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Understanding the Chakras
This page is dedicated to all those who are willing to gain a better
understanding of all the aspects that yoga has to offer. Mainstream
media has a lot to answer for in the treatment they have dished
out to this great practice over the past. This page is a simple
explanation in explaining the term chakras.
Mystical
Enlightenment and good health requires the
free flow of prana (the life force) and the proper
balance of all seven chakras. The chakras represent the
major energy hubs within the body. The eighth chakra is
the aura which encompasses our entire body and ties in with
the other seven chakras. When all seven chakras are aligned
and balanced it produces a positive energy field that is
your aura. When they are severally out of balance it produces
a negative state or charge which produces unwanted results.
The three lower chakras serve the bodies physical needs
while the other five are associated with the spiritual realm.
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Scientific
The practice of yoga has shown to decrease
blood pressure, lower stress levels and slow the rate of
aging common in the western world. The various poses or
postures exercise the entire body- externally and internally.
It helps in the removal of all waste both physical and cellular.
It improves muscle tone, protects and repairs joints and
ligaments. Yoga helps within the brain by improving focus,
balance, discipline, application, and understanding
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Crown Chakra
Intuition, awareness,
spirituality
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Senses, intuition, telepathy, meditation
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The ether, self expression,
energy, endurance
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Heart Chakra
Air , compassion,
love, respect
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Navel Chakra
Fire, personal power, storage of the life
force (prana)
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Sacral Chakra
Water, sexual energy
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Root Chakra
Earth,
the lower limbs
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Brain
Control Center, Signals the body, Focus,
Knowledge
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Pituitary Gland
Yoga helps to secrete
less stress hormones
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Thyroid Gland
Yoga helps to secrete
less metabolic hormones
(slows aging)
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Heart
Strengthens circulatory system, lowers blood pressure
Lungs
Improves deep breathing
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Adrenal Glands
Controls the over usage of adrenaline
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Kidneys
Enhances drainage of waste from lympathic
system
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Reproductive Organs
Produce the sex hormones
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