Energy Discernment
Energy discernment is important not just for Reiki healers, but for everyone! Energy discernment is discerning between what energy is ours, and what energy is someone else’s. We are all made up of energy, and as such, are affected by each other’s energy fields. Our energy field picks up on all sorts of things! From our conversations, to what we watch on TV, to other people’s energy; our energy remembers everything. It stores all this information in our own energy field, and this is what can be read during a Reiki healing session.
Protecting your energy
Sometimes we naturally protect ourselves and our energy field by creating an energetic barrier. We do this automatically in times where we feel under threat, or scared. In our fight/flight mode or stress response, we will also put up barriers to our energy field. The problem is, if we are constantly barricading ourselves, we are not just blocking out negative energy, but positive energy too! It also drains our energy anytime we don’t feel safe, or we are blocking our energy field.
Manage your energy with ease
Whilst protecting our energy is very important, it’s much easier and more energetically efficient to only do this when needed. The more aware we are, the more we can consciously and easily adapt our energy field according to our needs and surroundings. With practice, we can either expand our energy field and take up more space, or we can withdraw inwards, and call our energy back in. Both are powerful and can be used effectively in different situations.
Open your heart
Generally though, the more we can walk through life with an open heart and open energy field, the higher vibration we will naturally be. An open heart and open energy field activates universal heart based energies of unconditional love and gratitude. This high frequency allows us to manifest our desires, as well as deter lower vibrational energies. A closed heart or guarded energy field is often based in fear, and this is not a place we want to be in all the time.
Sensitivity is a blessing and a curse
Many clients will tell me that being so open and sensitive is really difficult at times. They pick up on everything and it can be overwhelming! They are able to feel and sense other people’s energy and emotions very easily, as well as the energy of spaces around them. It can be exhausting if we don’t have the skills and capacity to hold a lot of energy, or know how to discern what is ours and what is not.
Understanding energy is power
Learning to work with your energy, be more aware of your surroundings and trust yourself to know what to do are the most important things. Overwhelm, exhaustion and fear come from not understanding your own energy and how to work it. Sensitivity and empathy are beautiful qualities to embody, but we also need strong boundaries, and the capabilities to hold space. Many people are excited to become more intuitive and sensitive, before realising that also brings with it its own set of challenges.
Protect your energy
Learning to protect your energy is vital, and learning to do this without fear and effort even more so. If we can easily slide between being open hearted and vulnerable, to being protected and direct when needed, this is very powerful. Meditation and self Reiki (if you have completed a Reiki course!) are keys to success in this. By meditating and tuning into your own energy, you will start to develop a deeper connection with your own energy. You’ll start to become very familiar with how your energy works.
Energy discernment is vital
When you know your own energy well, you can more easily discern if you’re holding onto something that does not belong to you. This could be someone else’s emotions, or a negative spiritual attachment. The first step is knowing there is something off in your energy field, then the second step is knowing how to clear it. Grounding, meditation, self Reiki, or receiving a Reiki treatment from a Reiki healer in Melbourne are great tools to help. Breathwork, talking it out with a friend, having an epsom salt bath, or using sage can also assist. It’s important to find what works for you.
Need support? Book in for Reiki!
If you have questions about energy discernment or protecting your energy, contact me here! For energetic support, I would recommend booking in for a Reiki healing, or a Reiki + Coaching session here. To empower yourself and learn how to Reiki yourself as well as your friends and family, book in for a Reiki level 1 course here. I look forward to meeting you soon!
