An introduction to the human body’s 7 primary psychic centres (chakras) [slideshow] | voemhealth
Chakras Introduction

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

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