IS CHAKRA HEALING THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION?

Chakras, as you must be aware, are the energy centers in our body that regulate the energy flow to and from us. Chakra healing and chakra balancing are very common phrases these days. It is said that chakras need to be healed for our physical, mental and emotional well-being. But is chakra healing the ultimate solution? I for one do not recommend it as a stand-alone healing tool. And I can explain.

Chakra Imbalances

Firstly, let’s understand how and why our chakras get blocked or imbalanced. A chakra blockage means that the energy flow there is hindered. These blockages can be caused due to many reasons. Maybe your dietary choices are poor, maybe you don’t give proper rest to your body, maybe you don’t exercise, maybe you have anger issues, maybe you have fears, maybe you are cheating on your partner, maybe you envy your friend, there can be hundreds and thousands of scenarios that can be listed down here. But you get the point, right? Anything that’s creating a hindrance in the natural flow of “Chi”, the life force energy in our body, is making way for the blockage.

Now, if we try to heal or balance the chakras with the help of Reiki or other alternate therapies, we are just arranging a temporary solution. Please don’t jump into any conclusions that I am against any alternate therapy. I myself am a Reiki Master and I completely respect all the healing techniques. But hear me out. There is a blockage, we need to unblock it, we know that, perfect! But do we know why that blockage occurred in the first place? Now you may say, how does that even matter? Why do we need to know? Reiki knows its job, it knows where to flow, where to heal, what to heal. And I’ll say that you are absolutely right. But did you know that you’ll experience the same problem or some other in a few days after healing your chakras? I am sure, some of you reading this blog must be able to relate to this. You healed yourself for 21 days, felt light, got busy with your daily routine and in a few days you realize that you are experiencing the same problem again. Why did it happen even though you healed your chakras? That’s because you didn’t address the root cause of that blockage.

Let’s understand with the help of an example. You envy your friend, be it because you think she’s prettier than you, she earns more than you, she travels more than you, she has got more money than you, she is well settled and you are not as per you, etc. If you are experiencing envy that means that your solar plexus chakra is out of balance. So what do you do? You heal your solar plexus chakra for 21 days, you feel light and then you get busy with your daily routine. You are doing fine until one day, that friend buys a brand new car and the emotion that you had healed for 21 days gets triggered again. You start feeling envious again. Why did this happen? You start questioning yourself that even after healing you are feeling that low vibrational energy. So you heal your solar plexus chakra again. You feel better, you feel light and continue with your life again. But then again after few days, you get to hear from that friend that she’s going on a vacation with her husband to a destination that has been on your bucket list since ages. And you get triggered again. If your solar plexus chakra was healed or balanced, why did you experience that emotion again? Why do those triggers come up again and again? That’s because the underlying reason for such feelings was never questioned. The reason behind that envy was never understood. Maybe as a child, your parents compared you with your siblings or your teacher compared you with the first rank holder. Maybe it’s coming from your past life. So until that underlying reason is addressed, chakra healing is going to be a temporary or dare I say, an incomplete fix.

How to Heal?

Chakra healing without addressing the root cause of certain emotions and behaviors is like painting an old wall to make it look new without removing any paint chips or old paint or repairing any holes with putty. So now, before healing your chakras, try to understand and heal the reasons behind those blocks.

Now, the next very relevant question is, “how to do that?” and I would say that you need to sit with yourself and do a deep dive into the ocean of your soul’s experiences.

Hold on for a second. Don’t run away by these thoughts, “O, it’s going to be a tedious task”, or “Am I being asked to ask questions to myself?”, or “There are too many thoughts that come up when I sit for meditation”, or “It’s so boring”, or “I just cannot focus” and I can go on with reasons for not sitting for meditation because I have been there too. But how about I give you a cue to introspect? I’ll try to make it super simple for you. We’ll call it “The Onion Layer Technique”. Just start by asking “WHY”.

Let’s take up an example. You failed a job interview. The first layer is going to be like, WHY didn’t I do well in my job interview? The answer could be (not necessarily be) like, “I was feeling scared that I’ll forget everything”. Now ask “WHY” for this second layer. WHY was I feeling scared that I’ll forget everything? I forgot the answers in one of my board exams and I failed. That’s the third layer and maybe the final layer for this blockage. This childhood experience created a fear that gets triggered in situations like job interviews. This fear or block needs to be removed before you proceed for your chakra healing. How to remove it once you have reached the root cause? Just give loving energy to that childhood situation and forgive yourself for not performing well. Give love and forgiveness to that 16 year old version of you who failed then. This small energy exchange has the power to change your current energy. (In this example, I just stopped at layer 3 but you might experience more layers or even less. That totally depends on your soul’s experience in this life or any of the past lives). You can apply this technique to any situation that you are currently facing and get to the root thought. We can also use deeper healing techniques like fear removal, inner child healing or past life healing to heal whatever root cause that might come up.

Conclusion

In Conclusion, in my opinion, chakras are only an indicator of your energy health. They can point you towards what needs healing. And when the root gets healed, the chakra will get healed too.

Healing is like Art. It needs Patience. It needs Love. It needs Courage.