Alignment Goals

It was my goal to spend the week coming up with a plan to attempt the alignment of my chakras based on the imbalances I have been experiencing. There are so many different things you can do to balance your chakras that range all the from the foods you eat, to the clothes you wear, to the scents you smell, to the physical exercise you perform, to even just the little actions you perform on a regular and consistent basis. I thought it would be neat to incorporate a variety of methods into my alignment plan in order to see if the combination affects the results in any sort of way, and to see if it certain methods are more effective than others in general and on specific chakras.

Base: Fatigue, lower back pain (Physical Exercise: Go to the gym and workout 1 hour a day, 6 days a week... Variety of 50% cardio and 50% strength training)
Spleen: Depression (Massage: Schedule routine deep tissue massages once a month)
Solar Plexus: Digestive problems (Aromatherapy: Buying and having Lemon Oils on hand to smell multiple times a day)
Heart:Passivity (Nature Walks: Make time for a weekly nature hike at new locations every week)
Throat: Mood swings, bloating (Plant Based Diet: Try to eat as many natural and organic foods as possible... 80/20 ratio of plant based nutrition to non)
Third Eye: Sleep disturbances (Meditation: Start with 10 minutes once a week, add 2 minutes each week until reached 30 minutes)
Crown: Headaches (Clothing: Purchase and wear more purple clothing!!)

Some of these things seem pretty odd, but as long as I believe that they will work, I guess I trust that they will! I plan to keep track of my progress and hopefully, with modifications made as needed, this plan will be successful for me!! My intent is to continue to go about my life with a constant awareness of the state of my body and chakras... This project helped get me started and I can't wait to see how far I can take it!

Personal Imbalances

Today I decided to finally focus more deeply on my personal chakra imbalances. I was able to take a test that gave me an idea of the areas I needed to concentrate on aligning. This test however was not extensive and quite frankly did not offer what I was looking for so I needed to do more research. I was surprised to find I am suffering from imbalances in ALL of my chakras! Some more severely than others, but I now realize the amount of work it will take to find balance and a state of health throughout my entire system.

Base: Fatigue, lower back painSpleen: DepressionSolar Plexus: Digestive problemsHeart: PassivityThroat: Mood swings, bloatingThird Eye: Sleep disturbancesCrown: Headaches

This week I will concentrate on coming up with a plan to begin the process of aligning my chakras so I can feel as healthy and happy as possible!!

Pitch

This past Tuesday several classes of the classes at H.H. Dow High who have been dedicating their time towards their individual topics got together and shared the progress they have made on their 20 Time innovations. It was a neat experience to be able to share what I have become so passionate about. Spectators seemed to be very interested in the knowledge I had to offer them. Below is a picture of me with my poster. I had bought a bag of each Original and Tropical Starbursts candies with the intention that the Tropical bag would offer a variety of wrapper colors. I had planned to interact with audience through asking about chronic health symptoms they experience and then explaining which chakra imbalance that would indicate, what they could do to realign it, and offer them a Starbusts candy with the color coordinating chakra wrapper, but the Tropical Starbursts unfortunately included only different shaded wrappers from the Originals, so only pink, orange, red, and yellow were available. So it turned out to be just random candy I offered haha. Overall it was a fun event and I really enjoyed it!

New Focus

As my blog indicates, my ultimate goal is to find a start to an evolving state of enlightenment. My purpose for this blog was to gather all the information and tools I felt would lead me towards the intellectual journey of enlightenment that can only be done effectively on a personal level and cannot be shared between others. Because this specific assignment was meant to be done on a personal level that could be shared with the general public through this blog, I have found that I will need to modify my project to focus on the chakra aspect of my enlightenment. I feel that chakras are a compromise between finding and sharing my own imbalances to help others greater understand the chakra concept while still allowing myself the intellectual part of trying to find a way to balance all my chakras. This modification has also been made due to the limited time I have to find what I would like to share at our class's upcoming convention that will allow me the opportunity to enlighten others with the importance of chakras. Below is the invitation I made for all those whoa re interested in attending!!

For those who know absolutely nothing about chakras, I would like to explain it briefly on a simpler scale: Everything in your body is connected. Chakras are a spiritual take on this. Each chakra has a purpose and when one isn't functioning properly, the others are bound to suffer as well. Expanding your knowledge of the functions of the chakras can help you become more aware of your body as a whole.

Questions I still have about chakras include the history and origin of the concepts, as well as how seriously certain group of people take the belief of chakras around the world.