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Free Meditation – Take A Deserved Break

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Anyone can practice meditation. It’s simple and inexpensive, and it doesn’t require anything other than yourself. Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years and was initially meant to help deeper understand the concept of the sacredness of life. 

In modern times we use meditation for a variety of things such as facilitating relaxation, stress reduction, anger management, quieting negative thoughts, promoting healthier sleep, and more! 

MySoulrenity would like to share with you, this free meditation…

Take A Break (Click to download)

This 10-minute meditation will assist you in focusing on relaxing without worry, guilt, or fear that you “should” be doing something else. Settle in for a brief but much needed dose of self-care time.

Meditation is an easy way to shift away from the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to unpleasant feelings we sometimes hold within.

It doesn’t matter what level of meditation you are familiar with (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), the many benefits are the same: 

  • Increase your self-awareness
  • Reduce negative talk + emotions
  • Focus on the *NOW*
  • Grow your level of patience and tolerance
  • Build tools to manage anxiety and stress
  • Increase creativity and imagination
  • Gain new insight on stressful situations
  • …and more!

Meditation is considered a type of mind-body complementary medicine and can allow for a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind and it’s our honor to offer you this complimentary guided meditation. Consider it a gift for you and anyone you feel may benefit from the practice of meditation.

Look inward and tap into your self power and inner peace.

Meditation is generally considered a safe activity, especially at the beginning levels. At these levels, it is mainly a practice in deep stillness, breathing and presence. If you have a history of mental illness, then please consult with your health care provider before learning meditation. Anything we say or write should be understood as our own opinion and not an expression of professional advice or prescription. You are entirely responsible for how you interpret our free content.

Free Meditation – Tap Into Your Inner Child

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Anyone can practice meditation. It’s simple and inexpensive, and it doesn’t require anything other than yourself. Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years and was initially meant to help deeper understand the concept of the sacredness of life. 

In modern times we use meditation for a variety of things such as facilitating relaxation, stress reduction, anger management, quieting negative thoughts, promoting healthier sleep, and more! 

MySoulrenity would like to share with you, this free meditation…

Tap Into Your Inner Child (Click to download)

This 10-minute meditation is designed to give you a taste of what tapping into your own playfulness feels like again. Adults need fun too and this is just the place to start.

Meditation is an easy way to shift away from the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to unpleasant feelings we sometimes hold within.

It doesn’t matter what level of meditation you are familiar with (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), the many benefits are the same: 

  • Increase your self-awareness
  • Reduce negative talk + emotions
  • Focus on the *NOW*
  • Grow your level of patience and tolerance
  • Build tools to manage anxiety and stress
  • Increase creativity and imagination
  • Gain new insight on stressful situations
  • …and more!

Meditation is considered a type of mind-body complementary medicine and can allow for a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind and it’s our honor to offer you this complimentary guided meditation. Consider it a gift for you and anyone you feel may benefit from the practice of meditation.

Look inward and tap into your self power and inner peace.

Meditation is generally considered a safe activity, especially at the beginning levels. At these levels, it is mainly a practice in deep stillness, breathing and presence. If you have a history of mental illness, then please consult with your health care provider before learning meditation. Anything we say or write should be understood as our own opinion and not an expression of professional advice or prescription. You are entirely responsible for how you interpret our free content.

Free Meditation – Breathe Away Anxiety

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Anyone can practice meditation. It’s simple and inexpensive, and it doesn’t require anything other than yourself. Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years and was initially meant to help deeper understand the concept of the sacredness of life. 

In modern times we use meditation for a variety of things such as facilitating relaxation, stress reduction, anger management, quieting negative thoughts, promoting healthier sleep, and more! 

MySoulrenity would like to share with you, this free meditation…

Breathe Away Anxiety (Click to download)

This 10-minute meditation will guide you on an introductory level with intentional breathing to quell anxiety. Sit back, relax, and breathe as easy as 1…2…3!

Meditation is an easy way to shift away from the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to unpleasant feelings we sometimes hold within.

It doesn’t matter what level of meditation you are familiar with (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), the many benefits are the same: 

  • Increase your self-awareness
  • Reduce negative talk + emotions
  • Focus on the *NOW*
  • Grow your level of patience and tolerance
  • Build tools to manage anxiety and stress
  • Increase creativity and imagination
  • Gain new insight on stressful situations
  • …and more!

Meditation is considered a type of mind-body complementary medicine and can allow for a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind and it’s our honor to offer you this complimentary guided meditation. Consider it a gift for you and anyone you feel may benefit from the practice of meditation.

Look inward and tap into your self power and inner peace.

Meditation is generally considered a safe activity, especially at the beginning levels. At these levels, it is mainly a practice in deep stillness, breathing and presence. If you have a history of mental illness, then please consult with your health care provider before learning meditation. Anything we say or write should be understood as our own opinion and not an expression of professional advice or prescription. You are entirely responsible for how you interpret our free content.

Stoned N’ Social – Wellness + Unwell Times

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Join Natali and Sophia this week as we explore how to stay well in unwell times. Learn how to focus on your mind, body, and spirit for greater thriving results. We’ll be touching on dealing with (rather than avoiding) anxiety and stress. Most importantly, we will share our perspectives on the current state of events and guide you in a FREE ‘5 Minute Body Scan’ meditation. It’s all here, just give it a listen!

Listen here for the latest Stoned N’ Social episode!

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Send us your questions, comments, memes, and munchie recommendations via Instagram or old school email us at sns@mysoulrenity.com

We support the use of cannabis for mental expansion and inner growth, also as way to broach a variety of topics and only condone its usage in a legal capacity according to your local governing laws.

Every Wednesday @ 12:00 am ET via iTunes

The Simple Morning Routine

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Routine. Some of us think about routine and automatically get a feeling of monotony. Some of us get pleasure from making a routine and some would rather stay as far away from routine as humanly possible. 

However what about those of us that have a hard time making a routine and we desperately need one to keep us on track?

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From what I’ve learned in my own life, routine is a highly sought after necessity if you want to accomplish anything. Often in my own life, I’ve found it hard to cultivate this aspect, especially since I am a highly creative individual. (It can get messy if I don’t find some semblance of normalcy.) I’ve learned that in order for me to thrive and accomplish my goals in a timely and successful manner, sometimes it takes a little bit more effort to get on the right track.

This is where a simple morning routine can come in. Even if it sometimes seems annoying for those of us that are a bit more chaotic in nature!

Deadlines, schedules, and meeting agendas, oh my!

Some people think these are the bread-and-butter of “getting things done”. However, the simple morning task of preparing myself gets me started for all of those aforementioned goals. Sometimes I think the morning routine gets overlooked as a vital part of our day and as a lesser stage of productivity. 

We live in a fast-paced society with our coffee in hand and phones alerting us to of our next activities. It can seem like a waste of time to spend your morning focusing on where you might be going with your day. It’s understandable that perhaps we’ve lost the art of preparing ourselves for what’s to come.

I found that if I start my day with a very simple morning routine that centers me, I can actually accomplish a lot more with the rest of my day. It’s like charging up your own personal daily batteries with a small amount of upkeep to remember exactly where you are at the start of your day.

What’s even more important is that if you are on any kind of spiritual growth, inner growth, or healing path – you’ll want to take this specific time at the start of your day to care for yourself. With the daily hustle and bustle it’s difficult to grow if we don’t pay attention to ourselves, even if it’s the start of the day.

Here’s some of the activities I do when I start my own morning routine:

  • Self-care
  • Looking over my tasks for the day
  • Journaling/Dream Journaling
  • Meditation
  • Pull an Oracle card or Tarot card for inspiration
  • Sketch
  • Have a smoothie
  • Stretch
  • Exercise for at least 15 Minutes
  • Breathing Techniques
  • Go for a walk
  • Have a cup of tea or coffee and relax
  • Make a list of things to do
  • Listen to some uplifting music
  • Drink water

These simple efforts can empower you at the start of your day so you can be in that awesome state of productive flow before you even get started with the larger tasks. Doing only two of these tasks at the start of my day has helped me immensely. If I accomplish four of them I’ll have a lot of positive vibes stirring around that contribute.

But what about some of the things that I avoid first thing in the morning?

These block my morning flow:

  • Using my phone right away
  • Checking on social media
  • Jumping out of bed quickly and getting dressed
  • Chatting too long
  • Taking phone calls before I’m ready
  • Going over daunting long term goals
  • Spending too much time ruminating on the day
  • Not taking care of myself 

Do any of these resonate with you? 

Sometimes it feels like the morning routine has become a lost art in our super charged world, but in reality I think that if you’re aiming to be a productive person, you’ll find yourself performing at least three of these activities when you start your day. My hat’s off to you if you made it work! Here’s to hoping that some of us can find a routine that charges us!

Go Your Own Way

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Fast food. Late nights up. Partying with friends. Skipping 8 glasses of water

If you’re anything like me some of the above are a part of your regular life. As much as we are being told that certain medications, body contusion via yoga, and chakra clearing is a way to personal enlightenment, I don’t believe it’s the only way.

Will these practices help? Possibly.
Are the necessary? Possibly not.

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Depending on how you view things, we’ve been enlightened beings our entire lives. Our bodies haven’t stopped us from gaining knowledge, spiritual experiences, and notions all of our own. Nothing about how many days you attend ‘Hot Yoga’ is the key to enlightenment. For some, enlightenment is just another state of consciousness like sleep walking or even deeper sleep states. In my opinion, it has nothing to do with the physical body.

There is no key to enlightenment. You are the door, you must simply open yourself to it.

What is enlightenment really? It is the realization of true identity of yourself (i.e “I”). What does various meditation, yoga, prayer, and other means of taking care of/discovering our bodies really mean? These are all things that seem necessary for a body that is actually under strain or distress, not for one that is needs enlightenment. They seem more like remedies than cures–band aids for wounds we can’t see with our eyes.

Meditation–Quiet an anxious mind
Yoga–Release tension in the body
Chakra clearing–Re-aligning mind and body

What does this mean?

The only real way to attain any enlightenment starts with oneself and I believe it should include the relaxation of both the mental and physical kinds. Our bodies, with as complex as they are, still are pretty simple. Our bodies need food, water, and rest. Everything else seems to be a by-product of the emotional see-saw we participate in on a daily basis.

We all have stresses about the future, regrets about the past and anxiety about the unknown.

However, we are actually living in the now, so all of these things manifest into a variety of traumas felt in our bodies and minds. When we laugh or cry this is the most natural way our body relaxes and releases whatever tension and stresses it has been holding on to. These daily human interactions, experiences, and thoughts are what can truly stop one from reaching a level of enlightenment they are seeking.

So what can you do?

Honor your body–all parts of it. Don’t beat yourself up if you didn’t get to meditate for a certain amount of time—instead ask: Was I happy? And if you miss a few yoga classes what’s the point of fretting? How does your body feel? Did you find another way to stretch and relax?

Don’t let anyone, not even us, tell you what enlightenment needs to look like for you. No one else’s standards need to be yours. I’m still very much of the belief that enlightenment starts with a simple thought.

Let go.
Or don’t.

The choice is yours but honor whatever it is you decide and move through it, don’t get stuck behind it. Allow what happens to do so effortlessly, so that your mind doesn’t grow weary and your body knows no tension. Only then will be begin to see with the clarity we’ve had within us all along.

Yoga: Be A Poser

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It is a basic human ability to be present. Even if we do not practice it, this is called ‘Mindfulness’. When we are not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what is going on around us, we are existing in the present.

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Although this is a natural and intuitive state of being, when we practice mindfulness daily it will be more readily available to us.

Bringing awareness to what we directly experience via our senses, thought patterns, and emotional state is the key to being mindful. Several researches have shown that when we train our brains to be ‘mindful’ we are in essence overhauling the very physical framework of our brains.

The entire goal of mindfulness is to shake awake the deep inner workings of our entire emotional, mental, and physical experiences.

How can I practice mindfulness?

There are a lot of ways we can practice the very simplistic act of mindfulness. Some choose to use meditation and body scans, breath work, purposeful positive thinking, self-compassion pausing, connecting with nature, coloring, and my favorite, practicing yoga.

What is yoga?

The simple meaning of Yoga is ‘to add’. This means adding something new to yourself. Yoga is the science of body and sometimes inner purification. Yoga alone can quickly balance the muscular system, increase bone flexibility, promote stress reduction, increase blood circulation, detoxification and improve sleep. It’s even been proven that the practice of yoga prevents certain ailments and/or faster recovery.

Most but not all yoga combines properly positioned poses, focus on the breath, and a sense of self-awareness (mindfulness). All of this can be performed well within your personal comfort zone.

But isn’t yoga _____?

I’ve heard it all…all the misconceptions of what yoga “is”. Let me be clear, yoga is not a religion (or cult). It’s a conscious living practice, where one can subtly find a greater expansion of all systems within, for enhanced health, balance, healing, fortitude, and relaxation. 

Yoga is about making life more comfortable by practicing being in the present moment with love and honor, even through the occasional physical discomfort.

How do I…yoga?

No experience is necessary! Just make the decision to do it and do it you will.

It can be as little as 10 minutes of practicing simple yoga postures, like ‘tree’, ‘warrior’, and ‘half moon’ pose or as in depth as ‘firefly’, ‘lotus’, or ‘peacock’ pose. Don’t be fooled by their friendly names. They can still really stretch your body (and mind) given proper practice.

Repeated practice of yoga has been known to empower all levels of practitioners.

There are so many different forms of yoga that it would be a disgrace to try and point you to just one. They are as individual as we are. Here’s a small list to get you started.

Are there any simple poses for a beginner?

This was tough for a yoga enthusiast and teacher like myself to narrow down but here are my favorite three for those just starting out.

Mountain Pose

Yoga Images courtesy of Katie Thompson
Yoga Image courtesy of Katie Thompson

Mountain Pose is a base for all standing poses. This  gives you a sense of how to ground into your feet and feel the earth below you. Mountain pose may seem like “simply standing,” but there is a ton going on.

Downward Dog

Yoga Images courtesy of Katie Thompson
Yoga Image courtesy of Katie Thompson

Downward Dog (a well known pose) is used in nearly all yoga practices and yoga classes. This pose stretches and strengthens the entire body. Some practitioners say, “a down dog a day keeps the doctor away.”

Warrior II

Yoga Images courtesy of Katie Thompson
Yoga Image courtesy of Katie Thompson

Warrior II is a good pose to start. It’s an external hip opener and opens up the inner thighs and groin. It’s a good starting point for many side postures including triangle, extended angle and half moon balance. All of which I’m sure you’re eager to learn!

Want to learn some more? Just Google ‘Yoga for beginners’ and see where your search carries you. There are many ideas on what is ‘basic’ and what isn’t but that will be up for you to decide what’s right for you.

Will yoga hurt? I’m not flexible!

It’s not easy to narrow everything down since there are over 300 positions in the physical yoga practice, but these poses can start you off on the right path. Try doing each one of these for 5-10 breaths. 

Remember: You don’t have to be able to do all these poses exactly as you see them — always go within and truly listen to your body and modify and and all if needed.

Practice the postures with a video and play it while you practice alongside it. Personally, I always love to end my yoga classes with a simple and relaxing pose of laying on our backs. It’s a great way to incorporate meditation, too!

Be the energy you want to attract and good luck stretching your inner and outer self.

Soothe Your Soul

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We have all heard about relaxation and stress relief techniques but what about soothing your soul? 

Have you ever considered what one actually does to soothe the soul? There’s more than one way to take care of ourselves in a physical context or to give our minds a break but how does one give our essence of being a break from the everyday hustle?

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Have you ever found yourself not feeling relaxed despite an intense effort to do so? Then it could be time for you to address this vital piece of yourself.

Despite popular belief, this aspect of ourselves is just as important as the conceivable ones. If you don’t take the time to truly connect with who you are on a deeper level, your emotions will boil over and you’ll be stuck wondering why you can’t find solace or release from the daily grind.

Here is a simple guide on how to get started in soothing your own soul…

Get in touch

One of the first things you’ll want to do is to put yourself into a state of receptivity with your energetic flow. In order to do this you must clear the annoying little bugs that are running rampant in you mind. 

Take the time to listen to music, meditate, be in nature, and/or focus on a spot on any wall. Get back in touch with the simple things. Let your thoughts run and then simply release them.

Reconnect

Using visualization is an awesome way to get back in touch with our own essence. Picture what it might be like to see your own energy field. There are a vast number of ways to do this.

Is your soul a ball of light? A humanoid figure? A dancing sprite? An orb that surrounds you? Light beams that spread out from your body? An ocean wave? (The sky’s the limit when it comes to picturing what your higher self looks like.)

This simple act can allow for reconnection to a part of you that needs your personal attention. From here you may be able to use your intuition to discover precisely what you need to re-energize. 

Good vibes

Picture yourself being bathed in a soothing white or golden light that stretches down into your body. Imagine the warmth taking over and cleansing all that you’ve been taking into your own frequency. 

As the sparkling vibrancy fills you, imagine it cleansing away all of the negative energy you may have built up by interacting with others or negative situations. (Some people do this in the shower by letting the water run down their face, head, and back while they imagine all of the water cleansing the negative energy down the drain.)

Sit, listen, and focus

Some people find it hard to meditate or visualize this auric part of themselves, and that’s okay! For those of us that can’t, it’s a simple task of sitting down and focusing on a point, object, or specific thoughts that center us.

Clear out the clutter by putting order to the chaotic whirlwind of your mind/emotions and make space for good intentions. These vibes will automatically up your frequency and soothe you from the daily grind. Believe it or not, our soul craves this kind of interaction!

If you can, find the time to listen to some binaural beats or the sound of water to focus your intent. Getting in touch with nature can really help here!

Spend time in a flow

What does it mean to be in ‘a flow’?

In order to find yourself in a flow with everything around you, you can easily relax your frequency by reminding yourself with simple mantras repeated in your mind:

“I am in the flow. I am one with everything. 

As above, so below.

We are all one. The universe and I are in flow.“

Repeating these in our mind instead of repeating negative messages or distractions can center us. These mantras, or one you create, can place you in a state of relaxation that will release you from the constraints of time. 

It’s in this sacred space that you can focus on being in the present moment, simply flowing with all around you as you connect to the positive flow of the universe. 

This guide is only a simplification of the many ways you can soothe your soul and raise those vibes. Our soul/essence/aura/energy/higher self needs just as much attention as our body and mind does. This is how we achieve balancing our inner needs so they can reflect in our outer reality, thus creating a better daily experience for our own energetic balance.

Become Friends With Your Body – Part II

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In my previous article, I touched upon becoming friends with our body by learning to listen to what it has to say to us. In this article, I want to dive a little bit deeper about learning to connect with our body to cultivate the friendship we can have by communicating with it consciously.

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If we have learned to listen to the body on a basic level, it gets easier to hear what it has to say, and if it’s easier to hear what it has to say, then we can start discovering how it feels no matter where we are or what we’re doing.

On many levels, this includes how our environmental experiences affect our connection with our body, which in turn can affect our mental and emotional states.

Let’s begin

I’m sure you’ve read and heard about how certain colors can affect our mood. Or how certain aesthetics can create a safe surrounding for us to explore our emotions. Maybe you’ve read about Feng Shui and what it can do for a person’s mood or lifestyle.

Now imagine what you could do for your body if you applied color visualization to certain parts of the body.

Our bodies are just as easily influenced by these things as our minds or emotional state. Every part of us work together to create the whole system so that it all works in tandem. Without the body…we’d be only a sum of our parts.

Do you remember the last time you went to a concert and the pounding of the bass reverberated through your entire body? How about the last time you got stuck in traffic and the stress caused your senses to be overcome until you had an emotional outburst? What about the time you were at an incredible height and suddenly felt the gravity, which in turn made you react out of fear?

Some of these are very simple examples. But they still demonstrate how easy it is for our bodies to pick up stimuli. Then we transfer it to the rest of our being and then express itself through our experiences.

It’s very easy for us to forget…

That our senses and perception are still very much influenced by how our body feels about our surrounding environment. Like some kind of filter, even our body size, height, or width can influence how we see or perceive reality around us. If you are living from a place where you don’t really listen to what the body has to say about reality, it will be easier to fall into a reaction that doesn’t benefit you in the situation. This is very tough for most people to discover about themselves. Often we will toss our bodily reactions into a denial bin or each sensation controls our life to serious extents.

It’s very difficult….

To balance our body with other aspects, but it can be done.

We have to sit with the realization that our body itself is coming from an organic place. A place that interacts with our surroundings. Every second of the day even in ways we might not notice. Our bodies can create a conscious awareness to the connection we have with ourselves on a physical plane.

One of my favorite books that covers this topic in depth is by the very talented Healer and Shaman, Mary Mueller Shutan, titled ‘The Body Deva: Working with the Spiritual Consciousness of the Body’.

This book covers the connection one can have with their body and how to connect with the Deva, or spiritual avatar, of their own body consciousness. Through the practice of getting to know your body in visualizations or representations of your own body Deva. Using this methodology, one can not only reconnect but create a relationship with every part of their body. (Right down to the pinkie toes!)

Body scans

Simple conversations along with easy body scans taught within this book, can teach us what kind of pain our body is in and why. It houses many exercises including one that by using different types of color visualizations surrounding different body parts and more!

For example: In one of my legs I suffer from pain due to an invasive surgery I had when I was 19 because of a near fatal car accident. Using Mary’s work, I was able to visualize a color on this specific limb. This appeared to me as a black and cloudy swirl. Connecting with my Deva during meditation, I was able to have a conversation and visualize what my body was trying to tell me about this specific limb. An intuitive feeling came forward.

Deeper introspection revealed to me that my leg had felt disconnected to my body. This has been ever since my accident due to poor physical therapy. And denial of the pain from the trauma. It forced me to finally take a look at myself and the poor decisions I was making for my leg and cutting it off from healing.

…and healed you may feel

Not only did the meditation bring attention to a part of my body but it made me realize how easily I can ignore my limbs. Now I can find the time in my daily life to converse with parts of my body. Parts that would otherwise be ignored or unanswered because I let my environment dictate my perception of how I felt or ignored myself.

By framing my experience I was able to then model my environmental reactions by creating the time to massage it at least once a week. This is what my leg wanted all along!

Is this kind of practice easy? Not at first, but when you learn to start trusting yourself and what your body says—you cultivate a relationship of deeper levels of awareness. This is how I learned to nourish my own body.

Are you ready to nourish yous?

101: Chakra System

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What is a chakra? A chakra (pronounced “cha”-“kra” with a resounding “ch”) is thought of as a center of energy — our own personal internal energy.

If you were anything like me when I first heard about chakras I was like, ‘…a chak-what?’

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The concept didn’t make sense to me until I realized how they were being talked about. It was in tandem to meditation practices and emotional healing by way of physical representations. The great news is everyone can work with chakras, not just those well versed in it!

Sacred belief

‘Chakra‘ originates from sacred, ancient Indian Sanskrit language, literally means “wheel”. This is an easy thing to visualize if you think of its function as a vortex of spinning energy interacting with various physiological and neurological systems in the body. There are thought to be seven chakras in our bodies that start at the top of our head and they end at the bottom of our spines.

These energy centers within each us are said to help regulate our immune system and defenses, our day to day emotional state and even organ functions. Each of the seven chakra has its own vibrational frequency that is associated with a color, function, and has its own unique symptoms when it is weakened or strengthened. Therefore, even a basic understanding of the seven chakras can enhance your life in some surprising ways.

Meditation

With the popularity of meditation and alternative healing in the West, the term chakra has become pretty mainstream. Even though there are many many chakras all over the body, healing, manifestations, improving wellness, and laws of attractions will focus mainly on the seven major chakras. Here we will show you how to optimize your major chakras to help them function at their highest potential.

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Crown Chakra (7th) – Sahasrara

This chakra is directly tied to our cosmic consciousness. This is where our mind and ideas formulate to lead us to enlightenment in our lives. Spirituality, our sense of wonder, and self expression comes from the crown chakra.

Associations…
Location – The very top of the head
Color – Violet
Emotional – Self esteem, connectedness, and purpose
Physical – Pineal gland, brain, nervous system

When this chakra is blocked we feel disconnected from everyone and everything, including the Universe and all it has to offer. We become fearful, depressed, and lonely.

Third-Eye Chakra (6th) – Ajna

This chakra is heavily weighted to our inner knowing and intuition and psychic senses. With this as our own ability to focus we can see the bigger picture. It’s our sense of self, purpose, and direction.

Associations…
Location – Forehead between eyes
Color – Indigo
Emotional – Imagination, wisdom, decision making, intuition
Physical – Pituitary gland, eyes, sinuses

When this chakra is stuck, it can lead to indecision, lack of creativity, low imagination, and not trusting your own personal intuition and gut feelings. This can cause headaches or lead to eye problems.

Throat Chakra (5th) – Vishuddha

This chakra governs our ability to communicate to anyone about anything in all aspects of our lives. Through this we can find a sense of healing when our communication is clear and open.

Associations…
Location – Throat
Color – Blue
Emotional – Self-expression of feelings, authenticity, communication
Physical – Respiratory system, teeth, vocal cords, thyroid

When this chakra is blocked, emotions can lead to a complete lack of self expression and speaking our truth. It can also affect our attention span, staying focused and even slow our metabolism.

Heart Chakra (4th) – Anahata

This chakra represents self-love and steers our relationships. This is where our self confidence and ability to give and receive love comes from. Here is where inner peace can radiate outward from.

Associations…
Location – Center of your chest, just above heart
Color – Green
Emotional – Joy, peacefulness, love
Physical – Heart, lower lungs, circulatory system, immune system

The heart chakra when blocked shows up as resentment and regret. We can feel frustrated, hopeless, ineffectual. It will manifest as a lack of self love, instability, self pity and even guilt.

Solar Plexus Chakra (3rd) – Manipura

This chakra holds our ability to be confident and in control of our own lives. When it is in flow, we can feel creative pleasure and abundance. This is also where our social identity and willpower lies.

Associations…
Location – Just above the belly button
Color – Yellow
Emotional – Self confidence, self worth, self esteem
Physical – Pancreas, liver, digestive tract, central nervous system

As a chakra that is often clogged by controlling relationships and low self image, it can make us feel isolated. It can also cause negative thinking, anger, and overtalking.

Sacral Chakra (2nd) – Swadhisthana

This chakra is our true connection and ability to really accept others and have new experiences. Our empathy, emotions, and sexuality are wrapped up here. This is our expression of ourselves to the outside world.

Associations…
Location – Just below the belly button
Color – Orange
Emotional – Well-being, sense of abundance, pleasure, sexuality
Physical – Kidneys, bowels, reproductive organs, immune system

A blockage of this chakra can cause insecurities, depression, and disconnection among your interpersonal relationships. This can come from pent up emotions or any type of trauma or abuse. We may see self rejection, jealousy, blame, or a low sex drive as a result.

Root Chakra (1st) – Muladhara

This is our base chakra that represents our very foundation and how we feel grounded in our surroundings. Our sense of security determines our ability to feel safe financially and within our environments and where we belong.

Associations…
Location – Base of spine
Color – Red
Emotional – Survival issues such as money, food, and financial independence
Physical – Legs, arms, circulatory system, spine

Root chakras get backed up in lots of adults for many reasons. Greed and violence are often seen as a result and self-centeredness takes place. If you’ve ever felt anxiety, this is most likely where it manifests from.

When we understand the chakra system we can understand how everything is connected. This self awareness will unlock the consciousness of our mind, body, and spirit as one. In turn, this will help us find the purest path to personal healing and harmonizing. It will affect each part of ourselves and our lives. In a future article we will go more in depth in the chakras. There we will show you how to balance your own chakra system for a healthy, energetic, sustainable foundation.

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