BONUS: Chakra Alignment Meditation for the Wise Woman

In today's solo episode, Mary takes listeners on an exploratory journey to understand the female's energetic evolution - a sacred shift from our creative, reproductive sacral centre to the visionary third eye. Menopause is a powerful invitation to step deeper into "a woman's intuition" and find more meaning and purpose. 

The episode begins with an understanding of the bodies energy centres - which can be further explored in Cyndi Dale's The Subtle Body - weaving together ancient wisdom with modern science such as the work at the HeartMath Institute.

Listerners will learn how menopausal women are not "losing it" but rather raising our energetic frequency and stepping unapologetically into our wisdom as visionaries. Thereafter, listeners are guided through a basic but effective 10-minute charkra alignment meditation to move energy housed in our second major energy centre to the sixth major and very potent energy centre linked directly to the pineal gland. Moving energy up gets right to the heart of the matter - the heart chakra, a bridge between the the lower three major energy centres to the chakras of spirit, the upper three major energy centres. 

This practice can be enjoyed daily morning and evening to address issues such as insomnia, restlessness, nightmares, self-doubt, uncertainty, and anxiety, to name a few. 

Meet your Host:
Mary is a Licensed Menopause Champion, certified Menopause Doula, and Woman's Coaching Specialist supporting high-achieving women to embrace their transition—peri- to post-menopause.

Mary coaches individuals and guides organizations to create a menopause-friendly workplace, helping forward-thinking CEOs design policies to accommodate employees at work.

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Disclaimer: Information shared is for educational and entertainment purposes only and doesn’t replace medical advice. Always consult with a healthcare professional.

Transcript

[00:00:00] Welcome back my lovelies. It is another wonderful episode of the Menopause Disruptor Podcast. This one is an epic mini, and I haven't done that for a while. I've had so many exciting guests recently that have just been trying to push out three, maybe four a month. But I always like to stop and pause and reflect on, let's just say the downloads that the universe is giving me and its guidance from my archangels and my spirit guides, teachers, healers, they always want me to share something.

[00:00:34] And being a true Gemini, we are communicators. And in particular, I am a communicator where my forte, my expertise in life was curating information and packaging information such that it is raw, real, relatable, humanized, inspiring you to take action.

[00:00:56] And I wanna inspire you today to take action, but also to reflect. So today we're diving into something deeply powerful, the energetic shift that happens in menopause.

[00:01:09] And know this isn't just all woo woo. This is energy medicine backed by science, and of course, ancient wisdom. As women, we are designed to evolve. Menopause is not the end. It is a great awakening if we treat it as such. So we're gonna talk about chakras Now. Chakras are energy centers mapped by ancient yogic science.

[00:01:35] But modern science agrees our body is electric. We are an energetic force, our nervous system, our heart, even our gut, all emit measurable energy fields. Science has measured this. It is well documented. In fact, the Heart Math Institute has shown the heart's. Electromagnetic field is 60 times greater than the brains.

[00:01:59] Mm-hmm. That's energy medicine. That's coherence. Now there are seven main chakras each corresponding to a gland in our endocrine system, and that's your hormones. And in menopause, those hormones are rebalancing, not disappearing. We're shifting from a reproductive state centered in the sacral chakra into a visionary state led by the third eye.

[00:02:27] The brow chakra, So all that to say is you're not losing your power as a reproductive being, whether you birth children or not. In fact, you're gaining more by redirecting it to the home of our instincts. So the sacral chakra just below your navel governs creation and birth, literally and metaphorically.

[00:02:48] And during our menstruating years, our energy tends to live here, mothering, nurturing, doing in essence, but in midlife that energy starts to rise. I personally believe that all those menopausal symptoms we are experiencing is in fact the shift. It's no wonder that I. The endocrine system starts to experience all kinds of different sensations, hot flashes, gut problems, weight gain,

[00:03:18] even incontinence, brain fog, confusion, et cetera, et cetera. So if we look at it from the perspective of shifting energy. We start to get a little bit more power. This is all part of taking agency and if you wanna learn more about the chakras and specifically which ones you can use to help through your menopausal transition, and when it comes to communicating with your healthcare team to advocate for your healthcare needs, Check out my Menopause intelligence course. It's on my website@mlcoaching.com. Eight information packed modules. which The fifth module, addresses the chakra energy system So with that rising energy, we begin to hear whispers from the solar plexus, our seat of self. And then the heart where compassion and grief meet. And then there's a rising through the throat where our true expression of ourselves, the truth of our lives starts to be revealed more and more. And then most importantly, we move up into the sixth chakra, the third eye.

[00:04:23] Our center of clarity, intuition, insight, and higher perception. This is the time when your gut wisdom becomes undeniable. That brain in your belly,

[00:04:34] Your enteric nervous system, which is intrinsically linked to your brain and emotions. So when we say trust your gut, it's not just a phrase, it is actually biology. So the third eye now is nestled between the eyebrows and is connected to the pineal gland or pineal gland, however you wish to pronounce it, which is a P size gland responsible for producing melatonin.

[00:04:59] And regulating your circadian rhythms, but it's also associated with spiritual insight and that inner knowing. many believe it's the physiological gateway to mystical awareness. Hmm. I love that. So here's what's exciting about menopause. It's not a shutdown, it's a returning.

[00:05:19] We are vibrating at a higher frequency, moving from the physical creation to energetic creation, from birthing children and ideas to birthing legacies and truth. But to waken the third eye and speak your truth through the throat chakra. You must align the whole entire system.

[00:05:37] Each chakra is like a tuning fork. If one is off, the whole system vibrates. Unevenly. The throat especially is dependent on a grounded root, a clear sacral, a powerful solar plexus And a heart that's open to empathy and compassion.

[00:05:53] You cannot express your truth if you're still silencing your rage in your womb, and you cannot lead others if you're not listening to yourself. You certainly can't love others if you don't have self-love. So today 

[00:06:09] I invite you to join me in a. Chakra alignment meditation

[00:06:13] designed especially for us midlife women where we reconnect with our body subtle signals, and open the gateway to intuition, insight, and purpose. This is just a 10 minute meditation practice, so if you can find the time early in the morning or before you lay your head down to bed,

[00:06:31] I encourage you to give this a try and just why am I bringing this to you on this particular day? Well, I'm recording this on May 28th, my birthday. Yes. My gift to you is a meditation to help you ground and open up your chakras so that you can get energy moving upwards, housing it in your third eye where it belongs.

[00:06:52] As US wise women. I'm also doing it because the Gemini energy is alive and well, not just because I'm a Gemini, but we. In this Gemini season should start to feel airy likeness and that nurturing sense of self-compassion and self-care, but also what coincides with Gemini energy.

[00:07:12] Is that we are flirty with ideas, not flirty people. No, it's about flirting with different ideas. And what I say when it comes to managing menopause, first and foremost is be your own alchemist. Be open to experiment 

[00:07:25] Everybody's journey is gonna be individualized and personal. what works for one person doesn't work for another. What is universal? The benefits of meditation and sitting in silence. So let's begin.

[00:07:39] Begin in a comfortable seated position. Close your eyes and begin to breathe.

[00:07:46] Breathing in a deep breath through the nose, and an exhale fully again in through the nose. And just open your mouth to a nice sigh, letting it all out. Let's do that one more time

[00:08:12] now. Let your body settle. Let your spine grow long, keeping your shoulders stacked over your hips. An I ECT spine with a rib cage stacked over your pelvic floor. Can even do this lying down if it's more comfortable for you. Wherever you are, just let yourself be held. feel a weight of gravity pulling you and sinking you further into the earth, beneath you, the earth that is supporting you.

[00:08:45] Starting with the root chakra, the color of Ruby red. And the mantra, I am safe. Bring your awareness to the base of your spine. 

[00:08:58] Visualize a deep red glow. It's grounding you to the earth. This is your root chakra, your foundation. Feel safety, feel stability. Feel connection to your body

[00:09:18] and then say to yourself, I am rooted, I am safe, I am held.

[00:09:26] Deep breath in through the nose and a long, soft exhale. And at the bottom of each out breath, can you find a little bit more stillness. 

[00:09:41] Moving up now to the sacral chakra, the color orange, the mantra I create. Bring your awareness now just below your navel and visualize that warm orange light. This is your sacral chakra, the center of emotion, sensuality, and creation. Say to yourself, I am creative. I allow pleasure. I embrace change.

[00:10:20] Inhale through the nose, and a long, soft exhale.

[00:10:32] Draw your attention now to the solar plexes, the color yellow, the mantra I act.

[00:10:38] The solar plexus is the space above your belly button. Visualize a golden yellow sun spinning right in the center. This is your power center. Your will, your truth. And as you're focusing on the center of say, I am strong, I am confident, I take aligned action,

[00:11:06] a beautiful inhale and a loving exhale of gratitude as we move now into the center of gratitude, compassion, and that is our heart chakra associated with the color. Emerald green and the mantra I love, bring your awareness to the center of your chest and see that beautiful green light, soft, but strong burning in your heart center, your heart chakra.

[00:11:38] The ana hotta, the bridge between the lower chakras of matter and the higher chakras. Spirit and softly say, I am love. I am open. I forgive, and I release. Now bringing your attention to the throat chakra, a beautiful dark blue, the center of truth, the mantra I speak, 

[00:12:10] Focusing on your throat, imagine a clear blue light. This is your voice. This is your truth. This is your vibration to express, to speak, to listen, to communicate with your attention on your throat. Say softly to yourself. I express myself really. I speak with compassion and clarity and feel how aligned words ripple through your whole system.

[00:12:49] Now, rising up to the third eye, right between your brow, your ash chakra. Visualize a deep indigo light that radiates right in the center, the center of your third eye,

[00:13:09] and say silently in your mind's eye, I trust my intuition. I see clearly. I honor my wisdom. I trust my gut.

[00:13:31] The beautiful inhale, send that loving energy up, up from your tailbone right to your third eye

[00:13:44] in a soft exhale letting go free of judgment, free of criticism. Just be,

[00:13:57] and we finish this also by aligning and tapping into our seventh chakra, the crown of our head, a beautiful violet light, the mantra I am. bringing your attention now to the top of your head. Perhaps you're starting to feel a tingling sensation and visualize that beautiful violet light. It's connecting you to source, to universe, to consciousness itself, your higher self, your divine self.

[00:14:38] Say softly to yourself. I am connected. I am light. I know I am

[00:14:52] now. Feel all seven chakras aligning like a rainbow staircase, grounding you, energizing you, and elevating you. You are not the woman you were. You are becoming who you are always meant to be. Visionary, wild and wise. So take a final breath in for yourself and hold at the top, and then a loving, exhale, and gratitude for self resource for your connection, for your beautiful alignment.

[00:15:33] And then preparing yourself now for movement, you can gently begin to wiggle your fingers and your toes. Maybe you nod your head side to side. Allow that energy to stir, to flow, taking any movements in your body physically to honor your energetic body. And when you're ready, you can gently open your eyes.

[00:15:59] Thank you for joining me for this meditation. And in closing, I just wanna pass on to each and every one of you with great love, that you are not losing your fire sister. you're refining it, you're stoking those flames. Menopause is the alchemy of self. And when we align from root to crown, we remember our purpose.

[00:16:17] We remember ourselves, we come home to ourselves. Remember our voice, our vision, and we begin to see, truly see what's next and to express accordingly. if this episode sparks something in you, please, please share it with a sister, with a friend, with a colleague.

[00:16:38] Anybody who you feel in your heart is ready to rise. Trust your gut. If a name comes to mind, that's your intuition beginning to open. until next time, my lovely, stay wild, stay wise, and trust the power within you.