Yoga Notes - Chakras (chakra)

A vortex formed by the life energy in a specific area of the body, controlling the circulation of the life energy structure that pervades the body.

Each chakra is the equivalent of a switch that activates from the daily subconscious, or turns on certain behavioral patterns thoughts or emotional responses is the point where the body meets the mind and dominates the body's physical and mental functioning.

Formation

The left, right, and middle chakras form intersections at different places in the spinal cord, and these convergences form chakras. (Medically speaking, the seven chakra locations are equivalent to the plexus of nerves in the human spine, which are the hubs that control the movement of our bodies.) Described in yoga, these plexuses are represented by the number of petals, which correspond to the parasympathetic plexuses. From bottom to top they are:

Root Chakra (Undersea Chakra, Pure Truth Chakra)

Abdominal Chakra (True Knowledge Chakra, Reproductive Chakra)

Navel Chakra (Righteousness Chakra)

Heart Chakra (Benevolence Chakra)

Throat Chakra (Cosmos Chakra)

Eyebrow Chakra (Frontal Chakra, Forgiveness Chakra)

Parietal Chakra (Self-Realization Chakra)

Each of the chakras has its own unique characteristics and functions, and people use the lotus flower to symbolize energy centers, each with specific petals and unique colors.

The lotus flower symbolizes the three stages that a practitioner must go through in his or her spiritual quest: ignorance, aspiration, and enlightenment, representing spiritual growth from the lowest level of awareness to the highest level of consciousness.

The lotus petals engraved with the mandala of the Sanskrit seed and the seed cause of the Sanskrit letter represent different spiritual energies and manifestations.

These spiritual energies are connected to the chakras and the prana that directs the energy into them, and each chakra content has a 具, which has a geometric composition. It represents the relative elements and mandalas of that chakra. Inside each of the masks, there is a separate ruling deity representing a particular aspect of consciousness and a corresponding mount (animal form) representing other spiritual aspects of the particular chakra.

Of the seven chakras, the top two dominate the spiritual functions. The lower three chakras, transmit almost exclusively physical functions. The middle two chakras are performing mental, spiritual activities.

The higher chakras control the lower ones.

Meditation strengthens the higher chakras, making the mind finer, more expanded, and more adept at using the body for fine and sacred activities.

Root Chakra

The root chakra is the primordial energy (kundalini - the meeting place of spirituality) which is all the forces of humanity and the universe. Whether it is sexual, emotional, mental, spiritual (or spiritual power) the source.

Although this energy is unique, it flows through different energy centers and can take on different qualities and attributes. The purpose of yoga is to awaken the dormant kundalini through the essence of the self and concentration of the mind, and to guide the energy centers to the top chakra.

Its qualities are innocence and command, its color is coral red and its petals are four-petaled. The location is the gland corresponding to the top of the spine, the gonads, the corresponding element is earth, and the corresponding sense is smell.

The corresponding point in Chinese medicine - Huiyin point, the organs in charge are the anus, perineum, urethra, male prostate, female respect, fallopian tubes.

Imagine red inverted triangles forming a yellow square, which enhances inner peace and balance.

Abdominal Chakra

Abdominal Chakra Sanskrit meaning (swadhisthana), the meaning of someone's own abode. sw, self. ad, place of residence.

The Abdominal Chakra is associated with the search for hedonism and security, with the tongue and the reproductive organs, and dominates the overcoming of fear, hedonism, the sense of pleasure, and sexuality.

When the Abdominal Chakra is active, it manifests as irresistible desires and pursuits. On a deeper level, the Abdominal Chakra is the seat of the unconscious of individuals and beings. It is the repository of all Samskaras (the storage of the past in archetypal form, the mind attuned to the dharmic image), the center of the most primal and deep-rooted human instincts, and by evolving it, the animal instincts are transcended.

Color: orange (yellow)

Petals: six

Location: above the root chakra, below the navel chakra. There is actually no specific location; it rotates around the navel chakra like a satellite in the abdomen.

Corresponding glands: adrenal glands

Element: water

Corresponding senses: taste and gonad-related

Points: Changqiang acupoints

Possessions: spleen, pancreas, and under the liver

Consciousness: imagine a vast, deep ocean under the night sky, with surging, dark waves, and the tide of the ocean representing the surge.

Image: a white crescent moon in the center, crescent shaped with and seed, mandala riding on a crocodile, representing the potential activity of karma.

Navel Chakra

Navel Chakra (manipura), mani, precious treasure. pura, city. The city of treasures. It is so named because it is the center of fire, like a jewel shimmering with luster and glowing with vitality and energy.

Petals: 10

Color: yellow

Location: spine behind the navel

Glands: adrenal glands

Element: fire element

Corresponding acupoints in Chinese medicine: shenque, vital gate

Governed by: the liver, stomach, intestines, kidneys

Look: a fiery red triangle

Animals: Ram (symbol of self-confidence and strength)

Characteristics: self-confidence, vitality, center of strength, it is associated with vision, feet, ambition, will, domination, talent. It can also manifest on the bad side, such as focusing on treating people and things as tools to gain personal self-interest and fulfill personal desires. The solar plexus is the main center that influences the process of digestion and food absorption, controlling the functions of the stomach, pancreas, and gallbladder, which produce and secrete digestive enzymes, acids, and fluids essential for digestion and nutrient absorption.

The umbilical chakra is the spiritual center that controls these activities and is the direct driver of food seeking and self-nurturing.

Meditation: visualize the radiant sun or a ball of fire and feel the sensations emanating from this area in the form of light throughout the body.

The fourth chakra is the heart chakra, green in color. It is about love and compassion, the awakening from me to us, from the finite to the infinite. The heart chakra is located in the chest, in the center of the thymus gland. It is the source of our caring, intuition, compassion and unconditional love. This is the beginning of the opening to higher consciousness.

When this chakra is locked or unbalanced, it manifests as clinging, dependence on others for love and affection, questioning the existence of love, fear of rejection, passive-aggressiveness, loneliness, sadness, and cardiopulmonary problems. When the center is unbalanced, you give to those who don't deserve it, or share with those who don't want it. And the chakras being opened or balanced shows up as: humanity, seeing the Divine in everything, harmonious relationships, accepting things as they are, compassion, love, and forgiveness.

Throat Chakra:

The Throat Chakra is located just above the sternum; it is the center for the expression of creativity, love, and power. On how I express myself... The power of language, communication, truthfulness. For the thyroid gland which influences the entire nervous system balance, metabolism, muscle control and body temperature.

When this chakra is locked or unbalanced, it is characterized by timidity, frustration at not being able to express oneself, problems with the voice, larynx, neck, and thyroid, insecurity, fear of others' opinions and judgments, lethargy, cunning, and sloppy speech. Being turned on or balanced is characterized by truth-telling, discretion, authenticity and the ability to communicate.

Brow Chakra.

Indigo color. In the center of the forehead. Above the space between the eyes. The center of wisdom and insight. The pituitary gland, the master gland, is located here, and this is also the place that touches the whole so it is more important to know what kind of exercises you need to align your mind and body balance. This is where the personality is refined. This is where you get your intuition and the direction you want to take your life. Here the main energy channels converge, the positive solar energy and the negative lunar energy.

When this chakra is open or balanced, it is characterized by developed intuition, extraordinary insight, seeing the unseen, knowing the unknowable, concentration and determination, spontaneity, the power to anticipate and understand the other's purpose. When the chakras are unbalanced, it manifests as confusion, frustration, abandonment of the mind, and being overly rational.

Top Chakra,

Purple in color. Located at the top of the head. It is the seat of the soul, the center of insight, the center of life in all dimensions and forms. We are one. The gland associated with this chakra is the pineal gland. The seventh chakra has the primary characteristic of submission, this human nature that bows before the infinite. This is why so many traditions utilize bowing. Rituals such as top bowing.

The energy of this chakra, when unawakened or locked up, manifests as fear of death, greed, doubt, or denial of spiritual experience, and when opened manifests as the experience that all life is one, the fullness of dharma from the Divine, from the Universe, samadhi, oneness, enlightenment, and a relationship with the unknown.