Chakra Balancing - A Teaching & A Practice

This is an edited version of a live session done here on Insight Timer where we shared the concept of Chakras and then a very powerful chakra balancing practice.

Maintaining the health of the energy of your body can be a wonderful aid in your physical health and general well-being. This practice teaches you how to maintain this yourself. You can take this knowledge and use it anywhere anytime to balance yourself energetically.

The first 10 minutes is a teaching around what the chakras are and then the practice begins.

Voice Carla LunAscention
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The second Track "Harmony of the Divine" composed by Music of Wisdom
Photo By Mariana Del Carmen

Transcript

Hello and welcome to today's live session.

We will be doing a channel guided meditation.

I am feeling called to work a little bit with chakra balancing today and I think I would like to talk a little bit about the chakras,

About energy centers,

About belief systems and about the way energy sorts before we go into the chakra balancing meditation.

And of course if there are any of you who are new today,

Hi my name is Carla.

I am a psychic.

I channel a group of higher dimensional light beings whom I refer to as the blue team and it is my honor to share that energy with you today in the channel guided meditation.

So let's take a moment to talk about energy centers.

How do you define a chakra and or an energy center?

How many chakras do you think they are?

As always we are allowing discussion to pry open or to create further inquiry in terms of our understanding.

So always growing,

Always expanding,

Always shifting.

It is a little bit of a trick question because I think even the idea of counting things,

Numbering things is just a very linear way of thinking,

Right?

When it comes to the collapse of time and space,

Counting things no longer has any benefit.

So I kind of want to say there isn't really an answer to the question I've asked.

We can't really count how many energy centers there are because just our very focus on a part of the body can create an energy center there.

Just our very belief system and our focused energy will cause an energy center to be created.

So here are the fundamental rules.

Energy goes where attention flows and our belief systems form those energy flows as well,

Right?

So the belief,

Right?

The idea of the structures or system of thought that we abide by creates the understanding that we have of the energy and therefore the energy will flow in that way.

Now it's very useful for us to work with these systems because it provides tools for us to access the energy through.

So of course in new age spirituality,

Which you know a lot of people would probably put me in that category of new age,

Although I personally would not put myself into that category but I understand that other people do.

A lot of people would assume that that is where I fit in.

I prefer to not really fit into any category but a lot of new age philosophy is based on the seven chakra system.

The root chakra which is at the base of the spine and we go up to the sacral chakra which is either somewhere between the base of the spine and the belly button or on the belly button and we go to the solar plexus which is either between where the ribs meet or the belly button depending which belief system you abide by.

It really doesn't matter.

Then we have the heart center,

Then we have the throat center and then we have the third eye and then we have the crown.

Now many of you will resonate with those chakra points,

Those energy points.

Those are the most popularly used ones.

Of course there are other people who look into other ancient teachings mostly from India of course.

We're really looking at Vedic traditions,

Yogic traditions and origins.

Many of us have quite narrow understandings of what this is.

The more you look into these philosophies and traditions,

The more you realize if you spent every single day studying the origins of yoga and Hinduism and the Vedas,

If you studied it every single day for the rest of your life,

You would not even touch the tip of the iceberg of the understanding of what is there.

I think that's such an important thing for us to acknowledge that there's there's such a vast knowledge that we can barely tap into in terms of what these teachings are appropriated from.

So in terms of new age understanding around those chakras,

Always be cautious with people who are saying this is the chakras,

This is the energy centers and anyone who gets too solid a prescription around the way energy is sorted is not fully understanding the multi-dimensional nature of this universe and also the power that we have in being able to organize and sort energy out.

So my point is we can tap into the earth chakra,

The upper heart chakra,

We can work with you know there are like 13 other crown chakras that shoot up higher and higher and higher.

You can work with those,

You also don't have to work with those.

You know some people will tell you oh the seven chakra system is incomplete,

That's also a little bit flawed and lacking because maybe in your belief system,

So the way you're organizing energy,

You see that as incomplete.

I don't see it as useful to see any of these systems as incomplete.

Every system of organizing energy,

So every belief system,

It's just a structure that says energy organized in this way and then the energy goes okay we'll organize in this way right that's how it works.

Any system is useful and I do think there is a lot of value in working with the seven chakra system.

However of course there are many other portals and energy centers within the body so to think that there's only seven is a little bit flawed but to work with seven as a complete structure is not a problem if that feels good for you.

Belief systems organize energy and the energy will flow and work in the way that your belief system dictates it should.

So for example if you don't believe in chakras that's fine you don't have to doesn't mean it's not true for other people but then your energy won't organize in that way.

Your energy will organize in a way that resonates with your belief system.

So in order to get the benefit from any practice you just have to suspend your disbelief and allow that system of organizing the energy to organize the energy for that session and I think because there are thousands of years of sages and sacred teachers and powerful spiritual peoples when you enter into a belief system where there are thousands of people who've been praying the same prayers who've been saying the same words who've been flowing the energy in that direction the energy has a lot of momentum.

So likewise the energy of the chakra centers has a lot of momentum because of how many beliefs,

How many prayers,

How many chants,

How much work has been done on those belief systems for the energy to flow in that way and it's a powerful system to work with.

It works very well we all know that the concept of chakras comes from India.

There are a number of sources at least some of the kundalini texts some of the original yoga texts there are slight variations in where those energy centers fall and there are variations in how many there are.

I think in kundalini there's one writing that says there's 13 chakras there is some texts that say there's eight chakras there's some texts that say there's seven and that seven chakra system is the one that's been appropriated by new age and most people will talk about the seven chakra system.

The position of the sacral and the solar plexus is often different depending which system you're looking at.

There's a lot of disputes about which ones are correct.

I don't think any of that is useful.

I think you get to choose for yourself what resonates and you know if we think of India as a mother in terms of influence not only across the east but across the world but certainly across the east and you think of Jainism,

Hinduism which of course is a very vast and multi-dimensional thing.

The mother of Buddhism of course Buddha was a Hindu much like Jesus was a Jew.

It's not necessarily trying to start a new religion but really to bring people to perhaps a different way of reaching what I guess we would in the east call Samadhi or in western concepts or heaven right or the kingdom of God which if you boil it down is essentially the vibration of love or blissfulness or connection with that one all that is.

I do think that it is important for us to give due respect to where it is that this thought is coming from and to give thanks not only for the information and the powerful system that has been shared with the world but also to pay homage and respect to the thousands of sacred teachers that have walked the lands.

You know there has been a huge concentration of such elevated sacred sages and holy men essentially in India compared to many other places in the world.

Of course there have been holy people all over the world and of course when we boil it all down we are all holy but of course you know some people just know that truth more innately than others and are able to really walk that walk and to inspire others and the chakra system has really been fundamental in terms of working with the energy of the body and becoming master of the energies of the body.

I really want to help you to start connecting with your own body with your own energy centers in a way that doesn't just go oh this is where it's supposed to be this is what it's supposed to be this is definitely what this represents this is definitely what color this is and to explore the body and begin to tap into the intelligence of your own imagination and your own ability to sense and perceive what is going on within your own body and the intelligence that you have in being able to decide and dictate what is going on within your own body and being what is resonating for you.

Chakra is a Sanskrit word obviously from India and the literal translation means wheel and so of course this refers to the idea that these that these energy centers spin right they spin like a wheel going round on a cart and that they have a round shape because of course the spinning roundness is an important aspect of something that should spin in a healthy and centered way.

The other thing that seems to be quite a popular way of sorting the energy is the understanding because this is like a very front centric understanding of the chakras so we always look at the chakras from the front of the body but if we understand that they're kind of these portals that move through the body.

Brown is the other side of the root so these two chakras go up and down and so the one is like the other side of the other and that cuts through the spinal column and then all of your chakras that center on the front of the body actually have a back part as well so they go right through so there's you know this back part of the heart so it's not just coming out the front of the heart but it goes all the way through and they make these kind of cone-like shapes when you tap into the vision of the energy and of course when they're unhealthy they're either small or they're completely closed or they're going off veering off to one side or they're kind of lopsided etc etc so i don't know how many of you have heard of a book called Hands of Life by Barbara Ann Brennan.

Barbara Ann Brennan is actually a a NASA scientist so i really love that as well i really especially love when these sort of concepts are bridging you to spiritual concepts and i love to delve deeper and deeper into these understandings and Barbara Ann Brennan is really one of those amazing energy healers so she was a NASA scientist and then quits her science career to pursue a calling as an energy healer and has written these phenomenal course books on healing through your hands and using connection with spirit etc etc so she's obviously a very psychic woman and her books are some of the most accurate descriptions in terms of how i perceive the energy and so again remembering there is no core truth there's just energy follows the belief system so you know when when i tap into seeing people's energies they often show up in a very similar way to the way that Barbara Ann Brennan sees and i really think that for me in terms of matching my own way of seeing and perceiving it's very accurate so i'd love to invite you to find your comfortable seat or if you prefer and perhaps if you're tired you might lie down flat on your back you might be seated in a chair find the most comfortable position for you that allows for your spine to elongate and to come into alignment begin already to tap into the flow of your breath inviting that oxygen in through the nose and allowing it to wash flow down the spine as you inhale allowing the spine to go along and flowing back up the spine on the exhale and maybe you have worked with this energy before of imagining the breath flowing up and down the spine but perhaps this is a new concept and so it feels strange or it sounds ridiculous just to entertain the idea just imagine that the breath is like a liquid that pours into the body tripling down the spine on the inhale as you exhale it flows back up the spine cleansing,

Clearing,

Opening,

Nourishing,

Allowing energetic flow the chakra centers are always connected to,

Always associated with the spinal column the idea is that an immense amount of energy flows through the spine and of course scientifically we understand that the spine is connected to the nervous system which is a system of communication in the body sending all kinds of messages to the cells of the body and so there isn't such a far-out concept to imagine this channel the spine almost like an antenna of communication and as we allow the oxygen to wash down into the body sending nourishment with the blood energizing the body bringing in new information integrating new information and opening energetic portals simply track the flow of your breath up and down the spine until it begins to feel normal as if every breath you ever took flowed up and down the spine so of course the action of breathing in and cleansing that channel,

Sushumna channel down the center spinal column all the way to the base of the spine and now we can invite in allowing the breath to exhale out the top of the head and inhale through the top of the head through the crown down the skull we can see how this clears the channel between our connection with above and below where we become the channel of communication between earth and sky,

Earth and stars,

Mind and body and we clear that channel of communication between our roots,

Our grounding and our ability to think,

See,

Receive,

Download and connect with higher self or higher mind all synonymous with the change of everything else for all is one earth,

Body,

Roots,

Below,

All synonymous,

All connected even in many sacred texts we are told our bodies are made of the clay of the earth and that our souls,

Our spirits enter the body as the breath of god,

The breath and into the crown for all the beautiful faiths different ways of explaining that same divine phenomena the breath as animating force the breath so much more than a simple physiological process the very presence of spirit in the body going up and down the spine and on the next inhale as you inhale through the crown chakra allowing that breath to go all the way down and reach beyond the base of the spine down into the earth,

Rooting ourselves right into the core of the earth reaching down,

Down,

Down,

Wrapping ourselves around the core of the earth where all of our roots,

All of our energies meet and connect around that same core reaching out to wherever we are in the world and as we exhale sending that back out,

The crown of our head we're going to shoot that out to any star that you choose in the galaxy maybe it's just a star you find,

You don't know its name,

Maybe you know its name maybe it tells you its name,

Just send it out to a star connect in with that star it's your star and again bringing that energy back down on the inhale from that star connecting you with hope,

Love,

Light,

God,

Universe allowing that to flow down your spine all the way to the core of the earth connecting us all in with each other and exhaling back up through the root,

Through your spine,

Back out to the furthest star allow each and every breath as you feel this channel becoming clearer all filled with divine universal energy feeling that communication opening up feeling that you are a part of a channel through which the divine flows that divine is you,

Is also all that is,

Is god,

Are this,

Universe,

We are one feel that if there were any seams of tension,

Any spaces perhaps where little knots in the spine were existing feel that that energy moving through clears and dissolves anything that blocks or hinders you dissolves any seams of fear with the purity of pure vibrational love the love of the universe allowing that breath to flow through you and on the next inhale we will focus the energy of that great inhale next inhale through the crown,

Out through the base,

Up from the earth and out again all the way through the spine we will concentrate the nourishing energy of that flow at the base of the spine this is the space between the anus and the genitals called the perineum or for women and babies associated with the cervix you can concentrate the energy there by constricting these muscles by imagining you need to hold and you need to stop yourself from urinating and what is called bhanda,

Rula bhanda in yoga,

This is an energy bar that concentrates the energy at this root chakra point inhaling through the crown,

Concentrating that energy around the base of the spine and then allowing that groove to flush and to create all good energy moving through you might imagine the spinning vortex of that chakra spinning below you down into the ground you might observe if it looks balanced what direction it's spinning in what color is it does it indeed appear to you to be healthy,

You judge you be the decider how might you edit that image so that that chakra looks to you to be glorious and healthy transform the image,

Allow that breath to nourish and energize that vision as you direct the energy when that energy center feels like it's most balanced space not too wide,

Not too open,

Not too close just beautifully energized,

Beautifully smooth,

Perfectly healthy you might move that concentration a little bit higher and look at yourself where is your sacral chakra it might be just below the belly button,

It might be on the belly button whatever is resonating and begin to imagine those cones growing on the front and the back as you allow the breath flowing up and down the spine to energize this center observing first what is there and beginning to edit and change as you allow the breath to nourish as you pull energy from above,

From below allowing yourself,

Your body to become a clear channel for divine energy to flow what color is this chakra for you people associate this chakra with creative energy creation reproductive organs sexuality,

Playfulness and children watch as it comes into balance energizing the breath,

Allowing it to grow allowing it to spin beautifully,

Healthy in the front and the back all the way across the spine and maybe you'll say the affirmation I am creative and when that energy center feels beautiful and balanced nourished and joyful you can move your attention,

Your energy a little higher to the solar plexus,

Identify where the solar plexus resides for you it might be in the navel center it might be that point where the ribs meet a place where your gut instincts often reside or a part of fear might show up begin to observe the color,

The shape,

The size feeling of this center what is present here as you already allow the breath to begin to nourish this space this chakra is often considered the final of our base chakras lower energies and it is associated with the I am power the ego,

How we move into expressing or connecting with others dissolving of the will of earthly existence and this I am power is very much associated with our ability to be willful and to claim who we are to step into our power in terms of deciding who we are our ability to set boundaries to release shame and guilt all are associated with the health of this chakra and as you edit the image of this spinning vortex you might say the affirmation I am powerful and this chakra is feeling perfectly balanced spinning with beauty move your attention up to the heart center just center of the physical heart begin to observe what is in this space so many may have thoughts about this very important energy center often seen as a physical manifestation of curved shoulders to protect that heart often associated with the fear of feeling being hurt and here we allow ourselves to observe what is present here before we begin to dissolve any potential blocks or walls as we begin to play with the image allow that heart to open wide,

Wide,

Wide bringing divine universal love from above healing earth energy from below nourishing entire spine and concentrating breath and energy at the heart center at least in the way I see it,

The heart center is rounder,

Bigger,

Wider than most of the other centers and it really provides a paradigm shift from solar plexus to heart where we move from self-focus to focus in loving another as well,

Loving the world around us,

The universe in which we are an intrinsic part and this is really where spiritual abilities begin to awaken and intuitions unlock this is our center for receiving truth allow it to open,

Allow it to balance feed it and nourish it with your breath and you might bring in the affirmation I am love I am love opening from both the front and the back when you feel complete and that image is beautiful allow the focus to shift up towards the throat center and as we begin to breathe into this space,

Much like we have in all the chakras leading up to this one allow yourself to also activate in that space,

Breathe calmly as you exhale observe what is there,

Observe the feeling,

Observe the image and the color allow the medicine of your own sound to begin to open,

Calm,

Balance and heal this center this center is very essential for our ability to speak our truths to allow ourselves to be seen and heard to allow ourselves to claim our power and express our love in a whole new way and the fascinating thing about this center is that through the expression of sound we get to create,

Manifest and also bring into balance any of the other chakras a very powerful point in the body,

Really linking to all other chakras because everything is connected and a part of you,

A part of the universe and as you allow this chakra to come into balance,

You might bring in the affirmations I am worthy of being seen and heard I allow myself to take up space I express with ease when that chakra is spinning in beautiful brilliance allow your attention and your focus to move up towards the third arm in the center of the forehead observing first what is there beginning to breathe into that space,

Allowing any blocks to unclog allowing any imbalances to come back into balance as you fill that space with divine energy from above,

From below divine love,

Clearing the channels and coming back into balance this chakra is often associated with clairvoyant vision,

Spiritual intuition,

Spiritual insight,

Connection to spirit a clear sense of knowing and higher intelligence moving away from our identities,

Our self and into the understanding of our connection to all that is allowing that energy center to come into beautiful balance as you breathe loving energy into that space and as you do so,

You might say the affirmations I am connected to spirit I am connected to my intuition I see with clarity I am the knower I am the truth bringer I create the energy in my world once that chakra is spinning and bringing you right into beautiful balance come up to the crown chakra that space just above the head allowing ourselves to once again breathe in through the crown of the head allowing that breath to flow down the spine out placing the spine into the earth coming back up through the spine,

Out from the head and as we follow that energy if you are able to keep up imagine the divine energy from above coming down lights up the third eye,

Then the throat,

Then the heart,

Then the solar plexus,

Then the sacral chakra then the root,

Out the root,

Coming back up through the root lights the sacral chakra,

Solar plexus,

Heart,

Throat,

Third eye,

Out the crown see if you can track the flow of energy using your breath in whatever way feels intuitive and feels natural be your own decider be your own medicine be your own truth bringer follow your intuition and light up each chakra one at a time you might do one breath as you come down and out or you might do one breath as you come down and another breath as you come up or you might do one breath for each energy center what feels right for you perhaps you even have a different method I have not turned into what is feeling natural as you follow and track and fill each of your energy centers with love,

With light,

Allowing that flow of energy up and down the spine to be clear,

To be flow to be filled with the love and the light of this life of purest vibration a few more breaths like this letting go of the visualizations perhaps becoming aware of a pulsating in the hands the feeling of air touching your skin maybe even the feeling of your clothing moving around on the surface of the skin as your breath moves through the body allowing yourself to slowly,

Gently come back into the space you should feel still quite grounded and elevating at the same time you will need to drink plenty of water after this practice please do drink plenty,

Plenty,

Plenty of water and hopefully you can take those teachings and tap into a balancing chakra practice at any point wherever you are,

Just using the power that you have of your imagination,

Your ability to sense and feel your ability to direct energy through the brain and of course the belief structure,

The understanding that we have shared with you around chakras which of course is only true if you accept it