Protecting Your Energy and Privacy in the Digital Age

This article is part of a broader series on spiritual practices that can be incorporated into your daily routine. These practices are designed to support energetic awareness, personal boundaries, and spiritual hygiene in a world that is increasingly interconnected and intrusive. Just as we care for our physical and emotional health, tending to our energetic well-being is an essential part of living, working, and moving through modern life with clarity and intention.

For more than 30 years I have worked as a spiritual practitioner, an energy worker, and a Reiki practitioner. In that time, I have supported many clients who needed guidance on psychic protection, energetic defense, and the subtle forms of influence that can happen through photographs, online presence, and personal information.

Today’s world is deeply interconnected. Our photos, names, and personal details circulate through social media, Google platforms, websites, and online directories. While these tools help businesses become more accessible, they also create energetic vulnerabilities that many people never consider. Whether you are a massage therapist, a spiritual practitioner, or simply someone moving through daily life, energetic protection matters more than ever.

Why Pictures Can Be Gateways

In spiritual and energetic work, a photo is more than a picture. It carries your imprint. A clear image of your face, your body, or your environment can be used as a point of contact for intention, focus, admiration, projection, or, in some cases, psychic attack.

Psychic attack does not require belief in order to occur. I’ve assisted clients who didn’t believe in it at all, yet were struggling with symptoms that directly linked back to energetic intrusion, often through photos, names, or shared personal information.

A full-body shot, especially one posted publicly, can allow others to project unwanted sexual or objectifying energy, attempt to siphon vitality, fixate on you as a target, or form energetic connections you never consented to. This is especially true for women business owners, spiritual practitioners, and massage therapists who already experience inappropriate requests, boundary violations, or sexualized assumptions. Your appearance is not the service you provide. Your energy is not public property.

Many Indigenous cultures across the world have long understood the deeper spiritual impact of being photographed. In these communities, a picture is considered an extension of the person’s spirit and identity. For that reason, some do not permit photographs at all or require very strict consent before a photo is taken. The concern is rooted in wisdom. An image can create an energetic pathway, leaving a person vulnerable to influence or connection they did not choose. This ancestral knowledge reflects a profound understanding that protecting one’s likeness is another form of protecting one’s spirit, a truth that remains deeply relevant today.

Why I Protect My Photos and My Energy

I safeguard my privacy and my energy because they are essential to both my work and my wellbeing. I maintain consistency in my appearance, not because I hide, but because it reduces unnecessary energetic noise. I also embed sigils into my photos before posting them anywhere online.

Even when a platform requires updated photos, such as Google, which has become increasingly aggressive about demanding business images, storefront shots, and face photos, I take steps to protect myself energetically before I upload anything. This is not fear-based. This is energetic hygiene, the same way we practice physical hygiene.

Digital Platforms and Energetic Vulnerability

In the past several months, many small business owners, including myself, have seen listings disabled, reviews removed, and visibility restricted, often without explanation. Automated AI processes demand constant updates, including recent photos of our faces and business fronts. These forced updates create repeated energetic exposure, which is why strengthening your spiritual defenses is just as important as protecting your login credentials.

Ways to Protect Your Energy Online

Here are practices I use and recommend:

Sigils and protective symbols can be hidden within the image, layered into the background, or faintly embedded. They shield your likeness and repel unwanted energetic connections.

Separating your public and private names is important. Using professional names, nicknames, and abbreviations creates a layer of energetic separation.

Limiting personal information online helps reduce energetic exposure. Every detail shared is a thread someone could access.

If a massage therapist or in any service industry maintaining strong professional boundaries is essential. You are offering a service, not your appearance for evaluation. Anyone seeking to sexualize or objectify you is not your client and can be dangerous.

Engaging in regular energetic cleansing, such as Reiki, spiritual baths, meditation, cord-cutting, grounding, and home clearing, helps maintain your energetic integrity.

Treating your online presence like your home is wise. You wouldn’t leave your front door open, and your digital identity deserves the same protection.

This is also why discernment matters in what we share online, especially when it comes to family. Limiting public access to family photos, names, and personal details is another important layer of protection. Our family lines carry energetic ties, and oversharing can unintentionally create points of access that affect not only us, but those we love. Protecting your sovereignty includes protecting your household, your lineage, and your private life.

Clients Should Also Protect Their Energy

This is not just for practitioners. Clients should also practice energetic boundaries by being mindful of what they share online, limiting unprotected photographs, using protective symbols, and avoiding oversharing emotional information on public platforms. Energetic protection is not extreme; it is a form of self-respect.

Final Thoughts

We live in a time where personal information, imagery, and identity travel faster than we can control. Large platforms don’t consider spiritual wellbeing, only algorithmic visibility. That is why we must protect ourselves. Your face, your body, your energy, and your name are sacred. Guard them with the same care you give your home, your health, and your peace.

With care and support,

Suzan Walker LMT