Practical methods of Chakra Healing

[SKA]

I hope to make this a topic full of practical methods of chakra healing. Meaning to cleanse the "energy body" of Ego, Blockades, Tention, Tightness..etc (synonyms for one and the same) that blocks and constricts the flow of life energy/prana/chi or whatever you wish to call it. Such blockades restrict the free frow of life energy which results in muscle tentions, physical and mental/emotional ailments. In servere cases it could cause fatal diseases and complete insanity. This is my view of the underlying nature of our self and the foremost cause of physical and mental wellbeing or ailment/sickness. I seek practical methods to clear such blockades. I know of 1 which I will share here now: There are 7 (main ) Chakras. Each of them have their own chant, which will vibrate with their corresponding chakra; thereby vibrating tightness/blockades loose again. This vibrating, especially when an overtone is achieved in the chant, is very effective at making tight barriers, in body and mind, flexible and loose again. Thus it's healing properties. Here's what chant corresponds to what chakra: From bottom to Top: 1) Root Chakra Deals with: Survival Is blocked by: Fear Chant: LLLAAAMMNNG 2) Sacral Chakra Deals with: Pleasure Is blocked by: Guilt Chant: VVVAAAMMMNNG 3) Solar Plexus Deals with: Willpower Is blocked by: Shame Chant: RRRAAAMMNNG 4) Heart Chakra: Deals with: Love Is blocked by: Grief Chant: YYYAAAMMNNG 5)Throat Chakra Deals with: Truth Is blocked by: Lies( The ones we tell ourselves) Chant: HHHAAAMMNNG 6) Third Eye Chakra: Deals with: Insight Is blocked by: Illusion Chant: AAAOOOMMNNG 7) Crown Chakra: Deals with Enlightenment/transcendance Is blocked by: Earthly Attatchment Chant: NNNGGG This is one practical method of clearing out blockades. Another practical way I know of is the Entheogenic/Psychedelic experience with intent to spiritually cleanse. (as Santo Daime members do with their Ayahuasca ceremonies and others with similair peyote, mushrooms and cannabis ceremonies.) I'd like to know of many more. Post all such practical methods here.

[SupremeUltimateSuperMega]

this is a website you may all find interesting http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/chakratest.php

[juroara]

Hey SKA, have you any personal experiences with chakra healing? Emotional or physical? Or anyone else for that matter? I'm just interested in what people have experienced.

[Corello]

Kind of several times, both blocking and healing experiences. I had had a crushing, suffocating block on my heart chakra due to denying myself being in love with a girl I know, friend of mine. Since it wouldn't even happen(we tried, but she's just too deatachable as I'm too attachable) I just willingly refused being in love with her, I didn't want to get hurt with that just as I didn't want to bother her being obsessive about a girl again. It got to the point I couldn't communicate with my emotions anymore, all I could hear were moans of pain and frustration and "I LOVE HER"s or things like that. I just kept trying to work it out trying to erease that feeling from my heart 'till the day I gave up and chose to listen kindly to whatever my heart would like to tell. I medidated strongly wanting to release all of my held back feelings and had a weeping painful screaming nightmare. I'm pretty much fine the next day and my heart is not that choked as it would be. Am I doing it right?

[SKA]

hi juroara, Yes I had a very powerfull chakra healing experience once, guided by a friend's father. He straightened my spine and urged me to chant repeatedly for quite a long time. I felt my chakra blockades tighten, become more evident. Like knives in my chest, like barbed wire within my chest tightening around my heart. It got more and more intense as I chanted longer and longer. Then suddenly a large amount of blocked energy came loose and was released, instantly shooting up through my head and out of me. As it flowed through my head I became totally sedated and emotionally/ mentally confused. The sedation was as intense as smoking 3 really fat joints of strong cannabis within 1 minute. My thoughts were scrambled and slowed down. And I was overcome by strong emotions. Mostly grief. When this cleared it was like the world was taken off of my shoulders. And yes Corello it seems like you did it right.

[JamesLD]

Ska! thank you so much for this. i do chakra meditation almost everyday, and its one of the greatest things ive ever done with my life. i didnt realize there were chants for each chakra. im definitely going to start doing this. Thank you!

[jessie1203]

Kind of several times, both blocking and healing experiences. I had had a crushing, suffocating block on my heart chakra due to denying myself being in love with a girl I know, friend of mine. Since it wouldn't even happen(we tried, but she's just too deatachable as I'm too attachable) I just willingly refused being in love with her, I didn't want to get hurt with that just as I didn't want to bother her being obsessive about a girl again. It got to the point I couldn't communicate with my emotions anymore, all I could hear were moans of pain and frustration and "I LOVE HER"s or things like that. I just kept trying to work it out trying to erease that feeling from my heart 'till the day I gave up and chose to listen kindly to whatever my heart would like to tell. I medidated strongly wanting to release all of my held back feelings and had a weeping painful screaming nightmare. I'm pretty much fine the next day and my heart is not that choked as it would be. Am I doing it right? I had sort of the same thing happening to me... I don't fall very easy in love, but when I do, I give in too much... And the 2 people I've ever loved had been the same way in the sense that they are sooooo Freaking detached!! It almost seems like they don't care... its been aweful... I think its been blocking my heart chakra... I can feel this sort of pain in my heart... I know I'm ok physically so Its not like I'm having a heart attack!! its more like this warm pain in that area... also.. I fantazise too much... somewhere I read ilusion blocks the third eye chakra so this topic is becomming really interesting to me... I hadn't been able to astral project in a veeery long time, and I think it was due to sooo much blockage.. ever since I started working a little on my chakras, my inner problems and just letting go of the past, I've had a couple of cool experiences with LD and AP... So any more suggestions to clear blockages from the third eye and heart are GREATLY appreciated

[SKA]

A good way of clearing blockades is to realise the opposites; In case of fear blocking the root chakra; Realise/meditate uppon the Right to Live. Find the courage to overcome the fear that holds you back. In case of guilt blocking the sacral chakra realise the Right to pleasure. Forgive the things you blame yourself. In case of shame blocking the solar plexus, realise the Right to act. Don't be a perfectionist and don't be affraid to fail. Don't let the fear of failure make you hesitant and incertain about your actions. Find the audacity to act powerfully and effectively, unaffraid of potential failure. In case of Grief blocking the heart chakra, Realise the Right to love( and beloved) Let go of the feeling of loss of love, by realising love will come back to you many times in many different forms. Find comfort in that realisation. There are many more fish in the sea right? In case of lies blocking the Throat Chakra, realise the right to Truth. Because of fear, guilt, shame and grief( that which can block the lower chakras) we are sometimes not honoust with ourselves. Uplift this by being intuitively honoust with yourself. Intuition knows the truth. Listen to it. In case of Illusion blocking the Third Eye, Realise the right to see(things for what they are) You have the right to see the true nature of existance. Let go of seeking pleasure and instead prefer to seek truth. Use your undivided focussed attention. Keep fantasy, thoughts and opinions out of the way to percieve reality clearly, openly and truthfully to uplift the barrier of illusion. In case of Earthly attatchment blocking the Crown Chakra, realise the right to understand/transcend. Realise that allthough earthly pleasures are precious, they come to an end and will have to make way for an equally precious non-material continuation of your existance. Let go of earthly pleasures by relativation, realising that what we will get in return holds equal value and potential.

[reci]

I've heard that it's best to open them from bottom to top. What do you think about that?

[SKA]

I heard exactly the opposite. And I think it makes sense. A plant doesn't start growing from flowers either. It starts from the root. If you follow the chakras from the bottom upwards it makes alot more evolutionairy sense: First we learn to survive(root chakra), then we learn to feel/enjoy(sacral chakra) then we learn to act (Solar plexus), then we learn to love(heart chakra), then we learn to be truthfull(Throat chakra), then we learn to gain insight(Third eye) and then we learn to Understand/Transcend.(Crown Chakra) This makes sense because; Only when we master Survival, can we begin to Enjoy life. Only when we enjoy life, can we form the willpower nececairy to act powerfully, only when our willpower and it's acting is strong enough are we able to withstand the effort and hardship of Loving. Only when we are filled with love, can we be truthfull. Only when we are truthfull, can we begin to see things for what they are. And off course only when we see things for what they are, can we begin to understand/transcend them. The other way around, doesn't seem to be as loigcal to me. In the end I think it's desirable to be well connected to both earth(through the root Chakra) and heaven(Through the Crown chakra)

[Darkmatters]

That's a very hardcore atheist/ materialist belief, that only a small segment of modern people believe in. Personally, even as a confirmed atheist (until very recently... I might have to update that to agnostic pretty soon) I believe we all live again and again and again. Not according to any particular religious idea of reincarnation... I don't believe the memories pass on, or personality traits or anything... I just think 'you' will rise again, as a totally different person, after you're dead. My idea is totally aligned with scientific knowledge about life.... a developing fetus forms in a womb somewhere, and through some process that we're unaware of, it becomes conscious. Why couldn't one of the billions of new consciousnesses that come into existence after your current one dies be a completely new 'you'? I don't want to derail this thread with my weird ideas, here's a link to my attempt to explain the idea: Non-Religious reINCARNATION thread

[Jorge]

That's a very hardcore atheist/ materialist belief, that only a small segment of modern people believe in. Personally, even as a confirmed atheist (until very recently... I might have to update that to agnostic pretty soon) I believe we all live again and again and again. Not according to any particular religious idea of reincarnation... I don't believe the memories pass on, or personality traits or anything... I just think 'you' will rise again, as a totally different person, after you're dead. My idea is totally aligned with scientific knowledge about life.... a developing fetus forms in a womb somewhere, and through some process that we're unaware of, it becomes conscious. Why couldn't one of the billions of new consciousnesses that come into existence after your current one dies be a completely new 'you'? I don't want to derail this thread with my weird ideas, here's a link to my attempt to explain the idea: Non-Religious reINCARNATION thread I really find this belief attractive to me. I actually really considered this to be true for a while. Of course it can't be proven, but since we originally might have been nothing that was created into consciousness...why can't that happen again with all of the "new" consciousness born into existence that happens on a daily basis? I love that theory

[Darkmatters]

Thanks Jorge. And whoever else you've been and will be... The idea that when we die our awareness just goes black never to rise again also can't be proven. Science really can't even speculate on it. Somehow though our modern materialist worldview tends to lead to a very existential and rather depressing concept concerning death. But I think that version of materialism is itself old-fashioned now, and slowly giving way to a more open-minded outlook that's less dark and morbid.

[defygravity]

I definately want to start chakra meditations/healing. I'm going through so many life changes, and I think I could benefit from them. thanks for sharing everybody!

[SKA]

Somehow what is missing in many spiritual/Karmic purity orientated religious movements is the Dark side of (both physical and immaterial/divine) existance. Many religious doctrine following people taboo, avoid and surpress anything related to the darkness, Satan, Yang..etc In many other religious/filosophical traditions/ideologies (such as Taoism, The Maya and Aztec people's Religions, Pre-christian Celtic, Germanic, Viking and other pre-monotheistic middle eastern, asian, african and european religions) the Darkness/Evil/Destructive side of existance is not hated, taboo'd or avoided but in fact the darkness is also appreciated for it's creative properties( By destroying and disturbing existance it constantly creates new impulses and space for new forms and existance to be created by the Creative forces) In Tao ism, Buddhism, Maya/Aztec religion and in Zoroastrianism this is represented by a Dark energy/Deity and a Light Force/Deity. In Taosim and Buddhism Yin and Yang(Push and Pull), In Zoroastrianism The Creative Principle and the Destructive Principle, In Aztec mythology the deities Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca. In many other ancient culture's mythologies there is mention of 2 forces, the Creative Light Deity/force and the Destructive Dark Deity/force comming together to create the universe. So to say in these religions/ideologies the creation of all existance is percieved to have originated, and continually throughout time originate from a phenomenal play between Creation/Light and Destruction/Darkness. This is what lacks in todays monotheistic religions. These religions rather choose to percieve creation of all existance to have originated from the Forces of light/Creation(or God, Allah, Jah, Jahweh, Krishna..etc) only without the help of the Forces of Darkness/Destruction. In fact they see the forces of Darkness/Destruction as merely an obstacle and plague to the creation of the forces of light/creation. The fail to see the value of Satan/Tezcatlipoca/Yang/Destruction/Darkness in the ever ongoing process of creation of existance. Instead they taboo it, avoid it, fight it, opress it. Allthough I enjoy such deep contemplation I would like to return to gathering more practical methods of chakra healing.

[mowglycdb]

Reiki is effective for chakra balancing.

[SKA]

So do you know any practical chakra balancing reiki methods that anyone could do to themselves?

[BigFan]

Interesting thread. I've been trying chakra meditation for the last two days. I worked with the root chakra and then gave both root and sacral one a try today as well. I was able to visualize much better today than the previous day since I reflected on what I could have done better in order to improve the techniques. What I do is try to imagine a closed flower(closed green bud with some red, orange, etc.... from its middle) and then open it. Once it's open, I rotate it clockwise rapidly until it forms an energy ball of red, orange, etc.... Today, I decided to add some lightning within the ball since I can do that pretty easily and should help with the visualization. My three main concerns are this: a) When visualizing, I try to imagine that I am observing myself meditate and then I focus on where the chakras are supposed to be located and do the above visualization. I find this a bit difficult in some cases and my visualizations wonder, as in I can see the bud then I'll see the flower than half a bud all within the span of a couple of seconds, kinda like it's unstabilized. How do you guys deal with this or am I the only one that gets this? b) In terms of closing them, usually I visualize the reversal, so, the ball slows down, becomes a flower and then goes back into a bud at which point I try to stop my meditation immediately to avoid reopening them. Am I supposed to take my time in closing them and would it be harmful to close them quickly? Should I stop saying the chant when closing them and at which point? Also, what are the problems with keeping them open? Do you get drained of energy if they are left open, since, we are dealing with energy here? c) I've been looking at that chakra website and have been trying to follow the ways the hands are done along with the chant, etc.... is that really necessary(the hands part) or can I just keep them the same way(like in the root chakra one) and do the chant? Thanks in advance

[BigFan]

No one is going to answer my questions?

[juroara]

I wish I could, but I'm still new to all of this . I don't even know why you need to close a chakra. Maybe that's important if you're some guru and you don't want your chakra blasting open all day long. But for a newbie like me? I'm not even sure I get them fully opened to begin with and closing them seems counterproductive to what I'm trying to do!

[BigFan]

I wish I could, but I'm still new to all of this . I don't even know why you need to close a chakra. Maybe that's important if you're some guru and you don't want your chakra blasting open all day long. But for a newbie like me? I'm not even sure I get them fully opened to begin with and closing them seems counterproductive to what I'm trying to do! np, I'm new to this as well which is why I asked so many questions. I understand what you mean about opening then closing them. I mean I think the idea is to develop them but I'm not sure how that works. I am also confused whether I am really opening them because I don't feel anything at all to indicate that I opened them, same with closing them

[Dannon Oneironaut]

The important thing is to gain first-hand experience rather than repeating a technique that you don't understand. The techniques were made by humans just like you. You can make up your own technique that works best for you. I think that in order to get a first-hand experience I needed to get very in touch with my body, by doing yoga and deep breathing, etc. Actually, deep, rapid, and smooth breathing is great. Instead of visualizing right away, try using your feeling sense. Try to feel your core. Try to feel the central core of your body right in front of your spine. breathe in strongly energy up from the Earth through the central channel to the top of head. Breath out a fountain from the top of your head that falls back down to the Earth. Just experiment and find what is fun for you. Try adding visualization when you feel more confident. Don't worry about if you are just imagining results at first, just have fun experimenting. Eventually you will get deeper and deeper into it and IT will teach you what you need to know. Let your own Kundalini teach you. Eventually you will need to develop stronger and more stable concentration to hold the subtler energies of the higher chakras. I never tried closing them, I don't know why one would. Maybe that is why I am so crazy. I feel that the aura itself will protect me from any threat. A strong aura is like a strong immune system. If anyone or thing wanted to get your energy or enter your energy field it would go through the solar plexus chakra, so make sure that one is strong. Or cover it with your hand if you feel someone is trying to get their "hooks" into you. Visualize your aura having a strong, flexible, transparent shell around it when in doubt. Also, I never visualized flowers. I just visualize dots of colored light, that is what works for me, flowers don't, but that is up to every individual. You have the best teacher in the world, your kundalini, your higher self, your true self, your still, small, whisper of truth.

[Silent_Lucidity]

I just did that Chakra test. I think my results aren't that good. All my chakras are under-active. Root: -75% Sacral: -19% Navel: -81% Heart: -69% Throat: -62% 3rd eye: -12 % Crown: -62 % I'm not surprised, I'm often anxious and have negative thoughts a lot.

[SKA]

High frequency vibrations seem to loosen up barriers in chakras. Hence the overtone chanting. The vibrations of your chant can be directed through the body/chakra "collumn" by altering your Tone, Pitch, Shape of mouth and tongue, lung pressure..etc I was thinking: Could it be possible to use overtone sounds ( either digitally self-produced, recorded or sampled from a monk chanting ) played through relatively small, but quite powerfull speakers to loosen up chakra barriers? If one such speaker was attatched to a long cable, plugged into an amplifyer, which in turn is plugged into an Ipod or a PC that contains the overtone sound file, the speaker could be held against each chakra individually while playing the overtone MP3 nonstop in order to see if the overtone vibrations can loosen up musculair tightness and Spiritual chakra barriers ( as these 2 are connected )this way. Sounds like an interresting, not too complicated experiment to perform. I guess it would be best to make the speaker much like an oversized Mono headphone, with a cushion around the speaker so you can push it against your body in a way that no sound escapes and all vibrations will be directed into your body, into the chakra you chose to loosen up.

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