You’ve finally turned the lights off, but your thoughts won’t. Conversations replay, to-dos hover unfinished, and random flashes of shame sneak in.
The morning’s no different. You breathe deep, but your chest is still tight. You wonder if your energy’s just…broken.
But it’s not.
According to Donna Eden, the founder of the Eden Method and Eden Energy Medicine, taking on too much from too many people can throw off your body’s rhythm. And without knowing how to attract positive energy, everything can feel off.
Energy has intelligence.
— Donna Eden, trainer of Mindvalley’s Energy Medicine program
The thing is, the more life pulls you outward, the more your energy needs anchoring. And when you do, everything else realigns.
The science behind attracting positive energy
As Albert Einstein once said, “Everything is energy.” And as Donna says, “Energy has intelligence.”
Because it is, it’s trackable and moving through every part of your body, even if you can’t always feel it. This is your biofield, an electromagnetic system that surrounds and interconnects every organ, cell, and neural signal.
Researchers have recognized “biofield therapies” as practices like Reiki, breathwork, and Qigong that help regulate the body’s energetic system. In fact, research has found that they can improve energy, mood, and physiological markers like cortisol levels and heart rate variability (HRV).
In her research, psychologist Dr. Barbara Fredrickson discovered that positive emotions open our awareness.
“We see more possibilities,” she says in a Greater Good Science Center YouTube video. “People come up with more ideas of what they might do next.”
But what creates that kind of high-frequency state?
- At the physiological level, positive energy comes from strong communication between your brain, heart, and nervous system. When you feel gratitude, your heart rhythm becomes more stable (your HRV). And the better your HRV, the better your body relaxes and recharges.
- At the cellular level, your mitochondria produce energy more efficiently when stress is low. Even short sessions of breathwork or meditation can support mitochondrial function and reduce internal stress.
- At the brainwave level, slower rhythms like alpha and theta waves emerge during meditation or deep breathing. These states support clarity, emotional balance, and a sense of calm.
Donna and her husband, David Feinstein, add another layer of understanding: when you’re stressed or overwhelmed, your body’s energy flows (called meridians) can literally flip. That reversal drains your vitality.
But that’s where their Mindvalley program, Energy Medicine, an invaluable resource. They teach certain techniques that, done every day, can, as David says, “begin to establish positive energy habits.”
How to attract positive energy from the universe
You don’t have to go chasing alignment. The universe is already wired to give it to you, even when you’re looking at how to attract positive energy in negative situations. The key is to make space for it, not force it.
These are a few simple practices you can do to help your system open, ground, and get back in sync with the universe.
1. Begin with intention, not expectation
Energy doesn’t respond to pressure. It responds to direction. So before you grab a crystal or light some sage, pause and ask yourself, What do I want to feel more of today?
Then name it: peace, clarity, connection, or whatever it is. Because the thing is, you’re tuning into what’s already available and letting your energy follow that direction.
As Srikumar Rao, the founder of The Rao Institute, teaches, skip the need for “positive thinking.” Just name what’s happening without labeling it good or bad.
“The moment you label it a bad thing, you start going into a downward spiral,” he says in his Mindvalley program, The Quest for Personal Mastery. “Stop. Don’t label it a bad thing; don’t label it anything.”
The bottom line is, energy shifts when you welcome it with clarity, not when you chase it with force.
Try this:
Write your intention on a sticky note and stick it to your kettle, mirror, or phone. Let it find you, not the other way around.
2. Practice the Daily Energy Routine
As you go about your day, things and people you encounter will likely affect your energy. But, according to Donna, you can build resilience for it. This is the basis of her Daily Energy Routine.
“If you can build some new habits with this Daily Energy Routine,” she explains in her Mindvalley program, “your body can counter the energies that are coming in, and they learn how to not be affected.”
But what exactly are they? There are several, but they include:
- Cross Crawl, which gets your left and right brain hemispheres working together and restores energetic balance.
- The Four Thumps to wake up your body, boost vitality, and help your energy flow in the right direction.
- Wayne Cook Posture, which unscrambles jumbled energy patterns that cause fogginess or emotional overwhelm.
- Crown Pull that opens up the energy flow along the head and helps clear mental congestion.
- Zip Up to strengthen your central energy meridian and protect your energy field.
- Hook Up that connects the governing (back) and central (front) meridians for full-body energetic coherence.
Learn how to do them:
Pro tip: Don’t wait to “get it right.” Just make it part of your daily rituals, no matter how messy it can be, and let your body build the habit.
3. Use heart-centered meditation
Your heart is a literal magnet. Its electromagnetic field is the strongest in the body.
So, when you anchor yourself in the present through emotion, not thought, you’re inviting a state of love, compassion, and appreciation. That allows your heart rhythm to be more ordered and stable. And that leads to deeper clarity, intuition, and peace.
One practice you can try is loving-kindness meditation, which helps people generate warm, caring emotions with intention. Dr. Fredrickson, who looked into the research on this meditation, found that it can shift your baseline toward greater emotional openness and connection when practiced regularly.
It just goes to show that every time you choose love on purpose, your nervous system takes notes.
Give this a shot:
Place your hand on your heart. Breathe in through your nose for five seconds and out through your mouth for five seconds. Bring to mind something or someone you care about deeply. Let the feeling grow and stay with it for a few minutes.
Or try a guided meditation:
4. Pay attention to synchronicities
The universe loves to leave breadcrumbs. For instance, you overhear a line in a podcast that answers the exact question swirling in your head, see the same number at random times, or a book falls off a shelf with a title that makes your stomach flip.
Well, hello synchronicity.
When your system is regulated (that means your heart, brain, and breath are moving in rhythm), you become more sensitive to signals around you. Your intuition sharpens, your awareness widens, and you start noticing what was always there.
Research shows that those who noticed synchronicities tended to be more open-minded, emotionally resilient, and optimistic. Not only that, but they typically found meaning in those moments, had higher optimism, and had life satisfaction.
So it’s no wonder psychologist Carl Jung describes them as “meaningful coincidences.”
Try this:
Notice synchronicities as the universe’s way of confirming you’re in flow. Say thank you, and then keep going.
5. Spend time in nature
Your body knows what real feels like. And nothing recalibrates your energy faster than putting your skin on the earth and your breath in the trees.
Donna says being grounded is what allows your energy system to stay in sync with the Earth’s natural flow. She explains, “Think of two magnets: if they are not in proper alignment, they repel one another. If they are aligned, they attract one another and exchange energies.”
So learn how to attract positive energy by befriending Mother Nature:
- Practice earthing (which is essentially walking or standing barefoot, lying in the grass, hugging a tree, jogging outdoors, swimming in natural waters, and so on). It helps discharge static energy and balance the body’s electrical charge. Better yet, it can lower inflammation, reduce cortisol, and help you sleep better.
- Soak in the morning sun. This grounding ritual synchronizes your circadian rhythm, boosts mitochondrial function, and tells your body it’s safe to receive.
- Experience forest bathing, which is unhurried time among trees. It lowers adrenaline, reduces stress, and raises your body’s natural killer cell activity for weeks.
If going outside isn’t an option, you can, as Donna teaches, also spoon your feet.
The thing is, according to energy medicine, each foot has an energy center that draws in the earth’s energy and helps you stay grounded. So rubbing the soles of your feet with a stainless steel spoon before bed can help restore that natural connection.
Learn how:
How to attract positive energy in your home
Your home holds more than furniture and laundry piles. It absorbs the energy of your moods, your memories, and the people who pass through it.
Making small, intentional shifts in your space can invite in clarity, calm, and that grounded “ahh, I’m home” feeling.
1. Hold your frontal neurovascular points
The next time you experience racing thoughts, a tight chest, or can’t focus, try this healing touch technique:
- Place one hand on your forehead and the other on the back of your head. (Or, if it feels easier, press your thumbs into your temples and let your fingers rest across your forehead.)
- Stay like that for a couple of minutes while thinking about whatever’s stressing you out.
What you’re doing, according to Donna, is pulling blood back into your forebrain, which helps your body shift out of fight-or-flight and into calm clarity. This is how you teach your system not to freak out when life gets loud.
The more you do this, the safer your body feels. And the safer you feel, the more your home becomes a space that holds you, not the other way around.
Put this to work:
Do this every night before bed, even if you don’t feel stressed. You’re training your body to reset, not just react.
2. Declutter and organize
Have you ever gone into a messy room and just had the ick? Well, apparently, if the first thing a space says is “chaos,” your energy field gets scrambled right along with it.
According to feng shui expert Marie Diamond, clutter immediately pushes your brain into beta brain waves, the overactive state linked to stress, poor focus, and scattered emotions.
“That’s why, after a while, when everything is chaos, we can’t work anymore,” she says in her stage talk at Mindvalley Live Los Angeles 2020. “We start organizing because we’re feeling we’re hitting, like, a wall.”
However, when your environment feels clear, your system shifts toward alpha waves, which are calmer, more creative, and more magnetic.
Now, it’s your turn:
You don’t have to go full minimalist, Marie adds. Just start with 10%. Let that be your rule.
Toss what’s expired, give away what you don’t love, and store what you can’t deal with yet behind closed doors. If your eyes can’t see it, your energy doesn’t have to process it.
3. Identify and activate your “success direction”
Every room has a direction that amplifies your energy. And based on your birth date, one of those directions is your personal “success direction.”
According to Marie, that’s the compass point where energy flows in your favor. What’s more, it supports your goals, motivation, and big moves.
You can use a traditional bagua map to see how energy moves through each part of your home. But Marie’s method goes one step further: it personalizes the process using your energy number. That number reveals the direction (north, south, east, etc.) where your system naturally aligns with success. (You can learn these feng shui basics in Marie’s Mindvalley program, Feng Shui for Life.)
Here’s how to use it:
Find the center of your room, stand there with a compass, and locate your success direction. That’s where you want to face when you work, create, or reflect.
That’s also where to place your vision board, a symbol of your next chapter, or anything that pulls you forward. So if you’re wondering how to attract positive energy into your space without doing too much, this is one of the most powerful ways to start.
4. Reposition your desk to face the door
You spend thousands of hours a year at your desk, roughly eight hours a day. That space is shaping your energy more than you think, especially if you have one at home.
“When there’s good feng shui, the energy will be harmonious, joyful, open,” Marie explains. “And when there’s not such a good feng shui, the energy will feel stalled and stagnant and not in harmony.”
She points out that where your desk faces can either drain or energize you. If you’re staring at a wall or have your back to the door, your system stays in alert mode, activating your beta brain waves. But when you face the door, you enter alpha territory.
It’s very similar to decluttering and organizing, no doubt. Regardless, it’s the kind of shift that makes your workspace feel more like a launchpad and less like a trap.
Do this next:
If moving your desk isn’t possible, place a mirror in front of you that reflects the door. Your body will still get the signal that it’s safe to relax, lead, and receive.
5. Turn your home into a 3D vision board
Your home is talking to your subconscious. Every object, color, material, and shape is feeding you messages, whether you notice them or not.
“Perhaps you have envisioned what your goals are or what you want in your life,” says Marie in her Mindvalley program, “and it’s possible that your home is telling a different story.”
She highlights that your space functions like a three-dimensional vision board. The layout of your living room, the art on your walls, even your bed placement—it’s all shaping your energy, day and night.
When your environment mirrors your goals, it reinforces them. When it contradicts them, it drains you.
Start here:
Choose one compass direction and activate it with intention. Place symbols, colors, or elements that match the purpose of that area, like red artwork in the South for visibility or a bubbling fountain in the North for career momentum.
Eventually, your home becomes a map of your future, not a museum of your past.
How to attract positive energy and money
If your space feels stuck, your bank account might too. But when your environment radiates flow, clarity, and worth? Money shows up with fewer blocks and better timing.
Let’s turn your home into a magnet, not a money repellent.
1. Stop chasing, start serving
You want more money? Great. Stop obsessing over how much, how fast, and when it’s coming.
That’s Srikumar’s advice. In a nutshell.
The thing is, goals are just a compass. Their only job is to point you in a direction. Once you’ve got that, forget the finish line and get to work.
“The more you focus on genuinely helping other people,” says Srikumar in his Mindvalley program, “the more your personal needs are automatically taken care of.”
So, raise your vibration from “What’s in it for me?” to “How can I show up today?” That’s how you stop leaking power and start magnetizing wealth.
Here’s how to bring it to life:
Pick one thing you already do well, and find a way to use it in service of someone else’s success today. Send a helpful email, share your insight, or show up generously, without a scoreboard. That’s the energy money wants to follow.
2. Overcome the need to compare
You don’t have to live in squalor to know what financial insecurity feels like. It sneaks in the second you start measuring your life against someone else’s… even when you live in Manhattan or sit in a chauffeured car.
Srikumar tells a story about high earners in New York who made $750K a year and still felt poor. Not because they were, but because they didn’t have the helicopter, the Hamptons estate, or the private jet their new peers had. The moment their circles upgraded, so did their comparison meter.
“To some extent, this is a story of life for many of us,” says Srikumar. You hit a milestone, then look sideways. You get the raise, then wonder why it’s not more.
That constant reaching is rooted in lack, not alignment. “What we never recognized is that these are not the true sources of happiness.”
So, as you’re looking into how to attract positive energy and money, keep in mind this one truth: it never flows in when you’re stuck in comparison mode.
Put it into practice:
Whenever you catch yourself sizing up someone else’s life, pause and ask, “What actually matters to me right now?” Bring it back to your path. That’s where the wealth is.
3. Detach from what doesn’t last
Srikumar once lined up at 4 a.m. in the freezing cold to buy a Cabbage Patch Kid for his daughter. He watched grown adults shove each other for a doll with a birth certificate.
Years later? He found a forgotten Tamagotchi in the dryer and tossed it.
His point? “Everything that is in time and space will one day disappear.”
And if you want to learn how to attract positive energy and money, start by loosening your grip. Wealth is never about what you can hoard. But it is about what you can hold lightly, enjoy fully, and release when it’s time.
What you can do:
Look around your home, calendar, and inbox. What are you clinging to that doesn’t matter anymore? Let it go.
4. Power up with a gratitude practice
Many people out there go to bed replaying what went wrong in their lives. But according to Srikumar, one of the fastest ways to shift your state (and in turn, your fortunes) is to end your day with gratitude that you feel in your body.
There is a ton of research that shows how beneficial the practice of gratitude is. One study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, in particular, found that appreciating the things in life is strongly linked to…
- Better mental health. It’s associated with lower anxiety, less depression, better immune function, and stronger social bonds.
- Improved physical health. It can consistently and directly improve your sleep, life satisfaction, and ability to manage stress.
- Enhanced relationships. When done through journaling or letters, it rewires your brain for long-term emotional resilience.
But don’t just list things to be grateful for, says Srikumar. Instead, he suggests, “You have to actually feel the gratitude.”
Give this a go:
Before you sleep, name three blessings that made your day better. Let the gratitude energy move through you like a wave. It rewires how your nervous system receives the world and how the world responds to you.
Because, really, nothing attracts abundance like someone who’s already overflowing.
5. Strengthen your aura
Donna says your aura is like an energetic spacesuit and an antenna. It exists “to protect you and to help you to provide an environment within which you can thrive.” What’s more, it “connects you with the energies that are in the environment that surrounds you.”
The thing is, this human energy field picks up junk, especially if you’re sensitive or around emotionally messy people. That’s why daily aura cleansing is essential.
One of the things she recommends doing to strengthen your energy field is a simple ritual called the Celtic Weave. It clears out gunk you may have picked up from others and rewires how you interact with your environment.
Use this cue:
Rub your hands together, then sweep them over your body in figure-eight motions, down the front, sides, and back. Do this slowly and intentionally, and let it act like an energetic bath.
Your aura sets the tone for how people and money respond to you. Clean field, clean results.
Unlock your brilliance within
If you’ve ever felt off, drained, or overwhelmed by the noise of life, your energy field might be trying to tell you something. And if you’re feeling like that right now, well… there’s Donna Eden’s free Energy Medicine masterclass with your name on it.
This 87-minute prelude to the actual program on Mindvalley will show you:
- Discover how your body’s energy fields affect your mood, vitality, and resilience;
- Learn four practical tools to shift your state instantly, anytime, anywhere;
- Try techniques to shake off stress, pick the right foods, and even heal with a kitchen utensil;
- Watch live demos that reveal just how much your energy controls your reality; and
- So much more.
Don’t just take it from Donna (who healed herself when doctors gave up on her). There are thousands whom she’s helped be one with their energy.
Like Marc DeRosa from Canada, who used to be “pretty depressed and ashamed of who I am.” But in learning the ways of energy, it has allowed him to understand why his body reacted as it did. As he shares with Mindvalley:
I am now much more at peace, grounded, and wanting to connect with other people…. I feel much less machismo than I ever have.
This is your moment to shift. Start with the free masterclass. It’s only 87 minutes. And who knows? It might change how you see your entire life.
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