So, I know I speak to so many when I write about shifts in our lives. We have babies, we take on new challenges, maybe we experience changes in our physical bodies (pregnancy, disease, new or chronic pain). We all move on with daily life despite these changes, because... well, life moves on.
If you're like me, you try really hard to move on and put the effects of those shifts on the back burner. You don't have time for it, right? The kids need their breakfast, your office is having a change in their computer system and the world will stop if you don't help with that, you have an ill family member that needs your ever positive disposition... time to sit and deal with your needs??? Not today.
And then something happens. Someone says or looks at you funny. Someone cuts you off on the highway. All of a sudden you are a blubbering mess or yelling at your partner for no real reason, except you don't realize it.
So, now you must deal with it.
Enter, the Chakras. A brief explanation from Wikipedia, I could not dream of explaining it better myself:
Chakra is a concept referring to wheel-like vortices's which, according to traditional Indian medicine, are believed to exist in the surface of the etheric double of man.[1] The Chakras are said to be "force centers" or whorls of energy permeating, from a point on the physical body, the layers of the subtle bodies in an ever-increasing fan-shaped formation (the fans make the shape of a love heart). Rotating vortices's of subtle matter, they are considered the focal points for the reception and transmission of energies.
Let's focus on Muladhara Chakra. The first chakra, also known as the Root Chakra, which is located at the perineum. When your respective world has "shifted", Muladhara Chakra may become unbalanced.
A couple of yoga poses that help bring Muladhara Chakra back into balance are; Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) and Janu Sirsansana (Head-to Knee Pose). Balancing the first chakra can bring benefits such as; a sense of calm and the enabling of the mind to be more tolerant of change and more willing to remain content in one place.
Overall, the most significant gift that I've received from from my yoga practice is the understanding that control is an illusion. The idea that you can control the outcome of a situation or control loved ones is ultimately maddening. I have to say, it's kind of nice to surrender to what is.
lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu
may all beings everywhere be happy and free from suffering... that includes YOU.
