It’s the end of 2019 and as we look forward to 2020, many people think about what they want to see differently in the new year/new decade. Personally, I have never been a big fan of the New Year’s Resolutions. I prefer to focus on intentions of what I want to change. Maybe that’s just a different way of saying the same thing.
In the past few years, I have used the beginning of the year as an opportunity to balance my chakras. What the heck is a chakra, you might ask???? Well, prepare for me to nerd out on you, because I love this stuff!!
Most Eastern traditions have some focus around how energy affects us in our day to day life. It may go by different names depending on the cultural background of the teaching, so you may have heard terms like “qi” or “prana”. For the purposes of this blog, we are going to stick with “energy”. In the Indian teachings, there are energy centers through the body that line up along the spinal column called “chakras”. The word chakra means wheel. Often the chakras will be illustrated as wheels or circles that our energy moves through. If one or more chakras are blocked, energy does not flow as efficiently.
Each of the chakras are linked to different developmental stages of our lives and have different goals. In order to feel our best, we want to address how each of our chakras are functioning. In the world of psychology, this is very similar to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. I like the chakra systems better because they are a little less dry!
This year, I encourage you to challenge your resolution setting a little, and dive into understanding your chakras. Visit the Facebook and Instagram pages for encouragement along the way. Each week we will focus on a different chakra. Throughout the next few weeks, we will address each chakra’s needs and balance ourselves for the best start to this new decade!