When I signed up for the class, I wanted more than an understanding of how the energy worked.

I wanted to be free from the chains of low self-esteem and inner suffering.

I wasn’t sure what to expect. I only knew I couldn’t heal on my own.

After nearly twenty years of traditional therapy, I was hopeful the energies would release me from the burdens that still held me back.

Or at least point me in the right direction.

While I was thrilled to be taking part, my self-esteem was in the gutter, and the weight of my mother’s death still hung heavy in my heart.

It had been less than a year since she had died.

We had been talking again the year before, and I was beginning to think there might be a chance to improve our relationship. I had hoped that if I could free myself, maybe I could somehow free her too.

I recognized that her inability to heal stemmed from her profound suffering due to the traumatic experience of child sexual abuse.

She chose to self-medicate with alcohol rather than getting help to deal with it.

I didn’t want to end up like her: dying of cancer from a lifetime of unhealed emotional misery.

Growing up with her intense anger and resentment towards me had taken a mighty toll on my self-worth.

I managed to get through life, but not without my codependence and insecurities flashing like neon signs everywhere I went.

We began the healing exchange part of the class, and it was my turn.

My heart raced as I closed my eyes.

I feared not perceiving anything, just as I had in the first part of the class, when I had perceived only two songs playing repeatedly in my head.

During that part of the class, they (the higher beings) had chosen music to get my attention.

It took me some time to realize that they had intentionally chosen those songs to show me that they weren't figments of my imagination.

Would I perceive the higher beings now? Or would I get more songs running through my head?

I knew others in the class had higher perceptual skills than I did, and I feared they would see the wretch I always thought I was.

As the energy started to flow, I became aware of a being of light moving toward me, gently yet with purpose.

Its outstretched arm, draped in a light-blue silver robe, moved toward me.

It held three yellow crystals in its long-fingered hand.

To my amazement, it placed the three crystals into my solar plexus chakra, in the stomach area, right under the ribcage.

Then it was gone. The vision vanished as quickly as it had appeared.

I knew the solar plexus chakra was our power center and that it regulates how we project ourselves into the world.

I didn’t realize it would be my starting place for healing.

I had no idea how damaged it was, but it must have been in pretty rough shape.

Having lived my childhood under the abuse of an alcoholic mother, it made perfect sense that my power center would be in terrible condition.

I couldn't heal sooner because I hadn’t understood how to work with my energy system. Now, I had a starting point.

I knew about the seven chakra system and had worked with it in informal meditation groups, but I never really understood how to work with it for healing.

Until now.

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Working with our chakras helps to clear out the muck on an energetic level, which in turn helps us to feel better and live our best life.

Our chakras interact energetically with the life force energies of the Earth and the Cosmos. This life force energy, Chi or Prana, flows through us all the time and helps “…keep us energized and healthy."

Each of the seven main chakras corresponds to a specific function.



Our energy system becomes unbalanced when we have unhealed trauma, and "prolonged damage can lead to illness in the corresponding organs of the affected chakra."

But what about the crystals? How do they fit in?

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I learned that the yellow citrine crystals promote self-confidence and help overcome adversity.

The higher beings knew the energy of the yellow citrine would help me gain a sense of personal strength and will that had been sorely lacking in my life. They knew the crystals would help to restore those aspects to my energy field.

Crystals are physicalized energy with unique healing properties. They can help us heal on the energetic, subtle levels.

We could achieve so much more if we knew how to manage our energetic systems effectively.

In our society, we tend to view problems as stemming from mental health issues or random physical diseases when, in reality, our unhealed emotional issues are the root cause of so much distress.

The disease starts in the non-physical, subtle realms of our energy system and eventually manifests as an illness if we do not deal with our pain.

As is often the case, I believe there was a purpose to my suffering.

It became the driving force behind my desire to seek alternative ways to heal and the impetus I needed to find my spiritual path.

My first energy healing class taught me that we can work with our chakras and that crystals can help us.

There are subtle aspects of ourselves that we can work with to promote healing in the deeper layers of our physical, emotional, and mental being.

It also taught me that we can call upon spiritual beings for help and that they can show us the way if we let them.

If we ask, they will answer.

Higher beings and crystals can help, but we must do the work.

If we want to heal and grow, we must actively seek guidance and take action.

Though I do believe in miracles, most of the time they don't happen automatically. Sometimes it takes our own will and effort to facilitate them.

While the healing technique of the higher beings wasn’t an instant cure, it opened the door to the path of healing for me.

And this is why it mattered: it showed me a method to work with to heal myself.

How fabulous is that?

They could easily have healed and sent me on my way, but how would I get myself out of the next jam if I wasn’t shown the tools and how to use them myself? We must take personal responsibility for our own troubles.

I had a lot of work to do, but now I had the help of the citrine crystals and the knowledge of how to work with my chakras for healing. (Don’t worry; I will go deeper into working with the chakras in a future article.)

Gratitude filled my heart as I began a daily meditation practice to strengthen my solar plexus and all of my chakras.

The road was long, but now I had the tools, knowledge, and support I needed to overcome the damage and a pathway to become whole.

I am so glad I listened to my inner voice, which told me I had to sign up for the class immediately when I saw it advertised.

Imagine: Had I not listened, ignored the class, and stayed with my misery, where would I be now?

Our inner voice is a powerful navigation tool that we too often dismiss.

Higher beings have many ways of communicating with us to get our attention, and one of them is our quiet inner voice.

It could also be the feeling of excitement we experience when we are shown opportunities that nudge us toward greater health and well-being, like the feeling I had when I saw the ad for the class.

Or it could simply be a song playing in your head, with an underlying message that we aren't alone.

Have you had signs that your guides are trying to get your attention?



I’m betting you have!