KEY TO ABUNDANCE
CHAKRA’S,GROUNDING, PROTECTION AND MEDITATION.
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Base Chakra.
The base Chakra is the foundation of life positioned at the bottom of the spine
and opening downwards. The base Chakra draws Earth energy upwards through
the feet and legs to process and stabilize it. It channels the energy up the the
spine in a form that the body can handle.
Disorders that affect the sacrum, spine, excretion, and sexual organs are connected
to the first Chakra. Red light, which is the lowest frequency energy of
visible light, stimulates this Chakra.
Some qualities of the base Chakra are: -
Associated element-Earth
Colour of petals-red.
Key issues-sexuality, lust, and obsessions. Energy function-stabilisation of Earth energy
that enters the body through the feet and legs. Physical location-between the anus and genitals,
opening downwards.
Associated spinal area fourth sacral vertebra. Physiological system-reproductive.
Endocrine gland-Gonads. Activity-generation. Body sense-smell. Aspect-grounding
spiritual energies. Life lesson-survival and establishing purpose on earth.
Physical action-sexuality. Mental action-stability. Emotional action-sensuality.
Spiritual action-security. Colour for balance /activation-red. Colour to calmpink.
The Sacral Chakra.
The second Chakra is called the sacral, sometimes also known as the spleen or
naval centre. It is concerned with assimilation, both of food as well as ideas,
which brings about an natural sense of joy This Chakra is where sexuality is
transmutated into the creative arts through self-expression. The element of
water is associated with this Chakra In the body the genitourinary system,
including the kidneys connects with his Chakra.
We need water to be begin digestive processes and carry the energy derived
from food to our cells. Water then disperses unwanted by-products through
the kidneys. If this Chakra is under active or out of balance there will be an
urge to over indulge in food or sex, causing obesity, food intolerance, chronic
skin conditions or possibly impotence or disease.
An over active sexual Chakra will lead to confused sexuality, unless it is
balanced by the influence of the heart Chakra.
Chakra teachings call upon us to regain sacral equilibrium through dance, laughter,
yoga, breathing and visualisation of orange light. Even eating orange-coloured
fruit will help harmonise this important Chakra. It is at the sacral
Chakra that caring and home-making qualities are developed, in both men and
women. All relationships and family interactions are functions of the sacral
Chakra. Consequently, many emotions are handled primarily through this Chakra.
So it is important to be aware of a possible build-up of stress levels here. Various
Chakra's function in pairs and psychologically the sacral Chakra is linked to
the throat Chakra.
Therefore, if the function of the throat Chakra is repressed it will have a
detrimental effect upon the sacral Chakra.
Some of the qualities of the sacral Chakra: -
Its associated element is water.
Its colour is orange.
The key issues, relationships, violence, and addictions.
Its energy function transmutes sexual energy.
The physical location is in the upper part of the sacrum, below the navel. The
associated spinal area is the first lumbar vertebra.
The physiological system is genitourinary.
The glandular System is the adrenals.
The nerve plexus is sacral.
Its activity is excretion, body sense is taste.
The inner aspect is feeling. It's life's lesson the seeking of meaningful
relationships with all life forms. Its physical action is reproduction. Its mental
action is creativity. Its emotional action is joy. Its spiritual action is enthusiasm.
The colour for balance / activation is orange. The colour to calm is peach
and amber.
The sacral Chakra is related to the quantity of sexual energy of a person. With
the centre open, a person feels their sexual power. If they block this particular
centre, whatever sexual force and potency hey have will be weak and disappointing.
The Solar Plexus Chakra.
The third Chakra, the solar plexus Chakra. The Chakra's action in the body’s
glandular system is through the pancreas, which produces insulin and is involved
in the metabolism of sugar. The physical location of the solar plexus Chakra
stretches from the bottom of the breastbone (sternum) to the naval, covering a
large area that includes the stomach, gall bladder, and liver, organs primarily
concerned with the digestive system. The sympathetic nervous system and
health of the muscles are also influenced by it. This is a vital centre to treat
during illness.
If negative emotions in the sacral Chakra are not dealt with, they can rise to
the solar plexus Chakra and over stimulate it. Over activity of the solar plexus
Chakra leads to a misuse of personal power, while under activity leas to introversion.
A happily balanced Chakra allows personal empowerment that honours
the wisdom and knowledge of others. Two diseases are associated with this
Chakra, diabetes and cancer. In cancer sufferers this Chakra is often to be
found to be holding onto unprocessed emotions of anger, fear, or hate.
Balancing the solar plexus Chakra to ensure that it processes energies from the
lower Chakra's as well as the heart Chakra may be achieved through healing,
Meditation, visualisation, crystals particularly emerald or citrine. And by just
breathing in the power of the Sun. Having had a gut feeling means to sense
something at a deeper level.
This is the solar plexus Chakra in action, part of a process to discriminate between
good and bad feelings or emotions. Maybe you have felt butterflies in
your stomach, or a tightening of the whole area just before an important event
happens. This is the Chakra closing down a little and pulling in slightly away from
the physical body as a form of protection.
The seat of the emotions lies with in this chapter. Emotions are processed
through the solar plexus Chakra, where the fire energy burns them up. Like a
real fire the ashes of the burned emotions need to be raked out every so often
in order for the fire to continue to burn strongly. The ideal is to rise above a
constant buffeting by negative emotions, not to become emotionless or uncaring
but to register, understand, and then to release them. In this way the Chakra
stays in constant equilibrium and is able to resist emotional stress.
The solar plexus Chakra is associated with the great pleasure that comes from
deeply knowing one's unique and connected place in the universe. A person with
an open Chakra can look up to the starry heavens at night and feel that he belongs.
He is firmly grounded in his place within the Universe. He is a centre of
his own unique aspect of expression of the manifest universe and from this he
derives spiritual wisdom. Although the solar plexus Chakra is a mental centre,
it's healthy functioning is directly related to
the individual's emotional life.
This is true because the mind or mental processes served as regulators of the
emotional life. The mental understanding of emotions put them into a framework
of order and acceptably defined reality.
If the centre is open and balanced a person can have a deeply fulfilling emotional
life that does not overwhelm them. However if the centre is closed or out of
balance a person blocks their feelings, perhaps not feeling anything at all. They
will not be aware of a deeper meaning to the emotions that lends another dimension
to existence, may not be connected to their own uniqueness within the
universe and a greater purpose. Many times the centre serves as a block between
heart and sexuality.
Let us look at some of the qualities of the solar plexus Chakra.
The associated element is fire.
The colour is yellow.
The key issues are power, fear,anxiety and introversion. The energy function,
it transducers Solar and panic energy.
The physical location is between the navel and the bottom of the sternum. The
associated spinal area is the seventh and the eighth thoracic vertebrate.
The physiological system is the metabolic /digestive system. The endocrine
gland is the pancreas. The nerve plexus is the solar plexus. His activity is movement.
Its body sense is sight . Its inner aspect is opinion and personal power.
It's life's a lesson is honouring wisdom of others, leading to personal empowerment.
It's a physical action is suggestion. The mental action is power. Its emotional
action is expansiveness. Its spiritual action is growth. The colour for
balance /activation is golden yellow. The colour to calm is violet.
The Heart Chakra.
The heart Chakra is positioned in the centre of the chest, and is connected to
two other minor chakra's, the thymus and newly developing Chakra the kalpatree.
The associated colours of lights to balance them are, respectively bright
grass green and pinkish violet or gold. Our hands are included in the flow of
heart Chakra energies, and it is through them that we can experience the gift
of touch. The heart is the place where unconditional love and compassion develop.
These can be encouraged by first balancing the heart Chakra with the colour
green, and then the colour of soft pink. The circulation of air and oxygenated
blood through the body are functions of this Chakra. Energy blockages in the
heart Chakra manifest themselves as heart or lung disease. The flow of lymph
may also be affected. When the heart Chakra is fully balanced the physical
body automatically enters the state where its basic survival needs
are met.
It is then that the real work of this Chakra begins-the development of
forgiveness, peace, acceptance, openness, harmony and contentment all of
which are aspects of unconditional divine love.
Some other qualities of the heart Chakra are.
Its associated element is air.
Its colour is grass green.
The key issues passion,tenderness, inner child issues and rejection.
Its energy function receptor /distributor of unconditional love energy. It's physical location, in the centre of
the chest on the sternum.
The associated Spinal area is the 4th thoracic vertebra. Physiological systems
are the circularity, lymphatic, and immune systems. The endocrine gland is the
thymus. The nerve plexus is the heart plexus. Its activity is manipulation. Its
body sense is touch. Its inner aspect unconditional love and compassion. Its life
lesson honouring the earthly forms of divine love. The physical action is circulation.
The mental action is passion.
The emotional action is love. The spiritual action is devotion. colour for balance
/activation spring greens. Colours to calm magenta and pink
The Throat Chakra.
The throat Chakra can be thought of as a bridge placed at a physical point on
the neck where the body narrows and concentrates all of these energies to pass
information up to the brain. It is a bridge too in the sequential development of
the inner aspects of Chakra energies, since once the throat Chakra is open, access
to a different land, another side of the river of life, the spiritual realms is
achievable.
This Chakra's associated nature element is Ether, a nebulous energy mysteriously
supporting other dimensions of soul and spirit. The throat Chakra is linked
primarily to the thyroid and parathyroid glands in the body. These can secrete
hormones for normal human growth and the metabolism of calcium. The workings
of the ear nose and throat, with the senses of hearing and speech, and to some
extent the respiratory system are also connected to this Chakra.
So if there are imbalances in any of these areas, which will show up as disease
or discomfort, the throat Chakra will need to receive healing.
If this Chakra is blocked it can result in depression and may even make a person
feels suicidal. If you're very depressed it may help to discuss your problems
with a qualified councillor By talking things through, you encourage the self-expression
aspect of the throat Chakra.
Some qualities of the throat Chakra are.
Associated element ether.
The colour is turquoise or smoky blue.
The key issues are self-expression, communication and will. Energy function a bridge between
physical and spiritual energies. The physical location is between the collarbone
and a larynx on the neck.
The Associated Spinal area is the third cervical vertebra. The physiological
system is the respiratory. The endocrine glands thyroid /para thyroid. The
nerve plexus is the cervical ganglia. Its activity, speech. Its inner aspect is expression.
The life lesson is to resonate with compassion. Its physical action is
communication. Its mental action is thought. Its emotional action is independence.
And its spiritual action is inspiration.
Colour for balance /activation is turquoise. Colour to calm pale misty blue.
The Third Eye Chakra.
This Chakra is situated at the centre of the brow, represents the inner eye and
Is called the third eye, or eye of wisdom. The ideal is to balance the
centre so that the Chakra is fully opened to its enormous potential and so that
Spirit can also manifest itself. Sometimes the ego is known as our lower Self,
and spirit as our Higher Self.
Extra-sensory perception is the ability to use intuitive abilities, which originate
at the brow Chakra, assisted by two minor chakra's at the temples. The ability
to see beyond the physical world is called clairvoyance, hearing sounds or voices
not in the physical world are called Clairaudience. Sensing smells and perfumes
are not of this world is called Clairsentienence. Some people appear to be born
with such abilities and if these qualities are recognised and allowed to develop,
they often work as clairvoyants, mediums or Healers. Children frequently perceive
auras around people, believing it is a natural way to see things and of
course it is, but thinking adults will take them to have their eyes tested.
The brow and a crown chakra's specialise in transmuting the energies of the
multidimensional universe. They are linked to the control system of endocrine
glands that affects the physiology of the body from cellular gene to the functioning
of the central nervous system. The pituitary gland is associated with the
brow Chakra. Its secretions providing the connection between the brain and the
immune system, hinting at how our emotional trauma experienced and recorded
through the brain can create physical illness. Finally the pineal gland, which is
receptive to light, becomes active when the crown Chakra is open. With its links
to the pituitary it enhances psychic levels, allowing a person to see within, or
have second sight.
Imbalances of the third eye Chakra manifest as frequent headaches particularly
migraines or sinus or ear problems or endocrine imbalances. At an energy level,
these problems can be caused by not wanting to see or hear something that
is vitally important to the growth of the soul. Follow the proverb that says do
not put off until tomorrow something that can be done today. Working with visualisation
exercises particularly those concentrating on the third eye will help
to combat these problems and encourage physical and spiritual well being.
Attributes of the brow Chakra are as follows,
the associated element is Spirit.
The colour is deep indigo blue.
The key issues, balancing higher and lower selves, and trusting inner guidance.
Its energy function is merging masculine and feminine energies. Its physical
location is at the centre of the brow. Associated spinal area is the first cervical
vertebra.
The physiological systems are the endocrine and nervous systems. The endocrine
gland is the pituitary. The nerve plexus is hypothalamus and pituitary. The
activity is insight.
The body sense is clairvoyance. The inner aspect Is intuition. The life lesson is
completing karmic lessons of this lifetime.
The physical action is visualisation. The mental action is intuition. The emotional
action is clarity.
The spiritual action is meditation. Colour for balance /activation ultramarine,
colour to calm indigo blue.
The Crown Chakra.
The Crown Chakra is the Chakra that activates and opens at us up to the higher
consciousness. The two basic energies of duality, which we name masculine and
feminine, unite, bond and transcends at this Chakra creating (when it is active )
a super consciousness that is beyond time and space. In the Super consciousness
a process of unification occurs between you the Human personality and
Higher Self.
When you begin to have been even a small glimpse of what these words mean, it
is like an enormous power being lit up in the mind. People have described his experience
in many different ways. “The top of my head felt as if it was splitting”,
“ a fountain of divine light flowed in-and-out”, “I was taken into the light”. Once
be begin to have these kind of experiences, there is no going back. Mundane
everyday life is forever changed and we see everything as a play of subtle energies.
Influencing the head, this Chakra opens upwards. It connects deep within
the brain to the pineal gland, which is an important key to our biological clock.
The pineal gland, and the gonads (prostate/ testes or ovaries/ uterus at the
base Chakra work closely together to regulate sexual growth at puberty.
The pineal gland produces a hormone called melatonin, which regulates the
light reactive photoreceptors in the retina of the eye. Continuous light decreases
melatonin production, and increased production in the dark at night
calms us down. During the day the pineal gland produces high levels of another
hormone, serotonin, urging us into activity. So these two hormones work in a
continuous circadian cycle.
Seratonin is thought to have an important influence on our emotional state, high
levels of the hormone are thought to improve mood.
Various other hormones released by the pineal plant including pinoline, are similar
to LSD , producing hallucinations and heightened states of awareness. The
pineal gland also has a complex biological link with the adrenal glands, which
produce adrenaline, the fight or flight hormone. This link is thought to influence
stress levels, through the kidneys and gut, at the solar plexus and sacral
Chakra.
Some qualities of the Crown Chakra are.
Its associated element is Spirit.
Its colour is white, violet and gold.
Key issues are inner wisdom and aging.
Energy function is unity and transcending masculine and feminine energy.
Physical location top of the head facing upwards. Associated spinal area none.
Physiological system central nervous system and brain. Endocrine gland pineal.
Nerve plexus cerebral cortex.
Activity transcendence. Body sense ESP clairvoyance, Clairsentienence, and
Clairaudience.
The inner aspect is release. The life lesson Is releasing attachments in order to
transcend earthbound karma.
Physical action meditation. Mental action universal consciousness. Emotional action
beingness.
Spiritual action unity. Colour for balance / activation Golden-white light. Colour
to calm pale rose pink.
GROUNDING MEDITATION
Practicing staying grounded is a very important mainstay of all spiritual and
healing work. It is no good at working with the energy and higher frequencies if
we cannot bring those benefits through into our daily life.
One good way to practice grounding is to sit comfortably in a chair and with
your feet firmly placed on the ground. Feel into your base Chakra while imagining
a tube of light about six inches in diameter spiraling down into the centre
of the Earth. I like to wrap this tube around a beautiful rose quartz crystal.
Take a moment to send love and thanks to Mother Earth. You can also imagine
roots growing down from the soles of your feet into the surface of the planet.
The tube of light can be any colour that you choose.
It's good to work with different colours to find one that work’s best for you.
The more you practice this exercise during the day, the easier you will find it
to ground yourself.
Men should ground down from the base Chakra, but for women they should feel
into their navel Chakra and then down at the base Chakra and imagine the tube
of light spiraling down from the naval Chakra down to the base Chakra and then
down into the centre of the planet. It's important to ground yourself before
doing any healing work or any meditation and it's also good to do it before we
sleep at night, and upon waking in the morning.
The important thing with these exercises is to trust, your thoughts are very
powerful and what you think off and put energy into will manifest, so don't
worry too much about getting everything right to start with, just trust and you
will be grounded.
PROTECTION.
Protection is a very important part of spiritual and healing work, in every situation
in life there will be an energy exchange between other people. It's therefore
important to make sure that you don’t allow other people's negative
energies to enter your auric space.
The auric field surrounds every living thing and contains many different layers.
It extends out to around two to three feet from the human body. It so important
they keep your aura clean and protected. There are many tools to help you
to this. You can use physical exercises to draw the aura in at a distance of two
and half to three feet in every direction. Front and back, above and below. Imagine
this egg shaped bubble surrounding your physical body. When you can picture
your aura surrounding you in your mind, then call for a beautiful golden
bubble of light to surround your aura in every direction to a thickness of about
six inches. This golden light will help to seal your aura and also give you some
protection.
You can call upon Archangel Michael and his legions of angels and ask them to
wrap you in a beautiful sphere of divine golden light for protection. You can also
request from Archangel Michael that he that he put his blue flame Armour
around you.
Archangel Michael is always very close to those the work with the Light and he
will always protect those that request it. Again when doing this exercise just
trust that is happening and it will be. The aura naturally expands and contracts
all the time. Being in nature, especially near water or the sea expands it, as
does being with those you love or are connected with. It also expands during
healing work or meditation. So if you are in safe place, it's good to let your aura
expand out.
However you want to pull your aura in tightly around you when you are going to
crowded or negative places.
So now we have worked with grounding, expanding and contracting the aura, we
are then ready to begin working with the Chakra Centres.
WORKING WITH THE CHAKRA’S.
When working with energy it is very important to ground yourself and to set up
a protected space.
If you're familiar with the positions of the Chakra system on the physical body,
you can begin to practice opening and closing of the Chakra's. The Chakra's will
open and close naturally, but in most people they tend to be either too open or
too closed. Regular practice of these exercises will help to restore balance and
your Chakra's will open and close naturally according to the situations that you
find yourself in.
I find that most people can visualise a Chakra Centre as a rose flower. When
the Chakra is closed, you can imagine the Rose as a small tight bud, in perhaps a
golden colour. If you wish to open a Chakra you can imagine the bud opening up
and the petals unfolding. You may wish to try this exercise and see if it's suitable
for you. You can use the Reiki energy to balance and harmonise the Chakra's
as well, and I'll show you an exercise for doing this in the workshop.
To begin with the opening and closing of the Chakra's, sit down in a quiet safe
space, ground and centre yourself.
Find the physical location of the base Chakra at the root of the spine, opening
downwards. Imagine this Chakra as a beautiful golden Rose bud, and then imagine
the rosebud slowly unfolding and the petals opening out.
You can then move up the rest of the Chakra system and imagine the Chakra's
opening in this way. See if you can feel any sensations as you work with your
chakra's in this way.
If you wish to close your energy centers down, then imagine the Golden Rose
flower shrinking down into a tiny bud. Regular practice of this exercise will be
very helpful.
Another way to work with the chakra's is to run light through them. This helps
to clean them and to energise and balance them all. To work with light to energise
the Chakra's sit comfortably either on the floor with your spine straight
or in a chair with you feet firmly on the ground. Ground yourself into Mother
Earth, and set up your protection.
Taking a few slow deep breaths down into your lower abdomen. Relaxing gently,
imagine a beautiful White or Gold light above your head. Feel the light entering
your crown Chakra, see if you can any sensations of this energy.
Imagine the light flowing from your crown Chakra into your third eye Chakra
and radiating out from both the front and rear of this Chakra.
Then move the light slowly down into throat Chakra and feel the light radiating
out of the front and back of your throat Chakra.
Move down to your heart Chakra feel the light radiating out of the front and
back of your heart Chakra.
Then move the light down into your solar plexus Chakra and feel the light radiating
out of the front and back of the solar plexus Chakra.
Then move the light into the naval Chakra and then feel the light radiating out
of the front and back of the navel Chakra.
Moving the light down into your base chakra and moving down your grounding
cord and into Mother Earth.
When you feel it's time to finish, imagine the light moving back up your grounding
cord into the base chakra, then on up into your naval Chakra and imagine
the naval Chakra closing down.
Imagine the light moving up into the solar plexus Chakra, and the solar plexus
closing down.
Move the light up into your heart Chakra and slowly close this Chakra. The light
moves up into throat Chakra and the throat Chakra slowly closes down.
Move the light into the third eye Chakra and imagine this Chakra closing down.
Then move the light back into your crown Chakra and feel this Chakra close, as
the light moves on out of the top of head.
As well as well as doing the exercise by calling light down from above, you can
also bring white light up from the center of the earth.
This method involves bringing light up through you're grounding cord into each
of your chakra's and then back down again, closing each Chakra as the light
moves down. Don’t forget to ground yourself and check your protection when
you have finished the meditation.
You can also concentrate on each of the Charka’s separately in a meditation session.
For example if you feel you have a weakness in a certain Chakra, you can
meditate on that Chakra either by running light through it, or by using that
chakra's complimentary colour to calm or energise it. To do so is helpful if you
can have some colours that relate to the Chakra sit in a meditative space
grounded and protected and concentrate on the chosen colour.
If you feel you have a block with your solar plexus Chakra, find or imagine a
yellow colour to energise it, or a violet colour to calm it.
To meditate with colours in this way imagine that you are surrounded by the
chosen colour and see it as a fine mist. With every breath you take imagine you
are breathing in this colour. When you have finished, imagine this mist turning
back to white and breath this in for a few minutes. Colours have a very strong
effect on our energies and emotions, if at any time you feel any distress when
doing colour breathing, just imagine the coloured mist changing to white and
breath this in for a few minutes to restore balance.
