Understanding Your Emotional Frequency
The Vibrational Nature of Thoughts and Emotions
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt a shift in energy — whether it was uplifting and warm or dense and heavy? That’s because everything around us, including our thoughts and emotions, carries a frequency.
We are constantly emitting and receiving energy, influencing not only our personal well-being but also our environment. High-frequency emotions like peace, bliss, and love promote a sense of harmony and expansion. On the other hand, low-frequency emotions such as guilt, shame, and anger create contraction, tension, and inner turmoil.
And these emotional states don’t just affect our moods; they impact our bodies, relationships, and even the way we experience the world.
Measuring Emotions: The Hawkins Map of Consciousness
Dr. David R. Hawkins, a renowned psychiatrist and spiritual teacher, explored this concept extensively in his work. His groundbreaking Map of Consciousness suggests that our emotions and states of being are measurable. By understanding where we are on this scale, we can take conscious steps toward emotional and spiritual growth.
Emotions like shame and guilt are at the lowest end of the scale, associated with feelings of misery, hopelessness, and even illness in the body. Moving up slightly, fear still creates contraction and anxiety but holds more energy than shame. Further up, courage marks a pivotal shift, as it represents a transition from energy-draining emotions to empowerment. From this level, we begin to take responsibility for our thoughts and emotions rather than feeling victimized by them.
At even higher frequencies, love and joy promote profound healing, personal expansion, and an increased ability to create meaningful connections. Hawkins’ research suggests that individuals who consistently operate at frequencies above 500 Hz can have a tangible, uplifting effect on those around them — like a ripple of positive energy influencing the collective consciousness.
Reclaiming Your Emotions and Your Energy
To me, knowledge of the Hawkins Map allows you to reclaim your power and sovereignty of choice when it comes to the emotional experience, because all levels of consciousness are frequencies available to you at all times.
One of the most powerful takeaways from Hawkins’ work is that no level of consciousness is inherently “good” or “bad.” Instead, each emotional frequency simply reflects our current state of awareness. By studying our emotional patterns, we can observe the level we are operating from and recognize how it impacts our interactions. This awareness also helps us understand the behaviors of others. Someone operating from the frequency of anger may react with frustration, while someone resonating at peace approaches the same situation with calmness and acceptance.
As you consciously raise your frequency, you naturally attract experiences, relationships, and opportunities that align with your higher emotional state. Shifting even slightly up the scale — from fear to courage, or from neutrality to acceptance — can set in motion profound changes in your life.
If you’re curious to dive deeper into this concept, Dr. Hawkins’ book Power vs. Force is an excellent resource for understanding how energy, emotions, and consciousness shape our reality.
Potential Impacts on the MindBodyHeart
As someone who has worked in the bodywork and wellness industry for over a decade, I’ve seen firsthand how our emotional states profoundly affect both our energetic frequency and physical well-being. Emotions are not just fleeting feelings — they are energy in motion, shaping how we experience life on a cellular level.
When we hold onto fear, worry, or anger, our bodies respond with contraction and stress. Over time, this emotional stagnation can lead to physical discomfort, illness, and even cellular destruction. Joseph Hoffman, author of The Life and Death of the Cell, says:
“If one took the trouble, it would be possible to measure the degree of love, hate, or anxiety in a person’s life by the rate of their cellular destruction.”
This highlights how emotions are more than just mental experiences; they have measurable, biological effects on our health. Anger, in particular, can be especially damaging because it shuts down the heart’s energy — the very center of our emotional and energetic power. When our heart energy is blocked, we struggle to access states of love, connection, and inner peace.
The good news? Emotions can be moved, released, and transformed. Energy healing, breathwork, and intentional self-awareness help restore energetic flow, allowing the body to return to its natural state of balance and health.
Dive Deeper: Practices for Emotional Alchemy
Shifting your emotional frequency is not about suppressing difficult emotions but rather learning how to transmute them into something that supports your well-being. Some of the most effective ways to do this include:
Medicinal movement – Engaging in yoga, dance, or somatic practices to move stagnant energy.
Meditation & breathwork – Quieting the mind and regulating the nervous system to create space for emotional shifts.
Sound healing – Using vibrational frequencies (such as chanting, singing bowls, or music) to harmonize your energy field.
The alchemy of forgiveness – A transformative process that helps release energetic ties to guilt, resentment, and past wounds.
These practices are at the heart of my personal and professional work. If you’re looking for more ways to spiritually ground, I invite you to download my Energy Cleansing Guide. Here I share simple yet powerful techniques for making energetic shifts — whether you need a gentle reset or a deep emotional clearing.
No matter where you are on your journey, be gentle with yourself. With time, intention, and practice, you will begin to embody higher frequencies of peace, joy, and love, creating a ripple effect that extends beyond yourself and into the world around you.