Energetic Release & Why Empaths Should Know About It

Empath: someone who has the paranormal ability to apprehend the mental or emotion state of another individual (also applies to animals).

Are you an empath? 
Have there been times when you have walked into a room of people or friends and you started to sweat, experience nervousness, anxiety, extreme excitement, grief, sadness and couldn't understand why?
Chances are you are picking up on the group energy or one individuals energy within the room.

Do you feel drained after hanging out with someone who is demanding of your emotional container?
Do you experience pain when someone in your family goes through pain? 
and I mean seriously feel something to the point where it can bring on confusion.

These are some signs that you are an empath.  A lot of time anxiety can be a trigger for empaths because empaths don't know they are an empath until they have heard about it from somewhere or someone, this results in a lack of education and awareness.  And the overload of energy smacks right into your energetic field causing your vibe the shake.  Awareness is what gives us emotional strength. This is not something that is spoken about often in the "non-spiritual" world but it is very real.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE SPIRITUAL TO BE AN EMPATH!
Humans are born with different systems to help them on their journey and to help build community.  Part of building community is holding space for others in their times of need and having our space be held when we need it as well.
Empathy is quite common; I believe a fair amount of people turn away from experiencing emotion because it can be so intense.  In the end, we end up disconnecting from one of our greatest gifts to ourSelf and to others, our ability to feel for others.

OKAY! so what does this mean for our overall health as an EMPATH?
This means that YOU must take responsibility to stay in your body.
How do we do this? How do we clear the energy?
There are a number of ways that we can stay in our body and be aware of those outside of ours, here we go.

1. Before you leave your house, apartment, car etc. check in with yourself.  Close your eyes and see how you are feeling, if you are nervous that is totally acceptable, I went through some nerves a few weeks ago going to a self-pleasure awareness gathering solo.  When we check in with ourself before we enter a room or work environment, hospital etc. we are consciously deciphering our own energy from what energy we may come into contact with.  Because energy is everywhere, this is inevitable.  Hospitals are very hard for me to be in as are schools to be honest, so many people going through emotional turmoil and physical pain.
2. Another way we can ground into our body is to physically ground using our feet.  Take off your shoes and socks, (shoes specifically as the rubber acts as a block for the energy to be received through the energy centres in the soles of your feet) and walk outside.  If you do not have access to outside, how about wood flooring?  Wood comes from trees and trees are extremely grounding energies, not to mention they are sacred beings who have lived on this Earth way before us.  When we ground in this way, pay attention to the sensations on your feet.  Feel your ankles, your toes, every millimetre of your foot and then the other one.  Close your eyes and walk slowly, a walking meditation with the intention of coming into your body.  So often we come out of our bodies out of discomfort, physical or emotional, we just push it away so we do not feel said discomfort any longer, this is dangerous for Empaths because if we do not ground, we will take on too much.  Grounding also brings us into our ROOT CHAKRA our centre of Self- our stability in who we are, our values, our foundation lies here and it is a detrimental Chakra for mental health.  
3. Don't have wood floors? I got you.  I know you have salt and a big bowl, if not, go get them.  Make a salty warm soak for your feet and put them in there for 20 minutes or longer.  Salt has two ions that help it to balance the body.  "One of the ions has a positive charge (called a "cation") and the other has a negative charge ("anion").  Salt is an ionic compound, consisting of a crystal, lattice structure of the two ions Na+ and Cl-."https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-salt-in-chemistry-definition-formula.html When we use salt with the body, it pulls out the negative and balances the positive within.  Salt has been used as protection and cleansing for decades upon decades upon hundreds of years by our Ancestors, USE IT! Scrub it on your feet, body, head, hands and let the grit of others be pulled from your body.  I have salt soaks every week.  A wombyn I know makes an epsom salt scrub and adds essential oils to it and applies it before her bath.  Salt is power! I literally carry it everywhere with me.  I have a bag in my purse.  It also helps with insect bites by dehydrating the venom out of the body and decreasing inflammation from the bite *FUN FACT*.
4. Before you go anywhere say "I do not accept energies that are not my own and in the highest alignment of love and light." When you come home, wash your hands stating "I cleanse all energies from my body that are not my own and in the highest alignment of love and light. So it is, thank you."
5. Wear crystals.  Black obsidian, black tourmaline, hematite, rainbow obsidian, green tourmaline, amber these are just a few but these are my favourites.  They eat up negative energy and transmute it into grounding energy.
6. Rub essential oils on your forearms or bottom of feet, better yet, both! OnGuard, Lemon, Cinnamon (diluted), Teatree are just a few. (I use DoTerra, if you want some, let me know!)

It is important to clear yourself daily.  This is part of my overall health and I take it very seriously.  You can even do a simple cleanse in your shower.  Visualize the water pouring over your head as a way of clearing, this is SUPER BENEFICIAL for your Crown chakra, and feel it pulling the energy down your body and out of your feet, finally down the drain.  
This does not have to be complicated, but it does NEED to be done.

When we cleanse out others energies from our body, we feel lighter, less bloated, less stiff, less confused, less in our head, less anxious, less tired, less drained, less used.

I have been doing some deep clearings coming into this Full Moon in Scorpio and I have literally lost weight.  You see and feel the results when you start practicing these things.

Depression and Anxiety are masks for what is going on energetically within.  Physical reaction is the delayed reaction to energetic and emotional interaction.

When we start to become aware that we are so much more that mere physical material, hopefully we see the necessity to self-care.  I don't mean just baths and coffee dates and good food.  I mean the self-care that needs to be done in order to help deal with the negative chatter that fills the mind and body.

Some humans will unknowingly or knowingly take advantage of your susceptible energy system and the will latch on to you for an extended period of time until you become aware of their attachment.  This is why we feel extra drained sometimes or when one friend leans on us too much and since we feel their pain, we don't put up a healthy boundary and we end up draining ourSelf for their personal health over our own.

Empaths have a tendency to put themselves last, which is rather obvious when you think back to the definition of an empath.  
This blog is an encouragement to put yourself first in a healthy way while still being there to support those around you.
You cannot fill another's cup if yours is empty.  Fill your cup and hold space in a safe way.

Energetic education matters!
If you have any questions please feel free to use the comment section under this blog post.
I have so much more to say but I need to end this at some point.
I am sure I will be posting some more in the future.

I love you
You are forgiven
Thank you

xox
Jessy