Cleansing, Activating, Balancing, and Aligning your Chakras
by BB Curtis
We are all aware that our nervous systems run by electrical impulses. We also know that an electrical impulse creates a field of energy. The obvious then must stand true that we live within our own fields of this energy. According to quantum physics, everything is energy – all matter (of which we are made) is energy. So, let’s agree that our bodies are bodies of energy. We should be able to assume that since the brain, being the largest concentration of nerve tissue in our bodies would be an energy center and that our spinal columns, having another large concentration of nerve tissue, would have, along its route through the vertebrae, other energy centers. The rest of the body, to one degree or another, would also have energy centers to some degree, depending on the concentration of energy at each point. Since we radiate this energy (the electrical energy field we talked about in the second sentence), we should again be able to ensure that there are others of these energy centers within some close proximity to our physical bodies. These energy centers are known as chakras.
Traditionally, the major chakras are seven in number: Base, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Brow, and Crown. There are three other important chakras: Earth, Higher Heart, and Higher Crown. We now have 10. According to many sources, there is also a myriad of other minor chakras throughout the body, but we will be dealing with only the 10 mentioned here.
Disharmony is the result of either blocked or overactive chakras. There are numerous methods to realign and balance the chakras, creating positive, healthy energy for a well-rounded life. Most methods include purposeful breathing techniques, visualization, sound vibrations, color vibrations, purposeful intent and meditation, fragrance relationships, and healing crystal vibrations, which are connected to color vibrations.
A deep, relaxing breathing technique, such as Central Column Breathing, is helpful to begin your cleansing and balancing exercise. This is also an excellent technique to use prior to meditation, to relax before going to sleep, and to revitalize at the start of the day among other things. Briefly, this involves being seated comfortably, legs uncrossed if in a chair, and finding your breathing pattern while breathing in through the nose and out through the slightly open mouth. Then, begin to breathe in as if the influx of air were coming in from the top of your head, filling your body as it goes down. At a natural point, begin to exhale as though the air were exiting down through the body and out the soles of the feet. Repeat this exercise five times. Next, change to breathing up from the earth beneath, up through the body, and exhaling through the top of your head. Repeat five times. Remain relaxed and unstrained. Now, breathe in from the top of your head on the first breath sequence and then in from the earth on the second breath sequence, alternating each sequence for five minutes. This exercise clears the central column of your body and prepares it for meditation and healing.
The next step in a relatively uncomplicated method of balancing and aligning the chakras is to lie flat, placing appropriate crystals below, above, and on your body positioned at the chakra centers for approximately 20 minutes and relaxing into a meditative state with the intention of balancing and aligning. The chart below shows both the position and some suggested stones to use for optimal healing. Have the stones pre-selected and nearby when you begin the breathing technique so that you are able to go straight from the breathing position into the meditative position, not losing the benefits of the breathing technique before the stone placement. (Stones should be cleared, charged, and programmed with the proper intent prior to use. For more information on this, see The Astarte Home’s Earthly Energies – Crystals page, Crystals: Care and Feeding.)
It can be helpful to use aromatherapy during your exercise. Fragrances that either stimulate or quiet the chakras are listed in the chart below. You can use either essential oils (do not use neat oils directly on the skin), incense or joss sticks, alone or in combinations according to need and/or preference.
I have purposely, for the sake of space and your time, kept this succinct. There are numerous good books that go into extensive detail and offer many methods, exercises, and in-depth descriptions of ways to cleanse, balance, heal, sedate, activate, alight, etc. the chakras. See below for some suggestions.
Note: There are no links in this list of books. You are free to search for them from whatever sources you prefer. I offer the list as a service and starting point only. I do not receive any compensation if you purchase any of the books listed.
Unlock the Power of Your Chakras
by Masuda Mohamadi
Chakra Healing
by Margarita Alcantara
Complete Book of Chakras
by Cyndi Dale
Chakra Healing: A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Healing Techniques that Balance the Chakras
by Margarita Alcantara
The Chakra Bible
by Patricia Mercier
Chakra and Energy Bodywork
by Keith Sherwood
Chakras for Beginners: Thе Cоmplеtе Bеginnеr’s Guidе tо Sеlf-Hеaling Tеchniquеs That Balancе thе Chakras and Incrеasе yоur Еnеrgy
by Deepali Nara
Wheels of Life
by Anodea Judith
A Beginner’s Guide to the Chakras
by Marion McGeough
The Book of Chakras
by Ambika Wauters
The Ultimate Guide to Chakras
by Athena Perrakis
Wishing you the best of health in body, mind, and spirit.
Live in the Light,
Bobbi
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Disclaimer: This information is intended for educational purposes only and is not meant to substitute for medical care or to prescribe treatment for any specific health condition. Please see a qualified healthcare provider for medical treatment. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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