Being taught about what all the chakras mean
The First time I was introduced to chakras it was on a children's show "Avatar the Last Air Bender" to be exact, here a clip:
I was teaching my friend Amrita about chakras she had some previous knowledge and I wanted to know what she really knew about all of the chakras.
So I asked "did you know that there are 7 different chakras"
"I knew about the different colours of chakras and that they were all different, I knew in which order they went," she said
What I learned from her is that each one in Hinduism is associated with different gods.
"Root is lord Ganesh, Sacral is Vishnu, Maharudra Shiva, then Ishvara, followed by then Sadashiva then Ardhanarishvara which is both Shiva and Parvati then Shiva"
That was so interesting to me... at this point, it was like she was teaching me, the student had become the student's student.
I had to ask if she knew about each chakra being opened and closed by a different emotional issue and to my surprise she did know.
"And when you open up your root chakra you can only ascend from there," she said
I set out to teach and was being taught myself. Now for all of you, the seven chakras are the centers in our bodies in which energy flows through.
Blocked energy in our seven chakras can often lead to illness, so it's important to understand what each chakra represents and what we can do to keep this energy flowing freely. Here's our quick summary:
1. Root Chakra — Represents our foundation and feeling of being grounded.
I was teaching my friend Amrita about chakras she had some previous knowledge and I wanted to know what she really knew about all of the chakras.
So I asked "did you know that there are 7 different chakras"
"I knew about the different colours of chakras and that they were all different, I knew in which order they went," she said
What I learned from her is that each one in Hinduism is associated with different gods.
"Root is lord Ganesh, Sacral is Vishnu, Maharudra Shiva, then Ishvara, followed by then Sadashiva then Ardhanarishvara which is both Shiva and Parvati then Shiva"
That was so interesting to me... at this point, it was like she was teaching me, the student had become the student's student.
I had to ask if she knew about each chakra being opened and closed by a different emotional issue and to my surprise she did know.
"And when you open up your root chakra you can only ascend from there," she said
I set out to teach and was being taught myself. Now for all of you, the seven chakras are the centers in our bodies in which energy flows through.
Blocked energy in our seven chakras can often lead to illness, so it's important to understand what each chakra represents and what we can do to keep this energy flowing freely. Here's our quick summary:
1. Root Chakra — Represents our foundation and feeling of being grounded.
- Location: Base of spine in tailbone area.
- Emotional issues: Survival issues such as financial independence, money, and food.
2. Sacral Chakra — Our connection and ability to accept others and new experiences.
- Location: Lower abdomen, about two inches below the navel and two inches in.
- Emotional issues: Sense of abundance, well-being, pleasure, and sexuality.
3. Solar Plexus Chakra — Our ability to be confident and in control of our lives.
- Location: Upper abdomen in the stomach area.
- Emotional issues: Self-worth, self-confidence, and self-esteem.
4. Heart Chakra — Our ability to love.
- Location: Center of chest just above the heart.
- Emotional issues: Love, joy, and inner peace.
5. Throat Chakra — Our ability to communicate.
- Location: Throat.
- Emotional issues: Communication, self-expression of feelings and the truth
6. Third Eye Chakra — Our ability to focus on and see the big picture.
- Location: Forehead between the eyes (also called the Brow Chakra).
- Emotional issues: Intuition, imagination, wisdom and the ability to think and make decisions.
7. Crown Chakra — The highest chakra represents our ability to be fully connected spiritually.
- Location: The very top of the head.
- Emotional issues: Inner and outer beauty, our connection to spirituality and pure bliss.
Hope this gives you a better understanding of chakras, and if you wanna see something really cool go over to CakeThanksBye and check out some awesome chakra cupcakes we made together.
Peace
Adam
Adam
