Spiritual and mental significance of Yoga chakra
Yoga is a set of principles,
beliefs and practices for yoking matter to spirit, body to mind, personal to
universe and mortal to immortal. Chakra system is the
architecture of yoke providing a comprehensive map to the way the mortal and
divine yoke together. This system describes the architecture of the body
through the subtle energy centres shining out from our core.
Chakras are energy
centres by which the galactic energy flows into the human body. There are basically
eight principal Chakras and each is related with certain aspects of human
existence. These are
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Muladhara
Chakra - Root Centre
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Svadhishthana
Chakra - Lower Abdominal Centre
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Manipura
Chakra - Navel Centre
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Anahata
Chakra - Heart Centre
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Vishuddhi
Chakra - Throat Centre
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Agya
Chakra - Eyebrow Centre
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Bindu
Chakra - Moon Centre
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Sahasrara
Chakra - Crown Centre
Chakra yoga is the exercise of using yoga postures and
controlled breath, known as pranayama, to purify, balance, and open the
chakras, or energy centres of the body. Postures related with hatha yoga are
often espoused in chakra yoga because they are designed to keep the body aligned,
namely, the spine which is the main path for the flow of chakra energy. Yoga
poses are effective way to clean and balance the chakra system. It helps to
bring new life (via oxygen) and balance to the chakras in yoga. Practicing
chakra yoga also introduces components of meditation, which helps to refine the
mind while balancing and opening the chakras.
There are many different methods of meditation. Yoga
presents a vivid and sound meditational procedure for attainment of super-consciousness
through the awakening of kundalini, one's spiritual energy. In visual imagery,
kundalini is depicted as a serpent resting in three and a half coils at the
base of the spine. Awakening of kundalini can take place through gradual
activation of the seven energy centres or chakras. These chakras are visualised
as whirling wheels of energy rotating clockwise on their axis in sushumna.
Some Chakra Yoga techniques include less motion and more
mind focusing work. In most cases, equal attention gets spent on both the mind
and body, largely because the main objective of this specific yoga perspective
directly targets connecting the two most vital parts of each human being.
Chakra Yoga comprises of postures that work to balance
physical parts within the body while meditatively and physically renewing
organs, cells and other anatomical building blocks. Main objective of Chakra is
to reduce stress and increase in energy through properly relaxing the entire
body and sensitivity levels. Chakra Yoga unites proper breathing techniques to
increase mental and bodily energy.
In spiritual area, chakra therapy has great contribution
in terms of improving concentration, sharpening memory, decreasing the chances
of negative thinking, developing clarity of mind and person can realize that his/her life have some purpose in the
world. In broad sense, Chakra therapy is a calm approach, works well with body
and energy field of person, maintains balance and co-ordination of the entire
body. Through chakra, person can improve physical, emotional, mental well-being
as well as feel more energetic.
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