You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Mary Oliver I love this quote. Reading Mary Oliver feels like lying down on lush, damp […]
Hi I’m Christina. Allow me share a little of my journey to Ms Raw Mojo with you. Seven years ago I turned 40. I was a single, working mum, and having navigated several difficult divorce years, I thought life was about to get good again. Then I crashed, physically, emotionally, every which way. I was […]
This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. Alan Wilson Watts Our Chakradance journey begins at the base chakra where we feel a strong connection to our bodies and relationship to […]
The Throat Chakra is the centre of communication. From a conversation at the grocery store to saying “I do” at the altar, every conversation you have adds or depletes energy at this point in your body. But communication is a relationship. It involves listening as much as speaking. The Throat Chakra also rules the ears. When you hold back from saying what you mean or stop listening, your Throat Chakra cannot flow freely.
Vissudha, is the expression of self through speech and creativity. Finding your true voice.
With our words we create our world. In this energy of Vissudha you are called to correct your intellect and move towards greater clarity and understanding, to know the power of your words as a generator of meaning, that your communication may become a transmitter of compassion and the radiance of love.
In the words of Hafiz, “the words you speak become the house you live in.”
When the heart chakra is open and balanced, we are able to walk through life with heart. Walking with heart means walking through life with loving kindness and generosity.
Mantras are specific sounds which have long been used to activate the chakras by chanting the sound that resonates to the particular chakra vibration. Sound is probably THE most powerful way to activate and balance your chakra system. When I was in India I visited an ayurvedic doctor who prescribed mantra meditation for me. He noticed my base/root chakra […]
It is easy to dismiss the third eye chakra as being a bit woo-woo. I mean it’s all about psychic abilities and visions isn’t it? Well yes, and no. The third eye chakra is certainly pertinent to our sixth sense or intuition. But that’s only half the story. This chakra, known as Ajna in Indian […]
The Sanskrit name for the heart chakra is Anahata or ‘un-struck’ – in the Indian Vedic tradition there are two kinds of sounds, and ‘unstruck’ means an inner resonance or subtle vibration that is perceived through the heart centre. The heart is the place of the awakened self. Here we move from group consciousness, defined by […]
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, you need to decide what difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall This week we journey into Anahata, the heart chakra. This is the chakra of love and compassion. When the heart chakra […]
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