The Seven Chakras: Heart Chakra

The Anahata Chakra. The heart. My heart. Your heart. So fragile and yet so strong, so brave and yet so afraid, so wise and yet so innocent. Emotionally and physically this thing does so much for us it's unreal. Heartache, is real though - ever loved and lost so much that the emotional pain physically …

The Seven Chakras: Solar Plexus Chakra

My most and least favourite chakra in equal measures. When I left my old work job, they gave me a leaving gift - a chakra bracelet, "I assumed you were the Solar Plexus Chakra?" Sheri said, "all over', I thought. I once pulled a chakra badge out of a lucky dip - eyes closed - …

The Seven Chakras: Sacral Chakra

The second of the chakras is the Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) - essentially this is your passion and pleasure centre and is located in the pelvic area. The gift of this chakra is experiencing our lives through feelings and sensations as the centre of feeling, emotion, pleasure, sensuality, intimacy, connection creativity and procreation. The energy of …

The Seven Chakras: Root Chakra

What are chakras? Well the translation is 'wheel of light', they are the seven layers of energy that run through the body from base to top. Each chakra has its own colour, symbol, mantra, sound, and specific types of yoga poses said to activate said chakra - there's a lot more information for each one …

The five Chinese Elements: Metal

METAL. The Alchemist. The season of Autumn, this element is about ritual, routine and structure... basically it's the stripping away of anything unnecessary before winter - leaving behind only what is needed to go forward. As my farmer dad would say, this element 'separates the wheat from the chaff'. It disposes of the waste, channeling …