Activate and Align Your Energy Centers

You chant one sound three times at each center as you move up the spine. The root gets an "ooh" and the sacral center beneath the belly button an "oh". The solar plexus gets "ah", and the throat, third eye and crown each get a high-pitched sound: "A", "E" and "M". The heart is met with an emerald light and breathing in love and grace.

Red glows at the base of the spine, then orange beneath the belly button, yellow at the solar plexus and green, emerald light at the heart. Blue fills the throat, indigo or aqua the center of the forehead, and violet the crown. At the very end you see white light at the top of the head and bring it down through the body.

You're told not to worry about sounding perfect, because the vibration is what matters. At the throat, a cough is welcomed as a way of clearing the energetic cobwebs that build up from not sharing your truth. The whole practice invites you to release the fear of being heard and judged.

You start by gathering the day's energy with a breath in through the nose and a letting go through the mouth. Then you imagine your spine spiraling down into the center of the earth as you exhale. This leaves you rooted and present before you begin to work with each center.

After the crown, you bring the energy back down through the body into your roots with three final Oms. Then you take a deep breath in, pause and hold at the top, and exhale slowly with control, three more times. It's a way of enjoying and settling the energy you've built before you give thanks and close.

Before any chanting, you set intentions for what you want to release and embrace. You give thanks for your body, its 70 plus trillion cells and each breath. It turns the practice into something that feels like appreciation, not effort.