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Chakras
The chakra system can been viewed as a seven-levels.
The seven
chakras (Sanskrit for wheels
or disks-spinning wheel
of energy)
start at the base of the spine and continue on to the
crown of the head.
Each individual chakra
does have a general location. These locations are as follows:
- Chakra one (earth):
Base of spine. Associated with
survival.
- Chakra two (water):
Lower abdomen. Associated with emotions and sexuality.
- Chakra three (fire):
Solar plexus. Associated with power
and will.
- Chakra four (air):
Just over the sternum. Associated
with love and balance.
- Chakra five (sound):
Throat. Associated with communication and creativity.
- Chakra six (light):
Center of forehead, brow. Associated
with intuition and imagination.
- Chakra seven (thought):
Top of head. Associated with
knowledge and understanding.
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Sanskrit
name |
Location |
Color |
Central Issue |
Orientation to self |
Goals |
Rights |
Identity |
Demon |
Element |
Excessive Traits |
Deficient Traits |
| Root (1) |
Muladhara (root/support) |
Base of spine |
red |
survival, grounding |
Self- preservation
|
Stability, grounding,
health, prosperity trust
|
To be here, to have |
Physical |
Fear |
Earth |
Heaviness, Sluggish
monotony, obesity, hoarding, materialism, greed |
Frequent fear, lack of
discipline, restless, underweight, spacey |
| Sacral (2) |
Svadhisthana (sweetness) |
Abdomen, Genitals, lower
back, hips |
orange |
Sexuality, emotions, desire |
Self-gratification |
Fluidity, pleasure, healthy
sexuality, feeling |
To feel, to want |
Emotional |
Guilt |
Water |
Overly emotional, poor
boundaries, sex addiction, obsessive attachments |
Frigidity, impotence,
rigidity, emotional numbness, fear of pleasure |
| Solar Plexus (3) |
Manipura (lustrous Jewl) |
Solar Plexus That area
where you feel it in your gut
|
yellow |
Power, will |
Self-definition |
Vitality, spontaneity, strengthof
will, purpose, self-esteem
|
To act |
Ego |
Shame |
Fire |
Dominating, blaming,
aggressive, scattered, constantly active |
Weak will, poor self
esteem, passive, sluggish, fearful |
| Heart (4) |
Anahata (unstruck) |
Heart |
green with pink swirls
|
Love, relationships |
Self-acceptance |
Balance, compassion,
self-acceptance, good relationships |
To love and be loved |
Social |
Grief |
Air |
Codependency, poor
boundaries, possessive, jealous |
Shy, lonely, isolated, lack
of empathy, bitter, critical |
| Throat (5) |
Visshudha (purification) |
Throat |
blue |
Communication |
Self-expression |
Clear communication,
creativity, resonance |
To speak and be heard |
Creative |
Lies |
Sound |
Excessive talking,
inability to listen, over-extended, stuttering |
Fear of speaking, poor
rhythm |
| 3rd eye (6)
|
Ajna (to perceive) |
Brow |
Purple |
Intuition, imagination |
Self-reflection |
Psychic perception,
accurate interpretation, imagination, clear seeing |
To see |
Archetypal |
Illusion |
Light |
Headaches, nightmares,
hallucinations, delusions, difficulty concentrating |
Poor memory, poor vision,
can't see patterns, denial |
| Crown (7) |
Sahasrara (thousandfold) |
Top of head |
WHITE |
Awareness |
Self-knowledge |
Wisdom, knowledge,
consciousness |
To know |
Universal |
Attachment |
Information |
Overly intellectual,
spiritual addiction, confusion, dissociation |
Learning difficulties,
spiritual skepticism, limited beliefs, materialism,
apathy |
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