Crow Pose is a yogic pose that brings our pranic energy to the base of the spine, the home of the first chakra and a place where we often conceal ourselves.ġ. Stand with your legs three feet apart. When we cleanse and balance the root chakra with yoga, we boost our health, strengthen our sense of security, and increase our trust in the flow of prosperity. An unbalanced first chakra also leads us to compare ourselves with others and resent their existence. When our first chakra is blocked, we may not feel valued, lovable, or entitled to occupy space. It is the fertile soil from which all else arises.
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When the first chakra is balanced and flowing with prana, we feel worthy of our existence and happy to be alive. We take on form and mission with the declaration of “I am.” The way we honor our very existence affects the frequency of the first chakra. The color associated with the first chakra is red. The legs and feet are also extensions of the first chakra. Its anatomical equivalent is at the perineum and the base of the spine. Our physical body, our health, and our habits correspond to this area. This is the energy center connected to the material world and primal survival. The first chakra vibrates with the most fundamental aspect of our human incarnation: the energy of existence. In the following section, we describe the character of each chakra and provide yogic exercises that will enable you to connect with its essence. It takes deep trust to release these blockages, but it can be done by getting the prana moving through kundalini yoga and other spiritual practices.
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When the energy starts flowing through the practice of chakra yoga and other means, the blocks dissolve and the emotions open. When we have a blocked emotion, the chakra that corresponds to the part of the body holding that emotion is also blocked. This is very similar to how we work with the physical body in kundalini yoga: the “tuning fork” of each chakra is anchored to the physical body, and by releasing physical tension we also release the movement of energy. For a tuning fork to resonate, we have to release our grip, hold it delicately, and allow the vibration to flow. Much like a tuning fork that will not sound if it is held tightly, tightness in parts of our physical body can prevent our chakras from resonating. As each of the eight chakras become energized through chakra yoga and other means, the physical and emotional attributes corresponding to that frequency are also energized, as is our consciousness. It is our prana in motion, a wavelength of vibration in our electromagnetic field that contains our values, feelings, thoughts, and childhood imprints. The word chakra (pronounced “chak-rah”) means “wheel” or “circle,” named so by the ancient yogis to depict a wheel-shaped vibration of pranic energy.Ī chakra is pure and continuous energy. Frequencies that comprise the energy of the physical body.