How to Protect Yourself

Are you the type of person who avoids crowds and feels like time alone

afterwards is needed to feel normal again? Or do you feel this way after a day of

work even though you love your job and get along with your co-workers?

You may be empathic and picking up on other people feelings and energies.

You may be around people that just drain energy from others, even if they are

nice. Some people just do that naturally. This can leave you feeling drained,

unsteady, emotional for no apparent reason, or even cranky. And after awhile

this can lead to stress in your life if you do not know how to take care of it.

This is when visualization skills come in handy. Remember, what you think and

intend does become manifest. There are several ways to protect yourself from

feeling all the subtle energy muck of a public place that you are sensitive to.





A very effective visualization is to see your self in a mirrored bubble. Quiet

yourself for a moment and visualize a bubble around you, protecting you and

creating a buffer zone between you and the muck. You can still see out but they

can't see in. The Mirror Bubble deflects any negative energy away from you but

it allows you to still be able to interact with those you want to be around. The

more you practice this, the stronger your protection will become. You can also

use this visualization to protect your loved ones by seeing them in the bubble

or put your whole home in a bubble every day.

Another effective visualization/affirmation is the Golden Armor. Visualize

yourself in a suit of armor that is gold and has a silver light emanating from it.

You can make your armor look however you like. If the feudal era is your thing

go for it. If a storm trooper style is more your speed, go for it. Just make it gold

with silver light. Affirm "The silver light of golden armor surrounds me and

protects me" at least 3 times, or chant it like a mantra until you have a firm

visual in your mind's eye of yourself in an awesome suit of armor. You can use

this one whenever you feel you need protection from any situation.

Those are a couple of preventive measures that are very effective and

actually work to deflect negative influences that may attach themselves to you.

But you still may need to "clean" energies away and this can be done by

smudging with sage and other visualizations.

Something that has always worked for me has been walking barefoot in the

grass and letting "everything that is not mine" drain into the earth and visualize

healing energy coming up from the earth through my feet. (we do have feet

chakras just for this purpose :) . Mother Earth knows what to do with these

energies and you will feel clearer and more grounded if you try this technique.

You can never go wrong with tree hugging. We live a symbiotic life with them.

Their waste sustains our life and ours sustains theirs. Trees seem to just pull

negative energy right out of a human and they return an energy to you.

So If you feel like this is you, give these visualizations a try and see how things

go. See if there is a difference in your day.

Namaste