Raeka Manipura

Once upon a time there was a neurotic girl who lost her way. She'd had a plan on how she wanted her life to go, but things got a little complicated in the middle. It started when she dropped out of school because she was overwhelmed and burnt out (3 jobs with a full course load will do that to a person) and spent the next two years serving full time, trying to find her 'way out'. While serving, she worked on her social skills, and got herself out of her shell a little more; she began wanting to blend in instead of stand out. Where she once prided herself in being naturally pretty, she caked her face in makeup in order to get better tips; she allowed drunk men to ogle her legs in the uniform skirt and look at her chest in her low cut shirt instead of her eyes. She had conversations with entitled men who tried to impress her with words such as 'I dropped out of school because I hated people telling me what to do' or 'When I wave my empty drink in the air while c...

I got lost on the internet today. It happens to everyone, right? You get curious about who that actor was in that movie, and then you Google facts about it which leads you to random information on the cast, where they were born and who they married, and all of a sudden your computer is suggesting cheap flights to Finland, because someone was born there, and then you get an email on Groupon about all inclusive resorts and twenty minutes later you find yourself almost buying packing cubes and watching funny fail videos on Youtube, wondering what your life has come to. Its a rabbit hole in there. As much as times like these can be fun (or frustrating, depending on your mood) today I found something without actually looking for it. I've always been extremely curious about Buddhism and Chakras and the culture behind it, and I definitely wanted to look into realigning my energy, my body, and my intentions, incorporating this age-old practice into my own lifestyle. To be ...