Yeah, when I said protection I didn't mean like a shield or anything. I wasn't rebalancing my own chakras anyway, it was someone else's.
I'm an empath and I'm greatly affected by other people's energy and since this person was very negative about everything and always had a heavy air about him, it took a lot more of me when it came down to it.
By protection I just meant anything that could help me from doing more than my share. I tend to be very dedicated in rituals and in this case it backfired. I'm sorry that I forgot to add that detail.
But thank you for the link to that article!