Incorporating these helpful and basic spiritual protection practices into your routine helps safeguard your energy, keep you grounded, and build your emotional resilience.

Dear Spirited Earthling,

As you grow spiritually and improve your self-awareness, protecting your energy becomes more and more important. Whether you're an empath, highly sensitive, or simply seeking balance, incorporating spiritual protection practices can make a world of difference in how you feel in and after interacting with the world. The helpful and basic spiritual protection practices shared here will help shield your emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being from external negative energies and influences. By practicing energetic protection, you can feel more grounded, centered, and balanced throughout the day, and with any interaction.

What Are Spiritual Protection Practices?

Protection practices are spiritual and energetic techniques designed to shield you from external energies that can affect your inner peace. Just as you protect your physical body, it is equally important to protect your emotional and spiritual bodies if you will. Spiritual protection practices create a barrier that shields you from negative and draining environments and relationships and can safeguard you from emotional or psychic energy attacks. Protection practices come in many different forms, and they are basic enough for you to incorporate some into your everyday life.

Why You Need Spiritual Protection Practices

In physics it is accepted that energy cannot be created or destroyed - it simply is and changes from one form to another. We live in an energetically charged world and protecting yourself from negative energy (stressful environments, toxic relationships, or even social media) is very beneficial. Without proper energy protection, it’s easy to feel energetically drained, overwhelmed, or emotionally imbalanced. Spiritual protection practices help you:

Maintain emotional balance and avoid being affected by others' negativity.
Clear negative energy from your surroundings and personal space.
Feel grounded and centered, even in chaotic or overwhelming situations.
Protect your energy field from unwanted influences, both seen and unseen.

8 Powerful Protection Practices You Need to Know

With the physics laws of energy in mind, remember that energy goes where intention and attention flows. Having the intention of safeguarding your energy as you do these protection practices is essential. The following 8 powerful and basic protection practices are ones you need to know to help start protecting your energy:

1. Grounding

Grounding connects your energy to the Earth's stabilizing force, helping you stay rooted in the present moment and resistant to outside negativity.

How to Ground Yourself:

Visualise: Imagine roots growing from your feet into the Earth, anchoring you deeply into the ground and connecting you to the Earth’s pure energy.
Breathing Exercise: Practice deep, mindful breathing as you visualise yourself drawing strength and stability from the Earth.
Nature Connection: Spend time outdoors - walking barefoot on the earth, forest bathing, and simply being in nature is also good for your environmental wellness.
Repeat Affirmations: You can affirm your intention to ground during the above grounding practices, or repeat grounding affirmations as their own grounding ritual.

Benefit: Grounding helps maintain a calm, balanced state, especially in stressful situations.

2. Shielding Visualisation

Shielding is a technique that involves imagining an energetic barrier or bubble around your body to protect you from external negativity. This is especially useful for empaths or anyone sensitive to other people's emotions.

How to Shield:

Visualise a Protective Shield: See yourself surrounded by a protective bubble of light. You can visualise it forming around you, you can picture yourself stepping into it, or you can ‘zip yourself up’ inside the bubble. Whichever way you choose to visualise your shield is right for you. You can also choose a colour that resonates with your needs - white for purity and protection, gold for strength, or blue for calm.
Set an Intention: As you visualise the shield, affirm that it will block any negative energy while allowing positive energy to flow in.

Benefit: Shielding provides a mental and energetic boundary, preventing negativity from entering your personal space.

3. Cord Cutting

Energetic cords can form between you and other people or situations, often leaving you feeling drained or emotionally attached. Cord cutting is the practice of releasing these energetic ties.

How to Cut Energy Cords:

Visualisation: Imagine energetic cords connecting you to a person or situation. Visualise a tool (like scissors or a sword) cutting these cords, freeing your energy and connection.
Set an Intention: Affirm that you release all energetic ties that no longer serve your highest good.

Benefit: Cord cutting helps free you from unhealthy attachments and reclaim your personal power.

4. Crystals for Protection

Certain crystals have protective properties that help absorb or block negative energy. By carrying or wearing these crystals, you can maintain a stronger energetic boundary.

Commonly Used Protection Crystals:

Black Tourmaline: Known for absorbing negative energy and grounding your energy field.
Amethyst: Provides spiritual protection and helps clear negative thoughts.
Obsidian: Offers strong protection against psychic attacks and emotional harm.
Selenite: Cleanses your aura and creates a shield of light around you

How to Use: Carry a protective crystal, wear it as jewellery, or place it in your home for continuous energy protection.

Benefit: Crystals amplify protection by absorbing, transmuting, or blocking harmful energy.

5. Affirmations for Protection

Positive affirmations strengthen your energetic boundaries and reinforce mental and emotional resilience.

"I am surrounded by a protective shield of light that keeps me safe."
"Negative energy cannot penetrate my space; I am grounded and balanced."
"I release any energy that is not mine and call back my own energy."
"I am protected, safe, and secure."
"Only positive energy surrounds me."
"I release all that does not serve my highest good."

Benefit: These affirmations empower you and strengthen your energy protection. They affirm your intention.

6. Protective Symbols and Talismans

Many cultures have symbols believed to offer protection. Look at your cultural, religious, and familial history to see if there are commonly used protection symbols or talismans. Some popular ones include the Evil Eye, Hamsa Hand, the Celtic Knot, the Cross, the Star of David, the Om symbol, horseshoe, dreamcatchers and more.

How to Use: There are many protective symbols that come in the form of jewellery, making it easy to carry with you always. Some can be placed in your home, work space, and altars to shield the space from negative energies and influences. You can also visualise them adding strength to your protective bubble or when meditating.

Benefit: Protective symbols and talismans carry centuries of belief, energy, and spiritual power. Incorporating them into your life provides an added layer of protection, grounding, and connection to something greater.

Cultural Respect and Appreciation vs. Appropriation

Using symbols and talismans from other cultures can be a form of cultural appreciation when done respectfully, but it can also cross into cultural appropriation when misused or adopted without understanding or respect for their origins. Some cultures may be more open to sharing their symbols, while others might have stricter guidelines around their use.

If you're interested in using symbols or talismans from a culture different from your own, one way to show respect is by learning directly from the culture itself. This might involve:

Researching the history and meaning of the symbol.
Supporting artisans from the culture who create these symbols or talismans.
Engaging with spiritual leaders or practitioners from that culture to gain insight into how the symbol is traditionally used and how you can respectfully incorporate it into your life.

7. Energy Cleansing

Energy cleansing can be done in different ways and is included as a protection practice because removing energy that is not yours and isn’t good for you is as important as shielding yourself from it. Affirm your intentions as you cleanse yourself.

Smudging is a powerful way to clear negative or stagnant energy from your aura and environment. How to smudge:

Burn the herbs: Light a bundle of sage or palo santo, letting the smoke waft around your body and space.
Set an intention: As you move the smoke, focus on your intention to release negative energy and invite positive, healing energy into your space.

Taking a ritual bath (or shower) can cleanse your energy field and offer protection. What to add for a ritual bath:

Sea salt or Epsom salt: Cleanses and purifies your energy.
Herbs like rosemary or lavender: Offer protection and promote relaxation.
A few drops of protective essential oils like frankincense or cedarwood.

Energy brushing is a form of energy cleansing, where you metaphorically or physically "brush off" the energies that don’t serve you. The practice is often used after a long day, after interactions with others, or after a stressful event to clear away any energetic residue. How to energy brush:

Take a few deep breaths to center yourself and focus on your intention to cleanse and release.
Starting at the top of your head, use your hands to make sweeping motions just above your skin. Move down the length of your body, sweeping away energy from your head, shoulders, arms, torso, legs, and feet. You can visualise yourself brushing off layers of energy or imagine sweeping away energetic cobwebs. You can hold crystals, play healing sounds and frequencies, or picture yourself using a light (white, blue) brush.
You might feel certain areas of your body hold more tension or stagnant energy. You can spend more time brushing those areas until they feel lighter.
When you finish, shake your hands out or wash them in water to symbolically release any energy you’ve cleared. Some people also like to imagine the energy being absorbed into the Earth or released into the air to be neutralized.

Benefit: Energy cleansing clears unwanted energies from your energy field, aura, and surrounding.

8. Setting Boundaries

An often overlooked but crucial aspect of spiritual protection is setting and maintaining healthy boundaries. This includes:

Learning to say no to energy-draining activities or people.
Creating a sacred space in your home where you can retreat and recharge.
Regularly practicing self-care to maintain your energy levels.

When to Use Protection Practices

Protection practices are useful anytime you feel energetically vulnerable. Here are some common situations where they can be particularly beneficial:

Before entering a crowded or chaotic environment.
After a difficult conversation or interaction with someone draining.
During stressful periods when you're more susceptible to negative energy.
Before engaging in spiritual or energy work to maintain a clear, protected space.

Incorporating these helpful and basic spiritual protection practices into your routine helps safeguard your energy, keep you grounded, and build your emotional resilience. All of which can make you feel empowered as you move through life. When you honour your energetic needs, you strengthen your spiritual base and connect with your inner strength as you protect your personal space. Energetic self-care is as important as your physical and emotional self-care, strengthening your holistic personal growth and personal wellness.

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Best wishes, warmest regards

Jordan

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Helpful Basic Spiritual Protection Practices You Need to Know