HOW TO VISUALIZE OUR 7 CHAKRAS ?

 

                               CHAKRA VISUALIZATION

                                      PREPARATION

                                    LIE ON THE FLOOR WITH YOUR FEET SLIGHTLY APART, THE BACK OF YOUR HANDS AND YOUR ELBOWS SHOULD BE TOUCHING THE FLOOR AND YOUR HEAD SHOULD BE FACING DIRECTLY UPWARDS. RELAX OUR WHOLE  PHYSICAL BODY. DO NOT LET ANY TIGHTNESS REMAIN IN ANY PART OF YOUR BODY. MAKE EACH AND EVERY PART OF YOUR PHYSICAL BODY LOOSER AND LOOSER. WHEN YOUR WHOLE PHYSICAL BODY HAS BECOME LOOSE AND RELAXED., BEGIN TO RELAX MENTALLY AS WELL. MAKE YOURSELF AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE, SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MOVE YOUR PHYSICAL BODY UNTIL I SAY "HARI OM TAT SAT" AT THE END OF THE PRACTICE.

                         INSPECT YOUR WHOLE PHYSICAL BODY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ALL LOOSE AND RELAXED. THE FINGERS ARE LOOSE AND NOT STUFF, AND THE TOES ARE NOT MOVING. THEY ARE STILL AND RELAXED. THE THIGHS AND FEET ARE NOT SHAKING, THEY ARE STILL AND RELAXED. THE HEAD UPWARDS, AND THE WHOLE BODY IS NOW LYING COMFORTABLY ON THE FLOOR. IT IS LIKE A DEAD BODY, SO STILL, SO QUIET, SO IMMOBILE. MAINTAIN THIS TRANQUILLITY AND IMMOBILITY UNTIL I ASK YOU TO MOVE.

                             VISUALIZE JUST YOUR SPINE LYING ON THE FLOOR, ONLY THE SPINE AND NOT ANY OTHER PART OF THE BODY. FEEL AS IF YOU ARE STANDING NEARBY AND WATCHING IT. AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SPINE, SEE A STEM EMERGING FROM THE INSIDE. AT THE TOP OF THIS STEM A FLOWER IS FORMING, AND AROUND THE FLOWER ARE SEVERAL LEAVES, BEAUTIFUL GREEN, ROUND LEAVES WITH DROPS OF DEW GLISTENING ON THEM LIKE PEARLS. IF YOU SHAKE THE LEAVES, THE PEARLS FRAGMENT INTO MANY SMALL BEADS. IF YOU SHAKE THEM AGAIN, THE SMALL BEADS COME TOGETHER AGAIN TO FORM BIG PEARLS. AS YOU SHAKE THE LEAVES, THE WATER COMES TOGETHER AND THEN DISPERSE AND FRAGMENTS.

                         THE LOTUS FLOWER AT MOOLADHANA IS DARK RED WITH FOUR PETALS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT IF FROM THE TOP BECAUSE THE ROOT IS UNDERNEATH THE SPINAL CORD WHICH IS LYING ON THE FLOOR. THEN AT THE  BASE OF THE SPINE, IN SWADHISTHANA, SEE THE VERMILLION LOTUS WITH SIX PEARLS. THE LEAVES ALSO HAVE DROPS OF WATER ON THEM JUST LIKE THOSE IN MOOLADHANA. YOU CAN SHAKE THEM IN THE SAME WAY AS YOU DID IN MOOLADHARA, AND ALL THE WATER NEVER DISPERSES INTO MANY PEARL-LIKE DROPS.

                           THE WATER NEVER TOUCHES THE PETALS OF THE LOTUS FLOWER. THOUGH THE LOTUS IS ROOTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POND, AND IT RISES UP THROUGH THE WATER, YET ITS PEARLS ARE NEVER WET. THEREFORE, SAGES AND YOGIS ADVICE US ALWAYS TO BE AS DETACHED FROM EVERYTHING IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AS THE LOTUS LEAF IS FROM THE WATER, COMPLETELY NON-ATTACHED. THE LOTUS COMES FROM THE WATER, IT ONLY SURVIVES DUE TO THE WATER, YET IT DOES NOT GET WET, THE WATER CANNOT TOUCH IT. IN THE SAME MANNER, WE ALL LIVE IN THE WORLD, WE EAT AND ENJOY AND SUFFER, WE PRACTICE SADHANA AND DO MANY THINGS, YET WE SHOULD BE DETACHED FROM ALL OF THIS.

                   NOW AT MANUPURA, BEHIND THE NAVEL, VISUALIZE A TEN PETALLED YELLOW LOTUS. SEE THE LEAVES UNDERNEATH, SPARKLING WITH PEARL-LIKE DROPS OF DEW. BEHIND THE HEART, AT ANAHATA CHAKRA, SEE TWELVE PETALLED BLUE LOTUS. IT ALSO HAS MANY LEAVES UNDERNEATH, COVERED WITH MANY FINE DROPS OF DEW. VISUALIZE IT.

                     AT VISHUDDHI, BEHIND THE THROAT, IS A SIXTEEN PETALLED PURPLE LOTUS WITH MANY LEAVES UNDER IT, AND DEW DROPS SHINING ON THEM LIKE PEARLS, AT AJNA , BEHIND THE EYEBROW CENTRE, SEE A TWO PETALLED GREY LOTUS WITH TWO LEAVES BENEATH IT, COVERED WITH DEW DROPS LIKE PEARLS. AND THE RADIANT FULL MOON IS ABOVE THEM, ABOUT THREE INCHES AWAY. ABOVE AJNA CHAKRA, AT THE TOP BACK OF THE HEAD, IS BINDU. THERE YOU WILL FIND THE BRIGHT FULL MOON. AND IF YOU GO STILL FURTHER, ABOVE THE FULL MOON , ANOTHER THREE INCHES AWAY, YOU SEE THE THOUSAND PETALLED BRIGHT RED LOTUS AT SAHASRARA.

                            AGAIN VISUALIZE MOOLADHARA, WITH ALL THE LEAVES AND DEW DROPS ON THEM. THEN SWADHISHTHANA... MANIPURA..... ANAHATA.... VISHUDDHI... AJNA..... BINDU.... SAHASRARA. IN SAHASRARA SEE THE THOUSAND PETALS, SEE THE LEAVES WITH THE DROPLETS OF WATER SHINING LIKE JEWELS . FEEL THE QUALITIES OF THE DIFFERENT CHAKRAS, AND WHATEVER SENSATIONS ARE EMANATING FROM THEM. AGAIN : SAHARANA... BINDU... AJNA... VISHUDDHI... ANAHATA.... MANIPURA... SWADHISTHANA... MOOLADHANA.

                      NOW PLACE YOUR WHOLE BODY ON A LOTUS FLOWER. YOUR WHOLE PHYSICAL BODY IS LYING RELAXED ON THE LOTUS, AND THE FLOWER IS MERGING INTO YOUR PHYSICAL BODY.

                         RESOLVE: NOW REMEMBER YOUR RESOLVE, YOUR SANKALPA. REPEAT THE SANKALPA. REPEAT THE SANKALPA. REPEAT YOUR SANKALPA.

                          FINISH : AND NOW BECOME AWARE OF ITS POSITION LYING IN SHAVASANA, PRACTISING YOUR NIDRA. AND AS A RESULT OF THIS RELAXATION. THE WHOLE BODY, ON THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL LEVELS, HAS BECOME SO QUIET, TRANQUIL AND PEACEFUL, YET SO FRESH, REVIVED AND ENERGETIC.

                         THE WHOLE BODY, BECOME AWARE OF THE WHOLE BODY. BECOME AWARE OF THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT. BECOME AWARE OF YOU AND MET TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM. BECOME AWARE THAT I AM LEADING YOU IN YOGA NIDRA, AND THAT YOU ARE PRACTICING IT. BECOME AWARE OF THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT, THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT, THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT.

                             NOW WITHOUT JERKING YOUR BODY OR OPENING YOUR EYES, SIT UP SLOWLY AND FACE ME. SIT IN SUKHASANA WITH THE HEAD AND BACK STRAIGHT. NOW INHALE DEEPLY AND WHILE EXHALING, CHANT OM.