Recharge to Serve: Self-Care for Intention Holders

Taking time for self-care and releasing anything that doesn’t serve us is something that’s well known to virtually all you take part in energy and intention work. Yet, sometimes we need a strong reminder as to why this is necessary. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the practice-within-a-practice of offering ourselves self-care. We discuss practices like Tonglen, heart-brain coherence, self-protection, and conclude with a guided approach to clear energy at the end of an intention session that may help you on your way. Suggested Intention Focus for this week This week, as we reflect on the necessity of self-care when engaging in intense prayer and intention holding, we suggest holding as our main intention: I resolve to always take time to release energies that don’t serve me when completing my intention practice, remembering to take care of myself. I recognise that this isn’t a selfish action, but necessary not only for my own wellbeing, but so that I may continue to remain strong and effective in my intention holding for others. Please join us in holding this. The guided clearing process for closing your practice starts at  22 minutes 10 seconds. Chapter markers: 00:00:00            Introduction 00:03:59            Tonglen and Interbeing 00:08:38            Entanglement and Protection 00:10:44            Energy, Prayer, and Balance 00:17:47            Why Clearing Matters 00:22:10            Guided Release Practice Mentioned in this episode: Listen to our episode ‘Global Healing Response: Anchoring’ at: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-t4n2g-1a8b230. Global Healing Response focus on Grounding/Presence:  https://globalhealingresponse.com/ghr-2026-q1-grounding-presence/ Book: Zen and The Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh. Amazon.com link: https://www.amazon.com/Saving-Planet-Thich-Nhat-Hanh/dp/0062954814/ref=sr_1_1 Sources referenced in this episode: https://aboutislam.net/spirituality/3-very-basic-psychological-needs-of-prayer/ https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/preliminary-practice-tonglen https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-practice-tonglen-meditation/ https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/quantum-science-explained/entanglement Join us in person for intention holding:  https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/events-1 Labyrinth Activist Network Zoom calls   https://insighttimer.com/cliverj Daily intention holding with Clive on Insight Timer.   Our websites:  www.heartfulimpact.com/   Our show website.   https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.   https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.   https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.   https://insighttimer.com/cliverj ~ Daily intention holding.   Impact! Is presented by Ellen Bintz and Clive Johnson. It is produced by Impact Productions.   Our show content is hosted by Podbean and available from all major podcast platforms.   Our theme music is by Chris Collins. indiemusicbox.com.   Our logo artwork is by AltoClassic (Getty Images/istock).   Contact us via Facebook Messenger from the Impact! Facebook group, or using any of the contact methods mentioned on our websites.   Impact! www.heartfulimpact.com.