Chakras

Lets make a tradition...

2010-02-09T15:22:00.000-08:00

How to bring into our lives the little things we learnt along?
Answer is welcome them into your lifestyle.. make it a tradition.

In India or Japan traditions are framed based on many spiritual ideas....they made them into a tradition so that the benefits of a good lifestyle will be passed on to the next generations and become part of our life style..
Lets observe a yoga posture.. You all know it .. it is Vajrasana.. The squatting posture..

And I ask you a quick question who do you remember when you see this posture
Hmmm.. not a difficult question right.
Yes we all know it is the Japanese way of squatting ..
Where ever the best thing is.. Lets grab it into our life style and pass it to our next generation .. and make it our tradition for the coming days..
When ever you need to sit on the floor squat in Vajrasana.. it aligns the spine well and with out much effort will get into our daily lives.. with ease..
Initially it may give us a little pain.. change it to easy posture (not bending your spine though) and then get beck to your Vajrasana..

Hope this adds boost to your correcting posture and advance you in your spiritual journey.

Love
M.V.

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Constipation - An Experiment

2010-01-06T08:56:00.000-08:00

This experiment is realted to constipation and root chakra:

Yesterday I went to library to prepare for my exam. I forgot water bottle. Normally at such times I drink the water in library.Yesterday I didn't drink water atall.. whole day to tell you...Morning, when I was leaving, I drank milk but not water. So I decided not to drink water. And after coming home I drank a glass of grape fruit juice but not water... When I went to bed I drank a glass of water .

So probably the whole day I drank may be a glass of water or two..
I wanted to see the effect on my body.. I was constipated yesterday and I got headache too. And today right from my getting up, I was farting bad and it smelled fowl..

Then my real experiment started. I drank a litre of water and sat on the toilet, then I used Gyan mudra, Well you can also use Prithvi mudra. And concentrated on the Muladhara Chakra, I kept the intent of excreting the waste. I even intended to excrete the unwanted energies. With in few seconds I started to excrete and slowly my constipated body returned to normal. After that I drank water again..

Working on Muladhara Chakra is especially beneficial in letting out the negative energies and unwanted wastes.. If you remember Muladhara chakra is the only chakra which is turned towards Earth... So if you work on your Root chakra , you are working on eliminating the wastes from your body and stay unconstipated..

And a last and important note. Stay always hydrated.. This is an experiment, Constipation is not the only problem that comes out of not drinking enough water. We can face a lot of health problems if we do not drink enough water.. This experiment is intended to demonstrate the importance of Root chakra and not how we can manage with out drinking water.

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T11:10:00.001-08:00

Wishing you a very Happy, successful and prosperous New Year....

M.V.

Notes on Meditation

2009-12-02T10:40:00.000-08:00

After I started to meditate....
Will update this blog post from time to time...

12:39 PM 12/2/2009

The first thing happened was, my shoulders relaxed releasing my tense mind.
Later I tried to focus my attention on breath as I started to observe it, I was conscious of my breathing and started breathing heavily. Every time I divert my attention to breathing, I breathed heavily.
This continued long for many days till I figured out that attention should be like, just being aware of it not concentrating on it.
We need not observe it, just give up doing that and you will be breathing slowly at your own pace and the calmness and relaxation reaches you.

10:50 AM 12/11/2009

I observed that we spent our lives in a such a way that we started to enjoy the disturbance, the scams, fears and laziness in such a way that at times when we have a call to do meditation, you simple don't listen to it. Inside you try to give a most convincing explanation why you cant do it. Seriously I'm not kidding, this happened with me many times.
Please don't postpone it, if you cannot sit for 30 minutes give a brief meditation for say 15 min or sometimes say 10 minutes ? Ask your self, Can I do it ? If you can go for it...

Learn to meditate

2009-11-15T10:31:00.000-08:00

some videos on how to meditate and music to assit meditation

Dreams and colors

2009-10-22T13:58:00.000-07:00

Many dream analysts when they try to analyze a dream ask different questions, one of the questions they ask is , what is the color of your dream?
That can surprise some of us, we may think, Can it have any relevance and connection? sometimes we concentrate on other aspects of our dreams and nearly ignore and forget the color of the dream.
when I was analyzing a friends dream, She was mentioning about the change of colors of her dreams. I was aware of her consciousness and her observation.
To make you understand this more clearly, I will share some of her dreams. In one of her dreams, she was in a field and all she can see is a field with broken dry land and all around is a vast field as far as she can see and suddenly in her dream a wolf came and attacked her and she woke up scared. After she started to understand her dreams, she started to work on her relationships. In one of her dreams she was in a yellow field and she was feeling calm.

If we analyze this dream along with circumstances in her real life, she was telling me the colors of her dream. If you observe fields, the time when the field looks yellow is the time of harvest , and its the time when we start to reap our efforts.

In the same way I want you to observe and remember the color of the dream. Recently I started to see the color violet and Indigo in my dreams. Its like that dew and cloudy and dance of light and energy like laser beams kind of dream. I wish I could share a little bit more about this dream but I really don't remember much of this dream. It was just a part of a dream sequence . But I realized that I started giving importance to my buddhi ( the thinking and rationalizing part of my mind) , Earlier I observed that I relied a lot on my heart i.e., manas and ignored my rational self to some extent which can emotionally cause a lot of pain and suffering because if you are empathic it can start attracting the maladies around you if we are not emotionally strong and don't practice grounding and shielding properly that can lead to depression and other physical manifestations of emotional pain.
As my upper chakras are slowly started to react to my practices, I am blessed to understand the importance of my mind . when we believe on our practices, the universe will start to work on our balance and we can see that in our dreams and in our daily life and the Divinity starts to walk with us and help us.

May peace and divinity walk with you in your life.
Om

Om Namah sivaaya

2009-10-19T10:43:00.000-07:00

Last night when I went to sleep, I felt like, the shakti in me is calling for her divine lover shiva, I felt like why the god of my inner self is not responding? I felt like crying , I cried and called and then I remembered the story of Tapas of Parvati. Parvati or shakti, the goddess as an unmarried girl wanted to marry Lord Shiva and after she didn't received much encouragement from people around her and having decided inside to think about no one but the Lord. she decides to do tapas .

I wondered may be the only way to call the Lord is doing tapas. I felt like there is no me, the only thing true is the Lord and the Shakti in me. I understood the reason behind the calling. I need to realease the divine spirit with in me and call her Lord. I even wanted to awake the lord in my husband. I keep on asking my god to awake the siva in my partner. what makes me think that I know the love of the Lord for his partner? I wondered?

On the holy day of kaarteeka somavaara, divine monday of the month of kaarteeka , I realized this truth and the words came out of me.. Om Namah Sivaaya , OM Salutations to the Lord shiva. I want to keep calling the lord till the divine spirit is released and there exists no more of myself. The only truths are siva and shakti and their union will release me..

Om Namah Sivaaya..

Improve your posture

2009-08-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

Exercise - How to Improve Posture

How to Improve Your Posture

Exercises for Posture - Pull Shoulders Back

Exercises for Posture - Take Tension off the Neck

Exercises for Posture - Stabilizing the Lower Back

Exercises for Posture - Strengthening the Legs and Hips

Exercises for Posture - Abdomen

Ramdev Maharaj Pranayama

2009-07-31T10:55:00.000-07:00

Ramdev Pranayam (Hindi)

Kapala Bhati (English)

Pranayama

2009-07-31T10:41:00.000-07:00

Breathing Exercises - Introduction to Pranayama

Full Yogic Breath with Retention

Full Yogic Breath

Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Sodhana)

The Importance of pranayama

2009-07-31T10:22:00.000-07:00

In the book Yoga Vasistha, Sage Vasistha gives answers to questions of Lord Rama. One question and answer explains us the importance of Pranayama in yoga and its vital importance in mastering the power of Kundalini.

A excerpt from Yoga Vasistha..

Ram again said to the Master: "Please explain how mental disease can be destroyed."

The Master answered: "Diseases which affect the mind are the first and are not the easiest to heal; those which affect the body may be classed as secondary. The desires which affect the mind are primary diseases; we have sunk thus far by absence of Wisdom, and lack of Mastery over ourselves. We are under the seeming power of delusion. We cannot realise to what extent we arc pulled down by such delusion. The mental disease is similar to the coming of a winter storm. When the power of desires gets hold of one, he then is liable to be guilty of fearful karma (wrong action); this in turn produces bodily disease.

"Bodily disease is also brought on by overeating, living in unhealthy places, association with the wicked, impure desires, evil thoughts, etc. These mental or indirect diseases have a direct effect upon the body.

"Now I will explain how both forms of disease perish, O Ram. The wise say that the mental diseases have two divisions, common and specific, the former affect this body only, but the latter tend to rebirth, also. The common diseases may be banished by correct eating and right thinking.

"When the mind is not in perfect harmony it may affect the blood and produce discord in any portion of the body. Mental discord will produce poison in the blood, and the poison will affect the nervous system. When the nervous system is affected, then Prana (Vital Force) cannot follow its right path. When Prana does not follow its right path, then it cannot reach all parts of the body as it should, and thus many of the nerves may wither or die. If harmony is established in the mind, all else is easy and simple. When harmony is established in the mind, it will naturally follow, that one will want to do good and read good books pertaining to truth. When peace is established in the mind, then Prana will follow its right course and all disease will vanish.

"The path of Yoga, by which one may master the power of the Kundalini, is through the practise of Pranayama, which causes the power of the Kundalini to arise, and then the holy becomes strong. By Pranayama the movement of Prana and Apana may be controlled; then the Yogin will be able to go up like a bird. The Prana is the cause, and when it is made to go up through the Sushumna, all kinds of psychic powers are attained, such as seeing, hearing and levitation."

Source: Yoga Vashisht or Heaven Found by Rishi Singh Gherwal

The tiny little will

2009-07-10T13:18:00.000-07:00

What happens with out a will? Will is every thing. The intention to do it mixes with interest and your karma and you do what you are willing to do. I asked many people the same question, I want to do this, I have the intention to do it, I am feeling guilty every day by not doing what I want to do. I cry and get depressed for not doing what I should be doing as I intend. Why am I not doing?

The question was laughed at and I will tell you what I was told. 'When you know you are not doing what you want to do , why don't you just do it'? some one else said, some times when the time is not right or its not the way we want to do it, we simply avoid it. And one person said, you need strong will, and you hold on to it.

But let me share with you what I was willing but not doing , I wanted to perform some rituals to the gods who always stay with me and help me. But how many times I tried to do that, It just didn't happened.

I had the will and I tried my best. But what I understand is , I could only able to do it when I gave up. I could perform when there was no control. I understand that my intention to do worked only when some one else intended it.

The tiny little will of me was all ME, There was no surrender, no humility and I am not ashamed to admit that I am a fool.

After this understanding of the truth now when I am doing it and I no more feel guilty. Strangely I used to feel lazy, burdening and difficult. Now it just happens and I don't even realize when it starts and when it ends.

When some one talk about will then look deep into yourself where the real power lives and pray there for will. Its never yours, still comes with in you.it took many months to bring me from my mind to my soul. Will certainly don't lies in great logical thinking.Boy what a journey to discover a tiny little will.

Lie Watcher and a promise tracker

2009-03-23T14:44:00.000-07:00

You probably want to say , what the heck is that? Its getting on my nerves now a days. Each time I am lying I feel guilty ,well you may say what's the new thing? we always feel guilty when we lie. The difference is, you be smart in understanding , how to avoid lying- I don't know whether some one explains us the smartness of tactfulness, or we find a way to avoid lying when the situation forces it on us? But when we don't want to we will find a way. thats for sure.

What about this promise tracker? It happened whether you believe it or not. I wanted to break a promise and how hard I tried to do a thing that I promised not to do, I could n't do it. It sounds like the movie Liar Liar but it happened with me. The force again and again said to me the same thing, give up you cannot do it . Probably trying to educate me on the truth and true promise and my capacity or trying to tell me who got the control....

Food and natures

2009-02-02T14:21:00.000-08:00

As mentioned in the chapter 14 and 17 of Bhagavad Gita, Satvik food boosts the Satva guna. If we are not careful about the effects of Tamas nature they will catch up. This drives me to focus more into the nature of Tamas. Interestingly many of my actions tagged undesirably to it. This made me to tighten my loose ends and observe those actions and link them back to the quality of food I am hanging on.

Ignoring the beansprouts in the fridge, eating fries, chips and spices. Girl it's time to watch what you eat.
I wanted to perform a puja ritual and literally I was pushing my self to perform it, At that golden moment It was clear to me though my intelligent self is explaining whats happening with me, I am not feeling my usual self. I was not ready to do a prayer with out my absolute will but that alarmed me to look into the reason, whats happening with me? Scary are the results of Tamas nature.

P.S: Don't feed the Tamasik in you .

To read more about this nature read these links

The Saatvik Food

Shakti calls Shiva

2009-01-12T05:54:00.000-08:00

Its a strange call emitted from inside, The divine lover calls out for the lord. She cries and longs and gets angry and insists. Come my lord where are you, I am waiting for you. Free me from the shackles of this material world , Take me from here. I am longing for you. I want to embrace you and never want to separate from you again . My Lord I await you.

Some people say the kundalini Shakti that rests in us will call the lord just like this , desperate, devoted .. And she won't rest till she meets him.

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2009-01-02T09:13:00.000-08:00

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The Story of an Insect

2008-10-29T08:25:00.000-07:00

Once there was an Insect that lived on the leaves of a Tulasi tree (Holy Basil) in front of a temple. She circulates the temple listening to the holy hymns and prayers and feeds on the prasadams (offerings to God). She learnt to chant the name of God from the sadhus (holy men) and her time was filled with bhakti (devotion). Rama Rama ...was the name on her lips. She never knew any kind of difficulty in her life.
One day a Bug was flying over the temple. She saw the holy basil tree decorated with all kinds of flowers. She came down to drink the honey and feed on the food around; there in between the flowers she saw a happily sleeping Insect. She grabbed the Insect and kept her in a hole on a tree. After a while she went outside in search of food.
Fear started in the heart of Insect for the first time. She never saw a Bug before and she has no idea when this Bug will return and when she is going to be killed. She could not stop thinking about the Bug, she forgot about the world she belonged to, the chanting of the holy names, singing the hymns and prayers and circulating the temple and the holy company. All she worries is about the Bug. Her fear never remembered her God and she never called his name.
After few hours she cried and cried and fell asleep .In her dream she was resting on the leaves of Tulasi tree and listening to the hymns of her God. She remembered her home and woke up. She prayed her god and cried for help and repented on being such a coward.
Later when the Bug returned she grabbed her with her feet. Then the Insect became very angry; this Bug has separated her from her home and made her life miserable. It freed her sting and stuck the bee into her stomach, Bug startled and released the Insect and the Insect fell straight on the leaves of the holy basil tree.
She hid herself in the leaves and hugged the Tulasi tree dearly. ‘I am grateful to you my Rama' she thanked her God with folded hands.

Salt as a cleanser

2008-10-18T19:00:00.000-07:00

Salt has the divine properties of cleansing. This is an old Indian procedure of cleansing the negative Dhristhi, Dhristhi is the energy emitted from the eyes of the people who see us. Some people have bad Dhristhi. We can call this negative energy.

As per ancient Indian custom we do monthly sea bath. We visit sea shores perform rituals and take a bath. The salt water carries away negative energies and keeps the balance.

If we don't have sea near us then there is a procedure to clean it in our houses it self. Mix sea salt in water bucket and bathe with that water. You will feel refreshed. If granulated sea salt is not available around you can use table salt but it is sea salt which is used in this process.

You can also take sea salt in your hand and rub it in both palms all around your body rapidly in all directions in such a way that you can also hear the rubbing sound. After this take a bath.

One other technique is to mix sea salt in a glass of water and keep it near your head when you sleep. When you awake throw away the water in the morning. (Make sure you don’t touch the water).

More about rock salt and salt lamps. Yet to come…

When You shiver...

2008-10-18T18:05:00.000-07:00

I was thinking about an uncertain situation and was tense. After I became aware of that obsessive worrying, I reasoned the pros and cons.

While I was doing this I observed that my body is slightly shivering. “Our body reacts to our thoughts too”! I have read about this but never observed this so closely.

I advised myself like a child and told my inside how this is affecting me and calmed myself. I felt better a little but the shiver of my body was like as if you just entered inside out of cold weather.

I went to bathe. Then I realized that as the hot water was touching my body I felt relieved and warm. And the shiver stopped and I felt better. Take a hot bath and it will comfort you a lot. Try it.

Regularizing food habits

2008-09-21T23:05:00.000-07:00

From few days what am I doing is to eat healthy food and at regular intervals. Maintaining regular timing balanced my system and it regularized my excretion timings too. This may sound little odd, But good excretion is a good indication that our root Chakra is responding and it is a key element in clearing our root Chakra. It is very important to take healthy food and regularize our timings.

The Lotus float

2008-09-06T14:31:00.000-07:00

This is a process of floating on the water like a Lotus grounding ourselves deep into the earth.This process took its birth when I was taking a tub bath. I sat in the tub with a sukhasana, easy pose and with a chin Mudra I started meditating. I relaxed and started breathing slowly.

Later I started to imagine myself like a Lotus floating on the water and then I let my roots grow in to the bottom from my root chakra, Mulam or base and they penetrated deep into the earth and surrounded the earth and held it firmly.

Grounding myself strongly I let my body float on water. I was moving on the water along with ripples just like a Lotus. It was a calm, secure and a peaceful feeling.

Water - The Divine cleanser

2008-08-31T13:33:00.000-07:00

The following book is an eye opener to me and I request you to read this Great work of Dr. Manthena Satyanarayana Raju.
All the details of how much to drink, when and at what timings and how much is necessary? Everything is discussed. I just feel I cannot say more than in this book.

For More details and books of Dr.Manthena Satyanarayana Raju : Click here

For a better view of the book all you have to do is to click the extreme right button on this scribd toolbar which will expand the book.

water and you - Upload a Document to Scribd

The puking experience

2008-08-30T21:34:00.000-07:00

What a icky name to this one but it seems to be a part of spiritual experience.

I was thinking about thanking God in my thoughts. It felt peaceful and calm but suddenly I was entering the temple and puking on my God. One part of me did this and another self of me felt embarrassed and guilty.

I felt embarrassed and couldn't face my God and asked him to forgive me. But suddenly he spoke, he said let those thoughts flow if you can let out any thing like that I have the capacity to take it and make it pure. Let them out don't stop them, and don't feel embarrassed. Ignore them.

After I heard those divine words my heart felt so light. They erased my many years of guilt, I often used to get such kind of thoughts. They seem to be accompanied my prayers, but now I understand they are not to be obsessed and we need to concentrate on the good and pure ones.

oil pulling

2008-08-29T22:37:00.000-07:00

So many times we hear about words like yoga, cleansing, healing ... but its like we keep our glasses in our pocket and search for them all over the house, we never pay a slightest attention to them. We ignore them as it does not belong to our world.

My father has this habit of oil pulling. I always watched it as a spectator but never felt like trying it. It sounds to me like when there is a divine will you will never know what you will be reminded of.

I am doing it from last three days and felt really good. Your mouth feels good, fresh and healthy and we can do our chores while pulling the oil and I felt no problem. We can pull the oil till our mouth is full and we can do no more. Lets start doing 10 to 15 minutes.

Well friends may be you are new to oil pulling and never might have heard of this. If you already heard then it then I suggest you to give a try.

Oil pulling has the base in ancient Indian Ayurvedic tradition of cleansing your mouth with oil. It involves taking finer oils like sesame oil a table spoon or two, involves gargling and pulling oil through spaces in our mouth. Now a days oils like refined sunflower or any lighter refined oils are used according to people's convenience.

More details of oil pulling can be read here :

1. http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/oil_pulling.html
2. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/02/10/stories/2003021000160400.htm
3.http://www.oilpulling.com/
4. http://www.guideforselfhealing.com/2007/06/05/how-to-do-oil-pulling/

A happy spiritual experience

2008-08-28T23:11:00.000-07:00

I was reading in my patio and I was little sad and I called my divine God and I felt like he was sitting on my patio railing and gave me inspiration. It may be a thought but a happy one. But here comes the twist in the experience that made me write this.

After a while I was getting distracted and then he gave me a glowing green ball and said keep it in your heart you will feel better and I will be there don't worry. And I took it. Later I remembered that the color of the heart chakra is green. And I felt very happy and surprised too.

Increase in desires and performing rituals

2008-08-28T22:47:00.000-07:00

Well to put this in formal language I noticed that earlier my lack of interest in family matters and family life is some what changed, I am getting interested in various things and I am enjoying things around. Well this may improve our marriage relations and to me it sounds a good thing. I find this so wonderful that working on root chakra can bring so much difference in our life.

I started doing my puja rituals which I abandoned before , Now I am happy that I bring the goddess close to my heart.

Experiences of synchronicity

2008-08-28T22:46:00.000-07:00

Every experience has a significance while working with Chakras. Earlier while checking time in between my study it used to be some hour past 20 like 3.20, 4.20 , etc. I used to see that but never paid attention. But from few days when ever I check time it is 1.11, 2.22, 3.33 4.44 etc.. , I ignored it for few days but when it is repeating I asked my intuitive friends and they told me about synchronicity . They said it is one of the sign of spiritual awakening.

Few links which may help you in understanding synchronicity :

1. http://tribes.tribe.net/awakenings/thread/73f030b2-aace-41eb-a256-36b623e40629

2. An extract from a book

3. Symptoms of spiritual awakening

Chakra stones and crystals

2008-08-26T12:45:00.000-07:00

1. http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/8155_chakra-symbols-meanings.htm

2. http://www.crystalsandjewelry.com/chakras.html

3. http://crystal-cure.com/chakra.html

4. http://www.chakrastones.com/categories/Chakra-Jewelry/317/1

Want to know the importance of color therapy : Click here

I recommend the following books on Crystals :

1. The Crystal Bible By Judy Hall

2. Crystals for Beginners: A Guide to Collecting & Using Stones & Crystals (For Beginners (Llewellyn's)) by Corrine Kenner

3. Eyewitness: Crystal & Gem by R Harding and R Symes

color therapy

2008-08-21T10:16:00.000-07:00

Red color therapy for root chakra treatment

2008-08-21T09:21:00.001-07:00

After going through pages on the benefits of color therapy. I thought it would be wonderful to use color therapy in my working with Root chakra.

Let me share my version of color therapy for root chakra treatment. I used the infra red light fitted in my bathroom. Infra red lights are effective but the problem is they let out a lot of heat. If you are sensitive to heat , I don't recommend you using Infrared lights.

Use the red color bulbs that are specially designed for color therapy. I suggest you to do this only for shorter duration and then slowly increase the time. Sit comfortably and let the light pass through your bare skin and relax. A comfortable posture with a Chin Mudra is helpful in Root chakra meditation.

If you have a table lamp replace the bulb temporarily with a red bulb or wrap a red color filter to it and let the light pass through you . We get all chakra color filters now.

Red color bulbs are equally useful as Infra red ones in our Root Chakra Meditation.

Find more information in these links on the benefits of Red color therapy -

http://holisticonline.com/Color/color_red.htm
http://www.chakra-colors.com/Root-Chakra/
Color theraphy

Want to know more about color therapy ?

Take the color therapy quiz

Test based on research of Dr. Max Lûscher color quiz

Watch videos on Color therapy

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)

2008-08-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

Clearing root chakra

2008-08-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

1. Clearing root chakra

2. clearing chakras using EFT

Music for Root Chakra Meditation

2008-08-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

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What people say about Root Chakra?

2008-08-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

Videos on Root Chakra

Colours of Chakras

2008-08-14T09:42:00.000-07:00

Colours of rainbow always fascinated me and I am surprized to know that each of the chakra represents a particular colour of rainbow and the same vibgyor in our body too.

Health with Colors: The Interrelation of Food and Chakras

School of wisdom series page

Sudarshana Chakra

2008-08-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

Links:

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sudarshana-Chakra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudarshana_Chakra

Sri Chakra

2008-08-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

1. http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~mikel/sriyantra/

2. http://www.tantra-kundalini.com/sri-yantra.htm
3. http://www.shivashakti.com/tripura.htm
4. http://creative.linux-delhi.org/?q=node/1062

Sounds and Music for Chakra Meditation

2008-08-12T13:45:00.000-07:00

1. Sounds and Music for Chakra Meditation - Part 1 (ROOT)

2. Sounds and Music for Chakra Meditation - Part 2 (SACRAL)

3. Sounds and Music for Chakra Meditation - Part 3 (SOLAR PLEXUS)

The Human Body Energy Centers

2008-08-12T13:44:00.000-07:00

1. The Human Body Energy Centers - Part 1

2. The Human Body Energy Centers - Part 2

3. The Human Body Energy Centers - Part 3

Chakra test

2008-08-12T00:35:00.000-07:00

Taking the Chakra test is a real eye opener on up to what extent I need to work on this.

My heart chakra is opened which I did in a pranic healing session and there is a real need to do meditation with particular mudras, some even are under active.

Though this is little sad for me but still this gave me a clear picture of where I stand.

Sitting Straight

2008-08-12T00:02:00.000-07:00

As my first attempt towards my Journey, I decided to sit straight and walk tall. I read in many books that sitting straight and walking tall can bring a lot of change in us.

Initially it is a discomfort as we are used to our lazy habits, Our second nature try to push us towards our comfort zone. If you want to relax a bit, go ahead and relax a bit but get back to your goal. Try to remind yourself continuously, till it becomes a habit.

If your posture is not correct your body is slightly bent or inclined in a particular direction. According to Grand Master Choa kok Sui it can lead to a fatal situation called Kundalini syndrome. (More about the concept Kundalini syndrome can be found in his book Meditations for Soul Realization). It is important that we should correct it. Some exercises that can help you to correct it are given in our blog. If you are interested in yoga it will help you a lot.

A Useful tip: Try to keep weight on balls of your feet rather than on heels, this will help you to stand straight with good posture.

Advice: If your back aches take rest for a while and restore your energy. And make a habit slowly and always be aware of your goals.

For posture correction and exercise videos click here