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Your Aura & Your Chakras: The Owner's Manual

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I never thought "spiritual healing" and "kick butt" could be used in the same sentence, but that's exactly what this owner's manual does. Or should I say -- kicks first chakra! Ms. McLaren states that she has learned all she knows about chakras directly from the chakras themselves, and has never read a book about the chakra system. Well, I must have read them all, and even the best ones left me with a sneaking suspicion that everyone owns an aura and chakras except me! "The Owner's Manual" demonstrated to my great relief that this is not the case. Ms. McLaren provides even the most spiritually stupefied like myself with accessible tools with which to tune into our subtle energies, heal ourselves, take control of our lives, and have fun in the process. I endorse her book with gratitude.

First I can't say enough good things about this book. I have to disagree with the poor reviews that it has been given. First to the rator that said this book was Preachy, I never felt that the author was trying shove her beliefs onto me or that she was "lets be light all the time". This book has one defining quality and that is that it gives you definite advise on how to "ground" yourself and your life so that your living for you and your living in a place that that promotes healthy boundries and then she goes to depth on how people fall into unhealthy practices that are unhealthy ways that people go about their lives. That to me isn't "light all the time". Unless you mean that she actually stresses the importance on creating healthy boundries... then she gives healthy practices from her experience that creates a positive atmosphere and yet defines boundries.
That is all only half of the book though... I have have looked through many books on Auras and this book is the only one that I have found that doesn't try to Sell itself and it walks away from the cookie cutter commercailized book! I found that the Chackras and my Aura become real rather then an uninfluential intellectual exercise of trying to gather a metaphysical power.
I was surprised that one rater said this book said that this author does not mention the Goddess and that this is just a continuation of the male society... This book does not focus on God or Goddess (or any diety) and the referances of a "God-connection" or "God" refers mostly to the "higher self" or the seventh chackra which I think the auther did an amazing job... and the rater who was offended by the use of "God" has mentioned is clearly very sensitive about any mention of the other God based religions as that raters reviews clearly point out.
I would give a detailed discription of the insides of this books except amazon has the "look inside" for this book and the contents are one of the pages.
Overall I can't suggest this book enough... I just bought four other books from this author just because I was so impressed with this book.
Blessed be

Your Aura And Your Chakras is more than an excellent book. It is one of those books about psychic/human development which themselves "carry" a psychic boost. Karla's deep understanding and clarity of purpose directly support our own healing, skill and understanding. Her descriptions are clear, organized and practical. I also have written a book, <I>Basic Psychic Development: A User's Guide To Auras, Chakras, And Clairvoyance</I>, covering the same underlying system, though from a quite different and complementary perspective. I am always thrilled when I can learn from other perspectives and I have so enjoyed and learned from Karla's. I highly recommend this book to my friends and students, to both beginners and advanced practitioners. Thank you Karla for a wonderful resource for us all. John Friedlander

This is simply the best book on working with the aura and charkas that I have found. People will often tell you at the beginning of a meditation, yoga, chakra balancing class, or any other "new age" class to ground and center yourself but very few tell you how. They assume you know. So we begin by looking around the class and trying to imitate what the others are doing. Karla actually gives you practical techniques to center and ground yourself that you can do anywhere, even in traffic, or in the middle of a boring (or frustrating or irritating) staff meeting. You will be better able to focus and no one need know that you are doing it.

Many New Age techniques are quite passive and reactive, and in my experience are not very effective in the long term. They sometimes have to be repeated several times a day, every day, forever. Her techniques are proactive and anything but passive, which means that you do the work. No one can do this kind of work for you. The techniques can be very empowering, and maybe slightly uncomfortable at first, as you realize that you are responsible for the positive changes in your energy bodies and your life. Who could ask for more.

I am a nationally certified massage therapist and Reiki Master. I have used her techniques before sessions to ground and center myself to great effect. I have also used her techniques after sessions to clear my aura & chakras if I have picked up anything from my client. Since using Karlas techniques, there have been changes in many of my relationships with family, friends, coworkers, & bosses. The negative relationships either improved or fell away and the positive relationships were enhanced.

I cannot say enough good things about this book. Everyone should own this book and practice her techniques if they are serious about effecting positive change in their life.

The first couple chapters were great. I love books that give techniques, but the things I didn't like far outweighed the things I did like.

The author throws her own issues in the face of the reader quite often, to the point where it made me wonder exactly how healthy she is, that she can tell others how to improve their health. If the author would like to vent, I'd recommend a journal or a book about her life. Not what is advertised as a "Manual." Venting releases negative energy, and I found that negative energy affecting me more and more as I read - to the point where I finally had to put the book down and vent myself. I also found her experiences with energy to be quite different from mine. If you are looking for a book filled with opinions, this is the one for you. If you are looking for information about the chakras or auras, I'd recommend looking elsewhere, as you can get the information without the negativity or baggage attached.

In this book I learned a lot about releasing old thoughts and breaking unconsciously made vows and agreements. I would wake up in the middle of the night and early morning breaking them. This was a great way for me to release alot of baggage in a quick effective way. The only criticism I have of the book is that it seemed like the author had some heavy opinions about life that could have been left out.

I can't express how excited I was to find this book! Several years ago, after struggling to learn to meditate on my own, I enrolled in the late Lewis Bostwick's Berkley Psychic Institute's "pyschic kindergarten,"-- a class which teaches a clear and concise method of meditation. After completing the course, I was elated to find I could meditate easily. Not only that, but I was reaping the benefits of grounding, centering, and gold sun healings, among other things. How I struggled to explain to friends and family how this meditation worked! There were loved ones across the country whom I know could've benefitted from these teachings, but were unable to take the class. Now, with some slight alterations, I see Ms. McLaren's book explains the very method I used! Hurrah!
Karla's instructions are clear, and for those who don't like being told that "this is the way you must do it," well, in my own experience, the closer you come to following the instruction to the letter, the better your results will be. It all works together. Really. You just have to give it a chance.
Anyway, this is a remarkable book and I recommend it highly.

Karla McLaren's humor and wisdom have been really transforming for me. This book, along with her brilliant Emotional Genius, clarified all kinds of concepts and experience that I had never really understood. The books are a great pair -- I realized after reading them that I hadn't really known what the chakras were, except in the vaguest way, or how they connected to each other, or to the emotions. The gift McLaren gives is that she teaches us how to find balance in a world full of imbalancing influences. Anyone can say, "Trust yourself," but what is that self, and exactly how do we learn to trust it? These books give both specific techniques and general information. They also give that information in a humorous, readable, down-to-earth style that I really appreciate. They're on my reference shelf! I highly recommend them to everyone who wants to get grounded and learn how to live with themselves and other people.

I was intrigued by McLaren's work after reading an on-line excerpt from this book called "channeling your emotions". The clarity and wisdom in that brief passage left me wanting more.

Your Aura and Your Chakras: The Owner's Manual delivers just that. It is amazing how much information is packed into the pages of this book. And in contrast to many other spiritual texts, McLaren advocates eliminating any intermediaries, including herself, between you and Spirit. As the sub-title suggests this is about the reader being a physical embodiment of Spirit and how to maintain a healthy energetic connection.

Based on her extensive (over thirty years) experience in energetic healing, McLaren leads you through many easy to follow meditative exercises. While I mastered many of these with ease, it was always comforting to know that Karla had included a comprehensive "trouble-shooting guide" in the back of the book for handy reference...

In short, the love and compassion that went into writing this book was evident in page after page. The fact that the author has transformed her own pain into a healing message for the world is truly inspiring.

I found Karla's book by divine guidance, didn't know what to expect other than learning more about the subject of auras and chakras. She has written a do-it-yourself healing guide that has become invaluable in my day to day life. Refreshing, common-sence, down-to-earth language. Not to mention wonderful meditations that have helped immensely. She gives the tools to trust in our intuition, take responsiblity for our emotions, heal ourselves, and above all bring balance into everyday life.