Blocked Energy: 7 Signs You Have It and How to Clear It Fast

Ever felt drained for no reason or stuck where you don’t want to be? When you have blocked energy, things don’t go as they should. It can show up as physical symptoms or negative patterns in life.

Either way, when energy does not flow as it should, it means that blocked energy needs to be cleared. And this is especially urgent for moms, because when you are stuck, your whole family can get stuck.

Discover what blocked energy means and how to know when you have it. Then uncover some simple techniques to clear the unseen obstacles in your field.

What are Energy Blocks?

We all live in an energetic universe.

Many spiritual traditions are based on this framework, including Reiki, Pranic Healing, and shamanism. You can also find glimpses of it in quantum physics, the study of matter and energy at the smallest level.

You can think of it like a field that penetrates and surrounds everything. It is very much alive with different frequencies of energy, constantly moving and interacting. They have their own laws and natural rhythms.

One important aspect of energy is that it is constantly in motion. Energy needs to flow for things to move, for events to take place, and for life to happen.

Types of Energy Blocks

When the natural flow of energy is obstructed, the energy cannot go where it needs to in order to express itself and find balance. This is when you have energy blocks.

If you have blocked energy in your body for a long time, then it will manifest as pain or disease over time.

If you have energetic blockages in your life, then you will not be able to move forward to where you want to go.

Causes of blocked energy vary widely, and it can happen at every level imaginable. We’ll explore some of them next.

Blocked Energy in the Body

Mental, emotional, and physiological stress blocks the energy flow through the physical body.

For example, after I had my first child, I started to have chronic pain in my right shoulder. Make a long story short, the stress of caring for a new baby with absolutely no help had manifested as pain there.

The doctors could not find any direct causes for this pain. Multiple times, they pointed to pain meds and advised relaxation (ha!).

I lived with this pain for almost two years. Then, I attended a week-long meditation retreat with Dr. Joe Dispenza.

Why did I go? Becoming a mother had changed everything, inside and outside. It felt like my life had suddenly become someone else’s. I felt confused about feeling so lost.

I longed for a vision of my future worth living for, and communion with Spirit away from my normal life. To connect with myself, for me.

I didn’t even think about my shoulder during that week. But the shoulder pain completely disappeared. I only realized after I got home that I had not thought about my pain for some days. It’s been pain-free ever since.

This is an excellent example of blocked energy within the body. When I moved energy through meditation, breathwork, and healing frequencies, the blockage dissolved and the pain left.

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Blocked Energy in Life

Energy can also be blocked in relationships and situations. The reasons are many and can be complicated.

In relationships, two people must be on similar frequencies at some level to sustain harmony. But there are plenty of unseen blockages, including subconscious beliefs, past life experiences, and karmic debt.

Similar patterns can also block situations.

For example, and this might be an easy one, consider how much money you make.

No matter what you do, if your subconscious mind believes that your ceiling is at a certain amount, then that’s where your income will stay until you change that belief. Or you believe that rich people are all crooks. Do you see the obvious money blocks?

Why It Matters

As you can see, blocked energy can wreak havoc on your health and life if you don’t do something about it.

And, when you are a mom—the hub of a wheel that is constantly in motion—how you take care of your energy determines how you can take care of your family!

Knowing how to recognize and dissolve blocked energy is fundamental to energy healing. But you don’t have to be a Reiki master to do this for yourself.

Blocked energy could be preventing you from living your life to the fullest potential mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Pay close attention, especially if you have a recurring negative pattern that you can’t seem to shake off.

7 Major Blocked Energy Symptoms

Here are some of the most frequent signs that you have blocked energy and why it may be happening.

1. Persistent Fatigue and Low Vitality

You wake up tired, no matter how many hours of sleep you get. You drag yourself out of bed and struggle through your day, only to feel your energy drop—again!—WAY before bedtime.

So many reasons could be behind chronic fatigue and low energy. But from an energetic perspective, there’s definitely a block somewhere hindering your flow.

As already mentioned, all kinds of stress—mental, emotional, and physical—could be draining your energy.

It can also be a blockage in one or more of your energy centers (the chakra system), preventing you from being fully charged up with vital life energy.

The chakras within our bodies are really stations of energy where certain frequencies concentrate and distribute. “Chakra” means “wheel” or “circle” in Sanskrit. It is described as such because the energy is circling—constantly in motion—at each center.

And when something happens and leaves an energetic impact, this can be stored as a blockage in one or more of the chakras. Then the chakras cannot fully function as they’re supposed to, and this dysfunction manifests as negative situations in life.

2. Emotional Heaviness or Mood Swings

You feel irritable for no reason. Or you feel like you can cry at the drop of a hat. There’s a quiet anger inside that’s been there a while, but you don’t know how to release it.

This is a sign that you have unprocessed emotions or trauma that you have not released. In such cases, the energetic block can drain your energy and bring you down even if you don’t realize what’s happening.

The repressed emotions could also be trying to come up for light, so you can take conscious steps to deal with them in healthy ways.

3. Overthinking and Mental Fog

Does your mind go round and round in a loop, trying to figure something out? Or does your mind often go blank before you’re about to do something, unable to move forward?

At its worst, your mind can also get stuck in a loop about the worst possible scenario for something important to you. And you feel all the negative emotions that come with it.

These are all signs that your mental energy is stuck in a place, unable to move forward with clarity or action.

Reasons for it will depend on the case. But there’s definitely something unresolved that’s standing in your way.

4. Lack of Motivation or Creative Block

You feel stuck and unmotivated. Projects or tasks that came second-nature to you now feel heavy and burdensome. Or, there is something that you desperately want to express, but you find it impossible to get it out.

All inspiration comes from the energetic universe. If we’re lucky, we can serve as the channels for their manifestation into the physical world.

But if your Sacral chakra, the energy center for creativity, is blocked, then you may feel uninspired or unmotivated.

If your Throat chakra, the energy center for expression, is blocked, then you may find it difficult to become a powerful channel for your inspiration. I’ve had to do a lot of work on my Throat when I started to write this block, and I continue to work on it.

5. Physical Illness

The chronic shoulder pain I described earlier is a classic example of blocked energy manifesting as dis-ease in the body. Other examples include digestive problems and even cancer.

Think of frequent constipation, for example. You’re holding on to something tight, unable to feel safe to release.

For cancer, I’ve seen so many cases where prolonged periods of extreme stress manifest as disease. In Pranic Healing, the cancer protocol focuses on the EXTENSIVE cleansing of stagnant and unhealthy energies around the body and all of the energy centers.

If you have recurring pain or illness in specific areas of the body, especially if doctors cannot find a reason for it, it is a sign of blocked energy.

6. Feeling Stuck or Recurring Negative Patterns

Every time you leave a job, you somehow end up in another that is just as unfulfilling. You keep on applying to law schools, year after year, but don’t get accepted anywhere. You feel stuck and powerless, unable to move forward.

A subconscious belief or unresolved emotions may be blocking what you think should happen next in that area of your life. It may be that you don’t know what it would be like to have a satisfying job, or that you don’t believe that you can have it.

In the case of the school, maybe you don’t want to become a lawyer deep down. You’re just going through the motions because your parents want you to. But your real passions lie elsewhere, whether you know it or not.

7. Challenging Relationships that Fester

You divorced your ex-husband three years ago, but find yourself still fighting. Fighting over the children, shared friends, or even the old stories and blame.

Or it could be a certain archetype of a person, often with a negative impact, that shows up in your life over and over.

In each case, there is an energetic blockage that you need to let go. This letting go may be in the form of taking personal responsibility or forgiving the other person. Either way, the patterns will continue until the energy can be freed.

How to Remove Blocked Energy

First and foremost, you should ALWAYS consult your doctor for any physical symptoms and ailments.

Having said this, the good news is that there are powerful tools that can help you release blocked energy and move forward. How fast it will work depends on the blockage. Simple blockages will clear quickly. The heavier and more complicated ones (past life!?!) will take longer.

But with consistent effort and faith, these practices will become essential tools for your energetic self-care. Pick your favorite tools and make them a part of your daily routine.

Movement

Movement is possibly the simplest way to shake up your etheric body and release old, blocked energy. This is probably a big reason behind people feeling so good after exercising!

Taking long walks, running, yoga, qigong, and Taichi are all great options. You can also simply dance to your favorite tunes!

Breathwork

Breathwork uses the energy of air and oxygen flow to move energy in and around your body. There are many types of breathwork you can do, with varying levels of effort.

Meditation and Visualization

Making dedicated time and focus to let go can do wonders to clear blocked energy. Certain guided meditations can help you remove blockages more directly. See this one to support your chakras before bed.

Cord-Cutting

Energetic cord cutting allows you to disentangle yourself from unwanted people, things, and situations that are draining your energy. Check out this simple ritual to cut cords and see how much lighter you feel.

Purification

Purification refers to rituals that clean your energy field, including your body and home. While there are many ways to purify your energy, I swear by salt baths/showers for the body and sage burning for the space.

Salt showers are especially useful in their simplicity. Keep a stash of mineral salts and scrub away!

Grounding Practices

Grounding refers to the practice of connecting your energy to that of the earth. You do this by placing your bare feet or hands on the earth as much as you can.

Just as the earth can neutralize the lightning, it helps balance and replenish the energy of your body for a more optimized flow.

Energy Healing Techniques

Last but not least, energy healers can be a great conduit to help your spiritual energy flow and correct any energy imbalances. Reiki, Pranic Healing, Tai Chi, and shamanic healing are all great options.

Final Thoughts

Knowing when there is blocked energy and what to do about it takes constant self-awareness and commitment to self-care. But once you understand these concepts and incorporate some of the clearing techniques into your daily routine, it can become second-nature.

Once again, there is no magic bullet that will take care of your problems on the first try. But you will see your conditions improve with consistent practice.

Remember that blocked energy can show up anywhere in your life. Try the clearing techniques and tell me how they work for you!

Blocked Energy: 7 Signs You Have It and How to Clear It Fast