The Chakra Way Meditation Podcast

I am taking us back to the core (no pun intended) of the work that I do and meditating on a chakra today - specifically the Manipura or Solar Plexus Chakra. By feeding the energy of this chakra we can bring a sense of autonomy back to our lives, give ourselves back some control over our lives, which I feel we all need right now. A simple balancing using the breath is often the most powerful way to...

Today we are going to meditate on finding ourselves some focus. There is so much going on in our lives – busy home life, busy work life, relationships to navigate, family issues and then we add on the energy of the wider world, which we can all agree is challenging, all this can leave us feeling scattered. We don’t know where to place our energy and attention, we feel so thinly spread across all t...

Swami Nityananda is the Community Meditation Leader and Spiritual Teacher at the Awake Yoga Meditation Centre in Baltimore. Her wisdom and infectious joy radiates through this conversation. It was a real pleasure to speak to someone so deeply committed to the joy of living! She shared so much wisdom and optimism during our time together. Click on the link if you would like to find out more about t...

Today's meditation is slightly different since it is a Walking Meditation. It will require you to stand and walk! The aim of a walking meditation is to bring you fully into the present moment with full awareness of your body. It is such a beautiful practice as it aligns very closely with bringing a yoga practice into every moment of you day. You can bring this sense of presence and awareness i...

This is a great exercise to do whether you are currently experiencing anger or not. Learning to process our anger is key to holding inner peace. This mediation will give you the tools so that when the anger monster gets stroppy we know how to deal with it! Anger is an emotion that we are often made to feel ashamed of - especially as women. It is a totally normal and rational emotion to have! You w...

Teri Leigh is a teacher and see-er of the chakras! Able to see peoples auras since she was a child, her journey towards teaching the wisdom of the chakras using her passion for language and not only understanding but literally seeing the impact that words have on our energy, is fascinating. Teri has developed a method called The Mozi Method to help us access and balance our chakras in a simple way...

We all crave freedom in our lives and this may look different for everyone. We might want freedom from pain, either emotional or physical, freedom to do as we please, freedom from the weight of responsibility, freedom from the busy-ness of our lives. What does freedom look like for you? Maybe it is a physical place – the top of a mountain, a deserted beach, maybe it’s being on your own doing the t...

Erin Garay's new book "Establishing Equilibrium" is the result of years of study and work in the area of healing the chakras. Erin is a Reiki Master, a Hypnotherapist and has been working with the chakra system for many years. Her study has developed a beautiful system of the Counter Chakra Process which assists us in working with the chakras towards healing. This is a true Chakra Chat, as we shar...

Sometimes we all need to protect our energy! We know that we are perhaps entering a potentially hostile or energy draining situation and so this quick protection meditation will give you the sense of safety that you might need. Even if you do not feel as if you need it this is a great technique to have to hand. Use it frequently, so that you are familiar with it and can utilise it when you feel th...

This week I am in conversation with Bonnie D'Angelo who is a woman of many talents - tarot, witchcraft, magick, reiki, yoga, crystals, mediumship, creating rituals and all round spiritual joy bringer! Her enthusiasm and her openness is infectious as she shares and spreads her gifts in order to light up others around her. If you would like to contact Bonnie, you can do so here at spellboundmystics....

Inspired by the Goddess Pythia, who was the Oracle of Delphi at the Temple of Apollo, this meditation asks us not only to investigate what ritual we mihgt like to develop around our meditation practice, but also to trust in the innate wisdom that we have within ourselves to answer the questions that come up for us in life. Before Pythia would give her answers to those who came from far and wide to...

Todays meditation contains techniques to help you manage anxiety and was brought about by a request from a listener. Chronic anxiety can become embedded within us as a trauma response, a mechanism that has been set in place by the body to be in a state of constant alert. When this happens the stress hormones will affect the gut bacteria and IBS becomes an issue for many. Knowledge that you have te...

In this episode I am in conversation with Meryl Arnett who is a meditation teacher and a teacher of teachers, which is always a good sign! Meryl was a font of wonderful information, ideas, concepts and tips. We discuss the different ways we came to do what we do and I think our perspectives melded together really well! If you would like to learn more about Meryl's work please do check out her webs...

Today's meditation is a simple one - a remembrance that we all have a deep well of contentment within us that we are able to access and feel. As we move towards a new season it is helpful to set simple intentions. Whilst this is a good thing to do, we don’t want to pressure ourselves into feeling like we have to rush headlong into an urgent sense of having to do or achieve. The most transformative...

Isabeau Maxwell is a medium and spiritual teacher who has developed teaching methods to allow everyone to access their intuition, their spirit guides and so much more. We discuss how she was not interested in the spiritual world in the slightest when an experience showed her that there was no way that she could avoid it! Over the last 18 years she has taught many people how to access their intuiti...

Today we are looking at the fifth and final yama of Aparigraha which is probably one of the most profound of the Yamas. It translates as non-greed, non- attachment or non-possessiveness. The literal translation is interesting – the “a” means non, the “pari” means “on all sides” and “graha” means to grab or take. So quite literally Aparigraha means "non–all sides–grab"! The idea of not being posses...

In 2019 Kathleen fulfilled a long held desire to walk the Camino Way - a spiritual walk - through France and Spain. This ancient trail has been a pilgrimage walk for many years and in my chat with Kathleen she told me why she needed to do this walk and how it helped in her healing journey. Kathleen's story is really inspirational and she is a font of the most wonderful wisdom. I really hope you en...

Today we will be meditating upon the Yama of Brahmacharya. This is perhaps the Yama that many people shy away from because the translation is the practice of celibacy or chastity! Now back in the day a yogi might indeed be expected to conserve their sexual energy, but I think we all know that Yogis are not actually expected to be literally celibate! So what does this Yama represent? Get bonus cont...

Clementine Moss is the founder of, and drummer for, Zeparella, a Led Zepplin band. She has spent the last couple of decades touring with her band whilst simultaneously exploring her deeply spiritual side through meditation, Depth Hypnosis, Shamanism, Energy Medicine and much more! Her book "From Bonham to Buddha and Back" is a beautiful read and an insight to what it is to be both a determined roc...

In this episode we are continuing with our mini series of meditating on the Yamas. These are the foundational ethical principles of Yoga. If you think of yoga as just the physical practice you are missing the other 7 fascinating limbs, branches or spokes of yoga. The Yama we are looking at is Asteya, which translates as "non-stealing". There is the obvious meaning of this but within the strictest...

Perle Noire is a Burlesque Icon and in this episode we had such a beautiful conversation around the idea of Healing Through Seduction. This is a concept that whilst it seems controversial makes so much sense - when we can learn to seduce and fall in love with ourselves, with our body, with the sensuality that we hold within us, then we can fully love and accept ourselves and there is so much heali...

In this episode we are continuing our consideration of the Yamas which are the ethical codes laid down in the Yoga Sutras. The second Yama is Satya which is a commitment to the truth. It is based on the understanding that honest communication and living is the basis for all of our relationships – with ourselves, with others and with society as a whole. We can often find ourselves conflating the tr...

I had a message from a listener reaching out to ask about how to process a loss of a friendship. We spend so much of our time focussing on recovering from the loss of romantic relationships but our friendships are the relationships that we assume will be there forever. So, how to deal with it when a friend ghosts us, a friendship drifts or we fall out with our support system - our mates. Amanda Ka...

This special episode is released on the 8/8 Lion's Gate portal of 8th August for good reason! This date is charged with good fortune, abundance, success and allows us to set clear and effective intentions for ourselves. So this is not just for me but also for YOU! In this episode I am finally giving you the details of my new 7 month container, The Chakra Way Journey. I am so excited to be letting...

Susan Gold is an extraordinary woman with an incredible story and a beautiful spirit. Her traumatic childhood and experiences in life have led her to the transformative process of writing a book - Toxic Family - Transforming Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom. We discuss how she has found freedom and how the sharing of her experiences will help others. You can find her at susangold.us In the epis...