Your body runs on roughly 50 trillion cells, and every single one operates as a tiny electrical circuit, complete with an input and an output. This is what's known as a gated circuit, and the cell's own components form the circuit's hardware.

Each cell generates about 0.07 volts. On its own, that's negligible. But multiply it across 50 trillion cells and you get a theoretical total of 3.5 trillion volts of electrical potential in the human body. The key here is that the potential is not always realised.

What determines how much of that potential actually gets expressed is flow. Where the circuitry runs freely, the body functions well and gives off a correspondingly high vibrational resonance. Where it's blocked or restricted, function drops and so does that resonance. A vital, healthy person tends to sit at the high end of this range, with physical function to match.

Traditional Chinese medicine is based upon a deep understanding of the electrical currents that flow through the body via pathways known as the meridians. It is these conduits that an acupuncturist uses to restore balance in the whole body, by readjusting the electrical currents (meridians) to regain homeostasis and connectivity between all the various parts. This may mean transferring energy from an area of over-functionality to an area where the electrical currents are deficient or vice versa.

Just as every electrical component generates its own electromagnetic field, so does the sum total of all your cells. Traditionally, this is known as the aura. It's shaped roughly like an egg, with a central current running up through the spine from base to crown, a constant flow that reflects how alive and animated the body is.

Auric shield

The aura provides the layer of electromagnetic protection around our bodies, helping to filter and discern other’s energies.

The aura functions much like Earth's magnetosphere, the layer of electromagnetic protection that shields the planet from solar and cosmic radiation. In the same way, the aura filters what's allowed into your electrical circuitry, screening out what doesn't belong and letting through what does. This filtering function is what keeps the circuitry stable.

The aura also interconnects the individual with other people, situations, events, places based on resonance. The old saying ‘Birds of a feather flock together’ expresses this notion aptly. We are drawn in all our interactions, by the base resonance at which we are vibrating, to a similar resonance, be it another person, place etc.

Damage can occur to the integrity of the electromagnetic field, often leaving us feeling unprotected and overly open to the influences of others.

Damage occurs through such occurrences as:

Sexual abuse (leaves an energetic rent in the pelvic region)
Emotional abuse (shouting and harsh words directed at a person act like spear cutting through the defence)
Traumatic accidents (cuts the aura as it cuts through the flesh)
Gaslighting (the drip, drip, drip of being cast into a weakened position by another)
Emotional extremes such as hysteria or hardened anger (tears the aura from the inside)
Co-dependency (melds the auras of two people together into one, weakening each)
Surgery (the flesh is parted so the aura is cut)
Recreational drugs taken to excess (weakens the aura around the head).

A reduced energetic (electrical field) protection also leaves a person susceptible to energies that are not resonant with one’s own. This can be likened to trying to mix oil and water. It muddies the purity of both. It can often lead to feeling unsafe or vulnerable, especially when in environments that are not familiar, new or threatening. It may leave a person feeling over-influenced by others, so they take on board opinions that are not consistent with their own values, leading them to act out of character, dangerously or against their own better judgment.

In some cases, a person may feel disinclined to mix with others and subsequently isolate themselves, rather than deal with the anxiety that feeling vulnerable may bring. In certain cases, the assault of too many opinions, energies and resonances may lead to irrational fears when it comes to mixing with other people and choosing to avoid human contact altogether. Some people in these circumstances feel safer with animals.

Because children thrive within the protective aura of their parents, up to a certain age, they can often feel extremely unsure and vulnerable when separated from their parents. Known as separation anxiety, this (which can occur in adults too especially if there has been childhood trauma) can happen because a child’s aura is still unformed. Adolescence is the time when the aura begins to strengthen as the tweenager starts to assume their own identity. Generally, from twenty-one through to twenty-eight the aura becomes strong and fully functional.

Some individuals, including children born at or from the beginning of this century, are extremely hypersensitive. Ironically, it is these very sensitive individuals that, at this time of quickened evolutionary changes, will be able to lead those of us who are more desensitised and hardened off to the subtle energies entering the planet right now.

The HeartRadiance Wild Flower essence that helps with strengthening and healing the aura is Acacia. It helps a person feel safe in their own skin (and aura) and opens the mind to engage in auric healing strategies to offset the anxiety that often accompanies them.

Acacia Essence

Helps to strengthen and heal the aura

Strategies such as regular massage to smooth the electrical currents of the body, acupuncture treatments to ensure the free flow of energy, Qi Gong and yoga to open the channels and meridians that have been blocked by sedentary living or suppressed emotional expression, and becoming aware of cultivating a sense of discernment in one’s choice of people, places events and situations. It is a strengthening essence and helps you to feel safe and secure in your own choices so that you feel comfortable and enjoy an appropriate sense of connection and trust in others and the world around you.

Auric Protection & Acacia