† Chakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel. When seen by clairvoyants, chakras appear as wheel-like vortices of energy within the human aura. In both Oriental yoga and Western magical theory, chakras are energy centers which exist for the purpose of absorbing from the cosmos, transforming and distributing the Universal Life Force. Visualizations of the chakras use both different colors and different energy patterns depending on the system used and the desired effect of the visualization.

Teachings of the Light Lesson © : There are Seven (7) main chakras and many minor ones.

Teachings of the Light Lesson © : Chakra Facts including Exercise in Centering, Cleansing, and Balancing the Aura utilizing the Chakras.

  • † 7. Above the top of the head is the crown chakra. It is only activated once all the other chakras are in balance, and brings forth spiritual illumination and cosmic consciousness.
  • † 6. The brow chakra is associated with both the pineal gland and the pituitary gland. It is in the center of the head between the eyebrows and is also referred to as the Third Eye. It is responsible for increased psychic ability and imagination.
  • † 5. The throat chakra is concerned with speech, communication, and the search for truth and creativity.
  • † 4. The heart chakra is located in the center of the chest and governs the heart, the blood and the circulatory system. It is through this chakra that unconditional love is radiated.
  • † 3. The solar plexus is situated above the navel and affects the pancreas, stomach, liver and gall bladder. It is associated with the emotions.
  • † 2. The sacral chakra is located near the genitals and governs sexuality and reproduction.
  • † 1. The root chakra is located at the base of the spine and it is here that the Kundalini resides.

Click each chakra on the image below for facts concerning : Emotional, Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Levels

Centering

What we usually just refer to as "centering" is about the clearing, opening and balancing of our chakras. We also work through the chakras to clear and balance our auras.

We work through the chakras, visualizing them in our mind's eyes, starting at the single-funnel of the first chakra, moving up through the second through sixth (which each have both a front and rear aspect), and ending with the seventh (which again has only a single aspect).

We visualize spinning each funnel/chakra clockwise (as we look at our bodies from the outside), the funnel-lengths extending out from the body the same distances, the larger ends the same diameter and the speed of their spin the same as well -- hence the "balancing" of the exercise -- the importance of the exercise being to bring each and every chakra into the same condition as the others.

There is no "correct" spin-rate, distance from the body or diameter of the chakra "mouth" -- Trust your intuition.

To explain a little: Starting with the first chakra, I breathe in slowly through my nose and mentally "stir" its funnel-mouth quickly clockwise with a mental finger while visualizing my aura filling and being infused with bright red.

Breathing out through my mouth, I pour any "excess" red out into the world around me. I continue on the first chakra until I feel my aura is red enough (subjective, I know). I then move up to my second chakra, stir both aspects quickly as I breathe in and fill my aura with a good, solid orange, adding it to the red of the first chakra, then breathe any excess color out through my mouth. And so on up through the white/lavender of my seventh chakra.

I then visualize that I achieve a sense of mental balance, holding each and all chakras in their open, spinning, colorful state, my aura suffused with all the colors, and slowly open my eyes and look out on my surroundings through this heightened state of calm.

I find that my posture improves during and after these exercises and for awhile afterwards, and with deliberation and balance, I then move on to my next chosen task.

Locating the Chakras and the colors to use :
  • 1.) Red: Straight down between the genitals and the anus w/ only a single aspect.
  • 2.) Orange: Midway between the top of the hip bones w/ front and rear aspects.
  • 3.) Yellow: Just below the sternum over the diaphragm w/ front and rear aspects.
  • 4.) Green: Between the breasts w/ front and rear aspects.
  • 5.) Blue: Just above the junction of the collarbones w/ front and rear aspects.
  • 6.) Purple: Above the line of the eyebrows ("third eye") w/ front and rear aspects.
  • 7.) White/lavender : Straight up out of the top of the head w/ only a single aspect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

†Body , Mind & Spirit A dictionary of new age ideas, people, places and terms by Eileen Campbell & J. H. Brennan