The Chakra Way Meditation Podcast

The New Year can be a time when we feel some kind of pressure to relaunch ourselves, to start achieving and be busy. However, the new year should really start in March (the etymology of the months of October, November, and December being the 8th, 9th and 10th months are a pretty clear indication of this!). So in this meditation I urge you to embrace the softness and kindness that is required to nu...

In this episode I talk to Chloe Jimenez-Peters about changing our perspectives around the hormonal shifts that women have each month. If you suffer with PMS or PMDD, you will want to listen to this interview. We discuss whether the hormones are "changing" us or in fact bringing us closer to the inner work that is needed to heal and balance our life? We also talk about the patterns that mean we end...

Sometimes we need a little reminder that we have a choice about how we proceed through life! We can choose our thoughts, choose how we feel and choose how we react. When we explore the theme of choice we need to understand how the energy of your solar plexus chakra—your center of personal power and confidence—can support this journey. Every thought, emotion, and action begins with a choice, and by...

In this episode of The Chakra Way Podcast I am in conversation with Enzo Dal Verme, professional portrait photographer who has worked with Vanity Fair, L'Uomo Vogue, Elle and many more. His approach to photography is informed by the decades of meditation practice that he has. In being present, in finding an attention within himself, he is able to bring an authenticity to his work that is palpable....

To finish off our mini series of meditations connecting the chakras I had to have a grand finale with the Sahasrara! In this meditation we connect the Crown Chakra to all the other chakras and understand how the crown can support, heal and strengthen our entire energetic body. This is a big one! I feel that bringing the Universal energy that we have at the Crown into the other chakras is a deeply...

When we are safely grounded with a firm foundation at the Root Chakra the Heart is able to be open. It is plain to see that when we feel safe we are able to open our heart and that when we do not feel secure the heart will be guarded. In this meditation we find that connection and encourage the energies of these two chakras to enliven each other, to connect and support us in our daily life. Much l...

Being in touch with our pleasure and orgasm is not as simple as it might seem! There are often inner conflicts that get in the way - conditioning, upbringing, shame, you name it and those inner voices can get in the way of our right to feel pleasure and experience orgasm. In this episode I talk to Jenn Wodtke who is a Pleasure and Orgasm Coach and we explore what it is to connect with the pleasure...

In today's meditation, we will continue to examine the deep connections between our chakras. The chakras can be place in pairs and we have already explored the connection between the solar plexus and third eye. Today we will look at the bond between the sacral and throat chakra runs very deep. The energetic connection between these two chakras is undeniable. The sacral holds our emotions, creativi...

In today’s meditation we are exploring the connection between the solar plexus chakra and the third eye chakra. These two energy centres are inextricably linked as the Manipura or Solar Plexus is home to the enteric nervous system or ‘belly brain,’ and is most commonly recognised as our “gut instinct. The third eye is the seat of our intuition and inner knowing. It is the place where we find our i...

I am fascinated by the parallels between the ancient Chinese and Indian traditions of medicine and health and in this episode I ask all the questions that I have ever wanted to ask about Chinese Herbal Medincine, Acupuncture and cupping. This is a really interesting and informative chat - because Tom was interesting and informative! You can reach Dr Tom at https://www.charmcityintegrative.com/

Sometimes we simply need to bring some purposeful relaxation into our lives and into our bodies. We spend so much time in forward momentum - doing, planning, achieving, striving - that our focus is often out in front of us. So today I want to give you a moment in which you can lean back, let go and be present. Please share this with anyone in your life that needs a moment to simply be! Much love R...

In this next active meditation I invite you to some more deeply somatic meditative work. Stomping, shaking and releasing are such powerful techniques to get us back into our bodies, to feel the connection with our bodies and to shift our energy. These are simple yet deeply effective ways of getting in touch with our energy and they also teach us where stuck energy lies. Incorporating these practic...

In this episode of The Chakra Way Podcast I talk to Kay Adams, psychotherapist and founder of The Centre for Journal Therapy who gives us the science behind the power of journaling and numerous techniques for accessing the healing power of journaling. Kay has decades of experience in this modality and is a brilliant and interesting guest! You can find Kay at journaltherapy.com I hope you enjoy thi...

In today's meditation I invite you to be standing as we find yet another way to meditate - actively! Bringing our attention into the body in an intentional way is very grounding and in this episode we are looking to activate and drain our lymphatic system. The lymph nodes around our body can become stagnant and since they are often hidden in areas that do not get much attention, such as the armpit...

Heceliza has many beautiful modalities at her fingertips (Breathwork Healer, Reiki Master and Sound Healer) and in this episode we focus in on Breathwork. As a yoga teacher I am fascinated by the differences and similarities between breathwork and pranayama! Are they not the same thing? Well, yes and no! I loved chatting with Heceliza and I hope that this ep brings you to a deeper understanding an...

I understand that this is quite a niche topic but sadly I have been going through this recently and have realised that there is most certainly a need for this. I needed this and so, sadly, might you one day... When we lose a pet it is a special kind of grief, one that touches our hearts deeply, because our pets hold a unique place in our lives. They love us unconditionally, and their presence fill...

We all have heard of Karma but how many of us know what Dharma is? These two concepts are deeply rooted together and today we are seeking to understand how to bring the Laws of Dharma into our life. Whilst Karma is the concept that our actions and choices have consequences, Dharma is the concept that we live our lives in a "path of righteousness". This is not as cloistered an idea as it sounds! It...

In this episode I talk with Catherine Duncan, author or "Everyday Awakening". We discuss what it means to be alive, about what it is like to be dead and everything in between! How to live our lives fully and holistically. Catherine has had two near death experiences and was a hospice chaplain for many years. All this wisdom has culminated in Catherine being a consummate seeker and I loved talking...

Now I am fully aware that I have done a couple of meditations on abundance before but for me it is the one aspect of my life that I feel I want to work on consistently. From this root of feeling abundance so much else grows – relationships, success, good times. So I make no apology for going here yet again and asking you to connect with this word ABUNDANCE. As a word it has a rotund bounciness to...

After listening back to my interview with Earle Birney I was inspired to create this meditation to encourage you to take your meditative practice into your entire day. Small shifts in awareness, especially when you reach for your phone to distract you or occupy a space in your day, will pay dividends in your sense of wellbeing! Let me know how you get on and where you find your space in the day to...

We all know what CBT and Mindfulness are but how can we bring them into our lives on a daily basis? Dr Pete gives us some beautifully simply ways to include this work in to our lives - radical acceptance, being present, dropping our judgements - all steps on the path to a more peaceful inner world. We discuss how to exercise our brains - and it's way more simple than you would think! You can r...

Having space held and being witnessed in our transformation, in our finding our way back to ourselves, in what should be the simple act of owning our own truth is vital, all-important. Being seen, being recognised, with no judgement, no feedback, simply being held with love, with empathy, with compassion is so healing. When we are on a healing journey it is rare that we can do it on our own – we a...

In this meditation I invite you to embrace the extraordinary power of your gorgeous smile! Smiling releases endorphins, serotonin and dopamine and who wouldn't want to invite in those feel-good hormones? Smiling also raises your vibration... So, let's invite a smile into meditation and really feel into the power of smiling. Even when you don't feel happy, forcing a smile will still hel...

Yoga practitioner does not really do justice to the work and experience that Earle Birney has to offer! As a young man Earle was a seeker and went travelling - always in the present moment - but in order to finance his travels and find his freedom he took an "alternative" path and ended up, ironically, in prison. Here he found the teachings that would define the rest of his life in Buddhism, yoga...

We all experience times in our lives when we feel trapped and overburdened by a long list of thing we feel we must accomplish and this often obscures our larger goals and visions that we hold. In today’s meditation we are going to use a beautiful visualisation, that of two teachers - the great hawk and the owl. From these two powerful birds that are held sacred by so many in history and still now,...