Why Energy Protection Isn’t Enough: Daily Spiritual Hygiene for a Stronger Auric Field

Have you ever started your day feeling good, then walked away from a conversation feeling heavy, irritated or completely drained?

You can’t quite put your finger on it, but you just don’t feel like yourself anymore.

We spend our days working, socialising, supporting others and managing everything life throws at us. There are a lot of balls to juggle, and sometimes we don’t notice how much we’re carrying until we feel completely over it.

We shower, brush our teeth and change our clothes. But how often do we give our energy that same attention?

Your energy needs daily care too.

Your Auric Field Is Your Buffer to the Outer World

In my spiritual practice, I work with the auric field as the energy surrounding us — our buffer between our own energy and the world around us.

Caring for this space is part of feeling grounded, centred and connected to ourselves, especially when life gets busy or emotionally demanding.

When we continually give out without replenishing, or hold onto the heaviness of every interaction, we can start to feel depleted.

You know those days when even one more question feels like too much?

That’s your opportunity to pause and check in with yourself. What have you been carrying, and when did you last give something back to you?

Why Protection Alone Isn’t Enough

We hear so much about protecting our energy. Put a bubble around yourself, visualise a shield or surround yourself with light.

But what about everything you’re already holding underneath?

Why put protection around yourself when you’re still carrying so much of other people’s energy that’s draining you? It doesn’t make sense!

Imagine starting your day with an hour at the gym, putting on your day clothes, working all day, then heading out for dinner and drinks. You come home, jump straight into bed and wake up to do it all again — WITHOUT showering!

You might look clean on the outside, but underneath, you know you’re getting a little on the smelly side!

Putting on another layer of clothing isn’t going to freshen you up. You need a shower!

And just like our body needs washing, our energy needs cleansing. Why put protection around everything you’ve picked up and carried throughout the day? That’s the very stuff you need to clear — not keep holding onto.

Protection is very different to cleansing.

In the way I teach energy work, placing protection around accumulated heaviness means enclosing what needs to be released. You’re still holding onto what you’ve absorbed or what others have dumped on you.

I describe this build-up as draining your energy and weakening your auric field. Adding protection doesn’t clear it. You need to release that heaviness and give back to yourself first.

Cleanse first, replenish and strengthen. Then decide whether protection is needed.

Cleanse, Replenish and Strengthen — Daily

The sequence matters. Each step supports the next.

1. Cleanse

Imagine yourself in the shower and all the water is washing away everyone’s and all the outside energy off you. Take a 5 deep slow breaths as you do this.

2. Replenish

Once you’ve cleansed, give back to yourself.

Imagine yourself lying in a beautiful sunlit forest and feel the soft blades of grass beneath you.

See yourself slowing being hugged by the earth as she replenishes you.

Allow yourself to receive without immediately thinking about what everyone else needs.

3. Strengthen

In my approach, cleansing and replenishing create the foundation for strengthening your auric field.

As you ground yourself with the earth, let the overflow of your replenished energy spill into your auric field and just sit in your own beautiful space as it strengthens.

We want to create a strong force field from within first!

Working with your energy includes how you care for yourself throughout the day.

Why Do This Every Day?

Because every day brings new interactions, responsibilities and experiences.

You wouldn’t shower once and expect to stay clean all week. Spiritual hygiene is something you return to regularly, rather than waiting until you feel completely overwhelmed.

A few intentional minutes gives you space to notice, release and reset.

With consistency, you may feel brighter, stronger and more vibrant — more connected to yourself and clearer about your boundaries.

Then Consider Protection

Once you’ve cleansed, replenished and strengthened your energy, you can add protection if required.

And you may find you don’t need that additional protection after all.

Start by caring for what’s underneath. Give yourself the same attention you so freely give to everyone else.

Cleanse first, replenish and strengthen. Then decide whether protection is needed.

Download my FREE PDF, 4 STEPS to your SPIRITUAL HYGIENE, and start cleansing your energy today.

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Simonne