Have you heard people say you need to keep your vibration high or raise your vibration? But you have no idea what that means? That was me a few years ago. People would tell me to make sure my vibration was high and honestly, I didn’t know what they were talking about.

The word chakra is Sanskrit and means wheel, which refers to the shape and movement of each chakra. Chakras are cone-shaped spinning vortexes of energy. Chakras are all about energy; they manage the energy. The energy in the chakras moves both upwards and downwards throughout your body.

If you are going through a lot of stress or change then it is even more important to protect and ground your energy. Stressful events take more of your energy. Also if you know you’re going to be around people who are negative or cause stress ground and protect yourself before you go and see them.

Every day we are surrounded by both positive and negative energies. Most people know or have heard about protecting their personal energy. What sometimes gets forgotten is to cleanse and protect the energy of the home and also the workspace.

Smudging is a sacred and powerful cleansing technique used in spiritual ceremonies. It has been practiced by Native Americans for centuries. Smudging is part of a ritual or ceremony to cleanse a person, place or an object of negative energy. The smudge stick usually consists of a selection of herbs, most common being sage.

You might have heard people talk about the importance of being grounded or being reminded to ground your energy. But what are they actually telling you to do? What does it mean to be grounded?