Chakra Talk

2012 Chakra Trends: Rainbows Without the Rain

2011-07-07T06:47:00.000-07:00

I have a favorite willow tree I bike up the canyon to. I sit here with my Japa Malas and meditate by a slow moving stream. One day recently as I sat there, I discovered my mantra. It came to me not as an auspicious Sanskrit chant with some ineffable meaning, but as a simple phrase.

In my preparations for our Spring 2012 chakra retreat, these meditations are supporting me. As we near the time this fall where I will share the deep wisdom that is surfacing, to help us with the 2012 (and beyond) shift, I am feeling humbled. Why the teachings of the chakras are coming through me in this way I don't know. What I do know is that the information we get to feast on this March is life-changing, life-affirming and liberating.

The old ways of seeing life aren't supporting us in the same way they have. Yet the new ways still feel a little unfamiliar, as we watch the global shift in consciousness unfolding right before our eyes. One of the best ways to create the space for your life to shift with this awakening tide is to stay humble. I don't mean humble in the overly reverent sense. I mean humble in the root chakra sense. The word humility comes from the Latin: Humus-"To come to ground". So we need to ride the shift and still stay grounded. Being humble is being grounded, and getting grounded takes humility.

So what's the mantra that surfaced from my incredibly grounded seated meditation, below my beloved willow? This tree is so sacred to me. I have been coming here for over 10 years. I have shared this space with just two people, Rex and Tom.

It is no mistake that a yogi with Rheumatoid Arthritis would navigate her way to sit below a Willow tree. Willow bark being an important ingredient in aspirin. My body has always finds harmony with the natural world and my mind finds harmony in the cosmos, and my chakras are the bridge between them, so when I heard my mantra, it's no mistake that I experienced a small miracle almost immediately....

As I worked my Malas through my fingers I heard myself begin to say: "I surrender my life to thy love in store for me". My body responded to these words. I could feel all my chakras awaken.

What does that feel like?

Well, it feels like they all begin pulsating waves of vibration as they move as ONE UNDULATING STREAM rather than separate, fragments of a much bigger whole. It is a LOVELY feeling...We will be learning about it this September at the "Spirals Chakra Retreat", I am giving in person at Bodhi Yoga.

I finished my Japa Mala and hopped back on my bike, heading home. I was still whispering my new born mantra to myself; getting acquainted with feel of the words on my tongue, when I noticed an unusual color in the sky.

It was mid day with no rain, yet above me a band of color was moving across the sky. In person it was enormous, it reminded me a the Aurora Borealis. The colors changed and shifted in a wide band right before my eyes. The indigo and violet, the reds and greens flowed right above my head in an intensity I had never seen.

The "Love in Store for Me", was offered immediately, and all I could say was "Thank you God, that was quick"... Hmmmm... another great mantra.

I snapped this photo with my phone, that doesn't do it justice, yet I am grateful to have it to share with you. The message was not lost on me: A rainless rainbow, the blessing beyond any struggle! It is huge and it is the way of our future, when we understand the steps to living that way all the time...

So I hope you will join me this September in person, and learn "Where Your Spirals Meet". We will take an amazing and deep dive into your chakras and learn how to use them as One Undulating Stream to bridge staying grounded with navigating this new shift into the Age of Truth.

You will learn a whole new way to live your potential! The recipe is with in you, whenever you are ready for it!

Learn more about this important event here:

WHAT is up with 2012--Just the Facts Ma'am!

2010-09-07T07:13:00.000-07:00

2012 is a date that is being talked about a lot lately, and many people have opinions: Movies predict calamity, Mayans predicted evaporation, Astronomers predict completion, Religions predict Fullness of Time and Yogis? Well, Yogis predict truth...

Here are some stories of what 2012 is REALLY all about:

Mayans: Charted the stars, and according to their understanding, predicted that on approx. 12/21/2012 the earth comes into alignment with the Sun, as the Sun comes into alignment with the center of our universe. The center of our universe (from what they could tell) was a "void" that reflects the heat of the sun onto the earth.

Through their study, the Mayans learned that this is no ordinary heat, it seemed to have a spiritual aspect. As this heat is reflected onto the earth, any of us who can be filled with it, become one and are absorbed into the LIGHT. People who cannot tolerate this spiritual heat are burned up by it...hmmm, sounds similar to the bible prophecy of "Judgment-day" (which I believe is a great big mirror...God is Light, and light reflects, so the day of "judgment" is a day we see clearly, without illusion, who we really are--we judge ourselves through the eyes of God...Yikes!).

Astronomers: have mapped that during 2012 the solar system comes full circle, a complete procession of the equinox, a cycle that from beginning to end, has a processional increase in speed with each year that passes, until it completes the cycle that takes around 26,000 years. Many cultures call this complete procession a "GREAT YEAR" or "Age". During 2012 we not only complete a procession that has taken us 26,000 years to reach, but we wrap-up the fourth 26,000 year cycle. When four complete processions come full circle, it is called an "Eternity". An intense, but lovely sentiment!

Astrologers: As of the birth of Christ, astrologically, we shifted from the zodiac of Taurus (the ram you find everywhere in the Old Testament), into Pisces (the two fishes, symbolizing the choice between letter and spirit of the law). The two fishes, as well as fishes in general, are represented throughout the New Testament.

The year 2012 is significant to Astrologers generally, because after over two thousand years in Pisces, we enter the Age of Aquarius (the age of living water, or higher spirituality, the kind that Christ taught of many times and we find in John 4:14: "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."

Astrologers are saying that, on 12/21/2012, the galactic equator cuts the ecliptic at zero-degrees of the Western zodiacal sign Capricorn. Zero-degrees Capricorn is the point of the zodiac where the Sun is during the December solstice.

At December 21, 11.12 GMT, during the December solstice of 2012, the Sun touches the Dark Rift, which is located near the Galactic Center. The "Dark Rift" is considered the cosmic womb by the ancients of many cultures: the place of the dead, transformation, regeneration and rebirth.

The most important configuration found on the 12/21/2012 charting is a "Yod". A "Yod" in Astrology is called: "The Divine Finger of God" which points to the direction we are heading. It resembles an arrow in the chart and it indicates change and transformations in relation to the planets participating: The 12/21/2012 Yod indicates:

1. A quincunx, or inconjunct, meant to shift something (150 degree aspect) between Jupiter and Pluto.

Meaning: Coming to terms with our ego/weaknesses that makes way for vast insights and expansive vision, which allows all truth to come full circle into one whole. The end of the need for religious dogmas.

2. A quincunx between Jupiter and Saturn.

Meaning: Seeing where our true loyalties lie. Choosing where we stand, in order to greatly magnify our potential.

3. A central opposition (180 degree aspect) made between Jupiter and the Mercury/Venus conjunction.

Meaning: The mind and heart begin to work together in an intensely expansive way. The God of Heaven (father-time) and Goddess of earth (Mother Earth/Nature) act as one.

WHEW, looks like a wild ride!

And now...THE YOGIS!

According to ancient yoga cosmology (study of cosmos, and their meaning to us), life in the universe is created and REORGANIZED, (the word detroyed tends to freak people), once every full day (meaning a day and night) for God.

These cosmos cycles of creation and reorganization are said to repeat like the seasons, waxing and waning within a greater supernal time-cycle of the evolution and expansion of the universe. They are called...wait for it....YUGAS!

Like Summer, Spring, Winter and Autumn, each Yuga involves stages or gradual changes that the earth and the consciousness of humankind go through as a whole. A complete yuga cycle from a high Golden Age of enlightenment to a Dark Age and back again is said to be caused by the solar system's motion around a central sun.

On approximately 12/21/2012 we wrap-up "Kali Yuga" the age where man kills man and the Female aspect of God sleeps. On this date we enter "SATYA YUGA", the age of Truth, Spiritual Connection, Harmonizing of Masculine and Feminine, and Higher learning and living, both individually and as a collective. The outer Heavens, or universe, being a reflection of the inner heart and mind in each of us. Truth becomes our way.

It is said this happens with a spontaneous activation of our "Light Body", also called our Chakras!

No matter what you believe:

We are all fortunate to be participants on the planet here and now, as we shift into a clearer place body, mind and soul!

The energy of doomsday, or Armageddon has fascinated people for ages, but it is important to keep in mind that the idea of moving into an age where the Ego (with a capital "E"), dissolves away would naturally feel like the end of the world as we know it...

It's important to understand that regardless of what story you choose to subscribe to regarding the iconic 2012, that broad shifting is at hand, and the way to stay clear and centered is to know your Self...that's with a capital "S", not the small one we can sometimes act from, when not getting our own way seems like...well...the end of the world.

Join us in person for "Where the Spirals Meet" Chakra Healing Retreat and ride the awakening wave into 2012 with clarity and enlightenment!

Preparing for our 2012 Chakras

2010-09-05T20:39:00.000-07:00

Join me in person, Spring of 2012. As we approach this transformational time in our world, we need this vital information more than ever!

Here's what one past attendee said of her Spirals Weekend:

"I knew as soon as I received information about Syl's 3-day seminar, "Where the Spirals Meet," that this was the class for me. I knew it. As I talked to my friends about it, I told them that I would be fed on all levels-- especially spiritually. Although my inklings proved correct, I had no idea the enormity of the feast that I was to enjoy.

Her knowledge and skill in teaching are no less than life transformational. Love yourself enough to invest in learning from this great woman and teacher. You will, as I have been, thank yourself over and over."

Enroll now HERE

Crown Chakra: "I see My face in God's Countenance...Oh LOVE Open, Show me my Country, Take me HOME"

2009-03-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

The Crown Chakra is the place of full presence, realization, oneness...unity beyond words.

For the most part we find it easy to apprentice ourselves to sadness, anger or impatience.

The "work" of the Crown center is how we apprentice our selves to Pure Pleasure, Ineffable Joy and Ecstatic Awareness, Absolute Intelligence.

Did you know your Crown Chakra is most active a night, when you are actually unconscious. It does all sorts of mental, emotional and chemical renewing so you can live at an effective conscious level during the day....and...It is not bound by time or space.

Your Crown Center is where you recognize the reality of your infinite potential, Your God Countenance and...

It is where we begin our journey this March 22nd 2012 at 8.30am

Before I had a brain...I had the INTUITION of my Third EYE

2009-03-07T15:12:00.000-08:00

Did you know even before your brian develops, your pineal gland is in place?

Did you know that your pineal gland, or master gland, is right where yogis say you have a "third eye" for "Seeing inward"?

...and....that the Pineal Gland actually has a "crystaline lense-like structure" that releases hormones to make you sleepy when it's dark and awake when it's light?

Even better...did you know that your pineal gland also is considered to trigger when you hit puberty, menopause (in women) and may have a deep correlation to the exact time of death? Like an inner-knowing time clock!

When I felt the intuition that I needed to offer a chakra training, I thought I randomly picked three times during the course of a year. Hmmmmm...

My Third Eye Chakra knew better.

It just so happens that the Manifesting Current Spirals workshop is taught in the spring, as the earth manifests her blossoms and we celebrate Easter, Passover and the first day of Spring with the equinox..

...A really cool time to learn about the power of bringing the Crown Chakra energy down into the physical reality.

I have a strong "INNER-KNOWING" (third eye) that you will not want to miss this incredibly
powerful workshop where we learn:

-The physics behind Energy Healing

-The Three Primary Currents of Shiva/Energy healing and how to find them with your clients or self, and Yoga & Movement to balance these currents

-Maitri Practice of pulling back projections of illusion from your Third Eye, that are keeping you from more fully living your Dharma or life path.

-The Power of the Nadis, and Marmas to release wound up energy and disharmony

-Experiential training in Attraction and Allowing through the manifesting current

-The beautiful Chakra journey of going from Dream to Reality.

If you really KNEW how great these three days would be for you, you would enroll now
at: www.gobodhiyoga.com

Throat Chakra: "I love that outfit...It's just so ME!"

2009-03-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

The throat Chakra is your center of communication, you know, but did you realize your clothing, car, home and occupation are also an expressions from your communication center as well as the "VIBE" you get from others. The things, people and places you surround yourself with "Say" a lot about who you are communicating yourself to be:

In College one of the first questions we ask a new friend is "what's your major", because that "SAYS" a lot about the person, as does what he/she chooses to wear, eat, even our body's posture, as well as the language or accents we share as we speak....and how well we listen, to others, and really listen to ourselves!

In the same way when we choose to physically say things that are not true, when we choose to present ourselves in a way that is inconsistent with our truth, we can suffer and create suffering in others. Lies, verbal or non, inhibit the throat center and literally dam up the energy of the throat. This often makes us need to swallow. What we are swallowing is our truth. When we hold it in, it can begin to go rancid inside of us. The truth needs sharing in order to live it's Dharma.

So next time you go to put something on a credit card you really can't afford, or buy a car that is beyond your financial means, check in and see how your throat chakra feels about it.

Exercises to enliven a healthy Throat Communication Center:

1-Look around your house and see how well it reflects the real YOU.

2- Examine your life and see where you can live a more balanced lifestyle.

3-Take 24 hours and do your best to avoid exaggeration in conversations.

4-Listen to others with the intent not only to hear, but to check in and see what kind of a "Vibe" what they are saying gives YOU!

5-Use your throat chakra to open your heart by expressing appreciation to others.

Breath of the Heart...Chakra Four

2008-12-01T22:34:00.000-08:00

What do you know about your Heart Chakra?

In addition to being the center for LOVE, the Heart Center is your place of balance/equilibrium.

The wisdom of your heart helps you handle both "charging" and "deflating" energies in your life.

Where in your life do you feel things are "out of balance"? Whatever it is, it is most likely related to your heart...Either your ability to love or BE LOVED.

Did you know feeling lonely is your Heart Center trying to bring an excessive "deflation" in your life into balance? Loneliness is a message that your heart charka is hungry to give and receive. It can bring on the demon of the heart chakra, grief which can become addicting and close you down over extended periods of time.

Take four deep breaths and tune into the soothing effect it has on your heart. Breathing brings in the miracle of Grace into your heart.

Did you know when you are having a great day and time flows quickly you are in a state of whole-heartedness. Wholeheartedness "charges" your fourth Chakra. Finding something you feel wholehearted about, aprentices you to BEAUTY in all areas of your life...Think of someone or thing, or place that brings you more alive...

This is what balance really feels like...ahhhhhh.

In the Bible creation story, God created the Sun and Moon on the fourth day. The archetypal energies for counterparts, co-hearts, Yang & Yin, Masculine and Feminine. (note: in the bible story, God also began by going up the chakras, the liberating current, before actually manifesting down humanity into physical being..)

Did you know that the period between winter and spring, and summer and fall, as the seasons come into balance is some of the best time to work with your heart energy.

When you are between seasons your physical and energy bodies are moving into balance...

People often experience the change of seasons as dis-harmony (getting sick, feeling more joint & muscle pain, emotional unrest).

This is actually all your systems searching for equilibrium as the seasons settle into balance...The perfect time for more self-love and allowing yourself to be loved by others.

Take time to eat better, increase rest and de-stress...hopefully at Bodhi Yoga!

Join us for "The Stillness and The Dancing--The Male/Female Charka Soul Mate Journey on June 21st 2012 at Bodhi Yoga

From one "Co-Heart" to another, I wish YOU a beautiful day!

Heart Chakra Bonus:

For "Co-hearted" lovers in a committed relationship, this heart chakra breath is incredibly powerful:

In the tantric Yab/Yum position, lips touching, eye-gazing, one lover inhales as the other exhales, synchronizing your breath in tandem with each other, as you rock back & fourth.

This is a compassionate gift to share with one another. A beautiful heart chakra breath that deepens the level of intimacy and connection between partners.

The Power to Stand and BE...Chakra THREE

2008-11-23T21:43:00.000-08:00

Your Third Chakra is all about your ability to act, to effect, and to transform! It is the furnace that churns matter into form through friction and heat.

You use the "WILL" of your Third Chakra to in that moment you choose to act, and do so!

The Third Chakra is healthiest when:

1- You can stand in your own power
2- When you need stillness you take it
3- And act when you feel it is time.

Giving way to lethargy, turning too much of your power over to others weakens your power center, and trying to control everything locks it into overdrive.

The heat of transformation at this center prepares the lower energy centers of for the refining energy of the Heart Chakra.

Learn more about your chakras at the Bodhi Yoga Chakra Shop with a special on-line sale happening now!

If it sounds like I am trying to "light a fire under you" to get up and do it....that would be the Third Chakra from your navel to your sternum!

A great way to wake up your third chakra is with music that makes it hard to sit still.

The Black Eyed Peas new song "I got a feeling" is definitely activating energy for your Third Chakra ... or...I DARE YOU to down load the BeeGees "Staying alive" off ITunes.

Did I mention "dares" are a big part of the Third Chakra!

Your Second Chakra...SHHHHHHH!

2008-11-12T21:31:00.000-08:00

Do you know your Second Charka?

Most people avoid the fact that we all have a Second Chakra...Do you know why?

The Second Chakra holds the shadow. All those things we don't talk about. Were you ever told that you were delivered to your parents by "The Stork" or found out back in "The Cabbage Patch"?

...need I say more...yup Second Chakra!

The Second Chakra is our center for Sexuality, Nurturing, Movement, and that fabulous trait of Instinctual Creativity!

Some of the most creative movements you do all day (unless you practice Bodhi Yoga or schedule a Thai Partner Yoga Session) happen at your "morning stretch". Most morning stretches are followed by a smile and "AAHHHHH". This is an instinctual movement that balances the pelvis.

Did you know you hold a lot of your potential for Joy and happiness in your Second Chakra, your sacrum and area from your navel down to your low abdomen.

Most of our world culture still really does not know how to deal with the issues of the Second Center. Sexuality in general is usually either exploited or repressed.

We can re-claim a healthy Second Chakra by increasing our ability to feel pleasure IN ANY AREA of LIFE.

The Pleasure of enjoying a good meal, scheduling body-work, participating in yoga classes or DVDs, as well as enjoying a healthy physical relationship between loving equals brings the joy of the Second Chakra into full bloom and benefits all the chakras of your body, mind and spirit!

Remember that as the light gets brighter the shadow gets darker... unless... you become one with the source of light.

The closer you come to the light source the more the shadow integrates! No more need to exploit or repress. What an incredible potential for our world!

Remember, your second chakra holds all your instinctual creativity. Very different from inspired, yet complimentary.

So when you just know, deep in your gut, that it's time to re-do the kitchen or rearrange the furniture, and you "FEEL" it's time, it's your Second Chakra talking!

Liberating Current: Chakra ONE

2008-11-11T21:10:00.000-08:00

In the Charkas there are two currents, that consciousness flows through: Liberating and Manifesting. Liberating goes up and is symbolic of the feminine or YIN. Manifesting goes down and is symbolic Masculine or YANG. The Manifesting current brings our thoughts from dream to reality.

So in the Liberating current we move from Root to Crown Chakra (1-7). This is the path of breaking free from patterns of unconscious behavior toward more mindfulness.

This current does what is says, Liberates you to live more fully.

The chakras are both a 7-tiered body/mind yoga philosophy and the literal path of human development.

Today you get a taste of the Root, the beginning, the basics:

Do you feel like you matter?

Do you believe everyone is happy you were born?

How much do you love your body?

Do you feel like your body loves you?

Matter is the meat of the Root Chakra, protein is the food, you feed your Root when you get the right amount in your diet.

In Judeo-Christian belief on the first day God organized the MATTER, that was DAY ONE--In creating a Liberated whole, healthy life, the job of your Root or Chakra ONE is to organize what matters most to you!

How well do you prioritize your life on a daily basis, where do you need to make changes to make your daily routines run smoother, finances work better?

How can you organize what matters most in your life so you are free to share your physical energy with people, places or things that energize your physical body and levels of vitality?

You can start by throwing out your "To Do" list and:

For 3-days try making a list of only those things you can physically do in one day, ONLY the stuff you will for sure do. This is a way you can slow excessive expectations on your physical body.

On the back of your page make a list of everything you want to accomplish, if you had unlimited time, resources and physical ability--at the top of this page write: "miracles in my physical creation".

This page is for surrendering to the power of the Crown Chakra and it's ability to work in tandem with the Root on your behalf! In the 8-limbed path of Yoga this is part of the first aspect called "Yama", surrendering all your actions to God.

As you turn the bigger "to-dos'" over the the energy of the Crown, you will be surprised at the people and events that seem to appear from nowhere, that help you accomplish more that you physically thought possible.

Learn more about the Chakras at home using the WMY Chakra Therapy Workbook, Seven Sacred Centers DVD and Guided Imagery through the chakras audio CD available now at:

The Bodhi Yoga Online Store

Enroll in the Chakra Therapy--Navigating the 2012 shift, and learn more about the chakras than you ever thought you could at: www.gobodhiyoga.com

It's Wednesday, do you know where your CHAKRAS are?

2008-10-08T21:26:00.000-07:00

Did you know your body is made up of trillions of Chakras...Do you know what a Chakra is?

If not, it's time to learn this profound system of Mind/Body Integration.

Do you think you have seven separate chakras? Think again!

Where the Spirals Meet 3-Day workshops are a ground-breaking training on The Activated Chakras of our Enlightened Age.

During these three incredible trainings you can learn information on the Chakra System that has never been taught but is crucial to the time we share on the planet today!

This training is for Yogis, Energy Healers, Body-workers or anyone that would love a beautiful 3-day sanctuary retreat. (24 Hours NCBTMB CEUs for LMTs)

Did you know energy moves up your chakras?

... and what goes up, must come down:

Did you know you have energy moving both up and down your chakras all the time? There's more...Learn more about your chakras now at: The Bodhi Yoga Center On-Line

Look for a series of special Charka Talk blog posts on your chakras 1-7 with healing info to enliven your journey!

"It's Wednesday Evening...Do you know where your CHAKRAs are?