wildchilde
I love Citrine! It is one of my favorite crystals and I have had very positive experiences with it in the past as a “prosperity stone” and just for raising the vibration of myself or the room with a happiness vibe. http://www.healing-crystals-for-you.com/citrine-crystals.html
I worked with Citrine yesterday and this morning as part of my chakra balancing experiment to correspond with the Solar Plexus Chakra. While normally Citrine brings lots of happiness to me and I feel calm, etc., yesterday I seemed to really struggle a lot with feelings of insecurity and vulnerability of emotions. I didn’t really want to have contact with people, and even online felt very vulnerable to the possibility of “attack” if I put myself out there with any comments, etc. I also seemed maybe a bit “off balance” in my emotional responses to things I read/saw online which was another warning to me to just relax and leave things alone for a bit. Also, due to inflaming my back/hip issue again yesterday by falling off the curb Monday, I was in a lot of pain and it was hard to concentrate on anything for very long.
I did make an effort to walk on the treadmill at the gym hoping it would stretch my muscles out and strengthen my body. Afterward I went in the steam room and sat for quite awhile. For some reason as I was sitting there I started actually THANKING my body—different parts and functions—for working properly and for keeping me going for so long. I don’t remember ever doing this before! In reality, I have put my body through a lot in this lifetime, so it’s really quite remarkable that it still works at all. I have also become pretty aware the past few months of how many people in this world (old and young alike) are suffering horrible physical issues from either self-neglect or environmental issues. So this experience was sort of like saying to myself, “you know, maybe your body wouldn’t hurt so bad if you showed some gratitude every once in awhile for what you do have”.
Today I am feeling much better and stronger, both physically and emotionally. I feel like I need to move on to the next crystal but I know I will be back to the Solar Plexus Chakra as this is probably one of my weakest areas. One of the things that kept coming to me yesterday was that I quite often feel compelled to cross my arms over my body around certain people. Even when I consciously try not to do this, if it is someone whose energy is overwhelming to me I automatically do it. And sometimes it is interesting to note that this elicits an even stronger reaction from them—like causing them to become even more aggressive toward me like they know I am attempting to “protect” my energy field from theirs so they are going to try harder to ‘pierce’ it.
I did want to note also something I found strange. Yesterday I downloaded Jonathan Goldman’s Crystal Bowls Chakra Chants CD after being given a track as a meditation in class. (meditation link below) But when I went to the playlist here is what was listed:
Root Chakra
Sacral Chakra
Navel Chakra
Heart Chakra
Throat Chakra
3rd Eye Chakra
Crown Chakra
I looked at it twice…HUH?! Where is the Solar Plexus Chakra?, I said. I went back to the download site wondering if I messed up the download somehow. Nope. That is the playlist from the entire CD. In all the years I have studied the Chakra system(s) I have always heard of the navel chakra being associated with/or used as another name for the sacral chakra. This was very confusing to me and maybe is just another reminder of needing to strengthen the solar plexus so as not to be “invisible” in life. I did an internet search and do see people referring to the solar plexus chakra (rather than the sacral) as the navel chakra but I still think that is a bit weird. I also checked the books I have about chakras and none of them replace the solar plexus chakra with the “navel chakra”. I don’t know when that began to be an accepted way of identifying the chakras, especially since that tends to negate the importance of the breath.
So, even though I am moving on for now to the next crystal for my Heart Chakra, I still feel very connected to the energy of the Citrine. I often have it out when I am working with other crystals and sometimes “just for fun” to raise the vibration of the room. It is a goal of mine to have a nice citrine rough in every common room of the house before long. I will ask this lovely piece of Citrine to please continue to strengthen and balance my solar plexus chakra for self-confidence, emotional protection, earth belonging, power of breath, and Joy of Life!
Crystal Bowl Meditation for the Third Chakra
I worked with Citrine yesterday and this morning as part of my chakra balancing experiment to correspond with the Solar Plexus Chakra. While normally Citrine brings lots of happiness to me and I feel calm, etc., yesterday I seemed to really struggle a lot with feelings of insecurity and vulnerability of emotions. I didn’t really want to have contact with people, and even online felt very vulnerable to the possibility of “attack” if I put myself out there with any comments, etc. I also seemed maybe a bit “off balance” in my emotional responses to things I read/saw online which was another warning to me to just relax and leave things alone for a bit. Also, due to inflaming my back/hip issue again yesterday by falling off the curb Monday, I was in a lot of pain and it was hard to concentrate on anything for very long.
I did make an effort to walk on the treadmill at the gym hoping it would stretch my muscles out and strengthen my body. Afterward I went in the steam room and sat for quite awhile. For some reason as I was sitting there I started actually THANKING my body—different parts and functions—for working properly and for keeping me going for so long. I don’t remember ever doing this before! In reality, I have put my body through a lot in this lifetime, so it’s really quite remarkable that it still works at all. I have also become pretty aware the past few months of how many people in this world (old and young alike) are suffering horrible physical issues from either self-neglect or environmental issues. So this experience was sort of like saying to myself, “you know, maybe your body wouldn’t hurt so bad if you showed some gratitude every once in awhile for what you do have”.
Today I am feeling much better and stronger, both physically and emotionally. I feel like I need to move on to the next crystal but I know I will be back to the Solar Plexus Chakra as this is probably one of my weakest areas. One of the things that kept coming to me yesterday was that I quite often feel compelled to cross my arms over my body around certain people. Even when I consciously try not to do this, if it is someone whose energy is overwhelming to me I automatically do it. And sometimes it is interesting to note that this elicits an even stronger reaction from them—like causing them to become even more aggressive toward me like they know I am attempting to “protect” my energy field from theirs so they are going to try harder to ‘pierce’ it.
I did want to note also something I found strange. Yesterday I downloaded Jonathan Goldman’s Crystal Bowls Chakra Chants CD after being given a track as a meditation in class. (meditation link below) But when I went to the playlist here is what was listed:
Root Chakra
Sacral Chakra
Navel Chakra
Heart Chakra
Throat Chakra
3rd Eye Chakra
Crown Chakra
I looked at it twice…HUH?! Where is the Solar Plexus Chakra?, I said. I went back to the download site wondering if I messed up the download somehow. Nope. That is the playlist from the entire CD. In all the years I have studied the Chakra system(s) I have always heard of the navel chakra being associated with/or used as another name for the sacral chakra. This was very confusing to me and maybe is just another reminder of needing to strengthen the solar plexus so as not to be “invisible” in life. I did an internet search and do see people referring to the solar plexus chakra (rather than the sacral) as the navel chakra but I still think that is a bit weird. I also checked the books I have about chakras and none of them replace the solar plexus chakra with the “navel chakra”. I don’t know when that began to be an accepted way of identifying the chakras, especially since that tends to negate the importance of the breath.
So, even though I am moving on for now to the next crystal for my Heart Chakra, I still feel very connected to the energy of the Citrine. I often have it out when I am working with other crystals and sometimes “just for fun” to raise the vibration of the room. It is a goal of mine to have a nice citrine rough in every common room of the house before long. I will ask this lovely piece of Citrine to please continue to strengthen and balance my solar plexus chakra for self-confidence, emotional protection, earth belonging, power of breath, and Joy of Life!
Crystal Bowl Meditation for the Third Chakra