Category: Chakras
Posts on the chakras — what they are, how they work in lived experience, the practices that open or close them, and what each one teaches when you stop and listen.
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Communion
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Third Degree of Freedom. I had a strong push today to talk to old friends I haven’t seen in a while: Jeannie, Barbara, and The Treat. Unfortunately, I don’t have their phone numbers or I’d call them. And even a Google search turns up nothing. Damn. Jeannie and…
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Fifth Chakra Exercise: What I Wish I Could Say (2010 Version)
The first year I tried this exercise, I had a list as long as my arm. It was only “supposed” to be ten things, but I kept going, shocked at how much I’d kept bottled up. A few years later, the list was down to the five to eight range. Last year, I had to…
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Capturing Souls in Photographs
The eyes are the windows of the soul, indeed! Yes, her eyes really are that color and those are lichens on the ground in this beautiful natural setting. Some cultures believe (or did initially) that a photographer could steal your soul if he took pictures of you. I’m not sure about “stealing,” but I now…
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Negotiating the Miscarriage: Energetic Abortions and Untimely or Unwanted Pregnancies
Brace yourself. This is going to be controversial. It may make you cry, or it may make you angry, or–if you don’t believe in anything you can’t see–you may roll your eyes. In fact, if you’re not an open-minded person, just go ahead and click away from here now because there’s nothing in what I…
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The Seven Chakra Energy Centers
The seven Chakra Energy Centers embody the life force of the human body from root to third eye to crown. Each correlates to specific energy centers vertically along the spinal column as well as a specific meaning and color. Several years ago, I was dating a young physician who was open-minded enough to attend some…
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Starving the Energy Vampire (aka Deflating the Drama Queen Effect)
Not long ago but long enough ago, in a serene little home I call my own, I fell head over heels in love with someone I never expected to think twice about. I knew from that first moment that our time together was short—he was moving away soon, and soon after that to the other…
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Reclaiming My Voice: The Fifth Chakra Connection to Illness and Communication
The first thing people notice about me–the people who read just about everything I write–is that, in person, I’m actually not very talkative and when I do speak, I have a soft voice and a quiet manner. Most people are surprised because they know I have a lot going on in my mind and heart,…
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What I Wish I Could Say, Then…and Now
Several years ago, I posted a list in my personal blog of what I wished I could say to various unnamed people but could not. It was a very long list and an excellent self-analysis tool for me—for examining the weight I still carried, the things I could not let go of, and the reasons…
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Chakras: The Root Connection Between Survival and Spirituality
I’m quite sure most people think I look at things quite differently. I think they’re right. I hung up the phone tonight after a fascinating one-hour phone conversation of “romantical nature” and thought, Wow, his root chakra’s REALLY active! For the second time in a row, my weekend plans with Maverick have fallen through, due…
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Why Even a High Priestess Needs to Do Housework
“How can I ever live a mundane life?” Two years ago, I sat at Melissa’s kitchen table and sipped the hot chai tea her husband had made for me while our kids played Neopets computer games upstairs. She’s been called to walk a spiritual path yet didn’t know how to take the first step. “A…
