All about Chakra

Many people are unsure of what a Chakra is. A chakrah is a point on the human body that connects to the energy of life. The word itself is derived from a Sanskrit word that means a constantly spinning wheel or sphere of aural energy that a man has. Many traditional Hindu writings suggest that there are over 85,000 points of Chakra throughout a person's body. Although, there are seven Chakras that are more important than all of the rest. These Chakras exist from the bottom of the spine all the way up to the top of the head.

When you break down the chakras 7 major points you will get navel/sex chakra, Base/root chakra, heart chakra, solar/stomach plexus chakra, third eye/brow chakra, crown chakra and the throat chakra. What these 7 points do is take in the energy from the things that are all around us such as people and they transmit or move the energy to out bodies. There are certain areas that are affecting would be emotional as well as intellectual, corporeal, spiritual and psychological.

There are many different ways to define chakra?s and they all seem to have an a common tie that binds them. There been many explanations including a spiritual or mystical understanding to the Chinese medicine. There are Psychologists and as well as regular individuals also have their own opinion on what a chakra is. The way modern psychology views it as an explanation of how our conscience and subconscious mind and thought process works.

One important thing to realize is that Chakras are constantly in motion even if you are asleep because they constantly affect your body. The ways that Chakrah can effect your body include the glandular process, physical disorders, and even our thoughts and appearance. Therefore, if one of the seven Chakras are harmed then it will affect our body in a negative way and can affect our well being.

It is believed that this is due to the chakras being connected to the endocrine glad that is found in our body. If a chakra gets off balance at all then we can have what is called a disturbance in the normal behavior of the endocrine gland and all that is attached or linked to it.

You can safely say any major ailments or illnesses that your body may be suffering with can be related to an unbalanced chakra. It is important to maintain the proper chakra balance in order to keep your body functioning properly. Even though you may not see any physical attributes of an illness or an imbalance, you may see a difference in your emotions.

There are many people that say that one of the biggest issues with an unbalanced chakra is when people carry around emotional issues. Theses are generally from their past and in order for them to fix things they will need to address these issues to move on. This is something that many people do without being aware of it as these issues can be stored in their subconscious mind. If they leave these issues alone to fester they can get a build up of emotional toxins which can be harmful.

There are certain things that are Good for our Body and promote Chakra Healing such as Reiki, aromatherapy, balancing of the chakras, color therapy and balancing with things like crystals, pendulums or gemstones.

There are many people that like to do yoga classes which help with their breathing as well as their physical exercises. Yoga is good for maintaining the balance of the chakra in the body as this helps a person to focus.

Some of the other methods used to heal a chakra are meditation which will help a person to keep their mind. Other methodologies of chakra healing are meditation (keeping the mind focused on an object of thought or awareness for a certain period of time), guided visualization (done with the aid of audio tapes or CDs to promote natural healing and relaxation techniques to reduce stress, promote relaxation and harness the power of the mind).

It is a fact that we cannot touch or see our chakras, but they are always working to help sustain the human body.

It is a fact that our bodies must be fed the proper foods in order to maintain our chakras. There are specific foods that are beneficial to major chakras.

Root-type vegetables are extremely beneficial to our root chakra because they are very high in protein. It is a fact that the sexual and creative chakra needs sweet fruits, nuts, and even vanilla to function properly. Did you know that the plexus chakra is entirely responsible for increasing our self esteem? This chakra works best on carbohydrates like pastas and dairy products like yogurt.

The chakra of the heart functions the best when eating leafy vegetables like cabbage and also drinking green tea. The throat chakra desires that you drink lots of water and juices like apple juice, grape juice, and even orange juice!

Your 3rd eye chakra thrives on grapes, wine and blueberries.

The chakra of our crown is the spiritual and emotional center and needs detoxification. You can detoxify your body by fasting or using herbs.

By always trying to keep our chakras healthy we are being healthy in general. By doing this this makes us become more in tune with our surroundings and helps with other elements with living in the metaphysical world that we live in.