Hello, Root Chakra

I've spent much of my focus on my root chakra lately. Focusing on allowing old pockets of pain to move out, to experience them from an observer's position and let them flow through me. Some ideas from a book which aren't new just said in a different way that has really made sense for me . Although I was kind of surprised to realize that I have spent much of my time focusing on healing my sacral chakra, and not so much my root, when I'm really beginning to complete the idea that maybe everything perceived/felt/'processed from the physical world must first filter through the root chakra. If that's true, it is extremely important to keep that clear. Not just grounded but clear. Because the energy that flows through that could easily bring up gun with it into our other chakras. This is where our survival instincts are, where our addictions lie and where we feel connected to mother earth. In working on my root chakra so much lately I will say I have begun to feel like I have come to myself again in some regard. Even if I clear the sacral chakra but have avoided the root, reminents from there can flow and get stuck in my sacral, the center of emotions and connections to others. Our root is our connection to self, sacral our connection to others. The old adage, "You have to take care of yourself before you take care of others" applies here.

The driving thought/force behind this particular blog was that with all the work I've been doing lately, I'll say over the last 3 weeks or so specifically focused on the root, last couple months on the core area.... I can feel the emotions releasing. My thought was what have I gotten myself into? My anxiety is high, very high. It seems I am constantly noticing disruptions surfacing and consciously letting them go. I must take 5 really deep breaths a minute, visualizing it running through all chakras and cleansing away what is working its way out. It gets irritating. I'm irritable, and my mood is shifting rapidly sparked my something minor.  But I keep doing it. I keep bringing myself outside my comfort zone, moving through the fear. My goal, my job during this time, is to remain seated and grounded in an observer's point of view. Micheal, insert his last name here, says it's just a feeling, it's just something in the universe as a bruise on our body, or a car driving down the street. There is no reason to run from it, to allow it to consume you. It's great work. By far one of the best books I've ever read/listened too (I have it on audiobook.) It's teachings are in perfect time. But it is intense at times, this is why I'm writing this now, sitting next to my window in my favorite room, in my almost favorite chair (it's growing on me) sipping my yogi tea.... because allowing old stuff to surface without consciously and controllingly needing to observe each one and pick it apart can be intense. You've given yourself permission to heal, You've chosen freedom over holding onto something that causes you pain or disruption, grabbing each one as it goes by your psyche on its way out is only slowing the process. I just have to let it come and go. Just breathe, keep breathing.. Spend time alone and be conscious enough to understand that what your feeling right now is very likely NOT related to something happening right now. It's something moving through you from an earlier experience which we chose not to deal with then. It's intense. But I no longer wish to be afraid of the world, I no longer wish to spend valuable energy trying to control and micromanage my life so that I can remain okay. Or other people for that matter. So I continue. I continue allowing myself to open. My focus is to keep myself clear so that experiences can pass through me and I can live my life and love the people in it without throwing my shit onto them.

With Grace & Gratitude...

Shifting

     I've spent the last several weeks watching & riding a wave of energy which is bringing enormous amounts of change for many, I'd actually be confident enough to say... all.  How it effects each of us is the variable.  

      The biggest complaints brought my attention are stomach issues, primarily diarrhea, along with anxiety issues, & sleepiness. Exploring those very issues with people I've noticed the ones with diarrhea exhibit a last minute willingness on various levels, to let go. To let go of that which no longer serves them. A feeling of FINALLY learning embodying things such as patience, the ability to surrender to the process, see asepcts of themselves the universe has been gracefully trying to show them for years, etc.  Something cannot change on one level and not somehow effect all the others... hence the physical detox following the mental/emotional/spiritual. The people I've noticed most prone to feeling more sleepy & eating slightly heavier meals are those more sensitive/intuitive people. As if we feel this shift coming and we are preparing ourselves to be available for the influx of those seeking answers & reassurance. We are eating more heavy foods, and sleeping more somewhat like an athlete does before a big race. Those who have seemed to be doing "the work" so to speak of inner voyaging over the last few years & slowly going through this process of discovering who they really are seem to be having way less physical symptoms. As if their bodies have built some kind of tolerance or strategy to deal with these shifts, and change is a little more comfortable for them, on all levels. They seem to have a vague sense that something is changing, but it feels very normal to them, after all, they've been doing it for some time. The anxiety issues/panic attacks are arising for people who aren't so willing to let go. Who are still fighting and clinging to what they've always known out of fear, and a desire to NOT feel what is surfacing. LET IT SURFACE. It's okay. I promise it won't kill you to look at yourself, but running from it will. 

       Because the energy has shifted. As a planet, our vibration is raising through individual people's willingness to raise their own vibration, to "be the change they wish to see in the world." Well, that's exactly what's happening. And one of us cannot change without someone else changing, and many of us cannot change without a noticeable change in the world collectively. This higher energy vibration is being felt by all of us... it's shaking shit to the surface of our conscious minds that can be a little frightening. Aspects of our selves long hidden or denied. Opportunites within our personal relationships (especially our primary ones such as significant others & parent/child) to heal long held emotional traumas are becoming more and more frequent. For God sakes, TAKE THESE OPPORTUNITIES. I promise you, they are only going to become more frequent, and more intense. The Universe WILL get your attention. The last few years some of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time have focused on going inward, getting to know our shadow self, dealing with deep rooted emotional issues. Why? Because maybe on some level... they new this was coming. This energy coming in now as we speak which will usher us into a new era of human connected-ness. This is what 2012 is about. The end of our world as we all have known it, not that an asteroid is coming to take us all out. Old ways of thinking doing are simply falling away, but yes there will be chaos. The amount of chaos will be directly related to the amount of energy WE spend fighting it. Fighting what is. 

      This change is inevitable, and it's okay. It's beautiful really. So, breath deep, doing so is so underrated. Seek out relationship with people who empower you, support you, and truly love you. Give to others what you are wanting more of in your life, whether it's friendship, love, a listening ear, compassion, understanding. By doing so you are creating more of that in your life. GET OUT SIDE. Nothing is more supportive or more grounding that the earth energy itself. SLEEP. Listen to your body, if you need to take a nap, by all means take a nap! It's okay. Things are changing. We need to listen, more so than we ever have. We need to honor ourselves and take a moment of reverence to step back and ask the Universe, "what is really going on here?" 

With Grace & Gratitude...