223: From Survival to Sacred Self - An IFS Journey Through the Chakras

About this episode

This episode explores the intersection of Internal Family Systems therapy and the chakra system, focusing on emotional healing and energetic imbalances.

This episode of Your Chakra Coach explores the beautiful intersection between Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and the chakra system, revealing how both frameworks help us understand the many parts within us. We’ll look at how specific chakras may relate to different IFS parts—such as protectors, exiles, and managers—and how energetic imbalances can reflect emotional burdens these parts carry. The episode also highlights how chakra-based practices like meditation, breathwork, and somatic awareness can support the healing and unburdening of these parts. Finally, we explore the role of the Self as our inner leader and how the heart and crown chakras mirror Self-energy, compassion, and higher wisdom.

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Bright

Topics covered

• Internal Family Systems
• chakra system
• emotional healing
• meditation
• breathwork
• somatic awareness

Keywords

• IFS therapy
• chakras
• emotional burdens
• protectors
• exiles
• managers
• meditation
• breathwork
• self-energy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Internal Family Systems (IFS), chakra system, Self, heart chakra, crown chakra

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