How can working with your chakras help you during your menopause journey?
Our chakras can be knocked out of kilter by life’s events, abuse, trauma, sickness, the stresses of modern living, even the menopause but when the chakras are balanced in homeostasis, they function at their optimum, optimally, creating a profound sense of peace & calm, physical, mental & emotional wellbeing.
Many women during the menopause feel adrift, lost, broken, disconnected & ungrounded. Activating the root chakra, the centre for belonging, trust & connection in our earthly realm can help us to feel more balanced, centred & grounded, easing this sense of feeling lost & adrift, disconnected.
Our sacral chakra is our emotional & creative centre. Many women in the menopause feel blocked, too emotional or cut off from their emotions, lacking creativity, enthusiasm & joy. In fact, there is a medical term for this lack of joy: anhedonia. Energising this chakra, bringing it back into balance & alignment can help us to tap into that sense of passion, creativity, enthusiasm & joy that we have been missing.
The Solar Plexus is said to have the energy of a thousand suns. It is our centre for our inner fire, determination, drive & will to succeed. This sense of inner fire often fizzles out during the menopause, leaving us feeling unmotivated, lacking drive. Awakening the solar plexus can reawaken this inner sense of get up & go.
Our heart centre is the centre for unconditional love, compassion & kindness. Reconnecting with this sacred energy at our heart space helps us to become kinder, more accepting & forgiving of ourselves. Treating our self like a dear friend, is SO powerful during the menopause. To be honest not just in menopause but throughout our life! This sacred centre is the gateway from our lower survival chakras into our higher chakras & into the realms of higher consciousness.
Our throat chakra is our centre for speaking our truth, being our authentic self.Often women who are struggling during the menopause find it hard to express themselves clearly, authentically. Working with this chakra helps us to tap into our authentic voice, expressing ourselves with integrity, honesty & clarity. The throat chakra also enables us to give a voice to, energy if you like, to our dreams & creative ideas that originate in the sacral chakra so that we can manifest them.
The 3rd eye governs our perception, our ability to see things clearly not clouded by the stories we are telling ourselves. It is associated with our inner wisdom, intuition, inner knowing, which I believe is part of the menopause journey. We know that neuron transmitters are firing up more in the right side of our brain during the menopause, the side of our brain associated with intuition. Indeed, this could be responsible for brain fog (which I think is a beautiful way to reframe brain fog – something way more interesting is happening in our brain than remembering someone’s name or the rest of the sentence!). I believe the menopause isn’t just a hormonal journey, it’s a spiritual journey & energising this chakra, bringing it into balance & alignment helps us to access this beautiful part of the menopause journey.
Finally, the crown chakra is the gateway to Universal consciousness, to freedom, liberation, oneness, unity & wholeness. Whilst the heart chakra is said to be the seat of our soul, the crown chakra is the seat of enlightenment. Working with this energy centre allows us to let go of attachments & who we think we are, stepping into who we are truly meant to be. And if this isn’t one of the most powerful invitations of the menopause, I don’t know what is! Activating this chakra, bringing it into balance & alignment helps us to accept this invitation.
Devoting an afternoon to your self-care is really powerful at any time in life but especially during the menopause, when self-care has never been more important. But as you journey through the chakras, cleansing these powerful energetic centres you will nurture body, mind & soul & soothe & calm many menopause symptoms.
The Chakra Cleanse is a beautifully immersive afternoon of breath work, mantras, mudras, yoga & meditation to awaken, energise, align, balance & cleanse each of the chakras. Bathing in Angie Latham’s sublime sounds bringing these energetic centres back into coherence & cadence for optimum health.
When the chakras are balanced in homeostasis, they function at their optimum, optimally, creating a profound sense of peace & calm, physical, mental & emotional wellbeing – vital for navigating the menopause with grace & ease. But of course you don’t have to be menopausal to benefit from this beautiful afternoon of self-care, working with the chakras is a powerful practice for anyone at any stage of life.