Energetic Shielding Practice

This guided visualization is all about recalling your energies that may be spread far and wide, as we can sometimes give too much of ourselves to others. In it, you will gather grounding and expansive energies, recall your own energies, and shield yourself from the energies of others. Most people report feeling well-resourced and well-boundaried after this practice, and able to give from a wiser and well-intentioned place.

Meditation by Melanie Storrusten, LCSW; influenced by Taoist practices.

Image credit: RAY LEI, Pexels

Transcript

Alright, So just sit however is comfortable and close your eyes if that feels okay. And just start breathing in and out through your nose. Just taking a few breaths to let your mind settle onto your breath and into the present moment. Noticing the physical sensations of breathing. And just noticing where in your body you feel expand with every inhale. And contract with every exhale. And seeing if you can shift that place of expansion down deep into your belly. And bringing your awareness down to the base of your spine. And just imagine sending energy down into the earth through all the layers of the earth. All the way down into the very core of the earth. Where there's hot molten iron. And just visualize that red hot earth energy moving up through all the layers of the earth. Through the surface of the earth. And into the base of your spine. And just seeing that red earth energy move up into the center of your chest. Feeling warm. And bringing your awareness to the top of your head. And visualizing white universal life energy flowing down from above into the crown of your head. And down into the center of your chest. And seeing there this white universal life energy swirling together with the red earth energy. Swirling together at the center of your chest. And then emanating this bright red and white light out from the center of your chest. And expanding about three feet outside of your body in all directions. And then visualizing this shiny reflective surface coating the entire outside of that energy field. Creating this shell three feet outside of your body in all directions. That you can see out of but no one can see into. And bringing your awareness to your second chakra, The energy center behind and below your belly button. And seeing how sometimes this energy can get stretched far outside of ourselves. And just visualize pulling all of that energy back in until it's all inside of your own body. And then doing the same thing at the fourth chakra in the center of our chest. Seeing how that energy can be expanded too far. And so visualizing pulling all of that energy that's stretched out far and wide. Pulling it all back in into the very center of your chest. And while that energy is held tightly inside of your chest. Expand that heart chakra opening so that it's as wide as from the center of your chest to each of your shoulders. And from the center of your chest to your throat. And the center of your chest down to the bottom of your sternum. So that we can keep our heart chakra open and wide. Allowing us to be compassionate to others without giving all of our own energy away. And then bringing your awareness up to your third eye point. Just between and above your eyebrows. And again seeing how that energy can get scattered far outside of us. And pulling all of that energy in to the center of your third eye. And then visualize tilting your third eye 45 degrees up. Just allowing us to always see things from a higher perspective. And finally visualizing at the bottom of that metallic shield. A big seal coming and sealing our energy in. Three feet below the base of our spine. And then another seal. Sealing our energy in three feet above the crown of our head. And just taking three more deep breaths. Just noticing what this energetic state feels like. And then whenever you're ready you can blink open your eyes.