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  1. Recently I was invited to write a review of a new book just published by Destiny Books called Chakra Healing Therapy.  As you will see from the following copy of my review – I highly recommend it.

    Review for Chakra Healing Therapy – Awaken Spiritual Energies and Heal Emotional Wounds by Glen Park

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    To have been asked to review this new publication has been a real pleasure and privilege.  Having been introduced to the Chakra system in the early 1980s and fascinated by it ever since, I am always on the look-out for in-depth and well researched books on this topic.

    A major concept that the Chakra system offers us is a model or map to describe the evolution of human consciousness.  What Glen has been able to skilfully do is weave together contemporary personal, social and political concerns with an in-depth knowledge of the ancient theory of the Chakras. 

    The book itself is a joy to behold and literally to hold.  It is beautifully produced and is presented with a layout and illustrations that make it a pleasure to read.  Add that to the accessibility of Glen’s writing style and you have a treasure trove of information and ideas that you will want to go back to over and over again.  With excellent references and a comprehensive index it gives us a resource that opens new possibilities for further research, reading, learning and experiencing. I particularly like how she avoids gender specific language. 

    Glen Park is an Alexander Technique teacher and Chakra Therapist.  There is no doubt that she is highly experienced and her integration of these two areas of complementary therapies is unique and powerful.  Her integrity and maturity is revealed throughout.  The information for each of the seven major Chakras, plus those at the hands, feet and top of the brain stem, is skilfully broken down into sections that she describes as levels – physical, psychological, psychic and spiritual, plus cultural considerations.  This final level brings her work completely up-to-date with present day concerns such as the climate crisis and the digital world.  She then adds interesting case studies and various ways in which we can help heal and strengthen our own Chakras. 

    Each Chakra is presented as a world of its own and then she cleverly and sensitively shows us how the ‘lower conscious’ centres – the Base or Root, the Sacral and Solar Plexus – are paired with the ‘upper’ centres – the Throat, Eye and Crown.  She, quite rightly in my opinion, lays great emphasis on the Heart Chakras as the gateway between our physical, earth-bound selves and our psychological, psychic and spiritual selves.  I agree with her totally that the human race is struggling to move from Solar Plexus consciousness to the Heart – our survival and evolution is dependent upon this.

    What puzzled me?  There are just a few things that I questioned as I was reading this book – none of which take away the huge respect and admiration that I have for it.  One is the area of developmental stages for each of the Chakras.  Various contemporary writers on the Chakras, eg. Anodea Judith, Dr. Brenda Davies, Ruth White, Ambika Wauters (and there will be others that I am unaware of) do describe these age ranges differently – most especially the Solar Plexus and the Heart stages.  Some make the Solar Plexus as young as 18 months to 4 years, others primary school age, and for Glen it is adolescence.  I don’t think this needs to be a big problem because at the end of the day each Chakra holds all the others within it, but this is an issue that I think needs to be addressed in this relatively new field of Chakra Therapy.

    My only other criticism, which might sound too picky or subjective, is what I feel is Glen’s over use of the exclamation mark.  Although this can often be warming for the reader as it shows us some lightness and humour, there were rather a lot of them and I feel there is a risk of minimising some of the profound points she is making.

    To conclude – this is an excellent book that can appeal to those new to the Chakras and to those who are wanting to deepen their pre-existing knowledge.   I have already started recommending it to those I know in my own healing network who are interested in the Chakras.  It is a must have and I truly hope that word of it will reach far and wide. 

     

     

     

     

     

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    My latest painting above is yet to have a title.
    For me it is about holding compressed life force energy within a sea of light.

    How are you?  I am wondering about this because I know from my work with clients that many people are really struggling with their mental health at the moment.  We are at a stage with this pandemic that is demanding a kind of resilience that I doubt many of us have needed to find in our lives before.  And of course you may be grieving because you’ve lost someone to Covid, or you may be physically unwell yourself.  You may be stressed out from working from home in a confined space or homeschooling children. You may be concerned about vaccination, have had your first jab, or wonder when you will get the invite for one. You may be preoccupied  with fears about our planet's future and therefore our own.

    It’s at this time that I’m finding that an awareness of a bigger picture - an openness to greater consciousness - is really helpful with keeping up resilience.  Personally I believe what we are going through is essential to the development of human consciousness. 

    For a long time I have held the belief that the human species is struggling to grow into Heart chakra energy from the Solar Plexus.  We know that one aspect of solar plexus energy is power and its use – politically, socially and within personal relationships.  We see plenty of examples of its misuse – as if the worst aspects of human nature are presented starkly right in our faces – Trump, Putin, internet trolls, domestic violence and so on.  The Heart chakra demands a shift of consciousness into respect and acceptance of both our unique differences and everything that unites us.  Every single human being is part of nature and needs food, shelter, warmth and love.  None of us are separate from anything else.  I believe it is this knowing that supports us to be strong in the face of adversity.

    This pandemic is challenging us to move into heart chakra consciousness and for the human species it’s a struggle.  But I believe we will do it.  It may be messy and happen in different ways in different parts of the world but nothing will be the same.  Through every crisis in human history we have learned new lessons and discovered more knowledge.  I believe that those of us involved in healing have a responsibility  to ‘hold the light’ – to a degree that in our present life time we haven’t needed to do before now or certainly not since WWII.


    I will be running an on-line zoom session on these themes on Tuesday 16th March, 5.30-7pm (GMT).  This will be an opportunity to:

    • share your thoughts on the ‘Covid-19 bigger picture’ with like-minded people,
    • explore the learning that is taking place personally, socially and spiritually
    • do some personal chakra focussed work to strengthen your resilience
    • explore the shift of solar plexus and heart chakra energies 
    • experience a meditative process which I will talk you through 

    Remember as an added benefit each meditative visualisation process will be recorded and emailed to you as a resource for you to continue to use if you wish to.  And some recent feedback from previous on-line sessions:

    "I feel very relaxed.  I really enjoyed it.  I feel calm."
    "It was a really positive experience."
    "It strengthened my sense of myself."
    "It was fascinating …  "
    "I’ve never experienced anything like it."
    "I’m really pleased to have been given another way into having a sense of myself."
    "It’s nice to feel grounded."

    Booking & Payment:
    We will be meeting on Zoom and there will be a maximum of ten participants.  The cost of the session is just £25. You can pay via BACs (bank details provided on booking) or PayPal by using: http://paypal.me/healingtherapy   If neither of these ways of making payment is possible for you let me know. 
    Booking for the session is on a first come first served basis. Email me at [email protected]  and let me know if you wish to join us.  I will send you an email with the zoom link the day before the meeting.   Also view https://www.chakrapsychology.co.uk/on-line-group-sessions
     
    Stay well.  Stay safe.


     



       

     
     


     

     
     
     
     

     
     
                    
     

     
     
     
     
       
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