Are you at the base of your mountain too?
Hi Thriver!
This has been a tough week. I stress cried most days where I would be sitting at my computer and tears would just stream down my face as I would be typing.
There was too much happening this week for me to control.
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The key word here is control. We believe control will remedy our fear but truly, it exasperates it.
And I cried until I realized my tears were really about fear and that I never had, nor ever will have, true control.
It's not my plan. Thank you goodness, there's an even greater one out there for me than the one I have for myself.
You see, the same energetic place in our body that houses our fear, also houses our need for control. This energetic center lives just below our rib cage and is called the Solar Plexus Chakra. This is how we feel "butterflies" in our gut when we feel excited, nervous or anxious. Those are energetic butterflies that are moving around in imbalance.
In my book, Establishing Equilibrium, I teach how the chakra system works in partnership. I have found through my healing practice that each chakra has a counter chakra that helps to heal and balance the system collectively. Many books teach to heal the presenting symptom of the chakra. However, in my clinical research, I have found that in healing the counter chakra, we heal the presenting symptom because the partnership as a whole is brought into balance.
It is in healing the invisible, the counter chakra, where we achieve healing in the chakra that is presenting symptoms.
So back to my crying and how I would, and did, apply this system to my own healing.
Just as the gut-brain axis communicates in both directions within the body, the priniciples and healing of these energetic areas function this way too. The crown chakra feeds energy to the brain and the Solar Plexus chakra feeds energy to the gut.
The crown chakra is about leaning in on the Divine plan and into the idea that all things happen in the perfect time and in the perfect way.
It is the opposite of control.
It is the counter experience of control. We remedy the constricting experience of control by letting go.
So when we get butterflies in our stomach or feel the need to excessively control all the details, we can take a deep breath and invite in Divine healing, guidance and faith here into the space below your rib cage to bring about balance and relief.
One way to heal each energy center is by chanting a mantra. The mantra for to balance the solar plexus is the mantra RAM. However, in keeping with the process of establishing equilibrium, I recommend you apply the Crown Chakra mantra to your solar plexus to bring balance and equilibrium to both centers and the collective partnership.
The crown chakra mantra is actually a silent OM. You may think OM here in your solar plexus or imagine the OM symbol on your solar plexus. This is such a powerful way to draw in balance and healing into your life.
Take in 9 breaths while staring at this image while imagining its faith and reassurance calming the area below your rib cage.
The breath here is very important. It not only releases what does not serve you but draws balance and energy into your diaphragm, the area where the solar plexus energy is sourced.
So the next time you feel overwhelmed, controlling, fearful or panicked, take a deep breath with intention on your solar plexus and inviting in the strength, solace and faith of the crown chakra here into this space and let go and let God.
Join me for this week's meditation, Healing Overwhelm, to learn how to master your electromagnetic field and draw in a life of peace and calm.
Much love,
Erin
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