Category: Chakras

Chakra Body Map Art Intensive

11/11/2018

Your soul wants to tell you something.

You have this vague yet persistent feeling that your soul wants to tell you something. Yet you find it
difficult to listen to its voice. You think, maybe if I sit in meditation long enough, or if I read enough self-help books and articles, or if I travel to exotic places and retreats things will become clear, and I'll know the next step to take in life or I'll know myself better.

Maybe it's time to experience a different way of listening. Art can be a way of knowing. It can take you out of limited left brain analytical thinking and put you into an expansive right brain experience. Combine meditation and visualization with creativity, and new insights can powerfully emerge.

A Chakra Body Map Art Intensive could be just the thing you need. Read on to find out more...

The Chakra Body Map Art Intensive is a journey in creating a full body map through the lens of guided chakra meditations and Kundalini Yoga. This workshop can give you a transformational experience of clarity and insight as you listen to your soul speak at a new level of understanding, wisdom and guidance.
How does it work?

We'll start by creating an outline of your full body on long brown kraft paper. This will be a fun way to interact with others in the workshop.
Follow this with a session of Kundalini Yoga for the chakras will help remove blockages in the nervous system and the chakras. The different nerve plexus are intimately connected with the chakras and when there are blockages, the true nature of the chakras cannot become manifest in our lives. So for example, if the throat chakra is blocked we're not able to express ourself well or we are fearful to speak our truth. If the third-eye chakra is blocked we're not in touch with our intuition or we lack insight into the deeper meaning of life experiences.
Follow this with a chanting meditation to increase our spiritual awareness and raise our energetic vibration. This expands the aura and takes us beyond the earthly realm. This experience allows us to see in a different way. Your personal journal will be handy to record any insights you have.
After a short lunch, we'll experience a guided meditation for each of the chakras as you listen to your soul speak the medicine you need to hear. Again your personal journal will be the tool to record your insights and images of areas in your life that you seek to heal or transform.
Then comes the fun of creative expression as you transpose the "soul speak" onto your body map using coloured markers. No art experience is necessary as the purpose is not to create a great work of art but instead to give expression to what your soul has told you. Your body map might need an expression for each chakra, or maybe just a few of the chakras need to be expressed but they speak loudly enough to cover your whole map. Each person's body map will be unique.
Afterwards, you'll have an opportunity to share your creative experience and your insight, and view others' body maps.

The Body Map Art Intensive will take place Saturday, December 8th. Check my Workshop page for further details.

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Journey thru the Chakras with Body Map Art

20/10/2018

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Gain self knowledge through Body Map Art.

**BODY MAP ART AND KUNDALINI YOGA**
Come and be astounded with the messages this experience will give you about yourself and your soul's yearnings.

In this five hour workshop December 8, 2018 we'll dive into the physical and emotional aspects of each of the eight chakras. We'll start by activating your energy with a full kundalini yoga set for the chakras. After lunch experience a chanting meditation to elevate your creativity. This will be followed by a session of reflection questions to help you visualize how each of the chakras manifests in your own emotional and physical bodies. Then on to translating those images onto a full length body map.

Only five spaces available. No experience necessary.

We all experience similar emotional and physical challenges yet everyone's map will be different.
Some chakra elements we'll look at that could be translated onto your body map:
ROOT: fear/security, spaced out/grounded, blocked/prosperous
SACRAL: apathy/emotions, stifled/creative, dull/passionate
SOLAR PLEXUS: aggresive/assertive, weak willed/volition, indecisive/decisive
HEART: self hate/self compassion, cold/forgiving, jealous/open, pain/joy
THROAT: shyness/expressive, withholding/communicative, dishonesty/truth
THIRD EYE: logical/intuitive, nightmares/spiritual dreams, practical/visionary
CROWN: disconnected/connected, lost/inspired, unaware/aware
AURA: unnoticeable/radiant, weak/protected, stagnant/vibrating

During the yoga and meditation portion, and afterwards, there will be lots of prompts to self reflect on how your chakras are effecting you. This will then be translated into images on your body map.

WHEN: Saturday, December 8, 2018 (only five spaces available)
10:00 am - 4:00 pm (5 hours)
WHERE: Spryfield
COST: $85 (includes art supplies and lunch)
Payment required to reserve your spot (no refunds after Dec. 2 )
REGISTER: Message me for payment information or questions
BONUS: Tea and Lunch served

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Rhubarb for the Root Chakra

16/3/2018

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Photo by Ullelo on Pixabay with gratitude

Kapha season has arrived with Spring. It's the time to get moving, both externally and internally, to help release the heaviness of the winter. We can do this by increasing our physical activity to get the lymphatic system moving, and by taking steps to increase our bowel movements associated with the first chakra, our root chakra.

In each season, nature offers us foods to help balance the qualities of the season that might throw us off balance. For example Kapha season (Spring) is characterized by it's heavy, wet, cold and sluggish nature. One of the things we might experience is sluggish or sticky bowel movements, but nature provides us with a perfect remedy in the form of rhubarb. Rhubarb is light and dry with a bitter, astringent and pungent taste to counteract the heavy, wet tendencies of Kapha season. Because it has a cooling effect on the body it's good to combine it with warming spices such as fennel, cinnamon, ginger or cardamom.

How do you like to eat rhubarb? I can think of several ways and you'll find lots of recipes for these on Google: stewed rhubarb, baked rhubarb strawberry crumble, rhubarb berry muffins, rhubarb jam, strawberry rhubarb pie, rhubarb coffee cake, and rhubarb syrup. Eat rhubarb and your root chakra will thank you :)

Rhubarb will be featured in my upcoming Ayurvedic Spring Green Cleanse in April where you can join others in a challenge to include as much green food as you can eat to help cleanse and balance your body and mind during Kapha season. Don't worry, there's LOTS of green foods, and you can even modify the challenge to include just one green food at each meal. Stay tuned for more info!

Rhubarb is a powerful food and should be avoided by pregnant and breastfeeding women, anyone who has a tendency for gout because of it contains oxalic acid, and anyone experiencing general sense of debility or with any bowel obstruction because of it's purgative effect. Rhubarb should be eaten in moderation by anyone experiencing dry constipation or strong anxiety. In these latter cases add some butter or ghee to your rhubarb dishes to counteract these effects.

#ayurvedicgreencleanse

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Drink Your Water : Eat Your Water

5/7/2017

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Water is an element associated with the second chakra. Water flows, it is changeable, it is powerful. The water of the second chakra manifests on the physical level as sexual fluids, menstrual fluids, urine. On the emotional level, the second chakra water element relates to our emotions, our creativity, our ability to flow with the vicissitudes of life. Getting into the relaxed flow of summer is easier when we're hydrated and feeling refreshed with cool drinks. Cool is good, but iced drinks actually put out the digestive fire making it harder to digest your foods. And did you know that the body more readily absorbs fluids during the morning hours? So several glasses of water and other non-caffeinated fluids in the morning, plus a glass 30 minutes before each meal will serve you well. That's the minimum you want to drink :)

You may have heard that it's important to drink lots of water. Precisely, take half your weight in pounds and convert it to ounces of water. Really? Who wants to drink that much water every day? Here's the good news! Some people who have a naturally heavy constitution (kapha) need less water, actually only about 4-6 glasses per day. On the other hand, the rest of us need to try to follow the guideline I just mentioned. BUT here's more good news! It doesn't always have to be plain water. In summer we can drink cold herbal teas, fruit shrubs (say what? recipe link below), honey-base fruit syrups with soda water, kombucha, water kefir and basically any liquid that doesn't contain caffeine, refined sugar, or artificial sweeteners, flavourings or colours. So that rules out pop, energy drinks, commercial fruit drinks and probably a few other things. If you find that your drink is too warm, add just enough ice until all the ice melts. It will be cool but not cold enough to dampen your digestive strength.

By the way, here's a great link for fruit shrubs https://food52.com/blog/13831-how-to-make-shrubs-aka-drinking-vinegars-without-a-recipe

We can also actually eat some of that water. You can meet up to 20% of your water needs with summer fruits and vegetables. The most water-packed vegetable choices are cucumber, zucchini, sweet peppers, celery, cauliflower, lettuce (especially iceberg), raw spinach, raw carrots, tomatoes (well that's a fruit actually). Imagine the cold summer soups you could make with those ingredients? And for fruits there's berries especially strawberries, pineapple, and all the melons: watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, ripe peaches, mango and oranges, and later this season we'll have pears and apples.

So get your second chakra flow on this summer by embracing the water element both inside and out -- swim in the ocean, the lake and the river; take cool showers; hydrate with delicious drinks, sweet fruits and watery vegetables.

I'd love for you to join my private Facebook group: Sandra Briand, Food Yoga Soul. Lots happening there. Come one over. Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1677768672492740/

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Blissful Energy Truffles

14/12/2015

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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Yields: 10-15 balls Serving Size: 1 ball

If you’re looking for a scrumptious high energy, high-protein snack (spirulina, hemp hearts and tahini sesame paste) that will also help balance your third and fourth chakras, this is it! How does it do that?

Third Chakra (solar plexus, digestive organs) Coconut oil will improve your digestion and increase your metabolism. Tahini is full of minerals and methionine which aids liver detoxification. spirulina (a blue-green algae) is an amazing food that is very high in detoxifying chlorophyll. And as the toxins are removed and our metabolism is increased, we have more energy.

Fourth Chakra (heart) Coconut oil is also excellent for the heart because of the lauric acid which prevents high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Knowing that coconut oil is so good for you will also bring happiness to your heart and expand your heart chakra :)

Truffle Balls
       1 cup tahini (sesame paste) (preferably organic)
       4 tbsp hemp hearts
       2 tbsp coconut oil (melted gently, not too hot)
       3 tbsp maple syrup
       1 tsp spirulina (or 2 tsp other greens powder such as BarleyLife (you can get that from me!)
       1 tsp cinnamon
       1 tsp vanilla extract
       Couple pinches sea salt
Instructions:
In a bowl stir together all the ingredients. Roll approximately 1 tablespoon of the mixture in your hands to create a roundish ball shape. Freeze the balls for 5 minutes on a parchment lined plate or container ensuring they do not touch each other. Meanwhile make the chocolate coating sauce.

Chocolate Coating Sauce
       4 tbsp coconut oil or butter
       3 tbsp raw cacao powder or dark full fat cocoa powder
       3 tbsp maple syrup
       1/2 tsp vanilla extract
       Couple pinches sea salt
Instructions:
Melt the coconut oil or butter on low heat until just melted (not hot). Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Remove the balls from the freezer and one by one dip them into the chocolate sauce until they are completely covered and place them back on the parchment. Because the balls are cold, the chocolate will harden quickly. The first dipping will create a thin layer of chocolate. Place the balls back in the freezer for a couple of minutes. Repeat the dipping and freezing process three times until a thick layer of chocolate is achieved. Finally, freeze the completed balls for about 15 minutes.

Voila! You now have Blissful Energy Truffles! Store the Truffles in the fridge. They can be layered if you put parchment paper between the layers.

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Chakra Body Map Art Intensive

Journey thru the Chakras with Body Map Art

Rhubarb for the Root Chakra

Drink Your Water : Eat Your Water

Blissful Energy Truffles

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