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Grounding Lower Chakras

From Rita Milios, for About.com

After the throat area circling, there is often another circling movement manifested as the client's energies indicate that they now want to "ground" to the earth as well. This usually involves circling between the 1st and 2nd chakras and the ground (floor). In addition, there is a need to "re-wire" the lines of force between the 1st and 2nd chakras and the ground. (It feels like the "circuits" have been cut.) This is done by using a very quick up and down movement alongside (but not touching) each leg, one at a time. (I sometimes think it looks somewhat akin to milking a cow but with the palms out flat!) This can take quite a while and does often have to be repeated over several sessions before it stabilizes in the new pattern.

Another part of this "re-wiring" is a "flushing" of the legs and 1st and 2nd chakra areas. Once the flow is moving, there will often be a "draining" of old stagnant energy from the 1st and 2nd chakras, This can manifest as a pouring out of old energy through the legs, and also as an "unwinding" or "backwards spiraling" of energy from inside the chakra tube itself. (This movement can also take place from the throat down). I magnetize with my hands and use the "spiral" movement while visualizing the releasing flow. Sometimes a purple color is manifested with this visualization. Also, I often see blue/green and a sea foam yellow/green color as well as the new higher vibrations overtake the process and begin to flow in. (These are the colors of the higher vibrations.)

Energizing Chakras with Reiki

Finally, it is important to "pump through" the tops of the client's feet and into the ground, to remove any excess energy that might have pooled there. At this point, I often use Reiki to re-energize the 1st and 2nd chakras, since they have been devoid of their normal energies for some time and are often depleted. I also sometimes place Reiki into the ankles, knees (a big stagnation point) and as far up as the hip joints - but no further as this might re-establish an imbalance between the upper and lower chakras once again.

(Remember the client has been "top-heavy" for some time). This process will probably need to be repeated several times before the new pattern "sets." However, each time there is less stagnation and more of the new energy anchored. I suggest treatments of not further than two weeks apart until the client can establish a "holding pattern" on his or her own. The following exercises, which clients can do on their own, will help to anchor and hold the new the pattern.

Visualization Exercises

To facilitate the re-patterning process - with or without the help of healer - you can use the following exercises:

  1. Imagine a "slough off" of excess energies. You can visualize this as a lava flow, flowing down the body anywhere excess energy is piled up on you (often the left side of the head, neck, and shoulders). Alternately, you might imagine that you are a giant ice cream cone covered with hardened chocolate coating. Imagine that the coating is melting away and flowing down your body and into the floor. (It is thicker anywhere the excess energies are thicker.)

  2. Imagine "pumping" out old stagnant energy from your 1st and 2nd chakras through your feet as often as possible. Just visualize this at any time during the day when you think of it. Really try to sense the "flushing action" and eventually you will actually feel a pumping sensation in the soles of your feet.

  3. Imagine a circle of energy moving between your throat and your 1st chakra. Circle forward and back several times. (A good time to do this is just before you fall asleep at night.) Also imagine a circle of energy moving between your 1st chakra and the earth, again going forward and backwards several times each.

  4. Once you are sensing that you are flowing more freely, imagine a flow of energy up the middle of your body, out into the universe, and down the middle of your body into the ground again. Be sure to push the energy down into the ground about six feet to really "anchor" your energies. Do this only when you can feel that your energies are flowing freely.
With these exercises, especially if you get assistance from a qualified healer, you should be able to re-pattern your new higher (and more potent and positive) energies within a few weeks to a few months. Remember, even though this may be an uncomfortable period, it will yield tremendous positive results.

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