Shielding: The Superpower the World Needs

Grounding and Centering, as we discussed in the previous articles; are Super Powers you can use to take control of your personal energies. Together they help you rid yourself excess/unneeded energies; release stress, tension, and anxiety; and help you better focus. Shielding is just as much about other people's energy as it is about yours.

Have you every walked into a room where people were arguing & fighting...Even when you haven't witnessed the fight and they try to act like nothing is wrong...You could feel the tension instantly when you walked in the room? Or you are having a fantastic day and are in a great mood, but you end up in a room with someone in a horrible mood and suddenly you are in a bad mood too? Even though nothing in your life or day has changed?

This can be even more of an issue if you are an empath (most of us are to some degree or other) or sensitive to energies. It can even make you sick by taking on others peoples' stress, anxiety, dis-ease, and other gunk.

Shielding is the third foundation skill of energy working. It is essential if you are sensitive. I have heard so many sensitive people complain about getting overwhelmed and burned out by the onslaught of others' energies. Shielding is how you combat and control this. Like Grounding and Centering, the more you practice it the easier and more second nature it becomes. You then get to choose what and how much of others' energies that get to pass into your energy field.

At the same time the shield can also contain your energies so they are not flying about overwhelming others. Containing your energies in your shields can help maintain the balance you created with the Grounding and Centering you have been practicing.

This is why I say it is the Super Power the world needs. Just think if all those grumpy curmudgeons shielded & kept their energies and emotions to their selves? Or if children where taught this from a very early age? They may not get as overwhelmed. This could help fight the whole "mob mentality".

How do you do it you ask? It is another meditation and visualization exercise. Start by taking a few deep breathes. Ground and center like in the previous articles. Then visualize yourselff in a bubble ... or I like to picture it like one of those plastic eggs used in every Easter/Ostara egg hunt... that surrounds your whole body. Concentrate on this "egg" only leaving through the energies that are for your highest good and either grounding out or reflecting all other energies back to where they came from. Also give it the intention of containing your energies and only letting through the energies and feelings that would have the highest good for the recipients. Take another couple of deep breathes and set the intention that this shield will stay with you until you intentionally take it down.

You can do this every morning before you head out for the day. You may need to re-apply or reenforce it after harsh encounters. I also tend to re-enforce it before heading into a crowd or anywhere I know there may be a lot of strong energies or emotions. Some people keep their shields up everywhere they go and put them up or keep them up before going to bed. I tend to release my shields when I am in my own home with just my closest loved ones. But depending on your household or family dynamics you many need them most there, I know I re-enforce them when I am dealing with most of my extended family.

The beauty of shielding is that as you visualize your shield you can use intention and color symbolism to "program" you shield for different needs and encounters. You can even layer them. For example one of my favorite ways to do my shields is to picture them as mirrors. (If you are of a certain age you will remember Leggs Eggs that pantyhose came in.) I use the mirror with the intention that any negative energies are reflected back to where it came from and only the energies for my highest good can come through.

You can use different colors as well. Here is a basic list of colors and how you might use them for shielding. I would note that if a particular color invokes a different feeling or aspect for you, I would encourage you for the purpose of shielding to use that color as feels most natural for you.

Color Correspondences for Shielding:

• White: divine light, source energy, physical protection, all purpose protection.

• Emerald Green: healing, protect you from energies that are not meant for you. This color is great if you are extra sensitive,

• Pink: helps you feel connected to others while allowing only the highest vibrational energies through, love, compassion, joy,

• Purple/indigo: spiritual protection. protection from psychic attack, great for public places. Purple protects from negativity and raises your vibration. Aligns us with divine guidance.

• Silver: Great in public & crowds, External negativity is reflected back, boosts your intuition, heals your aura.

• Blue: soothing & calming of stress & anxiety, keeps you from getting overly emotional or over whelmed. Good if you are having trouble sleeping. Helps you speak your truth and clear your conscious.

• Golden: very high vibration, boosts confidence & inspiration, sparks creativity

• Lead/amour/stone shield: use when you feel you need an extra strong shield

Here is an example of how I have layered different color shields for a particular purpose. Ok so I had a time where I had to be in a crowded public space, but was also doing readings, and was feeling a little insecure about that. So I used a purple/violet shield closest to my body to raise my energies and put me in that direct contact to divine guidance. Then I added Pink so that I could connect with those asking for readings. For the outside layer I used a reflective gold to boost my confidence and inspiration, while still reflecting anything that was not for the higher good.

I hope you can see how this is a super power and why the world desperately needs it in this day and age. Grounding, Centering, and Shielding are the trifecta of superpowers that lay the groundwork of all other energy working.