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Specific Chakra Healing

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Specific Chakra Healing

Chakras are little wheels of light/energy placed strategically along our central nervous systems, which draw and use energy constantly. Although they can not be seen with the naked eye or by modern technological means, they are there, and are quite effectively utilized in healing processes. Working with chakral energy is as simple as the Color Breathing technique outlined in my previous article. Instead of drawing the energy into your lungs etc., the energy is drawn into the chakra. The energy pooled in each chakra is vital to our physical and psychological well being. If the energy is manifesting itself in a negative form, the result is often a physical one (illness). If the energy is drawn but blocked from transmitting itself to the body, it manifests itself psychologically, such as dissociation. There are general cleansing exercises for chakras, to open the flow and clear any blockages. If the need is greater in a specific area, and the chakra(s) requires a great deal of work, then target that area and cleanse it thoroughly.

I have been asked how you feel a blockage. For myself, when working with a client, I feel it as an uncomfortable mass of energy, and I have difficulty moving off the area to check the others. This may be different for each healer; you will learn to "know" when there is a blockage. When working on my own chakras, I feel blockages as a physical ache, almost painfully so. These feelings are un-noticeable however, unless I am thinking of that particular chakra. Once again, it is different for everyone, and will be "felt".

I personally envison chakras as solid wheels of colored light. Others visualize them as flowers, with a certain number of petals each. However you visualize them is up to you, although working with the appropriate color for each chakra is HIGHLY recommended. Below is a list of each chakra, it's location, color and number of petals. I have also listed possible manifestations, both positive and negative.

For now, I will get straight into the exercises/treatments. General cleansing and specific applications are basically the same, but specific has some changes during the final parts of the exercise.

General Cleansing - Sit or recline comfortably. Imagine a cord stretching from you tail bone to the Earth. This is called grounding, and it helps regulate energy flow. Now, starting with the base or root chakra (see below), imagine the wheel/flower spinning clockwise and filling with light. See it spin faster as it fills. Once you think it has reached maximum speed, leave it spinning and move on to the sacral chakra. Repeat the process here, and on the rest, all the way up to the crown chakra. Hold the spinning visualization for a few moments, then begin to envision a pillar of light flowing up the cord into your body, straight up your spine, and out through the top of your head. Hold this as long as possible, and then release each vision in turn, beginning with the pillar. See them all fade and slow. Take a deep breath, and relax. You are done.