Tonight's practice was designed to stimulate and realign your chakras. Chakras are energy centers of your body - like spinning wheels connecting different energy channels (called Nadis). Even if you aren't interested in chakras or other yogic philosophy, this series of poses provides a well-rounded yoga practice. On the sketch above, I colored dots in the squares to denote which chakra we were focusing on: Red (root, tailbone), Orange (pelvis), Yellow (solar plexus), Green (heart), Blue (throat), Indigo (third eye), White/lavendar/gold (crown).
Here is a representation of your chakras:
Each chakra is represented by a sound, a symbol, a color, a physical trait, a spiritual/psychological trait, and the list goes on and on. Check out the "chakra" entry on http://www.wikipedia.com/ or Google "chakra" to learn more (be forewarned, there is a lot of information!). Also keep an eye out for a workshop on The Five Tibetans at the studio (http://www.yoga4all.com/). It is practice focused on realigning your chakras that only takes a few minutes everyday - very intriguing. Judy Kovatch offers the workshop every few months.Today's quote is from Washington Irving: "Great minds have purposes. Little minds have wishes."
I am back. I really love this information you are providing AND being a visual person the I really appreciate the chakra representation. I also like when you post visuals of the muscle groups. It really adds to the learning experience and I know it will help me to find those places when I work out. Thank you so much.... Lynn C
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting these! Although in the past two posts I have been unable to click to enlarge the drawings.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are enjoying the blog and finding the postings helpful. I will try to find out why the drawings are not enlarging and fix it. Keep the comments coming!
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