Chakras

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Chakras
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What is a Chakra Exactly?

• Chakras are our energy centers. They are the
  openings for life energy to flow into and out of
  our aura. Their function is to vitalize the
  physical body and to bring about the development
  of our self-consciousness. They are associated
  with our physical, mental and emotional
  interactions.

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• They are called
• Root Chakra - Muladhara
• Sacral Chakra - Swadhisthana
• Solar Plexus Chakra - Manipura
• Heart Chakra - Anahata
• Throat Chakra - Vishuddha
• Brow (Third-Eye) Chakra - Ajna
• Crown Chakra - Sahasrara

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Chakra Personality Test

• Do not copy this slide!
• To learn which chakras are especially well
  developed, which chakra is dominant, and which
  chakras may have blockages, you can take the
  following kinesiological and chakra personality
  test.

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Kinesiological Chakra Test

• Find a partner and extend your left arm so that
  the palm faces downward and think of a very
  pleasant, enjoyable experience. Your partner will
  lightly press down on your arm and registers the
  muscular resistance. Recalling a pleasant
  experience will strengthen your muscles.
• Next, think of an unpleasant experience and
  repeat the muscle test. The muscular resistance
  should be much weaker, since negative thoughts
  weaken the musculature.

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• Once again, stretch out your left arm and place
  your right hand on one of your chakras. Your
  partner then follows the procedure described on
  the previous slide.
• The stronger the muscular resistance, the
  stronger the chakra. Weakened resistance
  indicates weakness in the chakra.
• If your partner can push down your outstretched
  arm with little or no resistance, then you likely
  have a blockage in that chakra.

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Chakra Personality Test

• Respond to the statements on the following slides
  with YES or NO. Dont think about them too much
  your answers should be intuitive and spontaneous.
• If youre unsure, chose the answer that first
  came to mind.

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1. I generally feel in harmony with the universe.
2. My intuition is quite well-developed.
3. I express myself well in words.
4. I feel emotionally connected with other people.
5. I follow my gut instincts.
6. I am full of vitality and joie de vivre.
7. I love to be in movement and feel my own body.
8. It is easy for me to meditate and find inner
   peace.
9. I have good concentration.

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1. I feel socially confident.
2. I am deeply afraid of loneliness.
3. Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.
4. I know how to enjoy life.
5. I almost never worry.
6. I find it difficult to take the world seriously.
7. I often think about the world and life.
8. I can easily put my thoughts into words.
9. Love is the most important thing in the world.
10. I am at peace within myself and not easily thrown
    off center.

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1. I am a very passionate person.
2. I feel a deep connection with nature.
3. My souls home does not lie in this world.
4. I have intense, colour-filled dreams.
5. I have many different interests.
6. I have the desire to express myself artistically.
7. I experience feelings mostly in my body.
8. I am comfortable with intimacy and lust.
9. I have a lot of confidence in life and the future.

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Which one do you identify with?

• Root Chakra the grounding force
• Sacral Chakra finding balance
• Solar Plexus Chakra Self esteem
• Heart Chakra - love
• Throat Chakra voicing truths
• Brow (Third-Eye) Chakra intellect and wisdom
• Crown Chakra spiritual connection

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Muladhara (Root)

• Acceptance
• The Base or Root Chakra is associated with the
  colour red. This chakra is the grounding force
  that allows us to connect to the earth energies
  and empower our beings.
• Focusing one's attention on the colour of a
  cherry popsicle or a juicy red apple can help
  bring our energetic body "down to earth" and in
  alignment with our physical body when we find
  ourselves energetically fleeting or in other
  words....."spacing out."

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Muladarah (Root) cont.

• WE connect to the planet through our first
  chakra.
• If we are balanced in this part of our body, we
  feel at home in our own skin.
• Unbalanced can manifest in lower back pain!

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Swadhisthana (Sacral)

• The Sacral Chakra is associated with the colour
  orange or red-orange. Try to visualize the
  Sunkist orange that has been dyed to attract the
  produce buyer, or the orange red of an evening
  sunset when focusing on the second chakra.
• This chakra often offers us the opportunity to
  lessen our "control issues" and find a balance in
  our lives.

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Swadhisthana (Sacral) cont.

• This chakra is about desire, passion, duality
  polarities, movement, change, and creativity.
• The energy of this chakra involves others. When
  it is well balanced and open, life is colourful,
  vibrant and meaningful.
• Associated with the reproductive organs.

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Manipura (navel)

• The Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with the
  colour yellow. This is the area which defines our
  "self-esteem". The personality that develops
  during puberty is housed in this
  chakra....otherwise known as the "EGO".
• This intuitive chakra is where we get our "gut
  instincts" that signal us to do or not to do
  something

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Manipura cont.

• It encompasses the entire digestive system
• It is our source of energy it is the element of
  life.
• A person with a strong navel center has control
  over their actions.
• Energize using full yogic breath.

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Anahata (heart)

• The Heart Chakra is associated with the colour
  green or pink. This love center of our human
  energy system is often the focus in bringing
  about a healing. Thus, the words "Love Heals All"
  have great truth.
• Learning to love yourself is a powerful first
  step in securing a healthy fourth chakra. The
  "wounded child" resides in the heart chakra.

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Anahata cont.

• The heart chakra is the home of compassion, which
  breeds kindness.
• Imbalance can lead to becoming overly attached to
  some object of affection.
• Can be related to negativity, fatigue, tension,
  anger, insomnia and heart disorders.
• If youre not loving yourself, you wont be able
  to love others.

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Vishuddha (throat)

• The Throat Chakra is associated with the colour
  sky blue. This chakra is our will center. We
  speak our choices with our voices (throats). We
  have all experienced that "lump in our throats"
  when we are at a crossroad of not knowing how to
  speak the right words in any given situation,
  perhaps even stuffing our own emotions.
• A challenge of the throat chakra is to express
  ourselves in the most truthful manner. Seek only
  the truth.

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Vishuddha cont.

• The gateway between the head heart learn our
  authentic voice what we are meant to say to
  the world.
• Imbalance can lead to arrogance, self-righteous,
  talk too much or not enough and addiction as well
  as throat inflammation, ear infections, etc.
• Speak the truth with compassion.

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Ajna (Third-eye)

• The Brow Chakra is associated with the colour
  indigo. It is also often referred to as the
  "third eye" or the "mind center." It is our
  avenue to wisdom.
• Our ability to separate reality from fantasy or
  delusions is in connection with the healthfulness
  of this chakra.
• This is where your intellect overrides the heart.
• Intuition is related to the third-eye

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Ajna cont.

• The pituitary gland is located here. It is
  responsible for the secretion of serotonin which
  is a major factor in the health of our emotional
  lives.
• It is here that we start to move into thought and
  spirit.
• Imbalance can lead to difficulties with the brain
  and ears, pain, agitation and psychic exhaustion.

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Sahasrara (Crown)

• The Crown Chakra is associated with the colour
  violet or white. We use the seventh chakra as a
  tool to communicate with our spiritual nature. It
  is through this that the life force is dispersed
  from the universe into the lower 6 chakras.
• Call it a spiritual connection or communicator.
  This chakra is often pictured as a lotus flower
  opening to allow spiritual awakening in an
  individual.

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Sahasrara cont.

• This chakra rules not only the brain itself, but
  all the major systems of the body (nervous,
  skeletal, circulatory, etc)
• Gateway to enlightenment.
• Imbalances in this chakra have been associated
  with migraines, depression, baldness, dandruff,
  parasites.