Session 9: Plugging in to the earth current

The next two sessions illustrate other forms of root chakra activation. In this session, 'Denise,' a woman in her mid-forties, was distressed about her inability to say "no" to people. She recounted an incident with her sister in which Denise was talked into something she didn't want to do and then resented it. She complied with her sister's agenda, feeling like a victim, and then paid her sister back by refusing to speak with her on their way home. Denise could not even imagine there might have been a healthier way to establish her boundary. Her target for this session was what she called her 'disease to please.' We worked with an EMDR tape. The sound played an important role in allowing Denise to enter the healing state. Without it, she functioned like a totally different person, caught in mental meandering and ego defenses.

      In targeting this issue, Denise felt the energy in her solar plexus. This chakra is an important one in healing victim consciousness and addiction to approval. Denise sensed an obstruction like a white ball in her third chakra that blocked the flow of energy. She began seeing her own part in the pattern of giving away her power and blaming the other person. She said, "I see how I've allowed others to set the parameters. I see how I change the image I present to fit in with others' expectations. It's about having the right to exist."
      When Denise had owned her part in creating the 'victim' experience, I asked if she felt ready to clear the energetic blockage. She said she was—and aligned her intention with this goal. As she focused her intention, the block seemed to dissolve. A kind of rawness remained where the ball had been. I suggested that she allow the healing energy to come into this area. Suddenly she felt the chakras in her feet opening and the energy poured up from the ground through her feet. It moved right through her solar plexus, with no obstruction, soothing the rawness there, and continued up the spine. This was the first time she had experienced the Earth Current in a strong, tangible way, even though she had been a Tai Chi practitioner. She was a little overwhelmed at first and asked if this meant there was something wrong with her. When I normalized the experience, she was able to relax into it, basking in the energy for several minutes with a big smile on her face. We allowed ample time for Denise to silently experience this connection to her own life energy before continuing.
      When her connection was firmly established, I brought Denise back to the issue with her sister. My goal was to 'ground' her new sense of self in this interaction. This time she had no difficulty in imagining speaking authentically with her sister. She pictured them both feeling comfortable with what she communicated. There was no energy of victimization or opposition. Her "no" was about her own needs and didn't dismiss or attack her sister. We ended the session talking about the meaning of the root chakra, and its importance for her. I pointed out that the first chakra has to do with the choice to live, the right to exist and be herself, and that it provides the support for her expression in the world. We also discussed the importance of having been able to see her own part in the issue with her sister.

In this session, a solar plexus block was the client's first energetic awareness. As in other sessions, reclaiming power through self-responsibility was a key to healing this center. The other factor that clearly played a role here was Denise's connection to the flow of energy from the Earth. Once again, root chakra activation supports healthy expression of self-assertion through the solar plexus.