🌟 The 7 Gateways of the Spine: Awaken Your Body’s Healing Wisdom with Spinal Flow Technique
- Jordyn Kurtz
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
Your spine is a sacred superhighway—a divine bridge between your physical body, emotional energy, and spiritual alignment. In the Spinal Flow Technique, we honor this by working with the 7 Gateways of the Spine—powerful energy centers where stored stress, trauma, and misalignment can block your life force.
When we gently release blockages in these gateways, we don’t just relieve pain—we awaken the body’s innate healing intelligence, restore energetic flow, and unlock deeper levels of peace, purpose, and vitality.
Whether you’re feeling stuck emotionally, overwhelmed mentally, or struggling physically, you’ll find profound healing
in reconnecting with these spinal gateways.
1. 🌱 Base Gateway – Root of Safety, Survival & Stability
Located at the base of your spine near the tailbone, this gateway is your foundation. It holds the energetic imprint of early life experiences and governs your sense of security, safety, and connection to the Earth.
Blockages here may show up as:
Chronic lower back pain
Financial anxiety or survival fears
Disconnection from your body
Feeling ungrounded or unstable
Releasing this gateway helps:
Empaths, trauma survivors, and anyone in survival mode
Restore grounding and stability in chaotic times
Release generational or ancestral fear patterns
Feel supported and safe in your own body
2. 💃 Foundation Gateway – Center of Creativity, Sensuality & Flow
This sacred space spans the sacrum and pelvic bowl—home of your reproductive system, bladder, and lower digestion. It’s deeply tied to emotional expression, pleasure, and creative energy.
Blockages here may show up as:
Menstrual pain, fertility issues, or sexual dysfunction
Digestive imbalances or pelvic discomfort
Emotional numbness or guilt
Feeling disconnected from passion or pleasure
Releasing this gateway helps:
Women navigating hormonal imbalances or creative blocks
Rekindle sensuality and joy
Awaken emotional fluidity and self-expression
Support fertility and womb health
3. 🔥 Power Gateway – Seat of Power, Confidence & Digestion
Situated in the lower back, the lumbar gateway is the powerhouse of your personal identity, digestion, and adrenal health. It reflects your relationship with power, responsibility, and worthiness.
Blockages here may show up as:
Fatigue, burnout, or adrenal overload
Digestive issues like bloating or IBS
Lower back tension or weakness
Feeling powerless, unsupported, or overburdened
Releasing this gateway helps:
Mothers, caregivers, entrepreneurs, and over-givers
Reclaim boundaries and personal power
Heal digestive distress
Renew vitality and resilience
4. 💗Center Gateway – Gateway of the Heart, Breath & Emotion
This gateway covers the upper and mid-back and governs the lungs, heart, and upper digestive organs. It is the emotional center—where grief, heartbreak, and unexpressed emotion are often stored.
Blockages here may show up as:
Shallow breathing or tight chest
Mid-back tension or rounded posture
Heartache, grief, or emotional shutdown
Difficulty receiving love or connection
Releasing this gateway helps:
Anyone moving through grief, heartbreak, or emotional suppression
Deepen the breath and release tension
Open the heart to giving and receiving love
Reconnect with vulnerability and compassion
5. 🗣️Passion Gateway – Expression, Truth & Communication
Located in the neck and throat, this gateway controls your ability to speak your truth, express your needs, and align your voice with your soul. It also governs the thyroid, vocal cords, and jaw.
Blockages here may show up as:
Neck stiffness or chronic sore throat
TMJ, jaw clenching, or thyroid imbalance
Feeling silenced, unheard, or misunderstood
Difficulty making decisions or setting boundaries
Releasing this gateway helps:
People-pleasers, creatives, and those afraid to speak up
Activate authentic expression and communication
Release resentment and repressed truth
Balance throat and thyroid energy
6. 👁️ Pause Gateway – Vision, Clarity & Mental Stillness
At the base of the skull, this gateway governs the brain stem, vision, sleep cycles, and cognitive function. It’s often impacted by overthinking, overstimulation, and disconnection from intuition.
Blockages here may show up as:
Brain fog, poor sleep, or chronic fatigue
Headaches, dizziness, or eye tension
Anxiety, racing thoughts, or lack of focus
Feeling lost or out of alignment
Releasing this gateway helps:
Busy minds, students, high-performers, and anxious individuals
Restore mental clarity and inner stillness
Improve sleep quality and relaxation
Strengthen connection to intuition and inner wisdom
7. 👑Awaken Gateway – Crown of Spiritual Connection & Purpose
Located at the very top of the head, the cranial gateway connects you to your higher self, divine wisdom, and soul purpose. It’s the portal of consciousness, unity, and inspiration.
Blockages here may show up as:
Feeling disconnected from meaning or purpose
Migraines or pressure in the skull
Cynicism, lack of faith, or spiritual dryness
Difficulty accessing creativity or higher guidance
Releasing this gateway helps:
Spiritual seekers, creatives, and anyone in transition
Open to divine inspiration and soul alignment
Experience deep peace and spiritual clarity
Activate purpose-driven living
🌊 Spinal Flow: Healing from Within
The Spinal Flow Technique is a beautiful, gentle, and intuitive practice that works with your body’s innate intelligence to release stored stress, reconnect your nervous system, and awaken your natural healing energy.
By working through these 7 sacred gateways, Spinal Flow doesn’t just relieve pain—it realigns you with your true self.
💫 Are You Ready to Unblock Your Gateway to Healing?
If you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, or depleted—physically, emotionally, or spiritually—Spinal Flow may be the missing piece you’ve been searching for.
✨ Your body knows how to heal.
✨ Your energy wants to flow.
✨ Your soul is ready to rise.
Let’s open the gateways together. 🌈
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