How to Start Holding Space for Healing?
- Kembenz Mark Rizon
- 4 days ago
- 4 min read
A guide for aspiring healers ready to step into sacred service
If you're intuitive, nurturing, and deeply drawn to the healing path – you've likely felt the inner call to be a safe presence for others. But how do you begin holding space in a meaningful, empowered way?
Holding space is both an art and a skill. It’s the foundation of energy healing and spiritual coaching, and it’s something you can learn to do with confidence, even before you're fully certified. In this post, we’ll explore what it means to hold space and how you can begin doing it with authenticity and grace.
You probably have heard the term “holding space”, but what does it actually mean?
Holding space means being fully present with someone, without judgment, advice, or the need to fix them. You are a calm and grounded container where they feel seen, safe and heard to process emotions or experiences. To digest what is happening.
Most people feels better and find answers just by voicing out what is going on inside.
In energy healing space holding, you’re not directing or controlling the healing – you’re gently witnessing and supporting the client’s natural process. You become a mirror, a sacred witness, and a channel of non-attached compassion.
This is especially important for empaths and spiritual practitioners who want to shift from “absorbing energy” to “transmuting and supporting with clarity.”
Key tip: Holding space doesn’t mean you carry someone’s pain. It means you create space for them to carry it with greater ease.
Ground Yourself Before You Guide Others
One of the most important spiritual coaching tips is this: you can only hold space when you are centered in your own energy.
Before stepping into a session (formal or informal), ground yourself. Here’s how:
Take 3 deep belly breaths and place your feet flat on the ground.
Visualize roots growing down from your feet into the earth.
Say quietly to yourself: “I am anchored. I am clear. I hold space from love, not ego.”
If you skip this step, you may unconsciously entangle with your client’s energy – something that many beginner healers (especially sensitive ones) struggle with.
Action Step: Create a pre-session ritual – even if it’s just 1 minute of silence, a grounding breath, or lighting a candle. This helps you shift from everyday mode into sacred space mode.
Listen with Presence, Not Pressure
To truly hold space, you must listen without the pressure to respond perfectly. This is where many aspiring healers get stuck. They worry:
“What if I don’t know what to say?”
“What if I can’t give them the answer?”
“What if I say the wrong thing?”
But here’s the truth: holding space isn’t about saying anything at all. It’s about being.
Practice these space-holding responses:
“I’m here with you.”
“Take your time.”
“I’m witnessing you without judgment.”
Silence. (Yes, this is powerful too.)
This helps your client feel safe enough to go deeper. As an energy healer, your intuitive listening is more valuable than perfect advice.
Pro tip: When in doubt, repeat back what you heard with empathy. “It sounds like you’re carrying a lot right now.” This creates instant rapport and safety.
Create Safe Containers (Even in Casual Settings)
Holding space doesn’t have to happen only in formal sessions. Whether you’re sitting with a friend, speaking at a women’s circle, or hosting your first client, you can create a sacred container with just a few intentional elements:
Set energetic boundaries – Visualize a protective light around you and state internally: “Only energy that serves the highest good may enter this space.”
Set expectations – You can say: “This space is for listening, not fixing. You don’t need to have it figured out.”
Close the space properly – When the session or conversation ends, say something like: “Thank you for trusting me. We now gently close this space.”
These spiritual coaching tips will help you stay energetically clean, avoid burnout, and make clients feel held with care.
You’re Already Doing It – Now Refine the Skill
Here’s the final truth: if you’re reading this, you’re probably already holding space in your daily life.
Friends come to you. Strangers open up. You feel what others are carrying.
You don’t need to wait until you're certified to begin – you simply need the awareness and the intention to do it consciously.
That’s why we teach this exact process in the Energy Healer Practitioner Training – so intuitive women can learn how to hold space with clarity, structure, and confidence… instead of absorbing everyone else’s energy unconsciously.
Affirmation for Aspiring Space-Holders
“I hold space with love, not control. I listen without needing to fix. My presence is powerful enough.”
Whether you’re just beginning your healer journey or ready to deepen your practice, knowing how to hold space is a skill that changes lives – yours and others’.
Ready to take your space-holding to the next level?
👉 Join the Energy Healer Practitioner Training and become a confident, grounded guide in your community.
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