I just attended a very interesting workshop online held by a man named William Bloom.
If you’ve never heard of him, I strongly suggest you look him up. He’s one of the foremost educators in the spiritual field in the UK and possibly the world.
I mainly did the workshop because I found the title so fascinating; Psychic Protection: How to Protect Your Energy Field from Negative Vibrations, Hostile People, and Entities.
It’s something I’ve avoided thinking about…
I will say it upfront; because I work so much on the side of the light, I’ve never really wanted to think too much about the fact that I might need spiritual protection.
The reason I did the workshop was this; I’ve done one Willam Bloom workshop before (about meditation and leading meditations for students), and it was amazing. He is an amazing teacher.
So when I saw he was holding this workshop on this subject, I was fascinated – even by the very fact that he apparently felt the need to do so. This was the blurb on the sales page…
“Many people feel disoriented, weakened, or provoked by other people’s energies, by entities, and by uncomfortable atmospheres. At its worst, it can cause anxiety and fear, and during these times it can be difficult to behave in a dignified and confident way. This type of sensitivity and empathy is not unusual, and can be experienced by the strongest of people.
“In this practical, inspiring and empowering workshop, Dr. William Bloom, the UK’s leading expert in this field and author of the influential bestsellers Psychic Protection and Feeling Safe, will share the essential secrets and strategies of psychic protection. His approach combines classical occult, internal martial arts, and mind -body-spirit techniques.”
This subject had also come up for me recently because not that long ago, I was chatting to my amazing friend Kyle Gray who said a few things which made me think that he definitely believes in psychic protection.
I trust Kyle and his ideas, so this was interesting to me.
Kyle is such a being of light but if even he feels he needs spiritual protection, that was something for me to consider.
I’ve always thought that we are all protected by the Divine if we choose to be, and that’s all we need to do.
I’ve also always felt as though if I give something like this energy, I’m only going to make it stronger.
Now I am thinking again…
When you look at what’s going on in the world today, and when I think about things I’ve also been through in my own personal life, it has become more and more apparent that it’s just naive to pretend that there are no malevolent forces around.
William Bloom addressed this very clearly in the workshop. In fact he said it was naive to think this. In fact …
… he used the word “naive” quite a few times.
So I think I’m coming around to the fact that indeed we will do really well to protect ourselves.
What I found really interesting was that rather than just talking about putting ourselves in a pink bubble etc, which is something we’ve all heard before, Dr Bloom took a completely different tack.
I hope he won’t mind me sharing the crux of it here.
If I’ve understood correctly, what he said was that the best psychic protection that we can possibly have is to have a daily practise where we connect to Spirit/Goddess/whatever you want to call the Divine.
And I have to say that makes absolute total sense to me.
The main idea is to self manage…
So if and when someone or something penetrates your energy field and triggers you, go to your centre, get in your body. If you go to your head, you will just feel the cortisol and the anxiety.
When you go to your centre, you open up your connection to the Divine …
I wrote these notes; “It’s not about managing what is going on out there but managing what is going on IN HERE (in our body).
“Doing this requires wisdom, discipline and compassion for yourself not to absent yourself from the unpleasantness but to handle it wisely.”
“Handle it wisely…” is the key, I believe!
So become mindful / more consciousKind eyes, soft breath, drop down into your body. Self-manage.
That’s his mantra.
So interesting! Great workshop (presented by the Theosophical Society in America).
Find out more about William Bloom here and read his book about psychic protection here.
And speaking of workshops, I should take this opportunity to mention I am running a workshop of my own on April 18 at 2.30pm at the London Mind, Body, Spirit festival.
It will be 3 hours long and will teach you about how to create your life with the Moon as your guide – some fledgling ideas about spiritual protection may be included for those who want them! Click here for more info and tickets.
