What is Energy Work?
Read more to learn about the origin of the Chakra system and how the westernized version is used in witchcraft, a bit about auras and how your energy field connects in with your chakra system, and three energy work practices you can try.
Learning to Focus: Meditation Postures
Sitting is arguably the best way to practice meditation. This post includes a couple of postures to try sitting in while practicing meditation. Try the half lotus pose before attempting the full lotus pose.
Learning to Focus: 5 Breathing Exercises
Focusing on the breath is one of the most common and fundamental techniques for accessing the meditative state. Breath is a deep rhythm of the body that connects us intimately with the world around us.
8 Crystals for Personal Power
There are many ways to unstick the energy if your solar plexus chakra becomes blocked. One way is to use crystals when working with your solar plexus chakra. When the energy flows smoothly once more you are increasing your personal power.
Learning to Focus: Making time for Meditation
Setting aside time for meditation may be difficult. Start by setting a goal of how much time you’d like to spend meditating each day. The next step is to find the time.
8 Crystals for Emotional Balance
The second chakra is key for sexuality and hormonal balance, which affects the entire body. No matter what stage of life you are at, this chakra can be thrown off by trauma or illness. Some people are uncomfortable with their own sexuality, and that can throw your emotions out of whack too.
Learning to Focus: 6 Tips for Creating a Meditation Space
When meditating, you will want a special place that you can escape to and connect with your own higher power. It will help recharge your energy and keeps you balanced. You can do whatever you want in your space: you can read, sleep, sing, knit, read angel cards and the list goes on.
Learning to Focus: Introduction to Meditation
The goal of meditation is to focus and quiet your mind, eventually reaching a higher level of awareness and inner calm. When you are in this state your magic becomes more powerful and effective.
Witchcraft 101: Learning to Focus
The ability to focus and visualize will greatly increase the power of your magic. Learn to be calm. Learn to pull strength from within yourself. Learn to be still.
8 Crystals for the Grounding
Grounding is as simple as it sounds. It is an act of connecting with the ground. This can mean walking barefoot or lying down on your back in the grass or dirt. Touching the earth reestablishes your ancestral connection with the earth and stabilizes your energy.
Another Perspective on the Chakras
Most of my knowledge on the Chakras comes from western teachings and I am by no means an expert. What I know feels like the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to looking into this stuff more.
How to Tell if your Crown Chakra is Blocked
The Crown Chakra is the seventh chakra and is located at the top of the chakra ladder. It governs your spiritual progress and is the center for trust, devotion, inspiration, happiness, and positivity.
How to Tell if Your Third Eye Chakra is Blocked
The third eye chakra is the sixth of the seven chakras. Located on your forehead between both eyes. This is the chakra that connects you with your intuition, to help guide your spirit by using your inner knowledge.
How to Tell if your Throat Chakra is Blocked
The throat chakra is the communication center in your energy body. Recognized by its pale blue color it is located over your physical throat and includes the thyroid, parathyroid, neck, jaw, mouth and ears.
How to Tell if your Heart Chakra is Blocked
Located in the center of the chest, the Heart Chakra is the emotional energy center of your body. Energetically speaking, the Heart Chakra is the bridge between your physical and spiritual self.
How to Tell if your Solar Plexus Chakra is Blocked
The Solar Plexus chakra is the third of the seven chakras. It is located in the abdominal region, above your navel and up to the breastbone. Another name for this chakra is the personal power chakra.
How to Tell if your Sacral Chakra is Blocked
If you’ve ever felt emotionally unstable, fearful of change, blocked in your creative endeavors, your sacral chakra may be out of balance.
How to Tell if your Root Chakra is Blocked
If you’ve ever felt anxious, stressed, unsettled, scattered or insecure, your root chakra was out of whack. And just like a game of Jenga, if the base is unbalanced all the pieces above fall out of place too.
Beginner's Guide to Chakras
Energy work is at the basis of many forms of alternative medicine. Chakra balancing is one of these healing techniques one can use to heal themselves. It involves the use on meditation, mantra, yoga and affirmations to change the flow of energy to these energy centers of the body.