1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: This is Kelly Henderson and you're listening to the Velvet 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Sedge Podcast. I am so happy to be back this 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: week with a new podcast. My guest is doctor Erica Matlock. 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: She is trained as a naturopathic doctor, a nurse practitioner, 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: a raiky master, a massage therapist, and a yoga instructor. 6 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: While Erica has extensive trading in both conventional and alternative 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: approaches to healing, we talked through the more complete approach 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: she uses now, which commands all of her training as 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: well as chakra balancing to both diagnose and heal her 10 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: patients minds, bodies, and spirits. I am new to the 11 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: chakra world, but did at a workshop with Erica a 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: few months ago and I seriously experienced both relief and 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: I actually think some healing within just a short amount 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: of time. Together. She and I broke down the seven chakras, 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: their themes and developments, signs of balance and imbalance within 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: the chakra system, and common ailments that can result from imbalance. 17 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: I was honestly shocked to learn that both obesity and 18 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: in fertility and many other physical ailments can actually be 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: linked to an imbalance in your chakra system. So much 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: info in this podcast. She is a wealth of knowledge. 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: Here's our conversation. Okay, so you and I met at 22 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: a workshop that a friend of mine put on, and 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: you discussed chakras and a subtle body, which I am 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: very new too. Um, But you have a whole practice 25 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: kind of based around diagnosing people based on what's happening 26 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: in their body energy wise. Can you kind of explain that? Yes, so, Um, 27 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: and I will say that, like, my practice isn't necessarily 28 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: based on just the subtle body. It's more based on 29 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: this whole holistic understanding that if we're really trying to 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: create sustainable change in our health or in our lives, 31 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: and for me, I sort of consider those two things 32 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: on the same continuum, we have to address the whole 33 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: self and that includes the subtle or energetic body. And 34 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: so the way that I think about the self, and 35 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: this is whether we're talking about physical illness or we're 36 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: talking about you know, like dysfunctional relationships are wanting to 37 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: change careers. I think about health and self is the 38 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: same thing. And I think about health or self having 39 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: physical components, mental components, emotional components, and spiritual components. And 40 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: in order to sort of like become the master of 41 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: the self. We need to understand that there's this entire 42 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: spiritual or energetic component to the self, which is the 43 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: subtle body, and that exists. If we're talking science, we're 44 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 1: talking about the quantum field. We're talking about a few 45 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: yield of potential. And then when we start to use 46 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: things like our attention and our intention and our thoughts 47 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: in our language, we're starting to make certain possibilities more 48 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: likely than others in the quantum field. And then that 49 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: in turn can come back and it can affect our 50 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: physical bodies and our health. It can affect our relationships, 51 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 1: that can affect our careers, it can affect our environment. 52 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: And so really what my practice is based on is 53 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: not just the physical body, or not just the subtle body, 54 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: but the fact that if we want to see really 55 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: sustainable change or growth or transformation or healing, we need 56 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: to acknowledge all of it. That makes sense, that makes 57 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: total sense. And you kind of explained it to us 58 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: that day in saying, like, you know Western culture and 59 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: you're not knocking this at all, but it divides it 60 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: up into the for quadrants that you just listen. So 61 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: you might go see a health care provider for your 62 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: physical ailments, but you're going to a therapist for your 63 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: mental and emotional health, and like your spirituality comes from 64 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: the energy healers like we go to. We kind of 65 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: compartmentalize all of it exactly. And like in my many 66 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: years of practicing in the system like that, what I 67 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: ultimately found is when you compartmentalize like that, whatever theme 68 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: you're working with just sort of moves around. And what 69 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: works better, in my opinion, is if we get all 70 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: of these compartments on the same page, working towards the 71 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: same goal. Right, And that's not the case if like 72 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: you're going to your doctor to talk about your low 73 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: your chronic low back pain, and then you're going to 74 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: your therapist to talk about your depression, or a psychiatrist, 75 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: and then you're going to an energy healer or like 76 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: a religious community to talk about your spiritual beliefs. So 77 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: what do you mean move around? Can you explain that 78 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: a little bit? Yeah? So, and I'll give you an example. 79 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: So the way that I think about these different quadrants 80 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: of health, just to sort of like give you the basics, 81 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: the physical body is like it speaks to us in sensation, right, 82 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: So we're all familiar with this. Do you have something 83 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: that hurts or something's uncomfortable and you're like, okay, something's wrong. 84 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to go to the doctor. Our mental health, 85 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: in my framework, is our thoughts and beliefs. We have 86 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: this tendency to sort of lump mental and emotional health 87 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: together in our in Western culture, but for me, those 88 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: are two very different things. Mental health is like how 89 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: your thoughts and your language and your beliefs either help 90 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: to create what you want or get in your way. 91 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: And then your emotional health is actually ken mystery. It's 92 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: this is chemical messengers binding to receptors and bringing about 93 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: a state that you feel. And emotions actually should be 94 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: quite transient, but what ultimately happens is we feel something 95 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: and then the mind wants to explain why, and then 96 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: we sort of get stuck in this loop where a 97 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: mental and emotional well being are tied up together. Whereas 98 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: as women, we know from from having a hormonal cycle 99 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: that like, sometimes you just feel sad because if you're 100 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: in a hormonal climate that is driving that, and then 101 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: you don't really start to arrange your life or seek 102 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 1: out a therapist to deal with that. You say, oh, 103 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: it's a week before my period, right, And there's like 104 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: in that in that sector of our health, we're we 105 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: can accept the fact that our emotions sort of swing, 106 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: but when we're not aware of it, because it's not 107 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: related to a hormonal cycle. We use the mental quadrant 108 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: to then try and explain what we're feeling, and that 109 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: usually results in some elaborate narratives that may or may 110 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: not even be true. And then there's this spiritual quadrant, 111 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: which in Western culture we don't even really acknowledge. But 112 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: for me, the spiritual quadrant is like one it provides 113 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: some meaning, So like why is your pain showing up 114 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: in your low back? And someone else's sort of like 115 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: weak link is their digestive system, Like what does that mean? 116 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: The spiritual quadrant is where we get into energy and 117 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: intention and how we can really use our energy to 118 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: impact our health or our lives. And I showed you 119 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: in our workshop a diagram that I had put together, 120 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: and if you remember, I had this all in sort 121 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: of a circle, and the quadrants were in the circle, 122 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: and then on the physical and the emotional parts of 123 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: the circle, I had arrows pointing in towards the self, 124 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: toward the inner world, and I said, sensation and feelings 125 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: draw you in to yourself. And then on the spiritual 126 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: and mental quadrants of the diagram, I had arrows going 127 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: outward towards your life, towards your environment, and your thoughts 128 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: and your energy are sort of how you project your 129 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: inner world onto the outer world. And so this is 130 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: sort of the interplay between how you feel on the 131 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 1: inside on what you're thinking on the inside, and and 132 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: what your sensations are on the inside, and then how 133 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: that impacts your life around you, your relationships, your work, 134 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 1: your environment. Um. And and now I went on such 135 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: a tangent that I don't even remember the question you 136 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: asked me. Well, we were talking about just how the 137 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: quadrants and how the Western culture compartmentalizes all of them. 138 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: And I was saying, like, I think it's so fascinating 139 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: that you, in your practice look at those four things, 140 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: and you kind of tried to talk about why one 141 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: could affect the other, like you're looking at all of 142 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: them to make the diagnosis that's right. And you actually 143 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: asked me, how does something move around? And I said 144 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: I was going to provide an example, and so like, 145 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: for example, UM, we might see something like someone comes 146 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: in to see me and they have an autoimmune condition. Right. 147 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: What is actually happening with an autoimmune condition is one's 148 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: immune system is attacking the physical body, right, And so 149 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: what that means for me if we put out in 150 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: sort of like thematic understanding, the body is confused about 151 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: what is safe and what is not right. So your 152 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: immune system physically is there to protect you from harm 153 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: from you know, bacteria, viruses and all the things that 154 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: could could make you ill. And so when someone comes 155 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: in with an autoimmune condition, I'm I'm definitely you know, 156 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: like looking at the physical health issue as we would 157 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 1: from a Western conventional standpoint, but I'm also saying, Okay, 158 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: where in this person's life do they not feel safe? 159 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: And so if we went like the conventional Western direction 160 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: and we said, okay, you have this autoimmune condition and 161 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: we're going to treat it with a steroid medication and 162 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: then the symptoms improve, what I might see eventually is 163 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: that someone when I get into like someone's mental health, 164 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 1: I find that like their thoughts and their language are 165 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: very self critical, right, Like they are constantly attacking themselves, 166 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,959 Speaker 1: and then that starts to affect their mental health, right, 167 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: and then maybe that leads into depression and then maybe 168 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: eventually then that we see that in a spiritual quadrant 169 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: impacting their career, and maybe they choose a career that 170 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: is like very cutthroat, competitive where everyone in their working 171 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: environment is constantly pointing out everything that they're doing wrong. 172 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: And then we see it show up in the emotional 173 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: sphere in their relationships and they're in like a somewhat 174 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: abusive relationship where they it's not safe to feel right 175 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: and every time they have an emotion, their partner is 176 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: triggered and it turns into some fight. And that's what 177 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: I mean when I say we'll start to see this 178 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: theme of like I'm confused about like what is safe 179 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: to express and what is not, and we'll start to 180 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: see that show up in their thoughts and language, in 181 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: their relationships, in their careers. And you know when in fact, 182 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: it's like we thought we treated it with the predno zone, right, 183 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: but like we didn't. We just sort of moved the 184 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: theme into another part of themselves. Wow. It's also interesting 185 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: because this is I mean, I obviously feel like there 186 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: are some things that you just need Western medicine for 187 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: and I'm not trying to be like, oh, people create 188 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: their own illnesses and anything like that. However, it is 189 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: fascinating to me to hear that and to think about 190 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: what we actually are just carrying in our own bodies 191 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 1: because of you know, mentally what we're thinking or emotionally 192 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: what we've been through. And the diagnosis you get a 193 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: lot of times with Western medicine is just take this 194 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: pill and let's get rid of the symptoms, like not 195 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: looking at the underlying route like you're saying, I agree 196 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: or or you know, and I totally agree with you. 197 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: I worked in Western medicine for a decade, and I, um, 198 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: there's it's it's life saving. I mean, it's a great 199 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: gift and it's very helpful in so many situations, especially 200 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: you know, acute illnesses and infectious disease. But I do 201 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: I think you're you're pointing to something very interesting, which 202 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: is like you said, I don't think people create their 203 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: own illnesses, and I would actually frame that. I do 204 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: think people create their own illnesses, but I don't think 205 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: that we're creating our own illnesses as like self punishment. 206 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: I think we create our illnesses so we can grow 207 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: and heal and learn. And this is like, you know, 208 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 1: something that really didn't work very well for me philosophically 209 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: in conventional medicine because we we we live in this 210 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: medical system where we only address our health when it's 211 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: a problem. Right, So you go into provider when like 212 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: something is wrong. And if we get into like actually 213 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: using our thoughts and attention to create our reality, if 214 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,839 Speaker 1: we only address our health when it's our problem, when 215 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: it's a problem, then our health becomes a problem, right, 216 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: and we start to sort of drive illness and dysfunction deeper. 217 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: So I'm a big fan of the therapy model because 218 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: you don't just go and see your therapist when something 219 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: when you're in crisis, right, you go weekly and you 220 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: say we're gonna like see each other when life is 221 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: going well, and we're gonna see each other when life 222 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: is hard, and we're going to leave space for all 223 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: of it. Or in a coaching model, we tend to 224 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: do the same thing. Yeah, So when someone would come 225 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: in to see you, like let's say someone comes with 226 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: an autoimane, like you said, do you sit them down 227 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: and you start going through the different quadrant kind of 228 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: things like asking questions to target what might actually be 229 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: going on. Yes, So I say to people who work 230 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: with me in our first session together. My job and 231 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: what I hold myself most accountable for, is to be 232 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: able to sort out which one of these quadrants we 233 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: need to start in to move the needle the fastest, 234 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: the most. I say, when you're working with me, we 235 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: are going to touch on all of these quadrants, and 236 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: sometimes they're going to be intertwined, right, sometimes, like you 237 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: can't get involved with someone's thoughts and beliefs without also 238 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: getting involved with their emotions, right, so the lines can 239 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: be a little bit gray. But really, what I like 240 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: to assess on this the first session I do with 241 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: people is which one of these do we need to 242 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: start and to move the needle the most? And you know, 243 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: sometimes like if I'm working with someone who is having 244 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: digestive issues or thyroid problems, like we have to use 245 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: physical tools to get them feeling well enough to actually 246 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: start to work with their thoughts and emotions and energy 247 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: with a bit more ease. Right, If someone comes to 248 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: see me with a with a hypothyroid issue and their 249 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 1: medication is like not at the right dose and they 250 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: feel exhausted and depleted, that is what I'm going to 251 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: do first, Right, I'm going to say let's like, let's 252 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: get you feeling better so you have the energy actually 253 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: put into the deeper work we're going to do. That 254 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: makes sense. So when we met at that at that 255 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: retreat or workshop, a lot of the work that we 256 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: talked about was through the chakras. And as I said earlier, 257 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: this is completely kind of a new world to me, 258 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: but I'm extremely fascinated by it because I do think 259 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: that I can see where, you know, even a lot 260 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: of trauma that we might hold or just your your 261 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: childhood or anything like that, how you can get stunted 262 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: and like your energy can't grow from there. So I 263 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: would love to just kind of break down the different 264 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: chakras and maybe actually first would you even say what 265 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: is a chakra? Yeah, I'll give you sort of like 266 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: a tour, okay, perfect, And so the I think I 267 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: love that you're you're mentioning that you're new to this 268 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: concept and a lot of people I work with are 269 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: new to this concept and a lot of the time, um, 270 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: people don't even like the term chakrah. For some people, 271 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: this sounds like really new a g and out there. 272 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 1: This is like what yogis and writes Eastern philosophy have 273 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: been referring to for for a very very long time, 274 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: and I like using the chakras just because they give 275 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: us sort of um something to refer to. But really 276 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: we're talking about themes that are associated with different parts 277 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: of the self, and so I like to sort of 278 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: give people the overview that chakras are energy centers. These 279 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: aren't physical anatomical locations, right, So you can't actually touch 280 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: a chakra, but when interestingly, when you do do like 281 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: a cadaver dissection and you open up the body, you 282 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: do find that there are large plexuses of nerves that 283 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: are generally associated geographically on the body with where the 284 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: chakras are thought to be. So to me, that does 285 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: suggest these are points of like heightened sensitivity, right, we 286 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: have more nerve activity near where they're located. And in 287 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: yoga this there's this whole idea that the life force 288 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: lives at the base of the spine, and the path 289 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: to awakening is all about being able to move that 290 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: energy up the spine into different frequencies. And so when 291 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: I think about the chakras as different energy centers along 292 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: the spine having different frequencies frequent theme meaning that they're 293 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: associated with sort of different themes of the self, and 294 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: so I like to use them as sort of windows 295 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: of understanding different themes that are associated with different stages 296 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: in life, different physical health issues and um, different mental 297 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: health issues, different thought patterns, and uh, most of us. 298 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: And in from a from a yoga perspective, we sort 299 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: of think about the lower three chakras, the roots, the sacred, 300 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: and the solar plexus, and these are are located, you know, 301 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: off the body and the subtle body in the low 302 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: from around the base of the spine to the the 303 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: abdomen or the area around your belly button. And this 304 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: these lower energy centers, which are lower frequencies, are really 305 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: here to sort of like ground us into the human world. 306 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: These are like our instinctual animal nature. And then the 307 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: upper three chakras, which are the throat, the third eye, 308 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: and the crown. And these, if we're looking at the body, 309 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: sort of correlate with like your throat, the area between 310 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: your eyebrows and the top of your head. These are 311 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: considered sort of like that your your spiritual self and 312 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: access to the spirit world or the celestial world. And 313 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: this is sort of more of our intuitive self, our 314 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 1: higher knowing or what some people like to refer to 315 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: as a higher else. And then the heart is the bridge. 316 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: So the heart is where we pull energy up from 317 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: the our our human self, and down from our spirit self, 318 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: and it all connects at the heart. And this is 319 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,400 Speaker 1: why you know the great poets like Roomy and have Face, 320 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: they're always talking about the heart because this is really 321 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: like the integration of spirit and humanity, which is like 322 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: what we're all kind of hoping to. So so that's 323 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,239 Speaker 1: sort of like the over review. I'll pep if you 324 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: have any questions. Well, I was just gonna say I would. Um. 325 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: So the heart is the connector when we talked about that, 326 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: which I kind of want to talk about later to 327 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: how we tested the different things, and I thought that 328 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: was so fascinating. But so each one starts because when 329 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: you mentioned the roots, shock are the lower half, Like 330 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: the root shocker was the first one, right, It's the 331 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: way and that is developed between the day you were born, 332 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: in the age you were seven, actually the day you 333 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: were even conceived, it was farther back. Okay. I sort 334 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: of think of the chakras as developing in these seven 335 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: year cycles, and the root chakra is the first one 336 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: to develop, and so really the themes that we're working 337 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:32,239 Speaker 1: with here are survival. It's about like the fear of 338 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: not being able to survive in this world. And so 339 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 1: when we're babies and children in this first seven years 340 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: of life and we're just sort of coming into our 341 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 1: bodies and our only job is to live, it's to 342 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: survive in a body, we are taking in a lot 343 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: of cues from our caregivers about like what what do 344 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: we need to do to survive? And at that stage 345 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: in our life, if you are not loved, survival is 346 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: actually impossible. Right. You need a loving caregiver who cares 347 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 1: about you enough to, you know, clothe you and feed 348 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: you and and take care of you. And so in 349 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: this for these first seven years of life, we often 350 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: experience a bit of a tug of war between secure attachment, 351 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: which means I am safe and I'm going to survive 352 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: because I have a caregiver that loves me, and authenticity, 353 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: which is like, actually, I'm going to be myself and 354 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: express myself completely. And sometimes there's this little tug of 355 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: war that happens. And this isn't because our parents are 356 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: bad people or they do anything wrong, but it's just 357 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: something that happens where like someday you have a need, 358 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: maybe you're a toddler and you want apple juice and 359 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: you're in the shop with your parents and there's no 360 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: apple juice, and you throw a tantrum and your parents 361 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: becomes is really embarrassed because it's a public place and 362 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 1: sort of tries to shiss you and gets frustrated and 363 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: a little angry at you. And you immediately feel, oh, 364 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,680 Speaker 1: like love is taken away if I am not when 365 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: I am when I expressed myself in this way. Right, 366 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: So you turn down a little bit of your authenticity 367 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: dial to secure love and attachment from your caregivers. And 368 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: this is like a really deep core wound, right So, 369 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: and it's totally unconscious, but we do this. Then throughout 370 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: our lives, we repress certain parts of who we are 371 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 1: because there's this deep rooted fear that it's not safe 372 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: to be who we are. Right And we know as 373 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: we get older that like, if you express yourself and 374 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: someone doesn't love you for it, you're not going to die, 375 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: right Your survival is not actually going to be threatened. 376 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: But in the spiritual part of ourselves, there's no time 377 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: in the quantum field past present and future are the same. 378 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: So this old you know, inner child, this part of 379 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: you that really does associate the full authentic expression of 380 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: yourself with fear of death, is still alive. And this 381 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 1: is why sometimes we find ourselves in relationships later in 382 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 1: life where like when we feel like love is being 383 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: taken away or we feel afraid to fully express something, 384 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: it's like causes really severe anxiety. Right, It's like, and 385 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: it's what we're facing is our fear of death. But 386 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 1: it's not because we really think we're going to die. 387 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: It's because this old wound, this old like inner child 388 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: part of ourselves is still alive in there somewhere, Right, 389 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: I was going to say that, I thought it was 390 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: interesting when you say, um, you know, as adults, we know, oh, 391 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: you're not going to die if you're not loved for 392 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: expressing yourself. But if your if your roots chakra is 393 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: traumatized or I don't know the proper terms to talk 394 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: about this, but if it's if you don't have the 395 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: healing there, doesn't it actually feel like you might die? Like? 396 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: Do we still can't we equate it to that or 397 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: like have that actual feeling even though it might not 398 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 1: be reality. Yes, you absolutely can. And you know what 399 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 1: that usually shows up for for people is anxiety, right, 400 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: anxiety and fear. And when I always talk about sort 401 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: of like in the chakras, there's like wounds, so you 402 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: said traumatized. I like the term wound because it's not 403 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: something that can't heal. It's not like some like deep 404 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: rooted trauma that you can't move. In fact, actually energy 405 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: is much more fluid than physical form. Energy is actually 406 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: much easier to heal, if you know, if you use 407 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: your intention in your direction with some with some thoughts. So, really, 408 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: what we're moving from when we heal the root chakra 409 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: is we're moving out of this fear, fear that it's 410 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: not safe to be who we really are in the world, 411 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 1: and we're moving into trust. We're learning to trust that 412 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: like you were here to be you and you can 413 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: express all parts of yourself authentically and like if you're 414 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: going to be okay, yes, you say. Signs of imbalance 415 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: in the root chakra can show up as confusion about 416 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: what what is safe and what is not, inability to 417 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: trust life decisions driven by fear and in authenticity. Yes, 418 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: I agree with myself and this is what's so fascinating. 419 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: So if you're feeling like that and then you have 420 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: um a patient come in, common ailments that might show 421 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: up physics, could be anxiety, as you said, allergies and 422 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: autoimmune conditions, inability to lose weight, and obesity. Why is that? Yeah, 423 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: So again, like what we're talking about with root chakra 424 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: stuff is like am I safe in the world? And 425 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: so a lot of the time I'll see a pattern 426 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 1: in people who are carrying extra weight where they don't 427 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: really feel safe. So maybe something happened in childhood, or 428 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: maybe they're in a situation now where they don't really 429 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: feel safe to express themselves, and putting on extra weight 430 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: can actually serve as a protective barrier between you and 431 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: the world. Right, So when you carry extra weight, you're 432 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: sort of like insulating your inner self, you're inner organs 433 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: and uh, oftentimes there's a fear around losing that weight 434 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: because there's a fear of like really being vulnerable to 435 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: the world. Wow, I've never thought of it as a barrier. 436 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 1: That's so interesting to me, isn't it interesting? And I 437 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 1: see another pattern often with people who are carrying a 438 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: lot of extra weight where they're very comfortable sort of 439 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: in the work of the upper chakras, like talking about 440 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: their connection to spirit or religion. Um, but they're not 441 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: that comfortable in their body. They're disconnected from their body, 442 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: and they're using weight literally to like weigh them down 443 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: so they're more rooted. H wow. So have you seen where, um, 444 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: have you had any patients maybe dealing with that obesity 445 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: issue where you start to heal the root chakra issues 446 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: and they are dropping weights like more easily. Absolutely? Yeah. Yeah, 447 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: So I think about this kind of stuff, you know, Like, 448 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: let's say a patient came into my office and they're overweight, 449 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: and um, you know, I'm a I started doing the 450 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: typical conventional things. First, I'm checking their thyroid, I'm checking 451 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 1: their blood, ruling out diabetes. I'm like doing an assessment 452 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: of their diet and exercise. And usually it's like I'll 453 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: start to think about this in these scenarios where someone's 454 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: like all the labs are normal, they're doing all the 455 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: right things, and the weight just won't go right. And 456 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: then I'm like, Okay, what's what else is going on here? 457 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: Like why might you be holding onto this weight so tightly? 458 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,959 Speaker 1: And then I'll sort of direct my line of questioning 459 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: and you know, to to uncover if there's something in 460 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: in the root chakra or another chakra really because there 461 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: could be other reasons. So fascinating. So you say, when 462 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: the root chakra is in balance or some signs of balance, Um, 463 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 1: it appears as being authentic, feeling safe enough to take 464 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: risk in your own life that are fully aligned with 465 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 1: who you are and what you want. So maybe like 466 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: making those decisions not showing who you truly are, and 467 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: then not having that fear of am I going to 468 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: be loved or not because it doesn't matter you're aligned, 469 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: or the dialogue around what are people going to think? 470 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: And you know, I can't lose I can't leave my 471 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: job because like everyone's used to me making X dollars 472 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: a year and like you know, but really I'm miserable. Yeah, 473 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: it's like when we're when we work through this energy, 474 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: I see people sort of get the courage to be like, okay, 475 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: this like this job is just not aligned with me 476 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: and there's no I'm courageous enough to just step out 477 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: of it. Yes. So then next when you're moving up 478 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: the body, is the sacred chakra? Is it chakra or chakra? 479 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: I can't say it, you know, the traditional like pronunciation 480 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: is chakra chakra. We you hear everyone and in you 481 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: know of the West these days saying chakras, you're you're er. 482 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: So let's talk about the sacred chakra. The sacred is 483 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 1: like one of my favorites because it is so profound 484 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: in our culture. So when I think the sacred, a 485 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: lot of us is think about it as sort of 486 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: like the emotional center and um where the emotional body develops. 487 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 1: And we're talking now developmentally aged like seven to fourteen, 488 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: and really what the sacred comes down to is are 489 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: what the Buddhists called the craving and aversion cycle. So ultimately, 490 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: all of our actions in our lives are driven by 491 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: the desire to create more of something that feels good 492 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: and to escape discomfort or pain. Right, And we know 493 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: this very like clearly on a on a physical level. Right, 494 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: So like if I touched the stove and it's hot, 495 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 1: like I want out of that, and that's a really 496 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: healthy instinctual reaction. But when we start to take this 497 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: a step further and you really start to look at this, 498 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: you will find that, like in the your emotions are 499 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: often driving your actions. Right, So, like I get I 500 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 1: feel happy and joyful and positive validation if I do 501 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: if I behave in one way and I hurt someone 502 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: or feel sad and uncomfortable, if I take some other action, 503 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 1: so I let the feeling good drive me. Now, the 504 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: problem with this, if we come back to that emotional 505 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: quadrant of health, is that emotion at the end of 506 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: the day is simply chemical messengers binding to receptors, and 507 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: it's transient. So even the stuff that feels good is 508 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: impermanent it and when we're constantly just being driven by 509 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: this desire for more pleasure and this avoidance of pain, 510 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: we are we can't sit still long enough for like 511 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 1: the greatest things to come to us. So, for example, 512 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: the sacred chakra is also the home of like creation. 513 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: This is like associated with our reproductive organs or are 514 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 1: pelvic area, and this is where we conceived life. This 515 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: is where we create from, and creation should be our 516 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: greatest genius. But it's not if all we're doing is 517 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: being driven by running for more pleasure in a way 518 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: from discomfort. Right, So this is like where I settle 519 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,279 Speaker 1: for the wrong partner. Right, this is like I'm too 520 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,840 Speaker 1: uncomfortable being single as a woman in her forties. So 521 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,959 Speaker 1: I'm going to grub onto this partner and like get 522 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,839 Speaker 1: married and try and get pregnant. Right, But like that's 523 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: not really like what my highest self wants. That's a 524 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 1: reaction to the discomfort of being single at this stage 525 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: of my life as opposed to sitting and waiting for 526 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: like the right person for me to create with. Wow. Right, 527 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: so we take this really far. This is like the 528 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: roots of addiction. Um. I see this showing up in 529 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,719 Speaker 1: a lot of people with addiction. And I'm not just 530 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: talking about substances. I'm also talking about sugar or shopping. Um, 531 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: we see this. I see this showing up a lot 532 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:42,920 Speaker 1: in like fertility issues, right where it's like really comes 533 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 1: down to like are you trying to conceive with the 534 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: right person? And so you're like if that, I mean obviously, uh, 535 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: my listeners know I am doing fertil I mean I'm 536 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 1: freezing my eggs right now. And so do you, like 537 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: I'm confused on how our body is would know, Like 538 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: would they just know like, oh, you're not with the 539 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 1: right partner or oh it's not that right time in 540 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 1: your life, and it would really yeah, well I would 541 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: take that a step further and I would say, it's 542 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 1: not just that your body knows, it's that you know, right, 543 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,239 Speaker 1: And this is where it gets so confusing. And I mean, 544 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: believe me, woman to women, this is so complex, right, 545 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 1: It's like we're damned if we do. We're damned if 546 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: we don't. Like, if you didn't freeze your eggs when 547 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,799 Speaker 1: you were thirty, you did something wrong, exactly right, if 548 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 1: you're like so. And it's really challenging, you know, And 549 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: there's a whole fertility industry around this, and it's very confusing. 550 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 1: What is the feminist path, what is not? And all 551 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 1: of this noise it often clouds us from what is 552 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,480 Speaker 1: really true for ourselves, right, And so I mean, I'll 553 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,200 Speaker 1: just share with you, Like I went through of this 554 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: decision process too. I was single in my mid thirties 555 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,719 Speaker 1: and I really believe that I want to be a 556 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: mom and I hadn't met the person, and I faced 557 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,240 Speaker 1: this decision of like do I want to freeze my eggs? 558 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 1: And ultimately, for me, I decided that, like I, it 559 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: was more important to me to just sort of like 560 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: trust my body and trust the timing of my life 561 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: and trust that, like if motherhood and creation is in 562 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,319 Speaker 1: the cards, for me in my life that I'm going 563 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: to meet the right person and the timing is gonna 564 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:38,839 Speaker 1: work out. And for me, it's just like it lit 565 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 1: me up to be able to trust that process. And 566 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,280 Speaker 1: I decided not to go through with like egg retrieval 567 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 1: on all of that, or or freezing anything. And I 568 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 1: don't really think that this is a is a medical decision. 569 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: I think it's a personal decision. And I usually say 570 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: to women, you know, if you're stuck on this decision 571 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,560 Speaker 1: of whether or not to freeze your eggs, if you 572 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: are someone who you think will regret if you did 573 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,360 Speaker 1: not do everything in your power to make motherhood a 574 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 1: possibility for you, Like, we have this technology available to us, 575 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:17,080 Speaker 1: so use it. That's exactly why I decided to do it. Yeah, 576 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: And then it's like that's great, that's like a healthy decision. 577 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 1: But I see a lot of women freezing their eggs 578 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 1: who are like I don't want to do this, but 579 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 1: like my partner wants to, or my parents are putting 580 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,200 Speaker 1: pressure on me, or I don't know if I want 581 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: to have kids, and like my company pays for it, 582 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: and like right, And what I'm saying is like, if 583 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: you retrieve eggs in that mental emotional climate like that 584 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 1: is probably not the energy of a spirit that you 585 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:54,959 Speaker 1: want to bring into the world. So there's not really 586 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 1: a right or wrong, but it's like, let's get all 587 00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:00,680 Speaker 1: the parts of you on the same page. If you 588 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: decide to make the decision increase your eggs like great, 589 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: Let's like get you're feeling really good about that emotionally, 590 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,200 Speaker 1: Let's get your thoughts really excited about that. Let's get 591 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,960 Speaker 1: your energy on board with saying like I have plans 592 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:23,399 Speaker 1: to be a mother because this is kind of I'm 593 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,360 Speaker 1: just like so fascinated by this now because I'm thinking 594 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,640 Speaker 1: about you know, I made this decision like I just said, 595 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,560 Speaker 1: because I didn't want to look back and go, wow, 596 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 1: I really regret not doing everything in my power to 597 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: make this a possibility. And in western medicine, you know, 598 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,799 Speaker 1: I'm thirty seven, so that is typically what they say, 599 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 1: you know, physically by a certain age, if you haven't 600 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: like our bodies can't do it is what kind of 601 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,040 Speaker 1: what they start saying to you or like you're gonna 602 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,879 Speaker 1: the chances of it happening are so low, And I've 603 00:39:55,200 --> 00:40:00,840 Speaker 1: I've battled with that so much because I don't feel like, emotionally, 604 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,319 Speaker 1: I really wanted to have to think about that, but 605 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,400 Speaker 1: the pressure from just the medical standpoint on women is 606 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,880 Speaker 1: very heavy, and you don't like, I didn't want to 607 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,120 Speaker 1: have that that thing hanging over my head that was 608 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,719 Speaker 1: like I should have done that. You know, like you 609 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,759 Speaker 1: never want to feel that way, especially if it's something 610 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,279 Speaker 1: that you do want in your life. But it's so 611 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:26,440 Speaker 1: interesting with what you're saying, because are you really going 612 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: to get the results you want if your whole entire 613 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,720 Speaker 1: body is not Are you like your your that area 614 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,560 Speaker 1: of the sacral chakra, for instance, isn't in tune with 615 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: that or in line with that decision? That's exactly right, 616 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 1: and you're speaking to something else that I think is 617 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:47,799 Speaker 1: so important about, like energy, which is we have ourselves, right, 618 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,440 Speaker 1: and you have what's going on for yourself. And then 619 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,400 Speaker 1: when we're talking about energy, we're talking about a field 620 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,440 Speaker 1: that is off of your body. Right, It's like extending 621 00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 1: however many feet or beyond in front of you. And 622 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:05,880 Speaker 1: in that space there's also a collective field. Right. So 623 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:12,560 Speaker 1: there's your belief system, which maybe I believe that I'm 624 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,040 Speaker 1: going to be a mother. I believe that I'm going 625 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:20,000 Speaker 1: to conceive at forty with the partner of my my choice, right, 626 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,080 Speaker 1: and that might be your belief system. And then you 627 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,560 Speaker 1: walk into the fertility Plank and they have a different 628 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,600 Speaker 1: belief system right there, working with statistics, and they're working 629 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,359 Speaker 1: with a different like sort of set of goals right 630 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 1: there saying we're we we spend all day seeing people 631 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:41,239 Speaker 1: who can't conceive, and our belief system here is like, 632 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,680 Speaker 1: this is what you have to do to make this reality. 633 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,040 Speaker 1: And so all of a sudden, your belief systems are 634 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:52,279 Speaker 1: not are not aligned, their clashing, and that's when you 635 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,600 Speaker 1: start to doubt yourself. Right, So you walked into the 636 00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:58,960 Speaker 1: clinic saying, I'm a healthy, vibrant, thirty seven year old 637 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,400 Speaker 1: woman and I know that I have the ability to conceive, 638 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,799 Speaker 1: and then you walk into this field of energy, right, 639 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,319 Speaker 1: and this is now the mental quadrant of health right 640 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 1: thoughts and beliefs. So you walk into a thought and 641 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:15,560 Speaker 1: belief system that says, thirty seven year old woman can't 642 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: get pregnant and we need to intervene. And then you 643 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,840 Speaker 1: walk out of there with a new belief system that 644 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:27,520 Speaker 1: actually doesn't support you conceiving naturally. And this is why 645 00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:31,239 Speaker 1: this work is challenging, right, This isn't easy work. This 646 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:36,680 Speaker 1: is like really repetitive training, like figuring out what's true 647 00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:40,719 Speaker 1: for you and really using your thoughts in your language 648 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:47,680 Speaker 1: as a practice to keep your attention on that. Yeah, 649 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,960 Speaker 1: because yeah, God, I have so many thoughts pinging around now. 650 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:55,640 Speaker 1: How so how do you if you know, um, I 651 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,120 Speaker 1: guess the question would be, if you are getting the 652 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,960 Speaker 1: two messages, as you said, what would be a way 653 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:06,080 Speaker 1: to kind of integrate two completely opposing messages like that 654 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:07,640 Speaker 1: in any of them? Mean this goes for any of 655 00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:13,720 Speaker 1: our chokers, right right, right, Well, ultimately I think you 656 00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:17,759 Speaker 1: you can integrate them in, you can integrate them rationally. 657 00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:22,880 Speaker 1: But ultimately it's it's one way or the other, you know, 658 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:26,160 Speaker 1: because what's happening. You know, if we look at that 659 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,080 Speaker 1: circle again and where and I said earlier, you know, 660 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,160 Speaker 1: ultimately what I want to do is I want to 661 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:35,480 Speaker 1: get the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of yourself 662 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:40,080 Speaker 1: all pointed in the same direction so we can create something. 663 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,439 Speaker 1: And oftentimes when we want to create something, whether it's 664 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:49,160 Speaker 1: healing or abundance or partnership or whatever it is, oftentimes 665 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,440 Speaker 1: the reason we're not successful is because these pieces of 666 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,440 Speaker 1: ourselves are not all working in the same direction. Right. So, 667 00:43:55,480 --> 00:44:01,720 Speaker 1: for example, I could say to you, I confident that 668 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:05,439 Speaker 1: I'm going to get pregnant this year, right, And then 669 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 1: if I spend part of my thoughts and have another 670 00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,760 Speaker 1: conversation later where I talk about all the statistics that 671 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,799 Speaker 1: make that less likely for me, I'm getting in my 672 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:23,520 Speaker 1: own way right, thought wise and energetic wise, those two 673 00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,080 Speaker 1: things are not pointing me in the direction of like 674 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:32,040 Speaker 1: a pregnancy this year. And so in the world of 675 00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:36,959 Speaker 1: less call it manifestation. If the goal is I want 676 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:43,120 Speaker 1: to create you know, healing, then like I can't both whole. 677 00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:46,799 Speaker 1: I can't integrate the belief that I can heal and 678 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,399 Speaker 1: the belief that I cannot heal at the same time, right, 679 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,960 Speaker 1: I ultimately have to sort of train the belief that 680 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:58,680 Speaker 1: I cannot heal out of me. And so for you, 681 00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:01,759 Speaker 1: if we were work getting through this together and we 682 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,040 Speaker 1: were sort of like doing a deep dive on like 683 00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,759 Speaker 1: is this really what you want to do? I think 684 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,640 Speaker 1: the first piece of the work would be to get 685 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:13,840 Speaker 1: down to the bottom of like, do is this truly 686 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:17,439 Speaker 1: aligned with you? Like? Is this the path? And if 687 00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:21,080 Speaker 1: it is, great, then let's get every piece of you 688 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:25,359 Speaker 1: on board. Let's get excited about freezing your eggs. Let's 689 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,840 Speaker 1: get excited about the fact that you have this technology 690 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,120 Speaker 1: that allows you to explore other parts of your life 691 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:35,399 Speaker 1: for the next however many years and be a mom 692 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:39,399 Speaker 1: in your forties or fifties, whatever you choose. Right, Let's 693 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:44,319 Speaker 1: get your thoughts aligned with that and you know, and 694 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:50,000 Speaker 1: and be sort of insolidarity with that choice as opposed 695 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,839 Speaker 1: you know, and of what we found in this conversation. 696 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,359 Speaker 1: If I said to you know, hey, Kelly, every time 697 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,280 Speaker 1: you talk about freezing your eggs, I see your shoulders 698 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:03,399 Speaker 1: hike up to your ears and your language changes. Like, 699 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,239 Speaker 1: let's talk about if this is really something you want 700 00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,240 Speaker 1: to do, and if we find that that's not the case, 701 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,160 Speaker 1: then it's sort of like, Okay, let's kind of tease 702 00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:16,480 Speaker 1: out what is really driving you to make this decision, 703 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,839 Speaker 1: and if it's not the decision that you want to make, 704 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:22,000 Speaker 1: let's get every part of you aligned with what is 705 00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:26,520 Speaker 1: really true for you. Wow. Right, I trust myself to 706 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:32,400 Speaker 1: get pregnant at forty or whatever it is. So when 707 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,680 Speaker 1: the sacred chakra is not aligned, you say, some signs 708 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,799 Speaker 1: of imbalance are people pleasing behavior being overly emotional or 709 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,839 Speaker 1: emotionally guarded. That's interesting that it's the two. It could 710 00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:47,960 Speaker 1: be the two opposites, Um, go ahead, right, And it's 711 00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:52,160 Speaker 1: usually like you're in what you're in service of is 712 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:56,200 Speaker 1: not creating discomfort. Right. So I'm in a relationship with 713 00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:59,840 Speaker 1: someone who can't handle my like a wild emotional swings, 714 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:04,040 Speaker 1: then like I might hold back and be guarded. I'm 715 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:06,440 Speaker 1: in a relationship with someone who won't give me the 716 00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,680 Speaker 1: time of day unless I throw a tantrum, then like 717 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm probably going to over remote. Wow, So it's whatever 718 00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:15,640 Speaker 1: you're This is why addiction is a huge part of 719 00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:19,799 Speaker 1: this one. You're just seeking out the pleasure stuff exactly. 720 00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:25,000 Speaker 1: You're either seeking out the pleasure or you're you're running 721 00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,720 Speaker 1: away from the pain. So living in denial is another 722 00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:34,160 Speaker 1: sign of imbalance in this this chakra difficulty with intimate relationships. 723 00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:37,799 Speaker 1: It's very interesting too, Um, why is that? Is it 724 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:43,080 Speaker 1: just you're just guarded too authenticity a little bit? Or 725 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:48,920 Speaker 1: it's that well, it's more because this is like really 726 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:54,279 Speaker 1: about emotion, and it's often about like like sitting in 727 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,879 Speaker 1: a field of discomfort, right, So you you can't really 728 00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:03,279 Speaker 1: go into emotion without going into vulnerability, you know, UM, 729 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:06,319 Speaker 1: and so it tends to be the people that were 730 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:10,399 Speaker 1: intimate with that we're the most vulnerable with. And it's 731 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:14,560 Speaker 1: also because of you know, in nature. This ultimately comes 732 00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:19,240 Speaker 1: down to conception and creation, right, And so the people 733 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:22,279 Speaker 1: that you are here to create your genius with, and 734 00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:27,600 Speaker 1: whether that's a child or UM, a project or a 735 00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:30,920 Speaker 1: piece of art or a business or a product, the 736 00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:34,680 Speaker 1: ones that you are really going to to create with, 737 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,880 Speaker 1: there are people that are close to you or they're 738 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,200 Speaker 1: going to become close to you because this is going 739 00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:43,319 Speaker 1: to be the work of your life. So it's intimate, right, 740 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,600 Speaker 1: We're talking about things that are really precious to us. 741 00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:51,680 Speaker 1: So some common ailments of this being out of line 742 00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:56,200 Speaker 1: is pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction. We're current U T E S. 743 00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:01,360 Speaker 1: That's interesting, UM acne S TES. What's an S t I. 744 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:07,680 Speaker 1: It's an std more more up to date acronym. Why 745 00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:11,520 Speaker 1: would that be a common ailment of this chakra? Well, 746 00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:15,560 Speaker 1: so just think again about like the theme of intimacy 747 00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:22,080 Speaker 1: and UM the theme of like how uncomfort how much 748 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:29,000 Speaker 1: discomfort it brings up when someone has a sexually transmitted infection, right, 749 00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:32,480 Speaker 1: So like if we just took like say herpies, for example, 750 00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:37,080 Speaker 1: when I work with people with herpes, there is so 751 00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:41,960 Speaker 1: much discomfort around it, Like there's discomfort around disclosing it, 752 00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:47,560 Speaker 1: there's discomfort around being intimate with people. The um the 753 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:52,160 Speaker 1: infection itself can be uncomfortable, and so we're sort of 754 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:56,799 Speaker 1: it sort of controls us, right, it drives us to 755 00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:01,839 Speaker 1: choose who we're going to be with out. Signs of 756 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:05,080 Speaker 1: balance would include having the ability to feel emotions and 757 00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:09,040 Speaker 1: express them without reacting to them or being overly driven 758 00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:13,760 Speaker 1: by them. Tolerance for discomfort that's a big one. Um, 759 00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:19,040 Speaker 1: willingness to see one's own blind spots. So it's really 760 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:23,200 Speaker 1: just getting uncomfortable with being uncomfortable totally. That's like what 761 00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:26,000 Speaker 1: it all comes down to. And if you remember when 762 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:29,799 Speaker 1: we did the workshop together, what I did to kind 763 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:31,920 Speaker 1: of get you guys into this was I had you 764 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:35,280 Speaker 1: do something called a sit of determination where you sat 765 00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:39,160 Speaker 1: still a period of time and you couldn't respond to 766 00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:44,160 Speaker 1: the an itch or falling asleep now. And in that 767 00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,040 Speaker 1: in that example, what we're doing is we're sort of 768 00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:51,000 Speaker 1: just using the body as a way to get familiar 769 00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:54,600 Speaker 1: with this concept of sitting with discomfort. Yeah, it was 770 00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:56,920 Speaker 1: so fascinating because you made a sit for was it 771 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:02,200 Speaker 1: ten minutes? Yeah? I did a short one. Okay, Oh 772 00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,439 Speaker 1: my gosh, I would have that. It's like we set 773 00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,239 Speaker 1: for ten minutes. Although I say that, but I thought, 774 00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:12,239 Speaker 1: there's no way that I can sit completely still and 775 00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:14,440 Speaker 1: if I have an itch, not itch that or just 776 00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:16,920 Speaker 1: like not want to open my eyes. But it was 777 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,600 Speaker 1: funny because because I knew there was a time clock, 778 00:51:20,719 --> 00:51:23,920 Speaker 1: and like, because I knew the activity, you really could 779 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,000 Speaker 1: I could talk myself out of not doing it. And 780 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:30,320 Speaker 1: I didn't move like it was so interesting mm hmmm, 781 00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:33,799 Speaker 1: did not scratch that itch and then it went away, 782 00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,800 Speaker 1: And that's like, that's what this is all about, right, 783 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:41,960 Speaker 1: And ultimately you take that into your emotional quadrant, right, 784 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,920 Speaker 1: and you're like, this is like when you know some 785 00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:51,480 Speaker 1: person that you're dating sends your attacks that bothers you, right, 786 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,839 Speaker 1: and the first instinct is to text something back. And 787 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,920 Speaker 1: this is cultivating the ability to say, I'm actually just 788 00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,799 Speaker 1: going to sit with this and I'm gonna my emotions 789 00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:07,919 Speaker 1: passed before I take any action. That's fascinating. Um, okay, 790 00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,160 Speaker 1: let's talk about the solar plexus. So this developmental stage 791 00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,440 Speaker 1: is from when we are fourteen to about twenty one. 792 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:17,600 Speaker 1: So the ego develops here, and let's talk a little 793 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:24,120 Speaker 1: bit about that. So the solar plexus now is this 794 00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,520 Speaker 1: is sort of a time period in our lives where 795 00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:31,239 Speaker 1: we're starting to really move into identity who we think 796 00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:35,000 Speaker 1: we are. And you know, you think back to age 797 00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:38,200 Speaker 1: fourteen to twenty one. These are like the years where 798 00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:41,360 Speaker 1: a lot of us are in school. We're thinking about 799 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,279 Speaker 1: what's coming next, if we're going to college, if we're 800 00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:49,680 Speaker 1: going into some sort of career, and we're starting to 801 00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:53,120 Speaker 1: get a lot of feedback from the world about the 802 00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:56,160 Speaker 1: things that we're good at and the things that maybe 803 00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:59,360 Speaker 1: we're not so good at. And when we get positive 804 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,640 Speaker 1: feedback for things that we're good at, we feel confident 805 00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:08,600 Speaker 1: and we start to sort of define ourselves by these things. Right, So, 806 00:53:08,719 --> 00:53:12,439 Speaker 1: like I'm Erica. I'm good at science and math, and 807 00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,520 Speaker 1: like I'm not good at art. Right, so maybe this 808 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:20,040 Speaker 1: is like some belief I have about myself because um, 809 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:25,080 Speaker 1: I see the art teachers giving another student all this 810 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:30,439 Speaker 1: positive validation, but I'm getting a good grades in math 811 00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,640 Speaker 1: and science, and it starts to shape who I think 812 00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:36,279 Speaker 1: I am. And that's like a really simple example but 813 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,399 Speaker 1: this goes into every area of our lives. And so 814 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:46,399 Speaker 1: the part I start expressing and letting the parts of 815 00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:49,600 Speaker 1: myself that I define myself by sort of like be 816 00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:52,720 Speaker 1: at the foreground of who I am, and the parts 817 00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:56,640 Speaker 1: of myself that I'm not as like proud of or 818 00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:01,359 Speaker 1: confident in, I start expressing them less right, and these 819 00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:07,000 Speaker 1: are like my vulnerabilities, and uh, over time, I start 820 00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:10,080 Speaker 1: to judge myself very harshly for these things, and it 821 00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,399 Speaker 1: becomes scary to express them. Right. So if it's like 822 00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:16,000 Speaker 1: I have a belief from this time period that I'm 823 00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:18,960 Speaker 1: not a good singer, and then I don't sing for 824 00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:23,160 Speaker 1: the next twenty years, and then it's a friend's birthday 825 00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:26,719 Speaker 1: and I'm terrified to sing Happy birthday or something right 826 00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,640 Speaker 1: because I believe that I'm not a good singer. That's 827 00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,960 Speaker 1: not part of my narrative of who I am and 828 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,560 Speaker 1: what I'm good at, and I'm not confident there. And 829 00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,960 Speaker 1: so the more we do this, the more we like 830 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:43,920 Speaker 1: selectively express the parts of ourselves that we're confident about 831 00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:49,239 Speaker 1: and neglect or sort of hide the parts of ourselves 832 00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,520 Speaker 1: that we are not proud of. The more fragmented we 833 00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:57,000 Speaker 1: become and the more we start to build our lives 834 00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:01,480 Speaker 1: from a fragmented place, from a place of not being whole, 835 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:08,840 Speaker 1: and the more we attempt to access these parts of 836 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:11,920 Speaker 1: ourselves that are vulnerable or that we're not so proud of, 837 00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:14,520 Speaker 1: the more judgmental we become of ourselves. So this is 838 00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:18,399 Speaker 1: like the inner critic, inner critic getting really loud right 839 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:21,040 Speaker 1: when you try and do something new, and the imposter 840 00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:26,640 Speaker 1: syndrome of like who am I to do this? So 841 00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:29,560 Speaker 1: but what if like your life experience, you know, like 842 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,759 Speaker 1: you said you are great at science and so and 843 00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:37,160 Speaker 1: maybe when you go singing, people aren't like, oh my god, 844 00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:40,160 Speaker 1: you're so great at singing. So like, how do we 845 00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,960 Speaker 1: not put those labels on ourselves though? Because what it's like, 846 00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:49,320 Speaker 1: life is just proving that to seem like a fact. Mmmm, 847 00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:53,680 Speaker 1: well that's a really that's a great point because life 848 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,719 Speaker 1: is proving that to seem like a fact. And but 849 00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:01,680 Speaker 1: what I'm inviting you to say is like, is there 850 00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:04,759 Speaker 1: space and life for the parts of me who are 851 00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,960 Speaker 1: not that are not exceptional and perfect to also be 852 00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:12,680 Speaker 1: allowed to express? Right? So I'm not saying that like 853 00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:16,000 Speaker 1: you need to have a career in singing, but like, 854 00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,600 Speaker 1: what I want you to be able to do is 855 00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:22,280 Speaker 1: move past the fear and the judgment when you want 856 00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:25,680 Speaker 1: to sing, so like, can it be okay to sing 857 00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:29,879 Speaker 1: and not have a perfect voice? And in fact, when 858 00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:33,080 Speaker 1: you share these parts of yourself that you're not good at, 859 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:37,319 Speaker 1: it's so endearing and we fall in love with you 860 00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:41,040 Speaker 1: for it. And then all of a sudden, you see 861 00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:44,800 Speaker 1: a different lens on life, right, You see life actually 862 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:50,560 Speaker 1: accepting you in your imperfections as well as your perfections. 863 00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,520 Speaker 1: It's so true. Um, this is like a small example 864 00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,000 Speaker 1: that my boyfriend always says about himself, like he's a 865 00:56:57,120 --> 00:57:00,799 Speaker 1: terrible dancer, but like when he does this little jig 866 00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:03,239 Speaker 1: that I think is just the cutest thing ever it is. 867 00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:05,160 Speaker 1: It makes it so endearing and it's not like, oh 868 00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:07,600 Speaker 1: my gosh, you are you should be a break dancer 869 00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:11,279 Speaker 1: on a stage, but it's it's like a way of 870 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:14,600 Speaker 1: almost like vulnerability, like you're saying, which is so interesting 871 00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:20,240 Speaker 1: because it is endearing, it's so true, and like the 872 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,320 Speaker 1: this is often the case. It's like the part of 873 00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:26,640 Speaker 1: ourselves that we're sort of ashamed of or we stick 874 00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:30,440 Speaker 1: in hiding because we're insecure about these are the things 875 00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:33,480 Speaker 1: that make us human right. So these are the things 876 00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:36,120 Speaker 1: that people fall in love with us for, but we 877 00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:40,640 Speaker 1: spend our whole lives trying to hide them. Wow. So 878 00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:44,160 Speaker 1: signs of balance with the solar plexus are self confidence, 879 00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:48,560 Speaker 1: feeling empowered, having the will and determination to exceed expectations 880 00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:53,640 Speaker 1: and limitations imposed by oneself and others, and feeling worthy 881 00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:57,560 Speaker 1: of love and greatness. So it's accepting your imperfections and 882 00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:02,640 Speaker 1: just knowing that you're still worthy. Exactly. This is all 883 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:08,760 Speaker 1: about self acceptance. And it's so beautiful because you know, 884 00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:11,400 Speaker 1: you hear a lot of people these days like talking 885 00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:14,800 Speaker 1: about self love and how you know self love is 886 00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:18,800 Speaker 1: the most important thing. And I actually think if you 887 00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:23,560 Speaker 1: can really find self acceptance, you don't even need the 888 00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:28,280 Speaker 1: term self love because it just happens naturally. Self acceptance 889 00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:32,440 Speaker 1: is saying there's space for all of me here. Yeah. 890 00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:35,120 Speaker 1: So let's move to the heart chakra because you describe 891 00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:39,400 Speaker 1: this as the bridge, and we just talked about finding 892 00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:43,240 Speaker 1: self acceptance, and so in your heart chakra is this 893 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:45,800 Speaker 1: is when are you looking to kind of give that 894 00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:49,400 Speaker 1: out to others? Now that that same love, that same compassion, 895 00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:54,400 Speaker 1: that same acceptance. I love that you put it that 896 00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:58,600 Speaker 1: way because what is so critical about the heart that 897 00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:02,240 Speaker 1: we miss is that it has to be a two 898 00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:07,120 Speaker 1: way street. So I actually don't find that many people 899 00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:12,120 Speaker 1: in our culture are our world can't give love. I 900 00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:15,960 Speaker 1: find that they can't receive it. And so the heart 901 00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:20,000 Speaker 1: is like exactly, the heart is the bridge. It's a 902 00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:24,240 Speaker 1: two way street. It pulls from the spirit and it 903 00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:30,520 Speaker 1: pulls from the earth. And just like it's impossible to 904 00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:35,320 Speaker 1: inhale without an exhale or exhale without an inhale, the 905 00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:41,000 Speaker 1: heart cannot just give. It also has to receive, and 906 00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:44,560 Speaker 1: so so much of the self acceptance work, and the 907 00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:49,520 Speaker 1: solar plexus is really like the prerequisite for you to 908 00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:52,600 Speaker 1: feel worthy of love, for you to be able to 909 00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:57,560 Speaker 1: let it in. So and in our culture we tend 910 00:59:57,600 --> 01:00:02,480 Speaker 1: to actually confuse like sacral energy with heart energy. I 911 01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:07,560 Speaker 1: could see that. Yeah, we think that the heart is like, 912 01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,880 Speaker 1: you know, the center of romantic love, but it's not. 913 01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:16,320 Speaker 1: The heart is really like the center of compassion. The 914 01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:20,640 Speaker 1: heart is about being able to hold all of it right. 915 01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:25,480 Speaker 1: So the sacral chakra says, I love you when you're beautiful, 916 01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:28,400 Speaker 1: I love you when we have good sex, I love 917 01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:32,280 Speaker 1: you when things feel good. The heart says, I love 918 01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:35,600 Speaker 1: you in your pain, I love you and your suffering. 919 01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:39,960 Speaker 1: I love you in your vulnerabilities. I love all of you. 920 01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:44,680 Speaker 1: There's space for all of you here, you say. Signs 921 01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:47,760 Speaker 1: of imbalance in the heart are feelings of rejection, lack 922 01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:52,640 Speaker 1: of compassion towards oneself and others. So if you are 923 01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:55,520 Speaker 1: having a hard time having compassion towards yourself, does that 924 01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:58,440 Speaker 1: just translate into the rest of your life? Essentially, like, 925 01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:00,800 Speaker 1: I can't have compassion for me. This is how I 926 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:03,640 Speaker 1: talked to myself, and therefore I pretty much talked to 927 01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:08,320 Speaker 1: everyone else that way as well. Yeah, exactly. I always 928 01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:13,200 Speaker 1: think about you know, your relationship with yourself is a 929 01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:15,920 Speaker 1: relation is this is going to show up in your 930 01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:21,080 Speaker 1: relationship everywhere. So if you don't feel compassion or acceptance 931 01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:25,200 Speaker 1: for yourself, you're gonna have very little tolerance for people 932 01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:29,360 Speaker 1: in the world. Common ailments you see with this are 933 01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:35,120 Speaker 1: high blood pressure, circulatory problems, and cardiovascular risk risk factors. 934 01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:39,800 Speaker 1: So actual heart issues I do, Yeah, I mean, and 935 01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:44,560 Speaker 1: if you look at our you know, world cardiovascular issues 936 01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:47,320 Speaker 1: are the leading cause of death in the country, really, right, 937 01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,200 Speaker 1: And it's all about when you look at the heart 938 01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:55,640 Speaker 1: on a physical or anatomical level. It's all about circulation, right, 939 01:01:56,160 --> 01:02:00,880 Speaker 1: it has to give and receive and right you can't 940 01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:04,720 Speaker 1: just like if your heart's just pumping out arterial blood, 941 01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:07,640 Speaker 1: but the blood isn't coming back to the heart, like 942 01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:11,320 Speaker 1: the system doesn't work. I love that image because that's 943 01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:13,520 Speaker 1: so true. I mean, that's a physical thing that we 944 01:02:13,520 --> 01:02:16,680 Speaker 1: could think about. But if you're just giving out love constantly, 945 01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,000 Speaker 1: you won't be able to function because if you're not 946 01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,680 Speaker 1: receiving it back, you can't keep giving it without I 947 01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:26,840 Speaker 1: mean that to me is like what codependency is almost exactly. 948 01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:31,000 Speaker 1: It would exhaust your right and what Like I talked 949 01:02:31,040 --> 01:02:34,200 Speaker 1: about rejection with the heart, and it's like if oftentimes 950 01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:38,400 Speaker 1: when we feel rejected, we just keep trying harder and 951 01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:41,840 Speaker 1: harder and harder right to be accepted by another, and 952 01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:44,960 Speaker 1: we're often like giving our power away and we're exhausting 953 01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:50,000 Speaker 1: our energy because it's a one way straight. So signs 954 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,480 Speaker 1: of balance here will include the ability to give and 955 01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:59,880 Speaker 1: receive love and relationships, self compassion, and living courageously. That's it. 956 01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:02,480 Speaker 1: That's where we're all trying to get to, you know, 957 01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:05,920 Speaker 1: and really, if you can do the work of getting 958 01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:09,320 Speaker 1: from the root to the heart. You are doing pretty 959 01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:11,560 Speaker 1: darn good. You know. You see a lot of people 960 01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:14,480 Speaker 1: in like sort of like these New age circles talking 961 01:03:14,520 --> 01:03:17,840 Speaker 1: about the upper chakras and wanting to get into like 962 01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:21,320 Speaker 1: the throat chakra, which is all about manifestation, and the 963 01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:24,560 Speaker 1: third eye chakra, which is all about psychic abilities, and 964 01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:27,480 Speaker 1: the crown chakra, which is all about oneness. But like, 965 01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:30,360 Speaker 1: most of us have so much work to do just 966 01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:34,680 Speaker 1: to get to the heart. Um, so most of my 967 01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:37,840 Speaker 1: work with people is just from like the root to 968 01:03:37,840 --> 01:03:41,920 Speaker 1: the heart. Really, yeah, because once you get past this 969 01:03:42,080 --> 01:03:44,120 Speaker 1: bridge of the heart, like you're saying, is that kind 970 01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:48,440 Speaker 1: of you understanding self love, self appreciation, kind of the 971 01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:53,640 Speaker 1: more evolved version of ourselves. Yes, And I like, I 972 01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:57,520 Speaker 1: don't love the term evolved with this, but I like, 973 01:03:57,800 --> 01:04:02,520 Speaker 1: I think I'd probably use the term as a higher frequency. Right. 974 01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:07,480 Speaker 1: But if we're thinking about a continuum of healing, I 975 01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:12,320 Speaker 1: would say, like the half of the continuum is getting 976 01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:17,080 Speaker 1: from like wounding to like let's say health and functionality, 977 01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:21,160 Speaker 1: and then the next half of the continuum is getting 978 01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:25,800 Speaker 1: from like health to like really starting to like discover 979 01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:29,840 Speaker 1: your baldless potential. I would say that like the heart 980 01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:33,520 Speaker 1: is sort of like where you cross into the the 981 01:04:33,640 --> 01:04:38,600 Speaker 1: baldless potential side of the spectrum, right, because now we're 982 01:04:38,680 --> 01:04:42,200 Speaker 1: like pushing the limits on what is possible. Well, I 983 01:04:42,240 --> 01:04:45,880 Speaker 1: have a question then there because when we did our testing, um, 984 01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:48,440 Speaker 1: you kind of tested the different energy frequencies, and I 985 01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:51,040 Speaker 1: was blocked in my heart, but not in my throat, 986 01:04:51,160 --> 01:04:53,520 Speaker 1: which is the next one. So if you have a 987 01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:57,920 Speaker 1: block somewhere, which is like mind being in the bridge 988 01:04:57,960 --> 01:05:01,960 Speaker 1: to the next um you know, spiritual place or whatever, 989 01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:09,080 Speaker 1: how do you have something imbalance that's higher up? Make sense? Yeah, 990 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:11,960 Speaker 1: So think of it like this. Each one of the 991 01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:16,360 Speaker 1: centers is both an individual and it's connected. So like 992 01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,000 Speaker 1: we could see an imbalance in your heart where like 993 01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:22,240 Speaker 1: maybe it's really hard for you to receive. Maybe here 994 01:05:22,280 --> 01:05:24,800 Speaker 1: the type of person that the second someone gives you 995 01:05:24,840 --> 01:05:27,600 Speaker 1: a compliment, you give one back without even taking a 996 01:05:27,640 --> 01:05:30,040 Speaker 1: moment to take it in, right, And we're going to 997 01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:33,160 Speaker 1: see that as like sort of a deficiency or a 998 01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:36,600 Speaker 1: weakness and the energy around your heart, but then in 999 01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:42,000 Speaker 1: your throat, like you have no problem like really speaking 1000 01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:48,400 Speaker 1: your truth and using your voice, right, so if and 1001 01:05:48,600 --> 01:05:53,800 Speaker 1: creating things in your life so you can have a 1002 01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:58,080 Speaker 1: strong or balanced energy in the throat, but it could 1003 01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:01,800 Speaker 1: be on a faulty foundation. So ultimately, what I would 1004 01:06:01,840 --> 01:06:04,520 Speaker 1: like to see with you is if we did some 1005 01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:08,400 Speaker 1: work around your heart, if the way that you used 1006 01:06:08,440 --> 01:06:13,160 Speaker 1: your voice and your throat energy started to change. So 1007 01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:16,400 Speaker 1: it might be that like you have no problem like 1008 01:06:16,560 --> 01:06:20,400 Speaker 1: in that frequency and using the power of your throat 1009 01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:24,160 Speaker 1: chakra to create things, but like you're not creating the 1010 01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:28,040 Speaker 1: right things, right, You're not creating the things that really 1011 01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:33,000 Speaker 1: feed your heart. That makes total sense. So the throat 1012 01:06:33,080 --> 01:06:36,000 Speaker 1: chakra is from when you're thirty five year old. That 1013 01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:39,880 Speaker 1: thirty five years old, that's the developmental stage. And you say, 1014 01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:43,680 Speaker 1: the themes here are to transmit thought into forms. So 1015 01:06:43,800 --> 01:06:47,280 Speaker 1: just like you're saying, you manifest here expressing one's truth 1016 01:06:47,880 --> 01:06:51,880 Speaker 1: communication um. But when you see signs of imbalance, it 1017 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,640 Speaker 1: looks like inability to create the things you want in 1018 01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:57,960 Speaker 1: your life. So and that's interesting because that could be, 1019 01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:02,080 Speaker 1: like you said, based on a faulty founday shan um, 1020 01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:08,960 Speaker 1: frequently feeling misunderstood and guilt. That's interesting. Yeah, so you 1021 01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:13,840 Speaker 1: know that lump in your throat when you feel guilty, Yes, unfortunately, 1022 01:07:14,600 --> 01:07:21,160 Speaker 1: that's why, yeah, right, and often guilt is about like, like, 1023 01:07:21,320 --> 01:07:25,840 Speaker 1: I feel guilty speaking what's actually true for me. Oh wow, Yeah, 1024 01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:29,880 Speaker 1: I feel guilty creating what I want in the world 1025 01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:32,720 Speaker 1: because I'm I feel guilty that if that might be 1026 01:07:32,800 --> 01:07:39,360 Speaker 1: at someone else's expense. Right, So if I get this job, 1027 01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:48,040 Speaker 1: then someone else doesn't signs I doesn't say signs of balance. 1028 01:07:48,080 --> 01:07:52,040 Speaker 1: There mean you have the ability to manifest your dreams. Um, 1029 01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:57,800 Speaker 1: you have clear communication skills, You fearlessly and unapologetically express yourself. 1030 01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:00,120 Speaker 1: So that falls into exactly what you were just saying. 1031 01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:06,920 Speaker 1: You lose the guilt, right, and if your sacred is developed, 1032 01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:10,360 Speaker 1: then you're like, it's okay. You're like, I can go 1033 01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:13,560 Speaker 1: after this thing that I want and my partner or 1034 01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:16,320 Speaker 1: my friend might not like it, but that's okay. I 1035 01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:20,240 Speaker 1: can sit with their discomfort and their disappointment and I 1036 01:08:20,280 --> 01:08:24,880 Speaker 1: can trust that in that frequency, that disappointed frequency, there's 1037 01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:30,040 Speaker 1: something for them to learn and explore. Let's move to 1038 01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:33,439 Speaker 1: the third I. Um, let's say this is from ages 1039 01:08:33,479 --> 01:08:37,880 Speaker 1: thirty five to forty two, and themes here are clarity, intuition, 1040 01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:42,040 Speaker 1: psychic ability. So do you believe everyone has psychic ability? 1041 01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:46,799 Speaker 1: I believe everyone can cultivate it, And yes, I believe 1042 01:08:46,840 --> 01:08:50,600 Speaker 1: everyone has it. I just think that most of us 1043 01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:53,679 Speaker 1: there's too much noise for us to really like have 1044 01:08:53,760 --> 01:08:57,599 Speaker 1: the clarity. But I do believe we can all develop it. 1045 01:08:58,280 --> 01:09:02,200 Speaker 1: What about when you know certain personality types or I've 1046 01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:05,280 Speaker 1: always been told my personality type and anytime I have 1047 01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:08,400 Speaker 1: my heart read like you are super intuitive? So are 1048 01:09:08,439 --> 01:09:13,160 Speaker 1: there certain people who have stronger senses that way or 1049 01:09:13,240 --> 01:09:16,720 Speaker 1: is it just as like certain people are just more 1050 01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:21,280 Speaker 1: balanced there naturally? Like what is that? You know? Just 1051 01:09:21,360 --> 01:09:25,680 Speaker 1: like people come in with different qualities and different tendencies, 1052 01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:29,200 Speaker 1: Like there are people who came in with that sort 1053 01:09:29,240 --> 01:09:37,280 Speaker 1: of heightened intuitive ability. Um, But then what it becomes 1054 01:09:37,320 --> 01:09:40,559 Speaker 1: about is do you trust it? Right? So you could 1055 01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:44,320 Speaker 1: have ten people come in with a heightened intuitive ability, 1056 01:09:44,600 --> 01:09:49,120 Speaker 1: and you can have eight of those people who like chows, 1057 01:09:49,200 --> 01:09:53,200 Speaker 1: never to listen to it, and eventually over time it's 1058 01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:57,559 Speaker 1: sort of it's sort of silenced. And then you have 1059 01:09:57,680 --> 01:10:00,960 Speaker 1: two people who like maybe they were raised in a 1060 01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:03,400 Speaker 1: in a home with a parent who was like really 1061 01:10:03,479 --> 01:10:08,320 Speaker 1: encouraged them to trust their intuition, and they strengthen it. 1062 01:10:10,520 --> 01:10:13,320 Speaker 1: I think I'm reading right now the signs of imbalance 1063 01:10:13,360 --> 01:10:15,519 Speaker 1: here and the signs of balance, and to me, this 1064 01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:18,320 Speaker 1: one is the most They're the most polar opposite as 1065 01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:22,000 Speaker 1: far as the imbalance and balance like. Signs of imbalance 1066 01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:27,360 Speaker 1: include indecision, indecision, shortsightedness, lack of empathy, inability to relate 1067 01:10:27,439 --> 01:10:32,920 Speaker 1: to others. However, when you're in balance, you have foresight, perspective, wisdom, intuition, 1068 01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:39,599 Speaker 1: vivid dreams, aging with ease. Tell us about that stink 1069 01:10:39,640 --> 01:10:43,479 Speaker 1: of the third eye, Like this, it is the bird's 1070 01:10:43,520 --> 01:10:48,680 Speaker 1: eye view. It has perspectives. So people talk about this 1071 01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:52,800 Speaker 1: is the center of psychic ability. Think about it like this. 1072 01:10:53,400 --> 01:10:56,960 Speaker 1: If you were up above, like looking down on the 1073 01:10:56,960 --> 01:11:00,120 Speaker 1: world and you could see everything going on. It's was 1074 01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:02,760 Speaker 1: like when you're watching a movie, right, and you can 1075 01:11:02,840 --> 01:11:06,080 Speaker 1: see they'll show you a shot of another scene going on, 1076 01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:10,240 Speaker 1: so you know that, like, this person is having this 1077 01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:13,400 Speaker 1: situation in in one area of their life, but they 1078 01:11:13,439 --> 01:11:16,040 Speaker 1: also have another situation going on in another area of 1079 01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:19,720 Speaker 1: your life, but another area of that their life. But 1080 01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:23,559 Speaker 1: the characters in the movie don't necessarily know all of it. 1081 01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:29,320 Speaker 1: But when you have that perspective, you can see everything. 1082 01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:34,360 Speaker 1: This is like really what the psychic nature is about. Right, 1083 01:11:34,439 --> 01:11:39,200 Speaker 1: So when you have that level of perspective. You can 1084 01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:43,439 Speaker 1: have more compassion for people. You understand what more people 1085 01:11:43,439 --> 01:11:49,280 Speaker 1: are going through. You understand that all archetypes exist within you, 1086 01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:52,120 Speaker 1: and you can choose how you want to show up, 1087 01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:55,559 Speaker 1: and you can predict that if you show up one way, 1088 01:11:55,720 --> 01:11:59,160 Speaker 1: you're going to be responded to differently than if you 1089 01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:03,960 Speaker 1: show up in an other way. It's almost like I think, 1090 01:12:04,360 --> 01:12:06,800 Speaker 1: I'll bet I don't work with a lot of actors, 1091 01:12:07,240 --> 01:12:11,800 Speaker 1: but I'll bet a lot of actors really really can 1092 01:12:11,880 --> 01:12:16,080 Speaker 1: tap into this energy because they know the experience of 1093 01:12:16,200 --> 01:12:19,960 Speaker 1: like I could show up as this character and like 1094 01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:23,679 Speaker 1: the world will respond to me differently, and I can 1095 01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:26,479 Speaker 1: show up as another character and the world will respond 1096 01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:29,799 Speaker 1: to me in a different way. So what is the difference? 1097 01:12:29,840 --> 01:12:32,519 Speaker 1: I mean in reality? Because this the developmental stage of 1098 01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:34,680 Speaker 1: this one is thirty five to forty two, And so 1099 01:12:34,920 --> 01:12:38,720 Speaker 1: isn't some part of that just life wisdom, like you 1100 01:12:38,920 --> 01:12:44,360 Speaker 1: learn from the experiences you've had. Definitely and take these, 1101 01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:47,479 Speaker 1: you know, developmental stages with a grain of salt, because 1102 01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:52,280 Speaker 1: we all have this energy, these energies developing and present 1103 01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:57,240 Speaker 1: all the time. But these are sort of like um, 1104 01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:01,840 Speaker 1: there's sort of like time affiliation ends and yes, I 1105 01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:08,080 Speaker 1: absolutely agree with you that this is like highly developed 1106 01:13:09,280 --> 01:13:13,519 Speaker 1: like human awareness. Yeah, it takes years of living in 1107 01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:19,639 Speaker 1: the world to really like get into this energy. So 1108 01:13:19,680 --> 01:13:23,960 Speaker 1: the last chakra is the crown chakra, and that is 1109 01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:26,280 Speaker 1: you would say, in the area of like the top 1110 01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:29,400 Speaker 1: of your head if you were showing the visual So 1111 01:13:29,439 --> 01:13:34,240 Speaker 1: the theme here is connection to the macrocosm, oneness, the 1112 01:13:34,320 --> 01:13:37,719 Speaker 1: great cycles of the universe, the biorhythms of the body. 1113 01:13:38,120 --> 01:13:41,240 Speaker 1: To talk a little bit about what that means. Yeah, 1114 01:13:41,320 --> 01:13:44,800 Speaker 1: so this is like I love the statement as above, 1115 01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:49,519 Speaker 1: so below and the crown chakra is really like it's 1116 01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:55,160 Speaker 1: the gateway to the cosmos. And you know, in Western 1117 01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:59,400 Speaker 1: culture and in like conventional medicine, no one really talks 1118 01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:04,880 Speaker 1: about the fact that humans are little microcosms of a 1119 01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:09,240 Speaker 1: macro cosm. Like we're all like we're all connected, right, 1120 01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:12,040 Speaker 1: and and this is not wu wu stuff. This is 1121 01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:15,639 Speaker 1: the fact that like my circadian rhythm is controlled by 1122 01:14:16,040 --> 01:14:20,640 Speaker 1: melotonin and cortisol, which is controlled by sunlight. Right, and 1123 01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:28,960 Speaker 1: our menstro cycles are correlated with moon cycles and the tides. Right, 1124 01:14:29,080 --> 01:14:34,519 Speaker 1: we are connected. The bio rhythms of the body are 1125 01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:38,080 Speaker 1: connected to like the great rhythms of the universe. And 1126 01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:42,160 Speaker 1: that's really what this is about. So, like each one 1127 01:14:42,160 --> 01:14:46,240 Speaker 1: of the chakras is correlated with a gland and the body, 1128 01:14:46,600 --> 01:14:49,960 Speaker 1: and the crown chakra is correlated with the peneal gland. 1129 01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:53,960 Speaker 1: This is the part of our brain that is interacting 1130 01:14:54,000 --> 01:15:01,440 Speaker 1: with a light and uh, it's this is the gateway 1131 01:15:01,520 --> 01:15:10,519 Speaker 1: to to like the celestial world, and that is like 1132 01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:14,800 Speaker 1: the greatest perspective there is, right, So this is like 1133 01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:18,200 Speaker 1: our connection to Earth. This is the fact that like 1134 01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:21,439 Speaker 1: the knowing that like you and I are not separate, 1135 01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:25,640 Speaker 1: are one and the same. And when I'm really in 1136 01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:28,640 Speaker 1: the gift of this and knowing that we're all connected, 1137 01:15:29,800 --> 01:15:33,719 Speaker 1: like my triumphs are your triumphs, and your triumphs are mine. 1138 01:15:34,240 --> 01:15:37,719 Speaker 1: And when I'm hurting you, I'm hurting myself right because 1139 01:15:37,760 --> 01:15:42,320 Speaker 1: we're all part of the same hole. Gosh, we could 1140 01:15:42,320 --> 01:15:44,439 Speaker 1: all just be balanced. There wouldn't be a great world. 1141 01:15:45,320 --> 01:15:49,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it would be so beautiful. Would be dealing 1142 01:15:49,920 --> 01:15:54,360 Speaker 1: with the climate crisis is that we're dealing with. But 1143 01:15:54,400 --> 01:15:57,880 Speaker 1: the but the climate crisis is an example of this, right, 1144 01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:03,720 Speaker 1: It's an example of like we can't exist separately. We 1145 01:16:03,840 --> 01:16:07,320 Speaker 1: have to wake up and like actually remember that we 1146 01:16:07,360 --> 01:16:11,679 Speaker 1: are part of something greater right now. Signs of balance 1147 01:16:11,720 --> 01:16:14,720 Speaker 1: here include sense of oneness in the world, connection to 1148 01:16:14,840 --> 01:16:17,639 Speaker 1: something bigger than yourself, and feeling a sense of purpose. 1149 01:16:17,720 --> 01:16:20,439 Speaker 1: I love that feeling a sense of purpose, like knowing 1150 01:16:20,600 --> 01:16:23,000 Speaker 1: that to me, it's like you know you're worth You 1151 01:16:23,160 --> 01:16:26,559 Speaker 1: don't question yourself like a lot of these other stages 1152 01:16:26,600 --> 01:16:31,720 Speaker 1: that we've talked about, and you have found that inner peace. Yeah, 1153 01:16:31,960 --> 01:16:35,479 Speaker 1: what a beautiful place. Okay, So do you do you 1154 01:16:35,520 --> 01:16:39,080 Speaker 1: do sessions? Um? You don't have to actually be in person, 1155 01:16:39,160 --> 01:16:40,920 Speaker 1: right because I know a lot of people listening are 1156 01:16:40,920 --> 01:16:44,840 Speaker 1: going to be wanting more information about all of this stuff. Yes, 1157 01:16:44,960 --> 01:16:49,800 Speaker 1: I work with a lot of people virtually. Um. I 1158 01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:54,200 Speaker 1: mean the difference is I don't practice medicine with people 1159 01:16:54,280 --> 01:16:56,800 Speaker 1: who don't can't come see me the first time in 1160 01:16:56,840 --> 01:17:00,719 Speaker 1: New York City. So um, I do sort still apply 1161 01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:04,719 Speaker 1: this whole sort of holistic framework. But if someone's remote, 1162 01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:08,719 Speaker 1: I just won't manage like medications. I won't be testing labs. 1163 01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:13,559 Speaker 1: I won't actually diagnosed and treat medical illnesses. But with 1164 01:17:13,680 --> 01:17:17,719 Speaker 1: that that's the only sort of caveat to my remote work. Okay, 1165 01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:21,559 Speaker 1: but you'll work on healing different chaker issues and all 1166 01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:25,400 Speaker 1: of the other things that you do. Absolutely, and we 1167 01:17:25,400 --> 01:17:29,320 Speaker 1: were talking before, because you have a full workshop, Um, 1168 01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:32,400 Speaker 1: what is this like seven days coming up in Costa Rica, 1169 01:17:32,439 --> 01:17:34,400 Speaker 1: and this is something you do in different places, I 1170 01:17:34,479 --> 01:17:36,799 Speaker 1: Saul on your website too, there's one coming up in Spain. 1171 01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:38,960 Speaker 1: Can you tell people kind of a little bit about 1172 01:17:38,960 --> 01:17:45,200 Speaker 1: that experience? Yeah, so we I consider their retreat experience 1173 01:17:45,360 --> 01:17:49,400 Speaker 1: a really holistic experience, meaning that like throughout the week, 1174 01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:54,880 Speaker 1: everything we do, we're going to be addressing or accessing 1175 01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:59,320 Speaker 1: the physical body, the mental part of yourself, the emotional 1176 01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:02,240 Speaker 1: part of yourself, and the spiritual part of yourself. And 1177 01:18:02,439 --> 01:18:06,519 Speaker 1: we theme the retreat according to the chakras, so we 1178 01:18:06,560 --> 01:18:10,000 Speaker 1: move up the ladder. So it's a seven day experience 1179 01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:12,880 Speaker 1: and each day we work with the themes of a 1180 01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:16,800 Speaker 1: different chakra and we use a variety of tools from 1181 01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:23,280 Speaker 1: vinyasa and Cundalini yoga too, breathwork and sound meditation. That 1182 01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:26,439 Speaker 1: breath work you do that we did that in the workshop. 1183 01:18:26,520 --> 01:18:31,280 Speaker 1: I did. That was extremely interesting and cleansing for me. 1184 01:18:31,360 --> 01:18:33,800 Speaker 1: I remember I cried through the whole thing, which was 1185 01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:38,639 Speaker 1: not expected. Yeah, that's really interesting. Okay, keep going. Sorry 1186 01:18:38,720 --> 01:18:41,439 Speaker 1: and it's really common because the breath it starts to 1187 01:18:41,640 --> 01:18:46,519 Speaker 1: move so much. I felt that, and you really face 1188 01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:50,800 Speaker 1: up against like really all fans of those lower chaklates, right, 1189 01:18:50,880 --> 01:18:57,160 Speaker 1: it's like it's uncomfortable, it's carried trusted, you're sort of 1190 01:18:57,240 --> 01:19:03,280 Speaker 1: moving against edges. And uh so we we do more 1191 01:19:03,360 --> 01:19:07,000 Speaker 1: or less like the same schedule each day, but each 1192 01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:11,840 Speaker 1: day has different themes and we move. We really take 1193 01:19:11,920 --> 01:19:16,040 Speaker 1: people on this journey from the lower frequencies of the 1194 01:19:16,080 --> 01:19:20,000 Speaker 1: lower chakras up into all the way up into the 1195 01:19:20,120 --> 01:19:23,800 Speaker 1: third eye in the crown. Wow. So if people want 1196 01:19:23,800 --> 01:19:26,640 Speaker 1: to find more info about these workshops, are even just 1197 01:19:26,720 --> 01:19:29,000 Speaker 1: getting with you virtually or if you're in you're in 1198 01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:32,799 Speaker 1: New York, correct, So if you're in New York actually 1199 01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:34,920 Speaker 1: setting up a visit, where would they go to find this? 1200 01:19:35,720 --> 01:19:39,280 Speaker 1: They can go to my website which is www. Dot 1201 01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:45,040 Speaker 1: Experience Sensors dot com. I'll spelled out, and uh they 1202 01:19:45,040 --> 01:19:48,320 Speaker 1: can find really all the information about retreats and also 1203 01:19:48,360 --> 01:19:52,000 Speaker 1: one on one work on there. And then you're also 1204 01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:55,000 Speaker 1: on Instagram right where you do these little breakdowns of 1205 01:19:55,080 --> 01:19:59,200 Speaker 1: different chakra healing things that I love personally. What is 1206 01:19:59,240 --> 01:20:03,880 Speaker 1: your Instagram hand all? It's at Experienced seven Senses and 1207 01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:07,880 Speaker 1: it's all written out at Experienced seven Senses. I'll link 1208 01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:11,120 Speaker 1: this also in the description of this podcast. You guys 1209 01:20:11,200 --> 01:20:14,080 Speaker 1: can go find Erica. Thank you so much for doing this. 1210 01:20:14,920 --> 01:20:18,120 Speaker 1: You're so welcome. Thanks for asking about all this stuff. 1211 01:20:18,160 --> 01:20:22,120 Speaker 1: I love to talk. Stay on the line after this 1212 01:20:22,160 --> 01:20:23,720 Speaker 1: because I want to talk to you about my own 1213 01:20:23,800 --> 01:20:28,640 Speaker 1: virtual sessions. 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