The Basics of Chakra

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.

Throughout history Chakras have been described several different ways, but most of these ways have one common characteristic. The Chinese medicinal description and even the Hindu interpretation have things in common. Chakra is the understanding of the way that the human mind thinks and the ways in which humans express and experience emotions in everyday life.

All in all, the chakra moves constantly regardless of whether a person is sleeping or not, so it makes sense that, because of that, the chakras play an important roll in helping our bodies. Studies have shown that by keeping your chakra balanced you can help such things as physical disorders that you may be suffering with. It can also help the glandular processes and even the structure and appearance of our bodies. Some people even say that the way they talk and act are also affected. If you find that one of your main chakras is not working as it should, then you may find that you are having problems.

Many believe that this all happens because the chakras are part of the endocrine glad that is located inside your body. If you do not keep your chakras in balance then you will get what is known as a disturbance in this glad which will affect everything that is attached 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.

It is said that one of the biggest factors in an unbalanced chakra is emotional baggage from the past. Many times people repress the emotional baggage that they got from dramatic experience, such as something from their childhood. This unfortunately is a bad habit that that many people have when it comes to bad memories in their subconscious mind. Most people are not aware that they are burying these things and that will affect their chakra in the end. This is why it is important for a person to get rid of their unwanted emotional baggage before it causes them problems with their body. A person can keep these issues buried in their subconscious mind and end up having emotional toxins which will affect their bodies in so many ways. By dealing with the issues from the past, you can then learn to heal yourself by way of a healthy chakra.

You can help to keep your chakras balanced by doing such things as aroma therapy, color therapy, Reiki healing and you can even balance your chakras with the use of gemstones, a pendulum or crystals. You need to realize the importance of keeping a healthy balance in your chakras in order for your body to be working at its best.

Many people like to attend several yoga exercise classes that teach breathing and physical exercises to maintain chakra balance within their bodies.

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 true that we cannot physically see our chakras, but they are constantly working to maintain 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.

Vegetables that are root type vegetables as well as protein-rich foods help to nourish the root chakra. You may be intrigued to know that the sexual and creative chakra works best on nuts, vanilla, sesame, as well as extremely sweet fruits such as pineapples and oranges. The stomach chakra is responsible for self confidence and self esteem. The stomach chakra is best nourished through eating carbohydrates as well as dairy products.

Did you know that the heart chakra works the best on leafy vegetables and even many types of green tea? Also, the chakra of the throat needs lots of liquids to stay hydrated. The best liquids are water and even fruit juices such as apple and orange juice.

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

The crown chakra is the center of our emotion and spiritual needs. It is extremely important that you take care of the crown chakra by detoxifying through fasting and using herbs.

When we nourish or stimulate our chakras, we can influence our health and well being. This has the effect of making us more responsive in our lives as we become totally in tune and aligned with the energies of our surroundings.