Chakras (Blog)

[shant121]

Yes I am working on cleaning my chakras too and they naturally spin counter-clockwise .. wonder why? or are we looking from the wrong side

I'm amazed how much this simple exercise makes a difference.

Hope you were referring to the cleaning process only. Do your chakras spin counter-clockwise even now?

[Natasha]

I spin them counter clockwise too!

I spend a lot of time hooping though, and counterclockwise is my dominant direction, so I just figured that is why.

[Dharma]

The direction of spin follows the right hand rule.

Image:Right hand rule.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your thumb points to the direction the energy flows and the direction your fingers curl around indicates the direction the magnetic field spins.

So your right thumb will always point toward you (the current is flowing in) and the direction of spin is counter-clockwise because that's the direction your fingers curl.

[absvan]

I have been practicing the cleansing meditation for a week now. I have located the chakras on my head, third eye, throat and heart.........

I have a hard time locating the root chakra. Any thoughts??

[Erin Pavlina]

Most people would say the root chakra is at the base of your spine. Some say it's in your feet. Look in both areas.

[OlderWiser]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

Most people would say the root chakra is at the base of your spine. Some say it's in your feet. Look in both areas.

I've heard it said to look in the narrow area just behind your genitals, as well. That's pretty much the base of your spine, but it's a more specific sort of thing to concentrate on and it seems to work for some people.

[Chet]

Wow. I tried visualizing Chakras for the first time last night. I have used meditation for a long time but always thought the Chakra stuff was a bit silly, really just an aid for imagination and concentration.
What I am surprised about was the colors I came up with. Every description or illustration I have seen uses very basic colors, so thats what I was expecting and looking for. But what I saw when I looked were really vibrant expressive colors, like
not green, but emerald green.
I got so fascinated with the colors I was awake another hour watching instead of going to sleep in a few minutes.
It also made me wonder how color blind people manage.

[artistry11]

I have a question relating to Chakra spinning to those who have experience with it, and therefore relate experientially to them rather than jsut intellectual knowledge.

How do you spin it?
ie,
Do you spin it inside the body?
Do you spin it outside the body?
Or, do you combine both?

I have seen diagrams of chakras where it is like a vortex coming out of both sides of the body. As and example, if you were looking at the heart chakra, it looks like a spinning tube protruding out of the center of the chest and opens out like a trumpet, or to put another way what comes out of the chest or heart chakra is tornado like in shape. Behind the back is another tornado shape too. Some people mention fan blades though.

some people mention spining differently for males than females. There are also debates about directions which makes it confusing. So, i ask for experiential feedback rather than verbatim.


To recap;

• So, how do you spin?
  
• Also, what has worked for you most effectively in terms of building up a long time weak chakra, in an efficient manner? Say the Base chakra as an example, as that is one i am trying to build up and heal?

Thank you for your input

[Erin Pavlina]

I think it must not matter completely how you spin them or in what direction since there appears to be multiple successful ways to do it. Here is what I do:

Imagine your spine is a pole, and your chakras are spinning around the pole with the spine being the sort of equator for the chakra.

I spin mine within my body for normal everyday use. But when I'm doing psychic work, I spin them out in a radius of 1-2 feet. And when I'm trying to connect with the time stream I spin them out really far, maybe 10 feet, until I feel like I'm pulsing with energy.

[joylangtry]

I've enjoyed reading this thread, and have been working on clearing my chakras for the past couple of days now. Thank you for the info!

Then today I was seeking links for friends, and happened upon this page, which has some really nice chakra images. This one is from the very bottom of the page and easy to miss:




This looks to me like a focus on the heart chakra.

[absvan]

Yesterday I had the perfect chakra cleansing meditation. For the first time I felt all my chakras open and I could feel the energy. When I opened the crown, I felt like someone was pulling me up not by my hair but just a force.......Has anyone had any experiences like this???

I also easily located my root chakra which is at the base of my spine. I could later feel like energy flowing in from top through other chakras.....The chakra with the least effect were my navel and sex chakra...every other centers were strong.

I asked questions to my higher self but did nor hear anything though.....I guess I need to practice more.

[Mia]

Hi, Everyone.

I've heard a lot about how one has to be careful when dealing with chakras. What exactly are the dangers? I would appreciate any input & materials.

Thanks!

[Erin Pavlina]

One consideration, though I wouldn't necessarily call it a danger, is to make sure your chakras aren't so wide open that you're attracting other people's emotional residue into yourself. Otherwise you may end up feeling angry or depressed for no real reason except that someone around you felt that way you and picked it up. Having chakras open too wide is like a magnet.

[Lallymac]

For more in depth information on charkras check out Barbara Ann Brennan's books 'Hands of Light', 'Light Emerging' (great illustrations), Anodea Judith's 'Eastern Body, Western Mind' and Caroline Myss's 'Anatomy of the Spirit.'
Lally

[alsy]

When looking up information about chakras on the internet, it seem consistent for there to be a single colour and everyone agrees to this for the 6 of the 7 chakras. For the heart mostly green is asociated to it, but sometimes pink as well. Love seems to be attributed to both colours, although several other qualities as well for the green, So this is a little confusing.

I am thinking that perhaps the green to be the heart chakra in isolation, and the pink as the amalgamation of red (Base chakra) plus white (Crown), and the heart being the central point between the two. As any art student knows, mixing red with white, creates the colour pink. I am not a biblical person but the phrase Heaven and Earth comes to mind. If this is correct, then I wonder if the other charkas are also in use or influenced by this, and in what way. As in what happens to the quality of the chakra, when you use the colour from one of the chakras. I am just curious.

How does one differentiate the two in use?
Can any one confirm or provide additional insights about this?

Your input is appreciated

[jtrikster]

I remember a few months ago I heard from a friend of mine that the chakras are linked to notes which could explain theoretically why certain music makes us feel certain ways.
I did eventually find out but I can't find the website that said which notes follow what. I find the concept very interesting though.

[cherryredcutie]

Hiya,

I was wondering if anyone knew the location of the minor temple and jaw chakras and the back of the head chakra? I have this cleansing exercise for the eyes and it says to clean and energise those chakras but I am not quite sure where those chakras are located. I'd be very grateful if someone could describe the locations for me or maybe give me a link to a picture.

Thanks for your help!
Regards,
Anne

[GMRKitty]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

One consideration, though I wouldn't necessarily call it a danger, is to make sure your chakras aren't so wide open that you're attracting other people's emotional residue into yourself. Otherwise you may end up feeling angry or depressed for no real reason except that someone around you felt that way you and picked it up. Having chakras open too wide is like a magnet.

I am an Empath. I feel everything from people around me, lately though my automatic defence has become to shut down and feel nothing (including my own emotions). So, I have 2 questions:

#1. What kind of chakra work can help clear the block?

and

#2. What are some good techniques to bring my chakras closer to me and keep them that way?

Thank you very much for any ideas and/or insights. ^..^

[MidasGirl]

Thanks to whoever revived this thread. I love the concept of chakras. I used to clear my chakras about 5 years ago, but I didn't know to use the colors. I cleared mine last night as I was falling asleep, using Erin's method, and I couldn't believe how clogged they were. (if this sounds koo koo to you who's reading, you're the one that's koo koo)

Anyway, it took so so so much energy to spin them, so much gunk! I was so exhausted by the end of it. My root chakra and my heart chakra were particularly over-clogged (I was surprised about my heart chakra since I'm ridiculously in love!) My crown chakra felt like it was the lightest.

It's weird, when they actually start spinning, you can feel a "whoosh" in that whole area that then spreads to the rest of my body. I will be clearing them again tonight, and see if it'll be easier.

[Erin Pavlina]

Heart chakra is more about yoru connection to humanity than one particular person. Your feelings of love (for a specific person) will show up in your second chakra.

[MidasGirl]

Oh really? Hmmm......hah so that's why my sex chakra was spinning ridiculously

[Erin Pavlina]

Yeah baybee!!

[elucidate]

Yeah, I did the exercises too and was surprised at how much gunk I'd accumulated, especially in the heart area also.

I do clear my chakras from time to time, and then get a bit lazy and slack off, but I really noticed how relieved I felt after I cleared my solar plexus, as I have , for years now, had this strange, uncomfortable and quite unpleasant feeling of pressure(?) in that area, every now and then, and it's been a total mystery to me why?
I still don't know why, but at least I know what I can do to relieve myself of it.

Thanks Erin. I'll be making more of a habit to do this daily I think.

[elucidate]

I recieved a message just to spin them in whatever way feels 'right', which , for me, is clockwise from inside me (if that makes sense?) so to MY right.

This was a source of confusion for me at first...I wasn't sure if you meant to go clockwise from the outside (as in if I were standing outside myself, the clockwise would be to my left inside)

[MyEyeIsOpen]

Thanks Erin, this post was revived at the right time for me. I actually wanted to pop in and say "Yes!" to the bit where you explained feeling all the suffering of the world all at once. I did something similar once, I opened up far and wide to absorb not just the suffering, but all the emotions everywhere. I didn't last too long before I was totally overwhelmed. It took me a while to recover, but what an experience...

[Erin Pavlina]

Yes, overwhelming, necesssary, busted me right open and put me on this path.

[supernatural]

I'm 4 yrs late but here are some charts to show the 22 Chakras of the human body, and below the Dog and Horse Chakra system.



So below is a diagram for the Dogs Chakras.



And here is a diagram for the Horse Chakra system.

[elucidate]

Since we are all individuals, doesn't it stand to reason that some people may have chakras in different locations to what the diagram says? I mean, it's a general layout, that doesn't mean that everyone has chakras in the same place, does it?

The fact that in different systems, there are more chakras than in other systems, makes me wonder whether they are really there at all...or if someone just told us they are, and so we bought into that persons story! What if a person meditates on a chakra that isn't even there, but somewhere else? Is this possible? It is in my mind anyway...how can we know for sure?

[Erin Pavlina]

There are layers of chakras. most people talk about the major 7. but there are minor ones as well. And yes, they are in teh same place for everyone, but I have seen people with chakras taht are out of place and they need like a spiritual chiropractic adjustment.

I didn't use to beleive in chakras cuz I couldn't feel mine. It took me a while to find them. You gotta use the dominant modality you've got.

[elucidate]

Thanks Erin. I accept that the chakras are there, I just like to question everything and think about it in different ways before I accept something.

I am in touch with mine, but I think I could definately give them a bit more attention, which I intend to do now.