🕰️ A Brief History

Across many indigenous cultures, illness was often seen as the result of either a loss of power (soul loss) or an unwanted energy taking root in the body or spirit. Shamans and medicine people developed extraction techniques to remove these energetic intrusions and bring balance back to the person.

In Amazonian, Andean, Siberian, and African traditions, spiritual illness is addressed just as seriously as physical illness. Shamans may blow smoke, use feathers, rattles, stones, or breath to locate and remove intrusive energies.

These ancient techniques have been adapted today by modern practitioners while still honoring the deep spiritual roots of the practice.

🌬️ How It Works

During an extraction session, the practitioner uses various tools or methods to scan the client’s energy field and detect intrusive or disharmonious energies. These may feel like cold spots, emotional heaviness, or symbolic “objects” seen in the spiritual realm.

Common techniques include:

• Rattling or drumming to loosen stagnant energy

• Feather sweeping or stone extraction to pull out intrusions

• Sucking or breath work (with permission and ethics) to remove specific energy

• Visualisation and spirit assistance to support deeper clearing

Once the unwanted energy is removed, the practitioner may bring in healing light, a power animal, or a soul part to refill the space.

💎 Benefits of Extraction Work

• Releases energetic "gunk" that may be weighing you down

• Addresses unexplained fatigue, irritability, or mental fog

• Clears lingering attachments or psychic imprints

• Enhances overall clarity, peace, and spiritual well-being

• Helps with spiritual protection and boundary strengthening

🌿 Practical Example

You’ve been experiencing tightness in your chest and frequent anxiety with no medical explanation. You work with a practitioner who journeys on your behalf. They describe finding a black “thorn” near your heart — a symbolic energy tied to a long-held resentment.

Through extraction, the symbolic thorn is removed. You’re guided to breathe healing energy into your heart space. In the days that follow, you feel lighter, more open, and more at peace than you’ve felt in years.

🗣️ Ready to Clear Some Space?

Have you ever had an energy clearing session? Do you feel energy differently in different places or around certain people?

This subforum is a space to explore what energy means to you — to ask, to share, and to learn together. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a curious soul just starting out, you’re warmly welcome here. 🌈