Have you ever noticed that you tend to touch your belly after a delicious meal that has you blissed out? Or that your eyebrows furrow when you are angry? Do you recall that lump in your throat the last time you cried?
Why do we subconsciously associate our emotions with certain parts of our body? This is not a coincidence. It is because we have various 7 chakras in our body!
What are 7 chakras in Body?
When translated, chakra means ‘wheel’ or ‘circle’. A chakra is nothing but a point of sensation in our body. This point, alternately, gives us pleasure and pain.
Many symbols have been used since ancient times to represent chakras, such as a wheel or a flower-like lotus. However, there are no objects present at these points. They are simply points where our prana (life force energy) accumulates within the body.
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There are 109 chakras in our body, out of which 108 are in the physical body and one is in the astral body (what we commonly refer to as aura).
To understand a chakra, try this: gently brush the palate i.e. the roof of your mouth, with the tip of your tongue. Did you feel a tingling sensation on your face? This sensation is because you just triggered a chakra present at the top of your mouth! Amazing, isn’t it?!
The 7 Main Chakras in Body
Of the 109 chakras in the body, there are seven main chakras. They are:
- Muladhara Chakra - at the base of the spine, just above the anus
- Swadishthana Chakra - behind the genitals
- Manipura Chakra - in the belly button region
- Anahata Chakra - in the heart region
- Vishuddhi Chakra - near the thyroid
- Ajna Chakra - in the region between the two eyebrows, right in front of the pituitary gland
- Sahasrara Chakra - at the crown of the head
Chakras & Emotions
Each of these seven chakras is linked to our emotions intricately. Like a coin, each emotion has two sides - one positive and the negative.
- Muladhara Chakra is associated with inertia and enthusiasm.
- Swadishthana Chakra is associated with creation and procreation. When this chakra gets activated, one experiences either a burst of ingenuity and creativity or excessive lust.
- In the Manipura Chakra, emotions are in the form of joy, generosity, greed, and jealousy.
- The Anahata Chakra is associated with love and hate. It is no coincidence that when we fall in love, our heart skips a beat; at the same time, when we are rejected in love, we experience a heartbreak. Fear is also associated with the Anahata Chakra.
- The Vishuddhi Chakra is associated with gratefulness and grief.
- In the Ajna Chakra, emotions such as anger and awareness arise.
- In the Sahasrara Chakra, there is only bliss - deep joy!
Why Activate the Chakras in Body?
You might have noticed that all these seven chakras lie along the spinal cord. When the prana is dormant in these seven chakras, negative emotions tend to come up in us.
Activating all the seven chakras can open up a whole new dimension of life. As each of the chakras is capable of throwing up positive as well as negative emotions in us, it is important to activate the chakras so that we evoke positive emotions.
Regular spiritual practices such as meditation activate the chakras.
Meditation to activate the 7 chakras
When we meditate, the mind settles down, and we get in touch with our inner Self from where we can channelize the prana.
Meditation can propel the prana, which is lying dormant in the Muladhara Chakra up to the Sahasrara Chakra, with the spinal cord acting as a pipeline.
When even a tiny particle of energy reaches the Sahasrara Chakra, we experience bliss and absolute joy.
Activating the seven chakras has been the main pursuit of spiritual seekers over the ages. Are you also curious about how to activate the seven chakras?
FAQ's on 7 chakra meditation
Meditate to activate the 7 chakras. Sit comfortably. Follow the guided chakra meditation with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Uplift your life energy now !
You can open your chakras in the following ways: * Yoga asanas, pranayamas and meditation (Sahaj Samadhi Meditation or Sacral Chakra Meditation) help to unblock your chakras. * Trataka or candle gaze is a powerful technique to heal the third eye chakra. * Unblock chakras with music - Paying full attention to the wind, string or percussion of any of these instruments, the mind dissolves. Listening to music (without words) in the meditative space unblocks chakras. But listening to music to occupy our minds will block them. Listen to music for a while and put it off to create the inner space and enjoy it. Different sounds have different impact on various parts of the body. * Following are the links to unblock each of the seven chakras - First chakra Second chakra Solar plexus chakra Heart chakra Throat chakra Third eye chakra Seventh chakra * Balance your chakras with Chakra Yoga
Cleanse your 7 chakras by meditating. This Hari Om guided meditation by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar can help you enormously. Settle down and start meditating now.
Each of these seven chakras is linked to our emotions intricately. Depending on the dominating emotions at a time, you can choose to meditate on those specific chakras. Or meditate on all the seven chakras one by one. Check the link for the emotions and their specific chakras.
Meditate to activate the 7 chakras. Meditation propels the prana, which is lying dormant in the Muladhara Chakra (first chakra) up to the Sahasrara Chakra (seventh chakra), with the spinal cord acting as a pipeline.
Yes, it is safe to open up chakras. Each of the chakras is capable of throwing up positive as well as negative emotions in us. It is important to activate the chakras so that we evoke positive emotions. Or else dormant chakras will surface negative emotions.
Yes, you can do chakra meditation daily or at least 2 - 3 times in a week.
Start with the first chakra (Muladhara Chakra) then second chakra (Swadishthana Chakra), third chakra (Solar plexus chakra), fourth chakra (Heart chakra), fifth chakra (Throat chakra), sixth (Third eye chakra), seventh (Sahasrara chakra)
You can open or unblock your chakras in the following ways: * Yoga asanas, pranayamas and meditation (Sahaj Samadhi Meditation or Sacral Chakra Meditation) helps to unblock your chakras. * Trataka or candle gaze is a powerful technique to heal the third eye chakra. * Unblock chakras with music - Paying full attention to the wind, string or percussion any of these instruments the mind dissolves. Listening to music (without words) in the meditative space unblocks chakras. But listening to music to occupy our minds will block them. Listen to music for a while and put it off to create the inner space and enjoy it. Different sounds have different impact on various parts of the body. * Following are the links to unblock each of the seven chakras - First chakra Second chakra Solar plexus chakra Heart chakra Throat chakra Third eye chakra Seventh chakra * Balance your chakras with Chakra Yoga
Each of these seven chakras is linked to our emotions intricately. Depending on the dominating emotions, you can choose to meditate on those specific chakras. Or meditate on all the seven chakras one by one. * Check the link for the emotions and their specific chakras. * Balance your chakras with Chakra Yoga
To start your chakra meditation sit comfortably. Follow the guided chakra meditation with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Uplift your life energy right now!
Do not concentrate. Just take your attention to the area of each chakra. For example, for manipur chakra (the third chakra or solar plexus or navel chakra), take your attention to the navel region.
