Your aura or personal space is an electromagnetic energy field surrounding your physical body. It is a vital part of the energy system that holds your physical body together and keeps it alive and healthy in the manifest realm. When you are aware of your aura and taking responsibility for owning it, you have the ability to be more aware of what is going on for you on a deeper level. You have the ability to have more flow and ease in your life. As a spiritual being, you can choose to have your aura any size or shape. When it is healthy and well maintained it flows from an arm's length above your head, to an arm's length beneath your feet. It flows an arm's length out in front and behind and on both sides. It looks like a golden egg-shaped bubble surrounding the physical body.
Choosing to pull your aura in closer than an arm's length, or extending it beyond an arm's length, is choosing to diminish your own power. You may, for example, have a habit of pulling your aura in tight around your physical body. Perhaps you do this when you are in a crowded room, or when you are scared or threatened. In doing this you have given away a large amount of your power and awareness.
Another dynamic is to have your aura extended far out and away from your body. An extreme case of this is someone who holds their aura out so far that there is no definition to their aura at all. It is very difficult to own your personal space in this case. It is easy for other people's energy to get into your space and this causes an inability to manage your energy system effectively.
The state of your aura is your choice. You can tune in, become aware of, and adjust your aura at any time. You may notice areas in your aura that may not be moving or flowing, places where a foreign energy is blocking the flow of the energy in the aura. Simply through intention, you can release the blockage and fill in those places with your energy. Energy follows intent. If you are interested in creating wholeness in your life, a fundamental step is to start looking after your aura consciously. Play with owning it at a manageable level, as described above, with clear boundaries and definition. This is part of the step-by-step process of raising your awareness and responsibility for self.
