Mind – Chakra Wisdom

Discover 3 Unique Chakra Wisdom Resources

Stephen Canning — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:21:43 +0000

Below are 3 unique Chakra Wisdom resources designed to support your well-being and spiritual journey:

1. CHAKRA WISDOM WORKBOOK – learn what your body is telling you!

The Language of the Chakras shows us how our own ‘chakra wisdom’ is a powerful guide to balancing our energy, understanding emotional patterns, and transforming your health and mindset. Whether you’re just beginning your spiritual journey or deepening your self-awareness, this book offers practical tools to help you heal.

What You’ll Learn:
• How each chakra relates to physical, emotional, and mental health
• How to use affirmations to rebalance blocked energy
• Simple mindfulness and meditation tools
• The link between mindset, thoughts, and the body
• How to identify what your symptoms might be trying to teach you

Bonus: Includes 49 chakra-specific affirmations for healing and clarity.

This book is ideal for energy healers, chakra beginners, yoga practitioners, or anyone seeking deeper meaning behind their emotions and health.

“Your body is your teacher—learn to speak its language.”

The Language of the Chakras is a guide to understanding the messages your body communicates through symptoms and sensations. It provides practical tools to support faster recovery, enhance overall health, and promote well-being.

Whether you’re new to chakras or deepening your spiritual journey, The Language of the Chakras provides the wisdom and tools to cultivate a healthier, more harmonious life.

From the Introduction in the Book

Your body is your best friend, and it will not lie to you, although on occasion, we would not mind if it were not so honest! You will only get the symptoms of imbalance when your body cannot compromise anymore, and then it will ‘call’ for your attention or even a ‘cry’ for your attention.

Many people will look for answers outside themselves as to why they have their symptoms, or they may take medicine to put the ‘fire alarm’ out, yet do not attempt to put out the fire! We want to do our best not to accumulate medicines as we move through life by just putting out the ‘fires’! Many people end up taking 5 or more medicines daily! As many people know, many illnesses are lifestyle and stress-related.

Many ‘life lessons’ can be identified by observing our symptoms and learning to listen to our body’s whispers before they turn into screams for attention. How and when the symptoms manifest can help determine which Chakra, i.e. energy centre, is ‘wanting’ our attention, which in turn will point to a certain lifestyle, attitude or mindset our body would love us to adopt and is encouraging us to embrace. Remember, our body is your best friend!

Back of Chakra Wisdom Chart

Having been a health and wellbeing practitioner for the last 43 years and having seen over 30,000 clients, I realise that the most important factor in determining someone’s health is their attitude to themselves, their attitude to life, and their response (or reaction) to life’s challenges.

Below are the links to the Book and eBook – Kindle on Amazon:

The Language of the Chakras: learn what your body is telling you! eBook :

The Language of the Chakras: learn what your body is telling you!: Books

Product Details
ISBN: 9798305959994, Copyright: Stephen Canning
Standard Copyright Licence, 1st Edition
Publisher: Stephen Canning, Published: February 2025
Language: English, Pages: 98
Binding: Perfect-bound Paperback, Interior Ink: Black & white
Dimensions:15.4cm wide x 22.86cm tall (6 x 9 inches)

2. CHAKRA WISDOM CHART

“This preview is a little blurred to protect the artwork online. Your printed A4 chart will be clear and vibrant.”

The Chakra Wisdom Chart is a double-sided A4-size chart (also called foolscap or 21 cm X 29.7 cm or 8.27 inches x 11.69 inches on 250gsm card) with a wealth of information about the chakras and the qualities associated with each one on one side and general information about the chakra system on the other. This chart is an ideal companion to The Language of the Chakras, the book outlined above.

This chart is designed as a personal growth tool to assist you in consciously moving towards your full potential as spiritual beings having a physical experience.

This chart can assist in the following ways: 1. To remind you that you can discover many of life’s lessons you are being encouraged to learn by observing the symptoms that appear in your mind and body and seeing if there is a correlation between them and your thoughts, emotions and attitudes; 2. To remind you that specific unbalanced thought patterns, feelings, emotional responses and lifestyle choices encourage specific symptoms in specific areas of your body; 3. To learn what part you played in creating the symptoms and learning how to move toward a resolution by overcoming them or transcending them 4. To provide suggestions on how to create balance in the specific energy centre (Chakras), which will encourage the move forward towards your full potential.

3. RECOMMENDED READING

Chakras – Books

Canning, Stephen, The Language of the Chakras, available on Amazon and eBay .

The Language of the Chakras: learn what your body is telling you! eBook :

The Language of the Chakras: learn what your body is telling you!: Books

Avalon, Arthur, The Serpent Power, Dover Publications, 2015
Bek, Lilla and Pullar, Phillippa, Healing with Chakra Energy, Destiny Books USA, 1995
Leadbeater, CW. The Chakras – Theosophical Publishing House, India, 1977
Judith, Anodea, Charge and the Energy Body, Hay House, 2018
Shumsky, Susan DD, The Big Book of Chakras and Chakra Healing, Weiser Books, 2019

Mindfulness and Yoga – booksChopra, Deepak, You Are the Universe, Ebury Publishing, 2017

Dispenza, Dr Joe, You Are the Placebo, Hay House, 2014
Kabat Zinn, Jon, Mindfulness for Beginners, Sounds True, 2012
Rodski, Stan, The Neuroscience of Mindfulness, Harper Collins, 2019
Tolle, Eckhart, A New Earth, Penguin Books, reprinted, 2018
Matè, Gabor, The Myth of Normal, Penguin Books, 2022
Robbins, Mel, The Let Them Theory, Hay House, 2024

Nutrition

Weaver, Dr Libby, ‘What Am I Supposed to Eat’, www.libby.com 2018, (other Dr Libby titles also available)

Spirituality

Books on Sant Mat tradition of spirituality, available at rssb.org https://rssb.org/index.html

Decluttering

Kingston, Karen, Clear Your Clutter, Random House, 2016

2. Konda, Marie, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, Ten Speed PR Publishing, 2017

Many informative videos and podcasts from the above authors are also available online.

For much more Chakra Wisdom Information: Chakra Wisdom – Articles

Below are the links to the charts on eBay and Etsy:

Chakra Wisdom Chart X 1 (A4 – 2 sided) | eBay Australia

Etsy Australia

The Healing Power of a Smile: How Smiling Boosts Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

Stephen Canning — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:16:04 +0000

The benefits of smiling go far beyond just feeling good: it does good?

A genuine smile can uplift your mood, strengthen your immune system, balance your chakras, and even brighten someone else’s day. Whether you’re smiling inwardly in meditation or sharing it with another, a smile holds deep potential for healing and well-being. Let’s explore how.

One of the key benefits of smiling is its ability to enhance your overall health and emotional well-being. The benefits of smiling are profound and can influence not just your mood but also your immune response.

Smiling and Immune Health: A Key Benefit

Smiling boosts your body’s natural defences.

When you smile, your brain releases a wave of ‘feel-good’ chemicals like endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin. These reduce stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, which, when elevated for too long, can suppress immune function. Less stress leads to a stronger immune system.

The benefits of smiling extend to fostering connections with others, making it an essential part of social interactions.

Smiling also triggers the parasympathetic nervous system, guiding the body into a relaxed state where healing and cellular regeneration thrive. Research shows that people who experience more positive emotions get sick less often and recover faster from illness.

In fact, numerous studies highlight the benefits of smiling as a simple yet powerful way to improve one’s mental state.

In contrast, chronic stress and negative emotional expressions like frowning may reinforce internal states that trigger the release of cortisol, adrenaline, and noradrenaline. These chemicals, while helpful in short bursts, can weaken immunity and increase vulnerability to anxiety and illness when overproduced.

Smiling isn’t just about looking cheerful—it’s about activating your body’s internal ‘pharmacy’.

Furthermore, the benefits of smiling are not just emotional; they have tangible effects on your physical health as well.

Smiling Aligns and Activates Your Chakras

In energetic terms, smiling isn’t just a facial movement; it’s a spiritual expression.

The 7 main Chakras

Each chakra responds to certain emotions and states of being. A heartfelt smile can help open and balance key energy centres:

Heart Chakra: A smile that comes from love opens the heart and fosters compassion and connection.
Throat Chakra: Smiling softens communication, making your words more gentle and true.
Solar Plexus: Smiling builds confidence and personal power, like sunshine from within.
Third Eye Chakra: Inner smiling helps awaken intuition and clarity.

Smiling Elevates Mental and Emotional Well-Being

“Just smile and you’ll feel better”. There is some truth in that!

Smiling can reinforce or even generate positive emotions. Even a fake smile can trick the brain into releasing happy chemicals. Smiling also brings you back to the present moment. Spiritual teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh often encouraged smiling as a meditation: “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

Recognizing the benefits of smiling can inspire you to incorporate this powerful tool into your daily routine.

Regular smiling can:

These benefits of smiling reveal how it can transform your interactions and the energy you bring into the world.

- Reduce anxiety and tension
- Lower blood pressure
- Promote calmness and presence
- Lift symptoms of depression
- Encourage emotional resilience

Embracing the benefits of smiling can lead to a more fulfilling and positive life experience.

Smiling is a Gift to Others

One of the most beautiful things about a smile is how it can be ‘contagious’, literally.
Mirror neurons in our brains naturally mimic the expressions of others, so when you smile at someone, they’re likely to smile back. This simple exchange fosters trust, connection, and emotional safety.

By understanding the benefits of smiling, you can actively choose to spread joy and positivity.

Your smile can:
• Uplift someone’s mood (even a stranger)
• Diffuse tension in difficult conversations
• Increase approachability and friendliness
• Deepen empathy and kindness in relationships

You never know what someone else is going through. A warm smile at the right moment can be more powerful than words.

SMILE NOW

Smiling Connects You to Your Spiritual Core

Beyond science and energy, smiling is a spiritual act. It signals a return to presence, gratitude, and harmony with life as it is. In yoga, the concept of Santosha (contentment) is key to inner peace. Smiling, especially in meditation or prayer, is an outward expression of that deep contentment. In many cultures, a smile is akin to a blessing. It silently says: “I see you. I honour you. I wish you peace.”

Just like the Sanskrit greeting Namaste, a genuine smile reflects the divine in you, recognising the divine in others.

Smile More Often and More Mindfully

Start your day with a smile: Look in the mirror and smile at yourself. It sets a positive tone.
Practice the Inner Smile: Close your eyes and smile inwardly to your heart and mind.
Smile while speaking: It naturally softens your voice and makes your communication warmer.
Smile with your eyes: A true smile involves the eyes, making it more authentic and heartfelt.
Smile at strangers: Not for validation, but as a quiet gift.

Smile Like Your Health Depends on It (Because It Does)

So as you can see, the benefits of smiling go far beyond what you see, is one of the richest offerings you can give to yourself and others. It soothes your nervous system, boosts immunity, uplifts the soul, and strengthens energetic alignment. It connects you with the essence of who you are: radiant, peaceful, joyful.

Ultimately, the benefits of smiling are a gift you give to yourself and those around you.

The next time you feel stressed, disconnected, or tired, try this:
Take a deep breath.
Put a soft smile on your face.
Feel it in your heart.
And let that little moment of joy ripple outward.

Make a conscious effort to recognize the benefits of smiling in your daily life.

Because the world doesn’t just need your smile… it thrives on it.

Here is an affirmation that can help radiate warmth and sincerity.

Remember, the benefits of smiling are not only for you but also for everyone who encounters your smile.

Ready to Share a Smile?
If this article lifted your spirits or gave you a new perspective, pass the smile along! Share this post with someone who could use a little joy today. And if you have your own insights or experiences about the benefits of smiling—emotionally, spiritually, or physically—I’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

Stay radiant. Stay smiling. 😊

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For more Chakra information look through my other posts e.g.: The Language of the Chakras – Enhance Your Wellbeing

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The Language of the Chakras – Heal Your Life

Stephen Canning — Fri, 23 May 2025 07:10:53 +0000

Here is an outline of my book ‘The Language of the Chakras’ – learn what your body is telling you and why this healing book works! Available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVWDSPSM
or on this website https://www.chakrawisdom.com.au/shop/. Also available as an eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1L47TFD

The Chakra System as a Diagnostic and Transformational Tool

The chakra system outlined investigates the seven main energy centers and is presented as both a ‘diagnostic map’ for health issues and a blueprint for personal transformation.

Each chakra corresponds to specific physical organs, emotional patterns, and psychological traits. Chakra imbalances manifest in both symptoms (illness, fatigue, emotional pain, a compromised immune system) and behaviours (fear, self-doubt, anger, frustration).

Consistent wellbeing and healing involve consciously engaging with the chakra through affirmations, lifestyle changes, meditation, and emotional awareness.

The Language of the Chakra

The Power of Mindset and Thought

The book emphasises that thoughts have energetic and chemical effects on the body. You are encouraged to become the observer of your thoughts, recognising that not all thoughts are true or helpful!

The concept of the “Good Wolf and Bad Wolf” illustrates how positive vs. negative thinking affects health and wellbeing. Through mindfulness and meditation, individuals can interrupt negative patterns and feed the “Good Wolf,” — which encourages healing and resilience.

My Favourite Short Story

A little boy asked the guru to tell him about the mind
and the guru says, “The mind is made up of
2 wolves, a good wolf, and a bad wolf,”
and the little boy asks him, “Which one wins?”
and the guru says, “The one you feed the most.”

Affirmations as a Healing Tool

Positive affirmations are incorporated into the book’s healing methodology and each chakra has 7 affirmations associated with it, addressing the specific emotional and physical imbalances of each chakra.

Affirmations work by rewiring the subconscious mind, replacing limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging thoughts with constructive, empowering ones. Regular, conscious repetition is recommended — supported by writing, speaking, and listening to affirmations daily.

Personal Responsibility and Self-Inquiry

I choose to unclutter my life!

A key theme is taking personal responsibility for one’s health, decisions, and growth. Rather than seeing illness or life difficulties as random, you are asked to reflect: “What is my body or situation trying to teach me?”

Several self-assessments will help you uncover their internal blocks, recurring thought patterns, or unresolved traumas.

Decluttering the Inner and Outer World

Decluttering is both literal and metaphorical: clearing physical space, outdated thoughts, toxic relationships, and emotional baggage. Letting go is a pathway to clarity, vitality, and spiritual expansion.

Practical strategies are offered for making room, physically and emotionally which automatically encourages growth and healing.

Mindfulness & Meditation

Mindfulness is presented as the foundation for noticing, understanding, and transforming inner dialogue.

Meditation is described as a core practice for balancing chakras, calming the nervous system, and gaining insight. Techniques like breath awareness and mantra meditation are outlined, with an emphasis on starting small and staying consistent.

Integration of Spiritual, Emotional, and Physical Health

Health ideally is viewed holistically, not just the absence of symptoms, but a state of balance across all levels of being. Emotional patterns (e.g., guilt, fear, shame) are directly linked to specific chakras and illnesses and by healing at the emotional or energetic level, the body often responds with improved health or reduced need for medications.

Self-Acceptance and Boundaries

A strong message of self-love and acceptance runs throughout and you are encouraged to set boundaries, say no when necessary, and stop rescuing others at your expense.

The idea is to move from self-sacrifice to empowered support, for self and others. From being a rescuer to being a mentor!

Spiritual Connection

The upper chakras (Third Eye and Crown) deal with intuition, divine connection, and higher purpose.

You are invited to see themselves as more than the body and mind, as spiritual beings in a physical experience. Trusting in a “Higher Self” or universal intelligence is essential to inner peace and guidance.

Practical Tools and Ongoing Practice

The book offers an integrated toolkit: self-assessments, affirmations, meditations, chakra education, and body-mind links.

You are guided to create daily rituals using these tools — fostering a proactive and empowered approach to your own health journey.

Why This Chakra Healing Book Works

Healing is not presented as a quick fix, but as an ongoing journey of becoming more conscious and aligned.
The goal is not perfection, but awareness, balance, and self-compassion.
The body is a teacher and ally, constantly guiding us back to wholeness if we’re willing to listen.

Do You want to Optimise Your Throat Chakra? – Setting Boundaries with Communication

Stephen Canning — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 01:57:46 +0000

Setting Boundaries

The throat chakra greatly benefits when we set boundaries using communication skills that are courteous and respectful. Below are come communication strategies to help achieve this aim, because as we know that some conversations do not always turn out that way! (Other ways to optimise the throat chakra include, creative activities, singing, chanting, sighing, yoga ), will be found in my book, Chakra Wisdom Workbook, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2QM5G7 and here Shop

Chakra Wisdom Workbook – available in the store and at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW2QM5G7

If someone projects their negativity towards you, i.e., their ‘bad wolf’, (see My Favourite Short Story) they, would like nothing more than for you give them some of your negativity back to them, (your bad wolf), and in doing so you feed their ‘bad wolf’ with more negative energy, which can lead them into thinking that were justified in their disrespectful behaviour to you in the first place!. In reality, you just end up with 2 bad wolves fighting each other! Practice not taking the ‘bait’!

They (or we) may not be doing this consciously; it may just be the habitual way they communicate. Some people may have convinced themselves that this is the only way they get heard or get their needs met. They tend to speak with anger or by being condescending, blaming, ridiculing, demeaning, teasing, or bullying. These people may unconsciously or consciously want to cause conflict and drama in your life when in reality, the conflicts and dramas are in theirs!

Implementing some of the strategies below will help you in being proactive in bringing peace to the situation and reducing the possibility of you accumulating stress and tension in your mind and body.

Communication Skills to optimise your throat chakra

1. Practice detachment.
When you do not ‘buy into’ another person’s ‘attack’ all their own negativity will ‘bounce’ back to them, sometimes so forcefully that they must walk away! This is especially noticeable in children who may go to their room and slam the door – sometimes coming out in less than a minute as they ‘resolve’ the issue within themselves.

This may be a learning opportunity for them (a teachable moment), and you helped them by practising detachment and not reacting to their initial outburst in a similarly negative manner. When only one person is doing the arguing, it runs out of energy! Sometimes it can be good to remind yourself, of an old Polish saying:

‘It’s not my circus and it’s not my monkeys.’

Initially, we may need to ‘fake’ detachment as a strategy to deal with the situation. We may tell ourselves, “I’m not going to react, I’m not going to react”, but unless we practice true detachment and do not take things too personally, all those suppressed feelings will be held in your body! If this is done on a regular basis, it will affect the Throat Chakra especially, and cause symptoms in the shoulders, throat, bronchial tubes, neck, and for some people, lead to a tight jaw and the grinding of teeth.

2. Be receptive.
Sometimes people may express something with an element of truth, regarding your behaviour or suggest something you could do differently, although they say it in a negative, attacking, and disrespectful way. If you can detect some truth behind some of what they are saying (even though they did not express it appropriately!), it is beneficial to get our ego out of the way and say something like, “I hear what you are saying, and I will give it some thought.”

Once again, all the negative and antagonistic energy they displayed during the interaction will ‘bounce’ back to them. Be wary, as some people may give you their opinions as a way of controlling you. If there is no truth whatsoever to what they are saying, practice detachment as outlined in No.1 above, or practice number 3 below.

Affirmation to help set boundaries.

3. What behaviour would you appreciate from them? – i.e. Setting Boundaries.
When you interact with another person and you feel that their behaviour or speech is not acceptable, it is wise to respond by speaking up and asking for what you want. It is better to ask for what you want, rather than going on and on about what you do not want. To do this it is important to first get clear by asking yourself, “What behaviour would I like them to be displaying right now?” or “What virtue would I appreciate them displaying right now?”

Examples of virtues are in chart below.

If you do not know what you want, the more likely you are to react rather than respond. In reacting, it is easy to express yourself in a negative way by going on and on about what they said or did, what they should not have said or done or that they always or never do this or that, etc. And then that can lead to a even further escalation of tension by bringing up many unresolved issues from the past!

As I mentioned above, when setting boundaries with others (or yourself), it is wise to ask for what you do want instead of saying what you don’t want; i.e., you will be asking them (or yourself), to display a virtue – examples below.

Communication skills

For example, if someone spoke to you in a rude, disrespectful, or angry way, you could ask for what you want (and deserve) and say to them, “When you speak to me, I would appreciate you speaking to me with more respect”, and then consciously be detached from any further challenges in their response. You are not asking for anything unusual! We teach others how to love and respect us by how we love and respect ourselves.

In all our interactions we want to treat others as we would want to be treated. Aim to be a mentor to others with your behaviour, speech, and attitude to life.

4. Walking away.
Sometimes is important and wise to walk away, either to get away from the situation completely or just for a ‘breath of fresh air’, so that you can gather your thoughts so you can respond consciously and with wisdom.

We all acquire better communication skills when we set out to do so. We may not have had the best role models early in our lives so it is up to us to behave in a manner that we feel we would like to and to set boundaries with others as to their behaviour toward us. We teach others how to love and respect us by how we love and respect ourselves.

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‘We can only find peace with the physical world when
we are at peace with ourselves.’
– Maharaj Charan Singh

If you are struggling with your thoughts, personal interactions, experiencing a
personal crisis or have anxiety or depression, please seek help from a doctor,
health professional, counsellor, or therapist.