Empaths are those amongst us, who have more “empathy” than average person. “Empathy,” is the ability to feel the emotions of others as our own, from their perspective. Empaths are gifted people who have the inner capacity to tune in to other’s feelings, pain and happiness, and feel it as our own. The ability to feel empathy allows people to "walk a mile in another's shoes," so to speak. This could be a ‘boon’ as well as ‘curse’, depending upon our discretion in using this gift. Empaths take in from the surroundings, emotions and energies, whether they are good, bad, or something in between. This could create issues for the empaths, as their system becomes vulnerable to excessive stimulation. The sensory overload, can be too much for an empath to handle. Thereby, comes the need of SELF- CARE practices, for Empaths for self-protection.
Some guiding tips for empaths:
i) Washing hand with soap after coming back home from outside, helps to shed off outside energy and connect back to our own energy. After a stressful day, bathing with essential oils could be a great way to cleanse off the environmental energies absorbed by our aura.
ii) Setting boundaries and priorities for self is very important. Boundaries setting simply means to create enough space between us and the stimuli so the exposure to external stimuli does not overwhelm us.
iii) Saying NO! It is imperative for us to say no whenever we feel so. No is complete in itself and there is no explanation required.
iv) Limit the time we socialize as socialization exposes us to lot of unwanted energies that might not be healthy for us. So we need to develop selective and constructive socializing habits.
v) Undoing the Rescuer Pattern. Its important for us to understand that, its not within ordinary human capacity, to solve everybody’s problem, or heal them off their suffering. We are not responsible for others suffering and we should not take up the responsibility to cure them. We can as empaths help them as per our capacity but not suffer in their suffering.
vi) Grounding practices which help us align to our energy and come back to earth-from head to body & disconnect the energetic entanglement with others.
vii) Deep breathing practice. Breathe deeply and bring attention to your breathe when you suspect that you are consuming some other persons energy. Visualize that with inhalation you are breathing in ‘calm’ and with exhalation you are breathing out ‘stress’.
So my friends, Lets realize our own worth and give attention on our energetic protection. Best wishes!
