Hi friends,

Several years ago, I was introduced to my chakras. It was rather exciting as I wasn’t sure exactly what I was supposed to do with them or why they were supposedly “off-balance.” Turns out they are pretty influential in getting your body working in complete balance. So after lots of yoga, healing sessions, and numerous discussions with experts, I have realized how vital it is for each of us to get involved in making sure they are in tip-top shape. Enter the hacker.

Hackers generally have a negative connotation to their work; however, a hacker is a person who finds a weakness in a system, enters it, and makes it function better. A hacker is an innovator who challenges the way a system is working and creatively changes it to improve its primary purposes. In fact, a very popular TEDx talk by Logan LaPlante brilliantly describes the culture of hacking. It’s a mentality of not sitting back and just allowing a system to work poorly but rather taking a stand and focusing on being part of the change. As Logan says, “A hacker mindset can change the world.”

If you’re interested, you can check out Logan’s TEDx talk here. Very inspirational.

Now back to the chakras. Energy is everywhere. You can experience it in your feelings, sounds, music, and objects. Everything around is spinning at a frequency, some denser than others. Your body is no exception, and lucky for us, it contains these perfectly placed energy vortexes throughout called chakras. These energy centers are located along the spine, and each chakra helps in the proper function of its nearby organs. It’s time to hack them!

Because of food, stress, toxic environments, and other unhealthy lifestyle aspects, most of our chakras are either overactive (spinning too fast), underactive (spinning too slow), blocked, closed, or going the wrong way. In our perfect divine state we have no need to hack in and correct their paths, but since life happens, it’s important to check in and get them moving and flowing in the right direction.

Western medicine does not recognize chakras. So if you’re suffering from lower back pain, most American doctors will prescribe a pharmaceutical drug to alleviate the pain. While a pill will put pain at bay, there are always side effects and possibilities of not actually dealing with the root cause. I certainly do not discredit the usefulness and help of most of our doctors, but it is worthwhile to take a look at the entire system as a whole, including your energy powerhouses.

Chakras for your life

Having trouble landing an important business deal, or perhaps you find it challenging finding patience with your children? Oftentimes, simply rebalancing your chakras will assist in aspects of your life where you need help the most.

Below is an infographic to get you going on each chakra’s purpose, symptoms from out-of-whack chakras, and how to hack into each one.

Cosmic peace and happy energy,

Victoria

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