Joy Gardner - Vibrational Healing Through the Chakras: With Light, Color, Sound, Crystals, and Aromatherapy

O THER BOOKS BY J OY G ARDNER, AKA J OY G ARDNER -G ORDON

Death by Email (Vibrational Healing Productions, 2001)

Pocket Guide to Chakras (The Crossing Press, 1998)

Body/Mind Journeys (Vibrational Healing Productions, 1995)

The Healing Voice: Traditional & Contemporary Toning, Chanting & Singing (The Crossing Press, 1993)

Our Earth Journey (The Crossing Press, 1991)

The New Healing Yourself (The Crossing Press, 1989)

Color and Crystals: A Journey Through the Chakras (The Crossing Press, 1988)

Tantra and Brown Rice (Healing Yourself Press, 1988)

Healing Yourself During Pregnancy (The Crossing Press, 1987)

A Difficult Decision: A Compassionate Book About Abortion (The Crossing Press, 1986)

The Book of Guidance (Healing Yourself Press, 1985)

Pink Tara: Teachings of the Heart from a Goddess of the New Age (Healing Yourself Press, 1985)

Healing The Family (Bantam Books, 1982)

Healing Yourself (Healing Yourself Press, 1972)

Copyright 2006 by Joy Gardner

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crossing Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gardner, Joy.
Vibrational healing through the charkas with light, color, sound, crystals, and aromatherapy/Joy Gardner.
p. cm.
Included bibliographical references.
1. Chakras 2. Healing 3. Self-care. Health. I. Title
RZ999.G3 14 2005
615.85-dc22
2005049705

ISBN-13 978-1-58091-166-5
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8041-5130-6

Production work on illustrations on by Akiko Shurtleff.
Illustrations on pages copyrighted by Joy Gardner.

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N OTE TO THE R EADER:

The names of clients mentioned herein have been changed to protect their privacy. In most cases places and specific facts related to these clients have been changed, and in some instances their stories are the blending of two or more actual individuals. All the facts are true and accurate.

The remedies and techniques described herein are given as information, and not as a prescription. They have not been tested on a broad sample of individuals or scientifically established. Therefore, neither the author nor the publisher can take responsibility for any ill effects that may be produced as a result of using these remedies and techniques: the reader does so at his or her own risk.

D EDICATION

To two beloved mentors

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (19262004)
and
Kumu Hula Raylene Haalelea Kawaiaea

Your gifts are too great to describe.

H EAVENLY F ATHER , E ARTHLY M OTHER, THOSE OF YOU IN THE Plant, Animal, and Mineral Kingdoms, beloved Angels and Elementals, and my own High, Middle, and Lower Selves, thank you for assisting me in all that I do. Bless this book and all who read it.

I give thanks to my clients and students, particularly those who were receptive to my early explorations into uncharted territories. Your faith in me and your feedback have been invaluable.

Thanks to my dear friend, Jonathan Mather, N.D., for helping me brainstorm and fine-tune the Spectrum of Biological Frequencies. Karen McDaniel, mahalo for your editorial and loving support and dedication throughout the creation of this book. Angela Rosa, R.N., thanks for your invaluable help with the aromatherapy section. Marya Grosse, N.P., thanks for reading the manuscript and for your great feedback.

Appreciation to Dr. Valerie Hunt and Bruce Tainio for your innovative research. Special kudos to my highly competent and supportive editorial team at Crossing/Ten Speed Press, including Jo Ann Deck, Carrie Rodrigues, and Judith Dunham.

And to my readers: Without you this book would not be possible.

All My Relations.

A Hui Hou!

Each child has at birth, a Bowl of perfect Light. If he tends his Light, it will grow in strength, and he can do all thingsswim with the shark, fly with the birds, know and understand all things. If, however, he becomes envious or jealous, he drops a stone into his Bowl of Light, and some of the Light goes out. Light and the stone cannot hold the same space. If he continues to put stones in the Bowl of Light, the Light will go out, and he will become a stone. A stone does not grow, nor does it move. If at any time he tires of being a stone, all he needs to do is turn the bowl upside down, and the stones will fall away, and the Light will grow once more.Tales from the Night Rainbow

W E ARE ALL VIBRATIONS . T HERE IS A HARMONIC FREQUENCY TO which all life is attuned. The human body is made up of frequencies that form a harmonic and balanced whole when a person is healthy. The vibrations of the body easily go out of tune when a person experiences physical or emotional stress. Vibrational healing employs vibratory tools to help the body remember its own healthy harmonic resonance. Once the body is in balance, it can fight off harmful organisms.

There are many vibratory tools. The primary ones that I use and discuss in this book include light and color (chromotherapy), crystals, aromatherapy, and sound. Other vibratory tools not covered in this book include flower remedies, gem elixirs, and homeopathy. You will find a glossary in the back of this book that contains definitions for these terms and other uncommon words found in this book.

It is difficult to conceptualize exactly how any form of energy healing actually works. There are many theories, and I will present the ones that seem most accurate to me, based upon my own experience.

In these busy times, few people can read a book from cover-to-cover. Vibrational Healing through the Chakras is divided into parts, each of which stands alone. You can read the table of contents to find subjects that match your areas of interest.

Chakra is a Sanskrit term that means wheel or vortex. The chakras are nonphysical centers of spinning energy located in the energy field at the spine and other parts of the body. The human energy field, or aura, is a reflection of the combined frequencies of the chakras.

Most illness is characterized by blockage in the channels, which include acupuncture meridians, nerves, arteries, and veins. When there is blockage in any of these channels, inflammation, irritation, and illness may occur. The vibratory energies emanating from color, crystals, aromatherapy, light, and sound can break up these blockages, releasing the energy and allowing it to flow freely.

When I use these tools, I combine them with various modalities that allow my client to reach a deeper understanding of the underlying cause of her disease. Sometimes I will guide her back into childhood or prenatal experiences, or into past lives to explore the origins of her illness. I may help her to release emotions that have been repressed. I may guide her to examine dysfunctional core beliefs formed at an early age that still linger in her subconscious. In a future book, I will describe this work with core beliefs and underlying cause and how to do past life regressions.