world and reclaim the parts of yourself you may have lost. Whether you seek personal clarity, deeper relationships, a harmonious home or a thriving business, my cleanses are designed to meet you where you are. 

Book a session and start your journey toward wholeness today.

Blessings.