Chakra Series: Anahata Chakra
Chakras Illuminated : Root to Crown Meditation
7 - Week Series : Jan. 31-Mar 14, 2023
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Please follow along on our journey through the chakra system. Each week I will post a new chakra with information to support your understanding of the seven major energy processing centers from root to crown.
You are welcome to join us for this class series at Yoga Loka - now until March 14, 2023. There’s still room to sign up at Yoga Loka - https://www.yogalokareno.com/mini-series. Or follow this blog series each week.
WHAT ARE THE CHAKRAS?
The seven chakras are energy centers in our bodies that energy flows through. When energy is blocked in any of these seven areas, it can lead to emotional or physical illness. It’s important to know where your chakras are located, what they represent, and how you can keep the energy flowing through them.
Illuminating the seven major chakras from your base to your crown:
CHAKRA FOUR
Heart Chakra | Anahata
Sanskrit: Unstruck Sound
Element: Air
Color: Green
Bija Mantra: Yam
Mudra: Ahamkara Mudra
Meditation: Wheels of Life - pg. 187
Affirmation: I am open to love. I am kind and compassionate. I am forgiving and understanding. My heart is full of unconditional love for all beings. I choose to love every single day. I create loving and supportive relationships. It is safe for me to love and be loved.
What is it? The heart chakra is in the center of your chest. According to yoga tradition, it is the very “seat of the soul.” Associated with the lungs and the element of air, we can imagine the heart chakra as the meeting ground for the vast spectrum of our human emotional experience. The heart chakra has the capacity to radiate the highest aspects of the human being: compassion, unconditional love and total faith in the Divine. But it also has the capacity to radiate our deepest feelings of insecurity, disappointment, loneliness and despair.
Balanced (Sattva): When energy flows freely, you will experience compassion, love, and acceptance.
Excessive (Rajas): If you are experiencing jealousy or feeling clingy, you may have too much heart energy.
Deficient (Tamas): Signs that your heart chakra may be blocked or low in energy include feeling shy or lonely, or experiencing an inability to forgive.
SUGGESTED READING
Wheels of Life | The Classic Guide to the Chakra System by Anodea Judith
Eastern Body Western Mind | Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self by Anodea Judith
Chakra Yoga by Anodea Judith
Chakras | Seven Keys to Awakening and Healing the Energy Body by Anodea Judith
Charge and the Energy Body by Anodea Judith
Chakra Yoga | Balancing Energy for Physical, Spiritual, and Mental Well-Being by Alan Finger
Chakras | Energy Centers of Transformation by Harish Johari
Roots of Yoga by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton
Yoga of the Subtle Body | A Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy of Yoga by Tias Little
Chakra Mantras | Liberate Your Spiritual Genius Through Chanting by Thomas Ashley-Farrand
Tantra | The Path of Ecstasy by Georg Feuerstein
The Serpent Power | The Secrets of Tantric & Shaktic Yoga by Arthur Avalon
The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga by C.G. Jung
Mudras | Yoga in the Hands by Gertrud Hirschi
