Root Chakra guest post by Syl Carson

Root Chakra One with Syl Carson

Syl is an Energy worker on a page I visit often  she has some fun insight on the chakras that is worth praying about and thinking on.  She plans to post info on ALL the Chakras.  Please if you decide to  connect her thoughts with yours on your page please remember to give her credit. 

 

By Syl Carson

The idea of “Chakras”, came from the traditions of yoga. Ancient-Eastern “seers” in the Indus Valley (present-day Pakistan) perceived this philosophy in meditations about living so you can become immortal. They saw seven lotus flowers and other metaphor-archetypal-physiological wisdom. As that is the basis of both energy-healing and LDS observance, I have a deep love for the Chakras and how much they can help me on that path.

In 2001 when my yoga students wanted to learn more about chakras, I was nervous about messing with anyone’s “mojo” in my stewardship as teacher within an LDS culture, so I went to the American Fork Temple to ask the Lord, if I had permission to teach about them. Anytime I attend the Temple, I always seem to get my answers in the dressing-room or chapel, before I even start my session, initiatory or sealings; go figure, but there you have it.

So, as I was sitting in the temple chapel, I opened the bible to a random page, just to see what the Lord would like me to know, as I began my session. The page was Revelation 1: 10-12, which said something to the effect of: I heard a sound as a trumpet and turned to see the voice who spoke and saw seven golden candlesticks. From the center “candlestick” (which cross-references to a scripture describing a “flower” or blossom to hold light) Christ stepped forward and said: “I am Alpha and Omega…Take what thou seest and teach it to the seven churches which are in Asia”. I figured that was a pretty good answer, so here we go:

The Chakras are both real and metaphor, both physical and spiritual. Chakras are also energy centers in your body, that for the most part, have been taught as seven separate compartments, which they are not. Your chakras are all interconnected. Chakras all work within, without, on behalf of, or against each other (depending on your level of awakening and how you are using the gifts of your agency, which varies from person to person at any given moment).

In the chakra matrix, there is a current called “Liberating” that moves energy up, clears blocks-limitations; this is the “works” part of life, where we have to show up; coming upward through your inner-light. There is also a downward-current called “Manifesting”; this is the Grace current (coming in through your outer-light-countenance-aura), where blessings flow Divinely down through you. The chakra story is about how we learn to work and allow these two currents to flow simultaneously. The better we get at this, the more holographic our life becomes. I use the word “holographic”, in relation to “Atonement”, meaning everything we heal or align is affected by everything else; ideally through the Atoning sacrifice of the Savior.

When BOTH currents can flow simultaneously, your chakras become one stream, activating something called our “Light-body” (one word). When the Light-body is activated, we are experiencing Eternal Progression for ourselves (along with an uplifting effect on those around us). In the chakra story, Eternal Progression doesn’t happen once you pass the test of this life, this life is a huge opportunity to increase your tolerance for Light. The ability to withstand more and more light and the importance of learning to do so can be found in D&C 88. The greater your light, the closer to God-Eternal-Source Presence you will naturally be by the time you are complete in your life here and move “on”. When folks talk about “shuffling off this mortal coil”, the “coil” they refer to is…wait for it…Your Chakras!

D&C 88:67 says: “And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things”.

So with that intro, here’s the base, beginning chakra: Root Chakra 1 located at the base of your spine, down through your legs and feet

On the first day of Creation, Heavenly Father (along with Christ and Archangel Michael) “Organized Matter”. The first Chakra is about just that. How well do you organize what matters most to you everyday in your physical world? Root chakra work is grounded in all things new-birth, dog-poop, diapers, diet, finances (money is just a current by the way, that’s why they call it “currency”), physical health, alone time, beginner’s mind, elementary work-labor, setting good boundaries that give you “rooted-support” (the meaning of the original name of the Root Chakra 1).

When you have a healthy “Root Chakra”, you are grounded in all the goodness of mortality an able to feel physically connected to principles of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. This earth element chakra, is the root or foundation of the all the other chakras, and physically situated at the base of your spine, legs and feet. It is considered the “sleeping place” of an awakening manifestation, we call “Mother Nature”. Your Root holds all your potential in the raw. The vibrational range of the red color spectrum, things move pretty slow at the Root. Issues that arise from your Root Chakra usually come-up for you to learn let go of your fears and embrace greater patience in the foundational circumstances of your life.

How is your Root Chakra 1: How often are you afraid of life’s risks, over-committed, physically tired, in financial lack or physical disarray-distruption, or manifesting the life you choose or are just perpetually dreaming of?

These are all indications that your Root Chakra 1 needs you to get back to basics. Taking some time to work with red, protein foods, diet-routine, household-budget and organizing the physical matters of your life all benefits this energy and how it manifests throughout all the areas of your physical life. See what it stirs up. How hard is it?

The physical manifestation in our lives is the result of either the work we are doing to Liberate ourselves, to “prove” worthy, as we work up the chakras or it is the FULL manifestation of our ability to feel that worth and allow the Grace of Christ’s Atoning Sacrifice to move down through us. The more authentic-honest we can be with what’s going on with our Root Chakra 1, the more capable we become to both move up though our Sacral Charka 2 undistorted and allow physical motivations, circumstances and blessing within the hologram of all chakras, to move down through it.

Keep in mind that we all (c-sections notwithstanding), are Divinely designed to Crown through our Mother’s Root chakra to begin this experience.

My motivation for posting is as follows: I am not asking you to enroll in any of the programs I offer. I am sharing these posts because I feel impressed to support both the testimony that Christ is at the center of not only the Chakras but of all healing and that He is the source for any information that I have compiled, which I am apparently supposed to teach. You can take it or not, but if you do, I would suggest you carefully pray about how it relates to you personally and get your own answers related to this topic. I’m sharing my posts out of love:

I do have one request specific to the physical world and the time I am investing:

In 2011, I was diagnosed with stage 3 “invasive” breast cancer (which Heavenly Father and I, with much prayer from friends and family have cleared). The “Invasive” part of that diagnosis was from this charka work, that had been plagiarized, due to multiple copyright infringements, by a woman I was affiliated with at the time. So I just ask that if you use or share the images-content from this seven-post discussion, that you link it to my work, so others can find and sustain what I do to support myself and my son, who is currently serving a mission in the Philippines. This is important to honor my body’s sensitivity to invasive energy (one of the things I am here to work on) and to hold the place for energy-workers to value and be valued for what we do. I hope his helps you as a visual metaphor-light therapy for understanding your Root Chakra 1 a bit better.

My peace and blessings to you as you work with your Root Chakra 1.

This is the link to Syl Carson's work below:
http://www.goyogaonline.com/7-chakras-mind-body-online-bodhi-yoga-chakra-training-with-syl-carson/

Copyright Syl Carson 2016 © All Rights Reserved www.gobodhiyoga.com
If you are interested in Syl's program includes 60-hours of in-depth study that teaches the four-pillars of chakra alignment and light-body activation, chakra specific yoga, light-color therapy videos, chakra gemstone therapy, aroma-therapy, along with a Chakra Deck and 300-page full-color Chakra Therapy reference manual for healers, that She has authored and illustrated over the past 17-years. She teaches internationally, information is put in general context for students of all religious and spiritual backgrounds.
 

Fight for positive Sexuality

We hear a lot now days about the fight against pornography.  I do admit that pornography is a BIG problem even among the Saints.  But I have also learned that it is much better to fight bad things by filling your life with good. Joseph B. Wirthlin in his talk Seeking the Good says "We can fill our lives with good, leaving no room for anything else. We have so much good from which to choose that we need never partake of evil." The mantra -fighting the fight against pornography- isn't nearly as powerful to me as -Fighting for  Positive Sexuality. To me this includes so much more than DON'T DO THAT! I want to be in a place where I can teach all those around me that Sexual Energy is a gift from God that can be harness, controlled, shared, and a powerful blessing even to those who are not sexually active.
So how do we harness and control and share our powerful sexual energy if we are celibate or not sexually active right now?   Its easy we train our minds and body to live in a higher state. As we make good choices we feel a CHANGE in our hearts. As the sexual energy rises it goes up the cerebral spinal chakras  and we feel that energy lift us higher.  So we spend our day doing things that lift the body, and the mind, and the spirit.  Good things raise our vibration of our bodies, sin and negative things lower our vibration.  If you have done enough bad things you  put off that "bad vibe" that others pick up on and if they are spiritually minded they really don't even like being around people who have that "bad vibe". Good people also put off a strong

The LDS Conference Center seats 21,000 people

vibration. If you are spiritually minded you will pick up on it. The prophet's vibration is so strong and large it fills the whole conference center. If you have ever been to conference You KNOW the moment he comes into the room. No announcements are made like "all rise here comes the prophet!!!", you don't even have to be watching for him to come in, but as soon as he  comes in that great big room you FEEL him, and you stand.
 When we are balanced and filled with light we, like the people of King Benjamin, will have "No more disposition to do evil. " (Mosiah 5:2)  Part of being balanced is filling our life with the good things of God. Let me list a few things that raise a persons vibration. Healthy eating, scripture study, service, smiling, temple work, PRAYER, exercise, playing with children, connecting with a new born baby, taking the sacrament and repenting, meditating, connecting with nature, being grateful.... There are so so many. But the ones that have the most lasting effects and that raise the vibration quickly and safely are Prayer- deep meditative conversation with the Father.  Applying the atonement through repentance and taking the sacrament.  Reading your scriptures in a way that you are learning and feeling the spirit.  Going to the temple. All these are things we do with our minds and for our spirits, they  raise the vibration far but to reach even farther in spiritual areas we need to master our bodies and quiet our minds. The fastest way to do this is by doing Kundalini Yoga and meditation in addition to those things listed above.
 I am going to assume that you know all about how wonderful meaningful prayer, scripture study, keeping the Sabbath day holy and attending meetings, and temple work bring to your life, so I wont go deep there, but I want to talk about  what  Kundalini Yoga and meditation will do for you.
Kundalini Yoga (YK) strengthens the nervous system, and quiets the mind. It also balances the bodies energies. A kundalini rising is where the energy that is located at the base of the spine moves up the spine to the top of the crown.  It is a way of coming unto Christ. We are moving our energies and our divine potential out of the base "natural man" energy of the 3 lower earthly chakras up to the  upper triangle or what is also known as the spiritual chakras.  This movement of energy helps us connect with God, Christ, and our divine purpose on this earth.  We move  from a fallen state of energy- or lower vibration to a higher state of energy- or a higher vibration.  This is described as pure bliss.  You really have no more disposition to do evil when you are in this state- its heavenly.
The body is the vehicle of the soul. We can do so much spiritual work but the body is an eternal blessing. If we do not treat it as such we will miss much of the purpose of this earth life.  KY helps us train the body to put off the natural man and move  forward and upward. KY also helps us  quiet our minds so we can feel, and hear, and see the things of God. - So what does all this have to do with positive sexuality?
 When our bodies are balanced, and our energy is flowing the way God wants it to, our desires change.  Instead of seeing our bodies through  Satan's lenses we begin to see them as the powerful beautiful creations and eternal blessings from God.  Satan tells us we are ugly, fat, unattractive , that body parts

are dirty or nasty. He helps us hate our own eternal blessing of a body- and the bodies or body parts of our spouses.) This does not help healthy sexuality.  If our sexual energies are too low (or our first and second chakras are not as big as they should be or spinning as they should) we have a low sex drive. We don't feel that God given need or desire to be intimate with our spouse. If our first and second chakras are too big and there is too much energy in them we can have an over active sex drive. This can be unhealthy and can lead to feelings of a need to release this extra energy. Many people turn to sex and feel there is still energy left to burn. Satan entices them to look at porn or engage in other unhealthy sexual activities to  try and "balance" this extra energy and meet the extra need and pressure this energy puts on their system.   This is not healthy and like all the temptations of the Deceiver it is a trap, leads to addictions, and a larger amount of energy that is not being spent doing  what God would have us do.
Kundalini Yoga and meditation balance that energy. It sends energy where it needs to go and converts extra sexual energy into creative energy.  It brings a low desire in to a normal range and high desires  down to normal range. The system is balanced and a healthy sexual relationship can exist.  This works for people who are not sexually active as well. The body, mind, and the spirit know that sexual activity must wait until after marriage and  the energy will be sent up along the chakras for a balanced system.
Sat Kryia is the go to  yoga kryia for balancing the lower triangle ( the first three chakras located at the perineum, in the pelvis and in the solar plexus).  This moves the energies up and  helps the chakras to get the right amount of energy and sends any extra energy up.
Below are two videos  that show  you how to do Sat Kryia.  Below is  a link where you can read the directions and the MANY other benefits of doing this kryia.  LINK
So instead of telling our youth  they need Stop looking at porn or Don't look at porn  or Dont masturbate, or  whatever!... Lets give them tools- something TO DO when the  urge and temptation hit. Or give them tools to use daily to raise their vibration so there is no urge or temptation because they will  have NO disposition to do evil.