Energetic cord cutting is a practice designed to sever negative emotional ties and release unhealthy beliefs and behaviors. It’s a powerful tool for healing, self-improvement, and moving forward from past relationships or experiences. By focusing on our own energy, this practice creates space for personal growth and positive transformation.
What Is Cord Cutting?
Symbolically, bonds formed with others create invisible energetic cords linking us. While these cords can stem from any relationship—romantic, familial, or platonic—they can sometimes become burdens. Negative cords may drain our energy, hinder personal growth, and block inner peace.
Cord cutting involves grounding, visualization, symbolic severing, and cleansing your energy field. The focus is entirely on shifting our own energy, not altering anyone else’s. Success is often marked by feelings of relief, peace, and vitality.
When to Perform a Cord-Cutting Ritual
A cord-cutting ceremony can help us release emotional ties when:
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A relationship has ended, and we’re struggling to move forward.
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Someone in our life leaves us feeling emotionally drained.
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Past experiences or events keep causing distress.
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Resentment or bitterness is holding us back.
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We find yourselves obsessing over another’s opinions or actions.
Signs of Unhealthy Energetic Cords
Unhealthy cords may manifest as:
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Depleted energy or frequent exhaustion.
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Feelings of being stuck, sad, or unmotivated.
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Obsessive thoughts or frequent judgmental talk about someone.
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Lowered immunity or recurring illness.
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Addictive behaviors or unhealthy habits (e.g., overeating, over-exercising).
Steps for a Cord-Cutting Ritual
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Ground Yourself
Begin with a breathing or relaxation exercise to center your energy and create a calm, focused state. -
Visualize the Cord
Imagine the energetic cord connecting you to a person or situation. Picture its location and strength, bringing awareness to its presence. -
Symbolically Sever the Cord
Visualize cutting the cord with a symbolic tool, such as scissors, as an act of deliberate release. If you feel like you are hurting the other person, tie a ribbon at the end of the cut cord and lightly blow the person and cord away with a kiss. -
Cleanse Your Energy Field
Use visualization to clear residual energy, replacing it with positive energy, love, and compassion. Imagine the space left behind being filled with light and warmth. -
Set an Intention
Seal the practice with an affirmation. For example:“I sever and release all energetic cords that no longer serve my highest good. I reclaim my energy, creating a boundary of love and light.”
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Reinforce Energetic Boundaries
Visualize a protective layer of light surrounding you, acting as a shield to maintain your energy and peace.
Patience and Practice
Cord cutting is a progressive process. Emotional ties are complex and may require multiple sessions to fully release. Each ritual peels back layers of attachment, allowing transformation to unfold gradually.
Does Cord Cutting Affect Others?
Cord cutting is a deeply personal practice that focuses on reclaiming our own emotional balance and inner peace. It does not impact the other person’s energy or perceptions. Cutting the cord to an unwanted tie—such as the need for someone’s approval—does not mean severing the relationship itself. Instead, it allows us to release unhealthy attachments while maintaining the connection in a healthier way, if we choose.
The Power of Cord Cutting
By severing unhelpful emotional ties, we create space for empowerment, inner peace, and self-care. This ritual can heal past wounds and guide us toward a future of emotional well-being and growth.
A Blessing for Energetic Cord Cutting
You may choose to speak this affirmation:
“I now sever and release any and all energetic cords that do not serve my highest good. I release you and myself from these binds. My energy returns to me, filling me with vitality. I am surrounded by a peaceful boundary of love and light.”
Follow the blessing with quiet meditation, visualizing your reclaimed energy and strengthened boundaries. Carry this sense of renewal as you step confidently into the next chapter of your life.
References
Edwards, S. (2015). Love and the Brain. Harvard Medical School. https://hms.harvard.edu/news-events/publications-archive/brain/love-brain
Lang, M., Krátký, J., & Xygalatas, D. (2020). The role of ritual behaviour in anxiety reduction: an investigation of Marathi religious practices in Mauritius. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1805), 20190431. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0431
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