Clesning is a very simple thing which can also prove to be very useful, there are many different types of clensings and clensing can be done for a varrity of reasons. Physical clensing can be done to purify an object or a room, or particuarly space, clesning of the body both extenrally and internally, and clensing of the mind and the soul. 
 
Because in my enstallment about enchanting I mentioned clensing and said I would do a section about it shortly, I shall start with the clensing of an object. One might find it a good idea to clense an object they wish to enchant or use as part of ritual or ceremony. You might also wish to clense something newly bough particuarly if it was secound hand, and bought somewhere where it might have been used and owned by others before you, wheather it is a common item for daily use or something to be used for ritulistic purposes. You may also want to clense any crystals you have which others might have touched, or one that was newly bought. 

Though a clensing can be done anywhere I would recomend taking the object you wish to clense to a spot within the hour, or outside, or whereever which you feel most comftrable and relaxed and most peaceful. For a clensing all you will really need is some water, and you may also want to use a crystal in the rite if you have one. I personally have a special challice which is enchanted for clensing rituals that I carry my water in, but this is not required, though if you do have a favored goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, ect... you may wish to use this for your water. 

Find a safe place in your choosen spot to place your object, and while concentrating upon flowing white, pure and clensing energy around the object, sprinkle water over the object, it dosen't have to be soaked or saturated. Just flick water from your finger tips over the object and in the are around it. If you are using a crystal you may also wish to dip the crystal lightly into the water and then move the crystal in a circle around the object, which challniling the clensing white energy through the crystal, during the clensing ask for the blessing of the Goddess (or the diety of your choice) This will clense the object of any energies it might have encounterd before it fell into your pocession or any energy which has built up within it, if it is an object jused often in ceremony or ritual.

 

If you are about to preform a ritual or ceremony you may wish to clenshe first the room or space in which you are about to preform, it is also a good idea to clense an area after a ritual has been preformed there to help clear out any energy risidue which might be lingering. Or if you have a room in your house or place of residence which you feel negeitive energy or if you are staying somewhere new and forigen to you such as a hotel you may wish to clense that space. The way to do so is very much similar to the clensing of an object.

 

As before the items I use for the clensing of a space or room are water and a crystal, though you may also want to use inscense in the clensing. To clesnse a room the first thing I would do is stand appoxmiately within the center of the room, holding the vessle which has the water in it I dip my fingers in the water and just flick the water around the whole space of the area I wish to clean, while invisioning white purifying energy filling the space as I did so. Then I would take my crystal and dip the tip of it within the water and wave the crystal in a circle around the room. During a clensing I also usually will turn to each of the four directions and say a little blessing to the spirits of the four winds. If using inscense in a clensing you would place the incense approximately in the rooms center and use your hands to fan the smoke around the space being clensing, and you may also want to pass the crystal through the smoke. This will purify the room and remove it of energy residue.

 

For the clensings of yourself, there really is nothing like a good old fassioned warm bath, this is the perfect oppertunity and enviroment to clense your mind and soul while you are physcialy washing your body. What I recomand is drawing a nice hot bath set some candles around the bathtub and turn off all the lights, I would even draw the shower curtain if you have one, to make it the most private and seculeded place you can and be as shut out from the rest of the world as possible. You may even wish to burn some incense in the bathroom as well. Sink down into the waters and just savor the moment, forget about evertying else. All that has happend to you, all that you need to do. Let it all go and take in the smell of the insense, feel the energy of the fire from the candles surrounding you and all your worries going up within the smoke. Let your mind focus upon pleasent soothing thoughts and as you are physicaly washing yourself picture as well all negitivity and stressing wasing our of your mind and soul. Take as long as you like and don't worry about what time it is or anything in the outside world, make it just about you and your comfort.