What Is Chakra Meditation?

what is chakra meditation

If you’re among the 40% of Americans that meditate at least once a week, then you already know that this is an activity that cleanses both your mind and body. However, you’re likely always looking for ways to enhance the clarity that you get from meditation exercises.

Chakra meditation is one of the best forms of spiritual cleansing out there. Here, we’re going to talk about how you can use this exercise to connect and balance both your own spirit and your relationships with those around you. Read on to become the best person that you can be!

Defining a Chakra

‘Chakra’ is a Sanskrit word that literally translates to ‘wheel’ or ‘cycle.’

Spiritual philosophies and exercises generally use the term chakra to describe energy centers that exist in a human being. These energy centers are called chakras because they are spinning wheels that operate to connect the spirit to the body.

While chakras are in no way physically discernable since they’re part of your spiritual being, they connect your spiritual essence to the material body that you inhabit.

The Seven Chakras

As human beings, we have seven key chakras. Each of these chakras connects your spirit to your body at a different location. They are:

  1. The root chakra, which is located at the base of your spine
    • At the forefront of how we connect to the world around us
    • Ensures that our basic needs (food, shelter, and stability) are met
    • Associated with the earth element and the color red
  2. The sacral chakra, which is located below your belly button
    • Linked to our creativity and sexuality
    • Encourages the use of creative outlets and exploration of the physical world
    • Associated with the water element and the color orange
  3. The heart chakra (Anahata), which is located in your heart, lungs, and other essential organs
    • Regulates our emotions regarding others, including compassion and empathy
    • Associated with the air element and the color green
  4. The solar plexus chakra (Manipura), which is located between the ribcage and the belly button
    • Source of agency that also regulates how you view yourself
    • Helps you to bring desires into action
    • Regulates your digestive system
    • Associated with the fire element and the color yellow
  5. The crown chakra (Sahasrara), which is located on the top of your head
    • Governs spiritual consciousness
    • Associated with an embodiment of the spirit and the color purple
  6. The throat chakra (Vishuddha), located in the throat, tongue, and mouth
    • Allows for good communication and positive self-expression
    • Improves your confidence and understanding of the world around you
    • Associated with the ether element and the color blue
  7. The third eye chakra (Ajna), located behind your forehead just between the eyebrows 
    • Governs spiritual insight and intuition
    • When balanced, it helps up to notice how connections are formed between humans and the world around them
    • Associated with the light element and the color indigo

All of these chakras help you to connect with the world around you. Let’s look at how you can balance these chakras and reap the benefits of spiritual balance.

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What Is Chakra Meditation?

Chakra meditation is an act that helps you to balance and regulate your chakras so that you can make the most of your spiritual and physical connectedness.

Chakras can become imbalanced and closed off from the natural energy that permeates through your being. When this happens, your being will be unregulated. Though your other chakras will begin to work in overtime to compensate for the blocked one, this creates even more problems since you will have some nonfunctional chakras and some overactive ones.

Both of these issues can create serious problems both mentally and physically. You might find yourself feeling more depressed, anxious, and disconnected from the world around you.

Chakra meditation can help to prevent this from happening. Find a comfortable, quiet, and private place where you will be undisturbed for between 30 minutes and an hour. Sit down cross-legged on the floor and find a comfortable position for your hands. A cushion or pad beneath you can work wonders for making you more comfortable.

As you breathe deeply, visualize each chakra and think about its associated color. Pay attention to the chakra until you can clearly see the color flowing through it at a consistent pace. Give each chakra between 5 and 10 minutes of visualization to ensure that you have ample time to balance it.

Once you finish, chakras should be flowing more regularly through your body. Doing this exercise once or twice a week can help you to find more consistency, balance, and connection between your spirit and daily life.

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How Can Chakra Stones Be Used During Meditation?

Chakra stones (also known as healing crystals) can be used to enhance your chakra meditation experience.

You can meditate while holding your crystals and using them as a source for connecting with yourself. Note that you aren’t praying to or trying to connect with the stones- they’re simply a physical medium through which energy can flow. This energy is strengthened and healed by the stones before going back into your being stronger than ever before.

It’s an especially good idea to hold the stones for the chakras that you have identified as being unbalanced. This will allow you to focus your efforts specifically on these chakras and strengthening them.

How Can This Exercise Benefit You?

There are many benefits to chakra meditation.

As we have already discussed, having balanced chakras can create more connectedness with both yourself and the world around you. This has a lot of real-world benefits, especially when it comes to strengthening your relationships with others. Your familial, romantic, and platonic relationships will become deeper and more meaningful because you will have a deeper awareness of your loved one’s emotions and needs.

You also will develop a deeper sense of adventure and excitement for trying new things. When your chakras are balanced, your basic needs are 100% met. This allows you to focus on the higher tiers of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, up to and including self-actualization. When you self-actualize, you will be more creative and develop a deeper sense of purpose. 

Get Started

Now that you know what chakra meditation is and the benefits of meditating and balancing your chakras, it’s time to get started!

Contact us with any lingering questions you might have about using chakra meditation to connect with the world around you. Our experts are happy to give you some tips on how you can improve your connectedness with both your spiritual self and the world and the people around you. We’re also happy to point you in the direction of healing stones and explain various ways that you can use them while meditating.

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

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