These indications of the chakras are just guidelines. Discover the exact location of each chakra in your own body. The chakras are three-dimensional and are located in the center of the body and towards the spine.
1st Stage: 45 minutes BREATHING
Stand with your feet hips or shoulder-width apart. Let your body be loose and relaxed. Close your eyes and breathe deeply and rapidly with mouth open, down into the first chakra. As you breathe let your attention be in the pelvic area of your body, where the first chakra is located. Put equal emphasis on both the in and out breaths. Don’t force your breathing; breathe in a rhythm that feels comfortable and allows you to become aware of the feelings and sensations of each chakra.
While breathing, it is helpful to shake your body, stretch, tilt or rotate your pelvis and move your hands in any way that you feel to, but keep your feet solid in one spot. Allow your feet, knees, hips, and other joints to become like springs so that once you set the breathing and body in motion, the movement will become continuous and effortless. Let your awareness remain primarily with the sensations of the chakras, rather than with the breathing or the body movements.
Breath into the first chakra until you hear a bell which indicates to start breathing into the second chakra. Each time you hear a bell, move this deep rapid breathing up into the next chakra. As you breathe up from chakra to chakra your breathing will become more rapid and more gentle, so that you are taking about twice as many breaths in the seventh chakra as you were in the first.
After breathing in the seventh chakra, you will hear three bells. This is the signal to let your breath and awareness turn and fall back down through each chakra. As you breathe down allow your breath to become slower from chakra to chakra. Let the energy flow down by itself from the seventh chakra to include the entire spectrum of chakra energy from top to bottom, like seven colours blending into one rainbow. Take a total of two minutes to breathe downward through all of the chakras. It is up to you how long you breathe into each chakra.
After you finish this sequence, stand silently for a few moments before starting the next sequence. Repeat this upward and downward breathing sequence three times, or for a total of about 45 minutes.
If you don't feel the energy of your chakras at first, just breathe into the area where they are located. Remember not to push the breath, rather allow the breath and body movement to be like a bridge and carry you into the sensations and qualities of the energy of each chakra. You will become sensitive to the different qualities of each chakra with awareness and patience, not by force. |
