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94 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k m a r c h / a p r i l 2 0 1 7 CHAKRAS AS SOLUTIONS How do I help a client deal with their own causal energies? I first figure out what's off about their subtle energies by evaluating for chakra spin. Chakras are subtle energy centers that convert physical to subtle energy and vice versa. The locations of the main seven in-body chakras are: Chakra Location Function First Hips Security Second Abdomen Emotions Third Solar plexus Mentality Fourth Heart Relationships Fifth Throat Communication Sixth Brow Vision Seventh Top of forehead Spirituality Chakras are formed from vortexes that transfer subtle energies between a chakra and the body. Ideally, the energy moves fluidly, sometimes spinning clockwise and other times counterclockwise. When the energy is moving clockwise, the chakra is taking in energy. It uses some of this incoming energy to make decisions about the future. When the energy is flowing counterclockwise, the chakra is releasing energy, processing information about the past and putting energy into our memory banks. A chakra needs to enable both spins to keep itself—and us—in balance. When a chakra's energy is moving too fast and only clockwise, it's stuck in future forward. Relative to that chakra's concern, the person will be fearful or anxious about the future. If a chakra's energy is moving too slowly and only counterclockwise, it is over-processing information about the past. In other words, it will be stuck in a depressive mode as per that chakra's functions. Balancing an off-chakra's spin and speed will support the client in dealing with the real issues and functioning better in their daily lives. APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE How might you integrate the idea of separating out energies and correcting spin? Following are a few simple ways to insert these concepts into your practice. 1. Evaluate for ownership of energies. The most effective way to distinguish between a client's energy and others' energies is to guide the client into a meditative state. Ask the client to get a sense of the differing percentages. Then, ask if they have a sense of the owner(s) of the challenging energy. It's OK if they don't. 2. Release others' energies. Ask the client if they are willing to be freed from others' energies. If they are, request that they surrender the invading energy to their wise self or a Higher Power, which will deal with it lovingly. The client can then request that the empty space that remains be filled with energies provided by this higher help. 3. Assess for spin. After a client releases the other's energy, you can assess the spin. I perform this maneuver after the separation process because I'll be more apt to be dealing with the client's causal energies, rather than interfering energies. Some practitioners use a pendulum to evaluate spin. A pendulum is a weight on a cord. If you want to try this method, hold the pendulum 4–6 inches above a chakra site and ask that the chakra's movements reveal a problem, if there is one. If one or more chakras respond