The vision fades and my Spirit Guides remind me of my “Job”. I'm here to light the way. Period. How you, the reader, decide to practice in this lifetime is entirely up to you - the message, the modality, the words, the symbols, and the tools that you choose are not of my concern.

This is YOUR ship to drive. Just stay in the light, and you too will find your way.

And me? Once again I am reminded why I don’t quit. Why I don’t just throw in the towel and choose an easier more single-focused way.

I know my job. Just keep the light on Laurie. Burn Bright. Don’t Dim your light, no matter what. Don’t shroud your light out of fear of being judged, singled out, told that you are TOO MUCH or NOT ENOUGH. No, none of that matters. Just keep the light burning brightly so others will find their way to the path.

One day, during a very somber time in my life, I came across a book that changed me forever. Once I read this book, everything I thought I knew about the world, and my relationships changed. In fact, the Universe knew I needed an adjustment, so to get my attention, it conveniently hit me over the head with the answers. How you might ask? Well…

The Sacral is our energy center where our personal passion for life is stored. In this center, all of our relationships, external to ourselves, are expressed. It's in this Chakra that all the passion a person has for life originates; passion for their career, their interests, the roles they play in life (mother, daughter, sister, friend, lover, employee, etc..), and the interpretation of love they receive from others - platonic or romantic.

This is the center where we experience balance or imbalance in sexual relationships, in how we express and receive love for our children or others, or in how we experience and express ourselves in our hobbies, interests, and career.

The Solar Plexus Chakra

The third chakra known as the Solar Plexus or in Sanskrit, Manipura (jeweled city, shining gem), projects your will and drive. It can sometimes show up as the spark that pushes you to reach the next level of something. It can also manifest as the sinking feeling in your gut when you make a “mistake”, tell a lie, or give away your right to choose or decide something for yourself..

The Solar Plexus is the home to your inner fire, your personal power, it represents your alignment with what your inner self knows is for your highest good. It is also where your ego lives.

• How well do you know yourself?

• How bad do you want something?

• Can you discern between standing in your power and giving in to the EGO’s agenda?

The Solar Plexus is a vital source of power for all humans. It’s in this energy center that you will find your get up and go and drive to keep going or depending on the health of this power center, you may well be left with little or no incentive to do anything. You can feel on fire with and experience endless energy or be exhausted with digestion problems.

The Heart Chakra

Just about everyone is aware of the heart chakra at the center of your chest or has heard the term “heart center.” If you put your hands together, as if in prayer, and bring them to your chest that is just about where your heart chakra is located. The color of this chakra is green, and it houses much more than love. Your sense of empathy, compassion, nurturing, connection, and forgiveness is tied to this Chakra.

Living a better life does NOT have to be hard or arduous. It doesn’t have to take years as it did for me, and you definitely don’t have to go live in a cave and have some out of body experience to finally find happiness. In fact, all you need to do to start is two things…

Oftentimes, what keeps us from breaking out into the world is our fear and false and limiting beliefs. I know that firsthand because I struggled with this for years, and I finally realized who I am as a spiritual practitioner and how I can be help people, but it wasn't always clear for me. I moved through many different iterations of my own spiritual path awakening. I've worked with more teachers than I can count on my hands and toes. And I've worked on myself, breaking down each wounded part of me into tiny little pieces. I've analyzed them. I've spent time and money healing. I've lingered long, and languished in suffering. I've repeated patterns over and over again, just to make sure I'm “really clear or really healed”. I've been on top of the mountain and I've been buried under piles of dirt, again and again, each time learning something new, remembering my truths, then forgetting it again, feeling painful memories, thoughts of dejection, rejection, and failure, but also feeling incredibly powerful and purposeful - having a strong vision to give back to humanity in a huge way.

Taking time to understand and align this vital energy system will help you to become in tune with your body, your emotions, and how YOUR ENERGY is creating and adding to your present environment and life circumstances. Understanding the flow of your energy will help you to see life through a new lens; to see possibilities you perhaps hadn’t before.

Tuning in to your Chakras will help you to become more empathetic and understanding of others as well.

Most importantly, understanding your Chakras and noticing when they are out of alignment can show you how to navigate moments in time that in the past you were unable to do so.

If you want to know more about the Chakra system, I'll be sharing a tidbit or two about each center in the coming weeks.