Good Daily Practices:

 

Grounding: Grounding is the cornerstone of all energetic and spiritual work. It provides a stable and balanced foundation for feeling centered and present in physical reality. Daily visualization of being anchored to the earth through roots extending from our feet and the root chakra can achieve this. Put your own “style” to this visualization so you stand firmly in the belief and connection. Another great way to ground yourself is by spending time in nature, among the trees, hiking, or engaging in other outdoor activities. Some of the best grounding can be achieved with bare feet on the earth or by placing your “back to bark” leaning on a tree.§ When you need to ground, look out for feelings of disconnection, clumsiness, fatigue, anxiety, stress, and mental or emotional imbalance. These are signals from our energetic field that grounding is needed.

 

Shielding Your Energy: Shielding visualizations are as unique as the individual creating them. All that is needed is an intention for protection and a visualization that resonate with the individual. Here are some examples:

• Golden Bubble of Light: Imagine yourself in a glowing bubble of light (any color you choose).

• Pyramid of Light: See yourself sitting in a giant pyramid or suit of armor made of light.

• Column of Light: Visualize golden/white light pouring over you, washing negativity into the Earth.

• For Kids: Make it fun! Let their imagination guide them in creating a magical shield, bubble, a twirling ball of glitter or stars, or even a magical spacesuit.

 

Discernment: Protecting one’s energy field involves using discernment, taking intentional actions, avoiding substances such as drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and refraining from places and events where these are the focus. Use your "gut feeling," which has always been with you, is part of your energetic design, and typically speaks before the mind. Awareness of this guiding system and practice, practice, practice is what it is all about. Discernment should be used in online spaces, with healers, teachers, and even in the videos you watch... after all, it is all energy! 

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Eat Clean: When possible, choose organic, high-vibe foods, fresh foods from the earth and in their natural state, or eat from your own garden. Avoid bioengineered food, factory-farmed meats, and processed junk.

 

Meditate: Sometimes the word 'meditation' evokes a sigh or an eye roll. Meditation can take many forms, such as sitting in silence, gardening, cooking, listening to music, writing/journaling, or drawing –turning inwards for a few moments and being present tunes you into your own frequency and expands your energy. When using guided meditations online, use a trusted source and always use your discernment. Meditation can last anywhere from two minutes to two hours and beyond – it’s up to you!

 

Affirmations: The words you place after “I Am” are powerful.

You can use “I Am” statements to rewire your thoughts and elevate your energy. Where this may seem silly, we are all programmed at an early age to look outside of ourselves for what we "should" look like, feel like, and how we "should" present ourselves to the world. These statements can help you rebuild yourself from the inside out.  Here's the How: Begin catching negative thoughts or words you use to speak to or about yourself, and start changing them.

• Instead of saying, “I AM tired. I AM exhausted.” Try, “I feel tired. I feel exhausted.”

• Integrate more powerful positive affirmations in small moments of your day: “I AM Safe. I AM Beautiful. I AM Powerful. I AM Grateful. I AM Worthy. I AM Strong. I AM Enough.”

• On a walk, hike, commute, or while you clean the house, listen to "I AM" affirmations easily found on YouTube (from a reliable source, and please use your discernment for this). 

 

Emotional Check-ins: Process your emotions to heal past wounds. Emotions are a part of life, and they are, in fact, e-motions = energy in motion. This means they are meant to flow through you, not stay. Emotions are our messengers and our teachers. Feel them and release them. Journaling helps!