You will not find any classical references to Chakra Self-Cords as working with them came from specific spirit guidance I received in the Spring of 2004 in Mill Valley, California. At the time I was working with several clients in my healing practice who were struggling with releasing challenging relationships. I had become specialized in chakra cord clearing in combination with Astral Healing after I had resigned from my position of PS 2 Class Dean at The Barbara Brennan School of Healing in Miami, Florida. But, I was become increasingly discouraged in relying upon the BBSH approach to the healing of early shock and trauma, and I was looking for an alternative to harsh or confrontational methods.
Then, in the midst of an energy healing session, my spirit helper had nudged me and pointed at the chakra cord I was cleaning. “There, you see those thin branches sprouting out of the relational cord going towards her mother? They root back into the chakra, and anchor the experience of “Mother” into her auric system. Try gently pulling them back towards the head of the chakra. See what happens when you do so.”
I had tried to take hold of these newly-discovered branching cords but they were, indeed, tiny and extremely delicate. It took a few more healing sessions before I had learned how to take hold of each fragile “self-cord” and gently move them into contact with the outer edge of the chakra. Then I watched as, like a magnet attaching to metal, the self-cord automatically attached itself into the chakra, and stayed in place. At least, most of the time. Sometimes they just sprang back to their former position, of hanging out next to their host cord.
But I persisted in learning this new skill, and I’m glad I did. The positive results of self-cord work have been reported back to me from my clients over the past six years. Self-cord attachment has become a vital part of my healing work: the energetic anchoring of “the experience of the other” into the auric consciousness system. These days – and without dramatic catharsis – many of my clients make slow, steady, but significant shifts in their perception of themselves as individuated beings.
With this particular relational energy healing skill, nice and easy does it. Of course catharsis can be helpful in certain cases of repressed expression, but it is not essential for all stages of our personal growth work. Growing a stable connection to the self is essential to us all, and self-cord work can help that process.
Hi, Dean, I remember self-cord work with you in California; it changed my life.