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you that you are unworthy of good things. Thus, you may stop trusting the wisdom of

your heart without realizing that the saboteur is running the show. The role of the

saboteur is to protect you. What it does not realize is that by trying to shield you from

pain, it actually perpetuates it.

Embracing Your Saboteur

Once you confront your saboteur and understand how it is trying to keep you safe, you

can develop a healthy relationship with it, instead of creating pain, it can alert you to

wonderful opportunities and lead you toward acceptance, forgiveness, self-love, and joy!

It can also show you all the choices that are available to you and help you overcome

your fears and reclaim the courage you need to live your life from a space of love.

Kevin’s Story: Opening the Heart

Kevin, in his early forties, worked in finance and had not been in a relation-

ship for five years. He came to see me because he had problems with blood

pressure. After helping him release a lot of stress and change his lifestyle,

he was ready to tackle his issues around relationships.

Kevin had a very challenging relationship with his mother and saw an

aspect of his mother in every woman he met. I asked Kevin to share ten rea-

sons why it could be positive to open his heart to love. He told me twenty

reasons why it would be better to keep his heart closed.

I encouraged Kevin to attend some workshops where we did a lot of

intense heart work. He agreed, but showed up late with a runny nose. He

told me he almost did not attend, as his body passionately resisted con-

necting to his heart.

I understood that he was scared to change and allowed his saboteur to

run his life. During the heart-opening process he let go of the shield he’d

carried around in his heart for many years. By the end of the day, Kevin

looked different. He told me that for the first time in years his heart had

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opened and he was receptive to someone he could share a loving relation-

ship with.

I saw Kevin for a healing session a few months later, and I could not

believe how he had transformed. There was a sparkle in his eyes. He had

changed his hair, his clothes and, most of all, he looked lively. There was

also an ease about him, which I had never seen. I had a strong feeling that

he had found someone. In fact, he commenced a relationship with woman

who I had known for many years, who had also attended some of my work-

shops. They have been together for many years since and have a beautiful,

nurturing relationship.

Processes for Working with Your Archetypal Energy

Below are to processes that can help you work with your archetypes and transform your

relationship with them.

Move with Your Prostitute Energy

When working with the prostitute energy, connect with your first energy center, also

known as the root chakra. The dominant color of the root chakra is red, and it is

located around the lower hips and genital area.

Place your hands on your hips and take three slow, deep breaths. Put on some music

with tribal beats and shake your hips. As you shake, feel your connection to your body.

Imagine inviting the prostitute energy into your space. Visualize it as a friend,

someone who is part of your circle of friends. Ask this part of you to show you, through

dance, how it affects your life. In other words, does this part lead or follow, and is it

supportive or disruptive in the role it plays? Do you live your life from a place of listen-

ing to yourself and doing things because you believe in them or do you take action

primarily out of the need for money, though fear and the fact that it is easier not to

question aspects of your life and remain the same?

Imagine that you could talk to this part. Stop moving, sit, or lie down and relax

your body. Ask your prostitute archetype some questions in an attempt to get to know

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it better. How does it help you? How does it harm you? How can you use its passion,

power, and strength to transform your life?

Don’t worry if you don’t get all the answers the first time you begin exploring this

aspect of yourself. As you connect to your own wisdom and ask questions, you will start

to receive answers and be guided to people who can support you.

Meditate for Change

Sit with a straight spine. Take some deep breaths. Make a fist with the fingers of both

hands. Place your fists just above your belly button with both your fists and the thumbs

touching.

Imagine that there is a red fire burning in front of you. As you focus on the red

flames, reflect on where in your life you are being dishonest and prostituting yourself.

As you breathe in, imagine that the red flame moves inside your body and begins to

dissolve any fear of change. Then visualize breathing in a blue ray of courage and faith.

Give yourself permission to listen to the light side of the prostitute energy that can

help you do what you love and be a success. Take your time with this process.

Next, imagine that the victim aspect of you comes and sits by the fire. Without

words, it shows you moments in your life where you felt and behaved like a victim. It

also gives you an insight into the choices you made based on a victim point of view and

the consequences of those choices.

Now imagine a huge television screen materialize in front of you. A different aspect

appears, one that looks a little like the victim, except this part is confident, clear, and

fearless. This is the victorious part of you. It turns on the television and shows you

some potential futures you may experience if you choose to live your life from an

empowered perspective.

Place your hands on your heart. Become aware of how you shield and protect your

heart.

Imagine that your saboteur aspect stands next to you. It tells you that it is the

guardian of your heart. It can either keep your heart closed to people and expansive

opportunities, or it can help you open your heart while still offering the wisdom of

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experience, so that you do not sabotage further opportunities for growth, love, and hap-

piness. It also holds aspects of your heart that you have disowned. This includes the

ability to love, laugh, have fun, and listen to your heart’s wisdom. Allow yourself to take

these back.

Imagine a huge, bright pink energy of love flowing into your heart, cleansing and

energizing it. Now, visualize a yellow light of fun and laughter dancing around your

chest and making you feel lighter and happier. Be aware of any other images that come

to you.

Say: “Divine Wisdom, allow my healing and transformation to occur with ease,

grace and softness. Help me to receive the wisdom from my archetypes and assist me to

befriend them. Allow me to have patience and compassion with myself and others and

evolve at the right time and the right pace. Thank you.”

Repeat the word “CLEAR”, until you feel lighter.

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How You Can Use Your Energy Centers

to Heal and Spiritually Evolve

Can you please explain what energy centers or chakras are and how they can help

us heal and evolve spiritually? Also, I’ve heard that there are only seven chakras.

Can you explain what the eighth and ninth chakras are?

Chakra
is a term derived from Sanskrit which means
wheel
. The word chakra is

often used to describe the various spinning wheels of energy oscillating at

different frequencies around the body. Seven of the major chakras are located within a

subtle body called the etheric body.

They contain emotional, mental, energetic, ancestral, cellular, and spiritual informa-

tion. Chakras are part of our energetic anatomy and can provide vital information

about potential physical problems before they occur. The energy flow that moves in and

out of the chakra interacts with various energy bodies surrounding our physical body.

These energy centers are also influenced by our interactions with our environment,

people, and the universal intelligence.

In this chapter, you will learn that by working on each energy center you can

improve your health, relationships, abundance, and self-esteem, as well as let go of fear,

guilt, and shame. You can also develop your intuition, open your heart, communicate

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more effectively, deepen your connection with the Divine, experience peace, and draw

miracles into your life.

Tuning In

When we are unwell or out of balance, our chakras slow down and store dense energy. A

person skilled in sensing subtle energy can immediately pick up the mental, emotional,

and physical problems that someone is experiencing by tuning in to their chakras.

In the Eastern cultures, chakra healing has been used for thousands of years to heal

physical, emotional, and energetic disturbances.

My ability to tune in to subtle energy systems has given me a direct experience of

how chakras look and feel and the information they contain. I also asked children,

skilled at scanning the body, to tune in to their own and others’ chakras and describe

what they saw. Even though they didn’t know much about the chakra system, they con-

veyed many of the same feelings, colors, and insights that I had received. Thus, I feel

confident in sharing my discoveries with you.

Anyone Can Learn How to Work with Chakras

What is important to understand is that anyone who is open and willing to learn can

improve their well-being by working with their chakras. This practice is not only for

people with special abilities. Although many individuals might be skeptical about their

capacity to tune in to their own or someone else’s chakras, in my years of teaching, I

have hardly ever met people who cannot receive information from the energy centers

when given the correct guidance.

While I have taught people who have a more natural ability than others; everyone

who has persevered has been able to tune in to their own and other people’s energy sys-

tems, receive messages, and heal.

Chakra Clearing Processes

Following each description of a chakra, there is a simple chakra clearing process that

you can either do separately for each chakra or one after the other. You may also like to

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