As an energy work practitioner, who has worked with other healers for my own health and well being, I recognize that the practitioner cannot do all the work for you, they can offer their services and provide guidance, but in the end it is the individual who must maintain their raised frequency and not lapse into their old ways of being.

There are many reasons an energy center can be out of balance, but resolving the issue goes back to a person mentally choosing to do the self-healing work that is required in addition to what the healer can offer. So much of this work requires the will to change. Change is not always easy.

Chakra balancing is the process of restoring a harmonious flow of energy across your chakra system. When your chakras are balanced, you will feel relaxed, centered, grounded, energized, and aware.

There are many ways to help harmonize the energy centers with focused intention, including:

• Meditation
• Yoga
• Wearing or using chakra healing stones and crystals
• Utilizing the virtues of plants, flowers, herbs, and certain foods associated with each chakra with intention
• Aromatherapy and flower essences
• Energy-focused massage therapy
• Reiki, by its inherent nature, has a clearing and balancing effect on all of your energy centers.
• An Energy Work Practitioner can help their client get inside that energy center and learn why it is unbalanced; it might be a patterned way of thinking, words of someone else, old traumas, or not listening to their inner self.

Each chakra has different elements, colors, foods, and asanas associated with it. While many of these above-mentioned methods can be done by you alone, by incorporating those elements and practices into daily life in conjunction with a healing session with a practitioner, a person can help speed his or her healing process and gain greater awareness.

It is important to note that chakra balancing is not an instantaneous magical event that will solve your issues for good, as it is often made out to be. You have to be willing to change and ready to heal. We are also human, living and learning as we go; there will always be ups and downs in our energy fields, but consciously maintaining our energy will help us navigate life more easily.

Healing is worth the work that it takes