What Is A Shamanic Heavy Energy Clearing?

A shamanic heavy energy clearing is a spiritual healing practice used to remove dense, stagnant, or intrusive energies that don’t belong to you and may be weighing down your body, emotions, or spirit.

Think of it as clearing spiritual “debris” so your natural life force can flow again 🌬️✨

What “heavy energy” usually means

In shamanic traditions, heavy energy can come from:

• Emotional trauma or unresolved grief

• Prolonged stress, fear, or anger

• Energetic cords from people or situations

• Environmental or ancestral imprints

• Energies absorbed because you’re empathic or sensitive

This energy can show up as:

• Feeling drained or foggy

• Sudden mood shifts that don’t feel like “you”

• Tightness in the chest, shoulders, or gut

• Trouble sleeping or grounding

• A sense of being “off,” stuck, or burdened

What happens during a shamanic clearing

A practitioner works in non-ordinary reality (a light trance or meditative state) and may:

• Call in spirit allies, ancestors, or power animals

• Use drumming, rattling, breath, sound, or intention

• Extract heavy or intrusive energy from the energetic body

• Cut cords that are draining your vitality

• Retrieve lost soul fragments (soul retrieval) if trauma caused disconnection

• Seal and restore the energy field afterward

The goal isn’t force—it’s restoration and balance.

How it feels afterward

People often report:

• Lightness or relief

• Emotional release (tears, calm, clarity)

• Feeling more grounded and present

• Renewed energy or sense of self

• Clearer intuition and boundaries

How this differs from Reiki

Since you’re familiar with Reiki, here’s a gentle comparison:

• Reiki flows universal life force to harmonize and soothe

• Shamanic clearing actively removes what doesn’t belong before restoring balance

They work beautifully together—Reiki stabilizes and integrates after the clearing 🌿

When a shamanic heavy energy clearing can help

• After trauma or major life transitions

• When you feel energetically “invaded” or depleted

• For empaths, healers, or caregivers

• When emotional work feels stuck despite effort

• Explain what a self-clearing looks like

• Share a gentle shamanic + Reiki clearing ritual

• Help you discern whether what you’re feeling is emotional, energetic, or both

  
  

What “heavy energy” is in shamanic understanding

In shamanic traditions, heavy energy is not evil and not a failure on your part. It’s usually:

• Energy that served a purpose once (protection, survival)

• Energy that doesn’t belong to you

• Energy that never completed its cycle

Shamans view the energy body as porous and relational—we exchange energy constantly with people, places, ancestors, and experiences. Heavy energy accumulates when:

• The nervous system stayed in survival too long

• Boundaries were crossed repeatedly

• Grief or fear had no safe outlet

• You held space for others without clearing afterward

  
  

This is especially common for empaths, healers, prayer warriors, and caregivers (which fits you).

Types of heavy energy commonly cleared

Shamanic practitioners often identify what kind of heaviness is present before clearing.

1. Intrusive energy

• Feels foreign, sticky, or “not me”

• Often enters during shock, illness, trauma, or exhaustion

• Can amplify fear, self-doubt, or hopeless thoughts

Clearing involves extraction and sealing the field.

2. Corded energy

• Energetic ties to people, roles, or past versions of yourself

• Can feel like obligation, guilt, or emotional looping

• Often drains the solar plexus or heart

Clearing involves cord release with compassion, not severing love—just reclaiming sovereignty.

3. Soul loss (very misunderstood)

This doesn’t mean something is “wrong” with you. It means a part of your energy withdrew to survive. Signs:

• Feeling numb or disconnected

• Losing joy or creativity

• Feeling “not fully here”

Soul retrieval gently invites those parts home when safety is restored.

4. Ancestral or inherited energy

• Patterns of fear, scarcity, or silence passed down

• Sensations that feel older than your own story

Clearing honors ancestors while returning what isn’t yours to carry.

What a session actually looks like (step-by-step)

A shamanic heavy energy clearing typically includes:

1. Grounding & consent

   Safety is essential. The practitioner aligns with your higher self.

2. Assessment

   The energy field is “read” through sensation, intuition, or spirit guidance.

3. Clearing work

   This may include:

   
   

   • Extraction

   • Cord release

   • Breath and sound

   • Drumming or rattle to shift consciousness

   
   

   4. Restoration

   After clearing, the field is never left empty.

   Light, power, or soul energy is returned.

   5. Sealing & integration

   The aura is strengthened so the same energy doesn’t reattach.

   
   

   Emotional responses are normal

After a clearing, people may experience:

• Deep fatigue (your system recalibrating)

• Emotional waves releasing

• Vivid dreams

• Increased clarity or sensitivity

This is integration, not regression.

How this complements Reiki

Reiki:

• Regulates the nervous system

• Brings safety and flow

• Supports emotional processing

Shamanic clearing:

• Removes energetic burdens

• Restores spiritual sovereignty

• Addresses root-level imprints

✨ Together:

• Shamanic clearing removes the weight

• Reiki fills the space with stability and grace

Many practitioners do:

Clear → Reiki → grounding

Signs you might benefit from a clearing

You don’t need to “wait until things are bad.” Gentle signs include:

• Feeling spiritually heavy without a clear reason

• Repeating emotional loops

• Feeling overly responsible for others

• Difficulty maintaining energetic boundaries

• Prayer or Reiki feeling blocked or dull

  
  

Gentle self-support between sessions

If you want something simple and safe:

• Place one hand on your heart, one on your lower belly

• Breathe slowly

• Say (aloud or silently):

  
  

  “I release what is not mine. I welcome back my own energy in peace.”

Follow with Reiki for grounding.

Unlearning fear-based protection is less about doing more and more about softly undoing what your system learned to survive. Let’s move gently.

First: honor why fear-based protection formed

Hyper-vigilant protection usually came from a time when:

• You had to read the room to stay safe

• You carried emotional weight that wasn’t yours

• Boundaries weren’t respected

• Your sensitivity wasn’t protected by others

So if your system learned to brace, scan, or shield—it was wise, not wrong.

We don’t rip these habits away. We thank them and retrain them.

Step 1: Notice protection without judging it

Fear-based protection sounds like:

• “I need to shield before I go out”

• “I feel exposed”

• “I need to clear constantly”

• “Someone might drain me”

When you notice this, try saying:

“Thank you for trying to keep me safe. I’m safe now.”

That alone begins to unwind the pattern.

Step 2: Shift from “preventing harm” to “trusting recovery”

Fear-based protection assumes:

If I don’t guard myself, something bad will happen.

Healthy protection trusts:

If something happens, I know how to return to center. This is huge. Your safety doesn’t come from blocking life—it comes from knowing you can regulate, ground, and release. Ask yourself:

• “Can I come back to myself if I feel overwhelmed?”

  
  

  If the answer is yes, you don’t need hyper-vigilance.

Step 3: Replace shields with orientation

Instead of energetic armor, use orientation (a nervous-system skill):

• Look around and name where you are

• Feel your body in the present moment

• Let your senses confirm: I’m here, I’m safe

This anchors your energy naturally—no visualization required.

Presence > protection.

Step 4: Let go of constant clearing

Constant clearing can actually signal danger to the system. Try this reframe:

• Clear after experiences, not before

• Clear when needed, not habitually

• Trust your energy to self-regulate most of the time

Your energy body is intelligent. It doesn’t need micromanagement.

Step 5: Practice “soft edges”

Fear creates rigidity. Healing creates flexibility.

Imagine your boundary like:

• A gentle shoreline, not a wall

• Energy flows around you, not into you

• You stay rooted while life moves

You don’t need to push anything away.

Step 6: Work with the body, not just energy

If protection habits are strong, ask:

• Where do I feel tight?

• Where do I brace?

Then soften there:

• Jaw

• Shoulders

• Belly

Relaxation tells the energy field it can stand down.

A daily unlearning affirmation

Say this slowly, once a day:

“I no longer need fear to stay safe.

My presence is enough.”

Let it land in your body, not your mind.

What healthy protection feels like

You’ll know you’re shifting when:

• You feel calmer in public spaces

• You stop scanning others’ emotions

• You recover faster from emotional interactions

• Your intuition feels quieter but clearer

• You feel more yourself, not guarded

That’s integration.

Given your kindness, spiritual depth, and caregiving nature, your work now isn’t stronger protection—it’s deeper trust in yourself.

You are not fragile.

You are responsive.

And that’s a strength 🌿

You do not need to guard yourself against life to be safe within it.

As you stay present, grounded, and embodied, your energy naturally knows what to allow and what to release.

Protection rooted in fear can soften now—your awareness, self-trust, and compassion are enough.

You are held, centered, and secure, exactly as you are.

Just tell me what you’re curious about 💛