Chakra yoga

One of the things I learned in this weekend's yoga class was about asanas that balance the chakras. ...

#1 Root Chakra or muladhara. Safety and Survival. Color is Red.  Location is base of spine.  

Asana for root: downward dog.  I need to drop my head a bit ...

Others asanas are:  warrior, mountain, bridge,  seated angle and savasana 

#2 Chakra Sacral or Svadisthana.  Relationships and creativity.  Color is orange.  Location is lower abdomen 

Asana: triangle pose 

Other poses for sacral: king of the dancer, child pose, and sun salutations 

#3 naval solar plexis chakra.  Personality and will power.   I should have done bow pose for this but I did camel instead 

Other poses: warrior 1 and 2,  bow pose and boat

#4 Heart Chakra or anahata:  love and compassion. Color is green. Location is center of chest

Wheel pose or backbend and camel

Other poses: cobra, forward bend, 

#5. Throat chakra or visuddha.  Expression and communication .  Color is turquoise.

Plow pose 

Other asanas:

#6. Third Eye Chakra or ajna. Location is between and above eyes.   Intuition.  Color is indigo.

Other asanas:

#7 crown chakra or Sahasrara.  Union and highest power of energy. Color is violet.  Location is top of head. 

Corpse or savasana pose and headstand:

Other poses:

A handstand a day!  3/13/14