Are you an Upper or Lower Chakra person?
and why it's important to know
When I was little I lived in a fantasy world.
I would make elaborate lives up for my barbies, giving them homes, jobs, pets and friends. When I really got rolling I could lose hours playing with them. I did this into my teen years.
If I wasn’t playing make believe, I was reading. Can you guess the genre of books I was reading? You guessed it, fantasy. Reading gave me the ability to leave my life and disappear into a magical world.
When I watched tv, I fantasized about living the lives of the main characters. It can be said that I would declare I could play the main character better then they could. Most likely because my ability to live in my own dream world was unrivalled to many.
It wasn’t until I began working with chakras in my thirties that I realized that this level of fantasy was how I survived a life I didn’t know how to be a part of. It kept me safe and gave me the ability to believe that there was something better waiting for me.
There comes a point in each of our lives where we get hurt. This hurt can come from our parents, friends, first loves, grandparents. The who isn’t what I want to focus on for this article. It’s what happens energetically when the hurt happens.
When someone we trust hurts us it signals to our bodies to protect our heart. It’s devastating and to be honest, no one teaches us how to manage heartbreak.
What I discovered after reading chakras for years, was that at the moment we protect our hearts, we become upper chakra people - like moi - or lower chakra people - like my husband.
Once I discovered this, it left one big, juicy question to be answered… how do we open our hearts to access all of our energy?
I’ll get to that in a moment, but let’s break down what an upper and lower chakra person experiences so you can understand where you land in this story.
Upper Chakra People
If you are an upper chakra person you love to dream. Your greatest skill set is in seeing the higher perspective.
This means that visualizing a year from now, your vision board, what you want to wear to event in three months, what your home renovation will look like… all this comes easy to you.
Most likely your work in the world involves seeing the bigger picture, tapping into higher frequencies, working in future planning or accessing yours and other people’s dreams.
All this to say, that you have no problem tuning in to what is possible. You are down right brilliant at it.
Here’s where it gets sticky.
In shadow, this looks like getting locked in the vision and having no idea how to bring the dream into physical form.
getting bored easily and jumping from one idea to the next
giving people more chances than they deserve because you see their potential not who they actually are
having trouble feeling grounded and wanting to spend time in your imagination insead
always changing something in your business because it seems like a better idea
not wanting to be on this planet or feeling like you don’t belong here
having trouble focusing on mundane tasks like finances, taxes, and organizing what needs to be done to get the results you want
giving your power away to others so they can fix or solve what needs fixing and solving so you can keep dreaming
You get the drift.
When you are locked in your upper chakras, anything that has to do with pulling the dream into reality gets stuck at the protected heart and can’t make its way into reality. If it does, it usually doesn’t stay long because there is usually some other shiny object to draw your attention away.
Lower Chakra People
If you are a lower chakra person, you are exceptional at living in the real world. You understand what needs to be done to make sure the bills are paid and your future is taken care of.
Your greatest gift is in being where you are and planning for every probable outcome. You understand how the world works and what it takes to live in.
You also possess the gift of making things real. You can make code become a functioning program, you can turn a hundred dollars into thousands, you can build a spreadsheet like a rockstar - can you say excel - and you can look at what’s happening and see where things could fall through the cracks.
Most likely you work in numbers, programming, politics, social sciences or health care. Again, these are just examples, but show that you are deep in what is happening in the world around you. You live firmly placed in reality.
Which can feel super heavy and create a sense of “is this all there is?”.
In shadow, this can feel like being stuck in the routines of life without any opportunity for things to change.
staying in a job because it’s better the devil you know vs the devil you don’t
not taking vacations or spending money on yourself because it’s frivolous
believing in something when you see it cause obviously you need proof
having trouble taking risks because there is nothing certain in a risk
making sure you have a plan a, b, and c incase something goes wrong
staying in relationships because they aren’t that bad or you don’t believe there is something better
easily become complacent and stop doing any extras in life to make things better
You can see how this plays out.
When you are locked in your lower chakras it feels like whatever is happening in your life is simply your reality. It’s what you know and what you can see. If things do change in your life they are usually triggered from outside of you and once the shift happens, you stay exactly where you are again. This becomes your new reality.
How to Open your Heart
There comes a moment when something triggers the pain you felt when you closed your heart.
If you are able to sit with this pain, you will open your heart and experience energy flowing down into your lower chakras or up into your upper chakras.
Grief is the bridge.
How long have you been avoiding the pain and trying to live above it?
For me it wasn’t until I was in my forties. Years into my healing journey.
It came when I broke up with a coach who was on my journey to break me free from narcissistic abuse. Something I had grown up with but never stood up against.
When I ended that relationship grief washed over me in waves. Grief that I had given this coach so much of my time and money. Grief that I couldn’t have a family that loved me unconditionally.
But most importantly, I grieved the loss of the fantasy I had been holding onto. The one that told me my family would do their own healing work and we would live happily ever after.
With that grief my heart opened and I crash landed into my lower chakras. For the first time I could feel gravity and the pull of the earth below me. Everything felt heavy and I struggled to understand how people lived like this.
That’s what it feels like for an upper chakra person to land in their lower chakras. Heavy.
The opposite is true for when a lower chakra person opens their heart and gains access to their upper chakras. It feels ungrounded.
When I am working with someone who is accessing their upper chakras for the first it feels like being cast adrift. Like being flung out to sea far from solid ground.
Once the energy stabilizes, magic begins to happen.
An upper chakra person can follow through on an idea until it has taken form and a lower chakra person can let themselves take action towards something they want, before they see proof that it’s possible.
Grief as the Bridge
I want to take a moment and normalize grief as an important part of the spiritual journey.
There comes a time when you need to understand that grief is a gift that allows you to have access to higher emotional states.
When you are afraid to feel the pain of loss, you will force yourself to live in a controlled emotional environment. Not feeling low and not feeling high. Staying in a window of emotional neutrality. Think of it like painting life with only a few of the primary colours. It’s not bad, but it’s also not the unlimited rainbow that’s available when you have all the primary colours to choose from.
It’s also important to note that we are meant to experience grief over and over again in our lives.
when we move houses
when we change jobs
when we lose our pets, our loved ones, our friends
when we launch something new
when we hold a boundary
when we break up with someone or something in our lives
when we step into our dreams
This grief represents the dying of a previous version of ourselves in order to usher in the new.
We have to be willing to let go of the person we were to become the person we are.
When I finally opened myself to grieve the loss of my fantasies, I was able to fully appreciate the life I was living. My capacity to hold more love and gratitude expanded.
Now I cry more freely for both deep sadness and great joy.
Where does this leave you?
Well I hope it’s given your something to think about. I believe we can’t make a change in our lives unless we are willing to look at the things we are ignoring.
It’s in the discomfort that we grow.
Maybe you are thinking about grief a little differently.
Seeing her as a guide and friend as opposed as someone you avoid.
I would love to hear what stood out for you from this article. Hit reply or share in the comments below.
If you want support in understanding if you are an upper or chakra person or knowing what your energy is asking to look at, then you can book a Chakra Activation.
In this session we’ll go floor by floor through your chakras and learn exactly what is coming up to be honoured and released.
As someone said this week after theirs, “this chakra activation was very validating. I knew these things were there I just hadn’t given them a voice”.
Nothing changes unless we are open to seeing what we haven’t been looking at.
Blessings,
Avalon ✨
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