The chakra system explains so much about life, patterns and behavior. When you become a mother, your chakras are also affected, so knowing how to read and unblock them is essential. The three chakras most affected when you become a mother are the sacral chakra (your womb where the baby grows and your feminine energy), the solar plexus chakra (your identity and sense of power), and the heart chakra (the development of unconditional love).
We are all born with stronger and weaker chakras, but as we progress in our lives, these dynamics change and shift, especially during the journey of motherhood. Your children are influenced by your energy from the moment the soul enters the physical body, approximately four months after conception. For example, if the mother is anxious, the baby senses it. If the mother is unhappy, the baby feels it.
As the children grow, they reflect the chakra blockages of the parents. For example, if the mother has control problems (such as mild or more severe OCD), the child may have problems with letting go (in the toilet training phase) or may show tendencies toward obsessive behavior from an early age (such as wanting to order toys in a specific way). I tell you this because it is my lived experience and what I often see in the high-achieving (type A) mothers I work with.
Based on all these considerations, a big part of your job, in addition to providing food, shelter, and love to your children, is to address your blocks so that you don’t pass them on to your children. Make no mistake: we all need to heal, because we all carry heavy emotions and memories from our own childhoods (these can be major or minor traumas). As we heal these wounds, we free ourselves from our past and connect with our true selves.
This is the greatest gift you can give yourself and your children.
So, how can you use chakras in motherhood? In short (and this system works as we go through stages from the root to the divine connection):
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Root chakra – Cultivate safety by connecting to the wisdom of your body. Heal your past and rebuild your foundations with the best values for your life as a mother.
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Sacral Charka – Connect with your feminine energy, especially in the womb. Allow yourself to feel your emotions in the body and release them from there.
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Solar Plexus Chakra – Come back to your center and inner strength, let go of control and learn to surrender. When you parent from a position of power, your children feel it (control is NOT power).
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Heart chakra – Be kind to yourself. ALWAYS. Allow yourself to make mistakes and forgive yourself. Show your children the true meaning of compassion by starting with you.
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Throat chakra – Express yourself and your needs. Your voice is important. Use it to express your inner strength and lift up other mothers (stop the judgement).
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Third Eye Chakra – Parent in an intuitive way. There are no parenting experts. Your children are unique and your relationship with them is unique. Trust your intuition.
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Crown chakra – Invite your children to ask deep questions. Develop a sense of unity and teach your children that separation is just an illusion. We are a reflection of the divine.
If you want to know more about chakras in motherhood, please my self-paced online chakra course. You will gain awareness of how each chakra has influenced your motherhood journey, gain clarity on the key areas you need to work on to clear old energetic patterns, learn practices to renew, and develop and trust your intuition to make the best decisions for you and your family, creating new legacies.
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