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Struggling to access your creativity? Feeling disconnected from your inner voice? This chakra meditation offers a beautiful journey back to yourself through energy alignment and guided visualization.

We begin by settling into a comfortable position, allowing the breath to naturally deepen as we prepare to travel through each energy center. Starting at the root chakra, we visualize a strong red light grounding us to earth, establishing safety and belonging. This foundation serves as the bedrock for all creative work. Moving upward, we activate the sacral chakra's orange glow, the seat of creative flow and emotional expression, affirming our natural ability to create without resistance.

The journey continues through the golden yellow solar plexus, center of confidence and personal power, where we reclaim trust in ourselves and our creative decisions. We then open the heart's compassionate green light, the throat's expressive blue energy, and the third eye's intuitive indigo wisdom. Each chakra, when aligned, removes another barrier between you and your innate creative potential.

The meditation culminates in a powerful visualization of a light-filled doorway leading to your personal creative sanctuaryβ€”a space within that holds all your inspiration, wisdom, and artistic expression. Here, you can commune with your creative essence, ask questions, and receive guidance directly from your higher self. This sacred inner room remains accessible long after the meditation ends, a permanent resource you can return to whenever creative blocks arise.

Remember that your creativity never leaves youβ€”it's always there, waiting for you to create space and alignment to access it. This 20-minute practice offers not just temporary relief but a sustainable pathway to your creative source. Return to it whenever you need to realign, reconnect, and rediscover the vast wellspring of imagination that lives within you.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey there, this is a chakra meditation for creativity
and alignment, welcome.
Let's begin by finding acomfortable seated or lying down
position, allowing your spineto lengthen, your shoulders to

(00:29):
soften, your eyes to gentlyclose, let your breath arrive
slowly and naturally, inhalingthrough your nose and exhaling

(00:58):
softly through the mouth.
This is your time, a moment toreturn to yourself, to realign,

(01:18):
replenish and reconnect with thewisdom that already lives
inside of you.
Take one more deep breath inand let it go with a sigh.
Let's begin with the rootchakra.

(01:43):
Bring your attention to thebase of your spine and, as you
continue to breathe, nice andeasy, I want you to visualize a
deep red light glowing there atthe base of your spine your root

(02:09):
chakra, strong, steadygrounding.
Feel your connection to theearth beneath you and imagine

(02:32):
roots growing from your bodyinto the ground.
Take a deep breath in feelingthis strength and connectedness
to your root chakra, breathingout the color red as you

(02:52):
silently affirm I am grounded, Iam safe, I belong.
Take a moment to embody thisfeeling and then, when you're

(03:18):
ready, we're going to draw ourawareness around the sacral
chakra.
This is the area just belowyour navel.
I want you to focus there asyou sense a warm orange light
radiating from the space.

(03:38):
This is the center of yourcreativity, pleasure and
emotional flow.
Gentle waves of orange waterhere, silently affirm I flow

(04:28):
with ease, my creativity is.
We're going to move now towardthe solar plexus chakra, which

(04:56):
is the area just around your,your center of personal power.
A golden yellow shines brightlyhere, like a yellow sun.

(05:18):
It's warm and pulsing withenergy.
Breathe into your strength andsense your potential Breathing
in this beautiful yellow lightwhile you silently affirm I am

(05:46):
confident, I trust myself.
Embody this feeling.
Breathe it in, staying withyour focus on your solar plexus

(06:14):
chakra.
Just a few more breaths Inthrough the nose and out through
the mouth when you're ready.

(06:38):
We're going to shift ourattention to your heart center,
your beautiful heart chakra, andI want you to visualize a green
light expanding outward witheach breath.
This is the home of compassion,this is the home of love and of

(07:07):
connection.
As you breathe in thisbeautiful green energy, feel
your heart open also to yourself, with tenderness and without

(07:27):
judgment, silently affirming Iam love, I give and I receive

(07:53):
with ease.
Drawing our awareness now to ourthroat chakra.
See a blue light spinning andswirling here, clear and truth.

(08:20):
Breathe in to your ability tospeak clearly and listen deeply.

(08:49):
Beautiful blue light of thethroat chakra, silently
affirming I express myself withclarity and authenticity.

(09:16):
Moving now, gently, to thethird eye chakra, draw your
focus on the space between youreyebrows, your focus on the rise

(09:59):
to the surface.
You don't need to force it,just open yourself, just listen.
Beautiful indigo purple light,silently affirming Absolutely

(10:26):
knowing.
I trust my inner guidance.
My intuition is wise and true.
Finally, bring your awarenessand attention to the ground of

(10:56):
your head and imagine a glowingwhite light spiraling upward,
connecting you deeply tosomething greater your highest
self, your inner goddess, yoursource energy or divine wisdom.

(11:59):
Feel yourself open to insight,clarity and expansion, silently
affirming I am connected, I amlight, I am.
Take a deep breath in here, withyour chakras open and aligned,

(12:27):
exhaling with ease andspaciousness, and I want you to
visualize yourself standing in awide, open landscape, a field

(12:52):
of snow, wherever yourimagination takes you.
Ahead of you is a glowing doormade of light, and as you walk

(13:13):
toward it.
And as you walk toward it,notice how it pulses with
possibility.
This door leads you to yourinner creative space.

(13:37):
Take a few deep breaths here,focusing on this door emanating
light, and, when you're ready,step through, you find yourself

(14:02):
in a room that only you know, aspace filled creative essence.
Maybe there are colors, images,shapes, objects.

(14:27):
Maybe there's music or peoplewho inspire you no-transcript.

(14:51):
Maybe you see a version of youfree, powerful, expressive,
unapologetic and whole.
If you feel inclined, you canask this inner self a question,

(15:32):
if you wish, or simply listen.
Spend some time here, musing,being curious, listening and
really tapping in to youressence, to your creative

(15:52):
essence.
Allow any wisdom or image orsound or feeling or taste.

(16:21):
Allow any of these to arisenaturally, knowing that whatever
comes is exactly what issupposed to come.
When you're ready, allowyourself to start to come back

(16:54):
to the room that you're in nowas you listen to this meditation
, knowing that you don't have toleave this beautiful room that
you visualized and that you canrevisit it anytime because it's

(17:19):
inside of you.
Start to bring your awarenessback to your body.
Maybe wiggle your fingers andtoes, gently, rocking your head

(17:44):
from side to side, whateverfeels right.
Place your hands over yourheart and take a deep breath, in
and out, knowing the truth thatyou can return to this space

(18:21):
anytime.
You will never lose yourcreativity.
It is always with you.
We've just re-centeredourselves to feel more connected

(18:44):
, more balanced to this sacredplace in our soul.
Your wisdom is vast and it isnever far, my friend.
We are so connected to the manylives that came before us and

(19:23):
the many that will come after,and we are exactly where we're
supposed to be.
I'm going to count backwardsfrom five, four, three, two and

(19:59):
one.
When you're ready, go ahead andopen your eyes.
This has been 20 minutes.
Namaste, my friend.
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