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Ep. 54 Exploring Reiki and Chakra Balancing (with special guest Burma Naylor) · Your Money, Your Rules | Financial Mastery, Wealth Mindset, Leadership Principles, Intuitive Decision-Making, Human Design

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  Erin Gray: You're listening to Generate a Life Well-Lived podcast.
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  Erin Gray: I'm your friend and confidant, erin Gray.
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  Erin Gray: I'm a former certified financial planner, turned human design, financial mentor and guide to entrepreneurs.
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  Erin Gray: I believe our money and our business can only thrive at the level of our emotional wellbeing.
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  Erin Gray: I empower entrepreneurs to feel confident with their money and in their business so that they can have fun now and in the future.
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  Erin Gray: On this podcast, we will explore all things money, business and self-development, including human design.
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  Erin Gray: I hope you enjoy the journey where I share everything that I know and am continuing to learn along the way, as I honor my heart's desires while inspiring and encouraging you to do the same.
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  Erin Gray: Hey, hey, my friends, how are we today?
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  Erin Gray: So on today's podcast, I have my good friend, Burma Naylor, and she is a Reiki practitioner.
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  Erin Gray: We met through.
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  Erin Gray: How did we meet?
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  Erin Gray: We met through someone else right and became fast friends.
• 0:52
  Erin Gray: We became fast friends and we love to talk about traveling and our children and how we love to spend time by ourselves.
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  Erin Gray: So, burma, coming on the podcast, thank you.
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  Erin Gray: Thank you for having me.
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  Erin Gray: Yeah, so we're going to talk about.
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  Erin Gray: I thought it would be fun because I always look back at like, okay, what did old Aaron, you know, used to not know about, or what are the things that I've used and played with over the years to, yeah, like, be get into my body, feel more connected with myself, and Reiki was one of those things, and so I wanted to bring Burma on to talk about it, explain what it is.
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  Erin Gray: We're going to talk about the chakra system.
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  Erin Gray: What else are we going to talk about?
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  Erin Gray: Um, can you do Reiki remotely?
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  Erin Gray: Just all the things that I would have been so inquisitive about before, cause I didn't know.
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  Erin Gray: And so, yeah, thank you for coming and sharing your time and all the things.
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  Erin Gray: So, do you want to talk about?
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  Erin Gray: What is Reiki Like?
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  Erin Gray: How?
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  Erin Gray: Sometimes, like when people ask certain questions, I'm like I don't even know how to describe it.
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  Erin Gray: It's just like I lay on the table.
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  Erin Gray: Burma does amazing things and I feel so much better after I get off.
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  Burma Naylor: That's it.
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  Burma Naylor: That's the definition.
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  Burma Naylor: Yeah, well, I knew that I would be asked that question.
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  Burma Naylor: So you're right, it's tricky to describe.
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  Burma Naylor: Well, I don't think it's tricky to describe, I think it's tricky to define.
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  Burma Naylor: It's kind of like if somebody said can you give me the definition of love?
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  Burma Naylor: Well, I can tell you my experiences with it.
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  Burma Naylor: I can tell you what I've witnessed and other people and their experiences with it, how it makes me feel.
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  Burma Naylor: But a true definition is kind of tricky.
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  Burma Naylor: So the word Reiki R-E-I-K-I is a Japanese word, and rei and ki, so universal energy, universal chi.
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  Burma Naylor: It's a universal energy source that is available to all of us.
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  Burma Naylor: Um, reiki practitioners are a conduit for that energy.
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  Burma Naylor: So we are not doing the healing or the um uh, we are just the conduit for that beautiful energy that is Reiki, if that makes sense.
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  Erin Gray: Yeah, totally so, can you.
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  Erin Gray: I've always come to you and physically laid on your table.
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  Erin Gray: But like, can you do because I mean energy, right, Like energy is all around us, it's all throughout the world Like, can you do it remotely?
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  Erin Gray: Um, yeah, and talk a little bit about that.
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  Burma Naylor: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Burma Naylor: Uh, you can.
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  Burma Naylor: So again, just like you said, energy doesn't know time and space.
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  Burma Naylor: I was reluctant to receive Reiki remotely for a long time, just because I receive Reiki very well.
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  Burma Naylor: Just a quick little backstory I was on the receiving end of Reiki for about 20 years before ever becoming attuned to it and being allowed to offer it to others, to it and being allowed to offer it to others.
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  Burma Naylor: So I know firsthand the impact that it can make, the impact that it does make and how it feels.
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  Burma Naylor: So I enjoy being on the table receiving energy, feeling the heat from somebody's hand.
• 3:55
  Burma Naylor: But I had a circumstance where that wasn't an option for me and I knew that the benefits of Reiki were something that I needed in that moment and it was a much more profound experience than I thought that it would be.
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  Burma Naylor: So I have offered it to folks in other countries, folks in other states.
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  Burma Naylor: There's a gal that travels quite a bit for work.
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  Burma Naylor: We actually met in India and she lives in Colorado, travels quite a bit for work, and we'll do kind of a late evening appointment for her when she's checked into a hotel somewhere, when she can just fall asleep afterwards, um.
• 4:28
  Burma Naylor: So yeah, it's, um, I go into my Reiki space, into my Reiki room, I place crystal stones where that person's chakras would be, and it's just as though they're laying there.
• 4:41
  Erin Gray: Let's talk about the chakra system.
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  Erin Gray: Will you explain?
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  Erin Gray: Because that is something that I've like had to learn over the years and like, um, I think old Aaron was like what, and now Aaron, now it's like tell me all the things, like how, um, you know, on the podcast we talk about human design and part of human design has you know, um, the modality, I guess you know, or or of of the chakra system.
• 5:07
  Erin Gray: So do you want to dive in and just explain, like the different chakras and the energy of that and just, yeah, break that down a little bit for us.
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  Burma Naylor: Sure, um, and I'll preface you know, anything that I share is my perspective right?
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  Burma Naylor: There's thousands of different, hundreds of thousands of different books and different views on all of this, so I want to be respectful and mindful of anybody's take on this, but this is my experience and just kind of my perception and perspective of things.
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  Burma Naylor: So chakras to me are openings in your subtle body.
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  Burma Naylor: Your subtle body, s U B T L E is your energy body.
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  Burma Naylor: So you have this physical body and we know when things are out of alignment there.
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  Burma Naylor: Right, the older, older Erin gets, the more she knows.
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  Burma Naylor: When you know, you get out of bed and you're like, oh my gosh, something's just not right in my physical body and in our energy body or our subtle body, it can be just that a bit more subtle when we just feel like something is off, something's not right.
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  Burma Naylor: A lot of people use the word stuck.
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  Burma Naylor: I try and reframe the word stuck.
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  Burma Naylor: Stuck to me means that there's something wrong that needs to be fixed, when really I think we just need to optimize the flow of energy or the flow of chi through our body.
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  Burma Naylor: So, um, uh, chakras are openings in that subtle body, that energy body that allows energy from the environment to flow through to our physical body.
• 6:33
  Burma Naylor: With that, energy comes um environment, energy comes um, comes um energy through um physical traumas, physical experiences, emotional traumas, emotional experiences.
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  Burma Naylor: You think about going out in the world, um, you know, even just going to the grocery store how many?
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  Burma Naylor: people you interact with, right on the road, in the grocery store, in the checkout line, coming home, and everybody you know we're energetic beings, so we're all walking around sharing energy, being connected.
• 7:08
  Burma Naylor: So at the end of the day we can feel a little heavy, right, we can feel like gosh, something's just not right and and we pick up energy that doesn't belong to us and that comes in through our chakras.
• 7:19
  Burma Naylor: So, again, going back to that word stuck that a lot of people use, I like that optimal energy flow.
• 7:26
  Burma Naylor: So sometimes you can have more energy flowing in a part of your body, which means less energy is going to be flowing in another part of your body.
• 7:33
  Burma Naylor: So one of the benefits of receiving reiki is that reiki energy comes in and aligns or calibrates I like the word calibrates those chakras.
• 7:42
  Burma Naylor: There's nothing wrong with it.
• 7:44
  Burma Naylor: It's like your brakes in your car, right, you don't necessarily need new brakes, you just need to recalibrate what's happening.
• 7:50
  Burma Naylor: Right, you need to recalibrate the alignment in your car, so to speak.
• 7:53
  Burma Naylor: So Reiki to me um, I love the description of it's kind of like a um, like a chiropractic adjustment for your energetic body, right, it just kind of puts everything back in alignment.
• 8:03
  Burma Naylor: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Erin Gray: So what?
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  Erin Gray: Like I have my thoughts on why, why energy gets, um, what did we say?
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  Erin Gray: It's not optimized, like, what was the word that we want to say?
• 8:16
  Erin Gray: Cause I always want to look at it, cause that you and I are very similar in the sense, like we always want to be talking about it from an empowered place, Right, um.
• 8:23
  Erin Gray: And so when it isn't moving right, maybe on a more consistent, less than optimal flow, there you go, less than optimal, there you go.
• 8:30
  Erin Gray: Um, what are some?
• 8:33
  Erin Gray: You said, like you know, physical traumas, emotional traumas, and I think it's one of those things of like we I think this is a Western society thing is like we, we are moving so quickly that we, we aren't necessarily in tune with our bodies until it gets to a certain point and then we're like Whoa, like something is off and so, um, you know, that's, that's at that place.
• 8:56
  Erin Gray: Where would you say that the energy is?
• 8:59
  Erin Gray: Like at less than optimal and that's why you are feeling how you're feeling, like, like, would that be a yeah?
• 9:06
  Burma Naylor: yeah, it's, there's an imbalance, right.
• 9:07
  Burma Naylor: So just like, yeah, yeah, just like in your physical body there's an imbalance of things and that causes disease, right, disease, yep.
• 9:15
  Burma Naylor: So same thing in our energy body when things are out of balance, um, there's consequences for that.
• 9:20
  Burma Naylor: So you know, and going back to you know, kind of that Western society I mean the whole world is, but I think especially Western society we're very much in fight or flight, right, our adrenal systems are just tapped constantly.
• 9:34
  Burma Naylor: You know, stress and chaos has been kind of worn as a badge of honor.
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  Burma Naylor: I think the collective is shifting away from that and we're honoring a different speed of life and a different way of living, but we're still, you know, dealing with the impact of stressful lives, and so when we are constantly in fight or flight, there are consequences, both physically and energetically, that happen to us, and so we're depleted of our energy or there's an imbalance in that energy, balance in that energy.
• 10:07
  Burma Naylor: And so Reiki gives that fight or flight a moment to just take a back seat and it activates our parasympathetic nervous system so that we can shift into rest and digest.
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  Burma Naylor: And what's really beautiful about it?
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  Burma Naylor: I have the opportunity and the honor a lot of times to be there for somebody's first Reiki session, and it is such a beautiful experience.
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  Burma Naylor: It doesn't have to be somebody's first experience for this, but afterwards there's just this quiet moment when you can watch them experience what their body is meant to be like, how they are meant to be, how their nervous system feels when it's in alignment, and that can be their new normal.
• 10:44
  Burma Naylor: And so you know the the the body has amazing muscle memory and energetic memory to be able to go wait a minute.
• 10:51
  Burma Naylor: This is possible.
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  Burma Naylor: Now.
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  Burma Naylor: I didn't realize that this is possible intuitively we did, but maybe it's been a long time, if ever since we felt that way, since we were in that state of rest or digest, rest and digest, and so that you know you can walk out of that Reiki room.
• 11:07
  Burma Naylor: And that can be your new normal.
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  Burma Naylor: And my hands are like this because I think of it.
• 11:12
  Burma Naylor: It's almost like holding your peace right.
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  Burma Naylor: This is how I can feel now, and anything that takes me out of that peace, you know, doesn't mean we can just be in Reiki bliss all day as we go about.
• 11:23
  Burma Naylor: You know our days, but we can to a certain extent, if we recognize, wait.
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  Burma Naylor: This is my new normal.
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  Burma Naylor: And let me just pay attention to the things that are happening, whether it's in traffic or when I go to work or when I go home, that are pulling me out of this state, and just that awareness, and just the possibility of knowing that it's possible to feel that way, can make a huge impact in somebody's life.
• 11:47
  Erin Gray: Yeah, and I always say, like it's, it's not from a place of rush, but like, how quickly do we get back Right, Like the state of being calm and and regulated, and like, yes, we're going to have these ebbs and flows, but like, how quickly can we get back to that peaceful, like you're saying, energy that we're in versus, I think, a lot of us I know I was this way for a long time Like stress was my normal state of being, right until I got away from it and I was like, oh, actually, like this is, this is how we're supposed to, you know, experience and, um, yeah, move through the world.
• 12:26
  Erin Gray: I want to, if you're open to it, like diving into the chakra system, like those the different, like each um chakra and like what it is, because I know with you and me a lot of times you notice things and you're totally okay to to share, like whatever you know you've felt with me, um, but yeah, just the different, different chakras and like um, yeah, like what they are and and your, your take on that yeah, like what they are, and and your, your take on that, yeah, um, so again, there's a wide breadth of of explanation that many people can have.
• 12:58
  Burma Naylor: So this is, this is my explanation, right, yeah, uh, so we have many, many, many chakras in our body, um again, openings to the, to the energy, to the energy of the environment, openings where that's allowed to come in.
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  Burma Naylor: But we have seven main chakras that we kind of focus on, or if you see any, you know drawings or whatnot.
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  Burma Naylor: These are the kind of the seven main chakras that we look at.
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  Burma Naylor: Six of them are actually in our body and one is just above our body, our crown chakra.
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  Burma Naylor: So our crown chakra is our connection to the cosmos.
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  Burma Naylor: So your connection to spirituality, the divine God source, whatever words you want to put in there, it doesn't matter what word, it is right.
• 13:40
  Burma Naylor: So that's your connection to spirituality, right here.
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  Burma Naylor: Your third eye, or your Ajna I know you're familiar with this through human design, but your third eye is how you see the world, right, your perception of the world when you you know you can, you'll see people if they forget something and they're like oh man, where did I put that when?
• 14:01
  Burma Naylor: Where is that Right?
• 14:02
  Burma Naylor: That's you coming back into that space?
• 14:04
  Burma Naylor: Where was I when I lost my keys?
• 14:06
  Burma Naylor: Where was I when I set my phone down?
• 14:08
  Burma Naylor: So that's how you see the world, how you see your perception of the world, your throat chakra, that's going to be where you speak your truth, where you or not, or not, yes, yes, if it's less than optimal, that might be the case.
• 14:23
  Burma Naylor: So, yeah, speaking your truth, knowing your truth, but also knowing when to hold your tongue, right?
• 14:29
  Burma Naylor: So I think a lot of times, especially a lot of women, will come in and and they may not speak up.
• 14:35
  Burma Naylor: They may not, you know they, for whatever reason, their life has led them to not feeling comfortable or not feeling empowered to be able to speak up for themselves.
• 14:42
  Burma Naylor: And the opposite of that is true, where sometimes it's best not to speak up in that moment, right, if it's not coming from a loving space.
• 14:50
  Burma Naylor: So, going back to that explanation of optimal energy, I use the example of like watering the garden.
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  Burma Naylor: Right, so you can take the hose out to the garden, water the tomatoes and have just a little dribble of water coming out and it'll get the job done.
• 15:05
  Burma Naylor: But it's not the ideal way to do it, right, it's not the most optimal way to water the garden.
• 15:09
  Burma Naylor: The opposite is true, where you can turn the hose on full bore, come out and soak the tomatoes, and we all know what's going to happen there.
• 15:17
  Burma Naylor: So that analogy, I think, is applicable with our throat energy, or our throat chakra, our heart space.
• 15:23
  Burma Naylor: That's going to be how we receive love, how we give love, and I think what has really been overlooked for a long, long time is self-love.
• 15:32
  Burma Naylor: That has really been overlooked for a long, long time is self-love, self-compassion, our love for ourselves.
• 15:36
  Burma Naylor: And then, just below that area is going to be your solar plexus.
• 15:40
  Burma Naylor: That's going to be kind of just below the bra line.
• 15:43
  Burma Naylor: That's going to be how you see yourself in the world.
• 15:46
  Burma Naylor: So here is how you view the world, and your solar plexus is how you see yourself walking through this world in this lifetime.
• 15:55
  Burma Naylor: It's going to be where our self-image, our self-esteem comes from.
• 16:00
  Burma Naylor: And then, just a few inches below your belly button, that's going to be your sacral chakra.
• 16:04
  Burma Naylor: That's your creative center, your sexual center, your survival center, your will center, your, your will, um.
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  Burma Naylor: This is an interesting area again for women.
• 16:19
  Burma Naylor: Um, we have a lot of times where our creative energy and our sexual energy can kind of become um, especially for moms.
• 16:24
  Burma Naylor: Um, that area, when it's been in our you know that energy has been given to our womb space and that energy will shift from creativity maybe into motherhood.
• 16:32
  Burma Naylor: And so sometimes, you know, as our children get older, as they grow, and we're figuring out wait, they don't depend on us the way that they needed you know, the way they once did, and it usually happens at the age of like 11, 12, 13.
• 16:44
  Burma Naylor: That mother energy, I think it's really beautiful when that can be recalibrated into creative energy or sexual energy, so that we can kind of reclaim that energy back, and then, just below the pelvic area is going to be a root chakra.
• 17:00
  Burma Naylor: That's your connection to the earth.
• 17:03
  Burma Naylor: You hear a lot of times people talk a lot about being grounded.
• 17:06
  Burma Naylor: Right, they don't feel very grounded or they need to do some grounding exercises.
• 17:10
  Burma Naylor: It's like what in the world does that mean?
• 17:11
  Burma Naylor: Well, when we're feeling flighty and we're to do some grounding exercises, it's like what in the world does that mean?
• 17:15
  Burma Naylor: Well, when we're feeling flighty and we're, we're spending time in our head, um, and in other spaces.
• 17:19
  Burma Naylor: It's really important to come back in and come into that root chakra.
• 17:21
  Burma Naylor: Connect to the earth, um, one of the best ways to do that is just go barefoot in the grass, um, or the sand at the beach, um.
• 17:30
  Burma Naylor: That's going to be also your connection to your ancestors um your knees or your womb space, so both your own womb and the womb that you came from and ancestrally.
• 17:41
  Burma Naylor: So that's just kind of a brief overview of my perception of of the shock.
• 17:45
  Erin Gray: Yeah, yeah, um, I was going to ask you.
• 17:48
  Erin Gray: You mentioned like some grounding exercises, um of like just walking barefoot.
• 17:54
  Erin Gray: Do you have any other cause?
• 17:55
  Erin Gray: I think you know what's coming to mind is like my parents they would always like make comments, cause Grayson used to always she still kind of does always be barefoot, and like how we've been conditioned to like not have dirty feet or something like that, and like how it kind of takes us away from you know, like being like wearing, wearing um just our feet right, like no shoes, just being in either grass or just walking, um, like there's, there's just little things that we've done over time to like in a way like disconnect us, right, maybe right from from nature, from ourselves, um, and so you have any other grounding exercises that you recommend?
• 18:33
  Erin Gray: Or is that like pretty us right, maybe right From from nature, from ourselves, um, and so you have any other grounding exercises that you recommend?
• 18:37
  Erin Gray: Or is that like pretty well, like that's, that's a good one of like just try walking with your without you know shoes on for a while and just be in the grass, like it feels so good to just be in the grass?
• 18:47
  Burma Naylor: It does, I know.
• 18:48
  Burma Naylor: That's why I love spring.
• 18:49
  Burma Naylor: Um, yeah, and if you don't have the opportunity or you're not able to be barefoot, just walking, just grounding and connect, connecting with the earth is really important.
• 18:57
  Burma Naylor: Um, also, your breath.
• 18:59
  Burma Naylor: There's just nothing more important than your breath.
• 19:02
  Burma Naylor: And bringing you back back into that moment, um, you know, a lot of times, um, through the different events that I do, I talk to people a lot about meditation and there's this myth out there that grounding or meditation, or grounding meditations, that it has to be kind of what it looks like Uh, I don't know in the pictures orchestrated.
• 19:24
  Erin Gray: Yeah, yeah, exactly yeah.
• 19:26
  Burma Naylor: It's like I've got to set some time aside and not.
• 19:28
  Burma Naylor: That ritual isn't beautiful.
• 19:29
  Burma Naylor: It's beautiful to have those rituals, but you know, or I've got to set some time aside and light the candles and do all the things and, gosh, I haven't meditated or done any grounding exercises in a long time, cause I don't have time to do that, or I'm not making space for that.
• 19:42
  Burma Naylor: Go for a walk.
• 19:43
  Burma Naylor: Go for a walk.
• 19:46
  Burma Naylor: It doesn't have to be a big ritual, it doesn't have to be a big word deal.
• 19:50
  Burma Naylor: So, you know, matching your um, doing something called box breath, um, is a wonderful way to do breathing.
• 19:57
  Burma Naylor: So if you can exhale a little bit longer than you inhale um, that's a really wonderful way for your lungs to expand and for your breath to come in and come into that root chakra.
• 20:07
  Burma Naylor: So I think, listening to your, listening to your body, listening to yourself, what's your body telling you that it needs?
• 20:14
  Burma Naylor: Do you need to go for a walk, but you don't have time because you have this list of things to do, go for a five minute walk.
• 20:20
  Burma Naylor: Go sit down in the grass, just listen.
• 20:24
  Burma Naylor: We all have this incredible ability to have to listen to our intuition and a lot of times we feel like we don't.
• 20:32
  Burma Naylor: Somebody else has that power or somebody else has that gift and we all have that power and we all have that gift.
• 20:37
  Burma Naylor: So if we tune in and just listen and it really can be as simple, it is as simple as saying what do I need right now?
• 20:45
  Burma Naylor: And whatever comes to your mind is the answer.
• 20:49
  Burma Naylor: It's that simple.
• 20:51
  Erin Gray: Yeah, I think we try to complicate it right, like exactly what you're saying, like we, we, the self-development world, is like it's gotta be all these things, and it's like sometimes it just that it I don't want to say it prevents us, but we, we allow that to prevent us from just doing the thing.
• 21:07
  Erin Gray: Right, like okay, it doesn't have, the meditation doesn't have to be 20 minutes, it doesn't have to be an hour, it can be literally like you're saying, like am I breathing from like up here or am I breathing from, you know, from my down below in my belly?
• 21:20
  Erin Gray: You know?
• 21:20
  Erin Gray: Like, how am I even?
• 21:22
  Burma Naylor: breathing at all Okay.
• 21:23
  Erin Gray: That's a good one too.
• 21:24
  Burma Naylor: Really you would be surprised.
• 21:26
  Burma Naylor: I mean, even as you were saying that I was paying attention to my breath and I was like, oh, I think I've been holding my breath, other than some really shallow breathing as I'm talking about it.
• 21:34
  Burma Naylor: So, with all of this, it's really just the awareness of is such a huge step.
• 21:40
  Burma Naylor: It's such a huge step Just being aware of wait a minute, I've noticed something is out of alignment with me.
• 21:46
  Burma Naylor: I don't feel right.
• 21:47
  Burma Naylor: What is it?
• 21:48
  Burma Naylor: What can I do that can help?
• 21:49
  Burma Naylor: And Reiki has been just a huge blessing in my life on the receiving end and most certainly on the offering side.
• 21:56
  Burma Naylor: Um, you know, just actually I mentioned this when we talked on the phone the other day.
• 21:59
  Burma Naylor: But, um gosh, what day was it?
• 22:03
  Burma Naylor: Friday or Saturday?
• 22:04
  Burma Naylor: It was Saturday.
• 22:05
  Burma Naylor: Um, I felt like I had had a bunch of caffeine and I didn't.
• 22:10
  Burma Naylor: I just felt kind of wiry and the opposite of grounded and jittery and just kind of felt like everything was spiraling.
• 22:18
  Burma Naylor: And I now know that that's my body's way of of giving me some signs and giving me some messages.
• 22:25
  Burma Naylor: And for me, the way to resolve that is to receive a Reiki session.
• 22:30
  Burma Naylor: So I reached out to a friend um, that is also a Reiki session.
• 22:32
  Burma Naylor: So I reached out to a friend that is also a Reiki practitioner and thankfully she was able to get me in that same day and I left like that's what I needed.
• 22:42
  Burma Naylor: And so many times we want to figure out what it is that's causing it.
• 22:46
  Burma Naylor: What is this?
• 22:47
  Burma Naylor: What's going on which?
• 22:48
  Burma Naylor: There's absolute value in all of that?
• 22:50
  Burma Naylor: There really is, but you know what?
• 22:52
  Burma Naylor: What's at the root of this, what's happening?
• 22:54
  Burma Naylor: But sometimes you don't have to do that.
• 22:57
  Burma Naylor: Or, in addition to that, just being open to receive the energy of Reiki and the beautiful power of Reiki.
• 23:05
  Burma Naylor: One of the powers of Reiki is that it helps you let go of what no longer serves to make room for what's waiting to come in, of what no longer serves to make room for what's waiting to come in, so you don't have to know what it is that's happening in your energy body or your physical body that doesn't serve any longer.
• 23:21
  Burma Naylor: And you notice I didn't say that that it's bad or that it's negative, because it's not necessarily it just doesn't serve anymore.
• 23:28
  Burma Naylor: And so your only job when receiving Reiki is to just being open to receive and Reiki that energy that is Reiki goes to the places and the spaces that it needs to to help remove what no longer serves, and then it makes room for all of the goodness that's on the peripheral of that energy body that's been waiting to come in, but there hasn't been room for it.
• 23:50
  Burma Naylor: So that's exactly what happened to me on Saturday when I received my session and, um, I'm glad that I am making it a bigger part of my um self-care regimen instead of going like, oh my gosh, what can, what can I do?
• 24:06
  Burma Naylor: And I'm having these conversations with people that come to me and then finally realizing why don't I practice what I preach and do more of that?
• 24:14
  Erin Gray: I'm so glad you said that because I think a lot of times, like we do want to search for that and like that keeps us in our what I call I mean, I know our head is part of our body and also, like it keeps us in our head versus just like getting into the body right, like checking in with your breath, or just like allowing whatever it is to like there was.
• 24:31
  Erin Gray: It was probably a year ago and I was like I couldn't figure out the sensation that I was feeling and I was like search, like in my brain I was searching for it.
• 24:38
  Erin Gray: I'm like what is this feeling?
• 24:39
  Erin Gray: And I'm like, wait, we're totally bypassing.
• 24:43
  Erin Gray: Like just feel whatever you are feeling in this moment, right, and then it just passed.
• 24:47
  Erin Gray: And so I think sometimes we want to like figure out what it is, like you said, and it has value, and also, like we don't always have to be figuring it out.
• 24:54
  Erin Gray: We can just like, okay, allow it.
• 24:56
  Erin Gray: And like allow it to pass through and feel what needs to be felt and just be prepped Like cause, really what you're saying, right, it's like being present, right With where we are in this moment.
• 25:05
  Erin Gray: Um, I want to talk a little bit about because I don't know, because for some of you that might be listening or watching, like when Burma does, would you say like will you do Reiki on me?
• 25:17
  Erin Gray: Or like what is the actual terminology that you I'm like what do I?
• 25:20
  Burma Naylor: you know I think everybody has a different terminology I, if I ask somebody if they've received Reiki before, that's what I say have you received Reiki?
• 25:29
  Burma Naylor: So I invite Reiki in because, again, I'm, I'm a conduit for that energy.
• 25:34
  Burma Naylor: So, um, so, yes, I.
• 25:36
  Burma Naylor: So I would say you know when, when your Reiki session starts.
• 25:40
  Erin Gray: Yeah, yeah.
• 25:41
  Erin Gray: And one of the things and I love that you use the description like love because it's like whenever I leave and I come back, my family's always like well, and I'm just like this, like you know, it's like you can't even describe it.
• 25:55
  Erin Gray: It's just like go have a session and see what it feels like.
• 25:58
  Erin Gray: Because it's just this, like there are things I think you might notice because and and I think we all had, like you said, we all have the intuitiveness, we all have that but like there are things that when you have you have um, just attuned to thank you.
• 26:19
  Erin Gray: I'm like what is the word I want to use?
• 26:20
  Erin Gray: Yeah, been attuned to that you notice, or my body might do things, and then you pick up on that and I think it's just like such a um, yeah, it's just an amazing experience.
• 26:30
  Erin Gray: It's like I can't describe it.
• 26:31
  Erin Gray: It's just like you go in and then it's like you feel so calm and refreshed afterwards and it's like, yeah, maybe there doesn't need to be any language for it.
• 26:39
  Erin Gray: It's just like that.
• 26:40
  Erin Gray: That like ah, feeling of um.
• 26:46
  Erin Gray: Yeah, like you said, like the recalibration, the like groundedness.
• 26:50
  Erin Gray: And I'm curious, for do you see people that?
• 26:55
  Erin Gray: Because I think another thing to a lot of us deny what our bodies are telling us.
• 27:02
  Erin Gray: Right Like we, pain shows up, like you said this briefly but like dis-ease in our bodies.
• 27:08
  Erin Gray: Right Is because that energy isn't at its most optimal level.
• 27:12
  Erin Gray: And so do you see people that come to you that either are having pain in certain areas and that's because that energy is kind of staying there versus moving or yeah, things of that sort, absolutely.
• 27:26
  Burma Naylor: Um, you know, I don't pay a whole lot of attention, no-transcript medical settings, clinical settings, which is really wonderful, and I have the honor of being able to do that, as many others have as well.
• 28:06
  Burma Naylor: So, yes, there are case studies, scientific studies out there and many more in the works that show, you know, reduction in stress, reduction in healing time after surgeries or after a treatment.
• 28:18
  Burma Naylor: So it can be something as big as you know a surgery or as what can seem as small as you know, anxiety, with somebody going to a dentist appointment or going in and and getting maybe some test results or something of that nature.
• 28:32
  Burma Naylor: So, yes, I have certainly heard people come back that have said, man, my shoulder has been hurting me for a really long time and it's just, it just feels better.
• 28:42
  Burma Naylor: So I am not a doctor and I'm not able to, you know, diagnose or state why it is that that happens.
• 28:48
  Burma Naylor: I certainly have my opinions as to why.
• 28:50
  Burma Naylor: Um, you know, we carry energy in parts of our body and if we let go of that energy that no longer serves, if that energy is allowed to leave, then we're not carrying something that doesn't belong to us.
• 29:03
  Erin Gray: Yeah, yeah, I'm a big like hey, everyone's responsible, go do your own research and homework and all of the things.
• 29:10
  Erin Gray: And also like we're not medical doctors and all of the things.
• 29:13
  Erin Gray: And also like there is, our bodies are highly intuitive, highly intellectual beings and they're always talking to us, if we're ready to listen and receive the message.
• 29:27
  Burma Naylor: Yeah, and I think it's important too to mention that you don't have to believe in this for it to do what it does Right.
• 29:33
  Burma Naylor: It's just like like gravity you don't have to believe in gravity, but if you fall out of a tree, you're going to learn what gravity is Right.
• 29:41
  Burma Naylor: So it's not in alignment or against any spiritual belief or religion.
• 29:47
  Burma Naylor: There's no religious dogma or anything of that nature.
• 29:50
  Burma Naylor: So it is not in conflict with anything.
• 29:52
  Burma Naylor: It is universal energy, it is universal love.
• 29:55
  Burma Naylor: So, um, I think that's a really important message to share with folks.
• 30:00
  Erin Gray: That is too yeah.
• 30:00
  Erin Gray: Is there any difference that you do from a medical Reiki standpoint to like when I come and I see you, or is it just like what someone comes for and maybe like is that the I didn't even think about it.
• 30:14
  Burma Naylor: There are different attunements, um, that we receive um in addition to medical training, um, uh, or medical Reiki training.
• 30:22
  Burma Naylor: So, yes, there are additional attunements, different attunements, and then there's also some helpers in the energy world, energetic world that are invited in through the trainings.
• 30:36
  Burma Naylor: So, yes, and also, you wouldn't have to go to somebody you know if you were able to, if you were looking to have a medical procedure of some sort.
• 30:47
  Burma Naylor: You don't have to go to somebody that has that medical credential in order to receive the benefits of Reiki.
• 30:52
  Burma Naylor: Reiki will help.
• 30:53
  Burma Naylor: I think the biggest difference and the biggest thing to note is that it gives us some of the medical training that allows us to go into those credentials that allow us to go in to that Western medicine world.
• 31:04
  Burma Naylor: So it's less about the Reiki energy as it is about the credentials, knowing that we've had some training to be able to go in and understand our role in a medical procedure.
• 31:16
  Erin Gray: Okay, so if someone is like having pain or something like that, they can just go see someone that does Reiki.
• 31:20
  Erin Gray: It doesn't have to be a medical, because energy is energy is energy, right, yep, yep, absolutely, yeah, okay, anything else that you want to add that maybe I didn't get a chance to ask or think about or know about, to ask?
• 31:32
  Burma Naylor: I'm sure when we hang up I'm going to be like, oh man, I wish I would have said this.
• 31:36
  Burma Naylor: So, um, you know, as I mentioned the other day when we were talking, I just try and be mindful of, um, not to say too much, because I wouldn't want to say something or use words that might alienate somebody that might have an interest in coming and receiving Reiki.
• 31:50
  Burma Naylor: So if anybody is listening or watching that is curious, just go try it, it's fantastic.
• 31:57
  Burma Naylor: It doesn't have to.
• 31:58
  Burma Naylor: It's just wonderful.
• 32:00
  Burma Naylor: It helps Like a big warm hug.
• 32:02
  Erin Gray: It is a big warm hug.
• 32:03
  Erin Gray: I don't know what else to say.
• 32:04
  Burma Naylor: Yeah, I want to make sure that everybody knows.
• 32:06
  Burma Naylor: So, yes, you were on a like a massage table, but it is closed on, um, except for Aaron sometimes.
• 32:19
  Burma Naylor: You know um it is.
• 32:19
  Burma Naylor: It is closed on.
• 32:20
  Burma Naylor: You can have your eyes open or closed.
• 32:21
  Burma Naylor: Um, you know everybody that you go to is going to have a um kind of a different process or you know their.
• 32:24
  Burma Naylor: Your experience is going to be a little bit different, just like if you go to anybody else right there.
• 32:28
  Burma Naylor: Their waiting room or their space might be a little bit different.
• 32:31
  Burma Naylor: But, um, you know, I think too, and I've had people do this before where, um, they were new to Reiki or even maybe those that had were experienced with receiving Reiki before we met first you know you are sharing space energetically and it's important that you feel in alignment with that person, that you feel safe.
• 32:49
  Burma Naylor: So, you know, I encourage somebody to you know, reach out to whoever you might be thinking of or Googling, to have a session with and have a conversation with them, whether it's on the phone, or come meet in person, and you know you feeling safe is the most important thing so that that rest and digest can be activated.
• 33:09
  Erin Gray: Yeah, no, that's really good to point out.
• 33:11
  Erin Gray: And also like, yeah, I like lay on the table and she gives me a little bolster for my knees and I put blankets on and it's like nice and just like you said, a really nice, soothing place to relax in, to then be able to be.
• 33:25
  Erin Gray: Yeah, for you to work your magic.
• 33:31
  Burma Naylor: So, oh, wait, one other thing Um, children, oh, okay, yeah, tremendously from Reiki.
• 33:38
  Burma Naylor: So, um, children that are still in the womb to you know, people that are a hundred years old or or on um hospice or or um are you know people that are are very healthy, people that are not healthy physically, everybody can receive Reiki and have benefits of this.
• 33:56
  Burma Naylor: So your experience, when you come into my space, where you know there's an eye pillow and it's quiet and those sorts of things, that looks very different with young children.
• 34:05
  Burma Naylor: I see kiddos as well and I love that.
• 34:07
  Burma Naylor: We talk about energy, we talk about different things.
• 34:10
  Burma Naylor: Um, sometimes they'll bring a book in and read it.
• 34:13
  Burma Naylor: Reiki doesn't care right.
• 34:15
  Burma Naylor: My kids can receive Reiki when they're watching TV it, you know it doesn't have to be any set um ambience or a ritual.
• 34:22
  Burma Naylor: That's happening Um.
• 34:24
  Burma Naylor: So children benefit very, um very well from Reiki as well.
• 34:29
  Erin Gray: Oh, thank you for saying that.
• 34:30
  Erin Gray: Yeah yeah, energy doesn't, like you said, doesn't know time, space, boundaries, anything at all.
• 34:34
  Erin Gray: It's all, we are all just energy, right?
• 34:40
  Burma Naylor: So where can people find you, burma?
• 34:41
  Burma Naylor: And if they want to do a remote session, where can they?
• 34:43
  Burma Naylor: How does that work?
• 34:43
  Burma Naylor: So I am located in Boise, idaho, um, but, uh, you can come to my website or give me a call.
• 34:47
  Burma Naylor: Um, my website is wanderlustmalesandreikicom.
• 34:51
  Burma Naylor: Look me up on Instagram, facebook.
• 34:54
  Burma Naylor: Um, let's see, I'm not a TikToker or a Twitter um or my website, and I would love to answer any questions that anybody has.
• 35:04
  Burma Naylor: Um, I can also, if you are looking to have an in-person session in your area, I can find out where you live and do a little due diligence on my side, have conversations either with you and that other person or on behalf for you, and just see if we can find a good fit.
• 35:21
  Erin Gray: Perfect, okay, I'll put everything in the show notes.
• 35:23
  Erin Gray: So thanks again, verma, for sharing your time.
• 35:25
  Burma Naylor: Thanks so much for having me.
• 35:26
  Burma Naylor: I appreciate you have a great day.
• 35:28
  Erin Gray: Thank you for tuning in today.
• 35:30
  Erin Gray: I appreciate you spending your time with me.
• 35:32
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• 35:39
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• 35:53
  Erin Gray: To learn more about grow the CEO cohort, you can head over to my website at generate a life well-livedcom and, as always, from my soul to yours.