Tag: chakras
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Held in a state of suspension (and tension)

On Tuesday March 19 at 11:06pm EDT we reach the exact midpoint between the solstices, with equal hours of day and night. As we cross this invisible threshold we begin an acceleration towards the height of summer. As with the solstices, often our bodies hold the echo of this marker in time, feeling its effects…
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Creative Expression and Energy Movement
This is the third part of a short series on energy movement Free play, spontaneity, and creativity are perhaps some of the better recognized assets of the child’s natural gifts. They are also the first to dissipate in a traumatic or high stress environment. When I worked as a child therapist, it was so reliable that…
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Heart Opening and Boundaries
Any time energy centers develop blocks, it’s always for a good reason. The arrangement and flow of the energy body is ideally suited to meet one’s environmental conditions and is adaptive in nature, but sometimes we retain certain patterns of movement even as our conditions change. The energetic blueprint of the body works just like…
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The heart and expression
Working with energy is an ancient practice. Virtually every culture and every geographic area of the world has (at least historically) some way of working with energy or “laying on hands.” There is a great depth of indigenous wisdom in how we can raise, move, release, and channel energy for improved health and in my…