Since Base Chakra carries our ancestral memories, basically everyone experiences challenges or blockages within muladhara. War, famine, natural disasters, and any events that threaten our basic survival, are all recorded within energies of the first chakra. These memories are imprinted in the subtle body and are passed down from generation to generation creating unconscious generational patterns. It is our work to take responsibility for our own lives and bring to light that which is unconscious.

All of the seven chakras are important and interconnected with each other. Usually, balancing one chakra will create change in another chakra. It is important though to balance the Root Chakra first, before we proceed to others, or we will lack the stability and rootedness necessary for true transformation and personal growth. We cannot grow and change unless we feel safe and secure.

First Chakra at a glance:

Sanskrit name: Muladhara – root support
Element: Earth
Color: Red
Shape: Square
Petals of the lotus: Four
Seed sound: LANG
Vowel sound: O
Rights: To have
Endocrine gland: Adrenal cortex
Physical association:The skeletal structure, teeth, large intestine, kidneys, blood
Psychological function: Survival and self preservation
Identity: Physical identity
Developmental stage: Womb to 12 months
Challenge: Fear
Plane: Physical plane
Planets: Saturn, Earth
Deity: Brahma, Dakini, Ganesha
Mythological Animal White elephant with seven trunks
Sense organ: Nose
Predominant sense: Smell
Incense: Cedar
Herb: Sage
Sephira: Malkuth
Tarot suite: Pentacles

Our Tea:  Muladhara Chakra Tea

Root Chakra Affirmations:
I feel deeply rooted.
I am connected to my body.
I feel safe and secure.
Just like a tree or a star, I have a right to be here.
I stand for my values, for truth, and for justice.
I have what I need.
I am grounded, stable, and standing on my own two feet.
I nurture my body with healthy food, clean water, exercise, relaxation, and connection with nature.
I am open to possibilities.
I am grateful for all the challenges that helped me to grow and transform.
I trust in the goodness of life.
I make choice that are healthy and good for me.
I trust myself.
I love life.

Many gemstones are thought to offer mystic healing to its wearer. Precious and semi-precious gemstones have been used since recorded history and probably before, for spiritual, emotional and physical healing. Alternative healers all over the world use gemstones today.

The technique of using crystals and gemstones on the receiver’s body for healing is called laying on of stones. It is a powerful method of cleansing negative energy, clearing and balancing the chakras, effecting emotional release, and bringing light and healing into all the aura bodies. Cleared, programmed, and dedicated stones move the receiver’s vibration into alignment with the planet and the universal grid. This results in a freeing of life force energy in the chakras and aura, a healing of the Body of Light, and a transformation of negative or dis-ease into health.​

Process of Laying On of Stones

The process may be done with clear quartz crystals only, colored gemstones only, or a combination of both. The stones may be used alone or with a hands on healing. The stones are placed upon the receiver’s body from feet to head. Use gemstones with colors matching each chakra’s color. The stones can be in any form-faceted, raw, tumbled, or beads. Energy in this type of healing needs to move in one direction through the body, either Earth to sky or sky to Earth. If the energy is Earth to sky, all the gemstones that have points are placed with the points turned towards the receiver’s crown. The effect of this direction is to move the receiver’s energy to a higher vibration or more spiritual level. If the direction is from sky to Earth, it is the opposite, with the crystals pointing toward the feet. This direction moves life force energy from crown to feet for grounding and rooting into Earth.

To begin, the receiver lies on her back on a padded floor or massage table, with pillows under her head and knees for comfort. The space should be quiet, comfortable, and warm. Use only stones that have been dedicated to positive energy and programmed for healing. Invite spirit guides and angels into the session if you wish.

Start by placing a clear quartz crystal above her head and below her feet. In the right hand place another crystal and in the left hand place a rose quartz gemstone. Then go chakra by chakra, moving from the feet to crown and placing the appropriate colored gemstone for each center. There may be stones that you are drawn to for a particular reason, let yourself be guided, there are no real rules. You cannot do it wrong. A stone that is not needed for the session or is inappropriate for the receiver’s energy will roll right off or roll to another place where it is better utilized. Allow this to occur. If the receiver feels uncomfortable with a particular stone, remove it, the energy is not right for her needs.

Next, start your hands on healing. While your hands are covering each chakra over the stone, visualize the bright color of the gemstone entering the chakra, making it appear bright, balanced, centered, and healthy. Do this visualization until you feel confident to move to the next chakra. End with a complete brushing of the aura.

A laying on of stones healing can be quite intense. There is often a major energy shift during this type of healing. More frequent emotional releases, past life and this life trauma openings and other transformative events. The healers role in this is to wait for the release to end and to be entirely non-judgmental. After a session, there may also be a physical detoxification process that can continue for up to a week. Be aware of what is happening and again, allow it. The changes are always positive and are usually gentle.

Increases your connection to the earth and gives strength to basic life-force urges, such as the will to live in the physical world. Charges, protects, shields. Good for all organs in the first chakra area.

ROSE

Brings strong active love for others, helps you love. Very healing for heart and lung problems.

PINK

Brings soft, yielding love for others.

PEACH

Brings a soft, yielding, expanding light spirit.

ORANGE

Charges your sexual energy and enhances your immune system. Good for all organs in the second chakra region. Increases your ambition.

YELLOW

Gives more mental clarity, a sense of appropriateness. Good for all organs in the third chakra region. Clears the mind.

GREEN

Brings balance and a feeling a fullness. I’m okay, you’re okay, and the world is okay. Good for all organs connected to the fourth chakra, like the heart.

BLUE

Brings peace, truth, and quiet order. Helps you speak the truth, increases sensitivity, strengthens the inner teacher. Good for all organs in the fifth chakra area, like the thyroid and lungs. Used to cauterize wounds in spiritual surgery.

DARK BLUE

Brings a strong sense of purpose.

INDIGO

Opens spiritual perception, brings the feeling of ecstasy. Helps you to connect to the deeper mystery of spiritual life. Good for any organ near the sixth chakra.

PURPLE

Helps you integrate and move into spirituality, brings a sense of royalty. Helps increase a sense of leadership and respect.

LAVENDER

Brings a lighthearted attitude towards life. Clears and purges invading microorganisms, brings a feeling of lightness.

WHITE

Helps you connect to your purity and expands your field. Brings spiritual expansion and connection to others on the spiritual level; gives outward flow of energy. Reduces pain and is great for the brain.

GOLD

Enhances the higher mind, understanding the perfect pattern, brings a sense of great power. Helps you connect to God and the spiritual strength in you. Strengthens any part of you.

SILVER

Very strong purging of microorganisms, used directly after lavender in clearing out debris in the human energy field. Helps you move faster and communicate better. Used to cauterize wounds in spiritual surgery.

PLATINUM

Cleans and purges invading microorganisms, even stronger than the silver light.

BLACK

Helps you draw within and stay centered. Brings complete peace. If you use it well, it will  help you enter into deep internal creative forces. Brings you into the void, the source of teaming un-manifest life, waiting to be born into manifestation.. Brings you into Grace. Good to help deal with death. Good to help heal bones.

The word ‘chakra’ is derived from the Sanskrit word meaning ‘wheel’. If we were able to see the chakras (as many psychics, in fact, do) we would observe a wheel of energy continuously revolving or rotating. Clairvoyants perceive chakras as colorful wheels or flowers with a hub in the center. The chakras begin at the base of the spine and finish over the top of the head. Though fixed in the central spinal column they are located on both the front and back of the body, and work through it.

Each chakra vibrates and rotates at different speeds. The root or first chakra rotates at the slowest speed, the crown or seventh chakra at the highest. Each chakra is stimulated by its own and complimentary color, and a range of gemstones for specific uses. The chakra colors are of the rainbow; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The size and brightness of the wheels vary with individual development, physical condition, energy levels, disease, or stress.

If the chakras are not balanced, or if the energies are blocked, the basic life force will be slowed down. The individual may feel listless, tired, out of sorts, or depressed. Not only will physical bodily functions be affected so diseases may manifest, but the thought processes and the mind may also be affected. A negative attitude, fear, doubt, etc. may preoccupy the individual. A constant balance between the chakras promotes health and a sense of well being. If the chakras are opened to much, a person could literally short circuit themselves with too much universal energy going through the body. If the chakras are closed, this does not allow for the universal energy to flow through them properly which may also lead to dis-ease.

Most of us react to unpleasant experiences by blocking our feeling and stopping a great deal of our natural energy flow. This affects the maturation and development of the chakras. Whenever a person blocks whatever experience he is having, he in turn blocks his chakras, which eventually become disfigured. When the chakras are functioning normally, each will be ‘open’, spinning clockwise to metabolize the particular energies needed from the universal energy field.

As already mentioned any ‘imbalances’ that exist within any chakra may have profound effects upon either our physical or emotional bodies. We are able to use our quartz crystals and gemstones to re-balance all our chakric centers and once the chakra has been properly balanced then our body will gradually return to normal.

The reason why crystals and gemstones are wonderful and powerful healing tools are because of what science calls its piezoelectric effect. (You can see this effect in the modern quartz watches). Crystals and gemstones respond to the electricity that is coursing through our body, and if the energy is sluggish, the constant electrical vibrations of the stones will help to harmonize, balance, and stimulate these energies.

THE SEVEN MAJOR CHAKRAS

FIRST CHAKRA-ROOT
Studying the individual chakras begins with the root chakra, called Muladhara in Sanskrit. The root chakra is located at the base of the spine at the tailbone in back, and the pubic bone in front. This center holds the basic needs for survival, security and safety. The root chakra is powerfully related to our contact with the Earth Mother, providing us with the ability to be grounded into the earthplane. This is also the center of manifestation.
When you are trying to make things happen in the material world, business or material possessions, the energy to succeed will come from the first chakra.

If this chakra is blocked an individual may feel fearful, anxious, insecure and frustrated. Problems like obesity, anorexia nervosa, and knee troubles can occur. Root body parts include the hips, legs, lower back and sexual organs. The colors used for this chakra are red, brown and black.

The gemstones are Garnet, Smoky Quartz, Obsidian, and Black Tourmaline. NOTE: A man’s sexual organs are located primarily in his first chakra, so male sexual energy is usually experienced primarily as physical. A women’s sexual organs are located primarily in her second chakra, so female sexual energy is usually experienced primarily as emotional. Both chakras are associated with sexual energy.

SECOND CHAKRA-BELLY (SACRAL)
The next chakra or second chakra is often referred to as the belly or (sacral). It is located two inches below the navel and is rooted into the spine. This center holds the basic needs for sexuality, creativity, intuition, and self-worth. This chakra is also about friendliness, creativity, and emotions. It governs peoples sense of self-worth, their confidence in their own creativity, and their ability to relate to others in an open and friendly way. It’s influenced by how emotions were expressed or repressed in the family during childhood.

Proper balance in this chakra means the ability to flow with emotions freely and to feel and reach out to others sexually or not. If this chakra is blocked a person may feel emotionally explosive, manipulative, obsessed with thoughts of sex or may lack energy. Physical problems may include, kidney weakness, stiff lower back, constipation, and muscle spasms. Belly body parts include sexual organs (women), kidneys, bladder, and large intestine. The main color used with this chakra is orange.

The gemstones are Carnelian Agate, Orange Calcite and Tigers Eye.

THIRD CHAKRA-SOLAR PLEXUS
The third chakra is referred to as the Solar Plexus. It is located two inches below the breastbone in the center behind the stomach. The third chakra is the center of personal power, the place of ego , of passions, impulses, anger and strength. It is also the center for astral travel and astral influences, receptivity of spirit guides and for psychic development. When the Third Chakra is out of balance you may lack confidence, be confused, worry about what others think, feel that others are controlling your life, and may be depressed.
Physical problems may include digestive difficulties, liver problems, diabetes, nervous exhaustion, and food allergies.

When balanced you may feel cheerful, outgoing, have self-respect, expressive, enjoy taking on new challenges, and have a strong sense of personal power. The body parts for this chakra include the stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, and small intestine. The main color for this chakra is yellow.

The gemstones are Citrine, Topaz, and Yellow Calcite.

FOURTH CHAKRA- HEART
The fourth chakra is referred to as the heart chakra. It is located behind the breast bone in front and on the spine between the shoulder blades in back. This is the center for love, compassion and spirituality. This center directs one’s ability to love themselves and others, to give and to receive love. This is also the chakra connecting body and mind with spirit. Almost everyone today has a hard, hurt, or broken heart, and it is no accident that heart disease is the number one killer in America today. Deep heart hurts can result in aura obstructions called heart scars. When these scars are released, they raise a lot of old pain, but free the heart for healing and new growth. When this chakra is out of balance you may feel sorry for yourself, paranoid, indecisive, afraid of letting go, afraid of getting hurt, or unworthy of love.

Physical illnesses include heart attack, high blood pressure, insomnia, and difficult in breathing.
When this chakra is balanced you may feel compassionate, friendly, empathetic, desire to nurture others and see the good in everyone. Body parts for the fourth chakra include heart, lungs, circulatory system, shoulders, and upper back. The main colors used are pink and green.

The gemstones are Rose Quartz, Kunzite, and Watermelon Tourmaline.

FIFTH CHAKRA-THROAT
The fifth chakra is referred to as the Throat. It is located in the V of the collarbone at the lower neck and is the center of communication, sound, and expression of creativity via thought , speech, and writing. The possibility for change, transformation and healing are located here. The throat is where anger is stored and finally let go of.
When this chakra is out of balance you may want to hold back, feel timid, be quiet, feel weak, or can’t express your thoughts.

Physical illnesses or ailments include, hyperthyroid, skin irritations, ear infections, sore throat, inflammations, and back pain. When this chakra is balanced you may feel balanced, centered, musically or artistically inspired, and may be a good speaker. Body parts for the fifth chakra are throat, neck, teeth, ears, and thyroid gland.
The main color used is light blue.

The gemstones are Aquamarine and Azurite.

SIXTH CHAKRA- THIRD EYE
The sixth chakra is referred to as the Third Eye. It is located above the physical eyes on the center of the forehead. This is the center for psychic ability, higher intuition, the energies of spirit and light. It also assists in the purification of negative tendencies and in the elimination of selfish attitudes. Through the power of the sixth chakra, you can receive guidance, channel, and tune into your Higher Self.

When this chakra is not balanced you may feel non-assertive, afraid of success, or go the opposite way and be egotistical. Physical symptoms may include headaches, blurred vision, blindness, and eyestrain. When this chakra is balanced and open you are your own master with no fear of death, are not attached to material things, may experience telepathy, astral travel, and past lives. Sixth chakra body parts include the eyes, face, brain, lymphatic and endocrine system. The main colors are purple and dark blue.

The gemstones are Amethyst, Sodalite, and Lapis Lazuli.

SEVENTH CHAKRA-THE CROWN
The seventh chakra is referred to as the Crown. It is located just behind the top of the skull. It is the center of spirituality, enlightenment, dynamic thought and energy. It allows for the inward flow of wisdom, and brings the gift of cosmic consciousness. This is also the center of connectedness with the Goddess (God), the place where life animates the physical body. The silver cord that connects the aura bodies extends from the crown.
The soul comes into the body through the crown at birth and leaves from the crown at death.

When this chakra is unbalanced there may be a constant sense of frustration, no spark of joy, and destructive feelings. Illnesses may include migraine headaches and depression. Balanced energy in this chakra may include the ability to open up to the Divine and total access to the unconscious and subconscious. The main colors for the crown are white and purple.

The gemstones are Clear Quartz Crystal, Oregon Opal, and Amethyst.

THE EIGHTH CHAKRA-THE TRANSPERSONAL POINT
is located several inches above the center of the head is the Transpersonal point. Place a hand there and a tingling sensation in the palm identifies the center. Its color is clear and is activated by selenite or zircon. Through the Transpersonal point the soul is manifested into matter, it carries the individual’s reasons to incarnate into this lifetime. Other names for this center include “Soul Star” and “Heavenly Chi”.

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Through seeking guidance and meditation, Siddhartha achieved Enlightenment. From that point, he was known as the Buddha, which means ‘Enlightened One’. For the rest of his life, the Buddha traveled great distances teaching people about one path to salvation.

The Four Sights

Soon Siddhartha became disillusioned with the palace life and wanted to see the outside world. He made four trips outside the palace and saw four things that changed his life. On the first three trips, he saw sickness, old age and death. He asked himself, “How can I enjoy a life of pleasure when there is so much suffering in the world?”

On his fourth trip, he saw a wandering monk who had given up everything he owned to seek an end to suffering. “I shall be like him.” Siddhartha thought.

Renunciation

Leaving his kingdom and loved ones behind, Siddhartha became a wandering monk. He cut off his hair to show that he had renounced the worldly lifestyle and called himself Gautama. He wore ragged robes and wandered from place to place. In his search for truth, he studied with the wisest teachers of his day. None of them knew how to end suffering, so he continued the search on his own.

For six years he practiced severe asceticism thinking this would lead him to enlightenment. He sat in meditation and ate only roots, leaves and fruit. At times he ate nothing. He could endure more hardships than anyone else, but this did not take him anywhere. He thought, “Neither my life of luxury in the palace nor my life as an ascetic in the forest is the way to freedom. Overdoing things can not lead to happiness. ” He began to eat nourishing food again and regained his strength.

Enlightenment

On a full-moon day in May, he sat under the Bodhi tree in deep meditation and said. “I will not leave this spot until I find an end to suffering.” During the night, he was visited by Mara, the evil one, who tried to tempt him away from his virtuous path. First he sent his beautiful daughters to lure Gautama into pleasure. Next he sent bolts of lightning, wind and heavy rain. Last he sent his demonic armies with weapons and flaming rocks. One by one, Gautama met the armies and defeated them with his virtue.

As the struggle ended, he realized the cause of suffering and how to remove it. He had gained the most supreme wisdom and understood things as they truly are. He became the Buddha, ‘The Awakened One’. From then on, he was called Shakyamuni Buddha.

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We know that foods carry vibrational patterns, just like people. The phytonutrients, biophotons and cultivate signature all play a role in creating the vibration.

We know the color associated with the second chakra is orange. Orange foods include oranges, mangoes, cantaloupes, apricots, pumpkins, carrots and peppers. These foods have been shown to help repair damaged DNA, protect against cancer, and lower incidents of stroke and asthma. As Energy Medicine Practitioners, the cultivate signature is our primary concern. Let us think about some of the foods mentioned above and the properties of their cultivate signature, as it relates to the second chakra.

An orange has numerous seeds (traditionally), derives from a single ovary and is covered by a thick, pebbled rind. Just inside that rind is pith, a white fibrous material which holds the sections of fruit together. Oranges are usually grafted – trees are not grown from seed. A rootstock is grown from seed and then what is called budwood is grafted onto the rootstock. The budwood determines the variety of orange. We see energetic similarities to people here, as the creativity of the sacral chakra cannot occur if the first chakra (root) is not strong.

Other qualities of the cultivate signature include multiplicity or abundance (sections) organized within wholeness. The fruits are “thick skinned” – a term often used to describe healthy emotional detachment. Oranges can be sweet and are often used for juice. What is more pleasurable than “sweet and juicy”? (Yes, there are also sour oranges and they have a different cultivate signature.) What other energetic attributes come to mind when you think of oranges? Take a moment to connect with the energy of oranges. Perhaps hold one in your hand as you do this. How do you feel?

Mango trees have an extraordinary lifespan and can still bear fruit after 300 years! These trees have very deep roots. The leaves change color as they mature and the fruits come in a multitude of colors and sizes. Flowers are wonderfully fragrant and grow in panicles (like lilacs). Of course not all the flowers become fruit, but this means that fruits grow individually and close together. High levels of creativity are characterized by many ideas and then a refinement of those ideas – much like how the flowers mature into fruit. These facts point to a cultivate signature of extreme stability (thanks to those deep roots) and a high level of individuation. The mango fruit has one big seed inside succulent juicy flesh, and a thin skin. It is hard to separate the flesh from the seed and skin. This is indicative of raw creativity and high sensitivity or connection with emotions.

We know the second chakra, or sacral chakra, corresponds to emotional issues, desire, pleasure, creativity, relationships (especially with ourselves), power and money. Someone with a compromised sacral chakra might have feelings of being stuck or unable to make choices. They may resist working on emotional issues or allow emotions to rule them. They may develop or have addictions. They may have faulty thinking, often from a single point of view. Oranges and mangoes, which have qualities of abundance, can be helpful to those who feel mired and lack options. As we have noted, mangoes have a thin skin. They are not appropriate if one is feeling emotionally vulnerable. In this case, a thick-skin will help one to feel strong and detached. If one is lacking options and has a healthy emotional state, mangoes might help to strengthen creativity and abundance.

If someone is emotionally sensitive, grasping possibilities in hopes of finding an answer, we might see a compromised root chakra in addition to a compromised sacral chakra. In this case, carrots might be a good choice. They grow underground, providing security and groundedness. Carrots are firm and crisp – they stand tall. Orange bell peppers are fascinating when we think of the cultivate signature qualities. Technically it is a fruit, though usually considered a vegetable. The seeds cluster in the middle of an empty space. Peppers have structure, yet are flexible. We might see them as a receptacle waiting to be filled. All of these facts indicate a cultivate signature rich in possibilities. If someone is grounded and wanting to change, but they have not made space for the new pattern, this is a great choice. Next time you’re at the supermarket, take time to notice orange fruits and vegetables. Consider their physical characteristics and how these might relate to emotional issues you see in clients. When the energetic patterns of foods are internalized – consumed and digested – changes in energy patterns, physiology and psychology can occur.

By: Sharon Greenspan, CHHP, HTCP, M.Ed

Steeping your body in a bathtub full of medicinal leaves and flowers is more than pampering; it is preventive medicine that washes away stress and tension. Many herbal constituents can be absorbed through the skin and taking the time out to lie down in the bathtub is healing in itself.

Herbal bathing can help to calm the mind, lift the spirits, reduce stress, relax sore muscles, increase circulation, promote mental clarity, and help the body to release toxins. It is a known fact that warm water can help ease the tension away.

Bathing is more than getting the dirt off; it is a ritual with water. We bath for spiritual purification and to calm our minds and relax. Our water rituals are enhanced as we bring in the medicinal and spiritual properties of the herbs.

• Our beautiful bath teas come in our signature white rice paper bags and also includes a wooden scoop. Also, your bath tea will make for an excellent foot soak or facial steam.

Here are some ideas on how to use your beautiful herbal bath teas.

• Fill muslin bag with herbs. Add 4 cups of boiling water to bath sachet and steep for 15 minutes. Pour into hot bath using sachet as a sponge to massage and exfoliate the skin.

• Fill muslin bag with herbs. Hang sachet from the bath faucet and let the hot water run on the sachet

• Put the sachet directly into the bathtub

• Put the herbs directly into the bathtub

These chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating the flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of the chakras reflects decisions we make concerning how we choose to respond to conditions in our life. We open and close these valves when we decide what to think, and what to feel, and through which perceptual filter we choose to experience the world around us.

The chakras are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness in the same way that the auras are aspects of consciousness. The chakras are more dense than the auras, but not as dense as the physical body. They interact with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system. Each of the seven chakras is associated with one of the seven endocrine glands, and also with a group of nerves called a plexus. Thus, each chakra can be associated with particular parts of the body and particular functions within the body controlled by that plexus or that endocrine gland associated with that chakra.

All of your senses, all of your perceptions, all of your possible states of awareness, everything it is possible for you to experience, can be divided into seven categories. Each category can be associated with a particular chakra. Thus, the chakras represent not only particular parts of your physical body, but also particular parts of your consciousness.

When you feel tension in your consciousness, you feel it in the chakra associated with that part of your consciousness experiencing the stress, and in the parts of the physical body associated with that chakra. Where you feel the stress depends upon why you feel the stress. The tension in the chakra is detected by the nerves of the plexus associated with that chakra, and transmitted to the parts of the body controlled by that plexus. When the tension continues over a period of time, or to a particular level of intensity, the person creates a symptom on the physical level.

The symptom speaks a language that reflects the idea that we each create our reality, and the metaphoric significance of the symptom becomes apparent when the symptom is described from that point of view. Thus, rather than saying, “I can’t see,” the person would describe it as keeping themselves from seeing something. “I can’t walk,” means the person has been keeping themselves from walking away from a situation in which they are unhappy. And so on.

The symptom served to communicate to the person through their body what they had been doing to themselves in their consciousness. When the person changes something about their way of being, getting the message communicated by the symptom, the symptom has no further reason for being, and it can be released, according to whatever the person allows themselves to believe is possible.

• We believe everything is possible.
• We believe that anything can be healed. It’s just a question of how to do it.
• Understanding the chakras allows you to understand the relationship between your consciousness and your body, and to thus see your body as a map of your consciousness. It gives you a better understanding of yourself and those around you.

The Chakra System

There are seven major chakras in the human body, and also numerous less-important minor ones. The chakras are energy centers, points of energy flow, and act as energy junctions in the body. They are energy processing centers, and the chakra system (comprised of the seven major chakras) is our energetic connection to the realm of pure consciousness and our spiritual essence. The energetic operations in them are what make every aspect of our bodily, emotional, mental and spiritual life possible.

Each of the seven major chakras, or primary energy centers, has its own character and corresponds to a unique aspect of our being. They are patterns of energy, and are shaped something like funnels or whirlpools of energy. Their vortices lie inside the body, along the spinal cord (which corresponds to a central energy channel) and up into the head.

Because the chakra system is the central processing center for every aspect of our being, blockage or other energetic dysfunction in the chakras usually gives rise to disorders in the body, mind or spirit. A defect in the energy flow through any given chakra will result in a defect in the energy provided to certain portions of the physical body, as well as an impairment in the entire energy field’s ability to process energy—affecting all levels of the being. This is because the energy field is a holistic entity; every part of it affects every other part.

The chakras do not actually exist as “objects” in the physical body (they are actually energy patterns) but there are certain specific locations on the body, where you will place your hands, that correspond to the chakras, five along the spine, and two on the head. Each chakra also has a certain true color of the visible light spectrum associated with it—the intrinsic color of the chakra.

Energy Medicine, such as “Energy Healing” or “Healing Touch”, can remove the blocks to your well-being that are created by stress. This allows you to harvest all the good things that are ripe and ready for you. But you may ask, “How does that work?”

Daily stress’s create emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual reactions in our body/mind complex. Your subconscious mind makes judgements about events and thoughts you have and records these judgements to use as a reference in future situations.

For example, when you were a child perhaps you tried to ride a bike for the first time and you fell in front of some neighborhood kids and scraped your knee. you felt embarrassed by the kids laughing at you and you felt the pain in your knee from the injury.

Now 25 years later you might not consciously remember this event but your subconscious has recorded it under the heading of “Trying New Things”. So when it is time for you to change careers your subconscious pulls out this pattern and creates resistance and may even create pain in your knee as a replication of your past.

Energy Healing is an Energy Medicine which is able to access your subconscious blocks and remove them so your life today is not ruled by old, outdated patterns that no longer serve you. Another way Energy Medicine helps you is by allowing you to co-create “What’s Next” in your life. Sometimes the pull of our daily grind keeps us bogged down and unable to move forward. Energy Healing opens up communication with your Innate Wisdom so you get clarity and guidance from a higher, clearer perspective. This new vantage point offers the direction and guidance you need to move yourself forward.

Energy Healing empowers you to allow new, exciting possibilities of health, abundance, and well-being into your life.

How does Energy Healing work?

Healing Touch works from a multi-level energy perspective rather than a purely physical one and is based on the belief that we have energy fields surrounding and interpenetrating our physical bodies. Illness and injury are essentially imbalances in or disruptions to the healthy flow of energy in those fields. Healing occurs when the proper flow of energy is re-established.

Basically, all healing is self-healing. Our bodies have the wisdom and ability to heal themselves. Doctors and other health care professionals simply direct and facilitate that self-healing process. For example, a physician may “set” a broken bone, but it is the body itself that actually heals the break. A Healing Touch practitioner uses her hands to help realign a person’s energy field, eliminating any blocks and re-establishing a balanced flow of the energy so that the self-healing mechanisms “kick in” and do their job.

Healing Touch works to balance an individual’s energy on all levels – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Therefore healing often occurs on more than just the physical level.

Proponents claim that disease within the physical body occurs at the cellular and bimolecular levels. In vibrational medicine, healing is said to extend from the bimolecular level to the cellular and finally, to the anatomical. Every aspect of the body, mind and spirit has a distinct frequency that can be measured and altered. Each has a range of frequencies that are healthy and those that are unhealthy. The body and soul are made up of frequencies that form a harmonic whole when a person is in balance. When the frequencies fall out-of-tune due to stress and tension, this tends to result in disease.

Vibrational Medicine (also known as Vibrational Healing) is the art and science of consciously bringing those vibrational frequencies back into harmonic alignment through the use of vibratory tools, including light, color, sound, crystals and aromatherapy. Once harmony is restored, the disease tends to lose its grip and often falls away.

The gong is one of the oldest musical instruments in the world. Archaeologists have unearthed gongs built almost four thousand years ago. No wonder when we hear a gong we feel like we are being touched in our soul. The earliest written mention of the gong was in China in the 6th century. Meditation gongs can help you rediscover your true ego, while getting rid of your selfish one. These are also considered to be a part of the whole Tibetan meditation singing bowls arsenal. In fact, there is nothing that you should worry about. During a special course of meditation and contemplating with the rest of the world while practicing and training your mind in the overwhelming sound of these Tibetan gongs you are going to feel better. There is plenty of information about the true and real purpose of such gongs but I feel that people do not understand the basics.

The awakening sound of Tibetan singing meditation gongs should make you awake from your sleep. In Tibet and in most Asian cultures people say that while we think that we are awake we are in fact sleeping in true deep ignorance of ego and selfishness. There is a slight difference between meditation bells and gongs but it is not huge. The goal of both is the same. The main purpose of all meditation gongs is to penetrate your body, house, walls – everything with the fundamental sound of mystery and first of all to provoke that feeling of awakening inside one’s body and mind.

The pure ringing sound of the Tingshas creates an opening in reality. They are used at the beginning and end of a meditation period to open the mind for meditation, and then to focus our mind back to reality. They are also used in Feng Shui to ring in the four corners of a room in order to bring the energy in.