How to Use Your Power Centers!

If you've been around the healing arts scene for any length of time, you'll have heard the term "Chakras" thrown around.

Chakras have maybe gotten a bad name, because sometimes people appropriate aspects of yogic practice without respecting the richness of the tradition it comes from.

I think we all should know about chakras!  Why?  Because they're not just some new-age woo woo belief system, but a map to the psycho-emotional potencies of our body!! 

Huh??  Put more simply, they're a map to the mind-body connection.

There's a reason that we tell people they're too much "in their head", or that they need to "open their heart", get my "feet back on the ground", or "go with your gut".  It's because this is a map of the landscape of feelings in most human beings.

Many ancient cultures knew that we are not just passive recipients of the workings of these psycho-emotional centers, but that we could also use this understanding to create greater health for ourselves in our minds and bodies.  

In Daoist Qigong, they usually start with just three centers, called the three "Elixir Fields', and they are those mentioned above - the Head, Heart, and Belly.  In the video above, you'll see a simple yet potent qigong practice for getting in touch with these three centers (and the three "Powers" they relate to).  Give it a try!

If you want to learn more about how to utilize these centers of inner power, consider attending the upcoming retreat happening online on July 23 and 24th!