Root chakra foods; heal, recharge and balance this chakra with red fruits and root vegetables: red potatoes, beetroot, berries, watermelon, red apples, and red beans (aduki, kidney beans).
Look after your root chakra, the sources from which creativity springs. It’s the solid ground from which all chakras flow.
Chakras are energy centres in the body. There are seven main chakras. When our chakras are well balanced, energy moves freely throughout the body creating happiness, health, and peace.
When our chakras are blocked or out of balance, it leaves us feeling uninspired. Many experts believe that chakra blockages are the root cause of a number of physical, mental, and emotional ailments.
Meditation is a great way to bring our chakras back into balance.
Hey friends, August has come and gone and the Summer is almost over. We are now well into the second half of the year 2019. As a teacher I always followed the educational year and so I see September as my second chance in the year to make a new start. This year I have made so many connections and I thought this month was a perfect time to reintroduce myself!
I am Zindika, founder of Meditate and Grow. This month I am reviving my blog, sprucing up my facebook page and adding a newsletter to my website. Reason being I want you all to know a bit more about me and the services I have on offer.
I am an author, spiritual teacher and writing success coach. I work with people who have hidden potential that the world, friends and family have yet to see. Why? Because FEAR has kept them stuck and hidden. I enable them to identify their fears and find the solutions to managing those fear, thereby allowing their true potential to shine through.
I do this because I believe that everyone has a purpose or a calling in life and my purpose is to enable people to awaken their potential. It doesn’t matter if you are old or young, rich or poor, well or unwell – we all have that super-something that we can give to those around you and the world.
I will help you, to help yourself.
It’s time to stop procrastinating, fight those fears and make it happen.
Are you someone who was never inspired at school and so your dreams took a dive? Did you sacrifice those dreams for others? Was all the inner chatter and self-doubt too much to overcome? Now, you are sitting there and thinking, it’s too late and time has passed you by.
I am here to reassure you that if you are someone who is struggling with procrastination, fear and doubt, I am ready to have a conversation with you. BUT are you ready to have a conversation with me? If you are,
Click on the link below, listen to my FREE meditation video, and let’s make it happen.
Ancestral August
August is the month to venerate the ancestors and call their names in many different tongues.
Think of your ancestors and what challenges they may have faced in the making of you, what journeys they undertook for you to be in the here and now. How did they triumph? Their journey started with an idea, a dream, and a small step that has taken them to where you are now. It’s up to you now to move on and take the next step.
Sometimes the ancestors come back to us in so many ways. We may have a young baby and we think this baby or child looks like or reminds us of an ancestor in their mannerisms. Sometimes the lineage becomes a circle and comes back to us. An ancestor may return because they left the earth incomplete and need to return to finish something. They may return because they have something to tell you that will give you direction and make live more livable. They may return because wherever they are, they have learnt something new and want to guide you and present generation with that knowledge. Whatever the reasons, rest assured that their energy and spirit are still with us.
Think about a personal ancestor of yours and consider what traumas, changes they went through. How did they cope mentally and physically? Is there anything they did that you can do better, any traits you carry from them that may help you to embrace change and the times we are living in now.
Now, take a minute or two out of your day to reflect and honour your ancestors. Relax, breathe, and sit in deep reverence of their lives and their struggles so you can be here. Whatever personal challenges you have, draw strength from them. If today is not convenient, choose your own day and time when you can show appreciation. Celebrate them with friends, family, or quietly.
Remember today is not a day to get angry. It is a day to commemorate what we have lost and to celebrate what we have won.
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‘Silence brings the wisdom of the ancestor.’ (Proverb)
© Meditate and Grow, Zindika 2019
How are you managing this March? Are you managing to be fearless? However, as you think about how you manage your fears, also think about how you manage your strength.
This month is dedicated to the feminine energy rising to the top, and as we do so let us consider how we manage this.
I noticed a lot of the reigns of power being handed over to women in a move towards equality – but when these women take over, it is business as usual. This is not my idea of equality – just replacing powerful men with powerful women. In his song, ‘It’s a Man’s World’, James Brown sang ‘… man made the cars… man made the trains…man made the boats…etc, but who made man? Along with God and the Universe, it was woman who manifested the physical man to earth. He continues: ‘…it would be nothing without a woman or a girl…’ So, women need to be more aware of their powers and rather than business, as usual, let us consider how we use our power. A careful balance between the head and the heart is required. Here are some of the qualities associated with women that could and should bring some healing to the world.
Nurturing: Caring. Gentleness. Tenderness. Sensitivity. You can add to this list, I’m sure.
This March, whether you are male or female consider bringing some of these qualities to your daily dealings with other people. When speaking to someone, think, if what you say will help them to grow, or wither.
Nurturing is a grand word. It is about planting a seed and carefully tendering it in a caring and gentle way so that it grows and blossoms into the best it can be. With the right kind of nurturing that seed should eventually bring joy, hope, love and prosperity to the world – not PAIN.
Nature is the ultimate nurturer – that’s why it is known as mother nature. I know this to be true each time I walk and meditate with nature. When nature is cruel it is usually because of the interference from man.
BUY your child a pet or a plant, and as they nurture it, they will watch it grow and flourish and that way they will be learning to share these qualities with their friends, family and others.
MARCH MEDITATION
Begin by grounding yourself. Grounding means, connecting yourself to the earth, your foundation, and the root for all of the natural forces.
Focus on the breath. Breathe in deeply. Each time you take in a long, slow breath, send it up from the root, through the body, lingering around the heart area for courage, then on up to the head. Hold for a count of three.
Release the breath, and allow it to travel down and around, outside the body – think and focus on one of the qualities of nurturing. Think – caring! That breath is allowing you to build a caring energy field.
Do this three times and each time allow the breath to bring a different energy: sensitivity, tenderness, gentleness etc.
Close this meditation by expanding these qualities out from you to others.
This is a quick meditation to do in times of fear, panic, stress and a general feeling of ‘overwhelm’ with your surroundings. It should help to empower you and bring you back to your true nature.
Happy Women’s Month
©Zindika – Meditate and Grow
You have a thought, you experience this in your body and you react by behaving in a certain way. Fear is a basic emotion and one that we are born with, for example the infant fears loud noises and falling. Very few of us can avoid jumping when we hear a loud noise, even if we might be anticipating the noise. Fear is a basic emotion of survival and an instinct that helped early humans to survive dangerous environments. All other fears come from learnt behaviour and life experiences. However, fear can stop you in your tracks when it becomes our regular response to ordinary everyday life. We exhibit fear through our thoughts, feelings and behaviours that we hold and this is further exacerbated by the physical world and the circumstances in which we find ourselves.
This February is the month to confront your fears and take action to combat those feelings that stop you from moving forward. Be courageous!
Daily routine for zapping fear:
Start to deal with old wounds, old emotions that may be triggering fear. The earlier you start the better.
Do a daily meditation this month focusing on forgiveness. Begin by forgiving yourself for having lived with fear for so long. Forgive yourself for the things you may have missed out on because of fear. While meditating, fear may surface because this is your normal state and it may take a while to subside. However, keep going and let those thoughts go by. Meditate on your good qualities and that should shift you into a more magical mind-set.
Daily affirmations:
I am fearless
I am magical
I no longer live with fear
Fear is not my master
I love and forgive myself…
Create your own set of affirmations relevant to the fear that you want to deal with this month.
BE COURAGEOUS!
January is time to jumpstart your creative dreams and let the flow of universal energy into your life. Meditation is a sure way to boost your energy and vitality. It will give you that lift you need to banish those fears and start your new life.
Somewhere in your life there is a dream project you have been putting off for months and years. Remember the time when you made yourself those big promises about things you were going to do and how there was going to be a new you. January is the month when, many people take the chance to set in motion their dreams. It is a time to renew, replenish, and flourish – start the year as you mean it to go. Make sure you have a plan, because you know the saying if you fail to have a plan, then you are planning to fail. With a plan, comes action. Make your action plan and have it written down and review it regularly.
Whenever I start a new writing project, I have a plan for the book and its content and I also have a plan for how long it will take me and a timescale for when each part of the process will start and finish. If I am off track or cannot hit the targets, I have set myself, then I just check in with my plan and re-evaluate.
Worry and procrastination are big dream stealers. The more you do these two things the less you achieve. How often do you sit worrying about what you can’t do, because you haven’t got enough money, enough time, enough motivation, enough support, perfect spouse, perfect children, whereas if you had just got on with it, those things would come and you would have achieved it by now? Pursuing your dream takes everyday action and commitment, not worry. Don’t succumb to the woulda, coulda, shoulda mentality – just get on with it and become a do, did, done person.
©zindika, meditate and grow (2019)
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Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.
Yoko Ono (celebrity)
As you give, so you receive. December is a month of giving and receiving.
Rohan and Robert are brothers. One Christmas Rohan received the Italian car of his dreams, and Robert got a bicycle. Rohan was overjoyed and filled with gratitude. What about Robert, you may ask, and be thinking that was unfair. But Robert was also filled with gratitude – he received a bicycle because he needed to keep fit and lose some weight. Months later, he entered the Tour de France and won. Winning brought him success and fame, which lead to him starting a multi-million health and fitness bicycle company. That was after Rohan had crashed his Italian dream car one night after having too much fun. He is now working for Robert in his company.
If you practise gratitude by waiting for material fulfilment – then you are no different from the average person. We can all be thankful in the spirit of plenty. But how thankful are we when there is very little, or we get less than we feel we deserve. Is your desire based in gratitude or greed? So, these are thoughts to ponder as we move towards the giving season of goodwill.
Try to approach the things you desire with gratitude even before they materialise because as they say it’s the thought that counts.
In life some people appreciate what they have, some never pay it any mind and others are unhappy with where they are in life and they let you know about it. But instead of waiting for happiness to fall on you, practise being in the moment of happiness, create it yourself. Stop waiting for someone to bestow your life with the basics, such as happiness and joy. Instead of living with the sadness of what you don’t have and what is missing, be grateful for where you are at right now. Life is about progress, so look forward to the next day.
Gratitude Shower
Take 5-10 minutes every morning to shower yourself with gratitude.
Take in a deep breath and a slow breath out. Do this three times and then reflect on what you have to be grateful for in your life.
If the first thing that springs to mind is your family. Then think further – what is it about your family – what are all the things that your family do for you, or what you do for them?
Look in great detail into 24 hours of being with your family. Think positively!
Make a list of the things for a day, then a week and then a month. Watch the list grow and feel the glow in your heart.
Gratitude is the answer to fear. Instead of living in fear of lack we live in hope for something better – which is preferable – fear or hope? When you live in gratitude, you have no time to be fearful.
You should practise gratitude everyday for just being a human being. Remember within you is a life force. This life force is everything and without it you are nothing. Therefore, you have everything to be grateful for.
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‘No matter what the situation is … close your eyes and think of all the things in your life you could be grateful for right now.’
‘Gratitude opens the door to … the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe.’
Deepak Chopra
The best things in life are free – so the saying goes. Creativity is free. A quiet mind, water, air and nature are all free to us and in abundance. Quietness is all around us, but if you live in certain cities you may find it hard to believe – however it is there if you seek it out. Even amid noise and busyness you can find seclusion, a place to allow your mind to be still. Nature has provided us with all things we need to survive instinctively, but when we are busy we tend to starve ourselves of the goodness that nature brings.
When you are on a path, pursuing your goal..do it quietly. Nurture yourself. Nurture your creativity. Make sure you have time to be creative and you have schedules that into your day. Through silence will come clarity to make that path smoother. It could be the path to a more spiritual and creative life, leading to a deeper understanding of who you are. It could be a path to love and the opening of the heart to compassion, beauty and light. Be peaceful and calm in what you do and don’t be swayed by the turmoil around you. Today, think only of your purpose: to write, to sing, to dance, and pursue it with passion.
Sharon had only one dream in life and that was to become a singer and everyone told her she could sing, but as she got older and life got in the way, she had to put that dream to the back of her mind. Once the family was grown, the dream came back stronger but she was much too scared to do anything about it, and she was older and had put on a few more pounds. Her confidence came and went. She was thinking of all the reasons she had failed to follow her dreams in the past and she doubt she could ever realise the talent she once had and become a singing sensation.
She needs to watch her thoughts and not let her thoughts dwell in the past. Sharon has to focus on now. Her dream is in the future and the past remains only in her mind. She must not let the past hold her back.
She needs to nurture her talent for it to grow. Even if you have a natural talent, you still have to put in some work to polish it. On the other hand she also needs to surround herself with people who will not squash her talent but will support her and celebrate her gift.
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“Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.” Mary Shelley (novelist)
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Buddha
