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LOCATION: Lower abdomen just below the coccyx or tailbone ASSOCIATED COLOR: Orange SYMBOL: Circle With 6 petals + moon crescent ELEMENT: Water The Sacral Chakra is the 2nd chakra of our body. The function of the sacral chakra is directed by the principle of pleasure. It’s the driving force for the enjoyment of life through the senses, whether it’s auditory, through taste, touch, or sight. Opening your sacral chakra allows you to truly feel the world around and in us. It plays a vital role in our foundational well-being. An imbalance of the 2nd chakra is related to: • Emotional overreactions • Excessive emotional attachment to people or objects; excessive neediness in relationships • Codependency • Fear of happiness or pleasure, self-sabotage • Lack of creativity and authenticity • Low libido • Pessimism, depression • Irregular menstrual cycle, urinary or bladder infections • Muscle tension and abdominal cramps • Lower back pain or stiffness Tips to begin balancing your Sacral Chakra: 1. Dietary changes-Eating food, such as oranges, melons, coconuts, and other sweet fruits are good sacral chakra healing food. Cinnamon is also useful, as is drinking plenty of water. 2. Connect with water: Take a bath, go for a swim, or relax near open water. 3. Be creative and explore old and/or new hobbies. 4. Focus on self-pleasure and healthy sexual energy. #sacral #chakras #alignment #massage #holistichealth #massagetherapist #orange #healing #happiness #pleasure

LOCATION: Base of spine ASSOCIATED COLOR: Red SYMBOL: 4 Petalled Lotus ELEMENT: Earth The Root Chakra is the foundation of our body like the roots of a tree, supporting the other six chakras. It relates to whatever grounds you to stability in your life, includes your basic survival needs such as food, water, shelter, material matters such as money, home as well as your more emotional needs relating to safety, trust yourself and self-confidence. Without the root chakra balanced, it is impossible to fully balance all the other chakras! An imbalance of the first chakra is related to: Excessive negativity, cynicism Eating disorders Greed Illusion Difficulty accepting change Excessive feeling of insecurity, living on survival mode constantly Anxiety Trouble making decisions Feeling threatened/unsafe Low self-confidence · Lower back pain · Kidney stones · Bladder/Colon issues · Leg issues · Cramps · Fatigue/Sluggishness Tips to begin balancing your Root Chakra: 1. Increase self-confidence; believe that you are important and valuable in this world and that you can achieve whatever you set your mind to. Trust your capacity and your strength. 2. Connect with the earth, spend lots of quality time in nature, hiking, gardening, dancing, walking in nature, observe what is going on; the birds, the clouds, the wind, the light, and sense your interconnectedness with it. 3. The color of the root chakra is the key to chakra alignment. Start by wearing red colored clothes more often. #root #chakras #alignment #massage #holistichealth #massagetherapist #red #healing #grounding

Repressed + trapped emotional energy throughout multiple parts of our body is responsible for countless ailments and chronic health conditions. In essence, pain is an emotional response stimulus. Whether we realize it or not, out bodies are great communicators. When our bodies start “speaking to us,” that is, when we start feeling pain, discomfort, or illness, we are being sent a message from a higher, energetic place and it is up to us to interpret those messages and take action. Huh? How do we “take action?” We are used to “fixing” ourselves by doing anything that numbs our pain, whether we identify and correct the source or not. Relief is the end game. But what usually happens? That nagging pain in our lower back, that tightness in our neck, those achy feet…COMES RIGHT BACK. This week we will discuss common chronic pain symptoms and what they may mean on an energetic level. Your homework? YES, I said HOMEWORK…I want you to think about a nagging pain that you have in your body that you’ve been dealing with “forever.” After that, I want you to answer 1 question: How do you feel? No, no, no…I mean how do you REALLY feel? Are you worried about your car getting repo’d? Are you still mad at your coworker for eating your sandwich 5 years ago? Do you resent your mom for making you wear that FUGLY sweater when you were 8 years old? We need to LET. THAT. ISH. GO. So, go ahead...take the step and start the healing process.

If a complete stranger walked up to you and asked, "Who are you," what would your response be? Would you just tell them your name? Would you include your place of residence? Marital status? Job title? I have always struggled with who I am, who I want to be, and how others perceived me. Even to this day, one of the hardest tasks that I've had to accomplish regarding this new business venture was completing the "About Me" section on this website and standing in front of a village board to explain to them "who I am" and exactly what it is that I do. Why, is this 3-word question so complicated? Is it because we don't really know ourselves? Are we too consumed with what we want the PERCEPTION of ourselves to be, versus the reality? Maybe for the new year we need to really spend time with ourselves, some paper, and a pen to explore who we are, what we do, and why we do it. Maybe once we get to know ourselves better, we can present that person to the world and unapologetically live the life that we desire and deserve.