Deep Chakra cleansing: restore your balance with the aroma of Palo Santo
We ourselves should imagine a kind of energy cloud that permeates space and people, especially when we interact: different auras meet and blend with one another, exchanging energies. Dodging or keeping your own energy field clean is difficult, especially in densely populated places such as squares or cities. But our emotions and experiences can also influence the balance of our Chakras.
If the vibration of a Chakra is disturbed – for one reason or another - this has a negative impact on the regularity of all the other Chakras and on the energy flow that runs through our body. This is why our energy system needs protection, but also hygiene.
Regular Chakra cleansing is necessary for our physical and mental health to eliminate disturbances and to protect us from negative energies. There are various elements that can help us make this cleansing more effective: as well as colours and symbols, there are above all scents, which are able to connect deeply with our inner self.
Scents have direct access to the limbic system, the place where our emotions and memories are managed. They bypass our reason - in fact, of the 5 senses, smell is the least manipulable - but they deeply touch our subconscious and our soul, stimulating energy processes while calming the mind and soul at the same time. Few scents are able to create a deep connection. While synthetic substances are completely useless in cleansing energies, it is the scents produced by Nature that are truly able to reach the deepest spiritual dimension. One of these plant substances is the aroma of Palo Santo – a tree typical of South America – which has been known since ancient times for its beneficial properties for our mental and physical health.
It was used by pre-Columbian shamans in sacred and healing rituals and ceremonies. By spending a maturation period of at least 4 years on the ground, its wood develops a pure and very deep aroma, able to connect intensely with our Deep Self. The fragrance is able to influence the vibrations of some of our Chakras, opening them and thus encouraging their harmonisation. Palo Santo is most effective with the following Chakras:
The Root Chakra: the first of the seven Chakras is linked to inner strength and security. A blockage of the first Chakra is equivalent to apathy, laziness, little motivation and poor self-confidence. Conversely, its overactivity leads to aggression, fear of change, excessive attachment to material goods. These energy disturbances should be considered as emotional patterns that become blocked within us when we can identify with them. The energy of Palo Santo, however, works deeply and is able to soften these patterns, bringing them to the surface of our consciousness where they will be processed and released. The flow of energy runs in harmony, the channel is rebalanced.
The Third Eye Chakra: the sixth Chakra is located right in the centre of our forehead, where it governs all nearby organs, the hormonal system and the central nervous system. The Third Eye Chakra is connected to everything related to concentration, mental clarity, intuition and creativity. When the channel is blocked, problems such as chronic tiredness, nervousness, insomnia and fears appear. The enveloping, balsamic fragrance of Palo Santo acts here like a caress for the soul: it stimulates, brings security and confidence. Our senses and joy for life awaken, our imagination is charged with creativity. Palo Santo keeps anxiety and depression away and allows us, on stressful days, to take a step back, switch off and relax, thus encouraging the rebalancing of the channel.
The Crown Chakra: the seventh and final Chakra is positioned at the very top of our head. It does not govern any organ, but is responsible for the correct functioning of the cerebral cortex and of thoughts, knowledge and spirituality. When the channel is balanced, our capacity for understanding, consciousness and learning benefit. Conversely, in an unbalanced state we suffer from headaches, phobias, fears of death and heavy thoughts that reject anything without a rational explanation, as well as all types of discomfort that detach us from our path of personal growth. It is normal that what we consider right in our spiritual clarity is not always what makes our heart rejoice: we come into conflict. The fragrance of Palo Santo helps us connect with our helpful spirits, angels or masters, to understand the language of our heart and to bring feelings into harmony with our mind.
Chakra work is energy work. It is incredible how you can increase your energy by keeping them balanced with the help of Palo Santo: the body is charged with vitality, blocks, problems and illnesses are recognised and resolved more quickly. Opening and purifying the Chakras is necessary to bring not only the body, but also the mind and soul into harmony, activating your inner healer. In itself, the aroma of Palo Santo has no healing effects, but it is a great energy support for achieving this self-healing of our soul.
