A Shamanic Perspective on Energetic Cords

18d (edited) • GENERAL

Hi Babes, I have been diving into some extra learning around cords. The type of chords that keep us attached to those who serve and dont.

I put together a little about what I know so far so we can explore more on our next call.

A Shamanic Perspective on Energetic cords

(and why some are sacred to keep)

From a shamanic lens, cords are not something to fear.

They are not inherently “good” or “bad.”

They are lines of relationship—threads of energy that form wherever life has touched us.

We form cords with:

• People we’ve loved, learned from, or survived with

• Places that have held us through change or trauma

• Experiences that shaped our identity or nervous system

• Roles we’ve played, vows we’ve made, promises we’ve kept

• Even versions of ourselves we’ve outgrown

A cord is simply energy remembering connection.

How cords form

Cords develop through:

• Emotional intensity (love, fear, devotion, grief, longing)

• Repetition (patterns, routines, ongoing dynamics)

• Survival bonding (trauma, caretaking, power imbalance)

• Unfinished energy (words not spoken, choices not honoured)

The body and field create cords as a way to stay oriented: “Where do I belong?”

“What keeps me safe?”

“What matters?”

This is not weakness.

It is intelligence.

How to feel, recognise, and sense cords

Cords rarely announce themselves visually at first.

They are felt before they are seen.

You may notice:

• A pull or heaviness in the chest, womb, throat, or solar plexus

• A sudden emotional response when thinking of a person or place

• Fatigue, looping thoughts, or an inability to fully let go

• A sense of being tethered even when something has ended

Some people eventually see cords as:

• Threads, ropes, light, vines, or lines of sensation.

But seeing is not required. Feeling is enough.

Your nervous system is the translator.

How to discern: which cords nourish, and which drain

This is where love—not judgment—comes in.

A nourishing cord feels:

• Grounded, steady, warm

• Expansive without pulling

• Mutual, present, alive

• Like support rather than obligation

A depleting cord feels:

• Heavy, tight, or constrictive

• Charged with guilt, fear, resentment, or duty

• Like energy leaking rather than circulating

• Rooted in who you were, not who you are

Ask the body—not the mind:

“Does this cord support my current truth?”

“Does it honour my nervous system now?”

Why some cords are meant to remain

Not all cords are meant to be severed.

Some are:

• Ancestral lines of wisdom

• Soul contracts of learning and remembrance

• Deep love that has transformed but not disappeared

• Connections that evolve rather than end

Shamanic work is not about cutting everything away.

It is about allowing cords to mature, soften, or change function.

Love does not always mean release.

Sometimes love means right relationship.

When and how cords are released (only through love)

If a cord no longer serves, it is never cut in anger.

True release happens when:

• Gratitude is acknowledged

• Lessons are honoured

• Safety is restored in the body

• Sovereignty is reclaimed gently

Release can look like:

• Asking the cord to loosen, not snap

• Returning energy that is not yours with gratitude

• Calling your own energy home

• Allowing a cord to dissolve naturally once its purpose is complete

Anything severed from hate will reattach in another form.

Anything released through love completes its cycle.

Why this work matters

Unconscious cords keep us living from the past.

Conscious relationship frees life force for the present.

When cords are tended with care:

• Energy returns to the body

• Boundaries become embodied, not forced

• Relationships clarify

• The nervous system settles into truth

This is not about becoming unattached.

It is about becoming sovereign in connection.

✨ In our next Harmony Hub call, we’ll be exploring cords more deeply—how they show up in the nervous system, how to work with them somatically and energetically, and how to bring relationships back into loving alignment rather than unconscious attachment.

I’d love to open the conversation here:

• Have you ever felt a cord without having language for it?

• Is there a place, person, or chapter your body still remembers?

• What do you notice when you read this—tightening, softening, curiosity?

There is no rush to release.

Only an invitation to relate with more awareness—and more love.

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