Hi,
This is Alessandra now with Dexter and Alessandra now.
And today I'm going to talk about a practice that can be very helpful in expressing what we tend to repress or suppress.
The value of this practice is that when the currents of energy from our root chakra and our second chakra,
Where we can experience negative feelings,
Negative emotions,
Survivalistic tendencies,
Feelings of hatred,
Of destruction,
When they rise up through our system and we don't express them,
Then what can happen is they can cause some disturbance,
Some imbalances in the physical body and also in our emotions,
In our thoughts.
So the throat chakra,
This chakra here,
The center of wisdom and discernment,
The center of willpower,
The center of creativity is an energy center that when you use it in a way that you can process out this energy of anger,
Hatred,
Resentment,
Whatever destructive energy is flowing through you at any moment in time is very helpful.
When we don't,
This center can have different negative symptomology.
So we can have sore throats,
We can have problems with our thyroid glands,
We can have all kinds of different disturbances at that level of our energy system.
And we can also feel like we can feel less creative,
We can feel like it's unsafe for us to express ourselves in the world,
We can feel like we are not able to feel wise and discerning and to assess things in the most optimal way.
So this practice is simple.
When you feel those currents of energy,
Of feeling destructive energy,
Of feeling anger,
Of feeling resentment,
Of feeling whatever negative emotion you're feeling,
Instead of suppressing it,
Which happens at this level often time.
Because when it gets to that level,
We can feel like it's not safe for us to express those things.
Because we can kind of imagine what the collective consciousness or what our family or what our friends or you know,
People in society would feel about what we're expressing.
And we can project that that would mean that we're bad or wrong or that we're abandonable.
And therefore,
Instead of processing out those emotions,
We suppress them,
And they stay stuck right here.
I don't know if you've ever had a situation where you've had an argument,
For instance,
And you're like,
You know,
Kind of like the words get stuck,
Or you know,
You're having some kind of conflict with someone and it's like you can't even speak,
You can't,
You're so angry,
And it all gets stuck here.
So you want to clear that energy,
You want to release it.
And this method does that.
So just expressing from that part of self while being aware and conscious.
So it means not expressing unconsciously,
As if it were true,
Simply choosing,
Oh,
I'm feeling this current of energy,
I'm feeling this emotion,
I'm feeling this feeling,
I'm going to express it.
Of course,
Not to someone.
So you would do that practice with yourself,
Whatever it is that you feel about someone,
A situation or yourself,
You would express that.
Again,
With the consciousness that it's not true or real,
And that it's also valid,
That whatever you feel is valid and understandable,
And therefore it allows you to bring consciousness to that process to be wise,
Discerning and to see it for what it is.
Meaning it's just an expression of a negative emotion that comes from a fear or belief or a judgment or an unmet expectation.
So first you express it like for instance,
I hate this person,
Or I just want to hit them,
Or I hate myself,
Whatever it is,
You just express it.
Again,
You're not reinforcing,
You're staying conscious,
You're kind of observing as you go through this process of expression.
And you're allowing this chakra to stay clear,
To not be overwhelmed with suppressed energies of anger,
Of resentment,
Of hatred or anything else that you're feeling in that center.
In addition to that,
Once you've done that,
Once you've vocalized that,
Once you've voiced it,
And you've allowed the energy to move,
Then you will want to add to this practice a forgiveness practice,
For instance,
The Forgive and Forget practice that we teach,
Where you will go into that part that was hating,
That was angry,
That was resentful towards self or others or a situation,
And you would want to transmute the energy through forgiveness.
So by coupling both,
You're addressing the expression,
You're allowing for things to be expressed and for energy not to be suppressed or repressed,
And you're also transmuting the energy from where it comes from,
Where it originates.
So in the root chakra,
The second chakra,
As these,
As different fears,
Different beliefs,
Again,
Expectations,
Judgments,
Get triggered in that level of your system,
You will use the Forgive and Forget to transmute that energy so that the fears can be transmuted,
The beliefs can be transmuted,
The judgments and expectations can be transmuted,
And therefore those energies are no longer generated.
So you clear what's already been,
You know,
Generated so that it doesn't get stuck here,
And then you heal the level of the root chakra and the second chakra,
Mostly,
The new energies,
The new emotions that get generated at that level of your center,
So that as the fears and the beliefs and the judgments and expectations are cleared,
Which are all aspects of ego,
As they clear from your system,
Then less and less negative emotions are experienced,
And therefore less and less energy goes to the fruit chakra with,
You know,
With that intensity that then we have the tendency to suppress.
So I hope this is helpful.
It's a simple practice.
There's a similar practice that's not coupled with the forgiveness practice called voice therapy,
Where you essentially embody whatever part of you,
Whether it's a child part,
Any part of your system that is essentially coming into being,
That's surfacing,
That you're becoming aware of,
Instead of internalizing it and experiencing it at the level of thought and emotion,
You're again voicing it out.
So you're letting your inner child speak,
You're letting whatever part of your system is coming up come up and express.
So that's very important.
Expressing yourself is very important.
Even those negative energies,
Those negative emotions,
Again,
Not with other people,
Simply within yourself so that they have the capacity to be processed out and not cause any dysfunction physically,
Mentally,
Emotionally or spiritually.
I hope this is helpful.
Sending you lots of love.
