A snippet from Aromatique Essentials up and coming book

~ Aromatique Energetics ~

What is an altar, and how to set up your altar.

Most of us have at least one altar already in our home, e.g. your dressing table may have photos of your family, children, friends and pets!  Why do we have them there?  To remind us of happy times, to honour and celebrate our life, or someone else’s so we can reflect, we may have favourite objects like perfume bottles, crystals, statues and so on.

When creating an altar use objects that are dear to you, photos, crystals and use colour.  For example, if you are making an altar for working with your heart chakra, you would use colours of pink and green, shells, ornaments, feathers, plants, flowers, sand, salt, earth, bells, candles, fruit or vegetables, favourite childhood toys, books, shapes e.g. a cut-out shape of a heart, drawings, quotes, poems, essential oils, the list is endless. 

Use things that are associated or relate to your focus.  This is where you can be creative remember it is your sacred space to create a celebration or ritual to honour, meditate, and reflect on what it is you are wanting to accomplish.

Creating a personal altar, no matter how small, offers you a chance to express yourself creatively, helps you to connect and feel grounded coming in to a state of mindfulness.

Spend time at your altar on a daily basis, whether it is to cleanse it or meditate.

 

Altars

·         Open your life to love

·         Celebrate your life

·         Commune with the divine

·         Create abundance and wealth

·         Create financial success

·         Celebrate your successes

·         Honour your transformation in life

·         Honour our Mother Earth

·         Celebrate the cycles of the Moon

·         Bring the spirit of Nature into your home

·         Honour all that is good