Are you building walls or raising your vibration?
That’s what every Reiki practitioner should ask before considering energy shielding.
When sensitive practitioners think about protection, they imagine shields surrounding their bodies. They build invisible walls, thinking they are necessary after an emotional exchange. And, while protection methods can be helpful, they can also disconnect you from the universal energy flow. When this happens, staying grounded and present becomes harder.
But when you cleanse yourself first and raise your vibration, energy protection follows naturally.
True energy shielding allows you to be free.
What Does Energy Protection Mean
Protection results from vibration.
To be more precise, when you raise your vibration to a level at which most external influences don’t resonate with, you create a healthy barrier between you and whatever doesn’t serve you well.
You can do this through various methods and/or rituals.
Of course, they all must have some cleansing procedure to start with. Once you cleanse your energy system, you can allow these methods to remove deeper energetic blockages and stimulate your awareness.
This is very different from engulfing yourself in a bubble. (meaning adding too many layers of protection and isolating yourself from the outside world)
Therefore, the best way to think about energy protection is to position yourself in a growth state with a high vibration where no detrimental influences can harm you.
When you do this, you become the best protection.
5 Reiki Methods For Energy Protection
I find these methods to be the most efficient.
That’s why all Usui Reiki practitioners should find them easy to implement. But if you have the Karuna, Holy Fire, or Angelic Reiki attunements, feel free to adapt these methods to the system you have.
Let’s get started:
Method #1 – Symbols on the Primary Chakras
Chakras govern areas of the body.
But these energy centers also act as gates of consciousness.
- Activate Cho Ku Rei + Sei He Ki + Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen + Dai Ko Myo on the crown chakra, as this is the main conductor of the universal life force energy.
- Add Cho Ku Rei + Sei He Ki to the rest of your primary chakras.
- Keep in mind that the third eye, throat, heart, solar plexus, and sacral chakras have back projections. So you can visualize the symbols on their projections as well.
Method #2 – Sphere of Light
- Activate your palms with all the Reiki symbols you have access to.
- Keep your hands apart, like you’re holding a basketball.
- Visualize a sphere of light forming inside your palms and growing with each passing minute.
- Activate the symbols, once again, in the center of the sphere.
- Place the sphere on top of your crown chakra and allow it to expand until it engulfs your physical body and energy fields.
- Stay in this position for a couple of minutes, acknowledging your integration with the sphere.
Method #3 – Cone of Light
- Activate your palms with Reiki symbols.
- Activate the same symbols above your head.
- Visualize a cone of light forming around you. The tip sits above your head while the base circles your feet.
- Activate a large Sei He Ki at the cone’s base to drain all residual and negative energies into the ground.
Method #4 – Archangel Michael’s Pillar of Light
This is a Shamballa Reiki method.
Even so, Usui practitioners can use it for protection. It works specifically well for those who already have a good connection with Archangel Michael. If not, you can always enhance it through meditation.
- Activate your palms and primary chakras with Reiki symbols to activate and cleanse your system.
- Raise your arms above your head and say: “Dear Archangel Michael, please offer me your Pillar of Light and allow it to engulf me for (X minutes/hours)!“
- Repeat the message 3 times.
I recommend invoking the Pillar of Light for a set period so it doesn’t last forever. Even if it cannot (in theory) stay active entirely, it’s best not to have it on you once you don’t need it.
This takes us back to overprotection.
The goal is to be in balance, not to isolate yourself.
Method #5 – Working with Spirit Guides
Reiki spirit guides are always willing to help.
You just have to ask for their nurturing energy and support. This is one of the best ways to connect with them.
- Start with the following affirmation: “Dear angels or spirit guide(s), please come protect me from… (reason) for… (duration). Thank you for your kindness and support!“
- Repeat 3 times.
Remember to use a specific goal and a duration. But don’t stress too much about it. The role of this guidance is to have a clear intention and purpose, not to let the protection manifest randomly.
NOTE: All five methods include a cleansing component. That’s how the shielding effect can last longer and be more prominent.
Energy protection evolves with your practice.
Each method cleanses your system while teaching you to sustain higher vibrations. The more you work with these techniques, the less you need them.
Your energy learns to self-correct.
Protection becomes your default state, not something you apply when threatened. You walk through the world open and grounded because your vibration naturally repels what doesn’t serve you.
That’s why I always say…
The best protection is you!