Twenty-six years ago, a chiropractor sitting in her first meditation class was transported into a field of light ten times brighter than the desert sun. Dr. Sue Morter, bestselling author of The Energy Codes, joins Tami Simon to map the energetic architecture behind that kind of awakening, and how the rest of us can build the inner circuitry to access it on purpose instead of by accident.

Dr. Sue earned her doctorate in chiropractic more than 40 years ago and has spent decades developing a body of work in bioenergetics—the study of how energy flows through, builds, and heals the body. She’s the founder of the Body Awake School of Yoga and the Morter Institute, an internationally recognized speaker, and the author of the new book The Anatomy of Awakening: The 5 Hidden Codes to Activate Self-Healing, Unlock Your Higher Consciousness, and Live Your Divine Destiny, which maps five additional energy centers beyond the familiar seven chakras.

In this conversation, Tami and Dr. Sue explore:

• The spiritual experience that reoriented Dr. Sue’s entire career and, over time, helped resolve her lifelong scoliosis and migraines
• Why “seeking enlightenment” misses the point, and why embodiment, not transcendence, is the real work
• The five additional chakras beyond the traditional seven (eight through twelve), and what each one governs in our energetic architecture
• How to build “energetic circuitry” at the site of a trigger instead of getting lost in its story
• Spherical breathing and Mula Bandha as practical tools for grounding and stabilizing the nervous system
• What it actually means to regulate your nervous system, and why trying too hard to do it can backfire

This episode is for anyone navigating a season of nervous system dysregulation, energy practitioners and bodyworkers, and listeners drawn to the chakra system who want a more embodied, practical approach to awakening.

Listen in for a guided practice you can use the next time you feel triggered, overwhelmed, or ungrounded.

Dr. Sue uses a number of visual aids throughout this conversation, so if you’d rather watch than just listen, you can find the video version on YouTube @SoundsTrueManyVoices or on our premium membership platform at soundstrueone.com