Covering the navel: protection or superstition? |

Place the tape to cover the navel it’s a very old belief, which many people believe to be a small protection ritual. They say that by covering the umbilical chakra you would be repelling negative energies that try to enter your field.

I, as a good guardian of ancestral mysteries, love to learn forms of protection. And pto put into practice any form of ritualistic it is important to seek the foundation of that practice, so that it is done with conscience, and achieves the expected results.

Covering the navel, a symbolic act

The instructions spread over the internet and popular belief are diverse, such as putting the tape on the navel for a week, 60 days and taking it off only to shower, among others, and this can be quite dangerous. Magic formulas don’t exist, but magic does.

To use magic in our favor is to have knowledge of practices and, above all, self-knowledge to understand how it is acting in our being.

Let’s start by looking at the functioning of our chakras, which are a great flow of energy, where each of the vortices communicates with each other in this fluid exchange of energy, thus keeping itself in balance.

When we have one of the chakras blocked or out of balance, we naturally make room for other chakras to become out of balance or blocked as well.

The act of covering the navel is properly a symbolic act, a command for your chakra to close in order to prevent external energies from entering your field. Covering the navel, placing a crystal, symbol or other form of protection is welcome when we know what we are activating in our field.

Protection starts in the mind

Every form of magic, protection and healing starts from the mental principle, the intention and firmness of what you want. So it’s not enough to stick a bandage on your navel, it’s necessary to intend to close that chakra while the bandage is there, with the purpose of protection.

Well, if we now know that when a chakra is blocked or out of balance it can affect the balance of the other chakras, we can already conclude that spending many days with the navel covered may not be so beneficial. Being prone to making room for other chakras to be disharmonious and disrupting their well-being, transforming an initial protection into a problem.

The fine line between superstition and protection is the knowledge you have of that practice. So yes, covering the navel, which is the gateway to energy, protects your field, especially your solar plexus (which, when hit by negative energies, can end up causing countless discomforts and challenges for you and your relationships), but when used in wise way.

Spending days with the chakra covered will not bring you permanent protection so that you remain harmonized and protected. A daily work of awareness of your own energy is necessary.

There’s no point in closing the doorway of energy if in your day-to-day you cultivate negative thoughts, complain about life, don’t look at your own issues and don’t energetically take care of your field as a whole.

The act of covering the navel is a quick protection ritual for specific moments. For example, you will go to a meeting with a lot of people and you naturally absorb a lot of external energies. So, during the meeting, you can put the tape on the navel (or even your hand for unexpected situations such as a conflict or challenging conversation).

It is important, however, to leave immediately after the meeting and try to understand how your energy is and if any form of harmonization is necessary.

When we are aligned and harmonized, we are not vulnerable to low vibrational energies. If you’ve been feeling very out of luck or like a sponge absorbing everything around you, the work needs to be deeper, either from an energy bath working all your chakras or in more necessary cases, a therapy session energy, such as radiesthesia.

For a more prolonged energy protection work, it is necessary to look at all your bodies, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

Four ways to protect the navel

For specific moments, such as going out in public places, connecting with people in challenging times, going to a new place or others, I will suggest four quick ways to protect yourself for specific situations:

Cover the navel: yes, as I said before, as a preventive measure, you can cover your navel with a plaster, aware of the act and magnetizing protection while using it.
Crystal: place a small hematite stone in the navel (which has the function of dissipating negative energy, bringing protection and preventing low vibration energies from being absorbed), tiger’s eye (dispels bad energies, neutralizes negative forces and helps in resolving conflicts ) or even red jasper (one of the most powerful stones to ward off energy attacks, envy, magic and low vibration energies).
Symbols: for reikians, cho ku rei in every way (front, back, top, bottom, right and left) has the power to close your field bringing protection and still raise your energy frequency. The pentagram, cross, OM and Star of David are some examples of symbols that can be drawn or pasted both on the navel and on the back, just below the neck.
Moon Belt: for the Goddesses who seek to protect themselves, especially at the time of their lunation, the lunar belt is made from fabrics such as wool and cotton, emanated with prayers and intentions for protection. In addition to the protective function, the belt helps with the relief of colic by warming the belly and is enhanced when used with medicinal herbs.

Regardless of which form of protection you choose, I will leave some suggestions here:

Always bring your awareness into the presence. With a few breaths you can do it, bringing your attention to the moment of magnetizing your protection ritual. Make your intentions clear to your energy field with that ritualistic one. Watch your energy daily, the greatest form of protection is our own high energy frequency. So if you feel discouraged, sad, without energy, stressed… look for treatments to work on your energy field, such as herbal treatments, chakra alignment, meditation, yoga, among many options, whatever else appeals to you. Always seek to understand the foundation of both the personal rituals and the therapies you seek, knowledge empowers and brings you mastery of your own energy.

I hope this sharing has brought you knowledge, inspiration and confidence so that you can dedicate yourself to your self-care with love and wisdom.

Protection, love and faith!