In Sanskrit, the term ‘Chakra’ refers to wheels or disks, they are also referred to as energy centers, that are located along the axis of the spine on the energy body.
The size of the chakras for a practicing and meditative person is much bigger in diameter than a normal person and it generally depends on how evolved or spiritually connected the person is. For a highly evolved being, the chakra size can easily be as big as the area of a 100 square feet room.
Each chakra has petals and they have different colors such as green, blue, red, violet, yellow, and golden. These petals are either inwards or projecting outside as per the development of the energy body. When a chakra is referred to as open or activated, it means that its petals have now bloomed and open to receive more energy.
Chakra locations
It is also known as the Sahasrara chakra and is the center of spirituality.
Sahasrara chakra location: It is located at the top of the head
It is the center of wisdom and intuition.
Forehead Chakra location: Located at the center of the forehead
It is also known as the Third-eye chakra and is the center of will.
Ajna chakra location: It is located in the area between the eyebrows.
The throat chakra is also known as Vishuddhi chakra and is the center of creativity. The throat chakra helps in planning and studying.
Throat chakra location: It is located at the center of the throat.
It is also known as Anahata chakra and is the center of higher positive emotions like love, kindness, joy, etc.
Anahata chakra location: It is located at the center of the chest.
It is also known as Manipura chakra and center of lower emotions.
Manipura chakra location: It is located at the hollow area between the ribs
It is also known as the Sahasrara chakra and is the source of life energy.
Spleen chakra location: It is located at the center of the left bottom rib
It is the center of instinct and affects general vitality.
Navel chakra location: It is located at the navel
It assists the distribution of life energy to all parts of the body.
Meng Mein chakra location: It is located at the back of the navel
It is also known as Sacral or Swadhishtana chakra and facilitates procreation.
Sacral chakra location: It is located in the pubic area.
It is also known as Basic or Mooladhara chakra and is facilitates survival.
Mooladhara chakra location: It is located at the base of the spine.
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Energy centers are circular-shaped that spin clockwise and anticlockwise absorbing life force, or prana to keep the physical and emotional body healthy. When these chakras are blocked or congested and not functioning optimally, they need to be treated and balanced.
The techniques to balance chakras include:
This technique is the most effective way to cleanse and balance chakras available in today's time, the healers scan the blockages by sensitizing their hands. They cleanse the chakras and get them back to their normal size and replenish the chakras with life force using specific colors until they go back to their optimal state.
Practicing regular meditation also helps you balance chakras. When you meditate, the body releases stress and any lower emotions and immediately shifts the emotional state into a higher vibrational frequency, and assists you to connect to your divine self thereby with regular practice your chakras open and are aligned.
Crystals have natural healing properties gifted to us by mother nature. You are healed when certain crystals are placed on your body or even when you are just in their presence. Some very powerful crystals include Rose quartz, Clear quartz Jasper, Amethyst, Citrine, Moonstone, etc.
Mantras when chanted with faith and openness have the ability to cleanse the negative emotional energies from the system and helps heal the mind and the body. The chakras then go back to their optimal state once the body releases stress hormones. There have been scientific studies that claim just 10 minutes of chanting can cause your body to experience less anger and anxiety.
Practicing yoga can bring positive changes to the body’s subtle energy system, thereby assisting chakras to align, which are also located along the axis of the spine on the energy body.
Breathing exercises have a very superlative effect on the physical and also on emotional level. You feel all charged up, focused, and agile in addition to decreased stress levels, fear, anxiety, or depression. As a result of this, our chakras are balanced and activated.
It is essential to maintain energetic hygiene to ensure the chakras are functioning to their optimal potential, you should follow a vegetarian diet and avoid consuming alcohol, tobacco, or smoke cigarettes. Your diet should contain more vegetables and fruits or food that contain more water in them as 70% of the human body is water. Eating any kind of nonvegetarian food makes our energy body denser affecting focus and clarity and our chakras.
In aromatherapy, plant essential oils have the potential to influence the mind and body in a way that promotes chakra harmony. Activating oils are applied to energize sluggish chakra functions and soothing oils would be used to calm over-active ones. There are heavy note oils, middle note, top note oils for each chakra and they have their own specific character to influence the chakras. Most commonly used oils include lavender, sandalwood, lemongrass, jasmine, etc that are applied on the neck, chest, or wrists.
It's important to note that over a period of time, we have known that there are 7 major chakras in the human system. As per a lot of books written over time, we have known about the 7 chakras.
There are 11 major chakras along with many minor chakras as per the Founder of Modern Pranic Healing, Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, who conducted several experiments to come to this conclusion. The ones not described or commonly spoken about are the Forehead, Navel, Spleen, and Meng Mein chakras.
Pranic healing is now actively followed in over 38 countries and counting, due to its highly effective results and benefits in today's time, thousands are now learning to heal their chakras on their own. Chakra healing can help alleviate suffering starting from the common cold to cancer, not only it is effective on the physical level but also helps in bringing stability and calmness on the emotional level.
Chakras can be segmented as lower or higher chakras, it is referred to as such due to both its location on the human body and also because of the functions associated with each chakra.
The higher chakras are the Crown, Ajna, Forehead, Throat, and Heart chakra. The functions associated with each of these chakras are mostly on the higher or lower mental plane and becoming one with the divine spiritually. Also, these chakras are located on the upper body up to the chest level.
This chakra is the center of spiritual consciousness. It is through the crown chakra that one shows love for all and experiences oneness.
This chakra is responsible to control the higher will. Your Ajna chakra should be open and activated to understand certain abstract concepts mentally.
This chakra is can also be known as the wisdom chakra, and it also corresponds to intuition.
The throat chakra is the center of higher creativity and lower mental faculty. You acquire knowledge through the use of the throat chakra.
This chakra is responsible for higher emotions such as love, kindness, compassion, and joy. It is important to have a sharp intellect but to use it harmlessly you also need to have an open and activated heart chakra.
The chakra system can be numbered and commonly called from 1-7th chakra. The numbering starts from the base of the spine, from the Mooladhara chakra up to the Crown.
The Sahasrara chakra or Crown chakra is the 7th chakra and is located at the top of the head. Highly evolved beings and practicing spiritual seekers have their crown chakras activated and it is for this reason that pictures of great beings, spiritual seekers, often show them with crowns or halo adorning their heads.
When your crown chakra is blocked or congested, it becomes difficult for one to be connected to spirituality. We tend to lose sight of our higher purpose in life and can become very materialized in the process, only to realize later that it is important to balance both the spiritual and material life.
It is when the Crown chakra is open and activated that one can have spiritual experiences and connect to the higher realm. It promotes universal love, peace, compassion, mercy, and living a very balanced life. Meditation on the Twin hearts developed by Master Choa Kok Sui is a very effective and powerful meditation to activate the crown and the heart chakra.
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When Chakras are open and balanced, and when the crown chakra, is activated, one feels more open and connected to the light of the divine, the dimension or size of the chakra is naturally bigger and healthier of a practicing person. An individual should strive to live a balanced life, not only focusing on spirituality, but also fulfilling their responsibilities towards their parents, spouses, families, and friends as eventually our purpose is to merge with the light.
