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Hi,

I have noticed over the last few years that I seem to draw in other peoples energy. If their energy is positive that's great, but when it is negative it causes me a lot of problems and can have a negative effect on me for days. This concerns me especially if I am doing reiki on some one. I don't want to be drawing in their porblems or illnesses.
Does anyone have any suggestions to help me keep from drawing in other peoples energy?

Thanks,

maril,

This isn't meant to be scarcastic or anything of a similar nature.

Stop doing it.

Seriously, if you are aware you are doing this be more mindful of it and stop allowing it to happen.

Nothing fancy, but effective.

Walk in beauty,
Rebecca

It really is a simple thing. Set your intention to keep your energy seperate. When you catch yourself drawing in other's energy, intend that you will not accept their energy. When doing Reiki, intend to be a channel for the energy......no exchange of personal energy and ground yourself.

blackearth

There is a Pink Yarrow flower essence from Flower Essence Services that is perfect for this problem.

Positive Qualities: Loving awareness of others within a field of self-contained consciousness; appropriate emotional boundaries

Patterns of Imbalance: Unbalanced sympathetic forces, overly absorbent auric field, lack of emotional clarity, dysfunctional merging with others

You can buy it here:

Cheers,
Margarat

Namaste,Maril2w

I too used to do this for a long time until I became aware of it. Now, what helps is during a practice session, I visualize and intend boundaries that keep my personal energy in and other's out. Grounding also helps. Mindfulness during a session is a must.

Mal

Hi..

I have noticed that I have also done that in the past. A healer suggested this affirmation, I do it in the morning:

"Today, I protect my personal energy, while Divine energy flows through me to all others."

Add some Reiki...and it works!

Blessings, stargazer7

Greetings!
When a person is an empath, it is sometimes difficult to not "tune in" to negative energy. And so there are ways to keep your own energy.
With visualization, etc. always focus on your "vessel" being full of Light.
Receive attunements of the highest level of Light and encoding. Make sure you do not have any attachments which are attracting the lower levels, if there are any, have them removed by a professional. If you do make sure the vacancy they create is filled with Light.
Note: You also do not want to take on others positive energy. Best to maintain and improve on your own. Good Luck and Thank You for this opportunity to share.

As Light, GrailHeart

Otoharo!

I have not read the others' posts yet, but the answer is mindfulness. and intent.

finality

Hello honey,
You may not like this answer but my belief is everyone we meet is a mirror for us somehow. If you are working with negative energy and you become that energy, I believe that you are not finished with that energy because it dwells within you somewhere unhealed. Once you have healed that facet fully within yourself, you will no longer draw that type of experience to you to heal.
Great Spirit never asks us to move through an experience again once we have mastered it.

So what to do you ask??

I"d say to make claim of this energy by saying, wow that energy must be within me too or I'd not be experiencing it. Great Spirit please allow me to heal by helping me see it within my self and accepting that I am that too.
Now I ask to allow myself to just let it go..
Let your body relax and "see/feel" it leaving your body through your feet.

You see, you do not need to hold onto it any longer. Energy is just energy and all it usually wants is acknolwedgement.
Acknowledge and it will leave you.
Some stuff may be stronger and some stuff may take a bit longer but if you accept that this energy is a part of you in some way, you will be claiming it and you can let it go. What you will not lay claim to you have no power over correct?
What you resist persists.

Hope this resonates...

Blessings always,
Jahnavi

Do you prepare your space before a healing? I always try to but sometimes forget. It is good to set the intention before anyone arrives and I always ask it to remain throughout the day/evening in case I forget each time. Also I CKR the doorways into the house and my room. I am beginning to recognise the signs of energy sapping and drawing negative energy and send out a CKR as soon as I feel anything.
I know this is simple but hope it helps.
I think we need to remember to protect ourselves at every opportunity so that it becomes a reflex for us.
Good luck
Allycat

Otoharo!

I use to be one of those energy suckers, that is, I sicked other people's energy. I did not know that consciously. Even when it was told to me, I did not know what to do about it. If you could see your own energy field, it would look like a very large oblong of several feet wide and more feet tall. You, the body is only a small portion of this, likely at least, a fourth of it. so your field spreads a long ways and so does everyone's else. It is easy thus to fill the space you inhabit. feel your energy in every corner and all the open space. It is also easy to see how our energies intermingle. Only when alone and out in nature can one truly know oneself.

The quality of your energy is what will off set negativity, as positive is always more powerful then negative. Reiki is how we can raise the quality of our own energy.

finality