Edible Education
The influence food and chakras have on your body
Fueling Your Chakras BY WENDELL FOWLER t·s culturally ingrained that you must see, feel, taste or smell something before accepting its existence, but simply because you cannot see something doesn·t necessarily mean it doesn·t exist. The world is full of hidden forces and phenomena. For instance, according to Hindu and yoga teachings, chakras are human energy centers located along the body·s central channel from the base of the spine to the top of the head. There are seven chakras, perceived as whirling, wheel-like vortices through which measurable universal / cosmic energy flows into and out of us. Einstein proved the stored light energy from foods we eat has measurable effects on your biological functions and nothing is ever at rest. The entire universe vibrates at various frequencies, including you—your thoughts, your emotions and your food—and the higher the vibration, the better. When parts of your body become stressed or diseased, they·re unable to vibrate at their optimum frequency. Conventional grocery-store produce has little cosmic energy and vibrates at a low frequency. Fresh, local foods that share colors with the chakras carry higher balancing, good vibrations. Harmonization and balance is essential in achieving your divine, mental, physical and spiritual competences. Like sunlight in a drop of water, chakras are the colors of the rainbow. You have such a sun inside, painting your seven chakra energy centers red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Foods that directly relate to each chakra are connected by color, which vibrates at a frequency harmonious with the color vibration of each chakra. Attracted to and crave specific foods? It·s a signal to feed that chakra. If you crave red meat or red vegetables, focus on your red chakra to see what·s out of balance. If you crave oranges, then you can clear out your orange chakra by satisfying the hankering. Your body·s intelligence tells you precisely what food it requires. Listen to that intelligence.
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Chakras Red, the Root Chakra, at the base of your spine, is the color of vitality, strength and courage. This chakra influences your large intestine, lymph and blood, the circulatory system, and improves the efficiency of adrenals, colon and legs. Feed it clean, local red meats, tomatoes, apples, red peppers, watermelon, red capsicums, red radishes, strawberries, rhubarb, cherries, red grapes, raspberries, chili powder and almonds. Orange, the Sacral Chakra, located between the pubic bone and navel, is the color of sexual passion, creativity and tolerance. Orange controls your reproductive and excretory system, hips, sacrum, genitals, lower intestine, bladder and kidneys, and the lower back. Savor juicy oranges and cantaloupes, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, raw honey, walnuts and non-GMO corn.
