Is your busy life pulling you from priority to priority, with little time slow down reflect on what brings your joy? Are you feeling lost in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and want a place to reconnect with yourself? Taking time to create a home altar can provide you with a place that brings you a sense of peace and connection.
What is a Home Altar
A designated space to hold intention, a Home Altar is a visual reminder of what you want to honor or cherish. Acting as the main focal point in a sacred space, in some cases the Altar can be representative of the entire sacred space. Taking many shapes, they can be big or small, portable or stationary, 
elaborate or simple, traditional or contemporary, busy or minimalist, as long as they reflect you and your intention.
Often used to perform rituals such as honoring your ancestors or requesting assistance from a deity, saint or angel, altars carry significance in our lives. A Home Altar can by used to provide you a reminder of how you want to feel, a place to reflect and focus on what you are actively seeking to bring into your life. Change out the items on your Altar as frequently as you want, as you work your way through the seasons, challenges you are facing or the situations you are wishing to honor.
3 Steps to Create a Home Altar
- clean the space you have chosen for your altar – dust, vacuum and clear the energy in your space by smudging the room too
- choose the items that will create the mood and express the intention you are looking to set
- place the chosen items in the places that speak to you and what your altar represents
Incorporating features that are consistent with your faith will help you gain a deeper connection with your Altar
Crystals and Essential Oils for your Home Altar
- Clear Quartz – all chakras
- programmable
- amplifies intention
- Black Tourmaline – root chakra
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- energy “scrubber”
- protection
- grounding
- Amethyst – crown chakra, third eye chakra
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- connection to divine
- Frankincense
- increases spiritual awareness
- promotes meditation
- improves attitude
- uplifts spirits
- Sandalwood
- grounding and stabilizing
- enhances deep sleep
- Lavender
- calming, relaxing and balancing, both physically and emotionally
- reduces mental stress
- increases alertness
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