Chakra healing - the new power tool

Well, this is going to be an interesting one to write about. Buckle up.

I’ll start by saying that if you are skeptical on the belief that we are energy and that mass is but a manifestation of energy, you should read this post. If anything, it will expose you to a different way of thinking and perhaps unlock growth - either it will validate your own beliefs with further reasoning of why your reality is right for you or it will open your mind to other possible realities. Either way, a win.

If you already believe that we are all but energy, I hope you find pieces here that resonate with your own experiences or support you in your inward and spiritual journey.

My experiences with visualization and meditation around energy and the type of releases I physically experience came about in the same way, I believe, happens for 99% of the folks who arrive at this place: something is wrong with us, usually health related, and no one can figure out what the cause is. For most, it takes a while before considering that maybe it could be something related to your mental health or life purpose misalignments, since it’s so tangibly experienced in your body and so easily validated by traditional medicine that it is in fact a medical problem to be treated - athough often goes undiagnosed.

My situation was exactly so: ongoing issues with my gut led me to a never ending battery of tests and doctors, struggles with diets and big weight swings that haunted me for years, ultimately leading to moody and sad emotions that I couldn’t really articulate reasoning for. Still, doctors wanted to continue to attempt to diagnose, as my symptoms were concerning.

At this point I had hit my 9th year of practicing yoga, and though meditation is a big part of it, I had been consciously steering clear of deeper work and only exploring meditation in connection to breath work - that is what I would now describe, as me exploring things at a very superficial level, meaning being scared shitless.

Then, for whatever reason, was suddenly ready to give this chakra healing thing a go.

I decided to get a rose crystal. It’s the most well known and it felt pretty harmless to me (this was my very first crystal). I also got a little pocket book that explained how to use crystals for chakra meditation. I remember walking into a local store, embarrassed and smirking at the situation as I paid, and making my way back home. I felt a bit ridiculous, to be honest. Still, I thought I had nothing to lose. If nothing else, I would just be meditating.

I arrived home, laid on the floor in my bedroom, placed the little mineral at the center of my sternum (heart chakra energy binds well with rose quartz) and started taking deep breaths, letting them grow longer and letting the pauses at the top and bottom of the breath also become longer.

I started to visualize my breath flowing freely into the center of my sternum, letting it circulate there and also visualizing it flowing outward as I exhaled. All super relaxed and flowy for what felt like a very long time - I have no idea how long the whole experience took up to this day!

And then something changed. The inhaled air became a dark fog, and as I exhaled that fog would not come out. I freaked out and thought about stopping this shenanigan right there, but how could I leave that dark thing inside? Especially as something so visual to me. I decided to stick with it and thought I could just focus on having the fog leave as I exhaled. Next breathe in, it turns into fog again, but as I exhaled it also flows out! “Ok, I got this !”. I continued for what felt like a seriously long time, with the process of clearing this dark fog in my heart space.

Eventually, it all came out, in my visualizing exercise. I felt light, relieved and continued to breathe and enjoy the release in the body and mind, so I continued in that meditation bliss.

Then things took a turn for the worst. At some point one of my deep inhales traveled to my belly. To this day can’t figure out on which organ it landed, but it got to a specific location in my abdomen. The breath transformed into a weird looking grey mass. Like a ball. I thought and maybe even said out loud: “ohhh… F&@$!” I repeated exactly the same as before - breathe in, grab it, breathe out, let go…breathe in, grab it, breathe out, let go….

Soon it was gone. Breaths became clear air again and also I could feel my own breath resonating in my entire body for the first time! Nothing was localized anymore - I realized I had just released the two energetic blocks I had.

What I will share next is the pinnacle of the experience, and the part that will speak to the loving skeptics still reading (well done you!): I started to cry uncontrollably. I had never cried like that before and have never cried like that again. I cried for most of the following days too.

From that moment onward, my medical complaints were gone. Like they never existed. Like they NEVER existed. My gut and weight have been stable since, and I have gained courage to address all the other pieces in my life (mental, emotional and spiritual) that were lacking or struggling and probably contributed to my heart chakra block. The other block is more complex, and I’ve learned more about it since. I have my own (very personal) digestion to do, of what it was about. Still work in progress.

The best way I have found to explain this is the following: the brain and its synapses hold a lot of power over all dimensions of our being. For both good and bad, it is the organ most recognized and support by science on how we operate and process life. Most believe, it also holds the key to the mystery of consciousness. What we often fail to recognize is that the brain and its inner works can’t happen without sources of input. Your body is the provider of all your unprocessed big data! We also fail to recognize that the body holds the key to our emotions, as bodily sensations have physiological and psychological consequences - actual empirical evidences of this are changes in heart rate, blood pressure an hormone level changes.

If you can agree with these statements, you could perhaps consider that listening to your body could provides additional insights for your brain. Maybe you could also consider, that you might not have within you all the tools and capabilities required for processing unknown data or running new processes - think of it as trying to drive in a screw with a hammer. It’s not productive to expect your brain to do all and be all. If you do, you will break it.

I see this as a tool among others more commonly acknowledged, that are being currently explored or are yet to be discovered. A tool that I know I won’t ever master and that I accept I can’t comprehend, but that I’ve learned to use to help me process some of my big data.

This is when I say ‘Take it or leave it!’ But I do hope you take it as I - for one - am very happy with my new screwdriver.