Energy Protection Thoughts
I was first introduced to reiki when I was 10 years old by my mom who wanted me to calm down and go to sleep. So, she asked me if I wanted reiki before bed. All I could remember is that it felt like her hand was touching my back (I sleep on my tummy) and then after I passed right out.
In the morning I asked her what she did in the reiki treatment and if her hand was touching me. She explained how her hands were above me the entire time and it was the energy I felt on my back not her hands. As a 10-year old I was amazed. After that if I ever got a headache I would ask her to do reiki on my forehead. I even remember doing the reiki placement over some of my friends' heads in high school of they had a headache.
The power of energy has always fascinated me. I am a human who lives in her head, imagination and dreams. I feel disconnected from my body most of the time and feel like I’m floating. Grounding is something I am here to learn. To be fully grounded and present in the moment. If you are not grounded it can affect your day to day life. I know this first hand as someone who picks up other people’s energy almost too easily. The second you absorb someone's energy as your own you are not grounded. You are almost swirling in empathy and confusion.
Why do I feel this way? I felt fine 5 minutes ago? Is this my feeling or theirs? If it is theirs oh my goodness they are not okay? What am I going to do? Do I tell them or ask a certain question? Do they know I know?
This inner anxious dialogue with yourself pulls you out of any grounded state. I am learning to be more grounded and rooted before I leave my house or interact with any human in-person or virtually.
Reiki Level 1 teaches you the practice of self-reiki, something you can do at any moment of the day to ground your energy. I deeply benefited from learning reiki level 1 and if you struggle with being grounded you will too.
Story time: During my reiki level 1 training I was not grounded and my teacher realized this half way through and made sure to help me ground before practicing. So, you practice reiki on yourself and others to understand the energy between your hands. I am way too tapped into some frequency because I almost threw-up and went white as a ghost and almost fainted when practicing on this girl I did not know. What happened was my energy field took on hers instead of letting it pass through me. My body had no idea what to do with her pain so it went to nausea and lightheadedness to signal hey something is wrong here. Since that one day that has not happened again thankfully but I have had moments of anger, sadness and tiredness after seeing certain people. Who wants to take a guess and say those weren’t my emotions?
Grounding is a process I am still learning deeply but that’s why I must teach it. There is value in it for everyone, especially if you are an empath like me. This energy practice is also deeply beneficial for entrepreneurs. Being able to set boundaries of all kinds with clients and customers and protect, block and ground energy in different interactions will make the entrepreneurship process move more smoothly. Because let’s be honest it is not smooth sailing 100% of the time.