Protecting your energy. Why and how we do it.
Protecting Your Energy. Why We Do It. How We Do It. A Guide For Those Learning To Breathe Again
There comes a moment on every healing path where your body softens, even just a little, and you feel your breath land in a way that reminds you of who you were before life piled itself on top of you. That moment is the spark. It is the beginning of clarity, the beginning of safety, and, for many, the beginning of protecting your energy.
If you are reading this, chances are you have walked through your own fire. Trauma. Loss. Illness. Burnout. A life that looked full on the outside but left you aching on the inside. And now, you are finally ready to breathe again. To soften again. To protect the energy you fought so damn hard to reclaim.
As a spiritual breathwork facilitator working within the spiritual wellness and holistic healing industry, I see this moment often. It is sacred. It is tender. It is the part of your journey where you stop running on survival and start learning how to live in your body again.
Protecting your energy is not about being guarded or distant. It is about calling your spirit back home. It is about honouring the truth that your life force is precious and deserves to be held with care. It is a cornerstone of women’s healing and embodiment practices, shamanic breathwork for women, sound healing sessions, trauma informed spiritual healing, and every other practice that helps the nervous system feel safe again.
This guide is written for beginners. For those just learning to breathe deeply again. For the woman or man standing in the quiet aftermath of the fire, realising that their energy, their breath, their body, and their spirit need care.
Let’s keep things grounded, simple, and human.
What Protecting Your Energy Actually Means
Protecting your energy means becoming aware of the emotional and spiritual influences around you and choosing what you allow into your inner world. It is about tending to your body and spirit with intention so you can live with presence instead of depletion.
Think of your energy like a fire. A fire you have rebuilt from ashes. You would not let just anyone toss their emotional debris into it. You would tend it with attention. You would protect it from the wind. You would honour its warmth.
Protecting your energy is the same. It is knowing what fuels your fire and what dims it.
This awareness becomes essential in women’s healing and embodiment practices, shamanic breathwork for women, embodiment and nervous system work, and any spiritual wellness journey where you are learning to trust yourself again.
Why It Matters When You Have Walked Through Fire
People who have lived through intensity often become energetically porous. Sensitive. Hyper aware. You feel everything, sometimes too deeply. You read the room before you enter it. You feel other people’s emotions before they speak them. This sensitivity is powerful, but without grounding it becomes exhausting.
Protecting your energy becomes essential because:
You stop absorbing emotions that are not yours
You break cycles of overgiving and emotional responsibility
You allow your nervous system to regulate instead of collapse
You deepen your intuition without draining yourself
You stay connected to your truth without being pulled off centre
You create space for real, sustainable healing
This is the work of reclaiming your life force. It is the foundation of trauma informed spiritual healing, women’s circles and ceremony, and feminine awakening guidance.
How To Protect Your Energy: A Simple Guide For Beginners
You do not need complex rituals or perfect spiritual routines. You need presence, breath, and honesty.
Here are the pillars.
1. Get Clear On What Drains You And What Nourishes You
This is where every healing journey begins. You cannot protect your energy if you do not understand it.
Notice:
Who leaves you feeling expanded
Who leaves you feeling drained
Conversations that tighten your chest
Environments that overwhelm your senses
Moments when your breath shortens
Activities that help you land back in your body
This is not about judgement. This is energetic awareness. A skill every spiritual breathwork facilitator teaches because it supports embodiment and nervous system work in a powerful way.
Try this practice:
Hand on heart
One breath in
Recall a moment that felt grounding
Recall a moment that felt heavy
Notice the contrast
Your body never lies.
2. Build Boundaries That Keep Your Energy Safe
Boundaries are self respect in action. They are not walls. They are clarity. They are honesty. They are an act of protecting your energy so your healing can deepen.
If you have been a fixer, a people pleaser, or a chronic overgiver, boundaries may feel uncomfortable at first. That discomfort is growth.
Start simple:
Say no when your body says no
Take a breath before responding
Allow messages to sit until you are ready
Leave situations when your energy dips
Give yourself permission to disappoint people
This is the backbone of women’s healing and embodiment practices. Your energy deserves to be held with reverence, not drained by obligation.
3. Use Breathwork To Reset, Clear, And Reclaim Your Energy
Your breath is your most powerful energetic tool. Breathwork clears emotional residue, regulates your nervous system, and strengthens your inner clarity.
A grounding breath practice:
Stand or sit with your feet connected to the earth
Inhale for four
Hold for two
Exhale for six
Repeat until your body softens
On every exhale, let go of anything that is not yours to carry. You do not need to identify it. Just let the breath move it out.
This is why breathwork sits at the centre of shamanic breathwork for women, trauma informed spiritual healing, and sound healing sessions. Breath is cleansing. Breath is medicine.
4. Create Simple Rituals That Anchor Your Energy
Rituals do not need to be elaborate. Simple is powerful.
Try:
Drinking your morning tea with presence
Lightly cleansing your body with sage or copal
Journaling for clarity
Standing barefoot in grass
Using drumming or soft sound to shift your energy
Ending your day with a grounding breath
These everyday rituals support embodiment and nervous system work and create sacred space in the ordinary moments.
The Transformation That Happens When You Protect Your Energy
There are three core shifts most people experience.
1. You Become Present Instead of Reactive
You stop bracing for impact.
You respond with clarity.
You breathe instead of tightening.
This makes relationships healthier and supports deeper spiritual wellness and holistic healing.
2. Healing Becomes Sustainable Instead of Overwhelming
Protecting your energy gives your nervous system space to integrate instead of collapse. This is crucial in women’s circles and ceremony, trauma informed spiritual healing, and holistic retreats for women.
Healing becomes something your body can hold, not something that keeps reopening old wounds.
3. Your Intuition Strengthens And Becomes Clear
With less noise, your inner voice becomes easier to hear. This is the essence of feminine awakening guidance. Your decisions become grounded. Your path becomes clearer. You trust yourself again.
Common Mistakes Beginners Make
Cutting everyone off instead of setting boundaries
Overcomplicating spiritual practices
Thinking protection means hiding
Trying to be spiritually perfect
Confusing overthinking with intuition
Give yourself grace. This is a practice, not a performance.
How You Know Your Energy Is Protected
You feel it in your body:
Your breath is deeper
Your body stays soft
You recover quickly from stress
You do not absorb other people’s emotions
You stay grounded in difficult moments
You feel more like yourself
This is energetic sovereignty. This is healing in action.
If You Are Ready To Go Deeper, I Would Love To Walk Beside You
Protecting your energy is an act of devotion. It is choosing yourself with tenderness. It is honouring the woman or man you are becoming. It is remembering that your spirit is worthy of safety, rest, and truth.
If this guide stirred something in you, if you are ready to explore shamanic breathwork for women, trauma informed spiritual healing, women’s circles and ceremony, or deeper embodiment and nervous system work, you are invited to work with me.
I walk beside you, not above you.
We breathe together.
We clear what is heavy.
We remember what is true.
We create space for your spirit to come home.
If you feel the pull, trust it.
Your next step is waiting for you…. Begin your walk with me.
