People often think the chakras are all mystical and esoteric, but the chakras have some really tangible effects in our lives. When out of balance, they can stagnate with emotional energy from fear, shame and anxiety. What we want is to keep our energy moving and over the next few posts, I am going to […]
“If you have ever suffered from inhibitions and lack confidence in your own sensuality, you may benefit greatly from exploring your sacral chakra.” Natalie Southgate ॐ The sacral chakra – or Svadhisthana in sanskrit – means “sweetness” or “one’s own place”. I like to call it “the sweet spot.” This alludes to the sensual bliss of an […]
The solar plexus chakra is known as Manipura in Sanskrit, which means lustrous gem. This truly is the shining jewel of your vital life force energy. Manipura regulates our pranic – or life force – energy throughout our body, controlling our energy balance, vitality and strength. It governs our digestive fires and heat regulation in […]
What is Chakradance? Starting at the Base Chakra, we use sound and movement to connect in with our subtle energy or chakras, releasing stuck energy, activating and cleansing our vital life force energy for vitality and wellbeing. Manipura, or solar plexus/navel chakra, is located in the spine behind the navel. It is the source of […]
I hope you have enjoyed this series of bija chakra meditations. This week brings us to the crown chakra, located at the top of your head. According to the yoga tradition, the crown chakra connects your individual awareness with infinite consciousness. Sahasrara in Sanskrit means “thousandfold,” so Sahasrara chakra literally means a thousand-petalled lotus. The […]
As you rise up into the energy of the throat chakra, you will begin to notice a shift in energy. Each of the four lower chakras corresponds energetically to a physical element. By the time you reach the throat, you are moving out of the physical plane and into the non-physical realm of ether. Vissudhi, […]
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 […]
Rumi wrote that your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. This is the essence of the heart Chakradance – to soften, to open and to harmonise the heart. Anahata, or heart chakra, is located in the spine, […]
As the days become shorter and the natural sunlight diminishes, what better time to ignite your inner sun.
The autumn equinox is a time to begin the journey inwards, in preparation for winter where we metaphorically, if not literally, go into hibernation.We lose a true sense of flow when we don’t honour the changes in the quality of the light, the movement of the wind, how the earth feels, and the shifts in tides. Water being our sacral element. It also coincides with international Water Day.
Let us honour our own waters, the sweet inner temple of the sacral chakra, and the shift within that intuitively occurs at this liminal time of year.
