349. My Process With Releasing Negative Energy
I admit that when I wrote the title of this article and saved it for later, I was quite emotional. I never really understood the process of releasing negative energy from a personal perspective, only a channeling perspective. And let me say… it’s not pretty. Dealing with pain and trauma isn’t pretty. Although despite how challenging it is, when it’s over it seems… so simple.
I can’t really tell what kicked off my spiritual or healing journey, but I would say it was within the last year. I knew that I needed a change to get from point a to point b. I imagine that if you are someone struggling with reaching your goals, or feeling like they’re too out of reach, this might be for you. There’s just a natural dissonance. You know what you need to be doing, but you just can’t do it. This is where intention setting comes in. It’s important to be honest, truthful and serious with the universe. You are willing to do what it takes to heal, to get better, to reach your goals. That’s really the start of it. The rest is going to be guided by your spirit guides and other helpers in the universe, so long as you let it.
Thankfully, I was already pretty integrated with physical activity. It wasn’t something that was particularly new or scary to me. And although it was helping me, I felt like there was more that I could be doing.
Every night, I started to stretch and exercise for about 30 minutes. For me, the results were kind of astounding. I realized that as I was stretching and moving my body, there were parts which were totally tight and bound up, with energy caught inside of them. I was contracting my body in a way which was holding everything in. This felt like pain, tightness, stiffness, and maybe even soreness. And the journey of getting out of this state was kind of long and arduous. But I continued, nevertheless.
As I would stretch different parts of my body, I freed my mind to be open to any messages I would receive about a particular area. It seemed like each and every area corresponded to a particular memory, experience, message, or just overarching concept and theme in general. The most important part of this process was the acknowledgment and acceptance. The transmission of energy was simply “allowed”. It’s hard to believe that simply acknowledging an issue could have such a profound effect. But I do find that many energies in our bodies are kept, tucked away in our bodies because we don’t want to deal with them. You may ask why, and the answer is simple, yet damning. When we acknowledge a truth about ourselves, we therefore acknowledge the impact it has on our lives. One simple acknowledgment doesn’t change our lives inherently, but the butterfly effect of it, can. By living our authentic self, we naturally change our life and our environment.
To me, this is further validation that our energetic bodies are an amalgamation of parts, and the intrinsic value of Reiki healing. It makes sense on a conscious level, as well. When we let go of the past, it doesn’t burden us down in the present and future. Those who are able to take on any challenge and release its trauma, are truly unbeatable. However, it’s often times easier said than done.
The results of the energies which were stuck in my body were varied, random and overall interesting. Some messages were seemingly innocuous, but perhaps it was simply the message that was “caught” and not wanting to be validated. I remember this feeling quite clearly, as I used to have panic attacks when I would observe and receive energy, and not release it. Other things were more mind-blowing, and somewhat heartbreaking. Some lessons stemmed from past lives. Other things were simply just emotions. I felt the deepest levels of pain, hope, loneliness and perhaps even love. I let go of things I never wanted to let go of. I would say all in all, I completely detached myself from any preconceived notions and reality. I released everything which wasn’t serving me. I became a fractal of a being, hardly noticing myself. After all, wen you let go of your pain and traumas, particularly if you’ve had a lot, what are you? The complete deconstruction fo my energetic body was necessary, because there was no real point in moving forward if I didn’t access and disrupt the core layers of my being. I needed to completely start new. And it wasn’t easy. I’m just about finishing up this process, as I feel there’s not much left to do. But I’m somewhat afraid of the toll that it will have on the “outside” of my life, or in my environment. As we know, when we change our interior, we inevitably change our exterior. There cannot be one or the other.
This process likely isn’t as helpful for everyone, as my alignment to my own intuition served as the intellectualization and guide for the entire process. However, a different approach might serve you best. My best advice is of course to proactively face your fears, your discomforts and move forward. Continue to align to your intuition. Be clear with the universe about your intentions moving forward. If you simply say, “I will release any energies which are blocking me or holding me back from being my absolute best self in this lifetime”… then you’ll start that process. The rest will be “shown” to you, so to speak. You’ll likely be directed toward different options and opportunities. The trauma release will be unexpected. It may be triggered by different things, show up in your dreams, or come to you spontaneously. You never know.
I’ve always looked at energies in an addition plus subtraction kind of a way. You release the old, and you make room for the new. But you of course have to release the old, first. We want to be a “clear channel”, or in other words, not have old, negative or stagnant things lingering and warping our perception value. When we hold onto traumas, it’s the traumas that drive our fears and decisions or indecisions moving forward.
I think one of the most important things to consider is self preservation. While sometimes it’s necessary for survival, if we self preserve ourself, we will always be stuck behind, as the universe continues to evolve and move forward. So therefore, there’s no sense in doing so, particularly long-term.
If you want to, you will. And that will is going to be guided by the universe, and consciously or unconsciously carried out by you. You’ve just got to face the demons first. Ironically, it’s the demons inside of us we should be most afraid of.
