What are chakras?
THE SEVEN CHAKRAS ARE:
1) MOOLDHARA- ROOT CHAKRA
2) SWADHISTHANA – SACRAL CHAKRA
3) MANIPURA – SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA
4) ANAHATA – HEART CHAKRA
5) VISHUDDHI – THROAT CHAKRA
6) AJNA – THIRD EYE CHAKRA
7) SAHASRARA- CROWN CHAKRA
Words chakra actually means ‘wheel’ or ‘circle’ but in the yogic context a far better translation is
‘ vortex’ or ‘whirlpool’. The chakras are vortices of pranic power at certain locations in the body which manage the blood circulation of prana penetrating the whole human structure. Each chakra is a button which turns on or opens certain locations of the mind. In lots of people these psychic centres lie dormant as well as inactive. Focus on the chakras while carrying out yogic techniques promotes the circulation of energy via the chakras and also assists to trigger them. This subsequently stirs up the inactive areas in the brain and also the equivalent faculties in the psychic and also mental bodies, enabling one to experience higher airplanes of awareness which are generally inaccessible.
The significant chakras are 7 in number and also lie along the path of sushumna which moves through the centre of the spine. Sushumna stems at the perineum as well as terminates on top of the head. The chakras are attached to a network of psychic channels called nadis, which correspond to the nerves however are more subtle in nature.
The chakras are depicted symbolically as lotus blossoms, each having a specific variety of petals and also a characteristic colour.
The lotus symbolizes the three stages the aspirant must travel through in spiritual life: lack of knowledge, desire as well as illumination. It represents spiritual growth from the most affordable state of understanding to the highest state of consciousness.
The petals of the lotus, etched with the beeja concepts or seed audios of the Sanskrit alphabet, represent the various indications of psychic power connected with the chakras and also the nadis or psychic channels introducing as well as out of them. Within each chakra is a yantra included the geometric sign of its associated component as well as beeja concept.
Within the yantra there is likewise an administering deity, which represents specific elements of divinity, together with the matching vahana or car which is an animal kind, standing for various other psychic elements associated with the particular centre.
