Assessing the Chakra System

Intuitively Scanning the Primary Chakras

By Phylameana lila Desy, About.com Guide
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I have received many emails over the past several years while
serving as About.com Holistic Healing Guide from users asking
me how I know that the various chakras are associated with
specific colors.
My answer: I don't know for certain. However, I trust and
value healers who have intuitively seen these colors and have
reported them as such.
Chakra Color Associations

Root Chakra - Red

Sacral Chakra - Orange
Solar Plexus Chakra - Yellow
Heart Chakra - Green, Pink
Throat Chakra - Blue
Brow Chakra - Indigo
Crown Chakra - Violet, White

I attended healing classes for a year instructed by Tom

Carbone, a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of
Healing. During that study course I learned some basic
techniques in energy work that included aligning the chakra
system. It was then that I was taught the color chart for the
seven primary chakras.
Because I am a visual sensitive it is often assumed that I see
auras and chakra colors on a daily basis. But actually, I rarely
see a person's aura and mostly experience seeing chakras
through visualizing symbols rather than color.
In working with different healers it is important for a client to
understand that all healers are not equal. Different
approaches are used by healers because each healer is a
combination of their own talents and their accumulated tools
obtained through training and experiences of working with
others.
In my healing practice I utilize a couple of different ways to
assess a person's chakra system.
From my tool box: I will physically measure the openings
and movements of the individual chakras using a wooden
pendulum as my tool.
From my talent: I will energetically scan the chakra system
by intuitively scanning the person by using my visual
sensitive talents. During the scanning process I will intently
focus on the chakras separately while being receptive of any
information that comes.
I will do an energetic chakra scan on a person in my home
office or as a consult over the telephone. If I am with the
person I will have him/her sit in a chair facing me. I will give

them basic instruction to relax and breathe comfortably

during the process. I begin scanning by focusing on their
seventh chakra first and will continue moving down the body
to the 6th, 5th, and so on until I finish at the 1st base chakra.
This process is very brief and normally takes only 10-15
minutes.
Although I take time to assess all seven primary chakras the
total scan will normally reveal no more than 3 chakras that
need my attention. A person may be imbalanced in more
areas but too much information too soon would not benefit the
healer or the client. It is important to understand that healing
work is done in layers. Working with chakras is not about
getting a one time evaluation and applying a quick fix. After a
chakra scan I will discuss my discoveries with the client and
together we outline a treatment plan for aligning/balancing
problem areas.
Below are my notes from a chakra scanning session I did on a
client that indicated imbalances in his 5th, 4th, and 1st
chakras.
Chakra Scan: Symbols Received / Healer Assessment
Fifth Chakra / Throat
Symbol: Circular Saw Blade spinning about the person's
collar.
Assessment: Imbalance from experiencing verbal abuse
(cutting words).
Fourth Chakra / Heart
Symbols: Boxing Glove / Tarzan beating his chest / Heart

wrapped in Barbed Wire

Assessment: This person is a fighter. He (Tarzan) has learned
to fend for himself in the jungle (life). He has experienced
heartache in the past and although he outwardly appears to
be strong and virile he has chosen to protect his heart center
from others. His choice of using barbed wire as fencing for his
protection shows inner conflict (piercing & scarring) and
guarded emotions (heart casing).
First Chakra / Base
Symbols: Half empty ketchup bottle turned upside down that
is stopped up in the neck of the bottle.
Assessment: First chakra blockage/bleeding. Client
disengaged from his lower extremities. Needs help grounding.
Alert to Chakra Shutdown
Introducing the Chakra Polarity Process
Many people today are experiencing effects of higher energy
vibrations within their auras, or personal energy fields.
Resulting from an overall increase in cosmic energy rays
reaching our atmosphere, this "extra" energy affects people in
the following ways:

"hyper" nervous system - feeling "jazzed;

mentally in "high gear" (but without positive effects
usually associated with this - creativity, etc.), resulting in an
overall mental "tenseness"
fogginess in thinking, losing thoughts, words
communication difficulties
feelings of tingling, skin "crawling"
feeling ungrounded, light-headed
not "in touch" with lower body

leg or foot cramps

heaviness on left side or head
neck and shoulder stiffness or pain, and extreme
tiredness
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, or if you are
aware of the changes currently going on in the universe (we
are completing a 2,000 year universal cycle as well as an
even longer cycle, causing our planet to align with extrauniversal energies never before exposed to us), you are
possibly also experiencing a "shutdown" of the normal
functioning of your first and second chakras.
Temporary Chakra Shut-Down
This is an uncomfortable and chaotic experience for most
people, but it is temporary! Please understand that this is a
positive experience, and will result in tremendous personal
and group growth; however the transition may be a bit rocky.
From my personal experience and my experience working
with clients over the past three years, I've calculated the
"average" transition time for this process to be about six
months - if the client is receiving help from a healer and/or
doing his/her own work to facilitate the transition - and about
1-2 years if nothing is done.
The energy changes started a few years ago and have
progressively grown stronger, culminating in what I believe to
be the last big "dispensation" of energy within the last few
months. The previous six months have seen tremendous
increases in energy vibrations, one on top of the other,
resulting in a lot of symptomatology.

Preface to the Chakra Polarity Process

I have been receiving information from my Master guides
about these changes and how to help people through the
transition for several years now. My experience shows the
information I'm receiving to be "true" as far as one can know
these things (mostly from the results I receive by following
the healing advice). I have been able to keep the symptoms
down to a minimum for myself and my clients, and have been
able to "realign" people to the higher vibrations, following
instructions given by the Masters I work with, as well as
through Reiki guides and my personal healing guide. I am
sharing these instructions and my own clinical findings in this
article, so that you may share this information with a healer
in your area who may help you; and/or you can use the
exercises that follow to help yourself. I have been urged to
pass on this information and the article you are now reading
is one step in that direction. I urge all of you who find this
information helpful to distribute if freely to others via Internet
and other methods. (There is additional information on how
to do this at the end of the article.)

Announcing a New Chakra Polarity Process

Up until the last six months or so, the energy increases were
slower and further apart and were more easily dealt with. In
the last six months they have been intense, fast, and
frequent. Not only were the original symptoms being
demonstrated, but a host of new symptoms emerged which at
first baffled and disturbed me. As client after client came forth
with the same strange new patterns in their chakra readings,

I asked for clarification and assistance in deciphering the

meaning of this new occurrence and, of course, for help in
knowing what to do to help my clients.
The result of that request was a channeled message and
instructions on a new chakra alignment and polarity process.
It seems that the energies have grown so strong that our 1st
chakras, which normally have a polarity (like opposite poles of
a battery) with our 7th chakras, can no longer adjust to the
increased vibrations (their wave patterns are too distant to
"entrain" with one another). The result is that the energies
that normally feed our 1st - and often 2nd - chakras is being
"pulled up" to the 7th chakra area (again, this is because the
1st and 7th have a polarity balance, like the opposite poles of
a battery, and therefore their energy vibrations are
compatible). This "siphoning off " of the 1st, and often 2nd,
chakra energies results in a "packing up" around the energy
field of the 7th and 6th chakras, and may extend to the 5th
chakra and others on down the line, when the person does
not find some way to release these "stacked up" energies.
Synchronized Vibrations
It is important to remember here that these are EXTRA
(higher vibrational) energies and although they invariably will
affect the person's personal chakra energies if left untreated,
they manifest at first on the outer layers of the aura, and
must be removed before a true reading of the personal chakra
field can be obtained. These extra energies are "magnetized"
to the head chakra areas because there they find the closest
vibrational frequencies to their own, and they are able to
entrain (or synchronize vibrationally) there. Once the head
chakras are "added to" by these higher energies, the normal

balance of polarity between the 1st and 7th chakras is thrown

off and the 7th chakra begins to "magnetize" the energies of
its opposite pole (1st chakra) to it.
In my crystal readings of people's auras prior to healing, I
usually get a vertical swing indicating a "pulling up" of the
energies in the chakra fields affected. This vertical reading is
showing a registering of the outer (affected) layers of the
aura. Once the excess energies have been removed, there
might be additional, different readings reflecting the true
functioning of the personal chakra areas which were masked
by the outer layer of higher vibrations.
Alert to Chakra Shutdown - Part 2
Possible Shutdown of 1st and 2nd Chakra Systems
People everywhere are experiencing a temporary "shutdown"
of their first and second chakra energy systems because of
the decrease in life force energy flowing through these areas.
Symptoms include leg and foot cramps, feelings of heaviness
in the lower body, feeling disconnected to the lower body and
problems in the lower abdominal area. Chakra readings will
indicate a siphoning off of the energy here, or a sense of
"deadness" or "emptiness" in the energy field. If this condition
continues without being reversed, it may lead to immunodeficiency related illnesses and a permanent shutdown of the
1st and 2nd chakras.
For most people who are on a spiritual path, there is no real
danger of lasting effects, although the symptom stage may be
long and uncomfortable if the condition is left untreated.
Eventually the person's vibrational field will adjust to the new
"blueprint" and the chakras will continue to work. However

there will be some changes, I am told, (and my experience

bears this out 100% with dozens of clients). It seems that the
energies have become so elevated (and, again I remind you
that I do believe they have peaked out) that the normal
vibrations of the 1st and 2nd chakras are not compatible any
longer with the 7th chakra.
Bridging the Gap Between the 7th Chakra and the Lower
Chakras
Our 7th chakra energies have simply become too high for the
1st and 2nd chakras to be able to "bridge the gap" and
entrain together with one another as usual. So now the 1st
and 2nd chakra are polarizing with the 5th (and sometimes
for more spiritually evolved clients the 5th and 6th) chakra(s).
What this means is that there is a new "blueprint" for our
energy alignment and this new blueprint needs time to
become implemented. However, there are ways in which a
healer can help speed up the realignment process. There are
also exercises which individual can do to help. These are listed
below. I urge you to use these if you are experiencing any of
the symptoms described and feel that they are due to the
increased energies and not some other (medical) condition.
As always, you should see your doctor if you are uncertain.
Scraping Off Excess Energy
Healers can help clients by first "scraping off" the excess
energy surrounding the outer field. I find that most of the
excess energy is drawn to the left side of the head and
between there and that shoulder (the left brain is more active
in most people and "magnetizes more energy). Clients may
experience neck stiffness and back pain if the energies have

solidified there. Usually I "scrape" and "pull" the energies all

the way down to the floor and out of the field. Then I "pull
down" the energies all around the upper body (the clients'
field feels like a dress that has been blown up over her
head!). Once the excess has been discarded, there are often
some personal chakra misalignments to be dealt with in the
usual ways.
Synchronizing Left and Right Brain Energies
Many clients' left and right brain energies need to be resynchronized, and I do this by magnetizing the energies on
the inside and on the outside of the head from left to right as
needed. Often the throat chakras have been thrown out of
alignment and stagnant energy is lining the chakra vortex. I
use a "withdrawing of energy" movement and magnetization
to remove and discard this. Usually at this point, once the
energies are realigned down to the throat area, the throat
chakra will begin to want to connect its energy with the 1st
and 2nd chakras. This usually manifests as a "circling"
movement, with the energy of the throat (and sometimes
third eye as well) creating a "band" of energy as I circle
between the 5th/6th chakras and the 1st and 2nd, using both
a forward and a backward motion.
If there are other personal chakras that need attention, I deal
with these as the excess energy is removed. However, I have
found that since the last strong increases in vibrations, most
people's personal chakras are (amazingly) not as out of
alignment as one might think, except for the ones being repatterned. (It appears that the spiritual realm is monitoring
the process and alleviating any hardships that they can in
other ways. For instance, I've noticed that even though the

realignment process is difficult, the flip side is that most

clients seem to also have been given a "grace" factor in
dealing with their other issues. A lot of the emotional trauma
that we had traditionally been needing to deal with via more
traditional psychological therapeutic processes has recently
been able to be "discarded" energetically more often than was
ever possible before.)
Alert to Chakra Shutdown - Page 3
Grounding Lower Chakras
After the throat area circling, there is often another circling
movement manifested as the client's energies indicate that
they now want to "ground" to the earth as well. This usually
involves circling between the 1st and 2nd chakras and the
ground (floor). In addition, there is a need to "re-wire" the
lines of force between the 1st and 2nd chakras and the
ground. (It feels like the "circuits" have been cut.) This is
done by using a very quick up and down movement alongside
(but not touching) each leg, one at a time. (I sometimes think
it looks somewhat akin to milking a cow but with the palms
out flat!) This can take quite a while and does often have to
be repeated over several sessions before it stabilizes in the
new pattern.
Another part of this "re-wiring" is a "flushing" of the legs and
1st and 2nd chakra areas. Once the flow is moving, there will
often be a "draining" of old stagnant energy from the 1st and
2nd chakras, This can manifest as a pouring out of old energy
through the legs, and also as an "unwinding" or "backwards
spiraling" of energy from inside the chakra tube itself. (This
movement can also take place from the throat down). I
magnetize with my hands and use the "spiral" movement

while visualizing the releasing flow. Sometimes a purple color

is manifested with this visualization. Also, I often see
blue/green and a sea foam yellow/green color as well as the
new higher vibrations overtake the process and begin to flow
in. (These are the colors of the higher vibrations.)
Energizing Chakras with Reiki
Finally, it is important to "pump through" the tops of the
client's feet and into the ground, to remove any excess
energy that might have pooled there. At this point, I often use
Reiki to re-energize the 1st and 2nd chakras, since they have
been devoid of their normal energies for some time and are
often depleted. I also sometimes place Reiki into the ankles,
knees (a big stagnation point) and as far up as the hip joints but no further as this might re-establish an imbalance
between the upper and lower chakras once again.
(Remember the client has been "top-heavy" for some time).
This process will probably need to be repeated several times
before the new pattern "sets." However, each time there is
less stagnation and more of the new energy anchored. I
suggest treatments of not further than two weeks apart until
the client can establish a "holding pattern" on his or her own.
The following exercises, which clients can do on their own, will
help to anchor and hold the new the pattern.

Visualization Exercises
To facilitate the re-patterning process - with or without the
help of healer - you can use the following exercises:

1.

Imagine a "slough off" of excess energies. You can

visualize this as a lava flow, flowing down the body
anywhere excess energy is piled up on you (often the left
side of the head, neck, and shoulders). Alternately, you
might imagine that you are a giant ice cream cone covered
with hardened chocolate coating. Imagine that the coating
is melting away and flowing down your body and into the
floor. (It is thicker anywhere the excess energies are
thicker.)
2.
Imagine "pumping" out old stagnant energy from your
1st and 2nd chakras through your feet as often as possible.
Just visualize this at any time during the day when you think
of it. Really try to sense the "flushing action" and eventually
you will actually feel a pumping sensation in the soles of
your feet.
3.
Imagine a circle of energy moving between your throat
and your 1st chakra. Circle forward and back several times.
(A good time to do this is just before you fall asleep at
night.) Also imagine a circle of energy moving between your
1st chakra and the earth, again going forward and
backwards several times each.
4.
Once you are sensing that you are flowing more freely,
imagine a flow of energy up the middle of your body, out
into the universe, and down the middle of your body into
the ground again. Be sure to push the energy down into the
ground about six feet to really "anchor" your energies. Do
this only when you can feel that your energies are flowing
freely.
With these exercises, especially if you get assistance from a
qualified healer, you should be able to re-pattern your new
higher (and more potent and positive) energies within a few

weeks to a few months. Remember, even though this may be

an uncomfortable period, it will yield tremendous positive
results.
Alert to Chakra Shutdown - Page 4
Final Remarks from Rita Milios
Additional information about the "new energies," what this
process means for us and our planet as well as how to help
yourself and others can be found in "Planetary Initiation", by
Rita Milios (that's me), available at your bookstore through
New Leaf Distributors
Forthcoming & Ways to Help
If anyone is interested in bringing me to their location and
helping to set up a workshop or training about the information
in this article, (or any number of other topics), please contact
me via the publisher or through my email address above. I
hope that this information will prove to be as useful to you as
it has been to me and my clients. Please distribute it freely
via your internet connections and also pass on to any
bookstores or other sources that you think might find it
helpful. (For these I have better formatted copies, which I will
send you to photocopy freely if you want. Just send me $1 for
the initial copying and postage along with your address and a
note about what you are requesting and I will mail it out to
you - probably along with some other information I may have
on hand that I think you may find useful, too!)
Thank you for the opportunity to serve you. May your lives be
blessed with Light and Love......

Rita Milios
About this Contributor: Rita Milios, internationally
published New Age author, Reiki Master and workshop leader,
is dedicated to helping people understand and deal positively
with the changes they may be experiencing due to an
increase in the earth's cosmic vibration, and which may have
resulted in an increase in the frequencies of their personal
energy fields (auras) and produced a fundamental change in
the way in which their chakra systems work.
[email protected]
Postscript from Rita
ThankyouemailsenttoPhylameanalilaDesy,
About.comGuidetoHolistichealingApril2004
It has occurred to me after a long, long delay that I should
thank you for posting my Chakra Alert article on your Holistic
Healing forum (Web site).
Over the years, I have gotten an amazing number of positive
responses to that post... It only recently became clear to me
that most people who are currently responding to it are
seeing it at your site.
It pleases me that the article's visibility has allowed me to
provide many people with additional information, and
hopefully assistance. The article has also brought me some
personal good fortune as well. Most recently, a reader and
fellow speaker responded to the piece and invited me to
deliver a workshop in her state, with her acting as coordinator
to facilitate the process. Thanks for making that contact
possible!

best wishes...
Rita