Author Sandie Wests' book

Being Chakra Zen Master:The World According to the Chakras

An audiobook experience by Sandie West

Here is an excerpt: Chapter 43: Earth & The Chakras

"The chakras are not something to believe in. They are a way of understanding yourself, your relationships, your purpose, and your connection to the world."

A transformational audiobook exploring the seven chakras as a practical guide for everyday life, personal growth, creativity, relationships, and spiritual awareness.

Chapter 43:Excerpt:

Culture as Collective Chakra Expression

Every culture carries its own energy.

Some cultures express the Root Chakra through deep connection to land, ancestry, and tradition.

Some express the Sacral Chakra through music, dance, celebration, and creativity.

Some express the Heart Chakra through community, hospitality, and compassion.

Some express the Throat Chakra through storytelling, poetry, and song.

When we travel with awareness, we are not just visiting a place.

We are experiencing another expression of human consciousness.

The Earth Chakra Connection

Many spiritual traditions recognize certain places on Earth as powerful centers of energy. These locations are often called Earth's chakras.

Whether we view them as energetic centers, sacred landscapes, or places of profound natural beauty, they remind us of an important truth:

The Earth affects us.

The mountains, oceans, forests, deserts, and ancient civilizations all leave impressions upon our consciousness.

Just as our personal chakras reflect our inner balance, the places we visit can reflect different qualities within ourselves.

A journey across the Earth can also become a journey within.

Becoming a Chakra Zen Master

A Chakra Zen Master learns to notice.

Notice how your body feels in different environments.

Notice which places inspire creativity.

Notice which cultures open your heart.

Notice which landscapes bring you peace.

The Earth is always communicating.

Not necessarily through words, but through sensation, emotion, memory, and awareness.

When we become conscious of this connection, travel becomes more than movement through space.

It becomes an awakening of the self.

Because the greatest destination we will ever discover is not a place on the map.

It is a deeper understanding of who we are in relationship with the world around us.

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Welcome

For over twenty-five years I have worked with thousands of people through Ayurveda, massage therapy, meditation, yoga, energy healing, medical practice and mindfulness. Again and again I witnessed that the challenges people faced were not isolated problems—they were reflections of deeper energetic patterns.

This book grew from those experiences.

Being Chakra Zen Master: The World According to the Chakras is an invitation to see life through a different lens. Rather than viewing the chakras as mystical concepts, this book presents them as practical guides for understanding yourself, your emotions, your relationships, your creativity, and your purpose.

Now, for the first time, I am bringing these teachings to life through an audiobook narrated in my own voice.

This page is a living experience

Every month, something new will be added such as :

• A new audiobook excerpt
• A new guided meditation
• A new chakra exercise
• A new reflection video
• A new journal page
• A new chapter preview

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Audio Sample One (coming soon)

Introduction

2–3 minutes

Audio Sample Two (coming soon)

The Root Chakra

5 minutes

Audio Sample Three (coming soon)

Guided Meditation

7 minutes

Explore the Seven Chakras

Root Chakra

"I belong."

• Safety
• Home
• Stability
• Trust

Mini Exercise: Walk barefoot in nature for five minutes while focusing on your breath.

Audio & Meditation Preview available soon

Sacral Chakra

"I create."

Topics

• Joy
• Creativity
• Relationships
• Emotion

Exercise: Write one page without judgment about what brings you joy.

Book Excerpts from each chapter & Guided Practices

Downloadable PDFs will be available 

• Morning Chakra Alignment
• Chakra Journal Prompts
• Seven-Day Chakra Challenge
• Daily Mindfulness Practice

Each guided practice, helps you immediately apply the teachings.

Chapter 13 Book Excerpt:

Understanding Your Chakras, Made Simple

The beauty of the chakra system is that you don't need to study ancient philosophy or Traditional Chinese Medicine to benefit from it. You simply need to know yourself.

The seven chakras provide an easy-to-understand map of your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. As you begin to recognize which chakras are in balance—and which need support—you gain a deeper understanding of your own patterns, strengths, and challenges.

Even more remarkable, this awareness naturally expands your compassion for others. When you understand your own energy, you become more empathetic toward the experiences of those around you. Self-awareness becomes the foundation for understanding others.

At our core, we all want to live healthier, happier, more meaningful lives. When our chakras are nourished and balanced, our energy flows more freely, supporting the natural chemistry of well-being, clarity, joy, and resilience. The blocks that once held us back begin to dissolve, allowing us to move through life with greater ease and purpose.

One of the simplest and most popular ways to balance the chakras is through Reiki. Originating in Japan, Reiki has become a worldwide practice because it is gentle, accessible, and can be learned by almost anyone. From Hollywood film crews to grandparents, wellness practitioners, and professional Reiki Masters, people from every walk of life use Reiki to restore balance and calm.

Reiki works by helping life-force energy—known as prana or chi—flow freely through the body's energy centers. As the chakras come into harmony, the body relaxes, the mind quiets, and the spirit naturally finds peace. Reiki can even be shared from a distance, making it one of the most fascinating and versatile energy healing practices available.

In this section, I'll introduce a series of simple Reiki exercises, along with chakra-inspired aromatherapy blends that beautifully complement your practice.

Just as color therapy uses the vibration of color, aromatherapy works through the extraordinary power of scent. The pure essences of flowers, herbs, woods, and plants nourish the senses while helping restore energetic balance on a molecular level.

The Creative Chakra® Aromatherapy Collection has been carefully formulated to support each of the seven chakras and is available at CreativeChakra.com.

Video Library

• What Are the Chakras?
• Understanding the Root Chakra

If your base chakra is under-functioning, you may tend to “abandon ship” with your body and neglect yourself altogether instead of taking care of yourself in a healthy and responsible way. If this is your problem, you will suffer from things such as depression, chronic fatigue, daydreaming, delusions, anorexia, chain-smoking and mental illness.

If you have an overactive base chakra you may struggle with addictions as well. I have found that visualization techniques and grounding techniques calm and balance the first chakra very well bring its energy into a more balanced state. It also helps to use affirmations, such as: Meditation, prayer, healthy eating, enough sleep and exercise quickly stabilize an overactive first chakra.

A healthy diet greatly influences all of the chakras and your level of consciousness because food, like everything else, breaks down into energy. All foods vibrate at a different rate and influence the different chakras. Some foods that stimulate the base chakra are:
• red meat
• animal fats
• coffee and cola
• peppers and hot spices
• spinach (because of its iron content)

Of course, if your base chakra is overly stimulated, common sense dictates that you avoid food and drink that stimulate this chakra even more. It will cause you to overemphasize survival On the other hand, if your chakra is under-stimulated, then adding these foods to your diet will stimulate your consciousness and help you better connect your soul with your body and raise your vitality.

Gemstones to help strengthen and balance:
carnelian, garnet, ruby, bloodstone, red jasper or agate

Gemstones to help tone down and balance:
smoky quartz, black tourmaline, onyx, obsidian stones, or emeralds

Aromatherapy for the Root Chakra:
Cedarwood (antiseptic, astringent, sedative), patchouli (anti-depressant, anti-inflammatory), and myrrh (Anti-inflammatory, expectorant)

Yoga asanas for the Root Chakra:
Warrior I, Triangle pose, Eagle pose

Juice Recipe for Root Chakra
Iron Blast & Low Blood Pressure Juice:
3 x Small Organic Beetroots
1 x Organic Apple
1 x Small Handful Kale
Blend with:
1 x Handful Black or Red Grapes
1 x Handful Organic Berries (Mix)
Add Superfoods:
1 x tsp Organic Baobab
1 x tsp Organic Wheatgrass/Barley Grass
1 x tsp Organic Flaxseed Oil
1 x tsp Organic Hemp Protein
Garnish: Mint leaf on top & serve!
Consume all juices straight away for maximum benefits.

More excerpts coming soon:

• Why Energy Gets Stuck
• Living a Chakra-Centered Life
• Meditation Demonstrations
• Ayurveda and the Chakras
• Nature as Medicine
• Creativity Through the Chakras

About Sandie West

Sandie West is the founder of Creative Chakra Spa & Yoga and the author of Being Chakra Zen Master: The World According to the Chakras. For more than 25 years, she has dedicated her life to helping people reconnect with their innate capacity for balance, healing, creativity, and mindful living.

Her work brings together the timeless wisdom of Ayurveda, chakra philosophy, meditation, yoga, mindfulness, therapeutic massage, aromatherapy, and holistic wellness into practical experiences that support the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. Through thousands of personalized sessions, Sandie has witnessed how physical discomfort, emotional patterns, creative blocks, and life's transitions are often interconnected, and how meaningful transformation begins with awareness.

Creative Chakra Spa & Yoga was founded from a simple belief: true wellness is more than the absence of illness. It is a way of living with intention, presence, compassion, and harmony with nature. Every retreat, therapy, meditation, and educational offering reflects this philosophy.

Being Chakra Zen Master: The World According to the Chakras is the culmination of decades of study, professional practice, and personal exploration. Rather than presenting the chakras as abstract or mystical concepts, Sandie invites readers to experience them as a practical framework for understanding everyday life, relationships, purpose, creativity, resilience, and spiritual growth.

As the narrator of the audiobook, Sandie shares these teachings in her own voice, creating an intimate and immersive experience that reflects the heart of her work. Her hope is that listeners will discover not only a deeper understanding of the chakras, but also a renewed connection with themselves and the world around them.

Whether guiding a meditation, creating a wellness retreat, or sharing the philosophy behind the chakras, Sandie's mission remains the same: to inspire people to live with greater awareness, authenticity, and compassion—one mindful step at a time.

Thank you for allowing me to share this journey with you. I hope these teachings become a companion that you can return to throughout your life."

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