Open Your Chakras Using Meditation

A great beginner meditation that will make you feel open, vibrant and energized is a simple chakra meditation.  There are seven main Chakras in your body.  Each feeds the others and to the degree to which they are all open and spinning positively greatly affects your overall vibrancy. Chakra meditation for beginners is very simple.  You will start at the first of the Chakras and one at a time put your attention on that area.   You will allow your breathing and awareness to open and create spaciousness there.  It’s this spaciousness and awareness that will allow the Chakra to come into balance and clear out anything that is not needed.

Root Chakra – located at the very base of the spine, this Chakra is also sometimes called our survival Chakra.  It is our most animalistic connection with the earth.  It is where we govern flight or fight and meeting our basic needs of security.  This is also the Chakra that is connected with the earth whenever we are seated.  The color associated with this Chakra is Red.

Navel Chakra – located just below the navel on your stomach.  Also known as the sex center.  This is where your sexual energy is located, directly in the vicinity of the sex organs. Love, passion and sexuality are the major forces that drive this center.  The color for this Chakra is Orange.

Solar Plexus Chakra – found just above your belly button.  This Chakra is about the connection you have with your personal power.  It is located right over the “gut” which is used as a guidance mechanism second to the thinking brain.  When this Chakra is aligned it is easy to do what you need to do for you and your life.  The Solar Plexus Chakra is represented by the color Yellow.

Heart Chakra – positioned right over the heart at the centre of the body, the chakra is a transition of the physical limited self to the greater self, meaning others and our relationships.  This energetic zone is far reaching and has been scientifically measured to reach out far past where our arms can reach.  The color of this Chakra is Green.

Throat Chakra – located right over the larynx. This is the area that controls communication.  It is literally and non literally your voice and ability to speak up.  The color of the Chakra is Blue.

Third Eye Chakra – located above the brow, centered between your two eyes.  This Chakra is directly connected to self-realization.  It is your ability to see physically and spiritually.  It also represents your ability to create your spiritual life as well as your physical life.  The color that represents this Chakra is purple.

Crown Chakra – found of the very top of your head and facing towards the heavens.  This Chakra connects everything in your spiritual world with everything in your physical space.  It is quite literally your connection with your higher self.

As you focus on each of these for the length of time you have selected and move your attention and breath as you go through each area, you will be gently uplifted.  The lightness is from the clearing out of excess energy and gunk that you do not need.  Your uplifted state will carry on for a while as you more through your day.  When you are ready for another pick me up, go through the process again… and again… and again!  There is no limit or unsafe amount of meditation.  Use this practice, as you feel appropriate for you.