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Bottoms Up to Chakra Yoga
By Joe Pivetti
The
Chakras (Sanskrit for "wheels") of the yogic body are imaginary energy
portals that facilitate auto-physiology and auto-psychophysics.
The portals are three-dimensional with spectral glow associated with the
flux of spacial energies (imagined in the mind) as a means of inspection
and transformation of function, health and cooperation of discrete
bodily systems along common neural pathways. One may also consider
chakras holistically to align the spine, body and spirit. To
enhance the heat-energy of the self, one might imagine breathing in
atmospheric gold and combining it with the energy absorbed from the red
root and blossom it up through to the violet crown. Yogis may
chant each om mantra (om in the gut + "oh" in the chest + "umm" in the
head) once, thrice (or 108 times for the devout) to assure periodicity
of contemplative communication with each chakra site, then chant the
entire series of chakra oms with overall alignment intent. This is
best done with a warm body and a clear mind after an hour long session
of strenuous yoga (or for those thinking it silly, after a couple
glasses of wine). I use mnemonics to help me remember the chakra
colors and locations in my yoga closing oms: root your hands for lum
(lum sounds like lumbar or lumber and lumber comes from trees with
roots), cup your hands at the sacrum for vum (vum sounds like voom which
little cat two has under his hat so vum it is the second om), breath in
gold with the hands at the solar plexus with ram (ram being what one
might do to a bellows), bring joy to the heart with yum, bring your
hands to choir position for hum, tuck your thumbs and bring your hands
to the third eye for sum (which sounds like the 3 stooges intern Chumly
so I press on my nostrils for shum to sound nasaly), and sweep the hands
high over head for the seventh om.
Table
of Chakra affiliations:
| # |
Symbol |
Portal Shape |
Color |
Name |
Location |
Mantra |
Yogic Association
|
Neurology |
| 1 |
 |
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Red |
Root |
Coccyx |
Lum |
Foundation |
Legs, bowels & bladder |
| 2 |
 |
|
Orange |
Sacral |
Sacrum |
Vum |
Virility & transformation |
Gut, gonads & spleen |
| 3 |
 |
 |
Yellow |
Solar
plexus |
Core |
Ram |
Breath & manifestation |
Bronchi, kidneys & bile |
| 4 |
 |
 |
Green |
Heart |
Chest |
Yum |
Pulse & integration |
Heart, thyroid & liver |
| 5 |
 |
 |
Cyan |
Throat |
Brain stem |
Hum |
Speech & ascension |
Mouth, neck & arms |
| 6 |
 |
 |
Indigo |
Third eye |
Cerebrum |
Shum |
Perception & inter-dimensionality |
Eyes, nose & ears |
| 7 |
 |
 |
Violet |
Crown |
Cerebellum |
Om |
Cognition & oneness |
Brain |