Protective Barrier Visualization

In this session, we practice "A Protective Barrier Visualization."

Begin with hands and attention upon the heart-space, visualize it as a light/flame/ball of energy.

"With the breath, the heart space grows stronger and brighter, and we embody, embrace, and become the heart space".

From that space, and with the breath, visualize a barrier or shield extending outwards. This can manifest in any color and form you like. This barrier keeps you safe, allowing you to choose what to let in.
You can finish the session by 'letting it go' or by 'keeping it active'.

A visualization practice grants you an internal response to external stressors. When things arise, you will remember your shield and will therefore be less impacted, as you will (at the least) be reminded of the self and thus have a more mindful response!

Transcript

And welcome to the session. I invite you to take a seat. Lie down. And get yourself comfortable. You can close down the eyes if you wish. And begin taking some slow, Deep breaths. Through the nose. Just taking a moment to scan the mind and the body. Noticing if there is anything there that you can let go of. Any surface level tensions? Are other things arising that you can just. . . Release. Today we're going to practice the visualization of a protective barrier. That you can do. In response to external stress. Just as a way to Psychologically keep yourself safe. People will practice visualizations like this one. With the belief that they're impacting the external world? And that's up to you to decide. But at the very least, Visualizations like this will change your internal space. Which can in turn impact the world. So it's through that framework that we're going to be operating. Let's begin by placing your hands upon your heart space. Visualizing a ball of energy. Or light. Or flame. He's growing. With each breath. The heart space grows stronger and brighter. And we embody, Embrace, And become the heart space. With your next breath, Visualize. From the heart space. Barrier. Or shield. Extending outwards in all directions. You might visualize this as. . . Gold or white. Or whatever colour is manifesting for you. But the nature of this barrier is such that you can choose what you allow in. It's the breath. The heart space grows stronger. And the barrier or shield extends outwards. Into this space. He can say the words. Or the intention behind the words. I am safe. I can choose what I allow in. I am safe. I am safe. I can choose what I allow in. I can choose what I allow in. With the breath, We visualise the heart space growing stronger. And brighter. We embody, Embrace. And become the heart space. And from the heart space we visualize. A shield or a barrier. Extending outwards in all directions. The shield. The capacity. Or the nature such that It allows us to choose what we let in. You can choose to use this practice as a daily practice? You can do it in response to certain people or places or events. Like I said at the beginning, This is a. . . Primarily a mental exercise. You're starting to feel overwhelmed Starting to feel like there's too much going on. Starting to become. Withdrawn. You take some slow, Calm breaths. And upon the heart space. Picture that glowing ball of energy, Or light, Or flame. Sink down into the heart space. Then visualize a shield or a barrier extending out once. One that keeps you safe. One that allows you to choose what to let in. Their energy, Their inputs. Their impressions. You're here. And safe. And into that space, Once again, You say the words. I am safe. I can choose what to allow in. So with these sort of visualizations, You've got a couple of options to finish the session. The first one is that you. . . Almost side of it. I release you, You let it go He dropped the visualization. Ground yourself back in the moment. And then continue with your day. The other option is that you almost leave it on. You leave the visualization going. Once again, We're just playing with the mind and it's us protecting ourselves. Using what is at least a. . . Psychological response or process or perhaps trick. Maybe more, Depending on what your belief system is. But you can choose to leave this barrier on. And then throughout the day. Every so often. Take a slow, Calm breath. And sort of reignite or re-infuse that barrier. That's something that I do. It's like I know that I'm going somewhere that. . . Potentially be stressful. Check in, Grab myself, Do the process. This barrier in place. And then throughout the day, I just sort of remind myself that I've done this practice. Whether or not I'm impacting the real world. Is neither here nor there. Because what I've found is that by grounding myself in the heart space, Checking into the self. And I'm just reminding myself that. There is a difference and a space. And at least a psychological barrier between me and the people and the event and the places in the overwhelm. Does that make sense? I want to thank you for joining me in this session. And I'll see you in the next one.