A lot of people have questions about the seven chakras. What is the chakra system? How does is affect our physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing?
And finally, how do you practice chakra meditation?
In this short guide to the chakras, we’ve assembled a selection of our best articles on the chakra system to give you an in-depth understanding of this esoteric topic.
In essence, the seven chakras are energy points or nodes in the subtle body. Many religious and spiritual traditions believe that our life force or vital energy—referred to as chi or prana—flows through a subtle non-physical energy system in the human body. The chakras serve as the primary gateways or nodes within that system.
The chakras play an important role in the esoteric branches of several eastern spiritual traditions including Hinduism and Buddhism.
In this chakra meditation guide, you’ll get answers to questions like:
- How do you locate your chakras?
- What color are your chakras?
- How do you awaken your chakras?
- How do you practice chakra meditation?
- Can working with chakras help your spiritual growth?
- Is there science or research to support the existence of chakras?
- How do you practice chakra meditation?
- How do you take care of your chakra system?
1. Beginner’s Guide to the 7 Chakras
The seven chakras are energy centers in our bodies that energy flows through. When energy is blocked in any of these seven areas, it can lead to emotional or physical illness. It’s important to know where your chakras are located, what they represent, and how you can keep the energy flowing through them. So we created a simple beginner’s guide to the 7 chakras.
2. How to Awaken Your Chakras
Boost the seven energy centers from the base of your spine to the top of your head for optimum health and vitality. You’ll need to learn the function associated with each chakra. Read more here and then watch this quick tutorial on how to awaken your chakras.
3. Chakras: 7 Minute Tune Up
This profound meditation will balance your chakras in only 7 minutes!
Healing Sounds pioneer Jonathan Goldman has created this new sound experience to enhance everyone’s busy life. This video blends powerful chakra imagery created by the artist Lahrinda with Goldman’s chanting of the sacred vowels to resonate with and awaken your energy centers. This video does a wonder job of balancing and aligning your chakras, creating greater health and harmony.
4. Caroline Myss on Chakras and Wellness
Did you know that investing your energy in negative thinking can take a toll on your health? Watch Dr. Caroline Myss present her groundbreaking views on the human energy system known as the Chakras. One of the leading Western authorities on chakras, Dr. Myss explains why we get sick and how the chakra energy system functions as an unseen obstacle to our overall wellness.
5. 8 Steps to Practice a Chakra Meditation
There are seven chakras, or major energy centers, in the human body. Chakra is a Sanskrit word which means “wheel”. The chakras are similar to wheels in that they are spinning vortexes of energy. They are centers of force located within your body, through which you receive, transmit, and process life energies.
Each chakra is recognized as a focal point relating to spiritual, physical and emotional energies. The chakras are the network through which the mind, body, and spirit interact as one system. The following steps describe how to practice a chakra meditation to balance and align your chakra energies
6. Do You See Colors When You Meditate?
“Seeing colors during meditation is a common, healing experience. According to Ayurveda and other Eastern healing systems, each color relates to a specific chakra or energy center in the body, so when you see a given color, it means that healing is taking place in that area of the body. If you see green colors, for example, your heart chakra is being rejuvenated and renewed. Visions of blue indicate that the throat chakra area is healing itself.” –Deepak Chopra