An introduction to the human body’s 7 primary psychic centres (chakras) [slideshow]
Mooladhara
- color – deep red
- force – masculine
- meaning – root
- trigger – perineum (men), back of cervix (women)
- element – earth
- sense – smell
- sound – lam
- energy – primal / sexual (shakti)
- will – to have (life)
- visualized – 4 petal lotus
- sanskrit letters – vam, sham, sham, sam & lam
- god / godess – Brahma / Dakini
Svadhisthana
- color – orange
- force – feminine
- meaning – sacred
- trigger – pubic bone / coccyx
- element – water
- sense – taste
- sound – vam
- energy – intimacy / unconscious (samskaras)
- will – to feel
- visualized – 6 petal lotus
- sanskrit letters – bam, ham, mamma, yam, ram, lam & vam
- god / godess – vishnu / rakini
Manipura
- color – yellow
- force – masculine
- meaning – city of jewels
- trigger – centre of spine
- element – fire
- sense – sight
- sound – ram
- energy – identity
- will – to think
- visualized – 10 petal lotus
- sanskrit letters – dam, dham, nam, tam, tham, dam, dham, nam, pam, pham & ram
- god / godess – Rudra / Lakini
Anahata
- color – green
- force – feminine
- meaning – unstruck
- trigger – inside the chest at heart level
- element – air
- sense – touch
- sound – yam
- energy – connection
- will – to love
- visualized – 12 petal lotus
- sanskrit letters – kam, kham, gam, gham, nam, cham, chham, jam, jham, nam, tam, tham & yam
- god / godess – Isha / Kakini
Vishuddhi
- color – violet
- force – masculine
- meaning – purity
- trigger – adams apple
- element – sound
- sense – hearing
- sound – ham
- energy – identity
- will – to express
- visualized – 16 petal lotus
- sanskrit letters – am, am, im, im, um, um, rim, rim, lrim, lrim, em, aim, om, aum, am, ah & ham
- god / godess – Shiva / Parvati
Ajna
- colour – silver blue
- force – feminine
- meaning – command
- trigger – directly behind centre of eyebrows
- element – light
- sense – intuition
- sound – om
- energy – identity
- will – to see (perceive)
- visualized – 2 petal lotus
- sanskrit letters – ham, ksham & om
- god / godess – Paramshiva / Hakini
Sahasrara
- colour – shining red
- force – dual
- meaning – thousand-spoked
- trigger – uppermost crown of head
- element – thought
- sense – universal
- sound – infinite silence
- energy – identity
- will – to be (unity)
- visualized – infinite petal lotus
- sanskrit letters – all letters 20 times over
- god / godess – Paramshiva / Hakini















