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What exactly is a chakra? 

The human body has seven main subtle energy centers along the spine called chakras. The yoga suggests that these centers are where energy, prana, enters our bodies. The chakras play a role in regulating our physical, emotional, and mental health. They spin like wheels on both the front and back of the spine.

The Science

The chakras interact with the body’s endocrine glands and lymphatic system and feed energy to our vital organs. The endocrine system provides pathways from the physical body, through the hormones, to the psychological and emotional body. The major glands of the endocrine system are the adrenals, reproductive organs, thyroid, parathyroid, hypothalamus, pituitary, and pineal. Overlapping the endocrine system is the chakra system.

Finding Balance 

When the chakras are in balance, they allow for the free flow of energy throughout the body. The chakras respond to not only our own emotions, but also the emotions of others around us. Emotional wounds and trauma can block these energy centers from delivering prana to the body. The result is feelings of stress, anxiety, and tension. Yoga refers to energy blocks as granthis. If the granthi stays long enough it can cause physical disease, as well as, mental and emotional imbalance.

What do the chakras get blocked?

There are many things that can cause the chakras to become blocked or imbalanced. Holding on to anger and resentment, worry and stress, or suppressing emotions are a few things that can contribute to blockages. Granthis can be from physical injuries or emotional traumas. The chakras can also become blocked due to outside sources like pollution or other toxins.

When a chakra is block you may feel disconnected from yourself or others. You may also experience anxiety, depression, or other health problems. 

Curt playing singing crystal bowls

How do we release blocks and balance energy?

In our Journey through the Chakras sound bath and yoga experience we use sound healing, breath work and Amrit Yoga postures to open and release energy blocks.

Integral Breath Therapy is an experiential process that uses breathing techniques to clear physical, mental and emotional blocks or stress, bringing the chakras into balance.. 

How does sound impact our ability to heal?

We’ve all experienced the ways in which sound can impact how we feel, like feeling happy while listening to your favorite song, or a sudden bang from the other room can make our heart race. Sound therapy for healing has been used for thousands of years. 

Each one of the seven crystal bowls is tuned to one of the main chakras. When these bowls resonate with your chakras, they cleanse, clear, and move energy through your body and bring you into a state of vibrational harmony.

The yoga poses mixed with soothing sounds activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for regulating the body’s rest and digest functions. This can help slow down the heart rate, lower blood pressure, and reduce levels of stress hormones in the body, providing an overall feeling of wellbeing and peace.

Take time to relax, rejuvenate and release your inner healer join us for one of our upcoming sound bath experiences.

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]]> Staying Grounded Over the Holidays https://wouldyouyoga.com/staying-grounded-over-the-holidays/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:58:53 +0000 https://wouldyouyoga.com/?p=1828 With so many activities the holidays can be a stressful time. It’s easy to get caught up in a busy schedule. When this happens we often lose the ability to be present. It’s so easy to become preoccupied with our thoughts; our to do lists, feeling lonely, concerns on whether our gifts are good enough, or concerns if we’re even…

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]]> With so many activities the holidays can be a stressful time. It’s easy to get caught up in a busy schedule. When this happens we often lose the ability to be present. It’s so easy to become preoccupied with our thoughts; our to do lists, feeling lonely, concerns on whether our gifts are good enough, or concerns if we’re even good enough. This can be exhausting and ungrounded to say the least. These thoughts can even manifest as physical ailments like lower back pain, insomnia, and anxiety.

Working with our energy center known as the Root Chakra, Muladhara can help us stay grounded during this chaotic time of year. When we think of the root chakra, the first chakra located at the base of our spine, we can ask ourselves, what keeps me grounded? What makes me feel secure? What nourishes me? The answers to these questions are where we can focus our energy to stay grounded and revitalize our energy.

Here are a few ideas on how to stay grounded and present during this holiday season.

  1. Meditate – There are some great root chakra videos on you tube. Do a search and find one you like. The next time you’re stressed, take a few minutes to meditate with one of these videos. Here’s a good one I found. Root chakra meditation
  2. Yoga – Here are a few postures that help activate and clear energy in the root chakra… Balancing poses like dancing shiva, standing forehead to knee, tree, and eagle. Poses that ground your feet and legs to the earth like standing squat, triangle, mountain, and half moon. If your new to yoga take a yoga class to become familiar with these postures. Check out our class schedule here.
  3. Treat yourself – get a massage, pedicure, walk in nature. Schedule time to do more of what you love!
  4. Get out – the holidays can stir up emotions related to loss and abandonment leaving us feeling lonely. Find your tribe, people who nourish your soul. Go to church (Unity of Palm Harbor is my fav), find a club on meetup.com. You can check out this online site that helps match people with their interests, GambolLife.com.
    And if you’re not up to actually getting off the sofa – phone a friend and let them know you’re thinking of them. (They might be feeling lonely too!)

Being present is the greatest gift you can give yourself and everyone else.

Happy Holidays – Remember to Breathe!

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