How to Shield Empathic Energy
Empaths have the ability to not only feel what others are feeling around them but to actually take those emotions and make them their own. That is that they will feel exactly what others are feeling, whether it is emotional or physical. While this is very good for the people around them, it can become quite draining for the empath. Constantly taking on other’s people’s problems and emotions is extremely tiring and can actually make the empath feel depressed or even become physically ill. For this reason, empaths must harness the ability to block out emotions so they are not always carrying them around with them.
The first thing an empath must do is to participate in a class that will teach them how to harness their energy. Something such as yoga, tai chi, or reiki will allow the empath to learn about their own energy and how to become more in touch with it. The empath needs to know where their energy is in order to center it and learn how to use it. This needs to be practiced a lot but it will be learned over time.
Another way to shield energy is not to fear the absorption of the energy. Don’t concentrate too hard on not receiving the energy but rather, focus on getting rid of it once you have received it. Once you begin to feel another’s pain, imagine your body accepting the energy but the energy passing through the body rather than staying within.
Visualization is a big part of shielding. One way to do this is to visualize a pole in front of you that you are hanging on to. Imagine the pole as being a magnet for everything that you are absorbing and that you don’t want to. Imagine that all of the negativity, pain, anger, and other undesirable emotions are being attracted to the pole and away from you. This won’t work for all empaths but it will help for those that find visualization is a good tool for them. Some people prefer other methods in place of visualization. It all just depends on what will work.
Other empaths don’t like shielding at all. This is because when shielded, the empath will actually feel as though they are behind a shield, whether they have gotten there through meditation, visualization, or another exercise. Part of the empath’s personality is that they love to help and they love feeling so close to someone. However, some empaths would not be able to function without shielding. It all depends on the personality of the empath and how much they feel they can handle.