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Kundalini & Energetic Meridians: A Crystal Healing Approach

By: Certified Crystal Healer Ashley Leavy

Meditation is a focusing or concentration of ones mental energy until one has

reached a perfect stillness of the mind. With practice, meditation will allow
one to realize the true self. Meditation should always be done for the self. It is
a wonderful tool to allow one to fully explore his or her inner consciousness. It
is an opportunity to recapitulate ones experiences and to learn and to grow
from them (on a subconscious level). Meditation should be done with a full
surrender to the stillness it creates.

Routine meditation (over time) has the ability to completely transform ones
outlook on life. Meditation, combined with the proper intention, can aid one in
a complete spiritual evolution. Meditation will allow a person to become the
pure, perfect, being of the universe that he or she was meant to become.

There are several steps one can take to promote a successful meditation.
First, one should create a sacred space in which he or she is comfortable.
Ones environment can greatly influence his or her success in meditation.
Sacred Space may mean a different thing to each and every person.
Typically, creating some sort of routine or ritual to perform prior to meditation
can help to enhance it. The repetition of ritual will eventually send subtle
cues to the brain that can help to prepare it for the meditative process. The
brain and the subconscious will begin to learn from the experience that after
one has gone through the motions of the ritual, there is an expected thing to
follow. In this case, this thing is meditation-a clearing and stilling of the mind.

Correct posture can also significantly contribute to ones meditative practice.

One should sit in the posture that is most comfortable to oneself. When one is
not comfortable, the discomfort can become distracting to the mind and can
disrupt ones focus. Some people prefer to sit on the floor with his or her legs
crossed (Lotus position). However, this is not necessary. One can sit on the
ground, in a chair, or however one feels most at ease in his or her body.

Next, one should begin focused breathing. One should focus on slow, even
breathing and begin to relax. The circular breathing technique is very
effective for focus and relaxation (this technique is discussed further in the
following exercise). Once relaxation and focused breathing have been
achieved, on can begin concentration. One should attempt to hold his or her
attention on the present, transitory, moment. When the attention is held and
stillness is achieved, one should retain it as long as possible until the end of
the meditation session (at least 10 to 15 minutes). If one finds oneself
becoming distracted while attempting to maintain the stillness, he or she
should return his or her attention to the breath. One can always return to the
focus on the breath to return the concentration to the meditative practice.

The true benefit of meditation is found in the stillness that it provides to ones
body, mind, and spirit. This stillness alters ones conscious awareness and
connects it with the divine. This altered state of consciousness benefits ones
higher spiritual self. In this state, guidance is often received (consciously or
unconsciously). This is a gift from the divine to ones higher self (ones own
divine nature).

Most importantly, one should release all expectations one has of the
meditative process and outcome. One should be completely open to the
experiences of the meditation, but not expect more than what is. One should
be open to any guidance or messages that may come from the stillness.
However, one should not be discouraged if this does not happen. Instead, he
or she should search for the benefit in the tranquility of the meditation.

Crystals can be used in meditation to help one to more clearly concentrate

and to focus his or her minds energy and to enhance the quality of the
meditation. Crystals amplify ones intentions and thoughts which raise his or
her energy vibration, promoting conscious awareness. Ones thoughts
become more pure through meditation with crystals; they become filled with
love and light for the good of all beings. This clear, pure thinking helps one to
remain in the moment and focus on the stillness at hand.

The continued, repeated practice of meditation can affect you not only
spiritually, but on an energetic level as well. Meditation will eventually begin
to have a noticeable, positive effect on your chakras, energetic meridians and

kundalini, and on your aura as a whole.

Meridians are energetic channels found in your etheric body. This system of
channels is thought to transport your life force energy (chi/qi or prana)
throughout the body. Since the meridians are all connected, energetic
blockages are often easily detectable upon assessment of the physical body.
If you are experiencing a physical illness or ailment in a particular area of the
body, it is likely that you also have an associated energy blockage, or
shortage of energy, in the corresponding energetic meridians.

Meditation may also have an effect on your kundalini. The kundalini is an

Eastern notion often represented by a serpent-like form of energy, or shakti
(another representation of your life force energy). It is thought that the
kundalini is like a snake that remains coiled up at the base of your spine (in
the root or base chakra) until its energy is released through practices such as
meditation or tantric yoga. The serpent-like energy then travels up the spine,
by way of the sushumna (a central energetic channel parallel to the spine),
through each of the chakras toward the crown chakra where it manifests as
divine wisdom and a state of perfect conscious awareness, or enlightenment.
As the kundalini journeys toward the crown, the chakras (thought of as
lotuses) are said to open, or to bloom, as the kundalini energy passes through
them. This opening of these energetic centers manifests the progression of
the development of your perfect conscious awareness.

However, the rising of the kundalini shakti should only occur in the most
spiritually attuned individuals. If this energy is prematurely awakened, before
your energetic channels and chakras are completely pure and realized, the
rising of the kundalini shakti can have negative effects on an individual. If you
have energetic blockages in your etheric body, then the kundalini energy
becomes more or less stuck in the area of the blockage. This begins to create
an energetic strain as the pressure of the kundalini shakti builds in this area,
resulting in kundalini psychosis. Basically, the premature rising of the
kundalini shakti causes negative, physical, emotional, and spiritual side
effects in the unrealized person.

In a situation such as this, the excess energy of the Kundalini shakti can be
returned to its normal state by using a large crystal which has been
programmed for relieving this type of energetic shock. To create this

program, you should hold the crystal up to the third eye chakra (brow
chakra/6th chakra) or in the hands and then visualize the image of a sleeping
serpent (representing resting Kundalini energy) and intend that this image be
programmed into the crystal. You should also create and recite an affirmation
regarding the dormant kundalini shakti and program this into the crystal as
well. Then, the crystal should be used at the sacral chakra (2nd chakra) while
repeating the affirmation and visualizing that the serpent-like energy return
to the base chakra and coil up to rest. This healing exercise should be
performed for approximately fifteen minutes per day for several days or until
the adverse energetic effects have dissipated.

*Crystal Healing is not meant to replace conventional medicine, but rather to

compliment and enhance it. The information within this guide is purely
metaphysical in nature and is by no means medical. Crystal Healing should
only be used with the understanding that it is not an independent therapy,
but one that is a part of a holistic healing approach.

Certified Crystal Healer Ashley Leavy

Founder & Educational Director of the love & Light School of Energy Medicine
Phone: (630) 254-4685
E-mail: [email protected]
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