Why is protecting ones own energy field important when doing reiki or energy work?
In the course of our daily lives, we interact with people – and with their energy. But a practitioner who is working with someone’s energy field to remove energy toxins and initiate healing gets even closer to that person’s energy field. To avoid picking up energy toxins like negative entities or disease energies, a healer needs to ensure that their own auric field is strongly defended against absorbing other people’s energy. Healers and intuitives are especially susceptible to picking up other people’s energy because they are more sensitive than most people and are uniquely attuned to energies. Tools for Protecting the Aura There are many ways to make the aura less vulnerable to attack and less likely to absorb other people’s energy, from prayer and meditation to physical tools worn on the body. Some of the most readily available techniques are: • Meditation and Prayer • Visualization • Exercises from Energy Medicine and Brain Gym • Physical Tools: Essential Oils, Smudging, Colors, Cr