Activating Your Merkaba (Merkawhat?)

I am taking a short break from the channeling posts. A few things have happened along the way and I don't want to leave them out. For instance, last month I went to a  "Activate Your Merkaba" workshop. 

I had heard of Merkabas but never thought to look it up. It's meant to be a New Age vehicle for ascension, as in, it raises your vibration so that you can move from the third to the fourth dimension quicker. I am not sure what that means metaphysically. The third dimension is the one we live in. Everything is physical, in 3D. The fourth "dimension" is the astral plane, where ideas, concepts and projections exist. When we meditate we can go to the fourth dimension to meet our guides, etc. The fifth dimension is said to be that of unconditional love, where The Christ energy resides. 

Do these dimensions exist? Do we need to leave one to experience another? Maybe not. The way I interpret ascension, we don't go anywhere except to a different part of ourselves. One where you feel more secure and happy. My main focus is on grounding myself, being physically present, opening up, and being more accessible to myself and to others. I also like Eckart Tolle's ideas about detaching from the ego, thoughts and insecurities. His approach has a lot in common with Buddhism. 

That's not to say I didn't appreciate the Merkaba workshop. The activation meditation helped me open up my Heart Chakra. It starts with deep breathing which fills up the lungs and opens the chest. The mudras (finger positions where the thumb touches the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger) also help by sending energy to your root chakra, your sense of patience, and to your confidence. 

I liked the meditation but somehow stopped short of activating my Merkaba, a double inverted 3D triangle around the body. For some reason, visualising the triangles made me feel claustrophobic. What a weird reaction! LOL. It reminded me of one of my healing clients, who didn't like to visualise grounding roots because she was scared they would pull her underground (very Lord of the Ringsy). Or the way that pendulum healing makes me feel dizzy. There are a lot of modalities out there. Not everything will be a good fit for everyone. I did go on to read a book on Ascension Magic by Christopher Penczak. I am enjoying it so far, even if I haven't quite put it to practice. 

Below you'll find an illustration. To get a feel for what it is like, visualise a pyramid structure around your physical body and just imagine it spinning (slowly). 

  

 

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Regina Chouza is an Energy Healer, Angel Medium and author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. She studied angels, tarot and astrology at The College of Psychic Studies in London, and qualified as an Energy Healer at the School of Intuition & Healing UK. Blogging since 2010, Regina's passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. 

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Opening to Channel - 2

This is the 2nd in a series on Channeling, click here for Part 1.

Today's topic is about releasing our fears and beliefs. There are many reasons why we would want to do this, here are a few (off the top of my head). We tend to worry about things that will never happen, or about things that have already happened. This creates an atmosphere of anxiety, worry and doubt that has little to do with reality. You might be scared that a partner will leave you, for example, because of relationships that have fallen apart in the past. These fears can influence our behavior, ironically creating tension that could in fact, lead to the end of what might have been a stable relationship. 

Our fears and beliefs can also shape our experiences. My first channeling tutor, Roger Hanson, would tell us that there are no absolutes, except that whatever you believe to be true, is true for you. This parallels a magical hypothesis about individual realities. My unique and indivual belief is that healing is real, I can create or attract an event by thinking about it (or by fearing it). And that money is a pleasure to earn and spend. One can be grounded, spiritual, practical, safe and abundant. It's entirely possible. 

I could write a book on this (and maybe I will one day!) but for now, let's talk about fears and beliefs as they relate to channeling. Books like Neal Donald Walsh's Conversations with God are said to be channeled by human beings who made contact with the spiritual world. The question is, who were they listening to? We each have a spirit/soul and a mind/ego. The soul has access to Divine Wisdom, to lessons learned in past lives, to our a Higher Self, etc. The mind can get in the way with self-doubt, worry and fears. If we try channeling without grounding ourselves in love and releasing those fears, it can be very easy for the fearful parts of our imagination to take the lead. The same is true for intuitive readings, automatic writing and even dreams. We can scare ourselves and others!

Luckily, we can work on healing and releasing our fears :-)

Beliefs are equally important. If we believe something is possible, we are more likely to succeed. Just about anything is possible if you check your beliefs at the door. Meditation and journaling are good ways to do this, but first, let's talk about grounding, connecting and energetic protection. Whether you're channeling your feelings, your inner wisdom or your spirit guides and angels, it's best to be grounded, centred and protected. Same is true for any kind of psychic reading. Stay tuned! 

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Opening to Channel - 1

I have great news! The teacher from last week's channeling class agreed to do a guest post on his technique (or to read my write-up and give feedback on it). The class was simple but effective and I am keen to share the details with you. The post won't be ready for a little while, so I thought it best to start with a little  background on grounding, connecting and channeling in general. 

Before I left London, I took a wonderful class at the School of Intuition and Healing called Opening to Channel, by Roger Hanson. The course lasted eight weeks and Roger took us through several steps of preparation before we got to channeling. The first was learning to work with your chakras and energy body. This prepares us to channel energy that could otherwise overwhelm us. It is always good to start with the basics and I expect most tutors include this step. 

There are lots of decent chakra meditations. My personal favorite is a Grounding, Centering and Claiming Your Space meditation by Elliot Jay Tanzer. It talks us through running earth energy through the body, sensing and clearing each chakra and opening up (but not closing down, so I would also closing down at the en.More on that in my next blog post). It also has a non New Agey feel to it. When I was starting out with readings and healing, I did the full 30 minute meditation once a week as well as a shorter run-through every night. 

The next step in the channeling process is to consciously work on releasing our fears, hang ups and "woulda, coulda, shoulda's." Otherwise, it is easy to fall into the trap of channeling the things that we are afraid of. And also things that we might feel guilty about. The goal is to channel from a place of love and trust so that we can tap into the loving and powerful wisdom in the universe. 

To do that we ground our physical body in love and/or nature, and raise our vibration so that anything less than divine is filtered out. The class I took here in Mexico included a similar purification step. In my next Channeling post I will talk about opening up, closing down, and setting aside fears. The practice is useful for daily life. I would also suggest it before doing any readings, channeling, etc.

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A New Psychic School?

I am mostly thrilled to be back in Mexico, and though I miss my London friends, I also miss my healing and psychic schools. It was pretty amazing having somewhere to go every week where you could practice readings, remote viewing and healing. Of course, I am sure there are similar spiritual groups in Mexico, I just have to find them. 

This weekend I went to a channeling workshop (yay!) that was good fun. A friend of mine actually taught the class. We met six years ago when our business school put us in touch, he had a business idea and was looking for a partner. I was job hunting. As it turned out, I quit my job and moved to London where I found a new job (and a Healing school lol).

Quite a few of my Mexican friends have found their way into energy healing, channeling, working with guides, etc. Its funny how we're on similar paths. I'd love to attend a psychic school here. Most workshops are done at people's houses, which is OK, but I love having a catalog to choose from. 

Yesterday's class was pretty cool and very helpful, I will write up the technique in my next post :-) If you would like to try it out, buy three white candles and keep an empty cup on stand by for an impromptu channeling session. 

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Invisibility Spells and Magick

There are times when I would love to be invisible. Stop lights are one of them, especially in Mexico City. It's not uncommon to see a street kid standing on a corner with a squirty soap bottle and a sponge, ready to pounce when the light turns red. They clean your windshield, even if the car has just been washed (or if their friend "cleaned" it just a few streets back). It is like you're being forced to hand over change, and even though I am sure they need the money, the experience is not fun.  

Last week I drove through three of these intersections on my way to the osteopath. I groaned when I saw four guys descend on the car ahead of me, dreading the moment when they'd turn their attention to me. That moment never came. They finished squirting and wiping, stood next to me for a minute (looking the other way) and picked another car. The same thing happened at the next light. And the next. 

So what happened?

Reiki happened! Last week I read a wonderful book by Christopher Penczack called Magickal Reiki. It covers a lot of topics, mostly related to reiki, healing, crystals, flower remedies, herbs, etc. The author also mentions using reiki symbols and energy to help yourself with reiki "spells."

The book goes into lots of detail on protective circles, formulating an intention and then using reiki, visualisation and certain tools to carry it out. I have never been very theatrical so I adapted the "protection spell" and completed a short meditation to make myself invisible to certain people (helpful if you want to stay safe in a country that's not know for it's safety). I visualised an invisibility cloak around myself and intended for it to deflect unwanted attention. Mentally, I imagined a little magic and some  sprinkles on the protective cloak. Apparently, the meditation worked! 

More on that later...

It was a fun experiment. I feel like I did when I was just starting out with angel cards, tarot and readings. You want to believe the results are more than coincidences, but you also wonder if you're reading too much into a situation. At this stage it is vital to suspend your disbelief and see where it takes you. The same is true for magic and energy work in general. Trust is a huge factor. 

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Regina Chouza is an Energy Healer, Angel Medium and author of A Personal Guide to Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. She studied angels, tarot and astrology at The College of Psychic Studies in London, and qualified as an Energy Healer at the School of Intuition & Healing UK. Blogging since 2010, Regina's passion is bringing the qualities of love, joy and empowerment to healing pursuits. 

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