It seems like every day studies are coming out about how good exercise is for the body. In a general sense, it’s healthy because it removes stagnation: blood, oxygen, waste, and nutrients can freely flow unobstructed to get where they need to be when we start moving around. Movement is an excellent therapy for clearing blocks not only in our body, but also in our energy (chakra) system, especially when coupled with nourishing foods for these energy centers.

Here are some ideas of how to get the best out of your movement for your chakras:

• Feeling ungrounded? Stimulate your root chakra with exercises that require the lower part of your body: whether running, walking, squatting, doing floor exercises, dancing.

• Need to express emotions? Allow your true feelings to flow through your sacral chakra with the conduit of water: try swimming, water aerobics, or a steam sauna.

• Do you feel more controlled by stress than you are in-powered to be your sunny self? Enliven your solar plexus and reduce your stress with the balance of harmonizing exercises such as yoga, tai chi, qi gong.

• Is your heart heavy? Circulate the love in the heart chakra territory by supercharging with some aerobic exercise.

• Do you feel like you can’t speak your truth, that your tongue is tied? Let your throat chakra voice itself through the clarity of sound: chanting or singing in the shower or car can help you find your authentic self.

• Is your mind on overdrive? Toss away the clutter of thoughts from your third eye chakra through meditation, sitting in silence, or reciting an invigorating or calming mantra to replace the “monkey-mind”.

• Do you feel disconnected, unplugged, and depressed? Connect to the whole of life by praying, setting intentions, and giving gratitude in every [...]