Many people hear "high-frequency energy" and find it mystifying, as if it takes years of practice to get. But it's really not so mysterious. Bella wants to use the most everyday language to keep you company as you learn to read whether you're high or low frequency today — and how, when you dip, you can gently catch yourself again.
What "High-Frequency Energy" Is Really Saying
High-frequency energy refers to an inner state that's flowing, open, and easily moved to love and gratitude; low frequency, by contrast, is a state that's tight, heavy, and easily pulled towards fear and resistance. In spiritual language we use "high and low frequency" to name these two feelings, but you don't have to think of it as something an instrument can measure — just take it as a handy metaphor: it describes whether your inner state, right now, is more opened up or more closed off.
Why is the metaphor useful? Because it takes "emotion" out of the frame of right and wrong. You're not "in a bad mood" (which sounds like something's wrong with you) — you're just "a little lower frequency today," a state you can adjust, not a verdict on you. Just changing the wording lets many people breathe a little easier.
How to Tell Whether You're High or Low Frequency Today
Rather than guessing, watch a few very concrete signals. They aren't abstract — they're all readable in your body and your thoughts:
How the body feels. When you're high frequency, the body is usually loose — shoulders drop, breathing is deeper, the chest is open. When you're low, the body tightens: a clenched jaw, hunched shoulders, shallow breath, or an unaccountable tiredness. The body is often more honest than the mind; it's the first to know your state today.
The direction of your thoughts. High frequency, and you more easily think "I could give it a try," "there are other possibilities here"; low frequency, and your thoughts run automatically towards the worst — "it definitely won't work," "of course, here we go again." Note: it's not that you've gotten dumber; low frequency just sets the brain's filter to "only see problems."
How you react to others. High frequency, and you're more patient, able to see other people's good intentions; low frequency, and the same words get read negatively, you're more easily set off, and more inclined to retreat into your shell. How we interact with others is a sensitive mirror of your frequency today.
How big your reaction to small things is. This is the most useful indicator: the same minor event (slow internet, getting cut in line, a message left on read) — high-frequency you shrugs and moves on, while low-frequency you gets completely swamped by it. The size of your reaction tells you where you're standing better than the event itself does.
Low Frequency Isn't Bad; It's Your Body Sending a Signal
Here's something important Bella especially wants to remind you of: low frequency doesn't mean you did something wrong, or that you're "not positive enough." It's more like your body and emotions sending you a message — maybe you're too tired, not sleeping enough, drained from giving too much lately, or there's an emotion that hasn't been properly seen, stuck somewhere.
Psychology has a concept called "reappraisal": genuinely healthy emotional regulation isn't about suppressing or pretending you're fine (which only works short-term and makes things worse over time), but about first acknowledging the state, then choosing how to interpret it. So when you notice you're low frequency today, don't rush to scold yourself with "there I go again." Try saying to it: "Oh, I'm a bit heavy today; I see it." Simply being seen, and the energy already starts to loosen. If you often get caught in that lingering tightness, a few steadying affirmations can keep you company in the moment.
A Few Ways to Gently Raise Your Frequency
Raising your frequency doesn't take anything grand. In fact, when you're low you don't have the energy for big things anyway — so every one of these is "small enough to manage":
Move your breath first. Low frequency usually comes with shallow breathing. Try breathing in for 4 counts and out for 6, several times in a row. A longer exhale switches on the body's relaxation response — the fastest, most effortless way in.
Find a little natural light. Step to a window or balcony, or go downstairs for a loop. Light and a bit of movement work far better than sitting in place gritting your teeth. Once the body moves, the emotions have room to move too.
Say one word of thanks. It needn't be grand — "I had hot water for a shower today, thank you" is enough. Gratitude shifts attention from "what I lack" back to "what I already have," and that turn is itself a raising of frequency. If you'd like to make it a small daily ritual, you can look at how the morning affirmation ritual does it.
Put on some music you love, or a frequency tone. Sound is a very direct tuning tool. Many people report that certain healing music helps them slowly settle — for the current state of the science and the debates behind frequency music, Bella has gathered them in The State of Research on 528Hz, which you can read with a clear head.
Tidy one small corner. Outer clutter often mirrors an inner stuckness. Tidy one drawer, wash that stack of dishes, and you'll find a patch of your mind clears along with it.
Frequency isn't a goal you have to "keep at its peak forever" — that's unrealistic, and not how a person actually lives. It's more like the tides, with rises and falls. What you practice isn't "always high frequency," but "when I dip, knowing how to catch myself." The moon's waxing and waning follows the same rhythm; if you like adjusting yourself in tune with natural cycles, a full moon ritual is a fine place to start. And how your energy centres work is something you can come to know slowly through an introduction to the seven chakras.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can high-frequency energy be measured scientifically?
At present there's no reliable scientific instrument that directly measures "energy frequency" in the spiritual sense. It's more a metaphorical framework for describing an inner state, helping us talk about the opening and closing of emotion and the body-mind. The bodily relaxation, changes in breathing, and direction of attention mentioned in this article, on the other hand, are observable and have a basis in psychology and physiology. Treating "frequency" as a language tool for understanding yourself, rather than a physical measurement, stays closer to reality.
Why do some days feel low-frequency for no reason?
Often it's physical factors: too little sleep, your biological cycle, the weather, the slow buildup of long-term hidden stress. It can also be an unprocessed emotion running in the background. Low frequency with no "reason" is completely normal; there's no need to force an explanation just to blame yourself. Tend to your body's basic needs first, and the state often comes back on its own.
Does raising your frequency mean staying positive all the time?
No. Forcing yourself to be positive all the time is itself a kind of suppression, and over time it's more exhausting — it's called "toxic positivity." Truly raising your frequency means allowing yourself low moments, acknowledging them, and then gently choosing the next step. Acknowledging low frequency is itself the first step of raising it.
How long until I feel the frequency change?
Methods like breathing, natural light, and music often loosen the body a little within minutes. But the stability of your overall state builds up day by day. Rather than chasing one big shift, make these small actions a daily habit, so "catching yourself" becomes an instinct.