The Chakras: An Energetic Map for Integrative Healing

While the chakras may be interpreted by some as “symbolic,” I have found integrating the wisdom of the chakra model to be a powerful healing modality. For many years the chakras have served as a useful map or model for balancing under-active or over-active mental and emotional tendencies within my clients, as well as identifying the physical implications that show up in the body as a result of these imbalances. Visit my Chakras Page to see where you might wish to do some balancing of energy.

Coming into alignment, clearing blockages, and increasing the flow of life force are the lessons of the chakras and vital to my work. The chakra system also encourages us to recognize that we are all part of Nature ~  composed mostly of water, the same stuff of the stars, with a dash of the minerals of Mother Earth upon whom we stand with our heads rising up to the Heavens Above.

Chakras and energy have played a crucial role for thousands of years in ancient Yogic healing and understanding how the body, the mind, emotions, intuition and the spirit interact. 

The word “chakra” means “wheel" and seven of these main chakras are aligned along our spine from the tips of our tailbones, up to the crowns at the top of our heads as conduits of moving life force.  It is a comprehensive and very practical model for holistic healing which I have studied and used in my work with clients for decades. I refer you to my amazing teacher’s work, Anodea Judith, to learn more. 

Western science was a bit late in affirming as scientific fact that all of life is composed of energy! The Ancient Ones were way ahead of them on that.

And now, exciting recent developments in psychology and neuroscience have led to clear and powerful insights about how our brains work and how these neurobiological functions shape our experience of the world and ourselves.These insights are profoundly congruent with the wisdom developed over thousands of years ago in the contemplative Eastern traditions. For an introduction to some basic principles of neuroscience and meditation check out the work of Psychologist and Neuroscientist Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Visit my Chakras website page here.