Sahasrara-Crown Chakra Correspondences

Correspondence 

• Colors —Violet, white
• Element —Thought, cosmic energy
• Functions —Understanding
• Power —Inner Divinity
• Basic Rights —To know and to learn
• Demon —Attachment
• Power —Inner Divinity
• Strengths —Faith in the Divine as well as in inner guidance, insight into healing, devotion
• Shadow —The need to know why things happen as they do, which causes you to live in the past
• Life lessons —Releasing attachments in order to transcend earthbound limits
• Main Issues — Spirituality, selflessness
• Area of body governed —Upper skull, cerebral cortex, skin
• Associated Spinal Area —Pineal gland and pituitary body.  This chakra is not specifically associated with a nerve plexus or spinal ganglia
• Life Issues —Selflessness, spirituality & unity with everything
• Gland —Pineal
• Physical Ailments —Sensitivity to pollution, chronic exhaustion, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s
• Crystals —Crystal quartz, amethyst, diamond, white jade, white tourmaline, snowy quartz, Herkimer diamonds
• Shape —Round skullcap
• Plant —Lotus flower
• Musical Note —B
• Ruling Planet —Uranus
• Incense/Aromatherapy —Lavender, frankincense, rosewood
• Tarot Card —The Fool, The Moon, High Priestess, World
• Tree of Life Sephiroth —Kether
• Hindu Deities —Shiva, AMa-kala (upward moving shakti), Varuna
• Other Pantheons —Zeus, Allah, Hut, Enki, Jehovah, Inanna, Odin, Mimir, Ennoia
• Astrological —Aquarius
• Angelic Presence —The Christ Light

Affirmations

• I am an incarnation of the divine
• I am a divine spiritual being having a physical experience
• I am one with the universe; all is there for me to know
• I am an extension of sources love
• I tune into the union with my source
• I cease to limit myself intellectually and in my creativity and connect my spirit to the Source of all knowledge
• I am freedom
• I am bliss and I am connected to it
• I am that I am and I glory in it

Things I Love to do to Connect With Source

• Use things around the house create an altar to help balance this chakra.  Remember the correspondences.  Use violet or white pieces, and crystals if you have them handy, otherwise just find things around the house like pieces of clothing, towels, scarves, pictures, candles all have a place on the altar.  Use whatever reminds you of your quest; those things that may aid the connection with your higher power and those things that hinder it.   This might not take the form of a typical ritual setup, and that is OK.  We are creating a meditation spot for the balancing of a chakra, so it will be slightly different.  You may want to use just a little TV tray, night stand or patio table for this.  This will allow you to stop on the way by for a quick visualization exercise. 

• Now that you have put together the altar, it is ready for a quick meditation to help balance the chakra.  This is one of my favorites, and I like to just keep the bliss going as long as possible.  Visualize the nice violet chakra vortex vibrating at such a rapid motion that is seems to be solid the motion may not even be visible to your eye.  Visualize pleasure and joy stemming from the area of this chakra.  Feel that violet, white energy and pleasure rise up from the crown. Feel the shiver of energy and bliss as it passes through the crown and flows upward to connect with your higher power.  Feel the energy then flow back to you, and coarse through your body setting it all to tingle.  Feel the source energy reinforce your aura with the violet light of the infinite, unconditional love, holding you in its loving protective arms.  This is the rapture.  I believe this is the vibration level that we reach, and permanently maintain when we choose to integrate with the source energy once again. 

• Two of my favorite teachers have both said that the need to know why things happen as they do causes us to live in the past.  We worry and wonder why we are the way we are.  Why we do the things we do?  What happened to us to make us the way we are?  If you had the kind of life I had you would be miserable too.  As you can see the focus is on the past, which does not allow us to look at what is really happening Right Now.  

• Dealing with now is what will destroy our erroneous beliefs about self, and replace it with the reality of our existence and quirks.  So today deal with now.  Look at things one moment at a time.  Is there anything that is immediately a danger, or harmful?  Are you without a roof over your head?  Do you have enough to eat?  If you answered all of these in the affirmative, then you have cause for joy and happiness.  You have the necessities of life.  We make our choices about how we will feel about our situation.  If you are focused on the material, fleshly world, you are doomed to compare and always feel shortchanged somehow.  If you focus on the spiritual things of life, you will know joy and bliss, regardless of your station in life.  See your walk with your deity.  Know your own divinity.  Let negativity pass through you, and see it for what it is, and just let it pass. You may want to name it for what it is. I call mine Shempa, the Buddhist word for the hook that reels you in to the negative thoughts and hold you there; You are hooked. When you recognize it as having no basis in reality, it passes without taking residence in your mind. Then move on with the reality that is right now. There are rarely problem in the now, but if there is, that is the time to deal with it. Look at it, and decide what you can do right now to fix it. Do that, and let it go. 

Anja—Brow Chakra Meditation

Visualizations used in this meditation explained.  You will need to know the definition and location of the Sushumna (Sukshumna) nadi, which closely correlates with the spinal cord.  The website listed below has several articles on the sushumna nadi.  However, all the articles give more information than is really required for this meditation, but it is always good to understand what the Nadis are.  You also need to understand what a vortex is.

Sushumna Nadi

A vortex is similar to the action that you find when you drain the water from the bathtub.  It moves in a circular motion and is shaped like a cone.  A vortex draws things down into it.  The chakra vortex draws energy from things from the outside such as people, animals, plants and the universe.  Have you ever noticed how some people just seem to suck the life out of you?  Well this is how the energy is being drawn away from you.  So when visualizing this vortex, the action is one of a vortex like the water, with the large end exiting your forehead, and the small end connected into the sushumna (spinal cord).

Intuition Building

As with any type of meditation try to perform this meditation when you won’t be disturbed.  Turn the phone off or down, make sure the children are occupied or in bed.  Find a comfortable position either sitting in lotus position, lying on the floor or bed, or in a reclining chair.  Play soft soothing music.  Use the aroma therapy recommendations for this chakra, or burn incense of the appropriate variety to match the aroma therapy recommendations.

Begin relaxation by tensing each muscle group, starting with the feet, then the calf of the leg, moving up to the head.  Relaxing, releasing each muscle goup completely.  Feel it relax into the surface that it is touching.  

Visualize the two wing symbol of this chakra.  See the indigo color.  Visualize this chakra in the middle of your forehead in the area of the third-eye…………..  Feel the color slowly spread and fill the chakra……..  Feel the vortex of the chakra fill with the color as it spins steadily.  Feel the indigo color completely fill your head, and connect with sushumna…  Feel the violet from the crown chakra flow down the sushumna, and the blue from the throat chakra rise up to meet in the indigo of the third-eye………  Feel the pulsing of the chakra as it spins………..

Know that the third-eye chakra is there for vision the same as your other two eyes.  The difference is that this eye looks inward.  This is the source of your intuition, you inner knowing.  This is a method of connection with that which is eternal in you. This is your connection to your higher self.  You use it to look deep inside yourself for the answers that are surely there.  It is there to offer insight, clairvoyance, and answers to the questions of the universe.

Do this or other meditation regularly.  Keep the third-eye sharp as an eagle’s eye.

Ajna-Brow Chakra Correspondences

6.2 Ajna-Brow Chakra Correspondences-2014

Colors—Indigo

Element—Light/Telepathic, Energy, the Cosmos

Function—Seeing, Intuition, Conceptualization, Creative Visualization

Power—Wisdom

Basic Rights—To See

Demon—Illusion

Power—Wisdom

Strength—Intellectual Skills, Evaluation of insight, receiving inspiration, generating wisdom from experience

Shadow—defining the truth in self-serving ways

Life lessons—Emotional intelligence

Main Issues—Intuition, Knowledge

Area of body governed—Eyes, base of skull

Associated Spinal—First cervical vertebra

Location of ANJA 

Life Issues—emotional intelligence, clairvoyance, understanding, reality check point, detachment, open mind

Gland—Pituitary

Physical Ailments—Headache especially migraines, poor vision, eye problems, neurological problems

Crystals—Lapis Lazuli, Calcite, sapphire, fluorite

Shape—Five pointed star

Plant—Almond blossom

Musical Note—A

Seed Sound—OM

Ruling Planet—Moon

Incense/Aromatherapy—Hyacinth, camphor, Violet, Sweet Pea

Tarot Card—The World, The Moon, The Fool, The High Priestess

Tree of Life Sephiroth—Chokmah and Binah

Hindu Deities—Shakti Hakini, Paramasiva, Krishna

Other Deities—Themis, Hecate, Tara, Isis, Iris, Morpheus, Belenos, Apollo

Astrological—Sagittarius & Pisces

Archangel—Shekhina the female face of God (Azna)

Litany of I AM for AJNA

·       I AM Silence

·       I AM Protection

·       I AM a feeling

·       I AM a Son of God

·       I AM Wisdom

·       I AM the divine plan manifesting itself

·       I AM pure clarity

·       I Manifest what I visualize

·       I AM the watcher wisdom

Exploring AJNA

Consider the Answers to these questions

• How much silence is there in you life for the whispers of intuition to be heard?  Meditate & spend time in quiet contemplation
• Have you ever acted on intuition?  When you have a strong urge go with it.  Look for the strange incidence which may have something for you to learn.
• Close your eyes, now do you know what is around you?  Open your eyes and really look, notice the shapes, colors, general configuration.  Take time to notice details.
• Have you ever considered why people come into your life?   Do you look outside yourself for answers?  Note insights in the form of images, colors, words and phrases.
• How do you discern who and what are for your greatest good?
• Do you honor your personal truth?
• Do you tune into your body, your feelings, and your spirit to know what your truth is?
• Do you know the importance of personal integrity?
• Where do you channel your creative energy?

Create an Energy Center for AJNA

Using things around the house create a focal point, like a table top, to help balance this chakra.  Remember the correspondences.  Use indigo pieces and crystals if you have them handy, otherwise pieces of clothing, towels, scarves, pictures, candles all have a place in the display.  Whatever reminds you of the areas want to work through AJNA can be placed in the display. You may want to use just a little TV tray, night stand or patio table for this.  You may be using this set up for a while, and you may not want to set it up each time.  This will also allow you to stop on the way by and just do a quick visualization exercise.

Now that you have put together the display, it is time to do a quick 5 minute visualization to ask for balance of the chakra.  One of the things I enjoy is using my visualization of the chakra in motion.  I use my hand to tell me how it is moving.  Visualize the chakra motion.  Visualize pleasure and joy stemming from this area.  Feel that indigo energy and pleasure rise up the sushumna to the crown.  Feel the shiver of pleasure and energy as it passes through the crown and flows over your body in an aura of the indigo color of AJNA.

Vishuddha—Throat Chakra Functional Archetype—Communicator

“The Communicator is an archetype that has sterling virtue in a world where the sleaze factor runs high and words are cheap,” –Ambika Wauters-Chakras and their Archetypes.  The communicator’s word is good as gold.  If they tell you something it is straight from the heart.  They communicate with respect and integrity.  They listen and hear what others say, then respond with sincerity.  They know that their words have power, and they are very careful with the way they communicate their feelings.  They communicate their true feelings without damaging others in the process, and without compromising themselves.  They say “NO” when someone asks them to do something they don’t want to do.  They realize that their words have the power to heal situations and they apply this liberally.  When the communicator is angry it expresses this in ways that are direct but not inflammatory; they will also communicate their joy and good feelings equally well.  Open and direct communication frees one from complications and helps one stay connected to ones deep core.

Methods to Open the Throat Chakra and Energize the Communicator

Ø  Chant

Ø  Drumming

Ø  Journal to have a safe record of your thoughts and perceptions

Ø  Listen to the things around you

Ø  Say no to people when they ask you to do something you don’t want to do

Ø  Shout your anger somewhere where no one will hear you

Ø  Sing in the shower

Ø  Make joyful noise and dance

Affirmations

Ø  I AM as good as my word

Ø  I AM the truth I speak

Ø  The truth will set you free

Ø  I AM truthfulness

Ø  My word is as good as gold

Ø  I AM a listener

Ø  I formulate response after I listen

I AM that I AM

Vishuddha-Throat Chakra Correspondences

Colors—Blue

Element—Ether (Akasha)

Function—Communication, Creativity

Basic Rights—To speak and to be heard

Demon—Lies

Power—Choice

Strength—Faith, self-knowledge

Shadow—An obsessive need to control relationships and events

Life lessons—Personal expression, active listening, power of choice

Main Issues—Communication and self-expression

Area of body governed—Throat, mouth, nose, neck, teeth

Associated Spinal Area—Superior cervical sympathetic ganglion, 1 cervical spinal ganglion

Nerve Ganglion of the Throat Chakra

Life Issues—To harness your will, express your highest truth & to live creatively

Gland—Thyroid, parathyroid

Physical Ailments—Obesity, difficulty putting on weight, sore throat, trouble hearing, hearing loss, tinnitus

Crystals—Lapis lazuli, turquoise, clelstitie, sodalite, aquamarine, blue lace agate, sapphire

Shape—Inverted pyramid

Plant—Gardenia, HImalayan Blue Poppy

Musical Note—G

Seed Sound—Ham

Ruling Planet—Mercury

Incense/Aromatherapy—Benzoin (styax benzoin. S. tonkinensis), Bergamot (Citris bergamia), German (blue) Chamomile (Matricaria chamomile or M. recutia) Frankincense (Boswellia thrurifera or B. carteri)

Tarot Card—Wheel of Fortune, Judgment, Hierophant

Tree of Life Sephiroth—Binah (understanding)

Hindu Deities—Ganga(river goddess related to purification), Sarasvati

The Goddess Ganga

Other Deities—Hermes, the Muses, Apollo, Grigit, Seshat, Nabu

Astrological—Gemini or some believe Taurus.  I lean towards Gemini as it is ruled by Mercury who is the communicator, and this is what this chakra is all about.

Archangel—Gabriel

Affirmations

• I AM Truth. My integrity is my word, and my word is my truth.
• I AM Clear Expression. My integrity is my word, and my word is my truth.
• I AM Creativity
• I AM Heard
• I AM the Listener
• I AM Compassion; my thoughts and speech are considered before they are spoken.

Aids to Focus on Opening the Throat Chakra

Create a focal point display to help balance this chakra.  Use items that fit with the with the correspondences listed above.  Use blue pieces, and crystals if you have them handy, otherwise pieces of clothing, towels, scarves, pictures, candles all have a place in the display. Whatever reminds you of the areas that we are working on deserve a place in this display.  You may want to use just a little TV tray, night stand or patio table for this.  Make the display in a place that is easily seen while moving through the living space; this will also allow you to stop on the way by, and do a quick visualization exercise.

Now that you have put together the display, it is time to do a quick 5 minute visualization to ask for balance of the chakra.  One of the things I enjoy is using my visualization of the chakra in motion.  Visualize pleasure and joy stemming from this area.  Feel that blue energy and pleasure rise up the sushumna to the crown.  Feel the shiver of pleasure and energy as it passes through the crown and flows over your body in an aura of blue to match the color of the chakra

Anahata-The Heart Chakra Yoga & Pranayama

Disclaimer: I do not expect anyone to do these exercises if they are physically incapable of performing the moves.  Never begin an exercise routine without consulting your physician. 

The yoga for this chakra all open up your chest cavity and stimulate your heart.  These are designed for any type physical condition.  They should be done with a slow smooth motion.  Hold the poses as long as possible without great strain.

Open your chest (This is easy to do at the office)

Sit near the edge of a chair and interlace your fingers behind you, with your palms facing your back. Leaning slightly forward, lift your arms and rest them on the back of the chair. Inhale and lift your chest. Exhale and relax your shoulders away from your ears. If your hands do not reach the top of the chair, clasp the sides of the chair back and pull your chest forward, relaxing your shoulders and opening your upper chest. Hold for 10 to 15 breaths, feeling lightness in your heart. With an exhalation, slowly release your hands and bring them down by your sides.

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)

Salabhasana (Locust Pose)

Urdvha MukhaSvanasana (Upward-facing Dog)

I will not give instructions for these poses here, as it is given much better on the sight(s).

One of my favorite methods of opening my chest is to stand up, lean slightly back and drop my hands down to the side.  Let them fall back as far as they can.  You will feel your chest open up, and just breathe deeply into the chest.  This helps relax and refresh you when stress might be mounting up.

Breathing Exercises

This link is to be read prior to doing the breathing exercises.  It is some precautionary considerations before commencing any type of breathing exercises.

Here the site discusses the importance of breathing.  Please take the time to read this whole article before performing any of the exercises that they list on the site.    For the purposes of this chakra pay special attention to:

Complete Breath

Bhastrika—Bellows Breath

Nadi Sodhana—Alternate nostril breathing

Practice any or all of the breathing techniques listed here.  You will be surprised at how they make you feel.  The can relax or energize and are good tools for everyday life.

Activity for the Heart

Any aerobic activity is good for the heart.  If you are an athlete just keep it up.  If you have not done aerobic activity in a long time start out with walking.  It is cheap, just the cost of a decent pair of athletic shoes, and your time.  This will help with lung capacity, strengthen the heart, lower cholesterol, and improve digestions.  If you are just starting, start slow.  Just 10 minutes the first few days, then increase to 15 for a few days, and continue increasing until you reach 30 minutes.  This should be down at least 4 days a week for good benefit, but more won’t hurt and it will help.  Give this at least a month to really show you how good your heart will feel.   The idea isn't how far you walk but how long.  As you gain strength, you will want to start pushing a little to increase your heart rate.  However, don’t push so hard that you become significantly out of breath.  Sweat and breathing a little hard is of benefit, once you have built up your strength.

Aroma Therapy

• Marjoram (Origanum Marjorana, Majorana hortensis,(Sweet)
• Thymus mastichina (Spanish)
• Orange (Citrus Sinensis)
• Rose Otto (Rosa damascena)
• Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium)

Methods for dispersing are:

• hot melted candle wax; don’t get oil in flame, just drop on top of melted wax
• oil diffuser ring on low wattage lamp
• drop oil on low wattage lamp bulb itself
• simmer (not boil) in water

Light Meditation

Get comfortable.  Either lay on the floor with hands at a 45° angle to your body, in a recliner or in bed.  Playing soft music, and use one of the aroma therapy methods defined above.  Begin the meditation by placing the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth right where the teeth and gums come together.  Take  a deep breath in through the nose for a count of 4, hold the breath for a count of 7, and exhale through your mouth with a whooshing sound for the count of 8.  (Remember the breathing advice given earlier.)  The counts should be evenly spaced, and not strained.  Adjust the rhythms to accommodate you ability, but maintain an even counting cadence of the three cycles of this breath. This is a relaxing process, not a strained process. Adjust the speed of the cycle to suit your ability. Repeat this breathing cycle 4 times.  While inhaling, visualize that you are drawing in nice clean, relaxing air.  While holding the breath visualize the nice clean relaxation circulating through your body.  While exhaling, visualize that the nice clean air is pushing all of the negativity and tension from your body.  After the 4 cycles, return your breathing to normal.  Totally relax your body.  Pay close attention to the jaw line, brow, and shoulders.  Notice any areas that are painful and tight and breathe into them while you feel them relax and release.  Tune into the beat of your heart.  Keep trying; you will feel it more than hear it.  Now as you feel the beat of your heart, visualize a lotus coming up out of your spine, and blossom just in front of your chest (I’m not good at images without something fresh in my mind.  So here are some pictures you can look at.)  Now visualize a pink lotus.  Watch as it begins to spin clockwise.  Visualize it open to its first flush of full bloom, (we don’t want it past its prime, as in too open).  It is open and strong.  Visualize a green light forming around the pink lotus, protecting it from outside negativity.  Now watch it spin, and feel the strength of your heart grow as the spinning continues.  It spins at a steady pace about the speed of your heartbeat.  Relax and feel it spin and the strength flow……….  When you are finished breathe deeply and feel the energy of the breath revive you and energize you.

Here is some music you might like to play for your meditation.