{"id":21314,"date":"2019-12-01T01:10:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T05:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=21314"},"modified":"2019-12-05T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:36:38","slug":"book-review-my-pocket-chakra-by-heidi-e-spear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/12\/01\/book-review-my-pocket-chakra-by-heidi-e-spear\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; My Pocket Chakra Healing: Anytime Exercises to Unblock, Balance, and Strengthen Your Chakras by Heidi E. Spear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Book <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">R<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">eview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">My Pocket Chakra Healing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"de-DE\">Anytime Exercises to Unblock, Balance, and Strengthen Your Chakras<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">by Heidi E. Spear <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">176 Pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21315\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pocket-chakra-healing-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pocket-chakra-healing-cover.png 350w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pocket-chakra-healing-cover-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This handbook by Heidi Spear is an in-depth presentation of chakras, no previous knowledge necessary. She describes what chakras are, teaches how to recognize if each is in balance, and what to do when they are not.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The experience of chakra healing is creative, magical, surprising, restorative, and cleansing,\u201d she writes, promising if readers take the time to heal their chakras, they can alleviate suffering, improve relationships, provide joy, de-stress, illuminate your life\u2019s path and bring about overall well-being. The process gives \u201cthe ultimate potential for health, happiness, and creating the life you want to lead. You will experience ease, joy, and unexpected miracles.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Chapters describe the chakras healing powers, the correspondences and issues related to each, and the benefits of each when they are unblocked and balanced. Anxiety, adapting to change, creating financial abundance, addictions, depression, anger, exhaustion and more are all addressed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Bringing chakras into balance doesn\u2019t need to be complicated, and there are many options among<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Using <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">crystals, aromatherapy, Reiki, yoga, breath work, meditation and color therapy are among the methods covered, and Spear offers a variety of exercises that can be used for each \u2013 more than 50 in all. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">For instance, working with your root chakra can take the form of the Happy Baby Pose followed by the Buddha Konasana Pose with visualizations, wearing red clothing, connecting with a bloodstone held in your nondominant hand and using patchouli, myrrh or cedarwood essential oils.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The book\u2019s final chapter explains how to combine chakra healing with the Law of Attraction to achieve your goals. It is followed by a glossary of terms and an index.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The book\u2019s size \u2013 roughly five inches by seven inches \u2013 makes it easy to attend to issues when and where they arise. A stretchy piece of elastic keeps it closed or marks your page. It\u2019s a handbook to holistic healing that is sure to have some positive results.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">About the Author<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Heidi E. Spear, MA, ABD, is an author and teacher who leads workshops on creative expression, yoga, meditation, energy healing, stress relief, the yoga of Shakespeare, and the law of attraction. She has graduate degrees in comparative literature and the arts from Washington University in St. Louis and New York University. Her meditation CD,\u00a0Universe, is available on iTunes. You can visit her website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heidispear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HeidiSpear.com<\/a>.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><span lang=\"en-US\">**NOTE: The first three reviews it got on Amazon were all 5s.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=paganpages-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1507211198&amp;asins=1507211198&amp;linkId=ad286623bf43d9b6a22868646427b37a&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>***<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Lynn Woike<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20916\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lynn-woike1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"221\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewitchonwheels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>thewitchonwheels.com<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewitchonwheels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20917\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lynn-woike2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lynn-woike2.png 488w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lynn-woike2-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and \u201cjust knew things.\u201d In my maiden years I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-a-fullmoon magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore many practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, gems, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. For 11 years I was in a coven, but with retirement, I have returned to an eclectic solitary practice. When accepting the mantle of crone, I pledged to serve and teach. This is what I do from my skoolie \u2013 a 30-year-old school bus converted into a tiny house on wheels that I am driving around the country, following 72-degree weather, emerging myself into nature, and sharing magic with those I meet. Find me at <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thewitchonwheels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">thewitchonwheels.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, Facebook and Instagram.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20918\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lynn-woike3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lynn-woike3.png 464w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lynn-woike3-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Review My Pocket Chakra Healing Anytime Exercises to Unblock, Balance, and Strengthen Your Chakras by Heidi E. Spear 176 Pages &nbsp; &nbsp; This handbook by Heidi Spear is an in-depth presentation of chakras, no previous knowledge necessary. She describes what chakras are, teaches how to recognize if each is in balance, and what to do when they are not. \u201cThe experience of chakra healing is creative, magical, surprising, restorative, and cleansing,\u201d she writes, promising if readers take the time to heal their chakras, they can alleviate suffering, improve relationships, provide joy, de-stress, illuminate your life\u2019s path and bring about overall well-being. The process gives \u201cthe ultimate potential for health, happiness, and creating the life you want to lead. You will experience ease, joy, and unexpected miracles.\u201d Chapters describe the chakras healing powers, the correspondences and issues related to each, and the benefits of each when they are unblocked and balanced. Anxiety, adapting to change, creating financial abundance, addictions, depression, anger, exhaustion and more are all addressed. Bringing chakras into balance doesn\u2019t need to be complicated, and there are many options among. Using crystals, aromatherapy, Reiki, yoga, breath work, meditation and color therapy are among the methods covered, and Spear offers a variety of exercises that can be used for each \u2013 more than 50 in all. For instance, working with your root chakra can take the form of the Happy Baby Pose followed by the Buddha Konasana Pose with visualizations, wearing red clothing, connecting with a bloodstone held in your nondominant hand and using patchouli, myrrh or cedarwood essential oils. The book\u2019s final chapter explains how to combine chakra healing with the Law of Attraction to achieve your goals. It is followed by a glossary of terms and an index. The book\u2019s size \u2013 roughly five inches by seven inches \u2013 makes it easy to attend to issues when and where they arise. A stretchy piece of elastic keeps it closed or marks your page. It\u2019s a handbook to holistic healing that is sure to have some positive results. About the Author Heidi E. Spear, MA, ABD, is an author and teacher who leads workshops on creative expression, yoga, meditation, energy healing, stress relief, the yoga of Shakespeare, and the law of attraction. She has graduate degrees in comparative literature and the arts from Washington University in St. Louis and New York University. Her meditation CD,\u00a0Universe, is available on iTunes. You can visit her website at HeidiSpear.com. **NOTE: The first three reviews it got on Amazon were all 5s. &nbsp; &nbsp; *** About the Author: Lynn Woike thewitchonwheels.com All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and \u201cjust knew things.\u201d In my maiden years I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-a-fullmoon magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore many practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, gems, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. For 11 years I was in a coven, but with retirement, I have returned to an eclectic solitary practice. When accepting the mantle of crone, I pledged to serve and teach. This is what I do from my skoolie \u2013 a 30-year-old school bus converted into a tiny house on wheels that I am driving around the country, following 72-degree weather, emerging myself into nature, and sharing magic with those I meet. Find me at thewitchonwheels.com, Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10005],"tags":[10616,10346,10619,10095,10615,10384,10617,10115,10621,10613,10614,10021,10075,10620,10366,10618,10342],"class_list":["post-21314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-anytime","tag-author","tag-balance","tag-book","tag-chakra","tag-chakras","tag-exercises","tag-healing","tag-heidi-e-spear","tag-my","tag-pocket","tag-recommended","tag-review","tag-strengthen","tag-to","tag-unblock","tag-your"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21316,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21314\/revisions\/21316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}