“Where-ever you go, there you are” is certainly true for me in my new job as manager at my brother’s outdoor gear shoppe. For example, a few weeks ago, a guy came in the store and talked with me at great length about how he feels overwhelmed by all the energies that he continually takes in. As a Reiki Practitioner, I have studied quite a bit about that, so I shared an exercise that I do daily to release energies and protect my “field”, and he seemed eager to try it out himself. Before helping the next customer, I made a mental note to write a blog article about energetic protection.

In the Big Picture, we are all connected in one continuous web of energy and vibration. When we directly experience that Oneness, there is no need for “protection” because it’s all just One Pure Love Energy. However, most of us are not living in that state of Big Picture-ness all the time, and in the smaller pictures that each of us inhabit, we take in a lot of energies all the time. If we are super aware and cultivating the Witness Consciousness, then we can quickly transmute those energies, but if we are super busy and juggling a lot of balls, then we might need some extra help protecting our energy fields. Since I tend to fall into the second category, I do the following exercise during my morning and evening meditations to assist me in staying strong in my own energy field:

I ask the Reiki Guides (you could ask Something Beyond, by whatever Name you call That) to please help me clear the “not me” energies out of my space. Next I put my hands in front of my body and gently push them outwards, until my arms are straight, and I do that several times, up and down, and around the back (where I can reach), mentally repeating “please send the “not me” energies out into the Light for Healing.” I do this with Love, for protection and for healing. Next I draw Doh Yah Noh, the protection symbol of the Tanran Reiki System, in the air several times in front of my body and above my head. This symbol came to my Reiki teacher, William Bagley, and it means “I will protect you until you learn how to protect yourself.” If you would like to receive this symbol, please send me a message through the Contact page on this website, and I will reply with the symbol and a link with more information about it.

May all beings everywhere feel protection.

May all beings know Peace.

Om Shanti (Peace),

Yogini Tejaswini

See me talking about Peace – interviewed by Yogi Pete (video clip from August 2009): Yogini-Bliss on YouTube