During my yoga retreat to the Sacred Valley in Peru, I wanted to make time to study the chakra energies that run through our body.
Little did I know that what I was studying would resurface at the most impromptu time at Pura Vida Resort and Spa in Costa Rica July 2022.
It all started at the wellness resort we stayed at before heading to Machu Picchu in July 2021.
There are 7 flower gardens dedicated to the Chakras at Willka Tika in Peru.
I committed to spending time in silence in each of these gardens with no particular order in mind. I grabbed my journal and a pen and walked around the property until a garden pulled me in.
I wanted to share my notes and lessons here for anyone wanting to learn more about the Chakras. From my perspective.
Did you know there is a color associated with each chakra?
Could this explain why we are drawn to a specific color? Why? To stabilize that chakra, balance, unblock it or enhance it?
Let’s start with the Root Chakra. Red.
The Root Chakra connects us to the earth. It is the root of our souls. It keeps us secure, strong and helps us stay in touch with our own reality by bringing awareness to our center.
The Sacral Chaka. Orange. It’s the home of our reproductive organs, desires, sensual pleasure and healing.
The Solar Plexus Chakra. Yellow. It’s associated with our individual power, purpose, passion, fire and vitality in life.
The Heart Chakra. Green or Pink. It’s the seat of our souls. Our emotional experience meeting ground, compassion, faith and love.
I have the right to feel loved.
The Throat Chakra. Blue. Our metabolism, hearing, speech. Our voice!
The Third Eye. Violet. It’s our command station regularizing energy and intuition.
The Crown Chakra. Gold, While or Purple. It’s the letting go of ego and processing emotional experiences to go to a higher level of awareness.
The history of the chakras goes back along way.
The book titled Chakras for Beginners has been a great reference guide for me.
It can be found on ThriftBooks App for those of us who still like our paperback books!
My book is now filled with many of my personal journal thoughts from these experiences.
This book traveled with me to Peru.
At the last minute this year, I grabbed it to join me on our yoga retreat to Costa Rica.
I didn’t intend to make studying the chakras a focus on this trip because I was planning and preparing to teach my Rock and Slow Flow YinYasa to our group until one of my friends suggested that I try a wellness treatment that I’ve never done at the spa at Pura Vida.
Stay open to new experiences and possibilities!
This treatment was actually focused on the energies flowing through my body. The Chakras!
During the treatment, there was discussions about which of my chakras were open and which ones were blocked. This experience gave me additional insight into both understanding myself (I never stop learning) and having more compassion for others.
Yogis believe that chakras resemble spinning wheels because they involve a convergence of thoughts, feelings and energy together with our physical bodies.
Can we take these thoughts and feelings and separate reality from emotions? Separate confidence from fear and separate desires from aversions?
When we practice yoga, we unravel some of these blocks that may hinder us from tapping into our highest potential. To living our best life!
I purposefully grabbed my book on my way to South Florida this month for a mini retreat weekend getaway.
My intent was to share what I’ve learned about the Chakras during our closing ceremony.
We each lit a Chakra candle as I shared the rights we all have to live our best life and clear those traumas that often block us from growth and fulfillment.
Just one shift in our own mind can make a major difference!
I might need to create a Yoga Flow Chakra session for my next retreat!
#namastefocusedongrowthandhealing
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