Margarita Alcantara - Chakra Healing: A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Healing Techniques that Balance the Chakras

I dedicate this book to my grandmother,

Lola Anunciacion Pineda Perlas,

who always believed in me.

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Chakra healing is a powerful art that can improve your life in every wayIm excited to share my love of chakras with you so you can learn to heal yourself from within.

In , Ill introduce the concept of chakras so you can get a good foundation on your energy centers. This is a great place to begin if youre new to chakras and need an entry-level overview.

If youre ready to dive into more detailed methodologies for each chakra, flip ahead to .

Whether you know it or not, your chakras are an important driving factor in every aspect of your daily life. addresses common imbalances that manifest on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels, and it offers helpful techniques to begin healing these imbalances, one chakra at a time.

To learn more about which of your chakras may need balancing, turn to and look for the symptoms or ailments with which you may be struggling.

Once youve identified which chakra or chakras youd like to balance or heal, begin working through the chakra healing techniques that start .

I hope you find that the lessons in this book bring you closer to living the life you want to lead. Happy readingand happy healing!

When my new patient, Ms. B, first walked into my office, I could feel her disappointment with where she was in life. Whenever a new patient walks through my door, I listen to what their chakras have to say.

Ms. Bs initial appointment was acupuncture treatment for stress and ankle pain. As a licensed acupuncturist, I use Traditional Chinese Medicine. I began by feeling her pulse and reading her tongue to assess the health of her organs. But, as with most patients, something deeper than physical issues brought Ms. B to my door. I knew there was more that Ms. B wanted to address than ankle pain and stress from her jobeven if she didnt yet realize it herself.

I grew up as an empath. Though you might have first heard this termrooted in the word empathyit is used to refer to someone who intuitively feels what others are feeling, almost as if they were feeling it themselves. Like many others, I didnt immediately understand what an empath was or how to embrace my intuitive gifts. I was often dismissed by others as being overly sensitive or awkward. So, in an effort to fit in, I disconnected from that part of myself. Clearly, this sensitivity thing was causing me problems! But when we shut ourselves off from who we really are, our bodies often become talkative through physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual symptomsuntil we pay attention to them and rectify the situation.

As Ms. B and I discussed her medical health and the symptoms she was seeking treatment for, I sensed she was carrying fear. Not coincidentally, she soon told me that she felt creatively stifled at her job, which she hated. She really wanted to be a yoga instructor and write about healing and holistic wellness, but she was scared to strike out on her own. She didnt trust her inner wisdom, and was moving through life identifying with past painspains that were holding her back from these goals.

Through acupuncture, Reiki, crystal work, and lots of compassion, Ms. B soon blossomed, balancing the emotions she hadnt been allowing herself to feel (which were keeping her from feeling joy), and honoring the ways she wanted to creatively express herself. She quit the job she hated, completed her yoga training, and started writing for a wellness website. And by the end of our treatments, her ankle pain had resolved. After a while, she was only coming in for maintenance care.

Like Ms. B, we all create stories for ourselvesstories that inform how we live our lives. While some of these stories may be true, most are usually outdated. Oftentimes, we carry the pain from these false stories in our bodies. More specifically, we carry them in our energy centers, otherwise known as