Sushumna Through The Chakras

In this meditation Sally Kempton expertly guides us deep into each chakra and, in doing so, invites us to bring awareness to the Sushumna which runs along the spinal cord in the center and through the seven chakras. When the channels are unblocked by the action of yoga, the energy of kundalini uncoils and rises up the sushumna from the base of the spine.

Transcript

Place yourself now in a strong,

Comfortable,

Upright sitting posture.

Inhale,

Feeling that the base of your posture,

The hips and thighs and sitting bones,

Is becoming heavy,

Grounded and sinking into your seat.

Exhale and feel your spinal column elongating upwards as if the energy inside the spine were lifting it from within.

Inhale and let the shoulder blades release down your back.

Exhale and let the shoulder blades gently float towards each other.

Inhale and feel the neck and head rising up from between the shoulders.

Exhale and let the chin drop just slightly forward while the top of the palate moves back.

Feel your body seated in this grounded,

Lifted,

Firm,

Open posture.

Feel the breath as it moves through the nostrils.

Allow your body to open to receive the breath.

Now begin to become aware of the presence of a subtle axis of energy.

It runs from the base of the spine up through the center of the body,

Up through the crown of the head.

Let your attention move into this column of energy down towards the base of your spine.

And as the breath flows out,

Let your attention move up the column of energy,

Up towards the crown of the head.

With your awareness,

With your attention through the vehicle of the breath,

You're exploring this inner axis,

This subtle energy channel within the body.

You might see it as golden or silver or white.

Perhaps you simply sense it as a cord of energy.

With your next inhalation,

Allow your attention to move down into the Mooladhara Chakra,

The root center just in front of the base of your spine.

This is the center of the earth element in your body.

From this center,

Feel a laser beam of light that runs down through the floor,

Through the foundation of the building,

And into the earth.

Let the laser beam of light move as deep into the solid earth as you can take it.

Now anchor the light beam to a rock.

You might imagine an iron ring in the rock and tie the light beam to the ring,

Or you might feel it melting and fusing with the stone.

You're anchoring the energy of your own body to the energy of earth.

Now feel that earth energy is flowing up through the laser beam.

That energy is reddish brown in color,

And it has a deeply nurturing,

Sustaining feel to it.

You feel great relaxation and ease as this energy flows up the laser beam and into the Mooladhara Chakra.

You can feel the reddish brown earth energy spreading through the base of your body into your legs,

The bones and flesh of your thighs,

Your knees,

Down into the calf muscles and the bones of the calves,

The ankles and the feet.

Feel the solid,

Grounding quality of this energy.

Feel I am supported by the energy of earth.

Now holding your attention in the Mooladhara Chakra,

Feel the presence of the column of energy,

The central channel.

It is now connected down to the center of the earth by the laser of light.

Let your awareness begin to flow up into the column through the center of your body to the Swadhisthana Chakra,

The center in the lower belly,

Three inches below the navel.

Hold your attention in this center in the lower belly and feel any sensations that arise in your abdomen.

Now feel that your belly fills with the deep,

Calm water of a tropical ocean or a still mountain lake.

The water is aquamarine,

A soft greenish blue.

Its energy is flowing,

Calm,

Profound.

The water in the belly swells with tides.

You can feel the deep movement of the water in the belly and you can feel the healing,

Creative,

Generative quality of the water energy.

As life emerges out of the ocean,

Our own life is healed and made new by the energy of water in the Swadhisthana Chakra.

Rest in the deep blue-green calm of the water.

Feel I am being healed.

Feel yourself supported by the earth in your lower body,

By the water in the belly.

Allow your attention to ascend upward through the column of energy that is the central channel into the region above the navel,

The solar plexus.

Your attention now is in the Manipura Chakra,

The center of the fire element,

The center of will and action.

Notice any sensations that you feel and begin to sense the presence of warmth,

Of heat,

Of nurturing vitality,

Of fire.

You might imagine the fire as soft glowing coals or as dancing leaping flames or as a lake of warmth,

Bright,

Yellow and red.

Let yourself experience the brilliance of the flames,

Their heat and vitality.

Have the thought I am fire,

I am strength,

I am vitality.

Allow your attention now to rise,

Void by the flames,

Up into the heart center,

The Anahata Chakra in the very center of the chest.

Your attention is deep in the heart center.

And as the breath flows into the heart,

You feel the caress of the soft breeze of the air element.

As the wind of the breath moves through the heart,

Feel the air in the heart gently expanding,

Opening.

It fills your chest,

Moves out and surrounds your body and you feel yourself swaying gently in the breeze of the heart.

Rest in the soft air of the heart.

Feel I am loved.

As the air of the heart expands,

Your awareness flows upward through the upper chest into the region of the throat.

Feel the energy in the throat center.

The element of the throat is ether,

Pure space.

Let yourself feel your throat as space.

It is empty,

Expansive,

Utterly pure.

Feel the edgeless space of the throat.

As your awareness moves upward,

It's drawn into the center of the head,

Into the space of the Ajna Chakra,

The center of the expanded mind.

Here you experience your head as the sky.

Sky is vast,

Blue,

Free.

Let yourself roam in the sky.

Let your attention become wide.

You are sky.

Rising through the sky,

You become aware of the sun,

Brilliant,

Golden,

Yet cooling.

And you can allow yourself to be drawn upwards towards the light,

Towards the sun.

Feel yourself within that light,

Surrounded by that light,

Held and nourished by that light.

It is the light of your spirit,

The light of the divine within your body.

Let yourself be light.

Now become aware of your entire being.

The light of the sun above,

The sky of your head,

The space of the throat,

The air of the heart.

Feel the fire in the solar plexus and the calming water in the belly.

Feel how it's all held and supported by the earth.

Let your awareness center itself inside the column of energy that runs between all the centers in your body.

As the breath flows in,

Feel that it flows in through the central channel,

Down towards the base of the spine.

And as the breath flows out,

Feel that it flows up through the crown.

Allow yourself to meditate inside the central channel,

The column of energy,

The sustaining axis within your subtle body.

Feel how it connects all the levels of your being from earth to heaven.

As the breath moves within the central channel,

Allow yourself to be breathed.

You're being breathed by the life force itself,

Which moves within this column of energy,

Within the center of your body.

Let yourself be breathed as you rest within the column of light,

As you rest within your core.

Reviews

Focused Soothing and enlightening energy cleanse.
Thank you 🙏🏼💝

Grounding, On Point, and with Love - this was so well put together

Sally's teachings are profound and expansive. I could practice this visualization everyday. This is such a gift.

Exceptional. A rich meditation on the main chakras, and a felt experience of the shushuna. Thank you ❤️🙏

I can feel balanced, grounded and open to infinity. Thanks. Blessings

Deeply regulating and rejuvenating. 🙏

Masterful and beautiful as always. Thank you Sally 🙏🏻🖤⭐️

Powerful and enlivening! So glad to find you on Insight Timer. Thank you, Sally!

Beautiful chakra meditation! I will come back to it. Breathing into the column of light 🙏✨💟

Excellent. Took me into the chakra system at a much deeper and more effective level. I will listen to this many times. Thank you so much, Sally 🙏🏻

Wonderful clear and concise instructions, thank you so much

Brilliant! 🌟 Thank you.

Stunning

Wonderful guidance thorough the elemental powers of each chakra and the sustaining power of the sushumna. Thank you Sally

A master teacher at work. Thank you. So grounding and healing.

Love Sally Kempton’s meditations.

Amazing imagery and guidance. Thank you 🙏🏻

Wow that was powerful. Really felt the chakra alignment through my body. Thank you.

Gorgeous chakra meditation. The best I’ve ever done. I do wish there was a closing. However, now that I know not to expect one, next time will be perfect.

Wonderfuly explained how to dive trough the chakren.
Thank you Sally🙏