The Basics of 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.

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 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.

It is important to understand that the Chakras in your body are always in motion even if you are sleeping. They are constantly influencing the metabolic functions of your body as well as the thoughts that your mind is having. Now you can see why the well being of our Chakras is so important. If one Chakrah is disrupted then our entire body may be affected negatively.

The reason behind this is that each major chakra is associated with a specific endocrine gland within our body. An imbalance of any charkra affects the physical and emotional processes that exist within our bodies. Any type of disruption of the chakra can be linked through the endocrine gland it is associated with.

It is important to make sure that you keep a good balance and with your chakra?s keeping in mind what is listed above. You can use that as your starting point of. Many people believe that a great deal of major illnesses as well as ailments, are related to a person?s Chakra. Even though a person may not show physical manifestations of an illness right away, they may notice a change in their emotions. Things from a person?s childhood can stick with them and affect them in such ways as spiritual, physically and even emotionally as they get older.

Many people feel depressed because of horrible emotional experiences that they were put through throughout their life. You must realize that this is one of the major causes of having an imbalance in one of the seven major chakras. Many people often try to forgot bad events that have happened to them, but it is extremely important that you come to terms with these events. Bad emotions release toxins all the way down to the cellular level. This is why it is important to eliminate bad emotions and being healing yourself with chakra.

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.

If yoga is not your things then you can try such things as meditation or even guided visualization where you learn to put your mind elsewhere by listening to audio tapes or CD?s. These methods are also known as natural healing techniques.

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.

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.

The heart chakra thrives on our intake of green leafy vegetables and green tea. Our throat chakra needs lots of liquid like water and fruit juices and tangy fruits including apples and peaches.

Eating blueberries along with wines and grape juice are responsible for keeping our third eye chakra hydrated. The third eye is extremely important because it is entirely responsible for making our senses and physical abilities much sharper.

The crown chakra which is our emotional and spiritual center often requires a good detoxification. This can be done by fasting or by the ritual inhalation of certain herbs.

If you take the time to influence your chakra then you will be also influencing your health. You will find that you are more in tune with your surrounding both in a physical sense as well as a metaphysical sense.