Chakra – what you need to know

The chakra is a point in the body that is associated with, and transmits the life force energy. The word 'chakra' comes from the sanskrit and literally means 'spinning wheel or sphere of energy'. It is traditionally believed by the Hindu's that there are nearly 90,000 chakra points in the human body. These however are reduced essentially to seven chakra points. These run along the spinal column from the base of the spine to the crown of the head.

The seven main chakra?s are as follows; solar plexus/stomach chakra, heart chakra, third eye/brow chakra, crown chakra, naval/sex chakra, base or root chakra and the throat chakra. What these major chakra?s do, is they take energy from a persons surroundings and help to transmit these energies to a person?s body. It is said that they can directly impact the activities of a person in such areas as: psychological, emotional, spiritual or mystical, and even corporeal.

There are many explanations about Chakras but there is one main definition that is tied in with all of the explanations. It is not known if it comes form the point of view from Chinese medicine, an individuals point of view, the study of psychology?s take on it all, where the conscious and unconscious though process is concerned or the Hindus mystical explanation.

Studies have shown that chakra?s stay in constant movement the matter whether person is sweeping or steer a week. Because of the constant movement it helps to influence such things on a person like: physical disorders, they are body is structured, or appearance, glandular processes, the way we conduct ourselves and the way we think. It is safe to say that if just one of our chakra?s is not working properly, we can suffer with an imbalance that can affect our whole body.

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.

Many people do not realize that Chakra healing is extremely beneficial for our bodies and that we can directly control our Chakras. You can positively influence your Chakras by employing techniques such as Reiki healing, aromatherapy, chakra balancing with the aid of a pendulum, crystals or gemstones.

There may be repressed memories or forgotten emotional baggage which comes form past traumatic experiences that can cause the chakras to be out of balance. We may actually be unaware of this, but the negative, emotional toxins have an effect at the cellular level. It is because of this that the need to resolve them is critical to attain proper chakra balance and to heal our physical self in the process.

A good way to heal your body is your shop pro. There are things that you can do that will directly affect your chakra?s and when a function in our lives. You can try such techniques as color therapy, aromatherapy, Reiki healing, the use and of gemstones or crystals and even in a pendulum has been known to help.

Many people like taking yoga classes because it helps them to relax through controlled breathing as well as physical exercises. This can help to maintain the chakra balance within our bodies.

Some other methods of Chakra healing include meditation. Meditation is the process of keeping the mind focused and visualizing certain things to relax. Often at times CDs can help promote the natural healing process through relaxing music and can harness the power of the mind to relax.

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

The human body has to be healthy and fed properly in order for us to have balanced chakras. There are foods that help maintain the balance of each of the seven primary chakras.

Your root chakra thrives on fruits that are sweet as well as various nuts, seeds and cinnamon. You will want to go with root-type vegetables that are high in protein for your root chakra. If you want to feed your solar plexus chakra then you will want to go with such things as starches like bread, cereal, pastas and even dairy products. Minty spices are also good for the solar plexus.

Go with green leafy veggies for your heart chakra and plenty of liquids for your throat chakra. You can go with fruit juices and tangy fruits as well.

Eating blueberries, drinking wine, and grapes makes our brow chakra extremely nourished and much more sharper. It also helps improve our physical abilities.

If you want to work on your crown chakra then you will need to do some detoxifying. This is done through fasting or by using some inhalations techniques with herbs.

We can take care of our overall health and by using some of that influences above are chakras. You?ll notice that you?ll have better health overall. You also see that your body is more in tune with things that are around you and that would be both in the physical and metaphysical sense.