To determine how much protection you need is actually trial and error. It is quite likely that your protection and grounding needs may also change depending on the environment you are in and people you find yourself with. As you develop and your vibrations get higher; you will need to develop different strategies to ensure that the job is done effectively. I will address the reasons for this in later blogs.

So here is where you start

Grounding

First of all start by doing the grounding visualisation mentioned previously. Even if you find this exercise difficult, please try and do not give up. Practise does make perfect. This exercise will stabilise your energy and anchor it onto the earth. It is NOT unusual for the effects of this to only last for a couple of minutes. If this is the case then you will need other methods of grounding.

Once you have grounded then this should help enormously and give you space to really consider what is actually going on. You must also drink at least 2 litres of water in a 24-hour period, which will nourish your body and help to support the grounding process.

Sometimes we may experience similar affects of psychic invasion simply because we are dehydrated and ungrounded. Drinking water and grounding should always be your starting point.

There are other grounding visualisations on the net and in books. If you find that the visualisation supplied on this blog is not for you, then look around and see if you can find others- or make one up for yourself! The basics for grounding visualisations are that:

* The energy MUST always go down the legs, not between your legs. Your legs are an extension of your base chakra energy. Therefore the base chakra energy must go down the legs until it reaches the foot chakras.

* The foot chakras must be open and the energy visualisation needs to contain a scene where this energy is observed to penetrate the earth. These chakras connect us to the earth and anchor us there.

When grounding has been established, you then need to get started on setting up some protection for yourself. What you choose really depends on personal preference but I would ALWAYS choose at least 2-3 different protection tools for mild to moderate attack/breach and 5-6 if the breach and/or symptoms are severe.

Visualisations

I would always start with visualisations as they can be set up wherever you are and will be affective straight away. They are also free to implement!

Box of Mirrors

Box of Mirrors

The first visualisation I would recommend is one using a ‘Box of Mirrors’.

In your minds eye erect a mirror to the front of you. The reflective side should be pointing outwards. See the mirror completely hide you so it covers you from head to toe. Then, erect a mirror to the back of you, again seeing the reflective side pointing outwards.

Now cover your sides with a mirror.

To complete the ‘box of Mirrors’ visualisation, imagine a mirror beneath your feet and one above your head.

You now need to make an affirmation to go with the visualisation. This will strengthen the visualisation. This affirmation can be some thing like ‘These mirrors are to protect me from any negative external influences, all positive energy is able to flow freely through these mirrors’.

If you like, you can make up your own affirmation.

Other visualisations.

Bubbles

Bubble

Surrounding yourself in bubbles of light is also a good way of protecting yourself but it is unwise to use ‘white light’ as this makes you an energetic beacon. This is the last thing you want when going through any form of energy invasion or psychic attack.

I would recommend using colours such as green, blue, yellow and pink. Some people like to use rainbow bubbles. Rainbow bubbles will give you a full spectrum of healing energy.

The colour you choose is down to personal preference and you may find that the colour changes from day to day/situation to situation. Use your intuition.

There is no reason why darker colours can’t be used in your bubble visualisations. However, please do not use very dark colours continually (more than 2-3 days). Colours such as dark green, navy blue, dark purple will have a degree of the colour black in them. From a colour therapy perspective black allows people to be very introspective and provided very deep healing. It can however, make people very depressed if too much black is absorbed.

Psychic attack can distress and further adding to this with the colour you choose to use in your visualisations can create a downward escalating mood. So be careful and mindful of the colours you choose.

To use the bubble visualisations just imagine yourself cocooned in the centre of a beautiful coloured bubble. Feel yourself safe and cradled in this beautiful energy. Ask your body to absorb the colour so that all your cells are at saturation point.

Whichever colour you choose for your bubble, try to make it as bright and clear as possible.

Like the ‘Box of Mirrors’ visualisation, you will need to make an affirmation for your coloured bubble.

‘This bubble is to protect me from all negative energies penetrating my energy system, all positive energy is able to flow freely through this bubble’.

In 12 years of working with people with psychic protection issues, I have NEVER seen a visualisation used for protection purposes last for more than 3 hours. The more sensitive and Airy an individual is, the less time it will remain.

Those who have a lot of earth in their astrological charts may be able to keep their protection up a little longer.

A breached Aura

So, how do you know when your aura has been breached and you need psychic protection?

The list below contains only a few signs and symptoms that MAY indicate that you are being psychically attacked or your energy field has been breached. However, I would say that having only one or two of these symptoms does not generally indicate that you have a psychic protection issue. However this will depend upon how sensitive you are and the level of connection you have to yourself. People who are self connected and also sensitive may only need one of these symptoms to KNOW they have a problem. For everyone else I would be thinking of a psychic breach when 3 or more symptoms are experienced.

• Sudden drained energy-like plug being pulled out.
• Sudden pain-that is intermittent or continuous but is unexplainable.
• Out of sorts and generally not yourself.
• Thoughts that aren’t your own.
• Insomnia.
• Doing, thinking, feeling things out of character.
• Feeling weepy, angry, lost or over whelmed.
• Spaced out.
• Can’t think straight.
• Feeling wobbly.
• Confused.
• Nothing is going right.
• Problems with extremities.
• Symptoms not consistent with anything particular.
• Feeling stuck.
• Not feeling right despite taking all measures.

Aura

Psychic protection is about keeping your energy field (Aura) intact and contained. Containment means that your energy field is in a state where it remains healthy and strong. This is to prevent leakage of your precious energy into the environment and so nothing is able to penetrate either. By containing our energy field we prevent others from taking our energy from us but it also prevents the actions, thoughts and intentions of others from affecting us in any way.

The population in general is getting more sensitive to subtle energy and so Psychic protection is becoming even more important to talk about. It is not just a ‘thing’ that only ‘spiritual’ people do  but those in professions that deal with members of the public should be taught how to protect themselves from the energies that others may ‘dump’ or take from them. This will potentially not only help them to cope with the stresses and strains of their profession but also to assist in the maintenance of good mental, emotional and physical health.

The main professions who should practice psychic protection are:

1. In any healing and therapy work- nurses, Doctors, dentists etc.
2 .Teaching and group leadership.
3. Exhibitors
4. Call centre staff
5. Office staff
And, everyone should practice some sort of psychic protection when they are in the following situations:

1. During any spiritual work on your own or in a group.
2. When in large crowds.
3. During personal transformations and changes.
4. During any personal Astrological transits.
5. When going to places you haven’t been before.
6. Meeting people you haven’t met before.
7. When sleeping in unfamiliar places.
8. When in the company of those who continually take of you. This would be the person who comes to you looking dreadful and goes away ‘on top of the world’ and you are left drained, tired and maybe emotional.

I recommend the following crystals but in general terms, crystals that are black or red in colour will help to ground you. You need to choose the crystal that most fits your personal needs or ones that you are attracted to.

Hematite

Hematite

This is a very strong grounding crystal that also energises the physical body. It brings you back to awareness and therefore stabilises the subtle bodies. I think this is a fantastic crystal when individuals are going though really painful times, when they are ‘spacey’ and cannot find connection to the earth plane.

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Obsidian

Obsidian arrowhead

(either black or snow flake obsidian)
These are effective grounding stones, which draw hidden imbalances to surface. Black Obsidian also acts like a mirror, reflecting back energies which do not belong to you.

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Red Jasper

Red Jasper

Solidifies and grounds. Good for when you are doing psychic work as it gives the subtle bodies an anchor. This crystal helps to balance the chakras and is a good one to use on the base chakra when performing a chakra healing/balancing layout. Also look at the healing properties of other jaspers as they will all have a degree of grounding. Tree jasper is a wonderful crystal as it has really nice strengthening and calming energies.

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Rhodonite

Rhodonite Heart

I think this is a beautiful crystal if you need balancing from the heart chakra. It seams to balance both the heart and base chakra at the same time. I don’t think this crystal is very good if the individual is very ungrounded but certainly helps. I love this crystal if self-nurturing needs to take place.
Rhodonite is also helpful when dealing with Self worth issues

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Tourmaline

Black Tourmaline

Wow, this has to be my favourite of all crystals. It is used when energies are scattered and confused. Tourmaline is an ideal crystal to use when you are going through traumatic times and during astrological transits. It is great to use when the energy system feels wobbly or when you are just feeling vulnerable. Black Tourmaline is grounding from the base chakra and is also great for any leg and foot complaints, which is usually a sign that the lower energies of the body are poor.

All tourmalines are grounding and protecting and come in a variety of colours.

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Copper

Copper

This metal provides a stabilising energy which is great when there is an astrological impact on your subtle bodies. The general picture of an astrological impact is:

• Feeling wobbley
• Confused
• Near to your birthday (4 weeks either side)

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People FREQUENTLY ask me how they should use their crystals when trying to ground with them. I recommend that you either wear them around your neck or place them in your pockets.

Spiral

A crystal in a spiral An empty spiral If you buy a tumble stone rather than a piece of jewellery then you can also buy small spiral ‘baskets’ that you can insert your crystal into, and then hang this around your neck.

The other way is to put your crystal in your pockets. As long as the crystal remains in the energy field then they will work to ground you. I suggest that if you want to put them in your pockets then buy two crystals so that both sides of your body remain balanced. I have known people to sew small pockets into their knickers to house their crystals! You don’t have to go that far as long as you remember to keep the balance on both sides of your body. Wearing the crystal around your neck means that you only need one crystal and that it will balance the body from the centre line.

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Please don’t forget to cleanse your crystals too.

Tree roots

The first way to effectively ground yourself is a visualisation that brings your energies from the soles of your feet to be anchored into the earth. You may want to read this visualisation onto a tape and play it back to yourself.

Tree root Visualisation

• Uncross your feet and settle yourself into a comfortable position.
• Take some deep breaths in and out.
• Now take your attention to your physical body.
• Feel its’ solidity and weight. Take notice of how this feels.
• Be aware of the pull of the earth on your whole body.
• Your body feels healthy and secure as the earths’ energy envelopes you.
• Focus and feel that pull.
• Allow your attention to go to the space directly beneath your belly button. This energy centre vibrates to the colour orange. If you are intuitive you may be able to see this colour. If not then visualise orange around this area. Make the colour bright and vibrant in your minds’ eye.
• Start to move the orange colour down your body towards your thighs.
• As you do so the orange changes to red.
• Allow your awareness to travel to your feet, taking the red colour as you do so.
• Again allow the colour red to be as vibrant as you can.
• Now visualise this colour red going down the legs and as it moves towards the feet it gets slightly darker.
• For some the red will become very dark burgundy but for others it will turn brown. Whatever feels right is OK.
• Allow this colour to get to the soles of your feet.
• Keep your awareness at the soles of your feet.
• Feel the soles of your feet on the surface of the earth.
• In your ‘mind’s eye’ see a vortex of energy coming out of the soles.
• Allow your attention to focus on this vortex energy system that binds you to the earth.
• Now in your mind’s eye, see this vortex energy transform into strong growing roots.
• Allow those roots to extend downwards and outwards into the earth.
• Feel the pull of the earth welcoming your growing roots. See them strong and healthy.
• Allow those roots to search deeper and deeper into mother earth. Feel her welcoming your roots, feel her bringing stability to you.
• Feel her warmth.
• When you feel that your roots are secure and firm enough in the earth begin on your in-breath, to draw life giving energy back along your root path into your body.
• Feel the energy of the earth slowly fill your whole body as it travels upwards.
• Continue to draw the energy in with your in-breath and with your out breath allow your root system to strengthen deeper and further into the earth.
• Now intend that this new found rooted-ness remain.
• Allow the visualisation to disappear with the intention that the energies you’ve created remain.
• And when you feel ready, gently come back to the room feeling connected to your higher consciousness and protected by the earth.

It is good to practice this exercise at least twice daily until you feel stable and you get used to the new way of being and feeling grounded.

So, what is grounding?

Simply, Grounding is about connecting your subtle bodies to the earth through your base chakra, legs, feet chakras and earthstar. By bringing your energies down, you are allowing the earth to support you and keeping you stable.

Most people think that being spiritual means that they walk around like some sort of ‘space cadet’ with all of their energies concentrated in their third eye and crown chakra. This belief system is false and potentially dangerous because you leave yourself open to an array of energies, both positive and negative. These energies in their negative form can create imbalances of mind, body and spirit, which will require expert intervention if recovery is to be made. A word of caution here! There are some people who can ‘space cadet’ all their lives and appear not to have any problems being in this state. However, on the flip side there are those who for some reason or another have found themselves in this unstable condition from which they then blow some sort of mental and emotional gasket. When this happens they start to experience and display irrational thoughts, behaviours and emotional disorder. It is at this point that they are bought to me, as an expert in this field for rebalancing and energy support. No-one wants to get to this state and hopefully this blog will help prevent you from making the same mistakes that so many others have.

So how do you know if you are ungrounded?

These are the main signs and symptoms:

• Feeling “out of sorts”
• Insomnia
• Feeling weepy, angry, lost or over-whelmed
• Spaced out and heady
• Can’t think straight
• Feeling wobbly
• Confused
• Nothing is going right
• Problems with extremities. Anywhere from below the belly button downwards
• Symptoms not consistent with anything in particular
• Feeling stuck
• Headaches
• Having lots of ideas but can’t bring them into reality
• Receiving lots of spiritual information but can’t integrate it or understand it

What are the benefits of being grounded?

• You will feel more stable because your energy is balanced and evenly distributed.
• You will find that your spiritual growth is dynamic because you will be able to ground and integrate changes and knowledge that is imparted to you.
• You will be able to practice discernment and therefore discard what you feel does not feel right or fit in with your belief systems.
• You will develop firm personal boundaries.