Visions Medical Center

The Kabbalah, spelled myriad ways, is the sacred text of mystical Judaism.  The visual above is called The Tree of Life.

The spheres, called sefirots, are also centers of energy. There are three divisions of the ten sefirots. The first, from the top, is conjunctive in nature and consists of Binah, Chokhmah, and Keter. The second is emotional in nature and consists of Tiferet, Gevurah, and Chesed. The third level is instinctual or pragmatic and holds Yesod, Hod, and Netzach. Malkhut is independent and contains energies of the other nine.

From bottom to top, chakras and sefirot correpond as follows:

Root                     Malkhut [Kingdom]

Sacral                             Yesod [Foundation]

Solar Plexus                   Hod [Majesty] & Netzach [Endurance]

Heart                    Tiferet [Beauty]

Throat                  Gevurah [Power] & Chesed [Kindness]

Brow                    Binah [Understanding] & Chokhmah [Wisdom]

Crown                  Keter [Crown]

Eighth                  Da’at [Compassion]

According to the rabbis, these are the stages one must go through to realize the Divine within.  This is a practice that can take years to cultivate.

One of the things about chakras that I think of as sorely neglected is the spaces and connections between them.

If the first chakra is fire engine red, and the second chakra is pumpkin orange, shouldn’t the space between them on ascending be—red-orange? Or, upon descending—orange-red? It makes sense to me.

In my nearly 30 years of counseling work, many discomforts have been dissolved just by opening the channels of communication and getting the chakras to speak with one another. Think of this as an energy transfusion.

Starting at the Root Chakra, enter its redness and move your awareness up through your body toward the Sacral Chakra. When you are between them, imagine a gentle massage in the red-orange place which is interstitial to the centers themselves.

Then, do the rest:

Red > Red-Orange >

Orange > Orange-Yellow >

Yellow > Yellow-Green >

Green > Green-Blue >

Blue > Blue-Indigo >

Indigo > Indigo-Violet >

Violet > Violet-Pink >

Pink > to Pink-Red > Red

Once you have made the full circuit, it will surprise you how balanced you feel even if you discovered imbalances within the centers themselves. I believe that the chakras on either side of an imbalanced one are poised to assist that one to come back into balance if we’ll allow the doors between them to open and stay open.

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Please note that although we will do our best to keep you updated, this information is subject to change without notice.  Please call and speak with reception to answer any questions and to make appointments:  (781)431-1333.

Last Updated December 2011.

An alphabetical listing to guide you to the right section of our building:

Alex Bingham, MD Downstairs

Andraly Horn, LMT, BCST Upstairs

Edward Levitan, MD Upstairs

Eric Roseen, DC Upstairs

Iris Aharonovich Upstairs

Jonah Soolman, RD, LDN, CPT, ACSM-HFS Upstairs

Judy Brasier, DO Upstairs

Julie Freeman, RD, MA, LD Upstairs

Kari Emsbo, MD Downstairs

Karl Liebermann, DO Upstairs

Kelly McCormack, MBA Upstairs

Kiiko Matsumoto, Lic. Ac. Upstairs

Lauri Sawyer, RPT Upstairs

Margaret Gold, MD Upstairs

Mary Jo MacKinnon, FNP-C Downstairs

Meena Kumar, MD Downstairs

Nancy Web, ABT, LMT, RYT Upstairs

Noelle Lee, DO Downstairs

Nursing Department Downstairs

Patricia Howard Upstairs

Sarah J. Byrne, MD Upstairs

Sophia DaRosa, RN Downstairs

Susan Corso, DD Upstairs

Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA Downstairs

How do I get upstairs?  Where is the downstairs?

>>  If your provider is listed Downstairs, you can find the entrance on the East side of the building.

>>  If your provider is listed Upstairs, the stairway is to the left of The Wok, Chinese Restaurant. Please check in with a receptionist upstairs, first door on the left.  If you find stairs to be a challenge, please call us prior to your appointment so that we can accommodate you.  (781) 431-1333 x401

A gerund is the proper name for an –ing word, in other words, a verb, an action, a becoming. Here are the ones I use for the chakras.

Note that this is a great exercise for tuning up the chakras. It reminds them of their purpose here, whilst bringing up everything in you that goes against your purpose.

Take your time as you repeat the words, letting them sink into each body center. You can think of this as energetic massage.

If there are places where you find deep resistance, bless it, and return to it at a later time. It’s better to finish the entire body than get stuck in one place.

Believe me, the stuckness will be there till you work through it.

I AM Thriving

I AM Passioning

I AM Joying

I AM Loving

I AM Creating

I AM Wising

I AM Abounding

I AM Serving

There’s this stretch of land I see every morning on my way to work.

The Light streams through the trees.

The leaves have all fallen.

Even the oak leaves, the most resilient, the last to let go.

Hangers-on flutter at the edges of the branches.

I wonder what hangs on like those oak leaves.

What’s the last to let go in me?

Give thanks for what has come.

Give thanks for what we have been given.

Give thanks for the start of a new year.

Let go to what no longer serves.

Here, at the end of a cycle, celebrate the harvest of this year.

Give thanks for each day that we are here.

There’s a lesson in each one.

This is a similar process to the preceding one in that you travel through the chakra system, but instead of seeking information from the chakras, you put information into the chakras one at a time.

First you must decide what message you wish to embed in your chakras. I suggest that it be identical for each one of them which means it must be something that you dearly choose. Again, I recommend something global that will change all of your life. Here’s a good one: I am in radiant health.

Then you sit quietly and visit each chakra beginning with the first one. Send the words you choose into the center of the chakra, and then pause. Wait to see if there is an answering message from that energy center. If so, write it down. If not, go on to visit all the others.

There will not always be answers in each chakra. Some statements will make perfect sense at that level of being. Others will make your chakras writhe with discomfort! Allow it all.

When you are through, go back through the chakras and thank each for carrying out your wishes.