Hello and welcome to the Awaken Together podcast.
I am Jen.
And I'm Kat.
And today we are going into the depths and details of our chakra system.
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So we talked in last episode, if you haven't listened to it, you might want to start there
because we really go into what the energetic body even is, what an aura is.
And then today's episode, we're going to dive deep into the seven main energy sources in
the body that make up our main and most recognized chakras.
So yeah, it's really beautiful because we have these seven main ones and each of them
have this energetic quality about them, but they also have different ways they present
when balanced and imbalanced.
So we're going to go through each one of them, share a little bit of details about them,
and then really go into a meditation to help you tap into them if you've never done any
work checking in.
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So it's going to be a really, really informative one today where you'll get to learn where
to locate the seven chakras and how to feel into them towards the end practically.
So Reiki, just a little bit of background into what Reiki is.
Reiki is healing through the hands through which a universal energy is said to be transferred
through the palms of the practitioner to the patient in order to really encourage emotional
and physical release.
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So yeah, go ahead.
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So I was just going to say, so as we're working on healing all of these different areas, knowing
and having awareness for which ones are dysfunctioning.
So even if you want to pen and paper while we go through like the nitty gritty of it,
what we look at when we are doing Reiki on our clients, or if you're just even checking
in as we're looking and feeling for all of those different points to see if one is either
really sucking up a lot of energy or really under functioning and barely giving off any
energy.
So that is the stuff we pick up when we do that scan of our clients when we're doing
Reiki.
And today we are going to share the basics of each chakra with you, each energy wheel.
We will share what each of them represents, what it means, and we will also let you know
a little bit how to recognize when they are balanced and when they are imbalanced.
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So let's dive right in.
So we are going to start lower looking at our root chakra, which is represented by the
color red.
It is called Muladhara in Sanskrit, and it represents our grounding, our security, our
safety, our survival, and our instincts.
When balanced, it leaves you with a good sense of grounding.
Your basic needs feel like they're met.
There's a sense of security and stability.
So we want that root because that is our base.
That's what grows us all the way through all of the different ones.
And when it's in balance, what you really notice is a lot more fearful living, a very
unstable life, low energy.
It can lead to anxiety and the sense of just not being where you're supposed to be, the
sense of ungrounding.
So that is our base one.
Then we'll move up to the next one, which is our sacral chakra.
It is called Swadhisthana in Sanskrit, and it is represented by the color orange.
So this represents our pleasure, our creativity, our emotions, our physical energy, sexuality,
and also our reproduction.
So when balanced, we feel very motivated, emotionally intelligent.
We have a lot of creative energy coming in.
We have a balanced sex drive.
If it's in balance, that can lead to sexual dysfunction, a lot of addiction, fear and
emotions tied into sexual intimacy, and a lot of guilt.
We'll move one up.
We're going to talk solar plexus.
That is right at the bottom of the rib cage, right in the center.
That is our yellow sun, our self-worth, our identity, our willpower, our success, empowerment.
And when it's balanced, we feel really confident, assertive, active, reliable.
That's where our self-esteem comes in.
And when in balance, that's when we have often a poor image of ourselves.
We feel that sense of worthlessness.
We have trouble even knowing how to move through life because that is our sense of identity.
It can also lead to really poor digestion.
And then Kat's going to keep moving us up the wheel.
Get all the nitty gritty out.
That's right.
So the way the chakras work, how they root themselves on our spine is they start as a
foundation and work their way up.
So Jen just shared really everything from the bottom up.
The heart is the next one, and this one is in between our body and connects the bottom
to the top chakras.
So the heart chakra, it's called anahata in Sanskrit.
And the colors linked to this are green and sometimes also pink.
It's right in the center of your chest where you imagine your heart to be, right under
your sternum.
It represents love and compassion and all of these feelings that are typically related
with your heart center, relationships, healing, trust, forgiveness, respect, and of course,
gratitude.
When it's balanced, it's really likely to feel empathetic towards others, grateful,
ability to give and receive love, really compassionate, kind, and trustworthy.
And when it's imbalanced, it's really like the opposite of those feelings.
You might feel jealous, cold-hearted, really self-centered and selfish.
Get into that hurt ego, that victim mindset, and you may experience some co-dependence.
Now moving on up, the next one above your heart chakra is your throat chakra.
This one is called vishuddha and the color linked with this is blue.
This chakra, as you can imagine, what comes out of the throat, it represents communication,
speaking your truth, expression, listening, and also independence, everything that comes
with speaking your truth.
When it's balanced, you are able to communicate really healthy boundaries, clear communication.
You can be an active listener and really feel at your core that you're speaking your truth,
super empowering.
And when it's imbalanced, again, it's the opposite of that, the converse.
So you have a fear of speaking up.
You're maybe over talking or lying through your teeth.
You experience lack of boundaries and you might even be a bit argumentative.
The next one up, this is when we move more into the heady stuff.
So this is your third eye.
It's called ajna in Sanskrit.
The color linked with it is right in between blue and purple, so it's like an indigo.
It's right in between your brows and slightly above in your forehead.
And this one represents your intuition.
This is a space of your dreams, your spirituality, even your psychic abilities.
This is where your vision comes in, your inner wisdom, and even your imagination.
When it's balanced, you can feel really intuitive, like you're connected with some higher source.
You feel spiritual, self-aware, imaginative, open-minded, focused, and your thoughts and
visions feel really clear to you.
You can see them easily.
When it's imbalanced, you might experience nightmares commonly.
You might be forgetful, anxious.
You could lack that feeling of inner guidance, inner wisdom.
You might even get some headaches as a physical ailment as well.
And then finally, this takes us up to the crown chakra.
This is at the top of your head.
It's called sahasrara.
The colors associated with this are violet, that deep purple, and also white, that color
of enlightenment.
And this one, it represents just that, unity, enlightenment, infinity, transcendence, and
connection to source.
When it's balanced, you feel connected to a higher power.
You trust in the universe.
You're able to stay in the present moment really easily.
And really just that idea of universal consciousness is one that feels authentic to you.
When it's imbalanced, it's the opposite.
Again, you feel detached from source.
You might have really strict and rigid religious views, which I think is super interesting,
like taking things from the book without being open-minded.
So closed-mindedness, depressed, confused, all of those feelings.
Yeah, so much good info.
We chimed it all.
A lot of info.
Love it.
It's a lot, right?
Jen and I were talking before, and we were sharing a little bit about our own experiences
with Reiki and with the chakras ourselves.
And I shared a little bit about how in my first ever Reiki healing session, I didn't
really know what to expect, right?
As most people don't, you hear about it, you read about it, but actually getting it is
a different story itself.
So I was laying there, and I could feel some heat here and there.
But my biggest takeaway, the most memorable experience I have from the session...
Ooh, I hear that thunder in the background.
Oh my goodness, raining.
The power is out.
It's coming through, mom and nature speaking.
Oh yes, so in my Reiki session, I remembered vividly seeing colors with my eyes closed.
And the colors I was seeing were blue turning into purple, turning into green.
And it was just one to the other.
And after that, the Reiki practitioner asked me what I experienced.
And she told me that.
And she said, wow, that's actually really connected to what I gathered from you.
Those were the areas in your body, your third eye, your throat, and your heart, and a bit
of your crown, which were really blocked.
And so she did a lot of work.
She spent a lot of time there opening those chakras up.
And so that's what I was seeing with the colors floating from one to the other and back.
And that was incredible.
Right?
And that was a time.
That's such a gift to be able to see those colors too.
That's a gift on your end as well.
I know, right?
A little bit of that, like, Claire, which Claire is that?
Yeah, Claire Boyan.
Claire Boyan.
Yeah, that clear seeing.
And so yeah, a lot of people function from those lower chakras.
It's very easy to be tied into our kind of basic survival needs and not expanding into
those higher ones where you're getting all of that intuition and spirituality that comes
from the third eye and even into the crown, getting that really sense of enlightenment
and all the beautiful connection from source.
It's so much easier to function from your lower ones because that represents our basic
needs.
So for a lot of people, those can be stronger, but honestly, it can go so many different
ways.
Another common one we were discussing that we see when we treat a lot of clients is because
a lot of us haven't been fully safe to always speak out what we need to say.
You know, we tend to people please and hold back some of the stuff that we wish we could
say.
There's often a disconnection from the mind really working with the heart.
That is our that is the link.
So when all of them are working together, you have this beautiful sense of hearing from
source feeling like you know what you need to say, actually speaking out and then feeling
like you're really living from that heart space and that that beautiful sense of love
and putting that out.
So no matter where your dysfunction is happening, when we don't have all of them working together,
it can be extremely problematic.
So even if you have those higher ones, if you're not rooted and grounded into the earth
and you don't have that sense of I belong here, you can get so stuck in that imagination
and deep into the dream world that it's hard for you to even use your gifts for good and
putting them all out there because you kind of get stuck in this little head bubble.
So you need this like beautiful tie.
So there are beautiful ways to to help with this beyond Reiki.
So crystals bringing that up into it again, there is a stone and a crystal that falls
into each of the different chakras that you can add into your collection.
I love doing full meditations where I lay all of my crystals on each point and really
like sit and balance with those.
I've felt like literal tingling under each one of them before, and that's I get all of
my spiritual gifts via via the touch sensation, heat sensation, the clear sentience.
So I always can deeply feel those energies.
And another really fun one is there is a root seed or seed sound to every single one.
And they have these awesome chanting meditations you can do where you bring vibration and sound
into each space, and that's a really beautiful way to kind of reset as well.
But Kat has a gift for us for this episode.
She's going to run us through a big check in meditation where we really can start to
feel into our different chakras.
So she's going to guide us into a meditation this episode.
Thank you so much for that, Jen.
And I loved everything you shared.
It's so, so true.
Like we need to be open and flowing in order to receive and feel like the balanced people
that we always strive to be.
So here's a way to put that all into action and be able to feel into your chakras.
So let's get ourselves all set up for meditation.
I have the beautiful rain in the background too.
Add to grounding, add to grounding.
Oh my gosh, I love it.
This is perfect.
Okay, so wherever you are right now, allow yourself to get really comfortable.
Finding either a comfortable seat or laying down on the ground.
Uncross your arms, uncross your legs.
Take in your environment around you.
Take a deep breath altogether.
Breathe in through your nose.
Exhale through your mouth, let it go.
Good.
If you feel comfortable doing so, go ahead and close your eyes or find a soft gaze.
Begin to relax.
Bringing your awareness to your breath.
Noticing any sensations arising in your body.
Take any last wiggles that are calling out to you, any scratches.
And then allow your body to begin to settle.
Now notice your thoughts.
Gently acknowledge them.
Are they in the past?
Are they in the future?
Are they in the present moment right here?
Wherever they are, just gently let them go.
No judgment, just release.
Imagine for a moment that you're outside in the grass with bare feet.
The earth is warm, but the grass is cool between your toes.
Feel at the bottoms of each feet, tiny roots growing downward.
Allow those roots to grow through the grass, deep down.
Now imagine those roots going through the many layers of the earth, soaking up the earth's
healing minerals.
Growing down, down to the water underground.
It's clear, it's warm, cleansing you in many ways.
Allow those roots to continue on deeper until they reach the crystals and precious jewels
deep within the earth's surface.
You feel the energy of these healing crystals enter your space, bringing you a greater sense
of life and wellbeing.
Roots continue growing into a deep vein of gold in the earth.
The gold surrounds you, blessing you with its energy.
You feel vibrant.
Continue going down now into the very center of the earth, into the ultimate cleansing
of fire.
Allow it to rid anything within you of low energy.
Feel the fire transform you now.
Now draw upward into the soles of your feet, drawing into you all that nourishes you from
the earth.
The cleansing of fire, the richness of gold, any precious stones, the minerals, the cherished
water.
Bring it all up and into the soles of your feet.
Feel that sensation in your feet.
The energy comes in through both of your legs.
It flows into your groin.
And here you feel the color red in your groin, in the base of your spine.
It's warm and it's rich.
You feel safe, stable, cared for.
It now fills you into the second chakra.
You see the color orange.
You feel it in your pelvis.
Also clear through you to your low back.
You feel creative.
In tune with your sexuality.
Now moving higher, just above the belly button with the brightest yellow of the sun, we've
arrived to your solar plexus.
The energy fills you in ways that are just perfect for you.
You feel confidence, optimism, reliability.
More so gently, it turns into the greens of your heart chakra and pinks for true love.
You see them both, fuller and fuller, brighter and brighter.
You feel gratitude fill your entire being, full of love for this moment, for yourself,
for all.
Moving up through your throat, blues fill the back of your neck and your throat chakra.
You feel the ability to speak your truth, to express yourself in whatever ways you decide.
And finally, working your way all the way up to your crown, purples and violets open
your third eye center in your forehead.
Information of the universe comes into you here.
Soak it up gently.
We no longer need to go after intuition, for now it simply comes to you.
You are so full that this energy fountains upward from the crown of your head in iridescent
colors showering all around you.
Golden sparkles fill you up.
Your crown is opening as the energy showers all around you.
You now receive and give the energy of the universe.
It enters you from all directions.
You soak it up through every inch of your skin.
The exchange is happening now.
Just allow it and notice.
Take a deep breath in through your nose.
Fill up deep belly breath.
Open your mouth.
Let it all go.
Slowly beginning to come back, back into your body, into the here and now.
Noticing your surroundings, give a little wiggle of the fingers, your toes.
Back your neck side to side.
And only when you're ready, open your eyes and welcome back.
Welcome back.
Well, I'll leave you all with that.
Thank you so much, Jen.
Yes.
Thank you for giving us this that we can always come back to.
So calming.
Absolutely.
I'm so glad to hear it.
This place is always accessible and available to all of us, one we can always come back
to.
So thank you for listening to another episode of Awaken Together.
We will see you all next week.
Bye.