This is a very simple energy protection exercise. I have been using it for years, outside in nature but also inside: in my office, in my kitchen, even in a bathroom, at a moment when I felt I really needed it right then. You can connect anywhere, and so can you.
If possible, be alone, in a quiet place. Stand up on both your feet, hip-width apart. If you are outside in nature, it can be even more effective. Then take it step by step.
1. Arrive where you are
Have your eyes open at the beginning. Feel the sole of each foot, one foot after the other, touching the ground. Look at your feet, look at your legs, look up your body and then look around you.
With your mind, take a mental picture: notice where you are. Look at the structure of the objects around you, at the trees. Don't get lost in your head or in your thoughts. Just choose something very close to you and look at it. If you are in nature, you can look at the ground, at the sky, at a tree. Really notice where you are.
This is mindful grounding. Take a deep breath, keep noticing, and tell yourself: I am here, in this moment.
2. Root into the Earth
Keep your eyes open, or close them if you feel very comfortable staying in the moment and your mind is not wandering.
Imagine, at the base of your spine where your first chakra is, a point of energy, turning a bit like a washing machine. Have the intention that this point of energy is now completely open and expanding.
From that point, visualise a root, like the root of a tree, coming out of your spine and going all the way down into the ground underneath you. See it going down, down, down into the Earth.
The image I always use is a tree in winter, with all its leaves gone, when you can see every branch. My root of energy goes into all directions, creating little side roots, and all of it is pulsating with energy, really grabbing and connecting with the Earth underneath me, with the energy of this planet. Feel your feet on the ground and take a few deep breaths.
3. A shower of cleansing light
When you feel really grounded, in the moment and into the Earth, close your eyes if you haven't yet.
Imagine a tunnel of energy opening at the top of your head, creating a channel all around your body for energy to flow freely to what I call Source. You are standing in that tunnel, and a shower of yellow-white cleansing energy pours over you. Feel and see it entering the top of your energy field, flowing through your whole body, all the way down and out through your feet into the Earth.
The intention is simply: cleanse, clear. You can say to yourself: Everything that does not belong to me is now brought back to where it came from. That could be the Earth, and you can picture whatever leaves you going into the ground. It could also be another place: simply hold the intention that whatever did not come from you goes back to its source.
Stay with this for a moment, always feeling your feet and your grounding, trusting that this cleansing is happening right now. Take a few deep breaths, say thank you, and slowly let the shower come to an end.
4. Healing from Mother Earth
Now ask Mother Earth, from underneath where you are standing, to bring up healing energy. Imagine it in any colour you like. This time the tunnel runs the other way: from beneath your feet, all the way up through your whole body and out through the top of your head.
Consciously connect with this healing energy from Mother Earth as it moves through you, knowing exactly what to heal. Be grateful for the process, without having to do anything yourself. Just allow the energy to work through you. If you like, set the intention that this is happening on all your bodies, on all dimensions, at all times: past, future and now.
Take a few deep breaths, stay present in your body, feel the ground, and slowly let the healing energy come to an end. Say thank you to Mother Earth.
5. Close your bubble of protection
Now connect with yourself and, if you are comfortable with it, with your spirit guides, or with whatever energy you are used to working with: angels, God, Jesus. It can also simply be your Higher Self. Ask them to be present and to help you create a bubble of energy protection around your energy field.
Before you create the bubble, ask them to adjust your energy field to the size that is right for you in this moment, for the day ahead or the night ahead, the size that is for your highest good. This happens really quickly.
Then imagine a bubble of protection forming around you. At this point I always connect with home and with Source. Source is where we all come from; home, for me, is the place I had most of my incarnations - so it’s a feeling, a frequency. If that means nothing to you, you don't need to do it. If it does, simply have the intention of creating a triangle of energy flowing between you, Source and home, an exchange between all three. I also ask guides from home to add an extra layer of protection around my bubble.
Then close the bubble completely, with this intention: only energy that vibrates higher than my own and is for my highest good can enter, at all times. Everything I need and want to release from inside me can always leave.
Keep it light
As you close the bubble, say thank you to all your helpers and guides. They like a little joy and laughter up there, so this is not a very serious thing we need to do. Keep a childlike joy in your heart, and know that you are protected.
And whenever you feel your protection has opened a little, simply do the exercise again.
If you would like to feel this kind of connection with your Higher Self in a guided way, the free Group Soul Journey is a gentle place to start.
