Are Chakras ever naturally open

[tabytha]

Here's my dilemma. I'm an empath, but I can not properly shield myself. Or maybe I am but its not strong enough yet. I am also am introvert who has a job that forces me to be chatty, outgoing and constantly happy. So between the energy I use up just to function, the negative energy I soak up from others and the energy I loose to leeches I'm mentally, and emotionally drained. Come the end of the day,
I KNOW I need to meditate, I KNOW I need to shield, I KNOW getting my Chakras in order. I'm going to try a few new things on helping me meditate. However, how do I know where I stand with my Chakras? I feel like I may have one or two that are open ..but again I don't know for sure. Are we naturally born with any open or do we have to work on/with them on a regular basis to keep them open and active? Furthermore. ..do how do we know which ones are open. .if any? Is mediating the only way to own them? And is it possible to properly shield without knowing these things?

[cahill]

9 times out of 10 all your chakras are open. There are guided meditations on YouTube for cleaning and balancing. Meditative minds have good ones. My process is this. I ground myself walking in the grass for 20 mins. I then cleanse and balance my chakras with a guided meditation while I sit with my back facing a tree. You can take your right hand and place it over a chakra and hold your left hand palm facing up. Visualizing that chakra being purged of any negative energy and releasing it out of your left palm. You will feel your Palm heat up if negative energy is present. On the shielding, not sure if you've ever seen a light being, but this is the white light you want to visualize to be the most effective. Without doing the maintenance on them it makes it harder to shield properly, being able to hold the visualization of the type of white light you need to shield with.