Meditate, Breathe, Relax & Heal
Energy Centers
Chakras in Sanskrit means "wheel", in between these wheels are energy channels that allow the energy to flow from one place to another. These wheels are circular vortexes of energy found in 7 different points in the spinal column. All seven Chakras are connected to seven major organs and glands within the body. These wheels of energy are responsible for disturbing the life energy. They move clockwise and spin the energy out of our body into the space around us and they spin counterclockwise to pull energy from our external world, and from the people in it, towards us.
The wheels of energy, (Chakras in Sanskrit) are capable of shifting our own life energies up or down, when left ignored, our Chakras, have no alternative but to function in "automatic pilot" as we move forward in life, acting or reacting as we see fit to every situation.
It is very important to balance the Chakras, by doing so we can release blocked energies, create harmony in these areas and nurture emotional and physical well-being.
The first Chakra, Muladhara, Root Chakra is connected with the Gonad Glands.
The second Chakra, Swadhishtana, Sacral Chakra is connected with the Adrenal Glands.
The third Chakra, Manipura, Solar Plexus is connected with the Pancreas Gland. The fourth Chakra, Anahata, Heart Chakra is connected with the Thymus Gland. The fifth Chakra, Vishuddha, Throat Chakra is connected with the Thyroid Gland. The sixth Chakra, Ajna, Third Eye is connected with the Pineal Gland. The seventh Chakra, Sahasrara, Crown Chakra is connected with the Pituitary Gland.
Symptoms of Unbalanced Energy Centers
Pituitary Gland | Crown Chakra | Sahasrara
Some of the emotional imbalances include:
• Depression, anxiety
• Sensitivities (to light, sounds, etc.)
• Inability to focus
• Constant drama in your life
• Firm thoughts on religion and spirituality, confusion, carry prejudices
• Fears, fear of alienation.
• Inability to see beyond your own space, not being able to be empathetic
Some of the physical imbalances include:
• Poor coordination
• Chronic tension headaches and migraines
• Exhaustion
• Hair loss
• Pituitary gland malfunctions
To Bring into Balance
• Meditate
• Learn something new
• Practice gratitude
• Wear the color purple
• Practice Yoga poses as Headstand, Rabbit Stand, Crocodile Pose, Corpse Pose, Half Camel Pose.
Pineal Gland | Third Eye Chakra | Ajna
Some of the emotional imbalances include:
• Lack of intuitive guidance and self-reflect
• Moodiness, volatility
• Overactive imagination
• Inability to learn from others
• Brain fog
• Lack of inspiration
Some of the physical imbalances include:
• Eye and sinus issues, blurred vision, eyestrain
• Seizures
• Hearing loss
• Headaches
• Hormone dysfunctions
To Bring into Balance
• Meditate
• Listen to your body
• Wear the color blue.
• Keep a dream journal.
• Practice Yoga balancing postures like Tree Pose and Dancer’s Pose.
Thyroid Gland | Throat Chakra | Vishuddha
Some of the emotional imbalances include:
• Low self-esteem, no willpower
• Unable to self-express and communicate
• Talking all the time without knowing when to stay quiet
• Inability to speak up or stand up for yourself
• Unable to set boundaries
Some of the physical imbalances include:
• Sore throat, laryngitis, ear infections
• Mouth ulcers, facial problems
• Thyroid problems
• Jaw pain or habit of grinding your teeth
• Pain or stiffness in your neck
To Bring into Balance
• Meditate (silence meditation)
• Sing (chant a mantra)
• Wear the color turquoise.
• Drink soothing teas
• Practice Yoga poses such as Lions Breath, Fish pose, Baby Cobra, Cat cow.
Thymus Gland | Heart Chakra | Anahata
Some of the emotional imbalances include:
• Emotional heart problems, sense of loss
• Excessive love to the point of suffocation
• An inability to let go of past wounds
• Abandonment, anger, bitterness, Jealousy
• Fear of loneliness, Jealousy
• Lack of self-compassion
Some of the physical imbalances include:
• Heart palpitations, asthma, breast issues
• Pain in your upper back or chest, tight shoulders
• Lowered immune system, lymphatic system issues
• Poor circulation, high/low blood pressure
• Respiratory and breathing difficulties
To Bring into Balance
• Connect with nature and breathe
• Meditate
• Practice loving-kindness
• Take great care of self-love and express love to others
• Wear green or pink colors
• Practice Yoga poses such as Low Lunge, Reverse Prayer, Wheel pose, Cobra
Pancreas | Solar Plexus | Manipura
Some of the emotional imbalances include:
• Low self-esteem, overinflated ego
• Issues with identity, confidence, and personal power
• Fear of rejection, criticism
• Physical appearance is prioritized
• Inability to commit
• Inability to follow through with goals
Some of the physical imbalances include:
• Digestive issues, abdominal pain, acid reflux, ulcers, etc.
• Liver dysfunction
• Diabetes
• Issues with the pancreas, gallbladder, and colon
To Bring into Balance
• Meditate
• Eat healthy balanced meals easy to digest
• Do not drink cold water and never overeat
• Sunbathe
• Wear color yellow
• Practice Yoga poses such as Child’s Pose, Dhanurasana, Downward Facing Dog
Adrenal Glands | Sacral Chakra | Swadhishtana
Some of the emotional imbalances include:
• Feeling easily overwhelmed emotionally, lack of creativity
• Feeling detached, depressed, over-sensitive
• Loss of imagination and no creativity
• Excessive boundaries, poor social skills, and attitudes toward loved ones
• Out of touch with emotions and closed off
• Unable to commit to a relationship and unable to have fun
Some of the physical imbalances include:
• Pain and stiffness in your low back and hips
• Urinary problems
• Kidney dysfunctions, hip, pelvic and low back pain
• Sexual and reproductive issues
To Bring into Balance
• Meditate
• Connect with the element of water: drink water, swim, take a soothing bath
• Dance, move, stretch, wear color orange
• Stay in touch with your feelings, write or use therapy
• Practice Yoga poses such as Reclining Bound Angle, Bound Angle Pose, Dancing Goddess
Gonads | Rood Chakra | Muladhara
Some of the emotional imbalances include:
• Feeling ungrounded, unsafe, and insecure
• Home life feels chaotic and unsettled
• Feeling stuck in life
• Struggling to share, selfishness
• Having a victim mind state
• Feelings that affect our basic survival needs such as money, shelter, and food
Some of the physical imbalances include:
• Constipation and bowel issues
• Difficulty sleeping
• Pain and stiffness in your feet and legs, knee pain
• Rectum & tailbone problems
• Degenerative arthritis, sciatica
• Immune system problems
• Male reproductive parts and prostate gland issues
To Bring into balance
• Eat foods from the earth.
• Practice breathing exercises
• Wear color red.
• Connect with nature, with earth, walk, bike, do grounding
• Practice Yoga, poses such as Sukhasana, Balasana, Malasana, Warrior 1, Lotus Position
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The Power Of Meditation And How We Heal Through It
By Dr. Joe Dispenza
The word meditation means to become familiar with. As you become familiar with the thoughts, the behaviors, and the emotions of the old self, you're retiring that old self. The purpose of meditation is to slow down your brain waves and get beyond the thinking, analytical mind.
The Ladder of Consciousness
When the conscious mind is awake and functioning optimally, it exists in the realm of the beta state. But when the brain is in high beta, that means it’s in a highly aroused, overly-active state. This usually indicates someone is living in an emergency mode—otherwise known as fight or flight.
Once you get beyond beta, the first layer of the subconscious is the alpha brain state. In alpha, your breathing naturally slows down, the voice in your head quiets, and the more you continue to relax, the more you begin sliding down the ladder of consciousness into the theta and delta states. It takes relaxing, getting comfortable, and discontinuing thought to change your brain and body’s physiology—and you do this every night as you fall asleep.
The antithesis is also true. When you can’t sleep at night, it’s typically because your mind is racing and you’re processing thoughts about your family, job, health, an upsetting event that happened earlier in the day, and of course—a worst-case future scenario that doesn’t actually exist.
This type of circuitous, negative thinking manufactures corresponding chemicals in the brain that signal the body to feel emotional. Once we feel those emotions like frustration, judgment, fear, or anger, we tend to think more thoughts equal to those self-limiting emotions. When this happens over and over, our body becomes addicted to these emotional states and thus becomes addicted to the hormones of stress—further miring us in negative feedback loops. As a result, instead of sinking deeper into consciousness, our brain waves climb the ladder to higher levels of beta brain wave activity. In fact, this is where we enter the realm of high beta brain waves and now the analytical mind is now overly active.
It’s through our meditation practice that we can enter the subconscious and change our unwanted programs. Think of the subconscious as the brain’s operating system. By dropping into the operating system of the brain, we can alter habits, behaviors, and remove emotional scars. If you’re not trying to change anything, you can simply open yourself up to receiving unknown possibilities and create something new.
Body Asleep, Mind Awake
Look at it this way—falling asleep and waking up is not something we have to learn how to do, right? We do it every day.
These two times of the day are when the door to the subconscious mind naturally opens up. When we go to bed at night, the nighttime neurotransmitter melatonin makes our brain waves go from beta to alpha, from alpha to theta, and from theta to delta. When we wake up in the morning, serotonin—the daytime neurotransmitter—creates the same process in reverse; our brain waves go from delta to theta, from theta to alpha, and from alpha to beta.
As we close our eyes and begin the meditation process, it makes sense that we are changing our brain chemistry from serotonin to melatonin, and thus our brain waves follow suit. As we sit still and relax our body, we stop thinking because our brain is naturally processing less sensory information.
If we can allow our bodies to begin to fall asleep while we are aware of our inner world, we’re in the perfect state to begin our transformational and/or creative work. Just like it’s harder to fall asleep when the neighbor is mowing his lawn, your teenager is playing hip-hop music in the next room, or there’s coffee brewing in the kitchen—it’s harder to get into that meditative state because the external sensory information keeps us focused on our outer world, instead of our inner.
The Takeaway
Like riding a bike or playing tennis, what I want you to understand is relaxing the body yet staying conscious is just a skill to develop (there’s a reason why we call mediation a practice). When you can completely relax your body and remain conscious, this is the realm where the unknown and the mystical happen.
By sensing the vastness of space around you and becoming no body, no one, no thing, no where, in no time—your body, other people, things in your environment, and past and future events no longer become the object of your attention. You (as consciousness—not the body) are no longer picking up the sensory information around you, which means you’re no longer living by the hormones of stress. In this state, you’re not awake, you’re not sleeping, and you’re not dreaming; you’re in the transcendental state. This is the unknown realm and this is where the door opens to events like out-of-body experiences, spontaneous healings, and mystical moments.
So the next time you sit down to meditate, I want you to remember that you already know how to do this. Slow down the process and really feel in each one of those stages. Stay aware, expand into the future you’ve always wanted, and connect to the feelings of that new future.
Know that the life you’ve always wanted to live awaits you. You just have to make the journey.
People who experienced miraculous healing had 4 things in common:
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“The first one was that they all believed and accepted that there was an intelligence that lived within them that was giving them life.”
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“The second thing was that they realized that it was the mismanagement of their emotions and the hormones of stress that really began to create their condition.”
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“The third thing they said was, ‘Okay, so now that I know that … I can’t mismanage my thoughts and feelings … I’ve got to watch how I speak, I’ve got to become conscious of how unconscious I am.’”
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“The fourth thing is that, when they were doing that rehearsal process, they had long moments where they lost track of time and space.”
