How To Cleanse Your Aura (& When You Should), According To Experts

While we may not be able to see people's auras, or our own for that matter, many people have an intuitive sense of when their own aura (or someone else's) is a bit...off. Plenty of things are thought to cloud your aura, from stress to unhealthy lifestyle habits and even negative relationships.

Just as a refresher, your aura is essentially your energetic field, and while some people claim to be able to see them, most people can't.

As spiritual adviser and intuitive mentor Diana Zalucky tells mbg, "Every living being on earth has an aura. An aura is an energy field that you can experience through a range of colors correlating to the chakra system, to also literally just feeling it."

She explains that we have the power to expand and retract our auras, as well as create and fill holes in them, too—even accidentally or unconsciously. "Just as we have our physical bodies, we have emotional, spiritual, and mental bodies that layer around our physical form like a layered bubble. The bubble can change at any given moment based on how you are feeling and the environments you are in," Zalucky says.

So the question really isn't who needs to cleanse their aura but rather when should any of us cleanse our aura?

To that end, naturopathic doctor and nurse practitioner Erica Matluck, N.D., N.P., tells mbg that you can get a sense of whether your aura is clouded if you aren't quite feeling like yourself or something around you and your space feels off.

And lastly, when we consider the aforementioned grounding, protection, and stronger connection to self, all of this comes together so we can show up more positively in the world around us and within our relationships. Matluck tells mbg that while we can't necessarily see our aura, it can be felt, resulting in a constant exchange of information between you and anyone around you.

Zalucky tells mbg that she's big on using healing crystals for cleansing her aura. And given that auras are closely related with the chakras, it would make sense to go for crystals that work with the individual chakras, depending on your needs.

For example, if you're feeling unsafe or unstable, that's work for the root chakra, in which case you'd go for a stone like hematite.

Sometimes, all your aura needs is a little "me time," and that can mean doing anything that makes you feel like yourself or at least more connected to yourself. "Anyone can support their aura by doing things that nourish them inside and out and taking time to sit in your own energy," Zalucky tells mbg.

Sometimes the tricky part about cleansing your aura is actually feeling what's going on in your own energy field. According to Matluck, a body scan meditation is a great way to drop into your body and connect to yourself. She recommends taking a few slow deep breaths, feeling your feet on the ground, and running your attention through your muscles and the different parts of your body. "This is to help bring your energy and attention back to you," she adds.