A SCENSION LIF E
A QU I CK I N T R O TO H OW TO PR ACTICE CH AK R A HE ALING?
F IR ST CH AK R A R OOT CH AK R A
SE C O ND CHAK R A S ACR AL CHAK R A
T HIR D CHAK R A SO L AR PLE XUS
For the first chakra, the best, long term healing comes from very physical activities – like hatha yoga, because the first chakra is the most dense and most related to the physical body. Smell-oriented treatments, like aromatherapy, work well too because this chakra is related to your sense of smell. Gemstones (Crystals) are great for first chakra healing as well, because stones are from the earth, the element of this chakra. Gardening is also really good for healing your first chakra.
For the second chakra – which is still very dense and physical – hatha yoga is good – especially t a n t r i c a l l y - o r i e n t e d yoga and hip poses Healing with chakra foods (juicy, orange foods like oranges, mangoes & pumpkins) is good for this chakra since it’s related to taste, and doing aquatic bodywork – is really good too, because the second chakra is related to the water element.
For the third chakra – Visual therapy like working with yantras is very good here. Our conscious, mental reasoning ability and our self-image are both associated with the third chakra. Sun bathing is good, because the third chakra is related to the fire element, and it’s located in the solar plexus. And if you’re up for it, fire walking will stoke your third chakra in a major way. Any method that builds confidence is good for the 3rd chakra too. Some folks think affirmations do this, but I disagree. Finally, any kind of actual core work — like power yoga — or breathing that stokes your core — like yoga’s “breath of fire”, are really good for your solar plexus chakra.
For the seventh chakra, meditation – pure, silent, thoughtless openness is the best. Just opening to the space that we are, with nothing added. Now, this is not to say that
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meditating won’t help the first chakra, it can. But we’re talking about a super subtle technique being used on a super dense chakra (kind of like “hammering” a nail with a pencil).
H OW TO USE CH AK R A H E ALI NG TO TR ANSF OR M YOU R LI F E
