You are now grounded! Practice doing this often, and if possible, outside, barefoot, with your feet touching the earth.
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When you inhale, follow your roots back up through the earth to your sacrum. Once you’ve reached the core of the earth, breathe deeply. With each exhale, imagine roots traveling deeper, through the soil, through the bedrock, and eventually to the core of the earth. Take a few deep breaths, then imagine a tree trunk extending from your sacrum (or base of your spine) through the floor. In a grounding meditation, you sit or stand upright, with your feet firmly on the floor. you reach the center, imagine your cord wrapping around this ball of light a few times, then, energized with pure Source Energy, the cord travels back up to your sacrum. You can do this on yourself and others, as well as your home and land. Something that I personally say is, "I protect myself in God's white golden light of love and protection that will keep me safe from any and all harm". While you do this, you'll want to state your intention. You'll want to completely encase yourself in the protective light, and bring the light out to at least 10 feet to protect your aura as well. Slowly bring this ball of beautiful clear white golden light around you so that it wraps itself around you. As you concentrate on this light, notice it getting brighter and bigger. Visualize a clear ball (or bubble) of pure white golden light around your b. It also helps to keep you in the present moment. By grounding yourself, you are restoring your connection to the earth and bringing yourself a few moments of quiet to focus on yourself and your core. The first step to protecting yourself from foreign energies, is to perform a grounding meditation. It's takes 30 seconds of your time, so it's super quick. Try to get in a daily routine of doing these two visualizations. It helps to keep other people's energies away from you so that you're not carrying it with you, which can be draining.
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Grounding and protecting are essential when working with spiritual energy, especially before you do readings or are a strong Empath.