By McKenzie

30/01/2024

30/01/2024

The heart chakra, located in the center of the chest, is associated with love, compassion, and meaningful connections. It is the center of our ability to give and receive love, not only towards others but also towards ourselves. This chakra promotes emotional balance, allowing us to process and express our emotions in a healthy way. It encourages forgiveness and healing, helping us let go of past hurts and resentments. The heart chakra also plays a role in forming and maintaining healthy relationships based on love, trust, and understanding. It promotes compassionate communication and fosters inner balance and harmony. To keep the heart chakra balanced, practice self-love, engage in acts of kindness, cultivate forgiveness, and foster connections with loved ones.
📷image from By McKenzie’s heart chakra jewellery series.

20/01/2024

The sacral chakra, located in the lower abdomen, is associated with emotions, creativity, sexuality, and pleasure. It influences our emotional well-being, inspires creativity, and enhances our sensuality and pleasure. This chakra also plays a role in forming healthy relationships, igniting passion and motivation, and promoting adaptability. To maintain balance in this area engage in creative activities, connect with your emotions, nurture relationships, and find joy in the present moment. Yes, I hear you, that’s easier said than done. Keep an eye out here for guidance on how to keep the sacral chakra balanced and energised or join us on our Bali Chakra Retreat for a deep dive into chakras!

https://www.inthegoodpaddock.com/retreats

📷 image from By McKenzie’s sacral chakra jewellery range.

20/01/2024

The solar plexus chakra, located in the upper abdomen, is associated with personal power, confidence, and self-esteem. It is the center of our willpower and governs our ability to assert ourselves and make decisions. This chakra helps us believe in ourselves, face challenges, and pursue our goals with self-confidence. It provides inner strength and resilience, allowing us to overcome obstacles in our lives. The solar plexus chakra also plays a role in balancing our emotions and regulating our responses to situations. It helps us define our personal identity and establish a strong sense of self. Taking care of our physical health, practicing self-care, and managing stress can support the balance of the solar plexus chakra.
📷image from By McKenzie’s Soloar plexus jewellery range.

14/01/2024

The base chakra, also known as the root chakra, is the foundation of our energy system. Located at the base of the spine, it provides stability, security, and grounding. This chakra is associated with our survival instincts, physical health, and ability to manifest our desires. When balanced, it fosters trust, connection to nature, and a sense of security. By keeping the base chakra in harmony through practices like meditation and grounding exercises, we can experience stability, physical health and confidence in our lives.
📸jewellery from our Base chakra range.

06/12/2023

“Disease is often an accumulation of dammed-up energy. When we learn how energy moves through the chakras we can begin to allow it to flow freely through our bodies, creating greater health.”
— CAROLINE SHOLA AREWA
Join us on our 2024 Bali retreat to undertake an exploration of the bodies subtle energy system and how you can use crystals and a range of practical techniques to cleanse, clear and energise your own chakra system.
https://www.inthegoodpaddock.com/retreats
healing

02/12/2023

These hands that craft the magical jewels have been up to some tricky business of late; they have managed to lose all the files connected to By McKenzie, all the graphics, web hosting info, everything….even on my backup hard drives. They are all gone. Like magic: gone!
Along with this I’ve managed to leave my mailchip account unattended for too long and they have closed it down…and I’ve lost all your contact details. The universe is certainly whispering (well, more like screaming) at me. She’s certainly trying to tell me something.
If you are interested in keeping up to date with all our going ons, offerings, workshops and upcoming jewellery creations, you may like to join me over at: https://www.inthegoodpaddock.com/ or by signing up to the mailing list over there.

17/11/2023

I know I’ve been quiet on here for some time now; there has been so much going on and also a lot of not much going on. I needed a big ‘ol break from trying to make a living from making my jewels. I needed to regroup, reassess and find a way forward that aligned with what felt authentic for me. I had lost my way in a sea of what I ‘thought’ I should be doing and how I ‘thought’ things needed to look to be successful and relevant. I lost my way in the comparison of myself to others and in the voice of what others thought my business should look like. It’s certainly been a process of self discovery and I feel like I’ve crawled out of the eye of the storm to hear my own true voice for the first time in a long time.
So hello there beautiful one, how have you been travelling?

23/08/2022