Chakra Medition Chakra Medition with Mudra and Mantra Introduction- Within our bodies there are focal point of energy that use. Whether consciously or unconciously, to affect reality and allow us fully experience and realize events that unfold before us. These focal points are called Chakras. Chakras are located in important parts of your body such as your head or heart. Any organs within the area of thease Chakra are used to control and are, therefore, directly affected by the properties of the Chakra. Understanding the Seven Chakras- 1. Root Chakra- This is the physical layer. Mudra for Root Chakra- Let the tips of your thumb and index finger touch. Concentrate on the Root Chakra at the spot in between the genitals and the anus. Chant the sound LAM. 2. Sacral Chakra- This is the emotional layar. Mudra for Sacral Chakra- Put your hands in your lap. Pakms up, on topof each other. Keep the left hand underneath and its palm touching the back of the fingers of the right hand.The tips of the thumas touch gently. Concentrate on the Sacral Chakra at the sacral bone (on the lower back). Chant the sound VAM. 3. Manipura Chakra/ Navel/Solar Plexus- This is the nental or intellectual layer. Mudra for Solar Plexus- Put your hands before yous stomach, slightly below your solar plexus. Let the fingers join at the tops, all pointing away from you. Cross the thumbs.It is important to straighten the fingers. Concentrate on the Navel chakra located on the spine, a bit above the level of the navel. Chant the sound RAM. The Solar Plexus Chakra is located just above the navel and below the chest. This Chakra is a focus point for our force of will and our sense of transformation. Concentration and control of our personal energies originate from this point. Ones sense of powdr and authority, as well as self-control and discipline of the ego converge here. This Chakra can be used to sense the very use of ones internal energies to affect what is outside the body. 4. Anahata Chakra/Heart/ Cardiac Plexus- This is the astral layer. Mudra for Heart chakra- Sit cross-legged. Let the tips of you index finger and thumb touch. Put your left hand on your left knee and your right hand in front of the lower part of your breast bone (so a bit above the solar plexus). Concentrate on the Heart chakra at the spine, leuel with the heart. Chant the sound YAM. The Heart Chakra is located at the center of the chest and is the focous for love and understanding. Feelings that stem this love such as forgiveness, compassion, balance and harmony radiate from this point.This Chakra also nurtures the rarified feeling of unconditional or divine love, love that goes beyond the physical. 5. Vishuddhi Chakra/ Throat or Pharyngeal Plexus- This is the etheric layer. Mudra for the Throat Chakra- Cross your fingers on the inside of your hands, without the thumas. Let the thumbs touch at the tops, and pull them slightly up. Concentrate on the Throat chakra at the base of the throat. Chant the sound HAM. The Throat Chakra is located in the throat area between ones chin and the top of sternum. This Chakra is linked to ones powers of communication. Through Throat Chakra, one can realize truth and knowledge honesty, kindness and wisdom and how these elements can be conveyed through thoughteul speech. 6. Ajna Chakra/ Cavernous Plexus/Third Eye- The Third Eye is the celestial layer. Mudra for Third Eye Chakra- Put your hands before the lower part of your brest. The middle fingers are straight and touch at the tops,pointing forward. The other fingers are bended and touch at the upper two phalanges. The thumbs point towards self and touch at the tops of each other. Concentrate on the Third Eye bhakra slightly above the point between the eyebrows. Chant the sound OM or AUM. The Brow Chakra is located in the forehead, right above our eyes. This is also known as the region of the Third Eye in Buddhist and other belief tems. This Chakra is related to our perception beyond the physical realm. Intuition, insiggt, imagination and clairvoyance can all be associated with this Chakra. One can also focus their realization of their own soul, divine wisdom and peace of mind in this point. 7. Sahasrara Chakra/ Crown Chakra- This is the ketheric layer. Mudra fos Crown Chakra- Put your hands before youre stomach. Let the ring fingers point up, touching at their tops. Cross the rest of your fingers, with the left thumb underneath the right. Concentrate on the Crown chakra at the top of your head. Chant the sound NG. { Warning- dont use this medition for the Crown chakra while you dont have a strong Root chakra (you need a strong foundation first). } The Crown Chakra is located at the very top of the head. As one might guess, this Chakra is associated directly with dealings of the mind and spirit. This Chakra is deeply tied to the explorated of ones consciousness and place in space and time.Oneness with the universe, your spirit and will, inspiration, divine wisdom ______ all the things that deal with the Higher Self are rooted in this Chakra. General Procedure for Chakra Meditation 1. Muladhar Chakra Meditation- Bring your attention to the perineum, the flat space between the anus and the genital area. Take several sounds to allow your attention to find the space. And to get settled into it. Allow the mantra Lam to arise repeatedly in your mind , silently. Allow it to repeat at its own natural speed. You may find that comes 5-10 times and wants to pause, or you might find it wants to come continuously. If it pauses, allow it to retun in its own time. The mantra may move quickly or slowly. In any case, keep you attention on that space this is very important. Allow your mind to naturally be aware of earth, solidity, or form. Allow to come through your mind the awareness of the karmendriya (Organ of Action) of elimination (which operates througgout the body), and the jnanendriya (Sense Organ) of small.

2. Swadisthana Chakra Meditation- When you move your attention upwards towards the second chakra, be mindful of the transition, of the motion of attention and the nature of the shift of energetic, emotional, and nental experience. Allow your attantion to naturally find the location of the second chakra. It is important to note that the actual chakra is in the back, along the subtle spine called sushumna, although we usually experience it in the front. Allow the attention to rest Where it naturally falls, probably in the front, but be mindful from time to time that the chakra is actually in the back. Allow the mantra Vam to arise and repeat itself, at its own speed, naturally coming and going. Allow the awareness of water to arise, and come to see how this has to do with allow forms of flow or fluidity, whether relating to energy, physical, emotional, or mental. Explore the awareness of the karmendriya of procreation and the jnanemdriwa of tasting. Again, colors or sounds may or may not come and go.

 3. Manipura Chakra Meditation- Be aware of the transition as you move to the third chakra, at the navel center, Which is also actually along the sushumna channel. Allow the mantra Ram to arise and repeat itself, at its natural speed. Keep attention in the space, whatever size at which it is experienced. Be aware of the element of fire, and the many ways in which it operates througgout the gross and subtle body from this center. Be aware of the karmendriya of motion, and how motion itself happens in so many physical, energetic, and mental ways. Be awere of the jnanendriya of seeing, which you will easily see as related to fire and motion.

4. Anahat Chakra Medition- Observe the transition as you move your attention to the fourth chakra, the space between the breasts. Allow attention to become well seated there, and then remember the vibration of the mantra Yam, allowing it to repeat at its own speed, while being mindful of the feeling it generates. Be aware of the element of air, and notice how that feels with the mantra. Notice how the element of air relates to the karmendriya of holding or grasping, whether physically, energetically, mentally, or emotionally. Observe how these relate to the jnanendriya of touching, and how that touching is very subtle in addition to being a physical phenomenon.

 5. Vishuddhi Chakra Meditation- Bring your attention to the space at the throat, the fifth chakra, which is the point of emergence of space (which allows air, fire, water, and earth to then emerge). In that space, be aware of the nature of space itself, allowing the mantra Ham to arise and repeat itself, reverberating many times through the seemingly empty space in the inner world. Awareness of the karmendriya of speech (actually, communication of any suatle from) is allowed to be there, experiencing how That vibrates through space. The jnanendriya of healing is allowed to come, also seeing how it naturally aligns with space, speech, and the vibration of mantra. Notice the fine, subtle feelings, which come with the experience.

6. Ajna Chakra Meditation- Gently, with full awareness, transition awareness to the seat of mind at the space between the eyebrows, ajna chakra. Allow the mantra OM to arise and repeat itself, over and over, as slow waves of mantra, or as vibrations repeating so fast that the many OMs merge into a continuous vibration. Be aware of how mind has no elements, but it the source out of which space, air, fire, water, and earth emerge. Be aware of how this space, this mind, itself, does no actions, but is the driving force of all of the karmendriyas of speech, holding, moving, procreating, and eliminating. Be aware of how this chakra, this mind, has no senses itself, but is the recipient of all of the information coming from healing, touching, seeing, tasting, and smellimg, whether the source of this input is the sensations from the external world, coming through the physical instruments, or coming from the inndr world of memories or subtle experience, presenting on the mental screen through the suatle senses.

7. Sahasarara Chakra Meditation- Allow attention to move to the crown chakra, which has no element (bhutas), no cognitive sense (jnamendriyas), no active means of expression (karmaendriyas), as it is the doorway to pure consciousness itself. Experience how this is the source out of which mind emerges, after which emerge the five eldments, the five cognitive senses, and the five neans of expression. The mantra (in its subtler, silent form) is that silence (not mere quiet) out of which the est have emerged. It is experienced as the silence after a single OM, merping into objectless, sense-less awareness. Allow attbntion to rest in that pure stillness, the emptiness that is not empty, whibh contains, and is, the pure potential for manifestation, which has not manifested. OM om tatsat Chakra- Muladhara Plexus- Coccyeal Location- Base of the spine Seed syllable/Mantra- Lam Prana/Air- Apana Vaayu Kosha- Anna Maya ModelerSheath- Food Organ of Action- Elimination Organ or sense- Small Element- Earth Color- Red Bull Chakra- Swadisthana Plexus- Sacral Location- Below Navel Seed syllable/Mantra- Vam Prana/Air- Vyana Vaayu Kosha- Anna Maya Sheath- food sheath Organ of Action- Procreation Organ or sense- taste Element- Water Color- Orange Advt Chakra- Manipura Plexus- Solar Location- Above Naval Seed syllable/ Mantra- Ram Prana/Air- Sanana Vaayu Kosha- Pranamaya Sheath- Emotional Organ of Action- Movement Organ or sense- seeing Element- Fire Color- Yellow Chakra- Anahata Plexus- Cardiac Location- Heart Seed syllable/Mantra- Yam Prana/Air- Prana vaayu Kosha- Manomaya Sheath- Mind sheath Organ of Action- Grasping / Holding Organ or sense- feeling Element- Air Color- Green Chakra- Vishuddhi Plexus- Pharyngeal Location- Throat Seed syllable/Mantra- Ham Prana/Air- Udana Vaayu Kosha- Vijnanamaya Organ of Action- Speaking Organ or sense- hearing speech Element- earth (akasha) Color- Blue Bell hakra- Ajna Plexus- Cavernous Location- Third Eye Seed syllable/Mantra- Aum Kosha- Vijnanamaya Sheath- Intellectul Organ of Action- Mind Organ or sense- Mind Color- Indigo Thailand Chakra- Sahasrara Plexus- Cavernous Location- Crown Seed syllable/Mantra- Silence Kosha- Anandamaya Sheath- Bliss Sheath Organ of Action- Consciousness Organ of sense- Consciousness Color- Violet