Q&A: Does Traveling Damage A Child’s Energy Field?
Recently in a discussion, I mentioned that now a days children are barely developing their root chakra due to prevalent lifestyles. A parent was concerned and a nice discussion ensued. I post here the questions and the answers.
How does traveling affect the development of root chakra for children?
The system perceives traveling – anything more than running (I am not counting marathons here, they are ungrounding) as being uprooted. Flying especially quite literally and physically separates you from the earth and you need a strong practice to re-establish that connection with the earth. As adults it is possible to maintain your grounding by keeping your focus on your feet at all times, provided your lower body is relatively free of energy blockages. For children this is much harder because their root chakra hasn’t even really developed yet.
Very literally speaking, children need stability and a fixed routine to be able to thrive and prosper, in the first 7 years. So while traveling does bring its benefits, it is quite similar to planting a seed and then removing and repotting it again and again. It may have shinier leaves because of the continuously changing mud and potentially better nutrition (though is is really not always the case), but the roots won’t grow strong and long.
I didn’t know that. Have been traveling regularly with my daughter since she was 10months old. Anything I can do to help her?
If she’s less than 7, I would say if posisble, minimize travel. More than anything else, work on your own grounding. Grounding includes connection with our roots – so a strong connection with the neighbours or your locality is a good idea, eating local foods, minimizing imported foods, eating healthy, not refined oils, all these things should help. Since it is winter, massaging the legs with mustard oils should also help recover faster.
Even over the age of 7 the above things will help, but it will have to be a lifetime approach, it can takes years and years to get grounded properly in my experience, IF there is sufficient motivation, which itself is usually missing if grounding is poor.
In either case, absolutely no access to electronic media. It really really really damages the child. In my parenting group, everyone reported drastic changes in their child within a week of stopping all media. Of course, you talk to your child about this and don’t do it as dictator through a power struggle, but as a team – you explain the dangers and benefits for a week and then stop it for them and for yourself. Children become much calmer, clearer, more intelligent, better memory and concentration, more agreeable and eat much more healthy. Many saw a drastic drop in junk food cravings after stopping access to all media within a week. The changes are quite remarkable.
Author of ‘Healing Through Reiki’, Ashwita learned Reiki in 1997, and started teaching it in 2006. She now incorporates other forms of energy healing, as well as hypnotherapy and past life therapy in her work. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, crafts, reading and painting.
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