If you have answered yes to any of these questions, which is probably most people, take a moment to ask yourself if you do anything to protect your own energy, your boundaries, or to define where you stop and others start.

Protecting your energy is, along with grounding yourself, one of the most important things you can do for your own well-being. Without knowing how to protect yourself you are very vulnerable and exposed to the energy of others whether you are aware of it or not.

Some people do drain your energy, this is not deliberate on their part and they would be unable to stop even if they were aware, in the same way some places or situations do this too and as a result your energy can become depleted as you go about your daily routine. You often cannot change the people you interact with or the places you spend time but you can change you, or at least your exposure to them.

There are many ways of protecting your energy and you may have read some of them elsewhere, there is no right or wrong way, it is all about finding something that works for you when you need it to. In my experience it is good to have several ways that you can use in different circumstances so that you can switch if you feel very vulnerable and need something stronger than usual. The only way of knowing what to do is to experiment and practice until you find what suits you.

These are a few suggestions as to how you can protect your energy, all of them I use with my students. Play with the suggestions, test them out, find what works and then use them. The more you use them, the more familiar they will become and eventually you will be able to put protection in place in a split second but this will only come with practice.

When you are learning how to do any of these it is good to ground yourself first. If you are unsure how to do this then see my article on grounding.

Protection 1

1. Ground yourself using any method that works for you.
2. Imagine, visualise, sense or just know that there is a bubble of gold light around your body, it is above you, below you, in front of you, behind you, on all sides of you
3. It can be as close to you or as far away as you want it to be. You might like to move it back and forth until it feels comfortable
4. You can make the gold bubble as thick as you need it to be
5. Know that this is a very safe place to be and that only light, healthy energy can enter here
6. In your mind reach out your hand and push the bubble, test its strength
7. If it doesn't feel strong enough you can make the bubble thicker, maybe see it as made of a strong mesh, experiment to find what feels right and test it to make sure
8. In your mind move around in your bubble, jump up and down, push it, hit it, feel its strength
9. Sit in your bubble for a while and see how it feels to be surrounded by love, light and positive energy

10. When you are ready bring your awareness back into your body, you might need to wriggle your toes, or fingers and stretch a little

    11. And when you are completely ready, open your eyes.

 Protection 2

1. Ground yourself using any method that works for you.
2. Imagine, visualise, sense or just know that there is a bubble of gold light around your body, it is above you, below you, in front of you, behind you, on all sides of you
3. It can be as close to you or as far away as you want it to be. You might like to move it back and forth until it feels comfortable
4. You can make the gold bubble as thick as you need it to be
5. Know that this is a very safe place to be and that only light, healthy energy can enter here
6. In your mind reach out your hand and push the bubble, test its strength
7. Change the colour of your bubble. You might like to try violet, pink, or white
8. Each time you change the colour in your mind move around in your bubble, jump up and down, push it, hit it, feel its strength
9. Decide which feels strongest at this moment in time knowing that at another time this might be different
10. Sit in your chosen bubble for a while and see how it feels to be surrounded a bubble of this colour filled with light, healthy energy
11. When you are ready bring your awareness back into your body, you might need to wriggle your toes, or fingers and stretch a little
12. And when you are completely ready, open your eyes

Protection 3

1. Ground yourself using any method that works for you.
2. Imagine, visualise, sense or just know that there is a bubble of light around your body, you can make it whichever colour feels right for you now. It is above you, below you, in front of you, behind you, on all sides of you
3. It can be as close to you or as far away as you want it to be. You might like to move it back and forth until it feels comfortable
4. Try adding a ring of blue around your bubble, blue is a very protecting colour, test this out to see how it feels
5. Now dissolve the blue ring and instead add a ring of violet flames that will burn up any heavy energy coming towards you, see how this feels
6. Now dissolve the ring of violet flames and instead add a ring of mirrors facing outwards reflecting any heavy energy away from you, again see how this feels
7. Choose to be surrounded by whatever feels strongest for you at this time and put it in place
8. Sit in your chosen bubble for a while and see how it feels to be surrounded a bubble of this colour filled with light, healthy energy
9. Now bring your awareness back into your body, you might need to wriggle your toes, or fingers and stretch a little
10. And when you are ready, you can open your eyes

Protection 4

1. Ground yourself using any method that works for you.
2. Imagine, visualise, sense or just know that you are sat inside a crystal pyramid. It is a 4-sided pyramid that surrounds you and rises to a point above your head.
3. The crystal pyramid can be clear quartz, rose quarts, amethyst or any crystal that feels right for you now.
4. It can be as close to you or as far away as you want it to be. You might like to move it back and forth until it feels comfortable
5. In your mind reach out and hit your pyramid test its strength
6. Imagine rocks or unkind words being thrown at your pyramid, see what happens to them
7. Sit inside your pyramid for a while and soak up the energy that comes from being inside a 4-sided pyramid form
8. When you feel ready bring your awareness back into your body, you might need to wriggle your toes, or fingers and stretch a little
9. And when you are completely ready, you can open your eyes

If you are working with a friend then you might like to ask them to help you test out your bubble or pyramid by saying something unkind or potentially hurtful to you. Be aware of how much what they say reaches you if at all. You could even ask them to throw imaginary arrows or rocks at your bubble or pyramid, and see what happens.

If anything penetrates all you need to do is make your protection thicker, stronger by changing its colour or structure. Have fun experimenting with this.

In time you should be able to put in place or change your protection very quickly. You can use it in the workplace, in a crowded room, when you are with someone who usually drains you, when the children are bombarding you with questions, in fact anywhere or anytime you need to strengthen your boundaries and protect your energy.

Munay-Ki Rites

If you have received the Munay-Ki Rite, Bands of Power then remember they are there constantly switched on, working within your energy field by dissolving heavy energy and using it to feed your energy. Remember to work with and feed the bands as often as possible and so strengthening your connection with them.

Click here if you would like to know more about the Munay-Ki Rites.