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Have you heard of Paula Muran she has a beautiful guided chakra meditation out called Purify the Body Temple. You can read more about her at www.PaulaMuran.com. I purchased the meditation from Amazon.com but you can also get it on her website. The meditation helps me release my fears.

Hi Becca,

You sound like a great person and seem to be into a lot of the same things I am interested in. My name is Ian and I live in Vancouver, BC - not to far from your former rainy home of Seattle.

Here's some info on chakras. The pictures don't show below so if you email me, I will send you the word file with the pictures.

It's from a book on meditation techniques by Collins

 Ian 

 

ian12@rocketmail.com

The Chakras

There are believed to be seven major energy centres in the human body known as 'chakras' (from the Hindu word meaning 'wheel'), which are traditionally depicted as spinning vortices of various colours.

Each colour has a symbolic significance so if we need to revitalise our body after an illness for example, we can stimulate the sacral chakra, which is the centre of physical energy by visualising the corresponding colour.

Alternately, if one of the chakras has become overdeveloped we can bring it into balance with the others using a similar technique. For example, an overdeveloped (or too open) Solar Plexus chakra will stimulate the emotions to such an extent that it will be difficult to make impartial decisions: you will be too emotionally involved.

During periods of stress the chakras can become drained of energy and disrupt the freeflow of the life force causing an imbalance in the body or dis-ease which will manifest as physical symptoms.  So it is important to attune yourself to these subtle energy centres and to incorporate a balancing and centering exercise in your meditation routine.

 

The chakras: Root/Base chakra (brown); Sacral chakra (red); Solar Plexus chakra (orange); Heart  chakra (green); Throat chakra (blue); Brow chakra (indigo); Crown chakra (white)

 

P94. EXERCISE: CENTERING THE CHAKRAS

This exercise stimulates the circulation of energy and creates a sense of well being making it ideal for getting your day off to a good start.

1. Stand with your arms by your side, or sit as shown in the figure below, or with your feet flat on the floor, your arms by your side or with your hands cupped in your lap. Close your eyes and breath deeply from the diaphragm.

   

 Figure Step 2 and Step 4

 

2. Begin by visualising a sphere of brown light beneath your feet. Sense the life force from this seventh energy centre, the Root or Base chakra grounding you in the earth.

 

3. Now visualise a second sphere emerging from the Sacral chakra beneath your navel. The colour of this sphere is red, the colour of physical energy. Feel the power of this energy centre surging down through your legs and up into your chest, back, arms and fingers.

 

4. Next imagine a third sphere radiating from the Solar Plexus chakra, the centre of the emotions. The colour of this sphere is orange. Orange stabilises the red of physical energy with the yellow of the mental level. If you feel emotional as this chakra releases its energy don’t suppress it. It is obviously a blockage that needs to be cleared.

 

Figure Step 3

 

 

5. A fourth sphere now emerges from the Heart chakra in the centre of your chest. Its colour is green, the colour of harmony and of Nature. Stimulating this chakra cultivates compassion and creates a more positive, less self-centered perspective of life.

 

6. The fifth centre is the Throat chakra. It is to be visualised as a vivid blue sphere. Blue governs the passions and the mental processes and is symbolic of our ability to express our thoughts and feelings in speech and song.

 

7. The next chakra is on the Brow. Its colour is indigo and it governs intuition and wisdom.

 

8. Finally, focus on the Crown chakra as a pure white sphere of light and energy just above your head.

 

Always remember to close down the chakras. You can do this by visualising each centre in turn fading like a light that is dimming or closing like the petals of a lotus flower. You can also pass your right palm over your body from the crown down as if to seal them.