Chakra Clearing: The Spiritual Reason You Can't Let Go
Chakras (spinning wheels of light) are energetic pathways that shape how you feel, express, and move through life.
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt heavy, even though nothing was obviously wrong?
Maybe you spent an hour with a friend who was stressed, and suddenly you felt anxious for no reason. Or you came home from work feeling like you were carrying everyone else's problems on your shoulders. You might have even noticed that certain people seem to drain your energy just by being around them.
If this sounds familiar, you're not imagining it. You're not "too sensitive." And there's nothing wrong with you.
You're absorbing energy that isn't yours. And it's getting stuck in your energy body.
I learned this the hard way when I found myself constantly exhausted despite sleeping well, eating right, and taking care of my health. I'd leave certain conversations feeling depleted, or walk into crowded spaces and immediately want to escape. For years, I thought this was just part of being an empathetic or highly sensitive person. I had no idea I was carrying around emotional baggage that belonged to other people - or that I could actually do something about it.
Everything changed when I developed the tools I now teach for chakra clearing and releasing.
About Me
I’m Janet Rae Orth, over the past 30 years as an intuitive reader and energy healer, I've worked with thousands of people who felt energetically overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, or spiritually disconnected. Most came to me thinking they were broken or overly sensitive, when what they actually needed was to learn how to clear their energy and protect themselves energetically.
Through countless sessions, I've seen how powerful chakra clearing can be for releasing what no longer serves you - whether it's your own stuck emotions, energy you've absorbed from others, or old patterns that keep you feeling heavy and disconnected. This is why I developed my popular Psychic Protection class, where I teach practical tools that actually work to shield your energy and stop absorbing what isn't yours.
You don't have to carry it all. And you don't have to feel drained all the time. Your energy was meant to flow freely, not get trapped in places that make you feel stuck.
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The Football Player Who Made a Believer Out of Everyone
I'll never forget the demonstration that forever changed how I explain energy absorption to skeptics. I was teaching a psychic protection class, and one of my students was a former professional football player. I don't think anyone else in class recognized him, but I did because I had met him when he played ball. He was a few years older now but still a fit, healthy-looking man.
We were doing an exercise where I have participants feel each other's aura or energy body. After the woman who had worked with him finished, she asked, "Why does my shoulder hurt?"
I knew exactly why, but I wanted the class to see it too. I asked him, "Do you have shoulder pain?"
His eyes widened. "Yes! I've had both of my shoulders replaced," he said.
The room went silent. Here was undeniable proof of what I'd been teaching: without energy boundaries, we absorb other people's energy - their pain, their emotions, their patterns - often without even realizing it. This woman had picked up his physical pain just by connecting with his energy field.
That's when everyone understood: if we don't have energetic boundaries, we can pick up anything from others - physical pain, emotional trauma, anxiety, fear, even old family patterns. And it stays with us until we consciously choose to release it.
I see this daily - people's headaches, injuries, anxiety, so many things they carry that are not their own. This is why cultures since the beginning of time have had tokens, talismans, things to carry or wear for protection - like the evil eye. They recognized what we have forgotten: other people's energy can affect us. This is why my class on psychic protection at Miraval in Arizona, is so popular - I teach real tools that work.
Science would describe this as mirror neurons or energy resonance. Mystics simply call it the aura. Both point to the same truth — we’re wired to feel each other’s energy.
What Your Energy Is Really Carrying
Your chakras - the seven main energy centers in your body - are like emotional filing cabinets. They store not just your own experiences, but also the energy you've picked up from others throughout your life.
Think about it: when you were growing up, you absorbed your family's emotional climate. If there was anxiety in the house, you learned to carry anxiety in your body. If there was criticism, you might have developed patterns of self-doubt. If there was suppressed anger, you may have learned to shut down your own voice.
This isn't your fault. It's how we're wired as humans. We're energetically connected to the people around us, especially during our formative years. But just because you absorbed these patterns doesn't mean you have to keep them forever.
And it's not just childhood. Right now, you might be absorbing energy from your partner's stress, your coworker's negativity, or even the collective anxiety of the world around us. If you're highly sensitive or empathetic, you're like an energetic sponge - you soak up what's around you without even realizing it.
Why This Matters More Than Ever
Living with someone who's chronically negative, working in a toxic environment, or simply being sensitive in an often overwhelming world can leave you feeling like you're drowning in energy that isn't even yours.
I see this constantly with my clients. There's the teacher who comes home exhausted because she's absorbing her students' stress. The healthcare worker who can't shake the heaviness she feels after difficult shifts. The daughter who feels anxious every time she talks to her worried mother. The partner who feels drained after living with someone who complains constantly.
Here's what I've learned: you can be compassionate without being a dumping ground. You can care about others without carrying their emotional baggage. You can be sensitive without being overwhelmed, and you don't have to stay home or avoid people to do it. Which is what I see so many sensitive people doing - they hide.
The key is learning to clear your energy regularly, just like you'd clean your house or wash your clothes.
How Your Chakras Store What You're Ready to Release
Each of your seven main chakras holds different types of energy, and understanding this can help you figure out where you're carrying what no longer serves you:
Your root chakra might be holding fear you absorbed from a parent who worried constantly about money or safety. Your sacral chakra could be storing shame or guilt that wasn't originally yours. Your solar plexus often carries self-doubt or the need to control everything because you absorbed someone else's anxiety.
Your heart chakra might be protecting you from love because of old hurts, while your throat chakra could be holding back your voice because you learned it wasn't safe to speak up. Your third eye might be clouded by overthinking patterns you learned from someone who couldn't trust their intuition. And your crown chakra could feel disconnected if you absorbed someone else's spiritual doubts or fears.
The beautiful thing about chakra clearing is that once you release what doesn't belong to you, you create space for what does: your own authentic energy, your natural vitality, your true self.
Simple Ways to Clear Your Energy
You don't need complicated rituals or expensive tools. Some of the most powerful clearing happens through simple, intentional practices:
Take conscious breaths while focusing on each energy center in your body. Journal about what you're ready to release and what you want to call in instead. Visualize each chakra as a spinning wheel of light, clearing out any darkness or heaviness. Spend time in nature, move your body, or simply ask for the energy that isn't yours to be released.
Sometimes, though, the stuck energy runs deeper and needs more focused attention. If you've been carrying patterns for years or absorbed trauma that feels too big to handle alone, working with someone who understands energy can help you release what you can't clear on your own.
One of the most powerful tools for release is the Rose Meditation — a simple yet profound visualization technique I teach in my Energetic Boundaries sessions and my Psychic Protection class at Miraval Arizona.
Best-selling author Jackie Pflug said this meditation “changed her life.” 🌹
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The Relief of Finally Letting Go
One of my favorite client stories involves a woman named Lisa who came to me feeling like she was suffocating in her own life. She loved her family, but every family gathering left her feeling depleted for days. She'd tried setting boundaries, but somehow she still felt responsible for everyone else's emotions. She didn't really want to go to gatherings anymore.
During our chakra clearing session, we discovered she was carrying three generations of women's unexpressed anger in her throat chakra. Her grandmother had never been allowed to speak her truth. Her mother had learned to suppress her voice. And Lisa had inherited that pattern of silence and swallowed rage.
When we cleared that ancestral energy, Lisa said it felt like she could breathe fully for the first time in her adult life. Six months later, she told me she'd started saying no to things that drained her, speaking up in her marriage, and even started the creative business she'd been dreaming about for years.
That's the power of clearing what's not yours. You don't just feel lighter - you become more yourself. Your light can shine.
What Clearing Your Chakras Actually Feels Like
When you release stuck energy, you might notice feeling lighter or more present in your body. Sometimes there are tears - not of sadness, but of relief. You might have sudden insights about patterns you've been carrying, or dreams that help you process what you're releasing.
Many people describe feeling like they have more space inside, like they can breathe deeper or think clearer. Some notice they're less reactive to other people's moods, or that they feel more grounded and centered in their own energy. Note: It's also important to protect your energy and boundaries, going forward, so you won't absorb more from other people again.
This isn't just spiritual theory - it's practical life change. When your energy is clear, you make better decisions, attract healthier relationships, and feel more connected to your own intuition and purpose.
Living with Negative Energy (And How to Protect Yourself)
If you're living or working with someone who's chronically negative, you need extra protection. You can love someone and still chose not to absorb their emotional patterns. You can be supportive without becoming their energetic dumping ground.
Start by imagining a protective bubble of gold light around you when you're in their presence. Consciously release their energy at the end of each day. Set clear boundaries about what you will and won't discuss. And remember: their negativity is about their own unhealed pain, not about you.
You can't heal anyone else by absorbing their darkness. You can only help by staying in your own light.
Ready to Feel Light Again?
Your energy knows what it's ready to release. You've probably been feeling the weight of what no longer serves you - the anxiety that isn't yours, the old patterns that keep you stuck, the emotional baggage you've been carrying for others.
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"It felt like I could breathe fully for the first time in my adult life." — Lisa M.
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