Expert: John R. Cross - 5/19/2011

Question
Dr.  Cross,

I am the person whom you were kind enough to advise recently on using acupressure and chakras combinations (BASE and BROW/CLAVICULAR/GROIN) to lower my PSA.

I continue studying your book "Healing with the Chakra Energy System",have been following your advice, and very grateful to you.

Your method of balancing chakras is the most straightforward of those that I've seen.

In regards to balancing chakras, I would appreciate your comment.

Recently, I've heard of balancing chakras by placing a palm over body chakras and doing circular motions. What was specific about that, the order of circular motions had to be first COUNTERCLOCKWISE, and then CLOCKWISE.
The order was described as strict, so my understanding was that if the order was reversed, that might be harmful.

For many years, on and off, until recently, I massaged my stomach by placing a right palm on the belly button, and doing circular motions CLOCKWISE only. (Clockwise, as if in a clock placed on the stomach). Again, that was not as chakra balancing, but just as a part of self-massage.

Now, I realize that essentially I was doing that massage over Sacral Chakra and partially Base Chakra.

In your opinion, since I had been doing my stomach massage CLOCKWISE only, could that have negatively affected me, for example my prostate.

I am very keen on Energy Medicine and realize the utmost importance of chakras. Since my objective is to deal with the cause, not just symptoms, it would be good to know whether that "wrong" direction of the massage could have contributed to prostate enlargement, and especially elevated PSA.

I appreciate your time.

Thank you.

Respectfully.
BK

Answer
Hello again,

Esoteric medicine is not an exact science and each person has a different slant on traditional medicines - no one has a monopoly on what exact procedures should be. What I have tried to do over the last 30 years is to try and take the mystique and magic out of the chakras and use them logically.

I have heard many times of the clockwise and anti-clockwise circling on the chakras. I consider this to be total hogwash and tosh!!!! Stronger language could be forthcoming. It is ludicrous in the extreme to think that just by changing the direction of subtle massage that one direction is somehow negative and the other direction positive. Just do what is comfortable for you and stick with it. So please do not be alarmed or concerned about causing any harm or negativity to the solar plexus.

Let me know if I can help you further - John